seedsbelize2

No one is more surprised than me(I?) that I didn’t wake up sick this morning. I hit the tried and true goldenseal tincture at the first sign of symptoms, then slept almost ten hours, and awoke slightly off from normal. I am taking the day off from the city and anything else stressful, and plan to dodge that bullet this time.

RollCNY

After living in 5 different "Upstate" NY locations, it really varies wildly. In Syracuse, Giants country, but I don't think I ever met a Bills fan who wasn't a transplant. Generally speaking, Central NY doesn't feel a lot of kinship to Buffalo. Giants, Steelers, Eagles, Dolphins, & Cowboys were the fan base I would meet. I think they rely on Syracuse University to fill the mediocrity gap.

The Southern Tier, huge Buffalo, so probably spot on. Finger Lakes, no guessing, all over the place, but I don't remember a Buffalo preference. There would be Jim Kelly fans, but the base seemed to give up after him. And in the North Country, I don't remember ever meeting a football fan.

The funny thing is I have never met a Jets fan.

Mojo31

I can think of at least one here who would disagree.

badger1

Yep ... very. Didn't like seeing the pic of your test! We (Mrs. Badger and I) essentially lost the month of December to covid. Could be an age thing (? we are both 72), but we were really, really ill, and still fighting fatigue etc. Not an experience I care to repeat.

Hope you get over the damned thing quickly!!

seedsbelize2

Possibly in the bigger cities.
I have never read any reference to us having them. They are selling us vaccines from pharmacies now though. Only US$50 a pop. We have thus far declined.
And on that note, I looked up tpu tubes this morning. Amazon.mx prices start at around $15@. There was one brand that was only $4, and I figure that is the one to avoid. Every brand has their own bright color. In a year or so the cost might come down some, or, better, I could have some sent to Bob in Maine, and he would carry them down. I am getting a lot of mileage out of handing him a recently tuned Paramount in his size for the month he visits every year.

LAJ

Pcad? I may be wrong and though like you, I may not have actually met him, it pretty much felt like I had.

bampilot06

Started late this morning. Alarm went off at 3 and I was just to tired so opted for another hour of sleep. Today was zone 5 intervals and I should have looked at the workout before I started. I though my it was 5 2 min intervals but it was 4 5 min intervals. I picked the wrong stretch of road. It works well for short intervals but isn’t long enough for 5, I was able to make it work, but the first interval I had to stop in the middle and turn around. Other than that it went well. I have a richmond overnight scheduled on Sunday so I brought a bike with me. Hoping I can get a ride in.

LAJ

I hope you feel better, datlas

seedsbelize2

So we could be getting yet another cold front this winter. Woo hoo! This could turn into the longest winter in recent memory. It came early by almost a month.

LAJ

Please don't take this wrong, Bill.

I don't think anyone took your statement as a joke, based on the anecdotal posts that were provided following yours. Simply put, humoUr can't be determined by a single statement anymore. Not in todays society, at least.

datlas 

I know he was a huge Mets fan. Jets too?

genejockey 

YIKES!!
I've never been able to capture one. Funny thing is, people who've never had one think the pain is from passing it through the urethra, rather than the ureters. After a couple episodes, I now get anxious every time I get any slight discomfort on either side below the ribcage.

big john

Yep. Jets fan and Mets fan.

LAJ

I'm foggy on that, but I seemed to remember some mention. Perhaps it was just derision of them.

datlas 

Apparently the main/severe pain source is stretching of the renal pelvis.

BillyD

I save my down coat for days such as that, with a couple of layers underneath as usual.

Needless to say it hasn’t been called on for a couple of years. They don’t make winters around here like they used to.

rjones28 

I must be in a strange Bills pocket.

genejockey 

I'm at the grocery store 5 days a week anymore, picking up The Older Boy. Probably 3 days out of those 5 I'm actually shopping. It's gotten me completely out of the habit of buying a week's groceries. Of course, between the Safeway Club Card discounts and TOB's "Associate" discount, we save a lot - often 30%, because we shop the sales.

When I was a ute, the nearest actual supermarket was in Gettysburg, 8 miles away, so we went shopping once a week. Mom had to buy for the whole week, even though she worked about half a mile from the A&P where we shopped - I don't remember her stopping off for this and that on the way home.

rjones28 

Mainly, around here, it's a sea of orange.

BillyD

Obviously up-staters have enough sense to steer clear of absolute futility.

BillyD

He was a Mets fan for sure, but I don’t recall the lunacy spread to the Jets.

RollCNY

Or perhaps my exposure was not representative. I am trying this thing where I imagine a possibility for errors existing in my observations.

genejockey 

I've known two women who had kidney stones AND gave birth. Both said the kidney stones were worse.

genejockey 

I wonder if internet forums like this are much more a guy thing? I've been on several different ones as my hobbies changed - archery, watchmaking, cycling - and in each case the forum participants were overwhelmingly male.

genejockey 

Oh, 'eck.