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you should google, but hydrogen peroxide is great for loosening wax; i have had doctors tell me that personally, but definitely don't just take my, some random internet stranger's, word for it. but it does really help.
Yes but wouldn’t you end up with blonde ear hair? 😀
I also wanted to post that what’s on my mind is being single. I have recently split up with my girlfriend of 15 years and am now contemplating life as a single man. This would not usually “concern” me, but at 60 years of age I’m now thinking “is that it?”
Our relationship simply ran it’s course and the breakup was, on the whole mutual. We simply drifted apart and have been living as single people for the past couple of years. Strange how things turn out. Apart from a trip to Rome we’ve not really been anywhere. I spent a couple of weeks travelling around Scotland on my own and was fine. We were still together then. It’s just strange when you finally split that you worry about being alone? But then, I think I already was?.
Anyway, this is not meant to be a depressing post even if it may read as one. It’s just what’s on my mind. I know a lot can happen that we cannot see. For now I am trying to think of now and not the future, one that “is not ours to see” as someone once sang.
I also think that subconsciously this time of year has something to do with my thoughts and feelings. Maybe after the new year things will become clearer for me? Hope so.
Our relationship simply ran it’s course and the breakup was, on the whole mutual. We simply drifted apart and have been living as single people for the past couple of years. Strange how things turn out. Apart from a trip to Rome we’ve not really been anywhere. I spent a couple of weeks travelling around Scotland on my own and was fine. We were still together then. It’s just strange when you finally split that you worry about being alone? But then, I think I already was?.
Anyway, this is not meant to be a depressing post even if it may read as one. It’s just what’s on my mind. I know a lot can happen that we cannot see. For now I am trying to think of now and not the future, one that “is not ours to see” as someone once sang.
I also think that subconsciously this time of year has something to do with my thoughts and feelings. Maybe after the new year things will become clearer for me? Hope so.
Tough. I hope you can find the right special someone. I had a friend who was single all his life. Kind of always figured he’d stay that way. Then met someone and got married in his late 50’s.
Yes this is a crap time of year for many. I know we have our reasons for not celebrating Christmas.
Your post caught my eye. My last GF broke up with me in 2010, after 8 years (my longest relationship; have never married); like you, pretty much mutual, and we're still acquaintances on facebook. It was 2015, finished my book before the plane even left the gate (LA to SLC) and had nothing to read; grabbed the airline magazine and read a couple articles, finished it before reaching altitude. Bored. Grabbed it again and read the article about Extreme Introverts...
And the light bulb came on. I always knew that I wasn't introverted, I played in a band on weekends, hang out with friends, and could walk into a roomful of strangers as the team leader and start a project at work. I wasn't shy at all.
BUT, "Shyness", and "Introversion", are two different things! Introversion is just the need of a person to be alone, at least most of the time, and suddenly my whole life made a lot more sense. When people were in my face 24-7 I would get really uncomfortable, almost suffocating. There was a period when I was Director of Engineering for ICBM Maintenance (meetings from 0600 to 1700), and playing in a band on most weekends, and serving in the Reserves one weekend a month, and dating what's-her-name, and it all didn't end very well; constant, mid-level stress.
When I got back home from LA I bought a couple books on Introversion, and yeah, I suddenly understood my own life much, much better. I haven't dated since, and while I miss a lot of things about being in a relationship, overall I'm much more comfortable than I ever have been, especially since retiring 5 years ago.
I'm not saying you're an introvert, I don't know you at all, but thought I'd relate my own experience. And, to end my post on a high note, if you're 60 and don't want to be alone, you don't have to be. The older
A 15 against 4 polyrhythm is absolutely BRUTAL! I actually can't do it. Was able to do 7, 9, 11, and 13 against 4, but 15 is unique (and so is 17 I guess). That means that the first cycle will end on the "and" of beat 4 of the second measure, so then everything is displaced by an 8th note every time.
This might as well be written in Chinese. I have no idea what means!
I'm familiar with this - around every 18 months to two years I have had to have my ears syringed (by my GP).
Actually, my old GP - long retired - was brisk and competent and refreshingly unsentimental, but the people who now run the practice are a lot more reluctant to do this, and need to be actively persuaded that I need it done.
Good luck.
I've had glasses - actually, I have had to wear glasses - since the age of seven (and yes, it wasn't just one thing, but several).
The very best of luck with it.
Well my hearing has been restored! The syringe worked after a couple of attempts. Some alien like substance the size of a pea dislodged and hey presto, all good again. I shall have to try and use the syringe every few months, although I already know I'll forget....
You shouldn't have! Holiday shoppers spending $10.1 billion on gifts nobody wants
Discover how many Americans expect to receive a present this holiday season that they simply don't want and plan to get rid of.
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Yep. If I want it, I will buy it.
My wife's family has almost made me hate Christmas. One because her mom insists that everyone be at her house Christmas morning. She doesn't care what anyone else might want to do, only what she wants.
Second, the gifts. As an only child, my Christmas's usually had one "big" gift and some smaller ones. But in her family, it was all about the number of gifts. That no one wants. So I was forced sit and open multiple gifts and pretend to like them.
One year for example, my SIL gave me a remote holder for the coffee table. It would hold multiple remotes for my home theater. The problem is, and her husband and sons had used it, I have a high-end programmable remote that sits in a charging cradle. Not only did I not have a use for a remote caddy, I couldn't use it if I wanted to.
Also, since it was all about many gifts, one year my wife's niece wanted a pair of Uggs. She was in HS and that was all she wanted as it was a new school and she was trying to fit in. Nope, can't have just one present to open, so her mom bought her a pair of knock-offs and a bunch of other stuff she didn't want and spent as much as she would have on a real pair of Uggs. She was crushed and was about half crying all day. Her uncle and I got her size and went and bought her a pair of real ones. Her mom never found out.
So my rule for gifts is the same as my rule for junk. If it got poop on it, would I clean it off or throw it away?
My rule for gifts is don't buy or receive any. Works a treat!You shouldn't have! Holiday shoppers spending $10.1 billion on gifts nobody wants
Discover how many Americans expect to receive a present this holiday season that they simply don't want and plan to get rid of.
Yep. If I want it, I will buy it.
My wife's family has almost made me hate Christmas. One because her mom insists that everyone be at her house Christmas morning. She doesn't care what anyone else might want to do, only what she wants.
Second, the gifts. As an only child, my Christmas's usually had one "big" gift and some smaller ones. But in her family, it was all about the number of gifts. That no one wants. So I was forced sit and open multiple gifts and pretend to like them.
One year for example, my SIL gave me a remote holder for the coffee table. It would hold multiple remotes for my home theater. The problem is, and her husband and sons had used it, I have a high-end programmable remote that sits in a charging cradle. Not only did I not have a use for a remote caddy, I couldn't use it if I wanted to.
Also, since it was all about many gifts, one year my wife's niece wanted a pair of Uggs. She was in HS and that was all she wanted as it was a new school and she was trying to fit in. Nope, can't have just one present to open, so her mom bought her a pair of knock-offs and a bunch of other stuff she didn't want and spent as much as she would have on a real pair of Uggs. She was crushed and was about half crying all day. Her uncle and I got her size and went and bought her a pair of real ones. Her mom never found out.
So my rule for gifts is the same as my rule for junk. If it got poop on it, would I clean it off or throw it away?
Hope you get to do what you want next week. I know I will.
I had mentioned earlier the excellent service I had received from my (new) internet provider when I wanted to swap over to them. Releasing myself from the previous provider was a but harder ("We will only release you if you are dead, and even then we want to come to the funeral and view the body") but all is now done.
But then I had another incident of service above and beyond. I needed a couple of new, high-speed USB C cables. Checked up on the local stores, found one that had them and went to buy them. When I got there, they couldn't find them (inventory said they had 8, but with "No Location"). Apparently they were on the truck, and had lost the truck...
So I put in an online order and prepared for them to find the truck.
In the meantime, an identical order arrived from Amazon. I had forgotten about it.
I contacted the shop, give them the order number and asked to cancel it. Which they did, on the spot, no questions asked, and promised a full refund.
Which arrived, 20 minutes later.
What's a person to grump about, with service like that?
Well, there's always the gummint. We can always grump about the gummint. Except they've then gone and banned a whole heap of predatory banking charges. And before Christmas to boot...
But then I had another incident of service above and beyond. I needed a couple of new, high-speed USB C cables. Checked up on the local stores, found one that had them and went to buy them. When I got there, they couldn't find them (inventory said they had 8, but with "No Location"). Apparently they were on the truck, and had lost the truck...
So I put in an online order and prepared for them to find the truck.
In the meantime, an identical order arrived from Amazon. I had forgotten about it.
I contacted the shop, give them the order number and asked to cancel it. Which they did, on the spot, no questions asked, and promised a full refund.
Which arrived, 20 minutes later.
What's a person to grump about, with service like that?
Well, there's always the gummint. We can always grump about the gummint. Except they've then gone and banned a whole heap of predatory banking charges. And before Christmas to boot...
Those new text effects in iMessage are useless and a waste of time, both on the sending and receiving side. Why does the text have to animate?! Just let me type in plain words!
Amen, I use emoji sometimes but like plain text.
Enjoying a nice three day weekend. Wish they all could be that way!
Agreed.
Just back from the city, where I bought oranges, and fresh cream, and also paid a visit to the library, where two books awaited me; after tomorrow, apart from a few, fleeting hours on Monday (which will be a horror, as the city will be insanely busy), and on 31st December, they will be shut, more or less, until the New Year.
I also paid a visit to the French bakery, - a sourdough loaf was purchased - spotted the sushi stall (owned and run by Japanese) as I strolled through the frozen and wet market and treated myself to a few sushi rolls - and managed - much to my surprise - to be squeezed in for a neat haircut.
Earlier this morning, beer - which had been purchased yesterday - was delivered; now, a wash is on, and it is high time to prepare some coffee.
Good supplies to head home with. The shops will be chaos here tomorrow so I will get in and out early.