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Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


-t - Apr 25, 2017 7:03:33 am PDT #10328 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I have the full face mask, does anyone use the nasal mask?

I meant to answer this yesterday and I forgot, sorry! I use the nasal mask and it's mostly fine. Reminds me of scuba diving, but kind of in reverse. Very occasionally I will wake up and have to figure out that that whooshing wind noise is a "mouth leak" and I just need to shut my jaw. Hopefully I am subconsciously learning that and will be able to do it without waking up. I actually have the nasal pillow to try also, but my sleep technician advised waiting until I was used to the mask first (the nasal mask is her first choice for new users unless they need the full face mask for some reason - I haven't tried it). Which I guess I am now, so I should do that, see how I like it.


-t - Apr 25, 2017 7:04:20 am PDT #10329 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I have seen that there is such a thing as a CPAP machine one can take camping, I should look into that a little further.


Katerina Bee - Apr 25, 2017 7:06:40 am PDT #10330 of 30002
Herding cats for fun

My Dad worked as a janitor at a big office building in downtown SF for awhile when he was escaping his expected college professor life. He ended up with a lovely friendship with the night security lady, who used her time sitting in the lobby to work on her stained glass projects.

Every person who had that job needed something to stay awake because it was sooooo boring. I wanted that job so I could sit there alone for hours with my books.


brenda m - Apr 25, 2017 7:10:05 am PDT #10331 of 30002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

My only problem with the CPAP is the urge to say "Are you my mummy?" when I put it on.

We used to chant the Pigs innnn Spaaaaaace opening when my dad had his (old fashioned, full face) one on. I'm sure he found it as funny as we did.


Dana - Apr 25, 2017 7:53:10 am PDT #10332 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Wait, I actually use nasal pillows, not a nasal mask. If that matters.

Someone reassure me that I'm not the first person who ever messed up a medication refill and had to pay for express shipping to get it here before I run out of a med.


-t - Apr 25, 2017 7:57:40 am PDT #10333 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh good lord, no. Far from the first or only. Practically every refill I've done I've made some kind of mistake on!

In Eat-a-Muffin-Whitey news: I got a chocolate chip bagel this morning (free bagel every day at Panera this month, I am taking some advantage when I can) in hopes that it would approximate a childhood favorite = toast with butter and chocolate chips. Not really, alas.


Jesse - Apr 25, 2017 8:06:12 am PDT #10334 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I have some roasted garlic from my roast chicken the other day, and was thinking I should get some good bread to eat it on, but maybe I will get a free bagel instead!

Dana, you are clearly not the first person who ever missed up a medication refill! But I really wanted to know when you'll hear anything about the MRI. Because a good process is one thing, but we want results! I mean, right?


meara - Apr 25, 2017 8:28:50 am PDT #10335 of 30002

I really should do automatic mail refills. Instead I wait until the last minute and have to go wait at the drugstore.

The nasal pillows made me feel like I couldn't breathe OUT.


Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 25, 2017 8:40:18 am PDT #10336 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Ugh, had a nightmare that was a mix of Red Dragon and The Cell last night. Not sure what it was yesterday that sent my subconscious down a body-modifying serial killer path, but I'd rather not repeat it.


P.M. Marc - Apr 25, 2017 8:56:16 am PDT #10337 of 30002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Yipes, Matt. May tonight NOT have that sort of dream!

Hey, speaking of cars like was being done many posts ago! Anyone have any recommendations for a used, reliable, inexpensive car that would hold two large dogs and a kid? We will probably have to sell my Mini (sob), but depending on how much is left after throwing that at bills, etc., we may consider getting a cheaper, more practical vehicle. Right now, we can only carry the dogs in a 1988 Volvo 240 that we don't trust for long distances. (It's on a rebuilt title, has well over 300k on the engine, and while it has served us well in the years we have had it and the $800 cash was well-spent, we kind of need to plan for it dying.)