In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
This first symptom of MS is usually random shock-like pains, or at least that's what the internet says. If you want to think about the worst-case which affects motion, try Parkinson's disease. But most likely you have a problem with your ligaments/tendons on your hand/wrist: Swollen tendons in your wrist can pinch the nerves running to your hand and cause temporary numbness and/or loss of function.
Like anything else I would collect data: What, exactly, is going on? Is it pain? Loss of motor control? Numbness? 2 of 3 or all of the above? How often does this happen? Is it getting worse with time? What makes it worse? (For example, do many days at work seem to precipitate this problem? Or does it happen after some other prolonged activity?) Have you tried anything to solve it? If so, what works? Rest? Ice? Heat? Gentle exercise? NSAID? Something else?
I think once you've defined the scope of the problem, if it's something you want to take up with your doctor you'll have lots and lots of good info to provide!
I'm probably just blowing things out of proportion when I think that way. It's not an inhereted disease. But they really don't know what causes it either. I've got more in common with her, behaviorally speaking, than I'd care to admit. Her eating disorder was not that far removed from my binge drinking. She smoked until around 45 years old. Then again, she used to tan out in the sun so much she's had quite a bit of skin cancer. I on the other hand have not seen much sun except for yard work in the last 10-15 years and I hardly have any moles.
I think I'll start writing down when this happens and what I was doing. It doesn't happen that frequently, and if memory serves it only happens at work for the most part. I got some great sleep today, but the last three nights I was only getting 3 to 5 hours between shifts (insomnia). I drink a lot of coffee and I smoke. I probably move a few thousand products in a night.
I was probably just mentally or physically close to exhaustion and made a mistake.
It doesn't have to be something heavy when it happens though. We've got hand held computers we use on the job. Sometimes I just drop it for no reason.
It's never caused because of pain. I don't remember ever attributing it to numbness either. It seems like a simple loss of motor control. Sometimes though I do feel numbness in different areas of my body (unrelated). That was a thing that happened to my mom years before she was diagnosed.
Hopefully it's nothing.
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Seems every grocery store around me is out of stock of the brand of rice milk I have been using. Only things left on the shelves have that idiot additive in them.
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Idiot additive?
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This is the winter that never ends...............
The two week forecast is still showing days in the high twenties and lows in the teens all the way up until the 3rd of March.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE MID 40'S BY THEN!!!!!!!
ugggggg.
I get my power bill in around 5 days. I'm terrified. (Not really, but I know I will be handily breaking a record that I have no interest in breaking).
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Best beef stew ever ... and my secret ingredient is 1/3 bottle of white wine (not 1/3 cup, 1/3 bottle - I kid you not- of cheap sauvignon blanc)
I don't make beef stew very often as I'm technically allergic to beef and potatoes) but here it is
2 lbs trip tip or chuck, trimmed and cubed
3 T oil
3 c sliced onion
3 c sliced carrots
3 c sliced celery
6 c cut-up potatoes
1/3 bottle white wine
3 c wedged turnips (optional)
salt and pepper to taste
3 T or more fresh parsley
The trick is to brown the meat well in your stew pot, then set aside in a bowl and carmelize your onions until nicely soft and browned - browning adds flavor. Put the meat bck in with the oinions, add about half of the wine, cover and cook until the meat is almost fork-tender. Add carrots and celery and the rest of the wine, cook until the carrots are done, then add potatoes and turnips and cook until tender. Salt and pepper to tast, spinkle with fresh chopped parsely. This has turned into a vegetable-rich family favorite.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Idiot additive?
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Sorry Jack. The idiot additive I am referring to is Vitamin A Palmitate. I can't tolerate it. It makes me feel sick.
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It's Friday!!!! Well, at least it's Friday for me. 
This video was a lot funnier years back when they didn't ruin the joke in the title. I'm assuming Dylan's lawyers didn't think it was very funny.
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Any non-wine version of that, Sigs? Sounds good. :)
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I forgot to add: instead of turnips, which are strongly flavored, you can add peas instead. I just use turnips because I try not to eat large amounts of potatoes.
It wouldn't be quite the same thing, but you can add a little soy sauce (which gives it a fermented flavor) and sugar (which adds a little sweetness). Not sure how much since I haven't used them in this recipe but would try maybe 2 tablespoons of soy and 1 tablespoon of sugar, early in the cooking process.
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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