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By yankeehack (Wed May 31, 2006 at 07:38:01 PM EST) fun loving cowqaas. indie rock represent! (all tags)

I got that subject in my spam folder this morning...

There's a certain appeal to it, although I'm still confused as to why the spammer thought it would sell more hoodia.

In other news,

-It's hot here

-I'm fucking exhausted after two days of work. A big deployment is getting launched tomorrow night, and I'm at the point now where people are suggesting changes and I'm all like the site is getting launched tomorrow night and I don't really care the two boxes on the right side don't align within a few pixels of each other. Why didn't you care about this a few weeks ago when I was asking about it?

-Two meetings tomorrow, neither of which I am ready for but that I have to work on stuff for tonight. bleh.

-I am working with a "highly touted as being smart by the IT head" programmer on the deployment. After trying to figure out why some stuff wasn't rendering properly, I found out it was his CSS causing the problems - I know he bitched about my earlier versions of the site CSS to the IT head. Must mention fact to IT head, even though I know that the programmer doesn't give a shit about design really and just hacked out what he could.

-I was vindicated last week when programmer had his all div'ed layouts unable to render properly, and so he returned back to the hybrid css and table layout that I had suggested originally.

-I wore a skirt and had my hair up today and had a few looks.

-It was more than deja vu the other day when I was reading a music blog and saw a picture the lead singer of a particular alt rock band. As it turns out, I am pretty damn sure I noticed him in a line at a certain Grand Opening in NYC a few weeks ago.

-As of 12:01 am midnight I will have health insurance again. I inadvertently let the cobra deadline lapse on my old work insurance...and, well... yeah.

-I have the dreamlife of a hyperactive Walter Mitty.

That is all.

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wtf is hoodia by georgeha (4.00 / 2) #1 Wed May 31, 2006 at 07:45:09 PM EST

I just delete those.

I think it's by yankeehack (2.00 / 0) #2 Wed May 31, 2006 at 07:58:43 PM EST

a diet drug.

Also, mr. ha, I was thinking of you this morning. There was a motorcylist on my commute to work. Normally would not have paid attention to the guy except that he wore, a pressed shirt, pressed pants, black socks and his dress shoes.

No protective jacket or pants, but at least he wore a helmet.
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You know what is funny? I voted for McCain in 2000 and Obama in 2008. (And let's not forget Edwards in 1998.)
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A helmet is a lot for Pennsy by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #3 Wed May 31, 2006 at 08:10:12 PM EST

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It saves time. by ObviousTroll (4.00 / 2) #5 Wed May 31, 2006 at 08:30:12 PM EST

At the funeral home.

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gear doesn't save lives. by garlic (2.00 / 0) #6 Wed May 31, 2006 at 08:57:21 PM EST

besides a helmet. pants and coat are going to help keep you from getting as beat up in an accident, but it won't keep you alive.

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He meant at the morgue by georgeha (4.00 / 2) #7 Wed May 31, 2006 at 09:46:31 PM EST

easier to ID someone if the face is intact.

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My stepmother was a critical care nurse by ucblockhead (4.00 / 2) #8 Wed May 31, 2006 at 10:05:11 PM EST

She told some hair-raising stories about what happens to human skin covered in a polyester shirt as the owner skids down asphalt at 40 mph.
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: Ah yes by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #13 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 04:48:54 AM EST

Particularly when motorcyclists have not been wearing hand protection.
"Degloved" is the A+E term for it. Ouch.

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Why helmets, then? by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #9 Wed May 31, 2006 at 11:07:14 PM EST

I mean, it's not as if there's any less chance of fatal infections when you abrade your arms down to the bone than when you abrade your skull down to the bone.

I guess they stop the chance of brittle fracturing to the skull, but apart from that?

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to keep my face pretty. by garlic (4.00 / 1) #10 Wed May 31, 2006 at 11:18:06 PM EST

same reason bicyclists wear 'em. It doesn't take that much of a knock to the head to cause issues that a helmet can prevent.

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Or exacerbate. by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #14 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 07:21:29 AM EST

The evidence for motorbike helmets working is apparently there, though. I was being socratic, and anyway, given how little I know about [motor]biking (e.g. "but the blokes at the MotoGP always walk off looking rueful after coming off at 3 brazilian mph because of their leather"), it's far from my position to be commenting.

The only large scale results for cycle helmets show a deleterious effect, that I do know for a fact.

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: The motogp guys do always look good, don't they? by garlic (2.00 / 0) #15 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 08:43:29 AM EST

most of their accidents I've seen have been long skid type accidents into hay bails. unfortunately, other vehicles, and the roads in the US don't have hay bails on the sides. I know someone who lost his legs in a bike accident due to hitting a guardrail at speed.

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Even small rocks hurt at 65 mph by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #16 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 09:30:28 AM EST

ditto big bees. My helmets have a few scratches from road objects hitting them at speed. I don't remember that happening, but a rock in the face at 65 would really hurt.

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Fair point. by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #18 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 10:50:21 AM EST

I don't know enough about jackets, boots and trousers, but I'd always heard that e.g. jackets help keep your organs inside your abdomen and your spine in a straight line in case of collision.

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Anecdotally gear helps by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #20 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 11:32:56 AM EST

I've read enough reports from people who went down, or got hit, or hit something while wearing gear, they all felt it helped.

It makes sense, my gear has stiff armor over my joints to spread the impact.

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Makes sense to me. by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #21 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 11:47:02 AM EST

We've had a month long helmet flame with (some members of) rec.bicycles.tech over on uk.rec.cycling.

It's not been very pleasant, especially as uk.rec.cycling is full of exceptionally clever people, some of whom are getting dragged into this stuff and having to repeatedly persuade people who are calling them anti-helmet nazis that studies don't support all their assertions.

I was mainly calling garlic on (implicitly) saying "as long as you're wearing a helmet, nothing else matters".

I broke my wrist on a stupid fall off a stupid bike 2 years ago, and I was bracing myself for being told I should have been wearing a helmet many, many times. In actual fact, not that many people did. Probably because I got out less when I was in pain and bus-bound.

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gear helps even if you don't crash by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #22 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 11:59:04 AM EST

you can still have rocks, insects and lit cigarette butts hit you at 65, it helps against dehydration, or hypothermia, it keeps you more comfortable and protected from road crap. I'm sort of a gear nazi.

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: No you're not by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #23 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 12:01:20 PM EST

You're justifying it sensibly.
If I were to ride, I'd use it.

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Me too! by Rogerborg (4.00 / 1) #4 Wed May 31, 2006 at 08:13:33 PM EST

It's the mystery substance/person/cult being ignored by cool kids all around the world!

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Metus amatores matrum compescit, non clementia.
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We must get together and trade war stories. by dev trash (2.00 / 0) #11 Wed May 31, 2006 at 11:18:06 PM EST

Not to diminish your issues one iota, but I have qhat i think are much worse stories. Ugh. We're launching next week, I think.

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I'm the biggest winner (or loser) by calla (2.00 / 0) #12 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 01:38:24 AM EST

I haven't had health insurance for 6 1/2 years.

Glad to hear that you are covered again.

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Hoodia by theboz (2.00 / 0) #17 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 09:53:37 AM EST

I set up a rule in Outlook to get rid of those. I wish I could do it on the server level but last time I tried (with very clear instructions from theantix) I couldn't get it to work so I gave up. I've been considering stopping to use email because other than job ops I get maybe 3 legit emails a month.
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That's what I always say about you, boz, you have a good memory for random facts about pussy. -- joh3n

: Whitelists? by lb008d (2.00 / 0) #19 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 11:05:19 AM EST

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