StringJunky

I know for a fact that I do not remember dreaming much usually   -  when I stop smoking for a few days (yea, OK Prometheus, you got me there - I think you know what) I definitely start dreaming a lot more vividly. Maybe I just remember it more,  but I don't think so - I think I dream more lucidly without smoke.

I'd be reluctant to go without REM sleep. Not sure what the latest research suggests, but it's thought to have some restorative function. Maybe DrmDoc knows more?

REM is how our voracious brain supply its metabolic needs during sleep.  Lack of REM deprives our brain of something it needs during sleep that it can't restore during our physically active waking hours. This is likely because of the energy our brain devotes to our physical activities.  Suppressing REM could be fatal. 

Well, I can't look at it.

String...drop me a line When you are ready to give MigL REAL reasons for concern

The hadlight worked a treat at getting drivers to drop their headlights and they must be 1/4 to 1/2 a mile away. Itonly takes a couple seconds of pointing in their direction and they respond. Very pleased. No blinding tonight.

I get SAD as well, DST stops tomorrow night, still warm here but the day length messes with me too, make me sleepy and tired all the time..

Yep, that's it, torpidity sets in... mind ends up like walking through treacle.

koti, let alone pre-parties

I can't see it in our big stores websites. I like Green and Black's the best... quite pricey.

4 days into abstinence, I haven't flown off the handle once, so I think I'm going to keep at it; I'm not so mercurial. I've got to teach myself that it is "feel bad" chemical not a feelgood one, with it's superficial energy rush.

Table sugar and sweets and I are well and truly divorced. I've had a few headaches and cravings but the very welcome benefit of a more even mood far outweigh the withdrawal effects.

It was different but very similar to the one you posted above. I saw it on a bike parked in front of work, didnt take a photo.

I guess I am lucky, I tried smoking, always made me very sick!

It's a good job it did Moon.

How did we get from "I need a fag" to discussing viral dimensions?!

I have an answer but I won't give it. I can only say that it's my doing

Cheers.

Mine's bright yellow.

( yes, I'm vain and shallow )

Ummm... yellow could be the new orange. It's ok to be shallow. That's what this status is about.

You don't need another phone.

@Sensei I looked at that series and would have got it if I went for inkjet but felt that this technology doesn't stand idle very well and their cost/page appears not as good as laser. The Lexmark I ordered does double sided printing.

@StringJunky Nice feature to have these days is ability to receive data through WiFi and Bluetooth, and print directly from SD/SDHC. Worth taking it into consideration during ordering of new printer. They will allow printing directly from digital camera, smartphone or tablet, without having to transfer files back and forth to the computer.

Yes, this one can do wifi and bluetooth. I knew I didn't want cables. I did use an ethernet cable to allow the setup from the supplied dvd. Unless I am diverted by a better suggestion,  I will order another of the same but brand new and unopened.

Mostly for arses.

I don't want to be sat on thank you very much.

But if you were, wouldn't you want to be comfortable?

Pleased to hear that. After a long period I felt comfortable lighting someone else's cigarette for them (if their hands were not free for example)

Even so ,I have never thought of myself (since I quit) as a non-smoker.I think we need all the identities we can gather around us.

I still think old Bogie looks cool and wasn't Marlene Dietrich cut from the same cloth?

Sadly Bogie suffered for his vice and we are all the poorer for that (even though somethin...

Cut off by the text guillotine ..... will get us all ,smoking related or not.....

http://theweek.com/articles/444555/lauren-bacalls-remarkably-honest-account-humphrey-bogarts-death

And John Wayne; 107 a day I think it was.

Yes, most adverse outcomes (such as hypertension) are related to caffeine consumption.

There are are far more studies that indicate that coffee (not caffeine) may have a range of (weak) health benefits.

Would you say that caffeine, when present, negates the small benefits of the other coffee components, so decaff is better if those small benefits were the desired outcome ?

That I don't know. The mechanisms of the health benefits are not really known (and they may be confounding factors). However, a handful of studies suggest that decaff also has benefits, but it is much less studied. If you are sensitive to caffeine it could be better, though. Also detrimental effects of caffeine tend to be only short-term (such as increased blood pressure). So even significant consumption (unless we are talking massive amounts) are likely not detrimental in the long term (...

I live very close to the ocean so it's not as extreme in summer as it is in the west. Winters are mild too.

Yes, the US winter can be seriously arid and cold

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Yes, it's much more dynamic here.

I'm six days on 1 Zyban a day now and from tomorrow will be on 2 a day. I'm still smoking normally, maybe a bit less. I'm slowly educating my mind into accepting that I can sit without needing to smoke. I tell myself I'm going to be so much better and healthier without it. I will be having my first session with my chemist's stop smoking advisor on Tuesday. Full cessation is planned for next Monday; the Zyban should be at full effect by then. No negatives from the drug so f...

Practically a done deal! Congratulations on smelling human again. From now on, if we see you smoking we get to hit you with a shovel, ya mardy bum!

Yes, Phi it'll be nice not to smell of smoke and have to bleach my fingers; I smoke roll-ups down nearly nothing. "Mardy Bum" ,now, that's what we say in the Midlands when someone's spat their dummy out and gone into a sulk.

I am going to buy both after I get a new bike. going to H_lfords in the next few days

Get a free-version software audio equaliser, if needed, as well for your phone/laptop/PC to balance the sound to your taste and they are a great cheap combo and very well made... I need a strong treble bias to compensate for my deafness in that region.

I find myself in the "What are you listening to now" thread here more than youtube directly... good mix of sounds to choose from posted by members. Go Tina, you're "The best"!

Thank you guys. It means alot.

Wow. Putting something like that behind you must be a great feeling. Congratulation!

Yes, Zapatos, I feel very lucky. I didn't realise how much of a weight it was until it was gone.

Learnt something today; smart guy. This just about sums up my approach: "The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand." - Sun Tzu

You are only human. The flesh is weak...This comes from a man who succumbed to two slices of chocolate shortbread without a struggle, or even murmur.

He must be paying in installments right?

He's only 14  It'll be his anyway when  my number's up. I'm toying with the idea of having another one made now I understand much more about the design parameters I like. A soundport will be in the next one to direct more sound at me.

Left it a couple of days and it works now. I think  I was lucky that there was no milk in the coffee and no sugar because i'd run out. I will note though that the digital experience wasn't so bad this time. There's a definite slight hiss in my analogue aid which I missed. The silence of digital was a bit unnerving at first. The sound difference is like the difference between a valve amp and a tranny. I've got used to the noise and expect it.

Why is healthy living considered low on quality? Being fit means you can enjoy your body in more ways.

Don't use margarine, it's worse than butter! Think of our ancestors, barring disease or accident they lived long lives and they ate stuff you and i would gag at....

Yeah, Moon, dripping for one

thanks guys. Yrs, I know, Koti. My brother gave up about 25 years ago and would till ask to roll a cig for me; I told him"No". I'll always be able to smoke but I gave up drugs 15 years ago and theygave mealot more pleasure but I still don't touch them. I've always wanted to be totally drug-free and this it. As good as a drug, if not better tohave taken complete control over myself.

Congrats!

Thanks Charon. It's just hitting me that it is a big deal really. I'd smoked since I was 17. It was harder than I thought it would be, probably wouldn't have done it without the Zyban; the urge was pretty consuming at times.

Lets all start waving the Union Jack outside of our window and chant "Farage for Prime Minister" over and over...

I have a rather prominent ex tory minister (who is a europhile) living opposite my office - I rather think he would have me arrested if I did that. I know I would if the situation were reversed.

I would have you sectioned!

It was a general question really.

It's nature's idea of a joke. I'm sure when they decided to have humans evolve they were like "Hey, lets make it so when they are waiting for something, the last portion of the waiting takes REALLY long"

Yes, wouldn't put it passed her! Upon reading a bit, it seems, what I am experiencing is the real passage of time with no other focus, which normally takes your mind off time passing; in a sense you are 'living in the now'. Need a distraction.

No. Its just that, having got rid of Hep C, I'm using the very positive emotional momentum gained from that to rid myself of two unhealthy aspects of my life; sugar and smoking. The experience from the treatment, which was pretty horrible, makes giving up those two things less of a challenge; that's my theory! Unfortunately, the treatment has left me with high cholesterol, hence my drive against the wrong fats and other contributory factors.

Thank you for sharing that with me mate. And good luck to you, of course. I am pretty much in the same cholesterol boat. However, I don't study my diet with too much scrutiny. Surely exercise and lots of it provide a way out. Eat well and vary it. Take everything you enjoy in small doses. I don't always follow my own advice but I am eating more salad as you suggested.

I think you and I need to tread the same diet path. Eating crap then running it off is a bit like lacing a bullet with penicillin, don't you think?

The UK is due in the week to have a referendum on whether it stays part of the European Union. Polls suggest opinion is roughly even.

I guess it's a sad day. What will this mean?

Just read it. Fucking hell... I am disappointed.

I'd like to know May's position on climate science, looks like it'll be her. Gove has Boris' blood on his hands.

Obama for PM. He is gonna be free in the Autumn. I would vote for him

#ObamaforUKPM

LOL! Yeah!

It is a major change.  They still haven't incorporated my feature wish list - including remote electro-shock accompanying negative reputation but beggars  can't be choosers

Ha! 

I like the notifications  -  if I haven't been on for a few days it can be hard to look back through everything to see if you have been quoted or asked anything...  now there is a list saying exactly what has happened whilst I was offline.