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    Yeah, that doesn't really make it better. I am a Boy Scout and have tried it. Sure, it helps with the chafing, but your feet get soaked in sweat and shrivel up, which hurts almost as much, and for a longer period of time. I mean, you could buy moisture-wicking socks, but they cost a whole lot more.
    When I was breaking in my hiking boots (I have the kind for serious backpacking because I actually wear them for daily ankle support in lieu of medical ankle braces), I wore an outer layer of hiking socks with an inner layer of sock liners (which are basically really thin socks made for this specific purpose). I also taped my heels with duct tape and used anti-chafe stuff for runners over the duct tape. It was quite a process for a month or so (I was walking several miles a day in them at the time). Now that they're broken in, I just wear a single pair of hiking socks with them and it's fine even if I'm hiking all day. Buying all of those socks and sock liners was an investment, but I've found that good hiking socks last for over a year of once-a-week wear so over time it's less than it seems like it will be up front.

    When I bought the second identical pair of boots a year later, I did at least get to satisfy my curiosity about whether it's the feet or the boots that really break in, though. It's the boots, and I got to go through the whole thing again with the second pair.

    (Re-soling, however, is fine and does not require much in the way of a breaking-in period. I will not buy new boots until these two pairs disintegrate completely.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatWizardGuy View Post
    Yeah, that doesn't really make it better. I am a Boy Scout and have tried it. Sure, it helps with the chafing, but your feet get soaked in sweat and shrivel up, which hurts almost as much, and for a longer period of time. I mean, you could buy moisture-wicking socks, but they cost a whole lot more.
    Shriveled feet hurt? I must not have experienced true shriveling...

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    You could also, and you'll call me crazy for suggesting it, but, you could also just not go hiking.
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    So I have long felt that "Beyond the Fields I know", "There be Dragons" anyplace that is not within a days walk of a BART or Cal-Trans train station:

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    I lived in Santa Cruz CA for a few years and even there some people considered Oakland to be basically part of SF. Up here in Washington where I am now almost everyone thinks of Oakland as a part of SF. It might not be right but the idea is is pretty widespread once you get away from the Bay area.
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    I'd say the odds are likely, the presence of big Dragons is why no BART or Cal-Trans trains stations have built down there, right?
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    That's a shame. I like using the BART whenever I head up north. The thought they're deliberately excluding me is a little hurtful. I will sooth myself with the traditional Santa Cruz soothings, of being pretty queer, rolling around on a pile of gold, and eating free trade, organic artichokes roasted with our breath weapons.
    ...and most of this week when winds blow from the North, I smell smoke and see ash.

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    My thesis is killing me. Just wrote three-ish crappy pages and sent them to my supervisor.

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    Okay, so my car got hit on my way to class. Front bumper on the passenger's side was twisted partway off, and we traded paint. Got his insurance info, license plate, and pictures of my car's damage.

    Not a whole lot to say about it, honestly. Just needed to say it. Don't worry, I'm fine, just a little shaken.
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    My thesis is killing me. Just wrote three-ish crappy pages and sent them to my supervisor.

    This perfectionism thing isn't really helping me...
    God, I know the feeling. I've kinda stalled on my novel because of this feeling and work. You can do it Finn!

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    Okay, so my car got hit on my way to class. Front bumper on the passenger's side was twisted partway off, and we traded paint. Got his insurance info, license plate, and pictures of my car's damage.

    Not a whole lot to say about it, honestly. Just needed to say it. Don't worry, I'm fine, just a little shaken.
    Glad to hear you're alright, and that it wasn't a huge amount of damage. Hoping the car's frame isn't damaged enough for it to be totaled!
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    You could also, and you'll call me crazy for suggesting it, but, you could also just not go hiking.
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    Hm... I noticed something strange:

    I learned the Bavarian dialect before I learned "Formal German".
    I learned both, the Venetian and Sicilian dialect before I learned "Formal Italian".
    Growing up next to an U.S. Army base, I picked up ... some sort of US English ... before learning "Oxford English" in school later on.

    Never bothered to find out what "sort" it is, but people somehow tend to think I´m Irish from the way I speak english. Now the way I´ve learned "spoken english" is very close to my native Bavarian idiom (I ain´t done nothing wrong my whole life...), but as estranged to the written form.

    That's very weird. Someone got a clue what english idiom I actually learned first?

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    ....but people somehow tend to think I´m Irish from the way I speak english. Now the way I´ve learned "spoken english" is very close to my native Bavarian idiom....

    A young man who worked the counter at "Red's Jsvs House" in San Francisco said he was from Germany but sounded "Irish" to me, others from Germany have sounded exactly like "Hollywood German" or had accents I couldn't place.

    Maybe a Bavarian accent just sounds "Irish"?

    But if I have to guess a "Hollywood German" accent, crossed with a Appalachian Mountains accent might sound "Irish" to me.
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    I have been sitting on a mountain top for four days now. I have twenty to go. There are only five other people up here with me, one of whom I'm already almost fighting with. I think I might completely lose my mind. Oh well at least the views are nice.

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    Growing up next to an U.S. Army base, I picked up ... some sort of US English ... before learning "Oxford English" in school later on.

    Never bothered to find out what "sort" it is, but people somehow tend to think I´m Irish from the way I speak english. Now the way I´ve learned "spoken english" is very close to my native Bavarian idiom (I ain´t done nothing wrong my whole life...), but as estranged to the written form.

    That's very weird. Someone got a clue what english idiom I actually learned first?
    The problem here is that people in the military come from all over the US. You would have gotten exposed to a bunch of different American dialects. Worst of all, the US military has its own weird way of talking, and this varies by branch. Here in the Marine Corps is the only place I've seen it acceptable to answer a question with "ERRRRRR", or to refer to certain kinds of legal punishment as a "ninja punch" . No doubt the Army also has its own idioms, though I'm not familiar with them. So basically, you got a strange mix of almost every American dialect that exists, sprinkled with the odd slang that comes with military culture.
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    ... okay so

    I had a seizure last night, so now I'm in the hospital. Today I had an MRI that showed I've got a tumor in my head.

    We don't know for sure yet if it's malignant or benign (currently they're thinking the latter) but either way I'm gonna need surgery to remove it and likely be here for a week or so for recovery. Surgery's Wednesday.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DraPrime View Post
    I have been sitting on a mountain top for four days now. I have twenty to go. There are only five other people up here with me, one of whom I'm already almost fighting with. I think I might completely lose my mind. Oh well at least the views are nice.
    Okay, now I'm in equal parts curious and concerned. Exactly what strategic value does that mountain top have to warrant such hardships?

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    The problem here is that people in the military come from all over the US. You would have gotten exposed to a bunch of different American dialects. Worst of all, the US military has its own weird way of talking, and this varies by branch. Here in the Marine Corps is the only place I've seen it acceptable to answer a question with "ERRRRRR", or to refer to certain kinds of legal punishment as a "ninja punch" . No doubt the Army also has its own idioms, though I'm not familiar with them. So basically, you got a strange mix of almost every American dialect that exists, sprinkled with the odd slang that comes with military culture.
    Our military isn't particularly large, and more important, I've never been in it, so I can't speak about how language works inside of it (despite working for the defense industry). I did, however, grow up (and still live in) what could be considered the cooking pot of Swedish accents, and interestingly enough, that means I'm in the fairly unique position to be able to claim I speak Standard Swedish without anyone contesting me. It's actually pretty funny to see, because when I do so, people do want to contest me, but then realise they have no examples to bring up.

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    ... okay so

    I had a seizure last night, so now I'm in the hospital. Today I had an MRI that showed I've got a tumor in my head.

    We don't know for sure yet if it's malignant or benign (currently they're thinking the latter) but either way I'm gonna need surgery to remove it and likely be here for a week or so for recovery. Surgery's Wednesday.
    Oh dear, that sounds scary! Here's hoping for a complication-free surgery and a swift recovery!
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    Okay, now I'm in equal parts curious and concerned. Exactly what strategic value does that mountain top have to warrant such hardships?
    I'm making sure that communications keep running. High places are good for that. So long as nothing goes wrong up here, I have nothing to do, so I've mostly been listening to audiobooks and doing some writing. And enjoying the gorgeous views. Hopefully the 110 kph winds don't come back. Now that really sucked.
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    The backyard of my new house is like a giant Myst puzzle. So far, I've found two things that have both timers and switches involved, one of which the previous owner told me did not work so she apparently never figured out (cabana lights - she'd strung Christmas lights in the cabana because she could not get the built-in lights to work).

    The "fun" part of the timer/switch combo is that they are generally not on the same panel or obviously related, so to figure this out you have to try flipping switches that do not appear to do anything, then either leave it that way and check back regularly to see if anything changed, or find something that might be a timer and play with it while the switch is on.

    Next, I aspire to figure out how to turn on the water in the cabana. I suspect it's one of the forest of knobs under the sink in the utility room in the main house.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DraPrime View Post
    I'm making sure that communications keep running. High places are good for that. So long as nothing goes wrong up here, I have nothing to do, so I've mostly been listening to audiobooks and doing some writing. And enjoying the gorgeous views. Hopefully the 110 kph winds don't come back. Now that really sucked.
    Well, at least for as long as we're talking electronic communications. Other infrastructure generally avoids mountain tops.

    Do you have some kind of building up there, or do you live in a tent? Also, do you overlook a mountain range or lowlands?

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    The backyard of my new house is like a giant Myst puzzle. So far, I've found two things that have both timers and switches involved, one of which the previous owner told me did not work so she apparently never figured out (cabana lights - she'd strung Christmas lights in the cabana because she could not get the built-in lights to work).

    The "fun" part of the timer/switch combo is that they are generally not on the same panel or obviously related, so to figure this out you have to try flipping switches that do not appear to do anything, then either leave it that way and check back regularly to see if anything changed, or find something that might be a timer and play with it while the switch is on.

    Next, I aspire to figure out how to turn on the water in the cabana. I suspect it's one of the forest of knobs under the sink in the utility room in the main house.
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    I'm back from my time off in this forum because of my friends situation that I posted in Personal Woes and Advice 5 a few days ago.

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    Okay, so earlier today I had brain surgery to remove a mass from my head. (Since it would have been just as invasive to get a biopsy). We won't know what kind of mass for a few days, but I've been recovering well, at least
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    Okay, so earlier today I had brain surgery to remove a mass from my head. (Since it would have been just as invasive to get a biopsy). We won't know what kind of mass for a few days, but I've been recovering well, at least

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    Okay, so earlier today I had brain surgery to remove a mass from my head. (Since it would have been just as invasive to get a biopsy). We won't know what kind of mass for a few days, but I've been recovering well, at least
    Not having had any experience with brain surgery, I was surprised to see you posting within 24h of it.
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    Not having had any experience with brain surgery, I was surprised to see you posting within 24h of it.
    I don't remember what precisely this form of surgery is called (meni something?) But apparently worst case scenario was that I would lose feeling in my right side and have trouble speaking for 72 hours. Which didn't happen.
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    I don't remember what precisely this form of surgery is called (meni something?)
    Was the tumour a meningioma? If so, it means it was growing from the meninges (the membrane covering the brain) rather than the brain itself, so would presumably be easier to get at. Anyway, fingers crossed that the tests come back good and you don't have anything to worry about going forward!

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    "They say that your heart beats faster when you see someone you truly love. They also say it only has so many total beats, and that when it runs out, you die. If these were true, being with you would take decades off my life... but be worth every minute."
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    Was the tumour a meningioma? If so, it means it was growing from the meninges (the membrane covering the brain) rather than the brain itself, so would presumably be easier to get at. Anyway, fingers crossed that the tests come back good and you don't have anything to worry about going forward!
    Something like that, yeah. I'm having trouble putting words together. Hard part's over.
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    Well, at least for as long as we're talking electronic communications. Other infrastructure generally avoids mountain tops.

    Do you have some kind of building up there, or do you live in a tent? Also, do you overlook a mountain range or lowlands?
    I live under cammie netting. As for the view, in some directions I look out at flat desert, in some I see mountains, and in some I see both. I'd post pictures, but my reception up here is garbage and I have a hard time uploading photos from my phone.

    ION: I have little to do up here, so I've taken to writing a commentary on one of the books I brought up here, the Tao Te Ching. This would be a fine way to pass the time if it weren't for the fact that the translation I bought is...bad. If you've ever read the Tao Te Ching, you'll know that it can be cryptic enough on its own without a bad translator fouling it up. I can look up superior versions online, but cell phone reception here is dodgy, so sometimes I need to wait an hour before I can google a single thing. It is a tedious process. 17 verses down, 64 more to go. *sigh*
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