I really want that ESP when I'm going through garage sales and antique shops for insulators.
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I have a mag trainer too ... it's kind of loud, but I like being able to ride MY bike stationarily (is that a word?).
Dude, you need this stuff for your hands ... good stuff!
Under white cotton gloves at bedtime=callus heaven. Try it out (it IS dermatologist recommended, after all...). Don't use this stuff during the day though, you'll leave greasy fingerprints on everything.
Those are all PRs, but come on... who counts these?
85x13 (x2)
So, I think I'm not pushing myself hard enough. I finished my squats with 2 sets of 8 @ 235, but the other day, it was 5x5 @ 225. They (the 5x5s) seemed hard at the time, but I could have handled more, apparently. Hmmm...
On Saturday, I helped a friend move out of her house. She's getting divorced and needed help.
Before Saturday, she was basically a friend of a friend. I'd only met her, along with a group, a few weeks ago at a party. At the party, everybody and their brother had volunteered to help her, yet I was the only one to show up.
It's not her. She's very nice and was obviously one of the favorites in the group. I'm sure everyone had a "good" excuse, but we didn't talk about it. Highlighting her friends' decisions to not help her move would only make her feel worse, I think.
When I separated and moved out, I had the same thing happen to me. I had volunteers offer to help me, yet on that day, they all had the kids, needed to get a big project done for work, vacation, didn't answer the phone, sick, etc. Some excuses might certainly have been valid. Only they really know.
In my case, I thought it was me. But since then, I've heard and seen this phenomenon with several other friends on "moving out" days. I think it's the awkwardness of the divorce/separation. You're helping someone in a situation where it might become awkward and emotional; that's why you don't go. But that's why you should go, instead.
Your friend needs you. Even if all you feel like you're doing is moving a box from point A to point B, what you're actually doing is letting your friend know that they have friends that care. Even in hard and awkward times.
ITA Roland ... when I got divorced and my ex and I were moving out of our house, he had a large group of friends who came and helped HIM move (people who I had thought were OUR friends). I was all alone. I ended up hiring a moving company. I know that those men didn't mean anything by it, and I have remained friendly with many of them, but it was really hard on me that day.
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B: Most people are unkind bastards. If you say you're going to do something then you *should* do it. Otherwise you're a lying. If nothing else when it comes to moving and crap like that, the person likely *needs* help. They're asking because it's nearly impossible to move a household by yourself. If you're unwilling to help a person that *needs* it...bastard.
Good job with the weights and way to help out a friend (even if not a close friend) with a move. I have heard of this happening to others as well. I don't really see why everyone acts like that though. Personally, I love helping people move because when you get them all moved in there is always a little party/BBQ/celebration to thank those that helped and to let the people that just moved relax a bit before they have to finish unpacking and organizing. Well, at least that is how it goes in my small circle.
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猿も木から落ちる Even monkeys fall from trees
- Japanese Proverb
I third the gem part. You are the kindest sort of person. I always show up to help a friend in need move or I don't volunteer for it. Hey is this girl cute? You know those rebound flings are sometimes fun.
37 days... Wow. I'll be 41. That puts me into decade #5. Wow. That is old.
Works been crazy lately. Plus, I've been trying to get more sleep. I'm down a couple of pounds, too. But, not from exercise. From forgetting to eat, or from managing to get myself into predicaments where eating isn't happening.
Today's workout hurt, hurt, hurt. My hands hurt a lot now.
A, Deadlift, 10 singles at 375
B1, Lumberjack Squat to Push Press, 4x6-8, 125lbs
B2, Corner BB Row w/Rope, 4x6-8, 125lbs -- same bar and load as above, rope looped under the end for rowing
B3, Lying Ext Rotations, 3x15-20, 8lbs
). Don't use this stuff during the day though, you'll leave greasy fingerprints on everything.
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