I've tried the zone therapy, and man that was painful. The woman told me that was because there was something wrong with the corresponding body part (my back). She continued pressing down until I almost blacked out, and then she said: "There, I fixed it." I guess she must have fixed it because my back didn't hurt. I don't remember my back hurting before that either, but at least it didn't anymore.
- Eivind
lol Eivind! Is that kind of like the "dr, dr, it hurts when I 'do this' Dr: then don't do that ;)
- Janice
Yeah, but in my defense I really liked her daughter :)
- Eivind
Maybe she was talking about shoulders or perhaps buttocks? (both of which have 'spots')
- Janice
I wondered about the large area dedicates to 'buttocks' :D Seems like they could have crammed a couple of other body parts in there. Maybe if you press those two at the same time?
- Eivind
Wow, head is at the top, buttocks are at the bottom, which is another word we use for buttocks. What are the freaking chances?! I mean, look where shoulders are located, for crying out loud! How could this possibly be madeupshit?
- Edward Zwart
my friend molly just gave me a king size quilt that she made over a few months. She and I have been very close for the last 5 years or so, and I cried when I saw it. It was SO much work.. and I always coveted the quilts she made for others... it was truly epic.
- Jenna Bilotta
In terms of material goods for the gift itself and not solely the thought behind it...quite possibly my DLSR camera. It has opened up a new world to me. I've received lovely extravagant gifts from my fiance (like a computer) which was very useful, but it was and improvement over what was already part of my life. This was a surprise gift that showed that someone trusted my creativity and it's something that has allowed me to document my life where I was limited before.
- joey
50 yardline tickets to the Notre Dame-Ohio State game (it was the first time they had played in 50 years)
- RAPatton
from iPhone
oh yeah. I got kidnapped to the amalfi coast (italy) the day of my 30th birthday by my boyfriend. I didn't know where we were going until we got to DC. I had to cancel my meetings at work with a phone call from the DC airport. :) He packed for me and everything!
- Jenna Bilotta
It's a tossup between my first bike and sled. Probably the bike, although the sled was more fun right away with several feet of snow on the ground at Christmas.
- Cristo
Probably the trip to Antarctica, though there may be a recency bias there. Also, I'd have to say 'college'. Thanks Mom!
- Kevin Fox
The chance to prove to others that I'm not a quitter. After terminal illness kicked me out of my career path I received college paid in full for journalism.
- H0llywoodWh0re
My mother-in-law donated a kidney to me so I could live.
- Travis B. Hartwell
You can't top pure unselfish giving like that Travis. Glad you're with us to share. =)
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Thanks everyone! I'm glad to be here too. It's amazing. I'm coming up on my 6 month new-kidney birthday.
- Travis B. Hartwell
My first iPhone, in '07. It was even better than I'd anticipated. Runner-up was the experience of standing in line at the Apple Store this past June with my daughter, on my birthday, for the upgrade. There aren't a lot of things she and I can really share in our somewhat difficult relationship - we don't exactly speak the same language despite having somewhat similar interests. But that was a great morning and a great birthday for us, ages 19 and 49. (Hers is June 24...)
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
My dog. Otto was a gift from Mom, and he's the love of my life :)
- ωαřмaiden, MFA'd poet
I got nothing on Travis. He wins... All Hail the King! (and his cool Mother in Law)
- Morgan Haley
Updates to the FriendFeed platform, including favicons for fed services.
- Matthew DeVries
Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits. May sound lame, but at 11 I was in heaven.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
and Bill is a very close second place!!! Not much beats a good steak and a bj
- Morgan Haley
Can't think of one - not that I can't narrow it down, but because I am the best gift giver EVER. :P
- Mona Nomura
from iPhone
I remember getting my first computer. A 286. Compudyne, I think. Without that, I wouldn't be here right now. If I recieved anything else that year, I couldn't tell you what. I was too busy installing a bootleg copy of LogoWriter and learning how to make the computer do stuff using machine code.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
My NES and my first bike. I can remember those two gifts like it just happened to me yesterday.
- Chieze Okoye
One Christmas eve, Andrew and I realized we hadn't bought each other presents yet. We went to a store and independently picked out gifts. Turns out we each got the same Lego set. I like the warm fuzzy feeling of knowing we have such compatible tastes (plus having 2x the legos)
- Lexi Baugher
from iPhone
Do you and our beautiful babies count, Paul? Thanks for making them so adorable, by the way. :)
- April Buchheit
from iPhone
I think my Acer netbook last year. My BlackBerry this year runs a very close second. When I dig a little deeper though, the original NES that my siblings and I got from one of our grandmothers back in the 80s did have us all pretty ecstatic.
- Kamilah Gill
I think wind resistance will depend on if it leans to one side or the other. If straight it will probably give stability of direction...
- Rasmus Lauridsen
yup exactly, but there will of course be the problem of not being able to see... So he will gain directional stability until he hits an unseen curve.
- Rasmus Lauridsen
I'm sure that they have some technology in place. Let's face it. The thrill + the wind + the vibration? No doubt there Is an erection in play.
- Joe Pierce
I suppose... You don't wanna be thinking about your grandma when you're hurtling down an ice tube on a plastic tray...
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
I bet they tuck like drag queens before going into a race.
- cecily
The temperature would counteract a lot of Joe's factors. Also remembering Robin Williams' commentary that the lugers' uniforms were so tight he could tell their religion.
- s t e v e
Rock'n Roll müziğinin kralı Elvis Presley'nin gençlik yıllarında çektirdiği bilinmeyen fotoğrafları Londra'daki bir sergiyle gün yüzüne çıktı. TARZA BAK :)
çağatay o kelimeleri duyunca birinin kafa saldıgını hissederim :D
- ELyaz
bir de böyle amcalar var tabi... Allahtan erkekler genelde kıskançlık krizine girmezler. Yoksa "Bu ne lan karizmatik havalar, bir duruşlar böyle!" diye kafa atasım gelebilirdi.
- Serkan Canıberk
serkan iyiye iyi diceksin abi yanlısmıyım :)
- ELyaz
"Stunning images of distant stars and galaxies have been captured by a powerful new British telescope. Vista (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy), based at the Paranal Observatory in Chile, is the world's largest telescope dedicating to mapping the sky in infrared light. Astronomers expect it to reveal a completely new view of the southern sky."
- RAPatton
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Just had the best customer call of my time with this company. Highlight: Customer: "He [Lo's boss] sucks. He sucks he sucks he sucks!" Me: "I have heard that before. On a tangentially related note, after this month I will no longer be handling your account, but I will be sure to give full notes on your situation to my replacement."
I wanted to say "Girl, you be preachin' to the choir!" We talked elaborately in code, but the gist was that we both think my boss is unreasonable, and she's sad and stunned to realize that it would actually be much worse if he were running the show unchecked all this time. I promised to try to help if I'm kept on part-time, but... I wish I could have warned them to buy from someone else!
- Lo doing much better
"I’m fascinated by climate deniers. How could anyone deny the climate change is happening? What evidence is there? Surely it’s unambiguous? Curious, I investigated the key statements made by climate denialists and sought out the counter-views, as presented by climate research scientists. The result is this image."
- MikeAmundsen
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@Eric: thanks for the pointer. looks like an interesting site.
- MikeAmundsen
it's amazing how these rabid voices rise everywhere, such as on cbc radio phone in comments, right away a couple of those voices claim that it is now proven that climate change is a hoax, this must be orchestrated somewhere, of course the canadian gov't is in bed with the oilsands, and it is in their interest to sow doubts..
- daviza
@daviza: conspiratorial thinking relies on the fallacy of "disproving a negative." as in, "Oh yeah? prove to me there _is_ no teapot circling the earth right now!"
- MikeAmundsen
"Working together with a number of partners including Volkswagen, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU in Chemnitz have come up with another way to make holes in press-hardened steel bodywork. Dr. Verena Kräusel, head of department at the IWU, explains: “The new method is based on electromagnetic pulse technology (EMPT), which was previously used primarily to expand or neck aluminum tubes. We’ve modified it to cut even hard steels. Whereas a laser takes around 1.4 seconds to cut a hole, EMPT can do the job in approximately 200 milliseconds — our method is up to seven times faster.” Another advantage is that it produces no burr, thus doing away with the need for a finishing process. Stamping presses become superfluous, and no costs arise from the need to replace worn-out parts."
- Steven Perez
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