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Discounts for VGL seems like he might be for/into everyone.

Titanium, like platinum, gold and silver, are nonmagnetic metals. They don't trip any scanning devices like wands or magnetometers. Same reason you can get an MRI with them.

Speaking of ziplock bags going through security, before the whole nonsense of limiting liquid carry-ons but after 9/11, the TSA once flagged my carry-on bag and sent an empty ziplock bag back through the scanner. The entire line looked they were going to kill every security person for something so ridiculous.

If you bought a finger oximeter, be aware the increased pressure in the cabin may throw off the reading. I tested it once for someone. At 36k, I couldn't get the number above 88%. As we decended back down, the reading steadily rose back up to normal levels. I only did it once so this is completely anecdotal, but you may want to ask your doctor if this typical.

Considering the lack of mental health discussion in the general population itself, it's not surprising. Too many people, especially men, think talking about feelings, stressors, problems, etc. is taboo. Society needs to change to make it acceptable for everyone to discuss these things openly and not shame people for it.

My current eye doctor is a bit of a cutie. However, my previous cardiologist was gorgeous. It was tough to keep it down every time he touched my chest. Unfortunately, he moved to Texas.

I test drove my upcoming multi-day appointment for 10hrs first. I think he'll fit nicely in the garage for a while. Lol

A roommate of mine shot himself over Thanksgiving break when I was a sophomore in college. I knew the guy was in a deep depression state for the whole time we lived together. (I have experience with depression). The rest of the story is too dark to tell.

Hopefully you make it to NYC one day.

I was only reporting what was said. He could have easily been playing to my ego.

One hire said "impressive" when I came. I was honored and blushing.

I had no issue adding a friend in London to WhatsApp and I had never used it before he suggested I get it.

Baby Shark is a song I used to sing at a summer camp I attended. Once a summer was more than enough.

I have found if I can fly east with a morning departure and an evening arrival, just adjusting my sleep schedule for a couple of days prior to my trip avoids all jet lag. If I have to take a red-eye, I'm going to feel dead. I have a JFK-LHW red-eye coming up next summer. I need to find some way of getting sleep on the flight. Maybe my usual trick will work but I haven't been able to sleep on a plane in years.

I have been to restaurants that offer cheese plates on the dessert menu, but that's different than a course like you might get if you to one of those etiquette classes where you learn how to eat a multi-course meal.

I don't think I have ever gone to a restaurant with a cheese course.

Buffalo or Binghamton, NY. I know it's not mountainous, but New Haven, CT is great and you can take a commuter train direct to NYC. Almost any college town is going to be liberal even if the surrounding area isn't. Little pockets of blue as some call them.

Vancouver tends to have the same climate as Seattle but a little colder. It's not the Northeast which is much colder normally.

As nice as these are, nothing is better than seeing them in person.

Just want to applaud your excellent use of adverbs.

If any of my doctors ever called me up to bitch and moan about me cancelling an appointment with 24hrs notice, I'd be changing doctors that minute. For people in a service business, they seemingly have no understanding of customer service.

I started having a Friendsgiving last year but we decided on doing it the weekend prior so all of us can still going to whatever traditional Thanksgiving we are doing.

The title, while intriguing, wasn't what I expected the thread to be about. Lol

I was fortunate enough to be invited into a minor league hockey locker room once by a friend of mine on the team. Lots of eye candy and a quite of few naked guys. I still get off to one guy I saw completely naked.

I don't really suffer from earworms per se, but almost any song I like can pop into my head at random. Sometimes, if it's one I haven't listened to in a while, I'll go on YouTube and listen to it three, four or 15 times in a row.