Speedy's Cafe - General Chat about anything you like!

[Doe]

I just tripped on the pavement twice in a six week period. First, I was starting a project with a new client and was walking out to the parking lot with them and proceeded to turn my ankle on an uneven place and go down on my knee. "Oh, nothing hurt but my pride!" Spent the rest of the day feeling blood oozing out of my knee and trying to mop it up with my (thank God) black skirt until I could get to a bathroom and make repairs. And it took about 5 weeks to stop bleeding periodically, because it was on that part of your knee that bends all the time, so it was always cracking back open.

 

So, I went out to take a walk, and I was enjoying my vintage punk soundtrack and bouncing merrily along, and I tripped where the road sloped down to the sewer. Cracked open the same knee, and went through an abbreviated version of the healing process. (RIP that pair of pants - trousers - I was wearing.)

 

It's healed again, so I wonder what I can trip over next?

I'am sorry Boton. Are you preoccupied, nowadays?

[Doe]

Try aloe vera gel for that kind of wound, once dry it sealed the open surface with a transparent & flexible layer of film and it promotes quick healing of the tissue. It wash off with water and light rubbing, you may apply the gel many times a day without worrying about antibiotic-resistance in the future.

Thank you. I will try.

[Boton]

 

I'am sorry Boton. Are you preoccupied, nowadays?

 

 

Thanks, Doe.  I don't think I'm more preoccupied than usual.  For the second case, I really think the problem is that I need to get some new walking/hiking shoes.  I have a pair of these sport sandals (Tevas, for those who know the brand) that I really like for anything athletic like that. I have worn my current pair out, and I think I need to get a new pair so they have enough traction and the soles aren't worn out. 

[Pseudonym]

O2 (mobile phone provider) have a new ad out, and I've got to admit I'm pretty impressed with it. It just shows people accidentally smashing their phone screens in a variety of settings, and although our ads are pretty good with diversity it's one of the most inclusive I've ever seen. Two black guys, an asian guy, a mixed race couple, two guys snogging, a black girl... it's brilliant. And all the scenes are treated as normal there are no pointed flashing signs, no 'look how good we are', it's just normal people going about their lives. 

[Shadow Dweller]

It hasn't popped so it's still sealed. Do you think it would it still be worth using?

 

As long as there is open surface, even only in the form of parallel lines like scratch wound, it is still worth to apply the gel. However, if the wound is deep instead of only at the surface it is better to have it looked at by medics. Aloe vera gel is surface-application only, it will promote quick healing of the tissue it touched and that's why it could be problem for deep wound since there would be difference in the speed of new tissue-growth.

[Shadow Dweller]

Help, help! Anyone know some dependable free image storage?

[Arcadia]

Well, Imgur has been dependable for me, but apparently not everyone can see it. :( Van Buren recommended postimage.org, I've been meaning to check it out.

[Shadow Dweller]

Thanks ^^ A friend needs to migrate from photobucket, that's why.

[Pseudonym]

I'm watching a documentary about minimalism, and every time these guys meet someone they say "I'm a hugger!" and lunge in for a hug before the other person can respond. I would not be impressed. You're a hugger, right, good for you. I however am not and would prefer not to be touched. There's being friendly, and then there's being aggressively friendly, and forcing people to hug you is what I would term the latter. 

[Arcadia]

I'm sitting here trying to figure out the connection between minimalism and hugging.....

[Van Buren Supernova]

Yup what minimalism got to do with hugging.. and I would freak out if someone, stranger or not, tries to hug me. Mahagony!

 

I'm not a hugger... eh.. as said, I can count people I've hugged willingly with fingers I'm born with, half hand. Unwilling hugs, not many too, as I put a lot of effort to avoid it and never let it go beyond a second or two.

 

But .. eh.. I meant to ask you gals, or guys. Okay, beside my loved one, which I don't mind, there were guys who hugged me, friends, and since they were friends, I let it last for a while, not too long of course but.. eh.. dammit, help I'm not sure how to say it it's poking.

Ugh. Awkward. That's one of the reasons why I'm not comfortable with hugs except with the one.

 

But my sampling size is small (not a pun! Definitely not) so I wonder.. is it happen often?

[Artemis]

I'm watching a documentary about minimalism, and every time these guys meet someone they say "I'm a hugger!" and lunge in for a hug before the other person can respond. I would not be impressed. You're a hugger, right, good for you. I however am not and would prefer not to be touched. There's being friendly, and then there's being aggressively friendly, and forcing people to hug you is what I would term the latter. 

 

I saw that documentary and thought the same thing.  Why does the hugger presume priority?  :/

 

 

[Pseudonym]

I'm sitting here trying to figure out the connection between minimalism and hugging.....

 

I don't think there's a link between minimalism and hugging, it was just the 'we're cool friendly bros' attitude they were trying to project.

 

Yup what minimalism got to do with hugging.. and I would freak out if someone, stranger or not, tries to hug me. Mahagony!

 

I'm not a hugger... eh.. as said, I can count people I've hugged willingly with fingers I'm born with, half hand. Unwilling hugs, not many too, as I put a lot of effort to avoid it and never let it go beyond a second or two.

 

But .. eh.. I meant to ask you gals, or guys. Okay, beside my loved one, which I don't mind, there were guys who hugged me, friends, and since they were friends, I let it last for a while, not too long of course but.. eh.. dammit, help I'm not sure how to say it it's poking.

Ugh. Awkward. That's one of the reasons why I'm not comfortable with hugs except with the one.

 

But my sampling size is small (not a pun! Definitely not) so I wonder.. is it happen often?

 

Hm, well normally when hugging myself and the other person would keep a gap between groins. Upper torsos together, groins not. Yes, though, I have been poked in the past by platonic male friends. 

 

 

I'm watching a documentary about minimalism, and every time these guys meet someone they say "I'm a hugger!" and lunge in for a hug before the other person can respond. I would not be impressed. You're a hugger, right, good for you. I however am not and would prefer not to be touched. There's being friendly, and then there's being aggressively friendly, and forcing people to hug you is what I would term the latter. 

 

I saw that documentary and thought the same thing.  Why does the hugger presume priority?  :/

 

 

Yea, it's the way he practically grabs them as soon as he says it. Lol, there's a quote from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air that always pops into my head when I think about people getting too close, hopefully this clip will work in other countries. 

 

[T.o.b.y]

If people hug you without your permission, steal their phone. Add yourself to their contacts and personalize the text alert to something rude. Then text them at all hours, especially if you have good reason to believe they are in a professional or intimate situation. I learned that from this really educational BBC show...

[Pseudonym]

Talking about revenge... I, uh, probably shouldn't share this, but since we're all anonymous I guess it's safe... 

 

When I worked in a call centre it was for a media provider and I was part of the set up and faults department, so we'd try to repair customers faults over the phone and then send out a tech if we couldn't. My friend had this one really vile customer (we got a lot of vile customers), and even though my friend was very laid back this customer was absolutely horrible, completely unwilling to listen and really wound my mate up to the point either he or the customer eventually hung up.

Using the diagnosis software we were able to essentially log into people's TV boxes in their houses to change the channels, check various system levels etc. So my friend made a note of this guy's box serial number, and at random times every day for a few weeks he would switch the box over to the God channel, just to mess with him. He probably would have either had a disciplinary or been sacked if any of the managers found out but he was wily enough to get away with it.  :D

[Van Buren Supernova]

Hm, well normally when hugging myself and the other person would keep a gap between groins. Upper torsos together, groins not. Yes, though, I have been poked in the past by platonic male friends.

Well, now I'm getting very good to avoid hugs from men (female's is tricky though and significantly harder), but I remember the last time I caught off guard by male hugging I had learned 'groin away' but that was a colleague I hardly knew and it was polite hug from him on my farewell. The ones I said earlier was difficult when one hand on shoulder the other on the waist.

I guess it's not fun to be male when it's probably more difficult when one part of your body is reacting not the way you want. Another friend had to get off swimming pool that had some kind of Jacuzzi jet stream that eh.. provoked something and he preferred to get more attires and stayed away from the pool when more people were coming.

 

If people hug you without your permission, steal their phone. Add yourself to their contacts and personalize the text alert to something rude. Then text them at all hours, especially if you have good reason to believe they are in a professional or intimate situation. I learned that from this really educational BBC show...

Sounds interesting. :p

Would you recommend the show? Any chance it turns into obsession? XD

 

However, I think one have to be sure that you are expert enough for phone stealing because it would be high risk to stuck your hand into unchartered territory. Brrr..

My suggestion is slightly different, for hugging without permission: elbow in face.

[Pseudonym]

To American plug sockets have an on/off switch? How about other countries?

[Doe]

If people hug you without your permission, steal their phone. Add yourself to their contacts and personalize the text alert to something rude. Then text them at all hours, especially if you have good reason to believe they are in a professional or intimate situation. I learned that from this really educational BBC show...

 

OMG Toby. We hug everybody at anytime everytime. It's our culture. If I go to England, I have to be careful.    :P

[Fantasy Lover]

To American plug sockets have an on/off switch? How about other countries?

We don't have them, and neither do the British.

[Doe]

 

To American plug sockets have an on/off switch? How about other countries?

We don't have them, and neither do the British.

 

 

Yes, we have.

[Pseudonym]

Yes we do. Definitely got 'em in Britain. 

[Fantasy Lover]

I mean we as in Belgians, and it appears I was mistaken. It's late and I'm tired, forgive me.

[Pseudonym]

Yea, sorry the yes we do was aimed at the British bit. It's weird some countries do and some don't, I just assumed everyone did until I saw a vlog and someone commented on them. 

[J.P.]

Not by default, but you can buy some having switches.
BTW, I have learned it the hard way - so far British sockets and plugs are only ones I know that don't work if you cross the wires.

[Carol the Dabbler]

A friend needs to migrate from photobucket....

Please let us know what site s/he ends up with, and how satisfactory it is. I'm in the same fix myself.

 

To American plug sockets have an on/off switch? How about other countries?

I assume when you say plug socket, you're talking about the thing on the wall that you plug a lamp cord into, which we call an outlet. Same here as what JP said -- you have your choice, but normally not.

 

Over here, some of them are controlled by switches elsewhere on the wall. We have a couple like that in our house, so we can control the items that are plugged into hard-to-reach outlets. More commonly, people have the switch next to the door into the room, so they can turn the lamps on without groping their way across the room. But in neither case is that the way the outlet itself is made. It's just that the switch and the outlet were wired into the same circuit, generally when the house was built.

 

Sorry, I never was any good at answering yes/no questions! :D

 

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Regarding being "poked" by a platonic male friend during a hug -- goodness, I can't recall that ever happening to me. Now I'm trying to decide whether to feel relieved or insulted!

 

But good heavens yes, I do agree that guys must have a really awkward time of it. I can be as turned on as all get-out, and no one else ever needs to know, even if I'm at a naturist park -- Which is plenty fine with me!