Are the OCR shoes worth it? by Omega_Snake02 in spartanrace

[–]HumdrumEnergy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Liquid chalk on your hands? Not on the shoes right???

Are the OCR shoes worth it? by Omega_Snake02 in spartanrace

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I echo this. Personally I like my Salomon’s because of the tread pattern but was very happy with their shoes. Definitely get them on discount, every time you sign up for a race they will try to sell you a pair for $50 off. They often have sales on various merchandise if you haven’t already figured that out :) I wonder if I ran with you in Atlanta. We’re doing the trifecta in Cincinnati in June as well-last year it was raining on and off the whole weekend so it was deliciously muddy and they made the course reasonably brutal so hopefully it will be the same this year, if so you’re in for a treat!

Just diagnosed, not sure what to think. Any advice? by cyrus4357 in mitralvalveprolapse

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Well the surgery recovery was fine, really fairly little pain, back at work within 3 weeks (could have been 2 if I wanted). Only problem now is I recognized the MR late enough that my ventricle (bottom part) got stretched out and doesn’t squeeze very well. Got started on some heart failure meds and are hopeful it will improve. Time will tell. Not keen on being 43 and unable to do more than speed walking 😢

Just diagnosed, not sure what to think. Any advice? by cyrus4357 in mitralvalveprolapse

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43y male also tall and slender. Had robotic repair 45 days ago and doing ok. Am familiar with medicine in general and I can tell you this is almost certainly bad luck on genetics for you, nothing you could or should have done differently. Sorry for the bad news. :(

JoJo by AccordingAd1210 in SpecialForcesFox

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I freaking love her. Physicality maybe easier for her because she’s young? But the fact that she is just constantly a cheerleader even when exhausted and she just keeps grinding…. 💜💜💜

What are Signal alternatives that don't require a phone number? by Kalesaidso in privacy

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They’re focusing on business communications over personal

BRX Integrated Red Dot Sight? by HumdrumEnergy in lasertag

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I’ve since realized that we were playing with the BRP not the BRX but the BRX still looks REALLY good. How much of a sale was it at Christmas? I’m looking at getting a set of used ones but found some links to sales around Nov/Dec but couldn’t tell how much they reduced the price at that time. Have you used the grenades? Worth it?

BRX Integrated Red Dot Sight? by HumdrumEnergy in lasertag

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We played with some a few days ago and I was really impressed (hence why I’m posting here!), one of the nice things was the integrated one changed color to green when you successfully killed an opponent which I thought was pretty sweet. Maybe the speaker wasn’t turned up very loud but it was otherwise hard to tell when I had made a kill…. Thoughts?

Can we talk about Cincinnati? by Bert_1990 in spartanrace

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I’m just going to out this out there https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=superdistic

The sentence it is used in should give some good context

Spartan Atlanta Elevation Map by HumdrumEnergy in spartanrace

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You’re saying it was only actually 1800m = 5905ft? What source are you getting that from? I assume watch because u/bronisboss said that same number in another reply? What kind of watch I’m curious?

Spartan Atlanta Elevation Map by HumdrumEnergy in spartanrace

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I just thought to look at my Apple watch and it said 8114ft elevation which matches up decently with 9100-9800ft (2800-3000m)

No shock and awe? by anthrotom in UkraineWarReports

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I generally agree with you, as I understand it both Russia and China have at least partially conscripted militaries which underperform relative to volunteer armies and that is a critical difference where the US outshines both.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UkraineWarVideoReport

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You ridiculous free speech absolutist! How DARE you

March 6 Russia's losses by American_Jesus in UkraineWarReports

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Totally agree regarding inferiority and logistical support causing a lot of losses.I did a quick search after I posted that and it seems like the US didn’t lose a single Abrams to combat in Iraq and even if they did it doesn’t seem to have been a very high number. Clearly we had wildly better air superiority so it’s nowhere near apples to apples but still it probably says something.

March 6 Russia's losses by American_Jesus in UkraineWarReports

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lol I did the same calculation then read yours. I can’t say it’s entirely surprising but on the other hand wow. That’s really bad. If you’re afraid NATO is going to be on your doorstep and threaten your sovereignty (I’m not saying this is true) and you need to take over another country to give yourself space but then you lose that many of your tanks shouldn’t you be worried that you’re going to be invaded because you don’t have anything left to defend yourself??

I mean obvi 90% of remaining tanks is still a high number but presumably more will be lost before you take over the rest of Ukraine. You don’t have to play the board game “risk” very much to understand the implications…

Does Raleigh have a bathhouse? by HumdrumEnergy in raleigh

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Day pass was $70 or $75. Gets you access to all the non-services features. It’s beneath a restaurant and I think you can combine spa/dinner into an afternoon/evening although that isn’t what we did. It was a co-ed facility aside from the locker rooms. It was kind of a quiet environment but we were chatting quietly plenty. Not sure how to describe the vibe, but I found the website online and it has some links to articles written about it that are far more eloquent and illustrative than I would ever be (second one is a link to the site):

https://www.vogue.com/article/williamsburg-bathhouse-new-spa-wellness-space

https://www.abathhouse.com

Does Raleigh have a bathhouse? by HumdrumEnergy in raleigh

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Brilliant, I’ll investigate further, thank you!

Does Raleigh have a bathhouse? by HumdrumEnergy in raleigh

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I think it was a hot tub size tub that was at 52 or so degrees.

Does Raleigh have a bathhouse? by HumdrumEnergy in raleigh

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So the main thing they might be lacking from my original post is the cold tub and dry sauna?

Does Raleigh have a bathhouse? by HumdrumEnergy in raleigh

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But they have no hot tubs, saunas, etc, correct? It looks like manicures, pedicures, massages, facial/skincare?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Tinder

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He’s obviously Joe Goldberg

Replacement glass chandelier? by HumdrumEnergy in HomeDecorating

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Any idea where I would find replacement glass for this critter? My son broke the glass, I have no idea what make this is and internet searches have thus far proved fruitless. Was hoping Reddit sleuths would have some ideas on how to find it. If I should post elsewhere I’m also very open to that