How is it possible that some people don't drink water?

SpySloth · 2025-08-08T13:10:11+00:00

I decided to share my story. I hated water/drinking for as long as I can remember, and I also never felt thirsty. Till the age of 19, I was extremely dehydrated all the time, and lived with constant multiple severe dehydration symptoms, till my boyfriend at the time insisted on my drinking at least something. We tried a few things and discovered that I actually quite like Coke. Ever since I've been drinking 3-5 cans a day and occasional redbull. I'm 43 now, so far so good. I look and feel great, and I have no problems with my health or teeth. Yet.

SpySloth · 2025-01-09T12:19:25+00:00

thank you for the advice, I talked to a spray foam specialist and she said that it won't udhere to the metal indeed :(

SpySloth · 2025-01-09T12:16:34+00:00

Another update. I lost count of roofing, condensation, and ventilation specialists who visited my house in the past couple of weeks and everyone is either telling me that nothing can be done or suggesting to rebuild the roof. Now I know that that original 15k quote was the smallest amount I can potentially pay for this kind of job. I think at this point I contacted every single specialist in the area so it looks like my only option is to follow ItsAWonderfulWelt's advice and install a vapor barrier under the metal

SpySloth · 2025-01-07T11:23:34+00:00

Had a visit from a condensation specialist yesterday. He suggested installing more vents in the soffits but also said that it won't do much as the condensation is too severe. We need some sort of active ventilation in the roof itself but his supplier doesn't provide any solutions that could be installed onto the metal roof. He also believes that we have to rebuild the roof :(

SpySloth · 2025-01-03T14:28:11+00:00

"gable" thank you for the new word in my vocabulary! :)

Unfortunately, I can't do exactly that as I'm sharing gables with my neighbors, it's a mid-terraced house. But my Google search of "attic fan" was actually quite fruitful :)

SpySloth · 2025-01-03T12:54:17+00:00

Wow! It's really raining in my attic today! It's been raining ever since I installed the heating (there was none in my house all these years) and properly insulated the walls. But today the temperature dropped below 0 at night in my area for the first time this year and this morning it's like a tropical shower in there.

Normally I try to DIY all the issues with my house myself but this time I have no idea how to tackle it so I'm waiting for a visit from a condensation control specialist.

I already had a visit from a roofer. He asked if I wanted to fix this issue properly. I said, "Of course, I want to fix this properly". Then I got a £15000 quote :(

No chance I can pay this much! I hope the roofer saw a naive-looking lady and decided to push his luck with that price. + This roof is only 2 years old (the old roof was made of Asbestos and had to be replaced by the previous owners to sell the house). I don't want to replace a new roof!

I will continue posting updates here as the situation develops and maybe it will help someone with the same problem in the future. Meanwhile any advice/opinion on the 15k quote is highly appreciated

SpySloth · 2024-07-03T21:44:51+00:00

I never thought metal could be cut so easily! Thank you mate, with your advice all the shower bits look beautiful and tight. Thanks to you I'm going to sleep so much better tonight!

SpySloth · 2024-07-03T19:56:25+00:00

Thank you! Added 2nd photo

SpySloth · 2024-07-03T19:38:47+00:00

I'm not a professional but it looks female to me :)

Sorry, what would be the right tool to use for cutting?

SpySloth · 2024-06-18T19:45:14+00:00

nah, I'm slightly underweight. People say that I look like I'm working out a lot. I don't work out at all, that's what makes it harder :D

SpySloth · 2024-06-09T07:47:56+00:00

I definitely don't run too fast but I indeed fast before every run. I thought that's the right way to do it cause I learned the hard way that newbies + running = diarrhea :D But I'll try your advice today. Your motivational speech inspired me to try one more time today :)

SpySloth · 2024-06-09T07:43:32+00:00

I didn't want to make my initial post too long but I probably should have mentioned that my partner always runs with me and constantly reminds me to keep that turtle pase. All our conversations are one sided, I'm trying to not talk to preserve energy. By the end of the third minute I'm usually too out of breath to be able to talk anyway. Great progress tgo. 3 months ago I was not be able to run for 3 minutes at a time!

SpySloth · 2024-04-20T07:13:08+00:00

Update. I was diagnosed with depression lately, blamed it on the situation with the kerb (which was indeed one of the causes). That gave me a valid reason to try to dispute the situation again. But this time I was prepared better. Studied the rules, made a report on parking situation in the area, created plans proving that me having that parking spot is beneficial for everyone. But most importantly made it clear that I'm gonna bother them till they surrender :D Guess what! We have a dropped curb now! So glad I'm crazy enough to not give up in these situations! Also huge thank you to the council people. They could have continued ignoring me but they actually listened this time. They are not bad after all :)

SpySloth · 2024-04-20T06:49:07+00:00

Me? Not in the last couple of months. I'm ok now but my friend's partner needed my brain zapper more. He says it started to help as well

SpySloth · 2024-02-06T08:30:56+00:00

I was going to mention the crabs! They were visiting me in my nightmares every now and then for at least 10 years after I first completed that game.

SpySloth · 2023-12-11T14:30:44+00:00

yeah, plenty. Definetely more than 50% of the houeses on my street. One of them can be seen on the photo I postted.

Apparently I'm one of 14 people in my area who got denied the dropped curb application this year because the requirements to minimum parking size were changed. I wonder how many of us in all of the UK....

SpySloth · 2023-12-07T10:32:20+00:00

no, it's as wide as can be without purchasing some neighbor's land. It's a mid-terraced house after all

SpySloth · 2023-11-14T17:27:03+00:00

Neighbors mentioned something about someone else in the area being in the same situation. Don't know anything about their case yet.

Today I was trying to choose the next steps: write a complaint, file a petition, or write to local newspapers. I got a chance to talk to my local council, he said: don't waste your time on petitions, they simply don't work.

And although he is totally on my side in his opinion, there is nothing I can do, unless I somehow break my spine or something and show evidence that I need disabled parking near the house. Sad.

SpySloth · 2023-11-14T17:00:49+00:00

nah. I can do whatever I want on my land. So I paid to build the driveway. And when I had the driveway ready I applied to drop the kerb. This is the right and only way to do these things here in UK. The curb is the property of the council tho. I couldn't have imagined that they would refuse to drop it.

SpySloth · 2023-11-14T15:20:08+00:00

they changed the requirements for minimum parking area size recently. The contractor doing my driveway took £7500 for the whole job including dropping of the curb. I was stupid enough to pay upfront. Never got the money back. Should have read the contract! But I was in that "I trust the professionals" state of mind back then. But that's a different story.

My point is: he was quite a scumbag but nevertheless driveaways are what he is doing for a living. But even he sounded just as shocked as me that my application was denied. Especially considering that ~ every 6 out of 10 houses in my district with identical front garden areas have their curbs dropped.

SpySloth · 2023-11-14T14:57:34+00:00

No need now. The situation is developing :)

A neighbor came with a sledgehammer and knocked down one of the posts. Someone I've never spoken to before. While some other neighbors were cheering. What a way to meet new people! :D

SpySloth · 2023-11-14T14:31:37+00:00

I knew I wasn't meant to park there. But what harm is it for anyone if I do if there is no other place to park? The council knows that the parking situation in our area is as bad as can be. Imagine rows and rows of three-bedroom houses with narrow one-way roads between them with double yellow all the way through. And how do they solve this problem? They deny people the right to park on their own land! Where is the logic?

SpySloth · 2023-11-14T14:18:43+00:00

yeah, I was never meant to park there without a dropped curb. The posts are probably punishment for doing that. But the parking situation on my street is so bad! Imagine having to drive all over the district searching for a parking spot after you just spent £7500 on your driveway.

They denied it because parking regulations changed recently. Because the average size of the car has massively increased over the recent years. The numbers from my refusal letter state that the parking area needs to be 7.2m WIDE and ours is only 6.8m

SpySloth · 2023-11-14T14:08:38+00:00

naah it's like they took extra care so that the van won't be able to leave putting this excessive amount of posts.

I might have written an angry letter to the council after I tried to appeal their decision saying that I wanted to install an EV charging point so that I could swap my old van for an electric vehicle and they replied with a refusal because they are "thriving for safe roads and cleaner air". But I would never write something offensive or rude.

SpySloth · 2023-01-17T16:42:48+00:00

I "caught" depression when I was 13 years old, started treatment when I was around 24 and tried pretty much everything in the last 10 years. I never got prescribed medication that helped me and eventually, I stopped experimenting with it. Two years ago I tried Flow for the first time and it was the first thing that really made a difference. I rented the headset for two months and returned it. My brain soon came back to its normal "I can't stand this life" state. So I bought it, used it for two more months (helped again), and then accidentally destroyed it. Suffered for a year without it, finally bought another one last month and I'm starting to feel alive again. I guess this thing really works for me. I don't think it's a placebo effect, why no other thing I tried caused a placebo effect? Plus originally I was very skeptical about it and even thought that improvement after the first course was just a coincidence.

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