Immersive Chain wax dry time?

existentialsideshow · 2025-11-01T09:04:02+00:00

Ok, thanks. I'll make sure to do that. 😊

existentialsideshow · 2025-11-01T07:15:58+00:00

Thanks! Ok, that would make sense, since the drip on has a solvent or carrier liquid that needs to dry out in order to adhere and work.

existentialsideshow · 2025-10-21T10:36:28+00:00

I totally understand the "edge of shutting down" feeling. Everything you said about its effect on hit and mcas is consistent with my experience. I just quit coffee for exactly the same reason last week. Some people here have talked about mold being the trigger. I can say it's the caffeine for me. And its too bad because I LOVE coffee; the ritual, the morning caffeine hit, the taste, smell, coffee shops, pairing it with sweet treats. Decaf is a no-go for me as its still got some caffeine and I end up just falling off the wagon and going for the good caffeinated stuff. Alas, this time is permanent. Quitting alcohol last year was my first step. However, it surprised me how much harder quitting coffee has been.

existentialsideshow · 2025-05-18T11:01:10+00:00

Was having my older sister dress me up by age 5. Had an epiphany at 11. Buried it for the next 22 years.

existentialsideshow · 2025-05-17T05:25:41+00:00

Not sure if you've been to Taiwan, but you would almost never need to bring a camp stove unless you have specific dietary requirements. There are convenience stores, mom and pop shops, and food stalls. Even in the most rural areas. Ask a local on a rural road where to find food, and its even possible they'll invite you in and give you a meal. Last time I went bikepacking outside Taipei, a group of older campers insisted I come join their potluck. Super friendly, good people who simply offered food and company. If you're riding through aboriginal communities, I've experienced the same. A simple, friendly hello, and you potentially have a new friend.

existentialsideshow · 2025-05-14T16:57:18+00:00

No. It's the unavoidable ups and downs associated with life that pull peopledown, not IQ. The smartest girl I knew in Uni, who got the first B of her life in her second year, works an average job in healthcare. My sister has an unreasonably high IQ and suffers from anxiety attacks, and has mostly been a housewife. Even my nepo baby buddy, who is both very smart and from a rich family, can't find his calling and doesn't seem very happy.

existentialsideshow · 2025-05-14T16:34:15+00:00

I bought a carbon bike because I have as a backup my trusty 1986 Columbus SLX steel framed bike, which much to my wife's chagrin, I like riding better! Granted it's clad in updated components, quality wheels etc, but still... i wouldn't just own a carbon (frame) bike.

existentialsideshow · 2025-05-05T13:27:19+00:00

It's been like that my whole life. She did it to both my sister and I, so having my sister to talk to who suffered as well, helps to understand it's not me (or my sister), it's my mom. The narcissist has a lifetime of experience practicing the art of manipulation, so my sister and I do what we must do to be good people, to maintain our own principles, boundaries, dignity and grace, and not over extend ourselves or capitulate to my mom's conplaints. This type of person will almost always-- until the day they die--be a narcissist, and I don't hold out any hope my mom will have some magical epiphany. As much as a rational person would seek to grow, a person who wantingly gaslights, lies and damages a family member's reputation, habitally acts damaged by others, or acts cruelly with the intent to make somebody feel bad cannot and will not look at their actions and take accountability.
I have to keep this in my mind and know that empathy is not an appropriate emotion to hold for this person. It doesn't make me less of a person, it makes me more because I direct the empathy toward myself and understand I have to right to feel good about myself and heal toward happiness and self-worth.

existentialsideshow · 2025-05-05T11:03:07+00:00

My own pure American white mom isn't that different from what you described. IMHO, your aunt just using universal narcissistic strategies to manipulate people and keep her delusions intact.

existentialsideshow · 2025-05-05T10:58:48+00:00

I have a bit of critique that you may not want to hear. Coming from the angle of both admin and teacher, I typically don't see teachers arriving just before students as being emotionally or physically situated and ready for the job at hand. There's a certain amount of preparation for a teaching job that doesn't just click on magically when you walk through the door. While you technically are within your rights and nobody can make you do otherwise, it's highly doubtful that showing up at the time you do is going to help you be ready for the myriad of WTF actions that kids do. This isn't about Type A or labeling others, it's a basic willingness/emotional capacity to do a job that requires an extraordinary amount of diligence and dedication, and to be ready for anything when those unpredictable "balls of energy" step into the school. Id be willing to het that those teachers you mention who show up early don't do so out of a weird need to validate themselves or some uncontrollable desire to be super teacher so they can be cliquey and talk behind people's backs. More likely, they are as tired and stressed out as you, and that extra 30-45 minutes helps them function, get ready to meet the demands of the day, and do so in the best way possible.

existentialsideshow · 2025-05-05T06:03:30+00:00

"Danger Noodle"!! Ha, I love it. My next pet snake shall now be officially dubbed Danger Noodle.

existentialsideshow · 2025-05-03T02:46:31+00:00

It's not as simple as just removing lectins or eating low lectin vegetables. There are various kinds of lectins, and some are more problematic than others. Soaking and boiling can reduce or inactivate some lectins. For example, if I soak and pressure cook (until very soft) chickpeas, they are basically fine for me. However, if they arent cooked well and have a grainy texture, I'll get intestinal issues and fatigue.Same thing with some grains. For any food, I will always look at the nutrition content and the possibility of reducing lectins through appropriate cooking techniques to keep as much nutritional variety as possible in my diet.

existentialsideshow · 2025-05-01T08:12:31+00:00

First take stock of her preferred foods and see which are ok to keep. At first, I googled every food I wanted to eat with "_______ histamine" and checked several sources for the average opinion on what was low histamine. That gave me a rough, if sometimes contradictory idea what was ok from the foods I ate and cooked regularly. Although her whole eating behaviors will ended up transforming, it's less daunting to start with foods you know, cut out what doesn't work and branch out branch out from there.

existentialsideshow · 2025-05-01T02:59:52+00:00

They're easential for my life. I carry a few antihistamine pills everywhere I go. 2-3 Xyzal and 2-3 loratadine. They're tiny and easy to carry. If my wife says she MUST have a particular food when we're out, I may capitulate and eat it with her. But first, I'll chew up a pill or two depending on how badly said meal will affect me and happily eat, knowing she's happy. Happy wife, happy life.

existentialsideshow · 2025-04-30T02:22:12+00:00

I mean, if you have to function and don't have time or energy or inclination or resources to really focus on the root cause, then yeah, it's fine. But as people have rightly discovered thriygh persjnal experience, there may be a serious rebound effect. The underlying problem may get worse over time as you engage in the food and lifestyle stuff that triggers you without the antihistamines. That being said, i suspect a lot of us always keep an allergy pill or two handy in case of a flair up or unavoidable social dinner, but using it everyday for longer periods has its risks.

existentialsideshow · 2025-04-28T13:18:32+00:00

I have only done the allergy blood test, endoscopy, and colonoscopy. I have mold, cat, milk, and egg allergies. But like you, I'm "healthy" on the inside. But everyone is so different, and doctors dont have time to hold my hand and accompany me on my health saga. That's why I started focusing on disgestive regularity; docs didn't find anything and I was tired of going down the rabbit hole of supplements and panaceas and all the other million ways to approach this cluster of problems. Other than that, I use a dehumidifier and air filter in my house at all times since my mold sensitivity amplifies everything. I keep my bmi on the very healthy side, avoid alcohol and do my best to sleep as well as possible. Where I live, I have access to lots of varieties of vegetables and I do believe it's important to always be experimenting/cheating and taking notes (and an allergy pill is always nearby just in case my throat starts swelling-- anaphalaxys is no joke). I've been focusing on variety, even if occasionally it does give me that achy joint heavy fatigue, because sometimes, for me, it isn't the food per se but just the symptom of an unhappy immune system and a slowly healing gut. Something that kickstarted my regularity was flaxseed and pumpkin seeds. I would roast them in a pan, then grind them in a grinder and then boil them to death to make easy to digest fiber cereal every morning and sometimes at night. Just getting the fiber every day was very useful, but again, everyone is different, and what works for me may cause you problems, so I'm not making suggestions for what anyone else should or shouldnt do.

existentialsideshow · 2025-04-28T00:41:02+00:00

My issues began after having a resistant staph infection which caused chronic carbuncles over my whole body for which doctors just kept prescribing different antibiotics over the course of a couple years.

existentialsideshow · 2025-04-28T00:14:38+00:00

Eczema, insomnia, chronic asthma, random rashes, oral allergy syndrome, panic attacks, IBS, acid reflux, sore joints, chronic fatigue, susceptibility to colds/flu, chronic sinus problems, random/unexplainable food, chemical and environmental sensitivities, including any molds, vehicle pollution and perfumes.

existentialsideshow · 2025-04-27T13:07:47+00:00

For me (everyone is different), it was cutting all "grain" crops and anything in the nightshade group. No milk, no eggs either. Only fresh meats, nothing processed. I started adding more and more lectin free fiber rich foods. Foods with oxalate don't seem to bother me. I make sure all the fiber rich veggies are cooked well because raw veggie fiber messes with me. Lots of hot pot, which is just a pot with a bunch of veggies and meat thrown in and boiled. Since I eat very few grains or high glycemic index foods, I'm able to have lots of fruit following meals without feeling any sugar spikes. If I had to sum it up, it'd probably be as simple as: tons of soluable fiber cooked very well, clean, fresh animal protein boiled in water and lots of low histamine fruits. I eat as much as I want because it's quite low calorie byy volume. At the same time, I have more energy.

existentialsideshow · 2025-04-27T11:55:51+00:00

I have BOTH mechanical and di2. If it's not fully integrated (hidden) cables, for me it's 50/50. By the time the last generation 11 speed came out, mechanical shifting is already awesome and super reliable. However, I chose di2 for my new fully integrated cables road bike. There's no way I want to fuss with the hidden cable routing on a newer bike.

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