old3bob

Those are some serious conditions mentioned! Thank goodness I'm not having hardly any of those symptom's or to the degrees as stated in several places. Reviewing what I had eaten close to when I had my minor nose bleed I'm now wondering if it could have been way too much salt from eating a ton of organic and well salted blue corn chips ? (being that I don't normally over-do-it with salt) I think part of the equation is as we get older balances in the body have to be watched more closely compared to when we were younger and our bodies could handle big swings with various foods and life in general. (many decades ago I used to say to some of the young guys I was in the military with that they must be in pretty healthy shape to survive their heavy and often repeated drinking bouts, with fewer such bouts that I also survived! )

yea, I got that audio amp picture in the wrong post -- i'd say no biggy though since many are not showing much interest in either one. I remember the TV repair guy also, or going down to a store where you could test tubes yourself. (btw. only 3-4 TV stations to watch way back then along with having to tweak the antenna around with its remote positioner.)

Always have qualified electrician involved if you are a diy'er and unsure of electrical issuses! FYI and per this experience I'm not a certified or qualified electrician so its on you to do electrical things right: I was changing out a GFCI outlet device today and had never known that if one gets the line and load sides mixed up that its little green or led (power) indicator light can still come on even though wired incorrectly. (which mine did) I had never noticed this before because i had never gotten the line and load sides mixed up before and their little trip and reset buttons had always worked which is of primary concern and should be tested per oem recommendations. Thought this info might help save some time for a diy'er in making sure the line and load sides are installed right per oem specs.

not only did vinyl records come back but so did the vacuum tube amps ! (hard to believe) supposed to sound richer in tone. (btw some of those have way higher voltage via step up transformers compared to new amps !)

a couple of more electrical issues I've come across: 1. All LED light bulbs are not created equal! For instance I've tried generic brands that have burned out faster than the old incandescent bulbs, and those particular bulbs were advertised to last many years. 2. Be careful about using LED bulbs that are not designed to be dimmed. 3. LED bulbs may not work correctly with self illuminated light switch's. They will still light up but the little indicator light switch will not. (like on a 3-way switch circuit) 4. the base of some LED bulbs seem to run much hotter than others, not sure why? 5. The lower wattage usage is a big benefit! Regardless of what, "you know who" says. 6. I'm still waiting for the prices to come way down for automotive LED replacement bulbs! (they are sky high) 7. LED work lights (or high wattage flood lights) can't be beat compared to the old dangerously hot running ones ! 8. LED shop lights are very light and will not break like the old long fluorescent ones. (nor hum and flicker or need warming up for full light)

umm, I quoted some sayings of Jesus which I feel are universal and at least partially apply to or have some relation the the OP.* (but I'm not a "Christian" per say although I believe in many of its sayings that are of universal import thus not limited to fundamentalist interpretation, which btw there are about 10,000 sects of which define Christianity with minor to very drastic differences! Anyway I relate more to the core meanings given in the Upanishads and the TTC. along with several other forms of spiritual teachings to a lesser degree) So back to the OP. The following paragraph is what I was trying to comment on: "If you do what is right, irrespective of what the other does, it will slow down the mind. If you are working in an office and one or two are doing something against you, you will always be tense. Your sleep is destroyed. But if you have the policy that you will be thinking, speaking and doing only what is in accordance with your inner voice, irrespective of what others do or not, then how does it matter what the other does? You sleep well. And thoughts become less." This too in a way can fall under the saying of, "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" and I feel is warned about by the sayings of Jesus which I brought up... for their can be several and also conflicting inner voices in "students" saying this or that is right and that is wrong depending on lots of "inner" and also outer factors, so to speak. Also: I agree about the problems you mentioned that arise with nihilism and or just pure materialism.

no battery needed: been a long time since I used one of these...and I still have one. (youngsters may not recognize it?) My first and very basic electronic calculator was around $80.00 ! and these are still in use:

best to replace that ancient wiring , Btw. I once worked on an old house with lath board and knob and tube wiring, ... it might have almost been easier to replace the house

mainly the 72% stuff which is about all it says on the label. (and I don't think i get that much vitamin k...)

that was a whole lot of info Steve, I've read about 1/3 of it so far ! Sounds like I could improve my chess game (among more important issues) if I ate the correct amount of dark chocolate. Still not sure about the bleeding mentioned in the OP?

no I don't know exactly what the quote meant by that or what ingredient they may have meant? (btw, some bars have artificial flavors while others don't) I brought this up because I (and probably some other people here) sometimes over indulge dark chocolate and that I also wonder if my small occasional nose bleeds could be related to that?

Wow and wild!

isn't that the truth about safety back then! I once cobbled an unsafe bicycle together. It had the long banana seat and butterfly handlebars on a medium sized frame, a 3 speed hub spoked into big rear rim with a knobby tire along with having a small front chrome rim with a skinny tire. What made it unsafe was no brakes, one just stuck their foot against the side of the front tire to slow down which hardly worked, yikes! (so I had to always be looking way ahead to slow down in time to prevent a wreck, and since I couldn't get handbrakes to fit I soon put the bike aside even though i liked it looks.)

but is it retro or retro recycled and kept alive like my 45 year old truck?

we had this type of skateboard as kids, if the steel wheels ran into a small peddle it often acted like an instant brake which could send you flying off the board and into the unyielding concrete which removed patches of flesh or knocked out teeth or pounded your body an "x" amount. (all in a day of fun and daring, ouch)

that sounds like a very fine cabin Nungali ! In my old cabin days I used to do sponge type baths or wipe-downs after heating water on the stove top. And since I was in my early 20's back then I also sometimes snuck into a men's university dorm in town to steal a truly wonderful and blissful hot shower. A hot relaxing bath was mostly a pipe dream which I almost never was able to get...and I do mean almost never. Btw, a girlfriend of mine who later became my good wife absolutely refused to move into one of my shacks until I installed a nice shower that had hot water (after I also had to install a hot water heater) and was located to side of our rustic kitchen. (the plumber in me became motivated)

On the other hand Jesus also warned: "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves", with there being with many such examples along this line in various spiritual teachings. So my take is that the sheep and dove must also be as strong (and practiced) as matured lions and eagles otherwise they will be trampled by forces taking advantage of what could be called idealistic thinking practiced out of context and content or as Jesus also said, “Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces” (Matthew 7:6)Thus imo "turning the other cheek" is an act of the greatest warrior who can also defend themselves from any kind of brutal or devious attack at any level per their power of will and wisdom which is not of wishful thinking or action. Many spirits of goodness and kindness or "heaven" are also inviolable and fierce guardians that can not be tread upon!

i wouldn't go back either, at least not in being mostly alone like i was then...electricity alone is a major luxury when you have lived without it like the whole human race did at one time! (and some people still don't have use of it which can make getting through cold winter a lot tougher )

I was once limited to a kerosene lamp (or a bothersome fuel pump-up type which gave out more lumen's) for light when i lived out in the woods in a little shack without running water or electricity, along with a wood stove for heat and cooking. (and just an axe to chop wood)

yea and if we had not phased out leaded gasoline and poorly combusting car engines we would be in much worse conditions per toxic compounds in the air and smoky like skies than what we have now with all the other sources of air pollution in play. Btw, I'll never forget the times of severe smog in Riverside California (to mention just one particular area) back in the late 60-s and early 70's that made your eyes burn along and causing coughing even if you were otherwise young and healthy! (the lead industry pushed hard and long to keep lead in fuel even though its adverse effects on health were proven!)

The historic Buddha also mentioned to Ananda that he could choose to do something like this...(in well recognized Buddhist scripture) although such an ice cube would know that it is more than just a particular shape.

sounds more dangerous than kids playing with mercury from broken switch devices, being exposed to asbestos, lead paint, mosquito spray, DDT, psychiatrists drugs and other such things. (thankfully few could afford radioactive "sets")

that is a weird one! haha

two floppy drives at first - and next came 10mb hard drives! (a system I had at one time and which are now worth good money as collectors item) (I got an updated 8086 16bit system for real power and serious tinkering, which I still have for old times sake)

Where could an ice-cube (or soul) be other than in the Ocean? Yet could it not choose to remain as an apparent ice-cube for and entire cosmic cycle... (at the end of which all appearances end)