Just now, Bwestbrook36 said:

I have that problem, I just drink a lot of water with it.  I don't seem to have that issue anymore. beer really sets it off so I don't bother drinking it anymore 

Yeah I can get away a couple drinks if they're early enough, but anything after 10pm is asking for terrible. When it does act up, I can manage it by adding a small bit of baking soda to water and drinking a bottle of it before bed and again when I wake up. I probably need to see a doctor about it at some point to see if I should just continue to keep it in check with diet alone or if he thinks it's bad enough that I should go on some sort of meds.

8 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Yeah I can get away a couple drinks if they're early enough, but anything after 10pm is asking for terrible. When it does act up, I can manage it by adding a small bit of baking soda to water and drinking a bottle of it before bed and again when I wake up. I probably need to see a doctor about it at some point to see if I should just continue to keep it in check with diet alone or if he thinks it's bad enough that I should go on some sort of meds.

I was told that it's nothing to play with and I should go get it checked out as well. That and I think I have an ulcer. Again with beer if I even have one I throw it up it makes me that nauseous 

Just now, Bwestbrook36 said:

I was told that it's nothing to play with and I should go get it checked out as well. That and I think I have an ulcer. Again with beer if I even have one I throw it up it makes me that nauseous 

Yeah, it can permanently damage the esophagus lining or worse. I'm usually good for several weeks before I slip up and try to push my luck. Getting old sucks.

Just now, we_gotta_believe said:

Yeah, it can permanently damage the esophagus lining or worse. I'm usually good for several weeks before I slip up and try to push my luck. Getting old sucks.

It does, I was grilling for my parents on the 4th and I was drinking hard watermelon cider and I was completely fine. I finished those and my dad offered me a beer and I was like ok I'll have one with him .... Nope, half way through I had to dump it out and I was doubled over on the couch for the rest of the night. 

2 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

It does, I was grilling for my parents on the 4th and I was drinking hard watermelon cider and I was completely fine. I finished those and my dad offered me a beer and I was like ok I'll have one with him .... Nope, half way through I had to dump it out and I was doubled over on the couch for the rest of the night. 

Damn, that's pretty immediate then. Mine acts up in the middle of the night, or sometimes my throat just feels dry or sore the next day. Getting in the habit of sleeping on my left side only has helped too.

3 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Damn, that's pretty immediate then. Mine acts up in the middle of the night, or sometimes my throat just feels dry or sore the next day. Getting in the habit of sleeping on my left side only has helped too.

Like I said I think I have an ulcer which is definitely nothing to play with lol. I'm fine not drinking though. 

I didn't even know what the acid reflux was I thought it was just the normal throwing up in your mouth when you burp lol. So yeah, describing it to someone who has it told me what it was. I was like no wonder it burns my throat and is vile tatsing as hell. 

3 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

Like I said I think I have an ulcer which is definitely nothing to play with lol. I'm fine not drinking though. 

I didn't even know what the acid reflux was I thought it was just the normal throwing up in your mouth when you burp lol. So yeah, describing it to someone who has it told me what it was. I was like no wonder it burns my throat and is vile tatsing as hell. 

Thankfully there are gummies now which I enjoy more anyway. 

Just now, we_gotta_believe said:

Thankfully there are gummies now which I enjoy more anyway. 

Yes me too that's what I switched to doing 

Man, you guys are old.

Had six beers (over 5-6 hours) yesterday to kick off the weekend down the shore. Up and completed wordle, no hangover or nuttin'.

Lest you think I'm bragging, I didn't drive to work or anything.

2 hours ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

Man, you guys are old.

Had six beers (over 5-6 hours) yesterday to kick off the weekend down the shore. Up and completed wordle, no hangover or nuttin'.

Lest you think I'm bragging, I didn't drive to work or anything.

Getting up at 6 feels old. I remember the high school summer days of sleeping in til noon.

11 hours ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

Like I said I think I have an ulcer which is definitely nothing to play with lol. I'm fine not drinking though. 

I didn't even know what the acid reflux was I thought it was just the normal throwing up in your mouth when you burp lol. So yeah, describing it to someone who has it told me what it was. I was like no wonder it burns my throat and is vile tatsing as hell. 

Dude it's the worst... I try to stay away from certain kind of baked goods it will give me acid reflux... It's horrible in the middle of the night too 

1 hour ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Getting up at 6 feels old. I remember the high school summer days of sleeping in til noon.

It is. I woke up at 9am and felt great. 

2 hours ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Getting up at 6 feels old. I remember the high school summer days of sleeping in til noon.

 

1 hour ago, DaEagles4Life said:

It is. I woke up at 9am and felt great. 

I have trouble sleeping past 6-7. Doesn't help that the bed at this Airbnb sucks. 

3 hours ago, lynched1 said:

Does this mean the Dems are at war?

On 7/13/2022 at 9:47 AM, JohnSnowsHair said:

with gas prices peaking in June, I guess it's not shocking. next month should be better, but yeah was hoping some of that drop - there was certainly some gas price drop from June 16-June 30 - would make the monthly number look better. 

Prices plummeting by me. I paid $3.90 today in Florida. I knew Biden had this. At this rate it should be down to around a dollar a gallon soon like back when I was a teen. 

4 hours ago, lynched1 said:

Admittedly it's been nearly 20 years since I've read "The Art of War", but I'm curious what fuel lines Sun Tzu was referring to "hitting" in the 3rd century BC.

Can anyone out there clear this one up for me?

1 hour ago, NothingClever said:

Admittedly it's been nearly 20 years since I've read "The Art of War", but I'm curious what fuel lines Sun Tzu was referring to "hitting" in the 3rd century BC.

Can anyone out there clear this one up for me?

Sun Tzu knew air to ground attacks would cripple his forces. 

Saudis agreed to increase oil production.

Saudis could have increased their production months ago if they were pressed. That's what kills me. 

Not that I'm a fan of Trump, but he found the correct way to play the Saudis: threaten to pull the US military out of Saudi Arabia. 

7 hours ago, Bill said:

Saudis could have increased their production months ago if they were pressed. That's what kills me. 

Not that I'm a fan of Trump, but he found the correct way to play the Saudis: threaten to pull the US military out of Saudi Arabia. 

 

Maybe, but that has to seem like an empty threat.

 

20 hours ago, lynched1 said:

Like almost none of that is in the Art of War.

3 hours ago, EaglesRocker97 said:

 

Maybe, but that has to seem like an empty threat.

Well it actually worked before. Back when COVID started and oil demand plummeted the Saudis started pumping oil like crazy to F over Russia. They knew the end users would get backed up. The Saudis could just keep parking tanker ships off shore, but the Russians use pipelines, and once a pipeline is at capacity you can't move anything else through it, so they couldn't sell their oil. So with the Saudis pumping so much out, the price dropped well below the level that was needed for American oil recovery to be profitable (oil sands are more expensive to extract oil from). So Trump called them and asked them to stop, and when they said no, he said well then kiss the US goodbye and you can fend off Iran yourself.  The Saudis then cut back on production. For as much as Trump was a buffoon and didn't get international politics, he got that one right. 

I think the issue with Biden and others on the left is that they treat every other country like a European one and try and soften things over, when in reality every now and again you're gonna have to be an a-hole. It's just that Trump was an a-hole all the the Fn time. 

15 hours ago, EaglesRocker97 said:

Saudis agreed to increase oil production.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-not-expecting-saudi-arabia-immediately-boost-oil-production-us-official-2022-07-15/

U.S. not expecting Saudi Arabia to immediately boost oil output

2 hours ago, Bill said:

in reality every now and again you're gonna have to be an a-hole

Yep, that's true of many situation in life