Merry Christmas! 🎄

[Captante]

That'll learn em'

Merry Christmas ATOT.

 

[highland145]

@WelshBloke. She has already broken a hip, hardly getting around on a walker..

 

[VirtualLarry]

I'll be making plenty of space for atheism

Yay! I had my first Merry (Atheist) Christmas.

 

[Muse]

Hope anyone with cold toes is doing ok. Could be military veterans who got a touch of frostbite in the extremities or anyone with the same condition. I've bought numerous devices to try to relieve my cold toes when sleeping. I got an electric blanket to sort of work but it's hard to keep my feet from slipping out. Working on ties to keep my feet in the right area of the blanket.

And using toe and foot warmers can be risky if the controls malfunction and it causes burns. I'm not trolling, some here probably suffer from it and cold fingers can also be included as an issue.

In cold weather I wear clothes to bed including socks, some thick-ish socks. Helps keep the feet (etc.) warm. Also, in cold weather I wear a hoody sweatshirt.

I have an electric blanket but haven't used it in years.

 

[Muse]

Yay! I had my first Merry (Atheist) Christmas.

Merry atheist solstice!

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Found out my mom's biopsy taken on a mass on her thyroid came back clean so got the only thing I really wanted for Christmas. 👍

 

[pcgeek11]

Found out my mom's biopsy taken on a mass on her thyroid came back clean so got the only thing I really wanted for Christmas. 👍

Great news! You just can't beat a present like that.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Great news! You just can't beat a present like that.

Yeah we were all scared as hell, especially after a close call with colon cancer a few years ago where her doctor said they seemed to have found it just in time to be able to cut it all out without anything showing in the margins or lymph nodes.

 

[pcgeek11]

Scary stuff. My mother was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer and passed less than 4 weeks later.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Scary stuff. My mother was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer and passed less than 4 weeks later.

Ouch that's terrible, I'm sorry to hear that.

 

[brianmanahan]

happy yule to yall

 

[Kaido]

Merry Christmas!

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Merry AI Christmas!

 

[Charmonium]

@PlanetJosh - this is just an idea but the Daily Value for magnesium is 400mg but virtually no one gets that. See the link below for what you'd have to eat to get that on a daily basis.

Mg is important for muscle contraction and relaxation (mostly the latter I believe). And since your arteries are surrounded by muscles, adding a chelated (bound to an amino acid) supplement might help. You can also try plain old magnesium oxide but that doesn't get absorbed nearly as well.

One thing to keep in mind if you try it. Start slow. I take supps all of the time but if I go more than a few days with no Mg and take 100mg of a chelate, I damn well better be near a toilet.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/15650-magnesium-rich-food

 

[iRONic]

Hope anyone with cold toes is doing ok. Could be military veterans who got a touch of frostbite in the extremities or anyone with the same condition. I've bought numerous devices to try to relieve my cold toes when sleeping. I got an electric blanket to sort of work but it's hard to keep my feet from slipping out. Working on ties to keep my feet in the right area of the blanket.

And using toe and foot warmers can be risky if the controls malfunction and it causes burns. I'm not trolling, some here probably suffer from it and cold fingers can also be included as an issue.

Try an electric *mattress* heater instead of an electric blanket. Set it halfway 3 hours before you get in bed at night and then turn it down to low.

 

[PlanetJosh]

The non Christians in the hood don't seem to put up decorations with their religion themes. Even atheists can decorate about their beliefs.

 

[IronWing]

Even atheists can decorate about their beliefs.

Okay, done.

 

[WelshBloke]

The non Christians in the hood don't seem to put up decorations with their religion themes. Even atheists can decorate about their beliefs.

I mean all the traditional decorations aren't Christian anyway! Indoor tree? Pagan. Holly and mistletoe? Pagan. Fairy on top of the tree? Pagan. Wassailing? Not sure but it doesn't seem Christian.

I have loads of decorations up but I don't think any of them are Christian even though I don't particularly try to avoid them.
I quite like a traditional Christmas hymn though.

 

[Captante]

I really like WELL DONE Christmas/insert holiday of choice lights & decorations.

Unfortunately however.....

 

[IronWing]

I'm not a fan of the inflatables. They are noisy where the lights are silent.

 

[Captante]

 

[highland145]

Pellet gun heaven..

 

[Red Squirrel]

I always thought it would be fun to go completely all out like that, but holy crap that gets expensive! lol. Then you need a place to store all that stuff.

 

[iRONic]

The non Christians in the hood don't seem to put up decorations with their religion themes. Even atheists can decorate about their beliefs.

HFS!!!

 

[DigDog]

I'll be doing my FM radio show today on KALX, Berkeley from 3-6PM PST. Stream it or tune in at 90.7FM if anywhere near Berkeley, CA.

It will be an alternative Xmas show, and basically for grownups. No Green Sleeves or Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer or other summary drivel. I'll be making plenty of space for atheism, in fact. Doing it live in our air studio, will be spinning media (LPs and CDs), and answering the phone.

well it's taken me a year to finally tune in, but i'm listening.
You should do a thread where you take requests "live".
suffering through Björk- Possibly Maybe right now

 

[DigDog]

i do like a bit of Donna Summer tho.