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do you ever read your old posts and think "good god am I ever a goon"?
No but I read your old posts and think you are HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
 
Oh wow, I seem to have missed that! Glad you're all sorted now. I always find it weird after moving though, because you no longer live at your old place, and the new place doesn't yet feel like home, so you're temporarily homeless. It took me months to feel like my current place is mine. So you share their kitchen? Do you have to share a bathroom, or do you have your own? What is the thing with shoes?? Maybe he's just thinking of his carpets, and doesn't want mud traipsing up his stairs? Are there any other tenants? Got to tell you, they probably have you lined up for babysitting.
They might not have mentioned it yet, but they will...

That is interesting about the lung thing. I have no idea why that would be. Best guess: the immune system is busy attending to the important job of getting rid of the cold and has no time to waste on mere muscle spasms. But I'd be the first to admit that's not very scientific :lbf:

And thank you, my tinned tomato stocks are replete right now. All these years searching for the meaning of happiness, who knew I'd find it in a tin of Tesco's finest? Truly, I am blessed.
haha tescos finest! are they actually called that? that is exactly what I would have imagined a grocery in England would name their tinned tomatoes.

you might be right, pep. I thought maybe it had something to do with bacteria in my stomach-- that maybe all the phlegm I swallow when i have a cold (there I go with my TMI again) might be somehow good for my stomach. people always say that you should eat yogourt for the bacteria, right? but all I know is, I ate some yogourt peanuts today and about an hour later my acid reflux was 1000% times worse and now my insides feel all rattled.

well, pep, my last place was a hostel so compared to that this feels like home! It will take some getting used to though. the first couple of days I felt a bit depressed and weird about being here. it doesn't help that I hate the neighbourhood. its one boring street of houses in the middle of a bunch of boring streets of houses and not much else. I mean, it could be worse I guess. it's a safe neighbourhood at least. anyway, im starting to feel more comfortable about it and to sort of like it here. it would be nice if school were in and the guy could go to his job so that I wouldn't have to be woken up by blaring childrens programs at 9am, and so that I had some semblance of privacy. there is apparently another tenant upstairs but ive never seen him, and then there are two suites in the back of the house which are fully private with their own separate entrance so I don't expect to see them much either. I have my own two piece bathroom but have to shower upstairs (in the kids bathroom). I don't know what the thing with shoes is. it's hardwood floors and linoleum down here. my sister suggested that maybe he was just thinking about what would be convenient for me by telling me to store my shoes in the closet. the thing is, he looks and sounds like yul Brynner in the king and I, so im a bit confused about whether the things he says are suggestions or commands. shit, you're right, pep, he has plans to make me the kids governess! :eek:
 
haha tescos finest! are they actually called that? that is exactly what I would have imagined a grocery in England would name their tinned tomatoes.

you might be right, pep. I thought maybe it had something to do with bacteria in my stomach-- that maybe all the phlegm I swallow when i have a cold (there I go with my TMI again) might be somehow good for my stomach. people always say that you should eat yogourt for the bacteria, right? but all I know is, I ate some yogourt peanuts today and about an hour later my acid reflux was 1000% times worse and now my insides feel all rattled.

well, pep, my last place was a hostel so compared to that this feels like home! It will take some getting used to though. the first couple of days I felt a bit depressed and weird about being here. it doesn't help that I hate the neighbourhood. its one boring street of houses in the middle of a bunch of boring streets of houses and not much else. I mean, it could be worse I guess. it's a safe neighbourhood at least. anyway, im starting to feel more comfortable about it and to sort of like it here. it would be nice if school were in and the guy could go to his job so that I wouldn't have to be woken up by blaring childrens programs at 9am, and so that I had some semblance of privacy. there is apparently another tenant upstairs but ive never seen him, and then there are two suites in the back of the house which are fully private with their own separate entrance so I don't expect to see them much either. I have my own two piece bathroom but have to shower upstairs (in the kids bathroom). I don't know what the thing with shoes is. it's hardwood floors and linoleum down here. my sister suggested that maybe he was just thinking about what would be convenient for me by telling me to store my shoes in the closet. the thing is, he looks and sounds like yul Brynner in the king and I, so im a bit confused about whether the things he says are suggestions or commands. shit, you're right, pep, he has plans to make me the kids governess! :eek:
Actually, Tesco really do a whole range of foods called 'Finest', but I was meaning something else. It's an English irony thing, like an inversion of the idiom 'no expense spared'. If someone says, 'Wow, did you make that [cake or whatever] yourself?' you might say, 'No, Tesco's finest.' Like making fun of the fact that it's just cheap shit from Tesco. (Sorry Tesco, I mean no disrespect, and please remember this when you are next delivering my tinned tomatoes).

Your new house must be HUUUUGE! How can there be another tenant you've never seen? Haven't you heard him? Aren't you curious about him? Yeah, I guess if the guy starts wearing silk pyjamas and skipping about singing 'Shall we Dance?' you might have a problem :lbf:

You do know when they tell you to eat yoghurt for your gut they mean live yoghurt, don't you? Hate to tell you but I'm not sure yoghurt coated peanuts actually count.
 
Actually, Tesco really do a whole range of foods called 'Finest', but I was meaning something else. It's an English irony thing, like an inversion of the idiom 'no expense spared'. If someone says, 'Wow, did you make that [cake or whatever] yourself?' you might say, 'No, Tesco's finest.' Like making fun of the fact that it's just cheap shit from Tesco. (Sorry Tesco, I mean no disrespect, and please remember this when you are next delivering my tinned tomatoes).

Your new house must be HUUUUGE! How can there be another tenant you've never seen? Haven't you heard him? Aren't you curious about him? Yeah, I guess if the guy starts wearing silk pyjamas and skipping about singing 'Shall we Dance?' you might have a problem :lbf:

You do know when they tell you to eat yoghurt for your gut they mean live yoghurt, don't you? Hate to tell you but I'm not sure yoghurt coated peanuts actually count.
hahah oh, that's right! live yogourt! hahah (i suppose youre also gonna say that when they tell you to eat fruit they mean live fruit and not fruit flavoured gummies, aint ya? :( ) but nevertheless, I feel like there must be something in yogourt, live or not, that completely does me in and I find that quite curious.

the house is pretty big, but I suppose ive never seen the other tenant because he stay upstairs and I stay downstairs. not curious in the slightest! im quite happy if I never have to see him!

what is your main grocery store in the uk, by the way? is it Tesco?
 
hahah oh, that's right! live yogourt! hahah (i suppose youre also gonna say that when they tell you to eat fruit they mean live fruit and not fruit flavoured gummies, aint ya? :( ) but nevertheless, I feel like there must be something in yogourt, live or not, that completely does me in and I find that quite curious.

the house is pretty big, but I suppose ive never seen the other tenant because he stay upstairs and I stay downstairs. not curious in the slightest! im quite happy if I never have to see him!

what is your main grocery store in the uk, by the way? is it Tesco?
Yeah, sweeties are not really probiotics. Nor do they usually count as one of your 'Five a Day'. Sorry to break it to you. Out of interest, what happens when you eat actual yoghurt? Could it be the dairy? Quite a lot of people have problems with dairy.

Well I am curious about your secret co-tenant. Anybody I don't know about makes me instantly curious. The bloke who lives upstairs from me moved out, and as far as I am aware nobody new has yet moved in, what with us all being on lockdown. But I keep hearing these noises and footsteps from above, which is driving me mad. If nobody is there, I shouldn't hear anything. It's driving me crazy, not knowing. I've half a mind to go and knock on the door, nosy beggar that I am :lbf: So, your mission, should you choose to accept it: get a look at this mystery person in your house. Is he hideously deformed and therefore in hiding? Perhaps he has a secret job, like Private Investigator or male escort, hence he's keeping a low profile. Get us the lowdown, Rifke!

Yeah, I know I make it sound like Tesco is the only possibly source of nutrition in the whole country :lbf: They are one of the biggest stores (and the nearest to where I live), but we also have Morrisons and Sainsbury's, Waitrose for the middle classes (higher prices, more tasteful packaging, posher trolleys), and at the other end of the spectrum we have Aldi and Lidl, German chains who have become very popular by having a no-frills service with fewer, cheaper products. Do you have any of those? I never understand how so many retail chains can be global, but supermarkets never are, and all the US ones we hear of sound so alien to our British ears.
 
Oh wow, I seem to have missed that! Glad you're all sorted now. I always find it weird after moving though, because you no longer live at your old place, and the new place doesn't yet feel like home, so you're temporarily homeless. It took me months to feel like my current place is mine. So you share their kitchen? Do you have to share a bathroom, or do you have your own? What is the thing with shoes?? Maybe he's just thinking of his carpets, and doesn't want mud traipsing up his stairs? Are there any other tenants? Got to tell you, they probably have you lined up for babysitting.
They might not have mentioned it yet, but they will...

That is interesting about the lung thing. I have no idea why that would be. Best guess: the immune system is busy attending to the important job of getting rid of the cold and has no time to waste on mere muscle spasms. But I'd be the first to admit that's not very scientific :lbf:

And thank you, my tinned tomato stocks are replete right now. All these years searching for the meaning of happiness, who knew I'd find it in a tin of Tesco's finest? Truly, I am blessed.
Yes. this is the point.
 
Yeah, sweeties are not really probiotics. Nor do they usually count as one of your 'Five a Day'. Sorry to break it to you. Out of interest, what happens when you eat actual yoghurt? Could it be the dairy? Quite a lot of people have problems with dairy.

Well I am curious about your secret co-tenant. Anybody I don't know about makes me instantly curious. The bloke who lives upstairs from me moved out, and as far as I am aware nobody new has yet moved in, what with us all being on lockdown. But I keep hearing these noises and footsteps from above, which is driving me mad. If nobody is there, I shouldn't hear anything. It's driving me crazy, not knowing. I've half a mind to go and knock on the door, nosy beggar that I am :lbf: So, your mission, should you choose to accept it: get a look at this mystery person in your house. Is he hideously deformed and therefore in hiding? Perhaps he has a secret job, like Private Investigator or male escort, hence he's keeping a low profile. Get us the lowdown, Rifke!

Yeah, I know I make it sound like Tesco is the only possibly source of nutrition in the whole country :lbf: They are one of the biggest stores (and the nearest to where I live), but we also have Morrisons and Sainsbury's, Waitrose for the middle classes (higher prices, more tasteful packaging, posher trolleys), and at the other end of the spectrum we have Aldi and Lidl, German chains who have become very popular by having a no-frills service with fewer, cheaper products. Do you have any of those? I never understand how so many retail chains can be global, but supermarkets never are, and all the US ones we hear of sound so alien to our British ears.
why on earth are you curious about my co tenant, pep, when I have not the slightest interest in him?!? I have no faith that there is anything at all interesting about him. now if I were hearing noises coming from upstairs when there wasn't supposed to be someone upstairs that would drive me crazy. I hate feeling like things aren't in order. I would HAVE to find out. in fact, please do go up and knock on the door, pep, I need to know who's up there :lbf:

nope we don't have any of those supermarkets here. although i often see people carrying waitrose and sainsbury's shopping bags. we have a lot of old british people here and being british is a point of pride for them that they like to show off by carrying bags from british stores. we used to have a marks & spencer here but it closed down a while back, not because it wasn't successful, I think it had something to do with the importing expenses or something.

oh actual yogourt is one of the worst things for my acid reflux, which is just one of the ways that my acid reflux makes no sense. I assume it could be the dairy but I don't seem to have any problems when I eat ice cream. I noticed that when I was away in Europe I didn't have acid reflux at all really and im trying to think of what I did differently.
 
why on earth are you curious about my co tenant, pep, when I have not the slightest interest in him?!? I have no faith that there is anything at all interesting about him. now if I were hearing noises coming from upstairs when there wasn't supposed to be someone upstairs that would drive me crazy. I hate feeling like things aren't in order. I would HAVE to find out. in fact, please do go up and knock on the door, pep, I need to know who's up there :lbf:

nope we don't have any of those supermarkets here. although i often see people carrying waitrose and sainsbury's shopping bags. we have a lot of old british people here and being british is a point of pride for them that they like to show off by carrying bags from british stores. we used to have a marks & spencer here but it closed down a while back, not because it wasn't successful, I think it had something to do with the importing expenses or something.

oh actual yogourt is one of the worst things for my acid reflux, which is just one of the ways that my acid reflux makes no sense. I assume it could be the dairy but I don't seem to have any problems when I eat ice cream. I noticed that when I was away in Europe I didn't have acid reflux at all really and im trying to think of what I did differently.
I don't want to, I'm scared! :( Think I'lll just have to keep peeping out of the window and trying to catch whoever it is sneaking in and out.
Can't believe people would go to the trouble of emigrating to Canada and then carry Waitrose and Sainsbury's bags around! What's that all about?
Did you eat different stuff when you were travelling?
Just looked up a list of 'things that aggravate acid reflux'. I am ashamed to say I am on it. Looks like it's all my fault.

Foods That Might Cause Symptoms
There are plenty of foods that can trigger or aggravate acid reflux. Here's a list of some common offenders from University Hospitals and the IFFGD:
  • Coffee and tea.
  • Alcohol.
  • Chocolate.
  • Onions and garlic.
  • Citrus fruits, such as oranges and grapefruits.
  • Peppermint.
  • Carbonated beverages.
  • Tomatoes, ketchup, tomato soup and marinara sauce.
  • Fried foods, including fried chicken and fish, french fries and onion rings.
 
I don't want to, I'm scared! :( Think I'lll just have to keep peeping out of the window and trying to catch whoever it is sneaking in and out.
Can't believe people would go to the trouble of emigrating to Canada and then carry Waitrose and Sainsbury's bags around! What's that all about?
Did you eat different stuff when you were travelling?
Just looked up a list of 'things that aggravate acid reflux'. I am ashamed to say I am on it. Looks like it's all my fault.

Foods That Might Cause Symptoms
There are plenty of foods that can trigger or aggravate acid reflux. Here's a list of some common offenders from University Hospitals and the IFFGD:
  • Coffee and tea.
  • Alcohol.
  • Chocolate.
  • Onions and garlic.
  • Citrus fruits, such as oranges and grapefruits.
  • Peppermint.
  • Carbonated beverages.
  • Tomatoes, ketchup, tomato soup and marinara sauce.
  • Fried foods, including fried chicken and fish, french fries and onion rings.
haha, I knew it got worse whenever I talked to you :lbf:

oh yes, pep pep. I know those things are allllll bad. but as ive said many times, it's the iron that does it. I mean, I always have it now because of the iron. and then on top of that certain things will make it really unbearable like yogourt and tea and butter, and probably coffee and chocolate doesnt help. but what really needs to be worked out is why does iron have that effect on me? what does no medication help? that's the mystery. one possible theory that my dentist presented is that I may have burned my sphincter and now it doesn't shut properly. in any case, I think im just f***ed for life. most of the time these days it's manageable though. the thing I really hate about it is that it makes me yawn, and im getting ever deepening etchings on my nose because of it (the nose wrinkles that I hate!!). if it weren't for that, id probably just be like "whatever"

haha the old people around here are really stupidly hoity toity. I think the idea is that they want people to think they're back and forth to the uk all the time, just popping over there to do some shopping and flying back home.

I didn't eat as much candy when I as travelling, I know that. in Greece,i ate a lot of prepackaged baklava. I've been wondering if honey helps because it was pretty good in Greece and those things have a lot of honey I think?
 
oh I never eat those things anyway. that's interesting though, I never knew they caused acid reflux.
That's sort of the gist of the book I mentioned. It's not always the obvious things (e.g. acidic foods) that cause acid reflux and it varies from person to person. So what you have to do is to go through the list of most common triggers and eliminate each one (serially, not all at the same time) from your diet and see which ones have the greatest effect.
 
haha, I knew it got worse whenever I talked to you :lbf:

oh yes, pep pep. I know those things are allllll bad. but as ive said many times, it's the iron that does it. I mean, I always have it now because of the iron. and then on top of that certain things will make it really unbearable like yogourt and tea and butter, and probably coffee and chocolate doesnt help. but what really needs to be worked out is why does iron have that effect on me? what does no medication help? that's the mystery. one possible theory that my dentist presented is that I may have burned my sphincter and now it doesn't shut properly. in any case, I think im just f***ed for life. most of the time these days it's manageable though. the thing I really hate about it is that it makes me yawn, and im getting ever deepening etchings on my nose because of it (the nose wrinkles that I hate!!). if it weren't for that, id probably just be like "whatever"

haha the old people around here are really stupidly hoity toity. I think the idea is that they want people to think they're back and forth to the uk all the time, just popping over there to do some shopping and flying back home.

I didn't eat as much candy when I as travelling, I know that. in Greece,i ate a lot of prepackaged baklava. I've been wondering if honey helps because it was pretty good in Greece and those things have a lot of honey I think?
Yes, you must avoid Peppermint at all costs :lbf: Wait, you mean the sphincter on your stomach? Surely it could recover, though? This does seem like a really complex problem affected by different things. All I know is, I get acid reflux if I don't take hydrochloric acid capsules because I don't make enough of the stuff myself (because of all the other stuff I've got going on). But mine is nowhere near as bad as yours sounds, that must be awful to live with.

Oh God, the Person Upstairs Who Doesn't Exist is making creepy scraping noises. It's been going on for 2 hours. We've all decided it sounds like he's painting the walls. It's either that or he's cutting up a body. Elder son had put his shoes on to go and confront him, I had to stop him!
 
That's sort of the gist of the book I mentioned. It's not always the obvious things (e.g. acidic foods) that cause acid reflux and it varies from person to person. So what you have to do is to go through the list of most common triggers and eliminate each one (serially, not all at the same time) from your diet and see which ones have the greatest effect.
and how long before you'll notice a difference? because for example, if I drink tea ill have bad acid reflux for about 3 days afterwards, not just for an hour afterwards.
 
Yes, you must avoid Peppermint at all costs :lbf: Wait, you mean the sphincter on your stomach? Surely it could recover, though? This does seem like a really complex problem affected by different things. All I know is, I get acid reflux if I don't take hydrochloric acid capsules because I don't make enough of the stuff myself (because of all the other stuff I've got going on). But mine is nowhere near as bad as yours sounds, that must be awful to live with.

Oh God, the Person Upstairs Who Doesn't Exist is making creepy scraping noises. It's been going on for 2 hours. We've all decided it sounds like he's painting the walls. It's either that or he's cutting up a body. Elder son had put his shoes on to go and confront him, I had to stop him!
haha, pep, did you ever think that maybe they're doing work on the place upstairs to get it ready for someone to move in? I mean, the scraping noise would fit.... maybe you should ALL go up there and see what's going on. each of you grab whatever sharp object you can find and go up in a group and knock on the door. we need to get this settled!

yes, pep, we've had the hydrochloric discussion, and I really should get some of those tablets just to see if that solves the problem. but as I said, I know that iron started the problem, because I had never had it before that and then after a couple of weeks of taking iron (I started about 7 years) suddenly I started having trouble breathing (which the doctor passed off as anxiety, despite my protestations and tears and sent me on my way saying "im just telling you what I know"), and then I had the acid washing up into my throat (REALLY painful), and after that even if I stopped taking iron for a few months it just didn't go away, and I would notice in those days that if I took an iron capsule about half an hour afterwards I would start having major issues. and I tried everything recommended and prescribed and everything just seemed to make it worse (which is why im a bit scared of taking hydrochloric tablets). it's gotten MUCH better since that first year or two--I was taking a really harsh liquid iron and too much of it and was taking it before bed on an empty stomach (which the box recommended but which everyone said afterwards was the exact wrong thing to do)--but it's still quite annoying and uncomfortable at times. as for the sphincter, if I scarred it it probably wouldn't heal. but the fact that there are periods and even days now when I don't have acid reflux at all is hope giving. it means there must be SOMETHING I can do to make it better, if only I could figure it out.
 
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