Hey! My son is also named Bort!
I get that it's embarrassing, but it shows that you and others care. I had someone almost call an ambulance on me before for similar reasons. Thankfully it did not progress that far and I was embarrassed about it, but I was very thankful that they cared enough to (nearly) do so.
It's part of the job for EMTs to respond to mental health situations, even if they aren't necessarily immediately life threatening. You probably gave them a much nicer call than the ones where they are vomited on by someone who drank too much lol!!
Our brains love to lie to us when we are down and tell us that we are a burden to others. I thought that way the entire time. But we aren't. We are all just confused electrified flesh trying to make our way in the world. We are all valid.
I am hoping the best for you, friend.
Are you absolutely certain the cat isn't your boss tho????
You have a very large cat
Gorgeous! I always loved the pretty colors of fall. Years ago I moved to a place without this, so I don't really get to see it each year anymore. At least the weather is nice by my rn.
Well yeah that's how sprawling suburbs came to be. Most people work in cities but then they are often too expensive to live in.
One year ago if I could have seen where I am now, I don't think I could have ever believed it. One year ago, it felt like my entire world ended. I had never felt anything remotely like that before. It was so powerful and intense and it felt like everything I knew was over.
Slowly and painfully, I managed to heal from it and would consider myself quite happy today one year later. It left some deep fucking scars but also managed some positives out of it. I've tattooed my body since then with various things...some represent my journey and others don't mean as much.
But I'm happy to be here today and I am hoping the best for you all. Time is one of the biggest factors in healing and it's so fucking painfully slow. But your life can grow around your pain.
Buy yourselves a little Halloween candy as a treat this month. :)
I have automatic high beams and they almost never turn on. I don't really think I've had an issue with them not turning off. EXCEPT for one time I was driving around with my normal low beams on as usual and they just decided to pop on briefly to blind the person right in front of me. I felt so bad because wtf???
Weird as fuck how heavily this gets downvoted.
Yes, it does matter in a medical context. Anyone who thinks otherwise is fucking ridiculous and not understanding the nature of reality.
I agree that it doesn't matter in too many other places. But pretending it doesn't matter in a medical context is quite frankly ridiculous.
It's important for people with breast tissue to get screened for breast cancer.
It's important for people with prostates to get screened for prostate cancer.
People who bleed each month often have lower hemoglobin levels that are not as immediately alarming as in people who don't bleed every month.
It's not rocket science. Enjoy not being treated for potentially deadly issues because you think biological sex is irrelevant to medical issues.
Look...express yourself however best suits you. I absolutely advocate people expressing themselves in whatever manner of gender that is truly them. But biology is incredibly important in a medical context.
I love loud colors in vehicles. Shame that most everything on the road is just grayscale nowadays. It sounds like a ton of fun!
My life crisis vehicle ended up being a motorcycle lol!!
I know it's not really a meme, but I amused myself doing this. Not very elaborate but still! He'll hopefully be riding to work with me all this month as long as he doesn't fall off and I can still open my case enough to put my helmet in lol.
Hey all. Just looking for a quick opinion. I have wanted to get one final arm tattoo. Only my forearm and wrist tattoos are visible a majority of the time because I work in short sleeves and pants lol. I want something else visible for me to look at!
Here's a pic of the placement of all of my tattoos (outer ankle tattoo not visible tho):
The tattoo will essentially be three smaller tattoos in a row. Thematically, it fits in with my shoulder tattoo.
Here's a shitty scratch pic kind of trying to showing where I want it. I want to go inner bicep:
As you can see, one of my legs is tattooed. I am planning to slowly build sort of a patchwork leg sleeve over time with any remaining tattoo ideas. This would be the last tattoo to go on my arms. I don't plan on tattooing the other leg.
But the placement I want for this upcoming tattoo combined with the knowledge that I'm done with the arms and only planning to do one leg makes things seem rather unbalanced with shorts. I live in a fairly hot climate wh re it's shorts weather most of the year.
Idk is this too awkward to get or am I overthinking it?
Thanks lol.
I impulse bought an orange gas tank online. One of my many regrets in impulse buying my bike was that I wanted a brighter color lol. I really wanted the bright red, but only found dented ones for a reasonable price. Found this orange one instead and mashed the buy button lol.
Some follow up questions:
How do I get last bit of fuel out from the old tank? There is still quite a bit swishing around even after I took off the fuel cap and fuel pump and poured gas directly from the openings. At the moment, it is just turned upside down in a pan hoping the remainder will eventually dry out/evaporate.
How can I help prevent the old tank from rusting in storage? I'm not necessarily planning to use it again, but just in case.
How the fuck do I get fuel to pour out of this gas can with a "safety spout"? Basically you push on the spout to get it to pour, but it only barely dribbles out that way. The red tab I think needs to be depressed or moved somehow but it won't budge. Any ideas? I just ended up removing the spout and pouring it directly out of the can via funnel
Bonus: Looking for some ideas to temporarily decorate the bike for Halloween! The bike is kept outside tho so it would need to be somewhat weather proof lol.
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Hi all. Noob here back again. I got the screws out of the front master cylinder, but I have been having a different problem.
When under higher RPMs, the bike gives off a VERY strong fuel smell. It's still noticeable at lower RPMs, but not as bad. It didn't do this initially when I got it a few months ago, but I didn't ride it much initially.
Bike is a 2017 Honda Rebel 300. Fuel injected. No carb.
I noticed that the gasket to the gas cap was a bit cracked and distorted so I got a new gas cap. Didn't resolve the issue.
There are no visible leaks anywhere that I can tell.
The smell is very strong around the gas cap and engine, not so much the tailpipe. The bike seems to run great otherwise.
Unfortunately, googling seems to show this as a very nonspecific issue, so I'm a bit lost as to where to begin. I'm a huge noob when it comes to mechanical things.
Thanks!
Hello. I'm a new rider who recently purchased a ten year old bike. I have ZERO mechanical know how, but decided that I wanted to learn.
So far I managed to take both the front and rear wheels off to get the tires changed and I managed to change the oil. Since I am unskilled, it took a LOT of fumbling through these to get things going...including breaking some nuts (rear axle nut was stuck and I originally only had a 12 point socket) and bolts (overtorqued an oil filter cover bolt despite using a torque wrench) and buying replacement ones.
Since the bike is 10 years old, I know that all of the fluids need to be changed. I feel comfortable attempting the actual change for the brake fluid from my research EXCEPT I don't want to irreparably damage this area. The front brake works fine, but the sight glass is totally clouded and opaque, so I cannot visually check the condition or level of the fluid.
These are JIS screws and I have purchased replacement screws. Any advice here? Please consider my novice skill level lol.
I bought some screw extractor bits but do not have an impact driver. I have some JIS screwdrivers, a hammer, a regular drill, penetrating oil, and replacement JIS screws.
Thanks!
Cat
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I got a really close shot of him and just wanted to post lol.
I don't think this is a thing that can be solved with breathing exercises. His heart and lungs are struggling to keep up with his excess weight. Weight lifting doesn't really help with cardiac fitness. It's good that he wants to strength train, but it's unlikely to help his breathing.
He needs several things:
I am very glad he is trying to better himself and wish him the best of luck.