What things bother you the most?

Tu_triky wrote:

Yeah...I haven't been hiking in a couple of years...but I want to get back into it...I hiked to the Hollywood sign a couple of times...it's a b*tch but the view of L.A. is awesome.

Here are a couple of pics I took on the way up and basically behind the sign once I got to the top...there's a fence so that's the closest you can get to it.

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Nice pics! I've done a lot of hiking the Santa Monica Mountains north of LA (as I used to live in Ventura Cty) and have like 10-15 sets of photos I took on various outings. It's really a beautiful area. I miss hiking!

phlargo wrote:

Nice pics!

Thanks.

I've done a lot of hiking the Santa Monica Mountains north of LA (as I used to live in Ventura Cty) and have like 10-15 sets of photos I took on various outings. It's really a beautiful area. I miss hiking!

Nice...I've hiked in the Palisades before...pretty cool...but my fav go-to spot used to be Runyon Canyon Park in Hollywood...it is so dayem steep that you get a great workout...and it's a dog park as well so some ppl bring their pets with them. With all this talk...I'm going to try and hit Runyon in the next couple of weeks.

gaijinmark wrote:I have always HATED yard work.

I did too, when I was living at home... But since I have my own place, I really like working on the yard... Go figure. :nut:

bmwracer wrote:
I did too, when I was living at home... But since I have my own place, I really like working on the yard... Go figure. :nut:

Again, I suspect it is the seeing of the fruits of your own labor on something that matters to you :) It's really great to have something of your own and to expend effort in maintaining or improving it and to be able to see your effort's result.

Tu_triky wrote:

It's nice to get a workout in the outdoors instead of inside the house or at the gym...:)

It really is! I usually attack the treadmill mid-day or in the mornings, but I always go for a 40 minute outdoors in the evening. There's a really nice forest around my house and it's great to go through there when the weather is nice.

Wynter wrote:

It really is! I usually attack the treadmill mid-day or in the mornings, but I always go for a 40 minute outdoors in the evening. There's a really nice forest around my house and it's great to go through there when the weather is nice.

Wow, that's cool...a forest huh? Nemureru Mori...does Kimura Takuya live there? ;)

Tu_triky wrote:

Wow, that's cool...a forest huh? Nemureru Mori...does Kimura Takuya live there? ;)

If he does, I haven't seen him. Looks like I've been climbing the wrong trunks.

Wynter wrote:

If he does, I haven't seen him. Looks like I've been climbing the wrong trunks.

:hehe: Vladpire bats live in caves not trees. :P

I've done my back in - bending over to turn on a tap to fill the dogs' water bowl, of all things :banghead: I spent a lot of yesterday just sitting, with a heat pack on my back.

Anime Dad wrote:I've done my back in - bending over to turn on a tap to fill the dogs' water bowl, of all things :banghead: I spent a lot of yesterday just sitting, with a heat pack on my back.

I wish you a speedy recovery, man.

Tu_triky wrote:

I wish you a speedy recovery, man.

Thanks :) It's slightly better today. It's not too bad if I don't move around too much...

I feel your pain AD. :puppydog: I remember one time all I did was bend over to pick up an envelope I dropped and I felt this tearing sensation in my back and I couldn't straighten up for a week. :beaten:

gaijinmark wrote:I feel your pain AD. :puppydog: I remember one time all I did was bend over to pick up an envelope I dropped and I felt this tearing sensation in my back and I couldn't straighten up for a week. :beaten:

It's always the simple things that make it go out - not lifting anything heavy or something liker that :headscratch:

Anime Dad wrote:

Thanks :) It's slightly better today. It's not too bad if I don't move around too much...

Well rest when you can...I'm sure your body will appreciate the respite in order to heal up.

Tu_triky wrote:

Well rest when you can...I'm sure your body will appreciate the respite in order to heal up.

I feel the need for a day of rest, recuperation and j-drama ;)

Anime Dad wrote:

I feel the need for a day of rest, recuperation and j-drama ;)

Hehe. Well if you couldn't move around much it'd be a good excuse to zone out to some dramas. :)

Anime Dad wrote:I've done my back in - bending over to turn on a tap to fill the dogs' water bowl, of all things :banghead: I spent a lot of yesterday just sitting, with a heat pack on my back.

Hmm, you really should have applied ice bags to your back for the first couple of days: 20-30 minutes at a time with breaks in-between. If you could do that at least three or four times each day it should lessen the pain.

At night, if you sleep on your back, put enough pillows under your lower legs to elevate them so your knees are bent at least 90 degrees; this will relieve pressure on your back. If you decide to sleep on your side, put some pillows between your knees.

Ooooh, OK. I'm at work today, which i'm beginning to think is a big mistake. On top of having a sore back, I slept very poorly last night so i'm really tired :(

That day off is looking better and better...

Anime Dad wrote:I've done my back in - bending over to turn on a tap to fill the dogs' water bowl, of all things :banghead: I spent a lot of yesterday just sitting, with a heat pack on my back.

Dude, like the others, I feel for you... :sweat:

Went in to work?? Maybe not the best idea...

I hate it when you accidentally close Firefox, and when you re-open JD.com, all the threads are marked as read :(