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Haunted

This is my favorite place
Mar 26, 2008
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The woods are lovely dark and deep
This morning I was in and out in a flash. Woke up...dark, wife sleeping, so I get dressed in the dark. Reach for a sock, sit on the bed, kink a leg and a cramp hits. I never moved so fast! I'm hopping across the carpet on one leg, pinching my nose like there's no tomorrow and I can't stand the smell of now. Surprised the wife didn't hear me. She just left, cardio drumming or something. Always running late. I'd made the corner at the top of the stairs, nothing on but one sock, and that only part-way. This isn't working! I think, pinching my nose...the cramp right on the inside of my left thigh. I give it one good final twork, really squeezing this time until I can feel the pain. As I release my nose, the cramp in my thigh went away. Didn't have to go pee anymore, either. No time at all! as the song has it. No time at all! :)
I have found Icy Hot works very well on leg and foot cramps, Sir Walter.
 

Walter Oobleck

keeps coming back...or going, and going, and going
Mar 6, 2013
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I have found Icy Hot works very well on leg and foot cramps, Sir Walter.

These cramps are immediate and now and if they are the doozy-variety, they hurt like hail. I read in a John D MacDonald about pinching your nose, some sort of Chinese trick...acupressure? It does work. Also have a prescription for Flexeril but what good is that unless you're anticipating cramps. That is possible, since I know what kind of work--up and down on a ladder all day, hot humid days, a few other varieties--those kind of days bring on the leg cramps. A butcher I know drinks a glass or two of ice water before bed and he says that seems to help. They do get your attention...I musta looked like Gabby Hayes dragging a leg, hopping and skipping across the bedroom. Bananas, tomatoes, Gatorade...also help.
 

DiO'Bolic

Not completely obtuse
Nov 14, 2013
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Poconos, PA
Last Sunday morning, after waking up early to do some work in the garage, I wanted to grab a shower before I had to take the older daughter to a convention in the afternoon. The wife asked if she could shower first. An hour later she comes downstairs and I go up. The younger daughter has now snuck in before me and was showering. Not quite an hour later I heard her go into her room, so again I go upstairs. Now the older daughter had gotten into shower. Another hour later I hear her go into her room, so I head up once again. Now the younger one is in there doing her hair. A half hour later the older one says it’s time to go to the convention. I announced that I give up! That if I stink, it’s just too bad, and everyone’s got to deal with it. Why does it take the ladies so long to shower?
 

carrie's younger brother

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Mar 8, 2012
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NJ
Last Sunday morning, after waking up early to do some work in the garage, I wanted to grab a shower before I had to take the older daughter to a convention in the afternoon. The wife asked if she could shower first. An hour later she comes downstairs and I go up. The younger daughter has now snuck in before me and was showering. Not quite an hour later I heard her go into her room, so again I go upstairs. Now the older daughter had gotten into shower. Another hour later I hear her go into her room, so I head up once again. Now the younger one is in there doing her hair. A half hour later the older one says it’s time to go to the convention. I announced that I give up! That if I stink, it’s just too bad, and everyone’s got to deal with it. Why does it take the ladies so long to shower?
Long hair, lots of stuff to shave, a really good shower massage with lots of fun settings?
 

Walter Oobleck

keeps coming back...or going, and going, and going
Mar 6, 2013
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Memories...twisted golden memories! I'm recalling the times, more than once, when the old man didn't bother closing the door to the bathroom...I bebop down the stairs, take a hard right at the bottom, another hard right...and the smell hits me about the same time I hear him grunt...little splash? Why did I come in here! :(
 

GNTLGNT

The idiot is IN
Jun 15, 2007
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...usually about 10 minutes, unless I have to shave-then maybe 20 total....ya know, gotta take the trimmers to the ear hairs and schnozz, groom the goatee, sit on the shi**er while the hot water runs almost out, get cleaned up and then laugh at Sunny when the cold water tickles her....afterward, I put on one sock and go wee-wee in my closet....