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[Reelya]

It's not a derail, I was just trying to understand what you're actually after. It's like asking "what does 'flurb' mean to you?" Like any nonsense syllable we can always Google it and find out "huh, I guess it means that" because someone at some point would have used it. But it's not a particularly enlightening venture.

[Naturegirl1999]

Yes, I worded things horribly. I wanted to know what you meant when you used the word in your quote. What it meant when you used it.

[Reelya]

That was Yoink btw, who is also Australian so he meant the Urban Dictionary meaning.

[Naturegirl1999]

Yes. I need to look at usernames more often than I do

[TamerVirus]

Damn storm knocked out electricity to the block

[scriver]

So my computer did a diagnostic thing and got a warning for one of my hard drives' SMART test.

Threesecond review on google seems to indicate this might mean my drive is failing.

Which would be awful.

I just had a computer bluescreen for the first time in years, maybe decades

Is this it? After restarting itself everything seems fine. But is it?

[Reelya]

So my computer did a diagnostic thing and got a warning for one of my hard drives' SMART test.

Threesecond review on google seems to indicate this might mean my drive is failing.

Which would be awful.

I just had a computer bluescreen for the first time in years, maybe decades

Is this it? After restarting itself everything seems fine. But is it?

Just be sensible and keep backups. Don't stress too much, but backup ASAP if you get any hardware faults. Bluescreen can totally be because of faulty hardware.

[Yoink]

My cheap-ass hotdog roll fell in half when I tried to cut it.   
Admittedly, this didn't have as much of an impact on my enjoyment of my lunch as I'd initially expected, but still. I had to, like, concentrate on holding the two bits of bun together while I ate. And I couldn't go as nuts with sauce on that hotdog! Actually I made sure to use barbecue sauce on that one, and tomato on the other - since I generally have a somewhat smaller amount of barbecue sauce on the same amount of food and as such it is less messy.       
Both still had mustard, of course.   

[methylatedspirit]

I cannot fucking sleep. I can't tell if it's because my brain's being really active tonight, or if it's me getting used to my medication. It's times like these where I wish I could turn off my brain and not have to deal with the million-step process of going to sleep. I've already taken a second dose of those meds, in the hopes that I'll be granted the privilege of sleeping if I kill my brain further.

[Naturegirl1999]

I have this problem too, what helps me, eventually, is daydreaming a long consistent story while in bed, eventually falling asleep during that. Or just try thinking about going to sleep, repetitively. Just continue imagining versions of yourself sleeping. It works eventually for me

[Uthimienure]

When I can't sleep, sometimes I try to solve math problems that are too hard to do in my head.  It doesn't have be be complicated, just something like long-division of numbers too big to solve without paper & pencil. Sometimes it works and I fall asleep in the middle of the problem.

Counting sheep, while very quaint, can actually work also.

[Rolan7]

That helps for me too sometimes.  Focusing inward on some complicated but unimportant puzzle, like a layout of Minecraft machines or a programming optimization.  I think the state-based memory gives me the state of mind I need to fall asleep.

Occasional side effects may include recurring feverish dreams of solving puzzles in search of rest, waking to a replenished body and exhausted mind.

[Fire and Glory]

I happen to live a fair ways out from the nearest town, and I have no drivers license. Being 1 hours walking distance away from civilization is a constant source of frustration I assure you. The road to get over there sees a fair amount of traffic as well and there is no other path to get there, so if you’re going to ride a bicycle I hope you are willing to risk life and limb to do so. The ground next to the road is also quite narrow and the aforementioned traffic makes walking annoying as well. This is no relaxing stroll I hope you understand.

There’s not much to do about it except to try and get that drivers license. But even if I get it it’ll still be half a year before I can upgrade it and be permitted to drive alone. Annoying.

[Naturegirl1999]

Would it be possible to buy lots of those flat stones and place them along the road? Like a secondary road for bikes?

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That way you can bike on the secondary road
If this turns out to be illegal, don’t do it, obviously, but just a thought

[Fire and Glory]

Would it be possible to buy lots of those flat stones and place them along the road? Like a secondary road for bikes?

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That way you can bike on the secondary road
If this turns out to be illegal, don’t do it, obviously, but just a thought

Probably not, even if I had the means to do so. I forgot to mention but this is New Zealand, meaning lots of farmland. So you have the road, the narrow space between the road and the ditch (many of these stones would in fact be tilted as it's something of a slope at times.), and then private property on the other side of the ditch. And yeah I think it might be illegal. You're not allowed to ride a bicycle on the pavement (footpath?) unless you're a mail carrier anywho, though that might not apply to random stones placed on the ground.

Could be worse though. Were I facing similar conditions in Australia I might have had to add the risk of getting kicked by a kangaroo to the list of inconveniences.