Both my wife and her father are bipolar.
Both are crazy as can be, and a lot of fun. That said, my wife hasn't
been on medication for it in probably 8 years now. She does quite well
really. I'd even say better now than when she was taking meds for it.
On Jan 9, 2017 11:45 AM, "That One Guy /sarcasm"
<thatoneguyst...@gmail.com <mailto:thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>> wrote:
mania is psychologically exhausting, having to reaffirm every
decision and thought constantly to make sure it was sound and not
whimsical. You have to audit every risk knowing that your gauge is
broken. F all that noise, being stuck manic would require detaching
the harness at the top of the tower.
On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com
<mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote:
The guy is my age, healthy as a horse, no gray hair, seems happy
and up all the time. I dunno...
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*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com
<mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On Behalf Of *That One Guy
/sarcasm
*Sent:* Monday, January 9, 2017 10:42 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - is the music CD dead?____
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That would be an awful way to live____
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On Jan 9, 2017 8:42 AM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com>
wrote:____
I know a guy that is unipolar bipolar. Only manic. All the
time. Wears you out being around him. ____
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*From:*That One Guy /sarcasm ____
*Sent:*Sunday, January 08, 2017 9:03 PM____
*To:*af@afmug.com ____
*Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] OT - is the music CD dead?____
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Oakenfold commercial mixes are good for me. I'm bipolar
(literally) so his mixes in short bursts in a car,
surrounded, mimic the upward transition of a manic episode,
without the obligatory terrible decisions and ultimate
regret. Occasionally it can even fully negate a downward
spiral. Way cheaper than lithium and the liver is preserved
for more alcohol.____
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On Jan 8, 2017 9:36 PM, "Travis Johnson" <t...@ida.net>
wrote:____
I still try and buy CD's when I can... then I copy them
to my devices (phone, USB stick for the car, etc) and
then I still have an actual medium for any other device
I want to put it on.
Travis____
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On 1/8/2017 2:14 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:____
Those of you outside the US or with friends and
relatives there, is this just a US thing, that all
music is either in the cloud and streamed, or
electronically downloaded to an iPhone/iPod like
device?____
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Amazon pretty much killed off the brick-and-mortar
record stores, but now I find that even Amazon
doesn�t seem too interested in carrying CDs.�
They may have recent releases, but otherwise what
you get is other sellers on the Amazon
storefront.� And these other sellers are
predominantly in the UK, followed by Japan and
Germany.� Which leads me to believe people in
those countries still buy CDs, maybe at actual
record stores.� So is this a cultural
difference?� Or is the trend just hitting Europe
and Japan a little later than here?____
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One thing I miss are the EP singles, not the 2 songs
on 7 inch vinyl, more like 4-5 songs on a CD.�
Often these were exclusive for Borders or Barnes &
Noble, or sent out to record stores to promote an
upcoming album.� Often they had bonus tracks or
live performances that never made it to the
albums.� I still see a few of these for Barnes &
Noble but from sellers in the UK, leading me to�
believe that even Barnes & Noble sells more music at
their UK stores than here.____
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How long before physical media for content
distribution is totally dead?� Already pretty much
true for software and games, plus software seems to
be going to the subscription model (like Office 365
and Adobe Creative Cloud).� I suspect music CDs
may not be long for this world, even though vinyl
has made a comeback � how strange.� Will they
stop releasing movies on Blu-Ray?� Will they work
out DRM so you can buy movies via electronic
download, or will all video be streamed from the
cloud?____
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Maybe what I�m missing is that most people today
are never without their phones, so that�s the only
logical place to have their music.� I�m probably
a dinosaur, sticking a CD in the stereo, or grabbing
a handful to play in the car.____
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team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the
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