discussion Rants etc.....

[Izerous]

a tiny bit of snow and because my car is rear-wheel drive and I cannot afford tires I doubt that I will be going anywhere because my work is 20+ KMs away I might be able to get there but back home at the end of my shift would be a different story

RWD + all season tires can be quite fun...

Even with my 2004 Outlander w/ AWD it has dedicated winter tires. No traction control, no ABS due to it being a lower trim when those were still options not standard. I had my rear bumper torn off by someone in a parking lot, by the time I got it back snow had fallen and without winter tires on it all it wanted to do was slide sideways in the uncleared residential areas, just about ended up on a sidewalk. Even with winter tires with the lack of traction control its pretty easy to spin the tires and slide it around but in a very controlled fashion to the point where I "might" be doing it on purpose sometimes.

All-weather tires seem to be getting more popular, better than an all-season but still not as good as dedicated winter tires. My neighbour just got a set on her car and so far she has been really happy. If only 1 set of tires is in the budget might be worth checking out next time.

 

[Shadowmeph]

I cannot afford any tires right now lol

 

[Izerous]

I cannot afford any tires right now lol

Meant when your current tires are worn out and you have no choice but to replace them even for fair weather driving it might be a bit easier moving forward from that point in time.

 

[SugarJ]

Altzheimer's sucks.

 

[sswilson]

Google's reminding me that 2FA is strongly recommended and that they're going to turn it on automatically by a certain date... wait... what????

I gave in and enabled that months ago, WTH do my account settings no longer reflect that, and WTH is their system to enable it broken if I try to select a land line as my backup?

 

[Marzipan]

Altzheimer's sucks.

so does dementia...my mother in law.

 

[clshades]

so does dementia...my mother in law.

My grandmother died from Lou Gehrig's disease. I was the 1st to notice something was off when I was a 19y/o. She'd just retired the year before raised 5 daughters. Died 3 years after finding out.

 

[Lysrin]

Lots of us touched by those diseases. They're horrible. I have heard it said that Altzheimer's and dementia are kind of like losing your loved one twice; once when the disease takes over, and again when they finally die. Hard business. And I would think that Lou Gehrig's disease is a similar experience, but the brutality of that one is that the person doesn't lose their mental abilities right? Just the rest of the body shuts down? Terrible on a whole other level again.

Sorry for your experiences and loses guys.

 

[clshades]

Lots of us touched by those diseases. They're horrible. I have heard it said that Altzheimer's and dementia are kind of like losing your loved one twice; once when the disease takes over, and again when they finally die. Hard business. And I would think that Lou Gehrig's disease is a similar experience, but the brutality of that one is that the person doesn't lose their mental abilities right? Just the rest of the body shuts down? Terrible on a whole other level again.

Sorry for your experiences and loses guys.

Lou's the mind remains the body goes away. She begged for death before she died. If I caught anything like that I'd be wanting the same honestly. Go out on my own terms.

 

[FreeKnight]

ALS is horrible and should alone explain why medically assisted death is a right. Telling people they have to just accept they're going to become prisoners in their own flesh because of another person's religious or spiritual belief is a travesty.

There's not many diseases I'd say I'm afraid of getting, but ALS is probably top of the list for 'please don't let me get it'.