A factoid that makes me unusual.

Discussion in 'Member Casual Chat' started by btthegreat, Jan 5, 2025.

  1. btthegreat

    btthegreat Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 30, 2010
    Messages:
    16,946
    Likes Received:
    7,414
    Trophy Points:
    113
    I am 63 years old and I have vomited only on two occasions that I can remember . One occasion as a tweener (11 or 12 ) and another when I was about 38 years old. I am cast iron stomach royalty. I don't drink alcohol but I will eat and drink just about anything else. No such thing as 'sat out too long' in my vocabulary.
     
    Last edited: Jan 5, 2025
    Falena, Curious Always and Melb_muser like this.
  2. FatBack

    FatBack Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 2, 2018
    Messages:
    60,432
    Likes Received:
    56,757
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    I had some raw oysters today, yum yum.

    Only supposed to eat them raw in the winter months though.
     
    Moi621 and Falena like this.
  3. Melb_muser

    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Aug 13, 2020
    Messages:
    16,482
    Likes Received:
    16,109
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Not drinking alcohol will minimise the chances of vomiting over the years.
     
    Falena, garyd and btthegreat like this.
  4. Melb_muser

    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Aug 13, 2020
    Messages:
    16,482
    Likes Received:
    16,109
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    I've mostly run into trouble away from home. For example India.
     
  5. Curious Always

    Curious Always Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Dec 6, 2016
    Messages:
    19,531
    Likes Received:
    15,546
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Female
    I'm a puker. I admit it. When I am not feeling well it's my body's go to reaction.
     
    Falena and btthegreat like this.
  6. yangforward

    yangforward Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Feb 2, 2022
    Messages:
    6,408
    Likes Received:
    2,741
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Over 65 eating too much fatty food, that includes two or more eggs, late in
    the day is a problem due to lack of stomach acid. Half a teaspoon of vinegar
    in 4 oz water fixes it if it's not too bad.
     
    conservaliberal and Falena like this.
  7. yangforward

    yangforward Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Feb 2, 2022
    Messages:
    6,408
    Likes Received:
    2,741
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Um, that one isolated unusual characteristic is a factlet.

    like "Gee whiz did you know light goes at 186,000 miles per second?"
    pretty meaningless in isolation, 299,792,458 metres per second can have
    the additional information that it is a definition, so that takes it up to the
    next level of being a fact, I guess.
     
    Last edited: Feb 6, 2025
    Falena likes this.
  8. Falena

    Falena Cherry Bomb Staff Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Apr 28, 2009
    Messages:
    25,882
    Likes Received:
    6,992
    Trophy Points:
    113
    I was born left hand and left eye dominate. They retrained me to be right hand dominate. I can use both hands equally as well.
    If I'm aiming at a target, its odd but my left eye needs my brain to readjust the "come together focused spot" to hit the mark. First time I tried to hit a target with an arrow I was off to the right consistently. No clue why until a friend asked, are you left handed or left eye dominate? I was using a bow set up for my right hand.
    Here's a link to eye dominance if anyone is interested.
    https://www.allaboutvision.com/eye-care/eye-tests/dominant-eye-test/
     
    Last edited: Feb 6, 2025
    Moi621, 557 and FatBack like this.
  9. FatBack

    FatBack Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 2, 2018
    Messages:
    60,432
    Likes Received:
    56,757
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    I am right-handed but I always shoulder a rifle on my left shoulder and close my right eye and aim with my left.

    Eye dominance is a very real thing.

    If I would have ever had a professional teach me how to shoot they probably would have said that that was a bad habit I needed to get out of. But I have consistently hit the target all of my life aiming a rifle that way... Aside from the times I miss, of course.

    Now I do hold a bow with my left hand and draw the string with my right hand and cant the bow somewhat to the right.... Which I am pretty sure is normal right handed shooting for archery.... But I still aim with my left eye
     
    Last edited: Feb 6, 2025
    Falena likes this.
  10. Falena

    Falena Cherry Bomb Staff Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Apr 28, 2009
    Messages:
    25,882
    Likes Received:
    6,992
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Yeah you're not kidding. Eye dominance is a very real thing. You dont realize it, until you do. Then its an I get it now moment.

    Are you left eye dominate?
     
  11. Steve N

    Steve N Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jan 4, 2015
    Messages:
    87,178
    Likes Received:
    116,885
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    I'm right handed and bat, golfed and played hockey in what people call the right handed position. If you take a bat, golf club or hockey stick and get in what is called the right handed position, you'll notice it's your left arm that's supplying all the power and the right hand just steers things. Also, in everything I just mentioned, it's your left eye that's following the balls and puck.
     
    FatBack likes this.
  12. Marvin Klein

    Marvin Klein Newly Registered

    Joined:
    May 22, 2025
    Messages:
    1,225
    Likes Received:
    732
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Too long to eat Im not going there
     
  13. Marvin Klein

    Marvin Klein Newly Registered

    Joined:
    May 22, 2025
    Messages:
    1,225
    Likes Received:
    732
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    My mother was 16 and my father 24. I never knew either of them. At age 52 I used a medium to find them and it worked.
     
    btthegreat likes this.
  14. yardmeat

    yardmeat Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2010
    Messages:
    72,577
    Likes Received:
    41,150
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Not sure if this works for you, but I was taught to kind of hold my hands in a triangle and bring them close to my eye. The eye that I naturally bring my hands to is my dominant one.
     
  15. yardmeat

    yardmeat Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2010
    Messages:
    72,577
    Likes Received:
    41,150
    Trophy Points:
    113
    I'd say the same for boxing. My "weak"/off hand is my leading one. Always.
     
  16. btthegreat

    btthegreat Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 30, 2010
    Messages:
    16,946
    Likes Received:
    7,414
    Trophy Points:
    113
    How did that work? What was the medium's process and what was the net result?
     
  17. conservaliberal

    conservaliberal Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2010
    Messages:
    5,733
    Likes Received:
    3,016
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Approximately a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in a glass of pure water is (and still is) an enigmatic panacea for quite a variety of ills, according to folklore. I've tried it myself on occasion and have been surprised at how it helps with a LOT of digestive problems....

    Don't use regular 'white' vinegar!
     
  18. Moi621

    Moi621 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jul 13, 2013
    Messages:
    20,009
    Likes Received:
    8,086
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male

    Lungers such as asthmatics, etc. experience severe nausea followed by vomiting and amazingly the lungs become clear after the episode.

    I would advise lungers not to try suppress vomiting, wretch and wring out their lungs too
     

Share This Page