I've got a problem I need to bitch about [v6]

Try sleeping your back tonight.

I have never been able to sleep on my back.

I've had a lot of trouble doing it too, I'm much more comfortable with sleeping on my stomach, though I've been able to compromise on my side lately.

See, I sleep on my side all the time. And I just gotta have a pillow to hug.

I hear sleeping in the fetal position can help too.

Huh... I wonder if that's why my back doesn't hurt as bad as it used to. I used to sleep on my side, and I had nothing but back troubles. After awhile, I started becoming uncomfortable on my side (from both pain, and also things like acid reflux), so I started sleeping on my back with my head propped up by a few pillows, and I seem to have less trouble with my back now (legs still give me fits now and then though...).

jokool wrote:Huh... I wonder if that's why my back doesn't hurt as bad as it used to. I used to sleep on my side, and I had nothing but back troubles. After awhile, I started becoming uncomfortable on my side (from both pain, and also things like acid reflux), so I started sleeping on my back with my head propped up by a few pillows, and I seem to have less trouble with my back now (legs still give me fits now and then though...).

More than likely, I've posted about the benefits of sleeping on your back before.

Just asked my insurance company for a quote. I haven't bought a vehicle yet, let alone picked one out, but I decided to start doing some of the math anyway. I set my quote for my "worst" case scenario, a 2005 Chevy 3500 4x4 pickup. I picked Chevy because they're generally reliable, bulletproof trucks and it's unlikely I would find anything reasonably priced later than 2005. I also selected in the quote that it is under a lien, as it is likely that to buy a decent truck will require me to borrow money and force to the truck to be in my name.

The quote came out to about $220. I already pay $140 to my parents for Ayumi's insurance and for driving the rest of the family's vehicles. $360 in all. And for the hell of it, I quoted a brand new F-150. Turns out my insurance payment would be as much as the truck payments, in excess of $350 a month. My biweekly paycheck only comes out to about $500 that I can actually spend.

I'm extremely reluctant to tie up that much of my pay for such a long term. I guess buying a larger truck will have to wait until next winter and around here, there's no guarantee that we'll even get a good winter then.

One more thing, I just discovered that the hinge on my wallet is broken... Thought I heard a snapping sound earlier today while rotating tires.

I've refused to give up so far, though I'm highly disappointed two of the best candidates so far have not returned my e-mails. My next possible candidate is a V10 Ford, but it's got 279,000 miles on it. While the old Ford V10, still in production today in a updated form, is regarded as a very good engine, I'm still reluctant.

Starting to think that if I cannot get a response back on that Dodge, I'll resign myself to continue saving up for next season, when my budget will allow for a better quality truck with the stuff I really want in a plow, namely 4X4 and Manual Trans.

Besides, Ayumi appears to be back to trying to get my attention. Ran out of washer fluid after hitting a bug (one thing that I don't like about her is the small washer fluid tank :I), and decided to check on the coolant too. The coolant bottle was empty, I can't quite recall the last time I added coolant, but I think she's using a gallon of coolant every 3,000 miles, which isn't good. I'll have to keep an eye on that in the next couple hundred miles, if the level goes down again I'll have to start chasing for a pinhole leak.

So apparently I suck with OBS... I tried recording SMITE and OJ, and both times....black screen...

...I'm just not cut out for Let's Plays... *uninstalls OBS*

OBS takes time to learn (I'm still learning new tricks with it)

took me a month to be able to record OJ xD

if you want I can see what I did for that and tell you :O

jokool wrote:So apparently I suck with OBS... I tried recording SMITE and OJ, and both times....black screen...

...I'm just not cut out for Let's Plays... *uninstalls OBS*

Have you tried down-scaling the resolution? U was getting black screen FF XIV until I did that.

Another issue can be what capture method you're using among other things, this is why it is normally recommended to use 2 monitors when streaming/recording (1 for the game and another for OBS and monitoring it)

It is possible to stream/record with one monitor but then you shouldn't do the game full screen as you won't know how it'll look or if a problem arises

I recorded all of my Finding Teddy Let's Play before realizing this and only had a blank screen

I've discovered that Ayumi is leaking coolant, out of the thermostat housing. I just had that sealed with a fresh gasket about 6,000 miles ago with the timing belt, water pump, and thermostat replacement. I'm mildly pissed that this is the third time I'll have to go into this housing and this time I'll be replacing it with parts from Ford, so now I need to find time this week to get a housing.