1. I still have a baby tooth (and it is not the type of tooth that is supposed to be there -- I have an extra molar). So I figure if I go missing, it will be easier to identify the body.
1. I have a motorcycle. 2. I am an excellent shot with a pistol. (Glock is my gun of choice).
What kind of motorcycle? You are so cool.
Mr. Pom is scared to let me have a hand gun.
Beef Queen needs her gun, yo!!!
I drive a Ninja 650 in candy plasma blue. It is speedy. It kind of matches the shoes in my avatar, though I have moto boots that I wear since I like my protection!!
1. I was in a music video. My college roomate was dating a guy in P.ap.a Roach and they needed extras. 2. Yard Crashers approached me to redo my backyard in Ace hardware three months after we just spent 25K to landscape our backyard...
Is this why I always sneeze when I step into the sun? My cheeks? Huh?! lol
Probably! I've read that it's actually not uncommon.
I've read it's connected to eye color, not cheeks. People with light eyes are more likely to sneeze in the sun. It's a genetic thing. It has something to do with the fact that people with light eyes have ancestry from places where there is not as much direct sunlight, and the sneezing is to force your eyes shut to protect them.
I also sneeze in the sunlight, as do my sister and mother. We all have green eyes.
Probably! I've read that it's actually not uncommon.
I've read it's connected to eye color, not cheeks. People with light eyes are more likely to sneeze in the sun. It's a genetic thing. It has something to do with the fact that people with light eyes have ancestry from places where there is not as much direct sunlight, and the sneezing is to force your eyes shut to protect them.
I also sneeze in the sunlight, as do my sister and mother. We all have green eyes.
Interesting. I went to Google to see if I could find where I thought it was from cheeks and it looks like they don't really know yet but I'm finding more to do with the eyes. For example:
As for why it happens, Langer offers two theories. One is that the visual system in the brain is more sensitive in photic sneezers. When it gets overstimulated by light, this co-activates regions representing the nose (the somatosensory system), which then triggers a sneeze.
A second possibility is that two nerves (the optic nerve and trigeminal nerve) are too close together in photic sneezers. Langer says light may cause stimulation of the optic nerve in the eye, which then coactivates the trigeminal nerve in the face, and results in an achoo reaction.
So I learned something today.
ETA - to tag CloudBee and let you know I may have led you astray.
This is kind of a cheat, b/c they're not necessarily about me, but me and DH or me and family.
1. I am one of 3 generations who all have first names beginning with J. Grandparents, my parents and aunt/uncle and me and my brothers. DH is also a J. I'm currently pregnant, and we'll probably continue this bizarre trend. I feel like a Duggar. But cooler.
2. DH and I have reverse palindrome birthdays, all of which are prime numbers (1-31 and 3-13). We got married and engaged on a prime number date, we're considering buying a house that is a prime number address....we are weirdos and have a thing for prime numbers.
I'll add an embarrassing fact - I sucked my thumb at night while sleeping (and more often when I was younger) until I got engaged. At 29. I feel no shame.
1. I was on tv for a hair removal product and I had to grow the hair on my legs .........Then show them on national tv. 2. I would rather donate body parts while I'm using them than encounter a snake.
1. I learned how to fly a plane when I was 16. I never got my license but could still land a plane if necessary.
2. A distant relation on my dad's side was a general in the revolutionary war. There's a college somewhere in New England (can't remember the state) that I could have gone to for free. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Anthony_Wayne
I also sneeze every time I go into the sun. My eyes are very dark brown, almost black. My doctor just said that sneezes are frequently triggered by the optic nerve and it has nothing to do with eye color or anything.
1. I have a motorcycle. 2. I am an excellent shot with a pistol. (Glock is my gun of choice).
I KNEW we were kindred spirits. What kind of motorcycle? I used to have a Honda CBR back in the day. I also went shooting when I lived in AZ all the time. My faves were the handguns.
me too! I never knew that only 15% of the population have both.
I think that they meant that 15% of the population has *either,* not both. Both would be less.
My four closest friends are all green eyed, and two of them are lefties, so apparently I gravitate in that direction.
Yes, I can't math well, but both of those occurrences are about 15% in the US. However, based on the responses from this board, maybe there is a connection between the two things. I never met anyone else that had both, but I don't go around asking I suppose.
Post by wildfloweragain on Jul 10, 2014 14:40:26 GMT -5
Depends on what is exposed and how. Hives on the skin. Hives inside my throat, throat closes up. Pass out. Not necessarily all at the same time. For example, I can eat ice cream and have hives in my throat but not on the outside and this would not make me pass out. Just cough a lot and not be able to speak.
Or I could Swim in the lake and get the hives on the body and pass out, but not have trouble breathing.
Depends on what is exposed and how. Hives on the skin. Hives inside my throat, throat closes up. Pass out. Not necessarily all at the same time. For example, I can eat ice cream and have hives in my throat but not on the outside and this would not make me pass out. Just cough a lot and not be able to speak.
Or I could Swim in the lake and get the hives on the body and pass out, but not have trouble breathing.
Depends on what is exposed and how. Hives on the skin. Hives inside my throat, throat closes up. Pass out. Not necessarily all at the same time. For example, I can eat ice cream and have hives in my throat but not on the outside and this would not make me pass out. Just cough a lot and not be able to speak.
Or I could Swim in the lake and get the hives on the body and pass out, but not have trouble breathing.
Yup. People always asked why I live in upstate NY. They asked this growing up. Now, I could see it. Growing up, uh, I had no choice.
I do no snow sports (sucks that my son is in hockey) and try to park close by places in the winter. I run inside on the treadmill in the winter or have to wear a face thing in the fall if it is too chilly to breathe. I had handicapped parking in college but it is no longer necessary because I'm not walking across many lots to get where I'm going from my car. I don't get hives anymore in the lake, maybe I just don't go in for long enough. We have a special winter fire drill protocol for my class because I have to be near a building. I have passed out a few times at school and it sucked. Not in front of kids.
I think this made my drink come out of my nose. Couldn't get the real beef queen on my limited internet connection... But when I get to a real one, I am going to stalk the Pom Beef Queen photos. At the pool this afternoon, a lady was talking about her daughters pageants, The Ms. Granite contest, was my favorite. She was a pretty girl, and apparently her hobby is reading the bible. God is her mother's copilot (her actual words), and she was complaining about all the pageant drama, going against the evils she tries to avoid :-)