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Yes! I bought that book when I was having lots of PACs and edema in my legs. Lots of good info there.
I'm glad Afib won't kill you outright. But it can mess with our ability to do our favorite pastime. A super strong guy I know got Afib, had a stroke that messed up his vision, and now he can't ride.
I'm glad Afib won't kill you outright. But it can mess with our ability to do our favorite pastime. A super strong guy I know got Afib, had a stroke that messed up his vision, and now he can't ride.
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#1254
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?




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#1255
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?




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Ya know, that "feature" that automatically converts all caps to all lower case is pretty damn annoying. Good thing you can't tell the difference between I and l.
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#1256
It was a different age.
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RMOT. "Dat sock full of holes mon." gets me every time. The first 10 times I saw it had me ROFLMAO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noZN8_1RSW4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noZN8_1RSW4
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Speaking of weird films, has anyone seen The Myth of Man? I’d like to see it but I’m too tight to pay for it.
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The space coyote lied.



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Speaking of weird films, has anyone seen The Myth of Man? I’d like to see it but I’m too tight to pay for it.
https://youtu.be/_MnOG-sHz4U?si=mSWNPio2jPfdRwr_
https://youtu.be/_MnOG-sHz4U?si=mSWNPio2jPfdRwr_
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Speaking of weird films, has anyone seen The Myth of Man? I’d like to see it but I’m too tight to pay for it.
https://youtu.be/_MnOG-sHz4U?si=mSWNPio2jPfdRwr_
https://youtu.be/_MnOG-sHz4U?si=mSWNPio2jPfdRwr_
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The space coyote lied.



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The space coyote lied.



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Wow, wonder if the whole film is dialogue-free...
After receiving a mysterious message from the cosmos, a deaf young woman journeys across a visually stunning steampunk world in search of her creator. With no words spoken and joined by a quirky group of unlikely allies, she embarks on an odyssey exploring faith, mortality, and the power of human connection in the space between life and death.
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My best buddy and "twin separated at birth" texted me from the hospital yesterday. His watch detected an irregular heartbeat, so it contacted 911. He was helicoptered from the boonies to UCSD Medical.
This morning, he's "converted to sinus rhythm". A relief. Looks like classic atrial fibrillation, the bane of us aging endurance guys.
With all the riding I do, atrial fibrillation is the one thing I worry about the most. Risk increases with total training volume.
When exercise becomes risky for AF:
This morning, he's "converted to sinus rhythm". A relief. Looks like classic atrial fibrillation, the bane of us aging endurance guys.
With all the riding I do, atrial fibrillation is the one thing I worry about the most. Risk increases with total training volume.
When exercise becomes risky for AF:
- > 2000 lifetime hours of exercise
- > 10 hours per week
- male

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#1270
Slow night. Everyone must be checking out the International Trumpet Research Centre website.
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The space coyote lied.



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Slow night. Everyone must be checking out the International Trumpet Research Centre website.

Someone on ****** says:
Sriracha, Tabasco, Frank’s RedHot, Heinz Hot Taco Sauce, and Cholula Hot Sauce
But I'm gonna remain skeptical until I see a better source.
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Thats why I haven’t dropped the coin yet.
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I understand that it's empirical data, but 2000 lifetime hours is ridiculously easy to surpass. Let's say you ride 1500 miles a year, at an average speed of 15 mph. That's 100 hours a year, and all you're doing is 30 miles a week. Do that for 20 years, and that's 2000 hours right there. I don't know that I'd call someone who does 30 miles a week an "endurance athlete".
https://academic.oup.com/europace/ar...uestAccessKey=


approximately 5 times the risk for aFib! the study on cyclists specifically is kind of interesting, it compared actual former professional cyclists to golfers of similar age and other characteristics.
https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/a...9/1/71/2398434
unfortunately the study did not correct for the fact that golf is a horrible, horrible thing to spend your time doing and anyone who has ever ridden a road bike would rather be an aFib-ridden-cyclist than a stable-sinus-rhythm-golfer.









