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☮ Social ☮ PD Social Talk Thread: If 2020 Was the Dumpster, Can 2021 Be the Fire?

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I'm so sorry man. ❤️ I live in fear of that day, I lost my other cat last year and it was horrible but my remaining cat is my soulmate, basically. He's such a huge part of my life and the only thing in it that is always good lately. He'll be 17 in March, he is very healthy and still seems young (the vet is shocked by how young he seems), but it's only a matter of time.

I'm gad you were holding him, that will be a comfort for you looking back (and was at the time I'm sure). I wasn't even there when my cat died and it made (and still makes) me feel so terrible.

The worst thing about having animal companions is that they live so much less time than we do. But it's still very much worth it.

I'm so sorry for your loss... everyone who loves an animal should take some time to appreciate them and hold them. I know I'm going to. There's nothing like the love of, and for, an animal friend.
 
Got lucky today. I had to go into the city for a family member. I let my car idle for a few minutes while I was talking to them. When I got in my car it reeked of gasoline. Popped the hood and removed the engine cover. The connection between the fuel line and the rail had an o-ring fail. It was pouring gasoline straight on to the engine block.

If I wouldn't have taken that few minutes to check-in the thing would have caught fire while I was on the interstate. Looks like I'm splicing in new fuel lines tomorrow. GM is retarded and designed the connection where it can only be used once. I'm not sure what I hate most Fords or GMs. I've worked on and owned both. All of them feel like they were designed by moron.
 
My younger cousins came by the other day and brought me 20x15mg dexamps in exchange for four 50mg thc edibles I had. What a good deal lol. My youngest cousin gets plenty monthly but doesn't use most of them so it worked out to my favor. Now I'm set on amps for a good year or two since I don't really use them much :)

I've been getting back into drug use again lately, so to speak. Still not tripping but I miss experimenting. Have some uppers, downers, cannabinoid edibles, and psychs I want to try. It's about time I found a proper cabinet and unpacked my collection for use again. And now with a proper kitchen I can make my own edibles more often. Can't do any 'kitchen chemistry' though because my cat and dog are straight stupid, they eat anything they can get in their mouths -_-
 
Nice!

I ordered a large supply of 300mg gabapentins, both because I like it occasionally, and because I am stuck on 2mg of suboxone per day after my poppy pod run that was supposed to be my "last hurrah". I've been finding it very hard to get down below 2mg. So the plan is, with my last 16mg, to go to 1mg per day for the first 8, with the help of gabapentin probably for a couple of days, and then 0.5mg, then maybe even 0.25 and lower, and jump off from a very low dose with alternating loperamide and gabapentin to cushion the landing.

Problem is, I paid for expedited tracked shipping, and for 3 weeks it wasn't even appearing in the origin country's shipping system, it just kept saying "origin facility is waiting for the package". Then 4 days ago it said they received it. 3 days ago it arrived it NYC. 2 days ago it went to the NYC distribution facility (skipped customs entirely??), yesterday it was at the distribution facility near me, and today it arrived. :) What a relief.
 
HeadphonesandLSD said:
Got lucky today. I had to go into the city for a family member. I let my car idle for a few minutes while I was talking to them. When I got in my car it reeked of gasoline. Popped the hood and removed the engine cover. The connection between the fuel line and the rail had an o-ring fail. It was pouring gasoline straight on to the engine block.

If I wouldn't have taken that few minutes to check-in the thing would have caught fire while I was on the interstate. Looks like I'm splicing in new fuel lines tomorrow. GM is retarded and designed the connection where it can only be used once. I'm not sure what I hate most Fords or GMs. I've worked on and owned both. All of them feel like they were designed by moron.
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Did you report a very similar, almost identical experience, just recently?

Or am I just tripping on this one? Cos it's so familiar, just not identical except the gist, like deja vu, that I was thinking "what again lol".

But then it occurred to me it could be my imagination awesome little premonition dream I had because I have these experiences genuinely all the time they're nothing important but it's uncanny how often the little visions do you actually turn up at some point.
 
AutoTripper said:
Did you report a very similar, almost identical experience, just recently?

Or am I just tripping on this one? Cos it's so familiar, just not identical except the gist, like deja vu, that I was thinking "what again lol".
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First time I've had this kind of problem with a car. I managed to fix it without having to splice fuel lines. I bought an OEM part that is supposed to be a drop-in replacement. The problem is the nylon fuel lines + connector are one time use. There wasn't enough slack in the line to cut and attach a new connector. There wasn't a straight portion of line long enough to splice in and connect with a compressing fitting. I ended up using pick tools to dig out 2 o-rings and the plastic spacers inside of the part. Then I did the same thing with the bad connector on the fuel line. I sat the o-rings and spacers into the old one and pushed them down as far as I could with a deep socket. I hooked everything back up and so far my repair seems to be holding up. No more gasoline spraying all over the hot manifold.

When I researched this it turns out it's a really common problem with all GM cars that use this engine. They put these engines in everything from the mid-90s until the mid-2000s. Tons of folks had their cars catch on fire but GM refuses to do a recall. They claim they can't prove it's their fault. Well of course not! If everything in the engine bay goes up in flames it's hard to prove anything! The worst part is the bastards want $600+ for the proper fix (new fuel lines/connectors going all the way back to the gas tank).

The o-rings that came out were really bad. They just fell apart in my hands because they were so brittle. The bad news is there is at least one more like this on the engine. Plus the engine has another flaw where it drips hot oil right on the manifold. I think that might be a similar type of plastic connector. I have to clean the engine sometime soon so I'll go through and find out then. I just went ahead and ordered four of these replacement parts to keep in the trunk. I also bought a fire extinguisher to keep in the cab just in case.

Xorkoth said:
I am stuck on 2mg of suboxone per day after my poppy pod run that was supposed to be my "last hurrah". I've been finding it very hard to get down below 2mg. So the plan is, with my last 16mg, to go to 1mg per day for the first 8, with the help of gabapentin probably for a couple of days, and then 0.5mg, then maybe even 0.25 and lower, and jump off from a very low dose with alternating loperamide and gabapentin to cushion the landing.
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Sorry to hear. I jumped from subs back to kratom a few months ago. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting. I found it easier to jump from 2mg -> 1mg a day by splitting my dose. Take 1mg when you wake up and hold off on taking the other 1mg until late in the afternoon. If you stabilize on that you might trick yourself into forgetting the second dose. Even when stuck at 2mg it felt more effective because I wasn't starting to feel w/d upon waking or in the night.

That's how I got myself down to 1mg daily. Once I managed that I did the same thing. Split the dose: 0.5mg in the morning and 0.5mg in the afternoon. From there I went straight to kratom which I currently find myself stuck taking like clock work multiple times a day. I don't understand why I keep coming back to opioids. I know better but I always talk myself into one last hooray.
 
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I guess while I'm ranting about it I'll be helpful. If you have a 3800 series II V6 engine you'll eventually have the same problem I had. These engines are in a bunch of different GM cars. Buicks, Pontiacs, Chevys, and GM branded cars/trucks and I think vans. It was widely used.

The OEM part you need is called a "Dorman-800-086 3/8inch steel to nylon tubing adapter". They're sold in 2-packs for about $8-$10. Just get them from Amazon if you can wait I couldn't find any local place that stocked it and had to wait a day for them to ship it in. The only tools you need are a basic Pick Tool set ($5 a Wal-Mart). There is a large plastic spacer that's hard to pry-out but once you get it out the o-rings and small plastic spacer come out easy. Just be careful not to damage the o-rings. After you've practiced on the new connector the one on the car should go easy for you. Just be careful to keep the rings in the right order and not to crimp the fuel lines while you're doing it. I think the deep socket I used was an 8mm but if your pinky is small enough you can seat them by hand.

You can try replacing the o-rings with rings from a generic set but it's hard to find an exact match. The plastic spacers are not sold separately by anyone so you'll have to re-use the ones off the car if you go that route. It's less trouble to just order the part and tear it open for what you need. You could try sourcing the part from a junk yard but all the cars you can source it from are 10-15 years old now so the rings are most likely worn.

If you have this engine you will have this problem eventually. Keep that in mind. I was really lucky that I caught it in time. You'll know. The entire cab will reek of gasoline and there is no way you could ride around like that with the windows rolled up. I'm going to be paranoid every time I smell gas around a GM car from now on.
 
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HeadphonesandLSD said:
If you have a 3800 series II V6 engine you'll eventually have the same problem I had. These engines are in a bunch of different GM cars.
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Lol they are so common. My parents' minivan has a 3800 series v6. Seems pretty reliable for the most part, going on 180k miles I think.

I like Japanese cars, they've always been good to me. But now parts for my old 90s ride are really getting expensive. Scarcity I guess. At least with domestics you always have parts available.
 
I also love Japanese cars, in fact every car I have owned has been an Acura or Honda... had 2 Acura Integras (91 and then 98) and then an Acura TL (2004 Type S) which was my favorite car ever that I loved so much, until I wrecked it in my DUI. Now I have a 2004 Honda CR-V.

HeadphonesandLSD said:
Sorry to hear. I jumped from subs back to kratom a few months ago. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting. I found it easier to jump from 2mg -> 1mg a day by splitting my dose. Take 1mg when you wake up and hold off on taking the other 1mg until late in the afternoon. If you stabilize on that you might trick yourself into forgetting the second dose. Even when stuck at 2mg it felt more effective because I wasn't starting to feel w/d upon waking or in the night.

That's how I got myself down to 1mg daily. Once I managed that I did the same thing. Split the dose: 0.5mg in the morning and 0.5mg in the afternoon. From there I went straight to kratom which I currently find myself stuck taking like clock work multiple times a day. I don't understand why I keep coming back to opioids. I know better but I always talk myself into one last hooray.
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Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it. yeah ever since I relapsed right before my dad died, it's been a repeating pattern of getting off, painfully, then convincing myself of one last go. So stupid. I wish I could feel like I did in my 5 years clean after ibogaine. No cravings, it was like opiate addiction had been cleaned out of my body and mind. I was convinced I was done forever, then in a really bad moment morphine presented itself and I did it, and ever since then, the "brain bug" is back, trying to convince me to do opiates. Life has been a series of painful and difficult situations since then, too, aside from opiates. Those 5 years I had clean were like heaven, everything was going amazing, and every day was exciting and I was rediscovering myself and my passions and forming new, deep friendships, with relatively few difficulties presenting themselves. A series of tragedies has done a number on me. :\
 
I don't know if you guys ever check out the LAVA sub-forum photo contests, but we're on the 412th one (it's been going on almost since the beginning of Bluelight). The theme this round is "Patterns". You guys should check it out and consider submitting an entry. :) The winner of each round gets a custom title of their choosing related to the theme or their entry.

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Does anyone feel like watching TV of any kind as you come up on acid (or any other psychedelics) really inhibits the depth/peak of the trip?

What I’m getting at, dose for dose and all other things being equal, while spending your comeup listening to music or a walk in the outdoors you might feel your ego dissolving (even if only around the edges) but focussing on TV really retards that dissolution.
 
Perforated said:
Does anyone feel like watching TV of any kind as you come up on acid (or any other psychedelics) really inhibits the depth/peak of the trip?

What I’m getting at, dose for dose and all other things being equal, while spending your comeup listening to music or a walk in the outdoors you might feel your ego dissolving (even if only around the edges) but focussing on TV really retards that dissolution.
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yeah tv will dumb your trip down thats what people watch if they are scared of tripping into themselves.

i usually just meditate the whole way through from dropping to end
 
Yeah TV definitely focuses the trip into something more superficial. When I used to trip a whole lot I would sometimes watch TV during a trip and found it amusing and would experience the stuff I was watching in a unique and fun way, but I didn't get much from it. But I mean, that's fine, tripping doesn't always have to be some sort of mystical, spiritual thing, there's nothing wrong with doing it purely recreationally if you want to. These days I usually just do it for fun, occasionally I will do it with a goal in mind, but I've had my ego deaths and paradigm-shifting experiences and I am generally not seeking those anymore when I trip. I don't watch TV though, generally I do it at festivals and just have a blast meeting new people and seeing live music, or I spend the day in nature having adventures. My preferred way of tripping when I was younger was always to be by myself and close my eyes and go inward with music, but these days I prefer to be interacting with the external world when I trip, most of the time.
 
Thanks. I’ve only just kind of twigged to this. Since I had been taking a lot of acid primarily to divert meth cravings after I quit I often took it kind of like a medicine (my version of methadone) even if it was 11 PM and past my bedtime. Consequently, I often just lay on the sofa with the TV on unable to think of anything better to do.

I thought the fact I often barely ‘tripped’ under such circumstances was all tolerance. But now I think watching TV or reading BL for that matter for the first few hours after you dose will really depower a trip regardless of tolerance. Even moreso if you have even a minimal dose of ADHD meds that day.
 
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