How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
01-17-2014, 10:19 AM
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I spent a good wad (not $3500!) on an organic latex mattress that was customizeable. OK It was 2500. But here's why I got it:
1. organic latex has zero odor and bugs can't live in it
2. 20 year warranty but:
2a. they pretty much last forever and only need the cover replaced after it wears out
2b. you can replace individual layers if they get damaged or you decide you need firmer or softer support
3. totally customizeable layer system (3 layers) to give you the feel you want.. and king size can be split down the middle to give your wife what she wants and you the support you need for thesex.
4. it's not memory foam!
5. no (alleged) risk of cancer from the giant spring box
6. no risk of cancer from the pointless flame retardants that don't stop your **** from burning.
7. a good night's sleep -- who cares what it costs?
8. even Joe's super cheap, shitty mattress will cost this much after 145 years.
9. cats can't puncture it.
I also have one of their granular latex pillows.
it is dense as **** but you can add or subtract however much filling you want to make it exactly as firm or soft as you like. and it's AWESOME. They also make a latex/wool version.
plus you will win every pillow fight with a 20 lb pillow.
1. organic latex has zero odor and bugs can't live in it
2. 20 year warranty but:
2a. they pretty much last forever and only need the cover replaced after it wears out
2b. you can replace individual layers if they get damaged or you decide you need firmer or softer support
3. totally customizeable layer system (3 layers) to give you the feel you want.. and king size can be split down the middle to give your wife what she wants and you the support you need for thesex.
4. it's not memory foam!
5. no (alleged) risk of cancer from the giant spring box
6. no risk of cancer from the pointless flame retardants that don't stop your **** from burning.
7. a good night's sleep -- who cares what it costs?
8. even Joe's super cheap, shitty mattress will cost this much after 145 years.
9. cats can't puncture it.
I also have one of their granular latex pillows.
it is dense as **** but you can add or subtract however much filling you want to make it exactly as firm or soft as you like. and it's AWESOME. They also make a latex/wool version.
plus you will win every pillow fight with a 20 lb pillow.
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01-17-2014, 11:39 AM
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5. no (alleged) risk of cancer from the giant spring box
I'm pretty sure box springs do jack **** other than raising the bed up off the ground.
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01-17-2014, 11:46 AM
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2: It sounds to me like you're describing what, in the bedding industry, is called a "platform," which is different from a box-spring.
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01-17-2014, 01:28 PM
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1: He was actually talking about the mattress itself, I think. Most conventional mattresses contain metal springs, whereas a foam mattress does not.
2: It sounds to me like you're describing what, in the bedding industry, is called a "platform," which is different from a box-spring.
2: It sounds to me like you're describing what, in the bedding industry, is called a "platform," which is different from a box-spring.
OFF WITH YOUR 'EAD!
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01-17-2014, 01:59 PM
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I would think that if the levels of EMI due to RF which is absorbed and re-radiated by a mattress were sufficiently high to cause any measurable increase in cancers whatsoever, then telephone company central office technicians, radio and television transmitter engineers, electrical linemen, etc., would all be dropping dead after about half an hour on the job.
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01-17-2014, 02:06 PM
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Oddly, the one I prefer sounds exactly like what you describe: Intex Classic Downy Airbed - Walmart.com
I tried a few different designs, and this is the one I ultimately settled on. The ones that have ribs which run from side to side, or a grid of pockets, didn't work for me. This style, with rubs from top to bottom, feels very natural, perhaps because my body also runs from top to bottom. The ribs are not deeply pronounced, but they are noticeable. I simply seem to fall into them naturally.
I have this on top of a standard box-spring, atop a standard bed frame. It is wrapped (during winter) in a Sunbeam brand heated mattress pad, and then standard bedding atop that.
The quality of these seems to be consistently fairly high- they do fail after a while (figure maybe a year's worth of continuous use) but before they fail completely, they do not leak much at all. I add air maybe once every 2 months.
I tried a few different designs, and this is the one I ultimately settled on. The ones that have ribs which run from side to side, or a grid of pockets, didn't work for me. This style, with rubs from top to bottom, feels very natural, perhaps because my body also runs from top to bottom. The ribs are not deeply pronounced, but they are noticeable. I simply seem to fall into them naturally.
I have this on top of a standard box-spring, atop a standard bed frame. It is wrapped (during winter) in a Sunbeam brand heated mattress pad, and then standard bedding atop that.
The quality of these seems to be consistently fairly high- they do fail after a while (figure maybe a year's worth of continuous use) but before they fail completely, they do not leak much at all. I add air maybe once every 2 months.
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01-17-2014, 02:16 PM
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I would think that if the levels of EMI due to RF which is absorbed and re-radiated by a mattress were sufficiently high to cause any measurable increase in cancers whatsoever, then telephone company central office technicians, radio and television transmitter engineers, electrical linemen, etc., would all be dropping dead after about half an hour on the job.
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01-17-2014, 02:38 PM
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But trying to calculate the field intensity that a mattress is capable of generating simply by way of eddy currently induced by the stray RF floating around from TV and FM transmitters, it's a bit like trying to calculate the increase in aerodynamic drag caused by having one dead mosquito stuck to the windshield of a 747.
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01-17-2014, 09:20 PM
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A while back, I posted a thread to the effect of "What car projects the image that I am a well-to-do, secure heterosexual male?" Many of you posted complete bullshit responses, a few correctly pointed out that this was an entirely absurd line of reasoning to begin with.
Based on an admittedly small sample size, I am confident already in concluding that the vehicle which bears the highest statistical correlation with drawing the attention of attractive, eligible, thirty-something divorcees is a cheap red Schwinn retro-cruiser from Walmart.
Based on an admittedly small sample size, I am confident already in concluding that the vehicle which bears the highest statistical correlation with drawing the attention of attractive, eligible, thirty-something divorcees is a cheap red Schwinn retro-cruiser from Walmart.
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01-17-2014, 09:44 PM
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A while back, I posted a thread to the effect of "What car projects the image that I am a well-to-do, secure heterosexual male?" Many of you posted complete bullshit responses, a few correctly pointed out that this was an entirely absurd line of reasoning to begin with.
Based on an admittedly small sample size, I am confident already in concluding that the vehicle which bears the highest statistical correlation with drawing the attention of attractive, eligible, thirty-something divorcees is a cheap red Schwinn retro-cruiser from Walmart.
Based on an admittedly small sample size, I am confident already in concluding that the vehicle which bears the highest statistical correlation with drawing the attention of attractive, eligible, thirty-something divorcees is a cheap red Schwinn retro-cruiser from Walmart.
Incidentally, can you get a photo of you in your most "attractive" state? And by attractive, I mean "relating to forces which draw objects together" not "hot, sexy joe".
Could it be that
premise 1: they can see your feet
premise 2: you have large feet
premise 3: they have heard rumors that foot size is related to the size of other body parts
premise 4: you can't see the feet of a luxury vehicle
mix with equal parts deductive reasoning and: porsche drivers have no dick.
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01-17-2014, 10:15 PM
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And, by that, you mean my most formal Hawaiian shirt?
It turns out that lawyers from New York dig the SoCal thing. And you ignorant ******* mocked me...
That's what my niece tells me. Haven't seen it, but I'm finding it hard to believe that it could top Despicable Me Too for the best CG film of the year.
Sidebar: Holy ****, man. I remember watching Tron in the theater in 1982, and it was an absolutely mind-blowing experience. It still amazes me how far computer-generated animation has come in just a tad over 30 years.
There were exactly three: Pocahontas, Mulan (who wasn't actually a princess at all, but is still considered to be a part of that group), and Tiana, and everybody ******* lost their minds.
It turns out that lawyers from New York dig the SoCal thing. And you ignorant ******* mocked me...
Sidebar: Holy ****, man. I remember watching Tron in the theater in 1982, and it was an absolutely mind-blowing experience. It still amazes me how far computer-generated animation has come in just a tad over 30 years.
There were exactly three: Pocahontas, Mulan (who wasn't actually a princess at all, but is still considered to be a part of that group), and Tiana, and everybody ******* lost their minds.
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