The Coffee House

[jcdeboever]

But what does Gary do when the servants take a holiday?

Travel

 

[waday]

Thank you, all!

We checked out Sleep Number Beds a year or two ago ... the salesperson was rude. They work, but if I recall correctly, there are much better beds in or near a similar price point. (IIRC- they nickled and dimed you ... the bed is $800, but the doohickey is another $$$ and the thingamajig will be $$$ extra, and the whatchamacallit ... that's extra.) We sorta got frustrated and ended up with a Costco foam mattress. No complaints, but it doesn't have the movements of the Sleep Number. But there are many beds with movements.

One, I hate rude salespeople. Two, ugh, I was afraid of that. I looked up and saw that you have to buy the mattress and the bed. And, of course, after you get excited about the features they show you on advertisements, it's like a $10,000 bed/base combo. No way.

We tried a foam topper for our current mattress a few years ago (when it was still firm and not saggy). We liked it for a month or so, but then the wife started complaining about back pain. Also, I got really warm on it. I think we need to try a full foam mattress, rather than just a topper.

We don't have a Costco membership, but with a baby on the way, we'll probably have to get one just for the diapers/baby wipes. Ugh.

If you like waking up feeling like you've been beaten in an alley, then get a sleep number. Worst decision I ever made, that thing went in the dump after a year. We went with a Sealey PP firm euro pillow top. Not sore anymore when I get up.

This is exactly what I'm worried about. I've read so many reviews that say, "I don't know if it's the settings, but I've been sleeping on it for 6 months and I don't like it, but I guess it's my fault so here, take my five star rating." Hmm, 5 stars? That seems weird.

I bought our foam mattress on Amazon. $700 or so for a Cali King, and it's awesome. We had the same one in queen size for 8 years with no complaints.

I stayed in a hotel that had sleep number beds...my primary complaint was that you can feel the transition from side to side. I also am skeptical of anything that requires power to work...although we live in a pretty good nor'easter/hurricane area. Not everyone has had 30-40 days without power since 2011 haha.

What brand on Amazon? We saw those Casper mattresses and were intrigued.

The transition from side to side is one of the major reasons why we've been so hesitant. I don't want a huge cliff between my side and my wife's side, which is what will likely happen.

 

[jcdeboever]

 

[waday]

57 and raining here today. It's Fall weather! Just 3 days ago I was at the beach praying for a breeze.

It's supposed to be a high of around 78 here today, which is much cooler than the past week. I don't mind it, but I miss the summer heat already.

Also, we're supposed to get more rain later this week. Ugh.

It's been raining so much here that it'd be nice to have a couple days without rain.

 

[JonA_CT]

We tried one of the other mail-order mattresses -- Leesa. We returned it. It was advertised as 10 inches thick but was really only 8ish and wasn't supportive enough. Haven't heard much about the other companies.

This is the one we bought...

Amazon.com: Sleep Innovations Shiloh 12-inch Memory Foam Mattress, Queen: Kitchen & Dining

We have the quilted cover, but honestly, it doesn't make a difference.

 

[limr31]

Good luck, @jowensphoto!

Does anyone have a Sleep Number bed or have any thoughts on them? We need a new mattress, and the wife and I have different sleeping styles. Thought this would be a good compromise?

My friend had one in her guest room and Buzz and I slept on it for a few days. Hated it. So uncomfortable. The "soft" settings just felt like a deflated air mattress, and the "firm" settings felt like an overfilled air mattress.

There are cooling gel mattress toppers that are pretty decent. I get warm very easily and I put a couple of those toppers on my bed and have never had an issue with getting too warm. (I used two because I found a really great sale but the toppers were pretty thin - the sale was so good, though, that I just bought two for less than the price of the thicker one.) Whatever bed you end up with, I bet you could get separate toppers and just put them side by side.

 

[Frank F.]

On Construction

There is a lot of interaction with interesting people.

The one who parked and repaired his cars there and did not pay any rent in years for example. I had to expell him using the German judicial system. Needed 13 Months.

Now I have to get rid of all the contamination he caused using the site as a illegal car repair facility for 30 years. Then I have to make him pay for it.

After the environmental cleaning I tear down the rest and let the Archaeological Officials examine the site. Over 2000 years of settlement, esp a Roman fortress have left traces. I have not only to tolerate them but PAY THEM TOO.

In the meantime I try to convince the neighborhood that the building is much better for them than the current status and obtain their consent as needed.

Interactive project management of nice people, business people, egoistis and some lunatics too.

In parallel I work with the architects, the building authority and construction workers to prepare the actual construction phase after the site is clean and ready for prime time.

This all in parallel to my company, running in slow motion, my family, household, friends and my main project the BOOK on sustainability.

I am not bored at all.

Plus my body's auto immune condition has to be treated and the doctors are anything but helpful there. My research for the next book is exactly on the cutting edge research on immune system and auto immune conditions and their real cause.

I found a guy in NYC whose medical experience treating Auto Immune Diseases for more than 20 years gives me some hope to finally unproot the cause and not doctor the symptoms.

Pray for me if you believe in God, otherwise wish me luck.

Yours sincerely

Frank

 

[waday]

My friend had one in her guest room and Buzz and I slept on it for a few days. Hated it. So uncomfortable. The "soft" settings just felt like a deflated air mattress, and the "firm" settings felt like an overfilled air mattress.

There are cooling gel mattress toppers that are pretty decent. I get warm very easily and I put a couple of those toppers on my bed and have never had an issue with getting too warm. (I used two because I found a really great sale but the toppers were pretty thin - the sale was so good, though, that I just bought two for less than the price of the thicker one.) Whatever bed you end up with, I bet you could get separate toppers and just put them side by side.

Thank you!

Ok, Sleep Number is completely off the table. I wonder if your friend moved it to the guest room specifically because she didn't like it? Haha. I am surprised (although I don't know why) to hear everyone say that it felt like an air mattress. I mean, I know it is, but I was hoping that for >$1,500, it wouldn't feel like one!

Thanks for the suggestions on the toppers! Didn't realize there were cooling gel mattress toppers! My wife gets warm very easily, as well, so this would be great for her.

 

[limr31]

My friend had one in her guest room and Buzz and I slept on it for a few days. Hated it. So uncomfortable. The "soft" settings just felt like a deflated air mattress, and the "firm" settings felt like an overfilled air mattress.

There are cooling gel mattress toppers that are pretty decent. I get warm very easily and I put a couple of those toppers on my bed and have never had an issue with getting too warm. (I used two because I found a really great sale but the toppers were pretty thin - the sale was so good, though, that I just bought two for less than the price of the thicker one.) Whatever bed you end up with, I bet you could get separate toppers and just put them side by side.

Thank you!

Ok, Sleep Number is completely off the table. I wonder if your friend moved it to the guest room specifically because she didn't like it? Haha. I am surprised (although I don't know why) to hear everyone say that it felt like an air mattress. I mean, I know it is, but I was hoping that for >$1,500, it wouldn't feel like one!

Thanks for the suggestions on the toppers! Didn't realize there were cooling gel mattress toppers! My wife gets warm very easily, as well, so this would be great for her.

That is exactly why she moved it into the guest bedroom, actually! Her boyfriend wanted one so they tried it. It was a while ago, but if I remember correctly, they broke up and he didn't like it enough to take it with him, and she hated it, so she put it into the guest bedroom. It was kind of funny one night to see how soft it would go. We just sank so far into the middle that we both ended up rolled over and nose to nose with each other. And yeah, Lindsay Wagner's number is 35? She is a masochist, then. It would be like sleeping in a string hammock. The mechanism was loud, too.

 

[waday]

My friend had one in her guest room and Buzz and I slept on it for a few days. Hated it. So uncomfortable. The "soft" settings just felt like a deflated air mattress, and the "firm" settings felt like an overfilled air mattress.

There are cooling gel mattress toppers that are pretty decent. I get warm very easily and I put a couple of those toppers on my bed and have never had an issue with getting too warm. (I used two because I found a really great sale but the toppers were pretty thin - the sale was so good, though, that I just bought two for less than the price of the thicker one.) Whatever bed you end up with, I bet you could get separate toppers and just put them side by side.

Thank you!

Ok, Sleep Number is completely off the table. I wonder if your friend moved it to the guest room specifically because she didn't like it? Haha. I am surprised (although I don't know why) to hear everyone say that it felt like an air mattress. I mean, I know it is, but I was hoping that for >$1,500, it wouldn't feel like one!

Thanks for the suggestions on the toppers! Didn't realize there were cooling gel mattress toppers! My wife gets warm very easily, as well, so this would be great for her.

That is exactly why she moved it into the guest bedroom, actually! Her boyfriend wanted one so they tried it. It was a while ago, but if I remember correctly, they broke up and he didn't like it enough to take it with him, and she hated it, so she put it into the guest bedroom. It was kind of funny one night to see how soft it would go. We just sank so far into the middle that we both ended up rolled over and nose to nose with each other. And yeah, Lindsay Wagner's number is 35? She is a masochist, then. It would be like sleeping in a string hammock. The mechanism was loud, too.

Haha! A number of reviewers said they did the same thing! I had heard that the pump/mechanism thing was loud. I remember a celebrity (can't remember who) was joking about it.

I get that the higher end models may be more comfortable, but that doesn't mean that the lower end models should be uncomfortable/unusable.

 

[smoke665]

lus my body's auto immune condition has to be treated and the doctors are anything but helpful there.

We've been very fortunate that we found my wife's Onocologist at the very start. He has been a blessing as he's guided us through the process since 2009. Her immune system has been low for some time, but a year ago she went through an autologous stem cell transplant which totally destroyed all of her immune system including all of the childhood immunizations. The recovery has been an arduous process. In two weeks we go back for a full workup, and hopefully she will be able to start getting her childhood vaccinations again.

 

[SquarePeg38]

Good luck, @jowensphoto!

Does anyone have a Sleep Number bed or have any thoughts on them? We need a new mattress, and the wife and I have different sleeping styles. Thought this would be a good compromise?

My friend had one in her guest room and Buzz and I slept on it for a few days. Hated it. So uncomfortable. The "soft" settings just felt like a deflated air mattress, and the "firm" settings felt like an overfilled air mattress.

There are cooling gel mattress toppers that are pretty decent. I get warm very easily and I put a couple of those toppers on my bed and have never had an issue with getting too warm. (I used two because I found a really great sale but the toppers were pretty thin - the sale was so good, though, that I just bought two for less than the price of the thicker one.) Whatever bed you end up with, I bet you could get separate toppers and just put them side by side.

Went through several mattresses before finding what is most comfortable for me. The foam mattress (firm model from Macys) was good for about a month then it softened up so much that I started to notice that I was sore in the mornings and had to push myself out of it which was killing my back. Also annoying that you can't comfortably sit on the edge of the bed when you want to. Having had back problems for many years, I need a mattress that has a little bit of comfort but is firm. I found a firm mattress with a quilted outer layer (Beautyrest). Then I did the same and added a foam egg crate topper followed by a gel foam "cooling" topper. It's perfect and as my needs change, I can add/subtract the toppers to suit which is a lot cheaper than buying a new mattress. Keep an eye on Kohls for the toppers as they frequently go on sale and you can use the 30% off discount codes (retailmenot.com).

 

[waday]

Good luck, @jowensphoto!

Does anyone have a Sleep Number bed or have any thoughts on them? We need a new mattress, and the wife and I have different sleeping styles. Thought this would be a good compromise?

My friend had one in her guest room and Buzz and I slept on it for a few days. Hated it. So uncomfortable. The "soft" settings just felt like a deflated air mattress, and the "firm" settings felt like an overfilled air mattress.

There are cooling gel mattress toppers that are pretty decent. I get warm very easily and I put a couple of those toppers on my bed and have never had an issue with getting too warm. (I used two because I found a really great sale but the toppers were pretty thin - the sale was so good, though, that I just bought two for less than the price of the thicker one.) Whatever bed you end up with, I bet you could get separate toppers and just put them side by side.

Went through several mattresses before finding what is most comfortable for me. The foam mattress (firm model from Macys) was good for about a month then it softened up so much that I started to notice that I was sore in the mornings and had to push myself out of it which was killing my back. Also annoying that you can't comfortably sit on the edge of the bed when you want to. Having had back problems for many years, I need a mattress that has a little bit of comfort but is firm. I found a firm mattress with a quilted outer layer (Beautyrest). Then I did the same and added a foam egg crate topper followed by a gel foam "cooling" topper. It's perfect and as my needs change, I can add/subtract the toppers to suit which is a lot cheaper than buying a new mattress. Keep an eye on Kohls for the toppers as they frequently go on sale and you can use the 30% off discount codes (retailmenot.com).

Thank you!

 

[Frank F.]

lus my body's auto immune condition has to be treated and the doctors are anything but helpful there.

We've been very fortunate that we found my wife's Onocologist at the very start. He has been a blessing as he's guided us through the process since 2009. Her immune system has been low for some time, but a year ago she went through an autologous stem cell transplant which totally destroyed all of her immune system including all of the childhood immunizations. The recovery has been an arduous process. In two weeks we go back for a full workup, and hopefully she will be able to start getting her childhood vaccinations again.

Read Raphael Kellnan's "The Microbiome Diet" just to see that the human cells are outnumbered by our inhabitants 1:10 and the human genes 1:100.

Our complete digestive, hormone and immune system is THEM not US.

To treat any medical condition one has to treat them to treat us.

With stress, industrial food and other "civilisational" factors we feed the fraction of THEM who make us sick.

With probiotics, prebiotics and by avoiding stress and industrial food we can change THEM into healing us.

Or, to put it into another perspective: If we ARE one part human cells and nine part inhabitant's cells / one part human genes and ninety nine part inhabitant's genes we might as person BE more inhabitant than human.

Or in an integrative perspective:

Each of us is an Ecosystem. Medicine is a way of steering this Ecosystem to success.

How? Try reading Kellman. I knew the things he says before but to know does not mean to have practical and useful knowledge. Kellman tells you how to eat exactly for 5 weeks to turn your Microbiome into a healthy and healing one. A good way to start.

I wish you and your family all the best. God bless you.

 

[smoke665]

To treat any medical condition one has to treat them to treat us.

I haven't always followed a healthy diet. Most of those years in business it was either a sandwich here and there, lots of McDonald's Big Macs and fries. However since retiring I try to eat a more healthy fare, and I will admit my general overall feeling of well being is better when I eat right. I'll have to look into The Microbiome Diet.

In the case of the wife and the Stem Cell transplant, think atomic bomb set off in the blood stream. The chemo is so powerful that it literally kills everything in the blood within days, leaving a barren liquid. That's the treatment part, like spraying non selective weed killer on a patch of ground, it leaves it bare. The chemo though powerful is very short lived, the next day her previously harvested stem cells ( the seed) can be safely reinserted into the blood stream and start the rebuilding process for all the components of the blood. Even though she is pretty much back to normal now on blood counts, all those cells (red, white, platelets, etc.) are now virgin cells, they've never been exposed to illness or immunizations, and as such have no immune record. They liken the procedure to being "reborn", and like a newborn baby she is without protection.