Why are you unhappy today?

What the hell? Rescue remedy and lavender oil... for a dog that may or may not have released "stress hormones"...
Am I missing something here? Is there some particularly serious reason that a dog should not ever release stress hormones?

I am unhappy that Tim Russert has died!

When stress hormones are released then it takes a few days for the levels to go back to normal. That means that the dog will be a little more jumpy and more prone to over-react until those levels have dropped. Things that don't normally bother the dog may evoke an unwanted reaction and set training back. It is the same for people, actually. Someone who has been frightened or had a shock will be more likely to "jump at shadows" for a few days afterwards. Thus the goal in dog training is to keep the stress hormones from getting elevated in the first place.

I'm unhappy because I'm getting bored with soccer.

Bipa- thanks, i know. stress hormones have a half life of 20min so if it's stressed briefly and nothing happens then it's fine. Also if the dog is conditioned to stress and is used to levels of eustress then higher levels if distress sometimes are not as problematic (note- sometimes, it depends on the amount, situation, individual, etc.) but if it's a situation like a thunderstorm that isn't short (a few seconds to very few minutes) then the hormones keep increasing thus the 20min half life isn't correct anymore.
All of this is part of why if you have a fear issue you need to spend minimum 1 week, preferably 2, with the dog not by it's 'trigger' or in any way getting stressed so the hormones are out of the blood and then it's easier to work on the issue (depending on your training philosophy this would then be a mix of desensitization and counterconditioning making sure to use a lot of close approximations, high value rewards, and lots of play/free time to keep all levels low).

I'm unhappy because I received a PM from a person (I will let remain anonymous) who said they were just like my profile.

You have the ability to allow her to make you feel like this.

Sadly I know this. I just don't know how to stop reacting to the tone of her voice and her patterns of speech.

Ohh sarabyrd I am sorry for your grief!

... cos I feel lonley...

poor you. I don't.

(what am I doing on this thread, I wonder. I think I am here to make you feel better... am I not?)

Just received news that a friend passed away in hospital last night, here in Munich. Damn, it's at times like this you really feel you are just marking time, waiting.

I'm sorry to hear that. Keep your memories and share them with his friends and family.

I'm sorry to hear this, see-king ...

Somebody has really crossed the line in being a jerk. I've dealt with jerks before, but never ones being as insensitive or slefishly brazen.

Because the strategy document I am currently writing looks like this.
*weeps*

*gives a tissue to Katrina*

I sat in a presentation last week where 10 minutes were spent explaining the phrase 'thinking outside the box' to non-native English speakers.

boots, I feel your pain.
I really really do.
Thankfully I haven't used that phrase yet, but I fear it will be used. Soon.

Because yesterday I completely smashed the toilet bowl/shelf and a couple of weeks ago I destroyed the built in fridge. And last night I had a dream that I dropped the dutch oven (cast iron) on the new ceramic top cooker. I'm getting scared to touch anything else in the house

Mr.Moonboot's always dropping Dutch Ovens on me

I have a fancy snazzy phone-camera-computer-ipod-touchscreen-keyboard-kitchen sink thingy here, and I can't remember the pin for my cell phone, so I can't take the chip out to try it in the new phone

Telephone documents? It'll be in there.

not if she changed the pin from the original pin, in which case the best thing is to enter the incorrect pin a few times and then unlock it using the PUK.

Because it turns out I don't really like my job all that much. This makes me sad because I used to LOVE my job and was actually looking forward to coming back out. Now I can't wait to get the hell out of here at 4:00 pm on the nose, when I used to happily work until six or seven o'clock. Sigh!

Methinks it's time to move on!

Because I'm disappointed.

make sure you have the PUK before you do this.

The sensible thing to do is call your provider... get a new PUK sent, then play with your new phone!..

I can't find the phone papers (don't ask) or the number of the place I got it. And the new phone was a present from my step-father - it may not even be unlocked since he bought it in S.A. (don't ask). argh.

Try using a chip card with known number to check the function, unlocking an iPhone is not too difficult.

EDIT: for instance here, MacWorld

Not at all sure if my girlfriend wants to be with me.

Gutted, actually.

there are some spooky shops near HBF that unlock phones would they be any good?

Probably, if I knew my pin to put in when I turn the new phone on.

No, I haven't turned my phone off since February. Speaking of, I need to go find my charger.

I had an old phone unlocked at a spooky hole-in-the-wall shop down Schellingerstr. on the left side if you turn left at C&A (coming from direction Stachus) a few years ago, cost me 10€.
the staff in the Telekom shop at Marienplatz are very nice, perhaps they could advise you? or else there is a general mobile phone shop at Sendlinger Tor on the corner near the bakery/cinema.

@DDbug - what make and model of phone is it?

(I am loking for a new one and the thougt of one with all the kitchen sink features sounds nice )

hang in there. I know that feeling and it sucks.

@GSF_UK - what mere said - I think most of us have experienced that feeling at least once in our lives and it does suck. But, it helps to know that you are not the first (and you won't be the last) to feel this way and you'll get through it. Chin up!

My phone is unlocked, but waaayyy too much for my needs, and I can't find the number block function on it either.

So, cb6dba, if you are interested, it's a Sony Ericsson P990i with all the schnick-schnack and attachments, instructions and CD, just not the original box.

Then I saw on the news this morning that the crappy phone I do have has the highest radiation levels of all the new phones. Great

@GSF - chin up, it's a sucky feeling. Hope you can work through it.

Just because

Because I haven't had a night of proper sleep for 5 days now and am absolutely knackered. And cranky.

Next person to come across with insignificant bullshitting might have to take the can for it...

fkd up, fed up and far away from home !! AND PLEASE STOP RAINING !!

Rant over, thanks for listening !!

I am leaving in two days to go back to the states, and I never could have imaged how much it would hurt to leave my fiiance behind. I try so hard to do everything I need to get done, but every shirt I pack every call I make and every goodbye, brings out the tear fest. I just don't know how to cope, I feel like my heart is slowly being ripped out of my body. People say it will be ok, think of when you are together again, but in reality it is meaningless from people who have no idea what it is like.

You're going to the US in 2 days? So what was all that palava over importing ciggies?!

I said I wa sleaving soon in the previous thread. The package was detained in customs for a while, it was sent over a month ago from the us.

@ sj1 - At least you have a fighting chance to be together again. I blame it on the hormones myself. Don't see it as a tragedy, see it as a bonding exercise because you'll be just that much more happy when you are reunited. It's true. Remember, absence makes the heart grow fonder and the tummy grow bigger.

When you get to Portland, hunt down a guy named Perdido and tell him Fantasy starts very soon!

Well now that you have throughouly freaked me out. How the hell did you know I was from portland, did I ever say that? LOL.

Oh haha I'm a dumbass its in my profile. LOL.

Hell, I'm leaving for the States in two days and I could not be happier!!!
Sorry, Serenajean1, you'll be fine!

finding an apartment is proving to be a much larger task than I thought it would be. Unfortunately I have to move out of my apartment and it seems no matter which apartment I see, even the ones that make your skin crawl, all tell me to bugger off! I don't have any pets, non-smoker, university graduate with a good budget for a place...why can't I get a break?

You´re a single foreigner. No one to take over payments if you lose your job, and you might just bugger off back to the States. I ran into the same problem.

The only phone I had with number blocking broke last year, none of the new ones around here (mine or my kid's) seem to offer that. And I can't find the number for the guy at the t-mobile shop to ask him to block number(s).
Well, I guess I'm not miserably unhappy, just mildly annoyed.