Random Thought of the Day

Quote: rxwine

Nice to see St. Judes and Shriner's children both have high charity ratings. However ASPCA got dinged recently in a special report. They're the one's showing all the abused animals. They did say local spca's are not affiliated with the larger organization so if you give directly to them, chances are it will be better used.

Quote: JimRockford

I have concluded that the data supporting the health benefits is pretty thin, but I stayed with the cold showers because they make me feel great after I get out.

Quote: rxwine

I finally saw one bee on the flowers outside. I was starting to wonder if I was going to see any.

Quote: JimRockford

I have been taking only cold showers for a couple of months. I started after I read an article somewhere about the health benefits of regular exposure to cold temperatures. After looking into it a little more, I have concluded that the data supporting the health benefits is pretty thin, but I stayed with the cold showers because they make me feel great after I get out. They give me that relaxed unstressed feeling that you get from a good workout and it lasts most of the day. I just run the water all the way cold.

Now the cold tap water in Austin is not as cold as some parts of the country. It is about 76 F, but that is enough below body temperature that it's still a shock to step into. After about two minutes, it doesn't feel too bad. I don't know if I can stick with it when winter comes. We'll see.

Quote: kenarman

That is the summer temperature of most of the popular resort swimming lakes in Canada, many are colder. In the winter they cool down.

Quote: kenarman

Not just Canada

"The swimming season in Long Beach, Ca lasts from July to October. During those months, Long Beach water temperature does not drop below 68°F and therefore suitable for comfortable swimming."

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HENDERSON, Nev. — Chelsea Ake-Salvacion felt she was on health care’s cutting edge, working at a cryotherapy center in this Las Vegas suburb that promised to help clients burn calories, reduce pain, strengthen immune systems and halt aging by embedding them in freezing tanks for a few minutes at a time.

In her off hours, she engaged in the practice, and dreamed of opening her own cryotherapy center once she had learned the ropes.

But last week, Ms. Ake-Salvacion, 24, was found dead in one of the tanks, discovered by her colleague and friend Elise Iverson. After working an evening shift on Oct. 19 at the Rejuvenice spa here, which offers two forms of deep-freeze therapy, in tanks that can reach temperatures of minus 240 degrees Fahrenheit, she had stayed to give herself a cryotherapy session. She was found the next day.

A local coroner’s office said the cause of death had not yet been determined. But Ms. Ake-Salvacion’s uncle said the coroner had told him his niece’s body was found “rock-hard solid.”