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Some good suggestions here. But if you've been battling this for ages, it might be time for a sleep study? You may need a referral from your family doctor for this, but it's generally not hard to get, and the sleep lab will be able to tell you if you have any bio-mechanical issues like sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, etc. There are all sorts of things that can mess up sleeping. Also, it's a rapidly evolving field of medicine, so even if you had one done years ago, it might be worth a revisit?

There should be a law that whenever this happens, the changes must be highlighted in bold.

I guess if you're talking math, there's Fermat's Last Theorem whose proof (assuming it was legit) was lost for centuries.

I don't doubt it. It's a bit like natural selection. A good idea has better odds of taking hold and becoming a part of the next generation's knowledge base, but there are no guarantees. There are all sorts of circumstances that can affect whether this actually happens, and sometimes it's just down to dumb luck.

Ouch that is insane! I did learn from friends that online ticket purchases here do involve a service fee which seems not right for something that's completely automated, but my membership waives it so sometime I buy tickets for them and they pay me back.

Food is not worth it here also. I could buy dinner at a restaurant for less than the price of a couple of popcorn and drinks, and that's what my wife and I wind up doing before a movie. Last time, we went to a restaurant near the cinema and I mentioned to the waitress we were seeing Dune next. She said "Oh, we have a points thing we do towards free tickets! Let me set you up." So now we have even less incentive to do the popcorn thing.

My first ebike was a used tourist rental. As such, it was a bare bones model feature-wise. It only had one button you push to turn on pedal assist and that's it. But the ebike shop owner was kind enough to put a fresh battery on it at no extra charge, and because it was designed for rentals, the thing was built like a tank and looked no worse for wear.

I rode that thing for about 3 years before upgrading to a more tricked out fat tire bike that suits my usage patterns better. Then I gave the old one to my daughter's roommate and it's still getting good use afaik?

Plus, the last thing I want to do after a 12-hour shift at a physical job is to bike several miles uphill to get home.

That's a fair point. My job is sedentary and cycling is my primary form of exercise. (That said, I do have an ebike so the workout is not mandatory. Don't tell my dietician that…)

I guess what got me into the cycling option was having a good hard look at the map. I work in an industrial park with a railway running next to it, but that railway was decommissioned years ago, and it turns out that it had been converted into a public trail. Much of the time I was driving to work, I was not even aware of this. But I tried out the trail. Not only does it knock about a mile off the street route, but it replaces slow-rolling trucks with tree tunnels and, because it had been a railway, the grades are gentle and bike-friendly.

I no doubt lucked out there but what I'm trying to say is it's worth checking where bikes can go and cars cannot, as it can be a better experience to take those routes if they exist?

This. I have calculated that the ebike I bought will pay itself off in about 2 years from all that not-driving I'm doing. That's just from fuel/maintenance savings alone. If I factor in that my car is getting quite old and I would probably need to have replaced it by now, it has already paid for itself. (I still need a car for bad weather and certain hauling needs, but I drive it only sporadically these days so it's lasting forever.)

During the pandemic I got a membership to the nearest cinema. It's $10/mo for a screening you can cash in any time, and I guess there are some extra discounts on popcorn and whatever. If you don't use it, it rolls over to the next month. Since on average, a movie I actually want to see on the big screen (most recently Dune 2) comes around every couple of months, it works out because I have 2 tickets by then and my wife and I have a little dinner/movie date.

That's interesting. I will follow up on this. I do occasionally drive to work when the weather or road conditions are atrocious. More so in the winter months. But it's a sporadic thing now and the car is no longer my main mode of transport.

It doesn't have to be an either/or proposition. You can restrict your riding to only beautiful days when you're feeling good and it'll still make a difference.

It's good to have a pot with a heavy, well-sealing lid in this case since rice cooks better under a bit of pressure.