Pete. (l33t FS) said:
I've had one or two where my arms went numb, but it's usually where I can't see center vision or to the right, with a big sparklies causing the blockage that I can see with my eyes closed. If I try to keep looking at things, then I get a massive headache around the same time my vision comes back. If I keep my eyes closed, glasses off, anything to keep me from trying to focus on things I can't see, then generally there's no headache.
What's interesting is that I also have hellacious visual snow, which they find also tracks with migraine enjoyers. They don't know what CAUSES it, but there's a correlation.
Arm going numb would scare me a lot, have t had that yet *knock on wood*
Antihero said:
Thought if I closed one eye it would be less distracting, turns out it just covered half of my right eye too .
That's the good part - because it is neurological and not actually an eye problem, it's always in your field of vision no matter what you try.
My MOM gets migraines (or used to) and I was trying and failing to explain this.
I only get a headache (like cranial pain, get me a drill to let the demons out) if I keep trying to see through the blind spots. I was explaining that when I start to see that I can't see, I take my glasses off so I don't get a headache.
"Sounds like you need new glasses then."
No... if I take my glasses off, I can't see. Being able to see but having big blind spots is what causes the headache.
I had to do some work on the snowblower a few weeks ago, so I decided to replace the ten year old fuel lines at the same time as a precaution. The new hose that I bought had the same ID as the old one, but a smaller OD. I had to use smaller hose clamps, but I was able to scrounge up a few from a bag of old spares.
At some point yesterday, the two inch long hose from the tank to the shutoff valve popped off and dumped a full gallon of fuel onto the garage floor.
By the time I had discovered it (probably within an hour or two), 90% of it had evaporated. I soaked up the rest with rags, and cleaned the whole area with brake cleaner. I set up a big fan and had the garage doors and windows open for a few hours.
This morning, I can still smell gas in parts of the house. I'm opening all the windows before the rain comes and I just scrubbed down the garage floor with Simple Green and hosed it out.
It's astonishing that one gallon of gas can stink things up this badly.
Went to look at a car yesterday. Passed on it. But I left my driver's license at the dealer. I was supposed to pickup a rental this morning at 8am. Dealer doesn't open until 10...
Woody (Forum Supportum) said:
I had to do some work on the snowblower a few weeks ago, so I decided to replace the ten year old fuel lines at the same time as a precaution. The new hose that I bought had the same ID as the old one, but a smaller OD. I had to use smaller hose clamps, but I was able to scrounge up a few from a bag of old spares.
At some point yesterday, the two inch long hose from the tank to the shutoff valve popped off and dumped a full gallon of fuel onto the garage floor.
By the time I had discovered it (probably within an hour or two), 90% of it had evaporated. I soaked up the rest with rags, and cleaned the whole area with brake cleaner. I set up a big fan and had the garage doors and windows open for a few hours.
This morning, I can still smell gas in parts of the house. I'm opening all the windows before the rain comes and I just scrubbed down the garage floor with Simple Green and hosed it out.
It's astonishing that one gallon of gas can stink things up this badly.
Just had this happen with an ATV in my garage. The stink woke me and the missus up out of a sound sleep. I had to pretty much do what you did, luckily the garage has windows so that helped with airing out the house, but it still took most of Sunday morning to get the smell out, and it wasn't even a full gallon. Just gas dribbling out of the overflow hose of the carb, maybe a pint or less..
