The other day we were out tearing down our old gate so we could rebuild it and get it to actually open and close without too much trouble.

Some how after I got the bolts out holding the gate up, I got tasked with watching the little girl (Sydney), but she wanted to ride on her little trike, so I went about rummaging through the garage to see what my parents had left when they moved. They dumped gave a lot of stuff to us so they could lighten their load during the move.

Well as I was going through, I found an old helmet that had always been a favorite of mine as a kid. It’s a middle eastern type (I only know this because it has some Arabic writing on it). It has a large spike on top and what looks like two feather holders one on each side. It also has some chain mail to protect the sides and back of the wearer’s neck.

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I’ll disclaim this (only for myself), refined white sugar is horrible for you. Same with those chemicals in diet soda. So personally while it may be true that it contains liquid which hydrates you, and the since I couldn’t find the technical data behind it to show the trade offs, I’ll still maintain that soda is a horrible replacement for water.

I’m gonna get a little gross here and speak of urine. This will also show how bad I am at taking care of my self too…

Since I tend to drink soda all day, I have a bit of experience in this. Urine is a window into your dehydration. If it’s darker that means there’s more urea in it (Mercedes Benz has developed a urea injected diesel motor, there’s urea in fertilizers too - granted it’s all Bull urea but still…), less water, dehydration.

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