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post #1 of 48
8/13/08 at 12:28pm
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I was just given a Strobel Hydro-support 1600 softside water mattress. As I currently have no bed and have been sleeping just wherever I happen to pass out (hooray for Horny Goat!), I'm quite pleased. Unfortunately, this didn't come with any assembly directions and so far I haven't been able to find any online. I think I have it mostly figured out, but I'd rather just get it right the first time. So, if any of you have any experience with waterbeds, please help me out!

Fun waterbed stories are welcome, too, of course.
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post #2 of 48
8/13/08 at 12:30pm
I'm pretty sure you put water in them. Might double check that, though.
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post #3 of 48
8/13/08 at 12:36pm
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What?!? Water? Not baby blood?

Shit.

Anyone want a waterbed?
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post #4 of 48
8/13/08 at 12:39pm
No, I'm happy the 80's are over just because of this alone.
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post #5 of 48
8/13/08 at 12:40pm
A horny goat and a waterbed sounds like a dangerous and possibly illegal combination.
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post #6 of 48
8/13/08 at 12:43pm
Waterbeds were this awesome idea until you actually slept on one for more than a night. Then you watched Nightmare on Elm Street 4 and the party was definitely over.

Poor Joey, alas I knew him well.
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post #7 of 48
8/13/08 at 1:05pm
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On my "totally in the red for the rest of my life" budget, I had to take what I could get. I haven't ruled out eventually going to IKEA, but the FREE waterbed wins for now. It was this, or try to scrape up $$$ to buy someone's crappy used bed off Craigslist. Eew. At least this one can be thoroughly cleaned!
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post #8 of 48
8/13/08 at 1:06pm
I got a free waterbed, and it still wasn't worth it. More trouble than it's worth.
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post #9 of 48
8/13/08 at 1:10pm
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Originally Posted by reggie-wanker View Post
A horny goat and a waterbed sounds like a dangerous and possibly illegal combination.
My local Trader Joe's has 24 oz cans of Horny Goat beer for $0.99. I can get really buzzed for a dollar, and it tastes better than PBR. Awesome. There will be many nights of experimentation, but with Horny Goat beer and a cute neighbor, no real goats. Geeze, you pervs.
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post #10 of 48
8/13/08 at 1:14pm
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it tastes better than PBR.
You've made a powerful enemy today.
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post #11 of 48
8/13/08 at 1:24pm
How do you end up not having a bed in the first place? You have to never have had a bed to be an adult without a bed. You a crack whore?
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post #12 of 48
8/13/08 at 1:26pm
Waterbeder? I barely knew her!
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post #13 of 48
8/13/08 at 1:28pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
I got a free waterbed, and it still wasn't worth it. More trouble than it's worth.

Ditto. I spent most of my adolescence sleeping on a water bed and it was always leaking or the heater would conk out. Ever slept on a waterbed without heated water? Might as well be a fucking ice flow. I also wouldn't recommend ever being sick either as waterbeds amplify any illness by a factor of 5 at least.
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post #14 of 48
8/13/08 at 1:45pm
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Originally Posted by Jonathan Banks is my hero View Post
How do you end up not having a bed in the first place? You have to never have had a bed to be an adult without a bed. You a crack whore?
I had one. My parents wouldn't let me put a queen size bed in my room at their house when I came back up here, so rather than let me keep it in the shed they chucked it out. Then, they got themselves a new bed and rather than let me have their old one (knowing that I would be moving out within a few months) they tossed that one out, too. One could argue that since they threw away the bed I bought for myself they owe me a new one, but talking to them about anything, especially anything involving money, is just awful. Plus, I actually pointed all of that out to them on a couple of occasions, and here I am, still sleeping on the floor...
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post #15 of 48
8/13/08 at 1:47pm
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Ditto. I spent most of my adolescence sleeping on a water bed and it was always leaking or the heater would conk out. Ever slept on a waterbed without heated water? Might as well be a fucking ice flow. I also wouldn't recommend ever being sick either as waterbeds amplify any illness by a factor of 5 at least.
Add to this the fact that it's basically a pool in a bag, with all the upkeep that entails.
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post #16 of 48
8/13/08 at 1:48pm
Waterbeds have an innate way of making me feel good at sex.
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post #17 of 48
8/13/08 at 1:51pm
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I had one. My parents wouldn't let me put a queen size bed in my room at their house when I came back up here, so rather than let me keep it in the shed they chucked it out. Then, they got themselves a new bed and rather than let me have their old one (knowing that I would be moving out within a few months) they tossed that one out, too. One could argue that since they threw away the bed I bought for myself they owe me a new one, but talking to them about anything, especially anything involving money, is just awful. Plus, I actually pointed all of that out to them on a couple of occasions, and here I am, still sleeping on the floor...
The fuck? Are you living in a Charles Dickens novel?
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post #18 of 48
8/13/08 at 1:53pm
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and here I am, still sleeping on the floor...
I don't think you got the memo.
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post #19 of 48
8/13/08 at 1:54pm
Once you get it all set up, we're counting on you to solve the age-old conundrum:

Is it the size of the boat, or the motion of the ocean?
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post #20 of 48
8/13/08 at 2:08pm
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Originally Posted by Jennifer View Post
I had one. My parents wouldn't let me put a queen size bed in my room at their house when I came back up here, so rather than let me keep it in the shed they chucked it out. Then, they got themselves a new bed and rather than let me have their old one (knowing that I would be moving out within a few months) they tossed that one out, too. One could argue that since they threw away the bed I bought for myself they owe me a new one, but talking to them about anything, especially anything involving money, is just awful. Plus, I actually pointed all of that out to them on a couple of occasions, and here I am, still sleeping on the floor...
Crack whore, then?
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post #21 of 48
8/13/08 at 2:15pm
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Crack whore, then?
Definitely not a whore. 0: ) And better men than you have been slapped for using the term even jokingly.
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post #22 of 48
8/13/08 at 2:18pm
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How do you end up not having a bed in the first place? You have to never have had a bed to be an adult without a bed. You a crack whore?
You just got married right? Bookmark this post and come back in seven years when she left and took the bed with her.
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post #23 of 48
8/13/08 at 2:20pm
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and here I am, still sleeping on the floor...
You should manage to pass out at my place then. I wouldn't let you sleep on the floor. Most likely.
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post #24 of 48
8/13/08 at 2:20pm
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The fuck? Are you living in a Charles Dickens novel?
Haha it feels like it sometimes, but no. They aren't all that bad. It's just the issue with the motherfucking bed, right now. You'll have to excuse me; I'm grumpy from sleeping poorly. They're going to looooove me at work this afternoon.

BTW, I challenge you to a taste test. Horny Goat vs PBR. We can do Keystone and Natural Ice, as well. Horny Goat will win, followed by PBR. I bet you a waterbed.
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post #25 of 48
8/13/08 at 2:24pm
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And better men than you have been slapped for using the term even jokingly.
You'd better not talk to Colin Farrell that way...
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post #26 of 48
8/13/08 at 2:38pm
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And better men than you have been slapped for using the term even jokingly.
Better women than you have rightfully seen the working end of the term, so nyah and such.

Don't start threads like this and that mutant clit thread from yesterday and then get sanctimonious if you get razzed about it.
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post #27 of 48
8/13/08 at 3:02pm
When I first moved to DC I didn't have a bed in my apartment. Of course, I was sucking dick for crack. Based on that experience...I say crack whore.
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post #28 of 48
8/13/08 at 3:05pm
I still remember what you went through to get that Puerto Rican guy to put the bed together for you once you finally got it. Good lord. I couldn't walk for a week after that, just hearing about it.
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post #29 of 48
8/13/08 at 3:08pm
But all learned that anyone can get HPV.
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post #30 of 48
8/13/08 at 5:05pm
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Definitely not a whore. 0: ) And better men than you have been slapped for using the term even jokingly.

Hey Maria Magdalena bring me the fucking slippers whore !. (read it as aramaic)
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post #31 of 48
8/13/08 at 5:18pm
I actually had a waterbed for several years, handed down from my parents. It was a modified kind that was much firmer than your typical 80's bed. It was like a normal bed, with a little more jiggle.

Quite nice for goat fucking.
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post #32 of 48
8/13/08 at 5:22pm
They're fun until they bust.
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post #33 of 48
8/13/08 at 6:19pm
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They're fun until they bust.
Yeah, my babysitter (when I was a wee lad) had one at her house. It broke and caused quite the chaos. Water flooding the ground floor and leaked down to the basement. Course, she was also 400+ lbs.
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post #34 of 48
8/13/08 at 6:22pm
Now that I think about it... I hated the waterbed I had as a kid. Why I couldn't have a regular bed is beyond me. I guess I was the lowest on the totem pole in the Thompson household and my parents just couldn't say no to a free waterbed. The novelty wore off rather quickly.
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post #35 of 48
8/13/08 at 7:05pm
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8 View Post
Yeah, my babysitter (when I was a wee lad) had one at her house. It broke and caused quite the chaos. Water flooding the ground floor and leaked down to the basement. Course, she was also 400+ lbs.
I didn't have 400 lbs. of girth to do the damage. Just a protractor and a shitty disposition.
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post #36 of 48
8/13/08 at 10:10pm
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They're fun until they bust.
Say's Edward Scissorhands.
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post #37 of 48
8/13/08 at 10:41pm
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Originally Posted by Jonathan Banks is my hero View Post
Better women than you have rightfully seen the working end of the term, so nyah and such.

Don't start threads like this and that mutant clit thread from yesterday and then get sanctimonious if you get razzed about it.
The mutant clit was funny. And disgusting. And funny. But I don't see how that pertains to the discussion of whether or not it is okay to call me (or any other woman) a whore. Also, if you go back and read my reply again, hopefully you'll realize that I wasn't being sanctimonious. Just... subtle.
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post #38 of 48
8/13/08 at 10:44pm
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Yeah, my babysitter ...was ...400+ lbs.
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post #39 of 48
8/13/08 at 11:10pm
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Originally Posted by Jennifer View Post
The mutant clit was funny. And disgusting. And funny. But I don't see how that pertains to the discussion of whether or not it is okay to call me (or any other woman) a whore. Also, if you go back and read my reply again, hopefully you'll realize that I wasn't being sanctimonious. Just... subtle.
Christ, you must be real pleasure to work with at the crack den.
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post #40 of 48
8/13/08 at 11:23pm
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As far as I'm aware, my place of employment is not a crack den. I've only been there a few weeks, though, and that would explain why my boss and coworkers are so insanely thin... omg those bitches haven't even offered me any!*


*Not that I would accept, of course...
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post #41 of 48
8/13/08 at 11:26pm
I've come to the determination that waterbeds would have prevented the entire first Hellraiser movie from happening. The events of that movie happens\ because the Scorpio Killer gashes his hand on a nail moving a mattress right? With a waterbed A. the bed would've conformed to fit the doorway a bit easier or B. the thing would've busted getting in the front door of the house and they wouldn't have even been in that doorway at all.

Anyways, what were we talking about?
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post #42 of 48
8/14/08 at 12:10am
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Originally Posted by Jakespeare View Post
I've come to the determination that waterbeds would have prevented the entire first Hellraiser movie from happening. The events of that movie happens\ because the Scorpio Killer gashes his hand on a nail moving a mattress right? With a waterbed A. the bed would've conformed to fit the doorway a bit easier or B. the thing would've busted getting in the front door of the house and they wouldn't have even been in that doorway at all.
Hellwader.
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post #43 of 48
8/14/08 at 2:27am
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Hellwader.
We're done here folks.
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post #44 of 48
8/17/08 at 1:39pm
Waterbeds are a GREAT way of testing the structural-integrity of your floorboards.
Hope you don't have downstairs neighbors.
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post #45 of 48
8/17/08 at 1:55pm
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Originally Posted by Jennifer View Post
Haha it feels like it sometimes, but no. They aren't all that bad. It's just the isI challenge you to a taste test. Horny Goat vs PBR. We can do Keystone and Natural Ice, as well. Horny Goat will win, followed by PBR. I bet you a waterbed.
Do you guys have Mountain Creek (from Minhas Brewing) down there?

$2 a sixer, Pabst-level taste. Good stuff. My wife marvels that I'll stick my nose in the air over Pudweiser and Coors and go to the mat for stuff like Mountain Creek...repeat after me, it's TWO FUCKIN' DOLLARS! What else are you going to do with 2 bucks, aside from get a blowjob from some crack whore?
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post #46 of 48
9/29/08 at 7:11pm
Water beds are worse for your back than sleeping on the floor.
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post #47 of 48
9/29/08 at 10:28pm
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Graham- I am the downstairs neighbor. But setting it up proved to be too much of a pain (no accessible faucets) so I've got it listed on Craigslist now and I'm just using a cheap but nice, easy to assemble IKEA bed.

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Originally Posted by Bees?! View Post
Water beds are worse for your back than sleeping on the floor.
You know there are several different types of water beds, right? They aren't all like a wave pool in a bag. Some are actually pretty supportive, and keep in mind that not everyone needs the same kind of support. Sleeping on the floor messed my back up. I guess for someone with a flat ass and stick-straight spine it might work, but not for me.

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Do you guys have Mountain Creek (from Minhas Brewing) down there?

$2 a sixer, Pabst-level taste. Good stuff. My wife marvels that I'll stick my nose in the air over Pudweiser and Coors and go to the mat for stuff like Mountain Creek...repeat after me, it's TWO FUCKIN' DOLLARS! What else are you going to do with 2 bucks, aside from get a blowjob from some crack whore?
I haven't seen that but if I ever do I'll try it. Sounds like it might be a good one for Beer-Olympics!
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post #48 of 48
9/30/08 at 5:13am
If the floor's hurting your back, its because you're lying on your back. Foetal position for the win.

Just because you don't notice the damage it's doing to you now doesn't mean its not damaging.

Still, you might be sleeping on stone floors. In which case, waterbed it up to the max.
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