Re: Sick - so very sick

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> On 18.07.2023 13.24, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 09.06.2023 14.58, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 05.06.2023 00.58, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> With an actual fever, and coughing and runny
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> nose. And sleeping a lot. Probably TB or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> something... any time now I'm likely to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> start coughing up blood flecked phlegm. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That sucks :(
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It sounds like covid to me.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Feel better soon.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the lungs. Dunno if it's covid, and no way to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> find out short of a trip to bigtown, which
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> didn't seem advisable in the situation. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't have that kind of time... I have things
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to do. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> coffee. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Eventually I will have to buy some food. And
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stuff. Also do some garden things.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sure.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You mean the garden things that you should have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> done 2 months ago? 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Those, and the things I should have done in between
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> then and now. And the things I should do regularly.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And the things related to the projected pond and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stream. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, right.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As said, it could take a while - for now there is only
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> horrendously unkept lawn.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Replace the grass with clovers.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have seriously considered that, both for the not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mowing and for the insects. Also there isn't all that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> muich grass left what with the patch covered in pine
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> needles and the bits where the moss is winning. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They have some nice mixes at WestCoast seeds:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-lawn-
>>>> blend
>>>>>>>>>>>>> That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be
>>>>>>>>>>>>> nice with a mix with different flowering periods so
>>>>>>>>>>>>> there's something going on for a good part of the year.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with poppies.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The idea is obviously to keep the poor animals stoned all
>>>>>>>>>>>>> season. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kills off the butterflies and other beneficials.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The bastards.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> 100 years from now, researchers are going to discover that
>>>>>>>>>>>> we poisoned our whole environment over a mosquito and a
>>>>>>>>>>>> dandelion... 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...'
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Nothing is done about it, if that's the case.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Well, they did eventually get rid of lead in petrol - only
>>>>>>>>> after damaging the brain of a whole generation, but still.
>>>>>>>>> Also: IT'S CAPITALISM!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You say that a lot.
>>>>>>> It's true a lot. Especially the unfettered kind.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do that even happen? There are regulations for everything.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regulations are almost invariably reactive, so the fettering only
>>>>> happens after enough politicians realise (are forced to react to)
>>>>> how bad the unfettered behaviour is.
>>>>>
>>>> But not always. Sometimes they have a tribunal that reviews the
>>>> evidence and finds nothing substantial.
>>>
>>> That's when either the voter margin is big enough in favour, or the
>>> stack of cash from Unfettered Capitalism is...
>> 
>> Money talks and bullshit walks...
> You can deceive all of the people some of the time, and some of the
> people all of the time, but you cannot deceive all of the people all
> of the time... and then comes the revolution!!1! (or, you know, a
> different democratically elected governing body or something.)

Sometimes that happens.

> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have faith in you.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, that's one, at least...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> YAY! I'm # 1!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Always.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * rankings based on the number of people in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> froup. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Those are the people that matter.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm surprised you ranked me above yourself.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I know quite a few unflattering things about me.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Like what?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Private things...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> You can't say things like that and provide no closure.
>>>>>>>>>>> Yes I can. The internet isn't ready...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> *interest waning*
>>>>>>>>>> It's not like your the only person on the internet who
>>>>>>>>>> touches themselves...
>>>>>>>>> Nice try. "I can neither confirm nor deny..."
>>>>>>>> Uh-huh.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You chew with your mouth open?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You refuse to trim your jagged, yellow toenails?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't have jagged, yellow toenails...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We have free Rapid tests so you can test at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> home. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We have commercially available rapid test so I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> can test at home. The problem is they aren't at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> my home and I don't care enough to go find one.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I probably need to go to the pharmacy for it... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's a handy thing to have around.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's not going to make this crap go away any
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> faster, though. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No but at least you would know if you have covid or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the flu. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> could answer with some degree of certainty. And then
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They probably run away because people are still covid
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shy. If you know for certain that you've had it, you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have to delay any planned booster shots for at least
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 6 months. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't think there are any plans for further booster
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shots. Not for the general public at least.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think here they recommend a booster every 6 months
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for at-risk people and 1 in the Fall every year for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everyone else (like the flu shot). 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yebbut your health system probably also doesn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (illegally) postpone a whole lot of intestinal cancer
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> operations until it's too late causing a great big
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> scandal. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Or no one has found out yet.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm sure that some people died during covid as a result
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of postponed surgeries. Now there is a huge nursing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shortage here. Some ERs are being closed overnights and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on weekends. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The news media always finds the one person who is gravely
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> affected by <insert policy here>.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to normal levels, so just the clogged nose and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the fatigue to deal with. Good thing too since
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've pretty much run out of life's essentials
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and absolutely have to go shopping tomorrow
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (today, actually but after sleep). 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> garden. I could have done that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the most pressing needs. And I got tired both
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> times. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *eye roll*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I can tell you are impressed.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I ordered groceries online and had them
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> delivered. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not really an option around here.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *snickers*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> definition. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's energy food.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's what they want you to think. It also has
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rather a lot of sugar... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Me either. I think *my* last chocolate bar was a three
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pack from a store up the coast when I bonked badly on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a ride... Some years back. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I do have a square of 85% chocolate after dinner each
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> night. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You hedonist, you!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yep. it stops me from craving sweets.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> If that is all it takes it hardly qualify as a craving.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Depending on the size of the square, of course.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> See. it works!
>>>>>>>>>>>> The measurement here is my craving or consumption of sweet
>>>>>>>>>>>> things before I started eating chocolate.
>>>>>>>>>>> So you are merely deluding yourself into thinking the
>>>>>>>>>>> chocolate is an adequate substitute for all the sweets you
>>>>>>>>>>> used to eat? Or is there some magical property with the
>>>>>>>>>>> chocolate that inhibits the craving? 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Yes.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I knew you would say that...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No you didn't.
>>>>>>> I strongly suspected.
>>>>>> Is that because it's something that you would have done?
>>>>>
>>>>> It is because I thoughlessly gave two (contradictory) options
>>>>> which each invited a Yes/No answer. It has happened a lot in this
>>>>> group... 
>>>>>
>>>> Really? I hadn't noticed.
>>>> My parents are also like that.
>>>> Once I remember when we were at my Gran's and she asked everyone if
>>>> they would like coffee or tea and someone said 'yes' so she put
>>>> coffee and tea in a cup for them. Sometimes being a smartass
>>>> doesn't work out. 
>>>
>>> I wouldn't know... I was never a smartass.
>>>
>> Uh-huh.
>>>>>>>> Anyways, I didn't eat a lot of sweets to begin with.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> when the mandate was retracted - I wouldn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> want to inflict whatever-it-is on anyone else
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (well, almost anyone). 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And then I have some surfaces to clean, I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> guess... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You probably won't reinfect yourself if you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> don't. If you clean you'll be tired and need to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> nap again. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and need to nap again. It is getting a bit
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> annoying. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Right. And the more you do, the longer it will
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> take to recover. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> By that metric I should have been back at full
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> strength a week ago. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> count. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in bed but not feverish? 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *smacks you for being annoying*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *feels no pain*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Stop hitting me. It's not nice.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe I like you.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thats a funny (and somewhat infantile) way of showing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it, if so... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If I were seriously, this is where I would become
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> suicidal. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Or violent...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Probably not.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *cough*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I mean I don't like-like you.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I like you as a friend even though you criticize me.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> When have I ever criticised you? I never criticise - I
>>>>>>>>>>>>> give helpful corrective feedback...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> You said I was pretentious for going to a coffee shop. Not
>>>>>>>>>>>> sure how that is helpful.
>>>>>>>>>>> I said hanging out in coffee shops is an indicator for
>>>>>>>>>>> pretentiousness. Not quite the same.
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm still not convinced about the wonderfulness of expensive
>>>>>>>>>>> beverages with silly names that may of may not contain some
>>>>>>>>>>> coffee related liquid. 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Italian words? What's silly about 'americano'?
>>>>>>>>> I read somewhere that 'americano' in Italy is a (derogatory)
>>>>>>>>> term for 'espresso with extra water'.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *eye roll*
>>>>>>>> They need to move on from WWII. 
>>>>>>> They did - before it was over even. But I don't think their
>>>>>>> coffee preferences have anything to do with WWII.
>>>>>> They still harbour resentment towards Americans because of WWII.
>>>>> Why do they do that? They were on the same side (eventually).
>>>>>
>>>> Yeah. Eventually.
>>>> FDR kept saying it wasn't America's war.
>>> He kinda had to. Back then the US still used that part of the
>>> constitution that says it's the Congress that decides who to do war
>>> against, and I doubt the votes would have been there.
>>> US never really declared war on anyone during WWII. The Pearl Harbor
>>> attack was regarded as a de-facto declaration by Japan (Fair enough
>>> I think) and then Germany (and Italy too, I think) declared war on
>>> US. (Truly as smart move.)
>>>
>>>> I didn't help that his buddy Joesph P. Kennedy was a nazi
>>>> sympathizer. 
>>> Along with Henry Ford and Lindbergh. Also the hardline isolationists
>>> very many and loud.
>>>
>>>>>>>>> Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee... IOW
>>>>>>>>> Coffee! 
>>>>>>>>>> Their coffee is so smooth.
>>>>>>>>> But still just coffee - by any other name.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> All coffee is not equal.
>>>>>>>> You've apparently never had a really good cup of coffee.
>>>>>>> All my coffee is good.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Soo you say.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is true. Because it has coffee in it.
>>>>>
>>>> Not all coffee is good. The thought of drinking coffee that has
>>>> been sitting for hours in a thermos makes me nauseous.
>>> Coffee doesn't sit for hours around here.
>> 
>> So you drink a pot in a short span of time?
> A couple of hours, usually. Irrespective from the fact that I don't
> have a coffee maker ATM, I usually put it in a couple of thermos mugs.
> The inevitable loss of heat is preferable to leaving the coffee on the
> hotplate for any length of time.
> 
My god! How are you making coffee?
My coffee maker brews into a thermal carafe so it will stay fresh for 
hours.

>>>> Coffee is a bean and has oil on it like peanuts do. The oil goes
>>>> stale or even rancid on improperly cleaned equipment.
>>> But that's not strictly speaking the coffee's fault then...
>>>
>> Right. But it greatly affects the coffee in a bad way.
>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes and no.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thought so...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> then why ask the question?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For verification... Always verify your data.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You know what I do for a living, right?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> More or less.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> So lots of data verification.
>>>>>>>>>>> So you ageee, then. Point for me.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> No points. We discussed this already.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *pout*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That is so adorable!
>>>>>>> Does that mean I get the point?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you something to
>>>>>> whine about' generation.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please miss, may I have another point.
>>>>>
>>>> No.
>>>
>>> Mean.
>>>
>> Whiner.
> 
> Bully.
> 
I don't think bullying is when someone won't give you something.
Stop being a suck.