Re: Sick - so very sick

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> On 22.07.2023 17.21, 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.
> 
> Just not nearly as fast and/or often as it should...
> 
> [Snipporific extraction]
[And the winner is ......*drum roll*]
> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 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?
> 
> I boil water in a kettle and pour in over ground coffee contained in a
> liquid-permeable paper bag - just like gawd intended.
> 
Sounds like how I make tea.

>> My coffee maker brews into a thermal carafe so it will stay fresh for
>> hours.
> I used to have one of those but the rubber gasket on the lid
> disintegrated and it couldn't preserve heat. Also the coffee maker
> stopped working - probably because of calcium deposits. Or because the
> warranty expired.
> 
You know you're supposed to run vinegar through them once a month?
But it's probably the second thing. How do appliances know when the 
warranty expires?

>>>>>> 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.
> You were threatening violence...!
> 
>> Stop being a suck.
> I'll suck however much I want.
> 
It's at times like this, I wish Phil were here.