Re: Sick - so very sick

On 27.07.2023 15.32, 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*]
[*Attempts to look unconcerned*]

>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
You mean you don't do the whole chinese/japanese traditional tea-making
performance?

>>> 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?
Once a month doesn't do it around here. Also we have *special* coffee
maker decalcifiers. (It's still just acid, but without the smell)

> But it's probably the second thing. How do appliances know when the 
> warranty expires?
It's coded in the chip.

>>>>>>> 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.

I'm sure he will agree with my right to suck.

-- 
BeH

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