Re: Sick - so very sick

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> On 01.08.2023 13.32, 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*]
>> [You look worried or gassy, not sure which]
> [That's my unconcerned look.]
[Now I look concerned]
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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?
>> I'm not sure what that is. My people come from the British Isles.
> It's a long and strict ritual involving boiling water, tea-pots, cups
> and bamboo whiskers.. and of course tea leaves.
> So you just splash some milk and hot water over a teabag, then?
> 
I buy loose leaf tea.
My ritual is I put some in tea strainer and wait for the kettle to boil.
While that is happening, sometimes I graze on stuff on the counter or do 
some squats. If it is black tea then I pour the water in a mug with the 
tea and leave it steep for a few minutes after which I add some milk. If 
it some other kind of tea: green, white, rooibos then I remove the 
strainer after it has steeped.

>>>>>> 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) 
>>>
>> Really? I have super hard water and once a month with vinegar did the
>> job.
>> (Once a week with the humidifier)
>> 
>>>> But it's probably the second thing. How do appliances know when the
>>>> warranty expires?
>>> It's coded in the chip.
>>>
>> Ah.
>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>
>> You just keep believing that.
> 
> I will.
> 
Perfect!