Steve
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What are you talking about? I have no idea what you’re trying to say.
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Steve
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Sam and Max is fun. If you haven’t played Grim Fandango, it’s another good one from Lucasarts back in the day.
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
Back in my mechanics days, and in my tool box still today, I have all different sizes. But I grabbed the biggest pair I had to overcome my geezerly wimpiness and open the accursed pickle jar
dvcochran
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Yes you do. You just don't like the truth of it.
Oh excellent, just wrote it on the list! Looks great! Will wait till it's on sale hehe
Steve
Mostly Harmless
Okay.
Steve
Mostly Harmless
The other one from that era was called Full Throttle. That was a golden era for Lucasarts games.
Steve
Mostly Harmless
Today I learned that the cardboard sleeve that the barista puts on the hot coffee is called a zarf.
Agreed, especially on the latter part. The nature of some of the new vaccines makes them very difficult to distribute outside a first-world country, and indeed some places even in first-world countries.
Have fun! Somehow, I entirely forgot to see what black Friday deals were out there on new games. But then, I have a few I've been meaning to try out for a while, so maybe I don't really need any more.
Nah, that can't be right.
All my years as a barista... and I didn't know this! Although I don't think we had those, just double-cupped the hotter drinks hehe
The sleeve is a response to double-cupping, to reduce waste (and cost to the company).
Steve
Mostly Harmless
UNICEF seems to be doing a lot of work to distribute vaccines to lower income nations. The USA has already donated over 100 million doses, and has committed to donating more than a billion over the course of the next year, so that should help. But there's really no reason that should fall entirely to America.
Steve
Mostly Harmless
Though a zarf, I have learned, can be anything designed to hold a cup without handles. And according to Wikipedia, they are generally ornate, metal affairs. Which begs the question, why hasn't anyone come up with a more durable, reusable version of the coffee cup zarf? I bet people would buy them.
dvcochran
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Around here that would be called a cup with a handle.
Sometimes it is just the simple things.
It is usually called a cup cozy. Crafting sites are full with patterns.
In the olden days those things were common, a way to support flimsy plastic cups, but then Europe became wise on the trash factor and went back to reusable cups.
Only the US is in full embrace of the garbage heap still.
In the olden days those things were common, a way to support flimsy plastic cups, but then Europe became wise on the trash factor and went back to reusable cups.
Only the US is in full embrace of the garbage heap still.
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
Let me tell you, having parents who spent their lives in the medical field does not make it easier when they got and get sick. My father (Navy: OR, Pharmacy, ambulance, hospital admin. Civilian hospital admin) was a HORRIBLE patient...and the only one I have known that is worse is my mother. Mother is a retired OR nurse, in her 90s, and is not feeling well, has the same exact symptoms I had when I caught covid..... she insists it's just a cold, I insist she get tested, and she is still dragging her feet on getting tested....going to be. series of phone calls today...of that I am sure
Mt parents never listened to me either, something very frustrating.
dvcochran
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From my current experience I can understand how it is hard to differentiate. I feel totally fine today but of course will honor the 10-day quarantine. I have had zero fever and have never lost my taste or smell. I just felt cruddy for a few days.
My wife says she has completely lost her taste and smell. She has always had sinus issues so I assume this is a factor. She never had a fever but has more pronounced Flu-like symptoms. We are on day 6 since symptoms and day 5 since testing. There has been a mild outbreak at our church so we assume this is where we got it.
It has been hard on me not being able to go to job sites or interact with customers but manageable. Farming stuff is solo most of the time anyway. Property management is pretty self-guiding. Schools are running as usual.
My wife can do almost all of her work remote with the exception of hearings/trials/pre-trial which fortunately has not been an issue.
Depending on how you look at it, I suppose you could say it is just a cold (a coronavirus). The crud is the crud to me. Honestly, I felt pretty ripped off after getting tested. It cost me $300 and all it got me was "go to Walgreens and get some Zicam. Googling for Covid information is frustrating to say the least. The CDC site is hard for me to navigate and very circular on information. I have yet to find any information on why it causes loss of taste/smell. The lack of information (at least for a layperson) is appalling.
I do not like the information I have read about high doses of zinc so have shied away from the Zicam. We have used mullein all my life for cold/Flu. Seems to help considerably.
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