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  1. One out there suggestion that worked for me. At one time I'd had reoccurring yeast infections. My mom had this home remedies book and it said that the Yeast isn't killed by even a hot wash cycle. So people reinfect themselves. So, what I did was wash all my underwear, and then boil them. Yes, boil them. Big stockpot on the stove. Then I wore minipads while I treated the yeast infection. Then I continued using the minipads for about another week. Then I boiled my clean underwear again. Probably overkill but anyone that has experienced repeated yeast infections will understand. I didn't get the yeast infection again. Of course I had to buy new underwear since they all started to fall apart. If I were to get another yeast infection. I'd do the Yogurt/Probiotic/No Sugar thing. Treat the infection while using minipads. Then boil the underwear once when I knew I was infection free. Or, well, my underwear is much cheaper now. I'd probably just toss all of mine and start new.
  2. I have one of the Paperwhite's. If I am wearing my contacts, and no reading glasses my main problem is picking out the next book. I can make the font super big. Changing pages is by touching the left of right side of the screen. The only problem is picking out the next book because that font is teeny tiny. If reading glasses didn't take care of that problem, I'd probably have a magnifier nearby. One nice thing for an avid reader is the ebook checkouts from the library. Mine uses Overdrive although there are others. A few months ago Overdrive changed the way the Hold list worked. You could place a book on hold, and then Suspend the Hold. The cool thing was that you continued to move up the list. You just wouldn't be offered the book while the hold was suspended. So, someone could pick out a bunch of books that they are interested in and put them on Hold/Suspend. Then every time you check out a book, unsuspend a book in the hold list where you are at or near the top. So by the time you finish reading the checked out book, another one is checked out. Also, with the Paperwhite e-readers (and probably all) if it is in Airplane mode, the ebook won't disappear when the checkout ends. That only happens when it connects. Battery life is much improved in Airplane mode anyway. So, I only connect my e-reader when I am ready to get another book.
  3. This had been me when I was breastfeeding. I was going to the library looking for large print books since the book would be about 3 feet away. I even suggested that they add an "M" and "R" stickers to the Large Print books. Because a vast majority were one of those. I don't know what to tell you because while I did find books that weren't one of those, I did end up reading a lot of Romances and some Mysteries because I just gave up finding one that wasn't. This is my checklist for picking a book and I'd want No Answers. Have I read it before? Is it a non-first book in a series? Is it a Mystery? Is it a Romance? Nora Roberts while a Romance seemed the least pulp-romance. She's also popular enough to be in large print.
  4. I have to think that there is some benefit to an annual physical. Otherwise my insurance wouldn't insist on my doing it every year. They do it, of course, to save money but that is fine by me since that means less medical problems for me. I probably went two decades only seeing specialists. I had a dermatologist for skin problems, a podiatrist for foot problems and my OBGYN. And doc-in-the-box for minor emergency stuff. Somewhere in there I paid for a much of blood tests looking for misc problems, basically any test that might apply to me. I think they took 6 vials of blood. Cost less than $200.
  5. I strongly prefer female doctors. I had horrible periods as a teen. As in bled myself very anemic and I've prayed for death. Mom and I kept looking for a doctor to help. They all dismissed my problems as "in my head." Finally we stumbled on a female doc. She was the first one to actually believe me! She was able to help. Since then I've been pleased with every female doc I've had.
  6. I strongly prefer female doctors. I had horrible periods as a teen. As in bled myself very anemic and I've prayed for death. Mom and I kept looking for a doctor to help. They all dismissed my problems as "in my head." Finally we stumbled on a female doc. She was the first one to actually believe me! She was able to help. Since then I've been pleased with every female doc I've had.
  7. I think there is a value in those checks. For example, as a kid my parents took me in for a physical every year. A recent check was needed before going to summer camp, so it was even done about the same time every year. One year at school the school nurses did a scoliosis check on everyone. I had it! The doctor had never checked for that! Since then finding a primary care doc that includes checks that don't cost extra has been a priority. Because of the scoliosis check in school I was able to get a surgery that mostly corrected it. If it had been found earlier, it would likely have been completely corrected. I hadn't been aware that it was a problem.
  8. One idea. We both have a List app on our phones tied to the same account. There is shopping lists based on stores. so Grocery, Home Depot, Walwart, etc. When we want to add stuff to the list we use the app. The nice thing is that there is a cross-off feature. So they are still on the list but crossed off. So you can scan it to see if you are out of anything you've bought in the past. Since the lists are the same account, they update on both phones. I also use it for packing.
  9. At the Grand Canyon you can rent bikes, and also take the bike on the shuttles. The road that goes along the canyon doesn't have much slope, but when you are on a bike there is a definite downhill from one end to the other. (I forget which) So, you can rent a bike. Take the shuttle to the uphill end and bike the other direction. If you get bored or run out of time, you get back on the shuttle with the bikes.
  10. Wow. If we are ever forced to travel Cattle Air, I think I'll sew one of these into the luggage.
  11. Actually it is the opposite. It isn't that I don't have a problem with the word nigger. It is that N-Word is equally bad. Why do we need either? Why does replacing one word with another word that means precisely the same thing somehow make it OK? I don't use swear words, or euphemisms for swear words, or nigger, or N-word, or F-word, or R-word, or Retarded.
  12. The problem with the "n-word" is the inherent idea that it is somehow better than "nigger." We shouldn't have either in our language. But we end up with ridiculous things like that coach that quoted someone's words back at them and said "Don't say that" and the coach was fired because the direct quote included the word "nigger". Also, I don't even know what "r-word" is really, is it "rape?" According to my MIL the "F-word" is "Fart."
  13. I wouldn't classify it as shutting down the discussion. People can talk all they want. But, it doesn't mean I want to listen. I don't listen to the crazy person ranting to no one/everyone in a public area. I don't listen to people that use racial slurs. I don't listen to people that use words like, "Unalived." These people aren't worth my time or attention, and equally so.
  14. That is on me. I think of IP as a fancy pressure cooker.
  15. I don't mention this because I think that dog medical treatment is equivalent to human medical treatment. But, I find this fascinating since our dog couldn't have had the placebo effect, but the oil seemed to really help her. Our dog had joint problems at the end of her life. She was around 115 pounds, should have been 100. She died at 13 and her breed's life expectancy is 9-11 years. For the last several years of her life we were on the watch for, "Is she in pain? Is it time?" We were starting to think the answer was Maybe when my dad started on CBD oil for his hands. There is a dog version that also includes other oils good for joints. We saw an improvement within days. A couple of times she seemed to be not doing so good and I'd ask daughter who'd admit that she'd forgotten the oil recently. Between that and the lockdown which meant I worked from home, I think it added a couple of years to her life.
  16. I wouldn't be paying attention to anyone that used the words, "Unalived", "The R-word" or "Unsheltered." A months ago I had someone say to me for the first time, "You just triggered me." I didn't say it, but my instant thought was, "I thought I was talking to an adult."
  17. And see I've not had much success with eggs in the IP lol. I prefer the old fashioned way on the stove for hard boiled eggs. But then again I don't make them very often so there's that. Julia Child has a cookbook just on eggs. She did a comparison of the different egg boiling methods. IP was the winner, but only slightly ahead of steaming. You can steam eggs like you do veggies. But, I love my egg cooker (steam). You precisely control the amount of cooking by how much water you add. Also super easy to peel. I've boiled eggs literally still warm from the hen, and they still peeled great. ETA: Egg cookers are cheap (<$20) and aren't that big.
  18. One thing that jumped out at me in the video was how different the sleeves originally were.
  19. I had no idea this was such a thing. Where I work most employees are computer programmers. A really large percentage of those are major fitness buffs. I'd guess a third worked as Fitness Trainers while they were in college. I had thought that we'd hired all the fitness gurus/computer programmers in the area just because people tend to hire those like themselves.
  20. I also think this is a huge problem. I used to work as an Engineer in tech manufacturing. There were older people working on the floor without a high school diploma who were hired back when the requirements were a warm body and the ability to consistently give the same 9-digit number. That same job required an Associates Degree.
  21. I used to use this expensive pattern software. Stitch and Sew (or something like that) from Wild Ginger. I hadn't spent much for it. I'd bought an older version for cheap and then was able to buy an upgrade to the latest version for cheap. It was amazing! The cool thing is that there seems to be the same thing for free available now. https://silverbobbin.com/best-free-pattern-making-software/ I haven't tried the free version. But with what I had, you entered your measurements, and then chose what you wanted and then printed the pattern. It wasn't that you chose from existing patterns. You changed things like ease and collars and sleeve length. So, you were making your own pattern. The beautiful thing was that when you were done, the garment fit you precisely. One unrelated hint to sew a garment well. With patterns you generally cut X amount away from the seam and then you sew X amount in from the cut. What often happens for new sewers is that one piece of fabric ends up a little longer than the other side because it stretched a little in handling. This is what I do. Cut the pattern where there is no seam allowance. Make sure all marks are still on the pattern by drawing them inward as needed. Using disappearing ink sewing pen, draw the patterns onto the fabric. Side benefit is that you can draw everything before cutting anything. So, you don't accidentally use too much fabric. Label each piece. Cut out each labeled piece but don't cut near the seam. Sew a stay stitch all around each and every piece excluding only the hem. Because the fabric cuts are a decent distance away the fabric won't be stretched. Clip the seam allowance where there are marks on the seam. Then sew as normal, matching up the stay stitches. This is easy to pin precisely since you can feel the stay stitches. Between doing that and using the software I was able to sew my wedding dress that fit precisely and based on an idea from a book cover. You don't want to do the Stay stitch technique if you will be moving the seams around after you sew.
  22. Like when you freeze anything that could get smushed, that shouldn't, you put in the freezer spaced out until frozen, and *then* toss in a ziploc
  23. I'm with HS Mom in NC. As long as the cake or cupcakes are frosted when put in the freezer, they keep just fine. Since there are only three of us, I regularly put most of the cupcakes in the freezer as soon as they are frosted. Then I bring a few out in the morning. If we have guests, they are so impressed. My baking is better tasting than every bakery cake I've tried. The fancy places have dry cakes because they concentrate on the appearance and take the cakes in and out of the freezer while decorating. The cheap places use ookie ingredients like 'buttercream' that is really Crisco frosting. So, since buying desserts isn't an option for me, and baking the day of a party is a hard No, I'll bake a cake the day before or do the freezer thing. I'm famous for what I call "Brown Velvet Cake." Normal red velvet recipe except I leave out the food coloring. Once you taste that version, you'll recognize the chemical taste in red velvet. I need to remember the ice cream in cupcake liners trick.
  24. I can understand. When I went to school (I'm 52) there was an idea that anyone could get a decent job with any college degree. If someone worked their butt off during college and went to a good but not fancy school or had parental money, they could graduate with minimal debt. The song with "50 thou a year buys a lot of beer" just popped into my head for some reason. Now all the federal financial aid has turned universities into drunken sailors (apologies to the Navy since Universities are worse.) Now what we hear about is young adults with 100K in college debt working as a barista. It isn't just the news. Look in the thread here about college debt 'forgiveness' and all the people on here who said that their college debt is unsupportable.
  25. I truly think that there is a spectrum. As in we are all somewhere on the same spectrum. At one end you have the severely autistic and at the other end you have the extremely socially aware. When DD was that age, I taught in her preschool Sunday School class. There was this little girl that was already destined to be the popular girl throughout school. You can tell her parents had both been the most popular kids in school. She was Preschool and she was so socially aware. I'd put myself in the NT range, but very near the autistic end. Pretty sure my aunt was solidly autistic.
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