DesertBlossom
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I have fat babies that get fat really fast. My last baby transitioned to size 4 at 7 months, and he'll probably stay in size 4 until he potty trains. 😄
I would definitely go for the bigger sizes! At least size 3 and up.
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I think it needs to be clarified that these are not deaths due to COVID, but deaths due to the response that governments had to COVID.
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4 minutes ago, SereneHome said:
I wouldn't say that, but!!! I think I am very drained from people not picking up after themselves. With dogs, with shopping carts, with regular garbage, with kids.
This was not an elderly person. This was not a teenager. This was a woman in her 30s (according to my kid) who, somehow, decided that it was OK to dump her garbage on my property instead of taking it to her own garbage can 5 minutes away.
I don't know what would have happened if I was outside. I don't usually hang out at the end of our driveway and it's a pretty long one, so I would have to yell for her to hear me.
But I wouldn't just "smile and wave"....I would try to let her know that I don't want her doing it.
I totally understand why you're annoyed by it, given the circumstances. I also think there's a good chance she'd be shocked to find out you were upset.
I am with you on people not cleaning up after themselves. We get a fair amount of foot traffic in front of our house, a lot of it being from school kids. We are halfway between a school and a convenience store and a surprising number of people just drop their trash.
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Just now, skimomma said:
I would not annoy to you have to fish a bag of someone else's dog poo out of the bottom of a can? Once or twice, I wouldn't think much of it. But as a general practice, yeah, it's annoying.
Like I said, our trash collection is different. I don't think anyone is pulling bags out of a bottom of a can, ever. It's dumped by a truck and they are really good about getting everything out.
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2 minutes ago, Valley Girl said:
Well, I guess it depends on how you look at it. You mentioned that you'd be OK letting someone pop in in your garbage can so they didn't have to "carry around a steaming bag of (poop)." Other people don't want to have to fish that same steaming bag out of their trash can when it doesn't get picked up by the hauler, or deal with its smell in their garage, or clean it out of the trash can if it breaks or oozes or whatever. I'm very much a my-dog-my-problem person.
Which is why I am curious about the people in my own neighborhood where no one has to dig bags out of the garbage, they are dumped with a truck and most people keep their bins outside, not in a garage. It seems most people who are bothered by it have different trash services.
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I'm seriously tempted to take a poll on our neighborhood facebook page because the number of people annoyed by this astounds me.
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For those of you who feel this is an unpardonable sin, how would you feel if you had been outside and the offender asked if if was okay if they used your trash? Would you tell them no?
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15 minutes ago, katilac said:
I am simultaneously repelled and morbidly curious 😂
The only thing I can think of that routinely goes in most people's garbage and might smell worse than dog poop is leftover food that might start to stink in the heat. There are ways to minimize that, if you're picky (and we are, but nothing wrong if you're not). Or dirty diapers, but that doesn't apply to you.
I mean, what else?
I know you're not asking me... but we occasionally find dead birds or dead rats that need to be disposed of. Occasionally a chicken dies. It's always a blessing when an untimely death happens right before trash day, but there is no way I'd be putting any of the aforementioned things in the freezer to wait.
And we also have poopy diapers and our dog poop from 2 dogs.
You never ever breathe in while opening the garbage lid.
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4 minutes ago, katilac said:
Agreed. I think the responses are probably split between those who live in areas where it's still somewhat common to leave dog poop just out there for the world to see and step in, and those who don't. If you live where dog owners have long been expected to be fully responsible for their dog's poop, then it's pretty annoying to have them chuck it in your trash can. If you live where it's still just left out there fairly often, then you're pretty glad they at least bag it up!
From my perspective, I'm honestly happy to lend my garbage can so they don't have to keep carrying it. But I also realize my perspective is different because our garbage cans are dumped by trucks. It just doesn't seem like anything to get worked up over.
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11 minutes ago, katilac said:
We don't have a policy of large bags, but small bags or items often stay in the can. I guess they're too light? So even if you don't mind letting it sit for a week, there's a good chance it will still be in your can after the next trash day.
You just said you do it yourself when you walk your dog - do you try and make sure to not use the same trash can each time? Do dogs tend to poop in the same place? I'm the crazy cat lady, I have no idea.
My guess is that she doesn't want it to become a regular thing.
So, I am really bad at walking my dog. I'd rather get his energy out with fetch. It's only happened a few times and I live in a neighborhood with lot of houses so I never used the same can twice. Though twice I have forgotten to bring bags (maybe before realizing he pooped on walks) and went back to pick it up. So I'm not actually trying to be the neighborhood menace with my dog poop.
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1 minute ago, SereneHome said:
Well, I am not a fan of it sitting there until next Wed and I am not so sure that the garbage guy will be fishing it out either. He grabs our large bags out, he might not even see the little one in there.
How often do people put dog crap in your garbage? Is this a regular thing?
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2 minutes ago, SereneHome said:
Even if you had to fish it out from the bottom of a huge garbage can? I am 5'1 and the can is about as high as my ribs
I suppose in that instance, yes. But I am confused about why you have to fish it out at all? The garbage guy won't? What the policy on the kinds of things that can go in the can? Does it all have to be in large bags?
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12 minutes ago, katilac said:
Well, they're walking the dog, they know the dog is gonna go, it's hardly a surprise. People usually have a bag or hip pack or whatever.
I know. My own dogs' walks seem to trigger their bowels. I am guilty of bagging it and putting it in the next convenient garbage can. The thought of carrying it around for another mile is kinda gross. Our city waste management is different than the OP, and the cans are dumped by trucks. But it never occurred to me that anyone would be bothered by it. It certainly would not even cross my mind to be upset if I saw someone use my can for that reason.
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If the garbage collector has to pull the bags out by hand, I suppose that's gross.
But in my unpopular opinion, I would be happy to let a person use my garbage can so they don't have to carry a steaming bag of sh!t around for the duration of their walk.
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Roll up all your rugs and put them away until next year. Get baby gates for carpeted rooms you don't want the dog to pee on.
Taking the dog outside after every nap, immediately, as fast as possible because, as Spy Car says, it will pee.
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I realized a long time ago that you can find supporting science on both sides of just about every controversial issue.
Even science can be political.
Do your research and then go with your gut.
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3 hours ago, Quill said:
Yeah, I know. He was wearing the sort of jacket with a neck gaiter collar and I feebly suggested to him he could pull it over his mouth for just the next few minutes. He didn’t seem to find that suggestion helpful though.
What the? The purpose of the mask it to limit the spread of disease. Pulling his collar over his mouth would do absolutely nothing except show that he was willing to conform to this new arbitrary rule. It was a ridiculous thing to ask of a stranger.
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I saw a study that compared health care workers who wore medical masks, cotton masks and no masks. Those that were cotton masks were the most likely to become infected. (I think it was the flu they were studying).
I think that it's ridiculous that they are requiring masks, and that ineffective homemade masks are considered acceptable even when they are, at best, ineffective.
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It's complicated.
We have ceased our monthly large family gatherings since this started, but I have been going to my sister's house once a month to help fill my Dad's weekly pill boxes. He was diagnosed with dementia a few months ago and he is going pretty steadily downhill. Last week I took my teenage daughter with me to visit and my dad couldn't remember her name. I want to protect him and I definitely wouldn't want to get him sick, but if I wait months until it's "safe" to bring my kids to see him, the dementia may have taken what's left of him already.
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That's "postpartum Aunt Flo" questions.
Background- I have PCOS, but I have also been nursing or pregnant for most of the last 15 years so I have had relatively few periods, and they are irregular. I am almost 40.
Three weeks ago I had my first postpartum period. (Baby was 10 months, typical for me) Flow was pretty heavy, and lasted about 6 days and everyhing seemed normalish. Two weeks after the onset of AF I started spotting wth some slight cramping. Even though I have never ever had a 28 day cycle, I figured it was ovulation spotting since the timing was right. Well, instead of going away, over the last week it went from spotting to moderate period-like flow, including what looks like clotting. What on earth is going on? Basically I had a period for a week, a week break, and now another of week of spotting/flow. And the flow is just getting heavier as the days go by. I am perplexed but starting to get concerned.
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Slow cooker red beans and rice.
https://www.melskitchencafe.com/slow-cooker-red-beans-and-rice-with-chicken-sausage/
It's been a long time since I made this, but it took all of 5 minutes to throw in the slow cooker. Then I just have to put some rice in the IP and steam some veggies.
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50 minutes ago, Patty Joanna said:
Late to chime in...
It strikes me that there is a sort of natural cycle to this as well. When I was young and had no other-than-myself responsibilities, I had less fear of death. (This is at the back of why a lot of young people do reckless things...). Once I had responsibilities, I was much more wary. Now that I am older, I am less concerned about it. From what I can tell from my parents and their generation, it is almost ... not "welcome" but sort of...the next thing. Most seriously older people I know who are facing death are not afraid of death so much as they are of the pain involved in it.
I guess my point is that there is not necessarily a blanket statement that fits all situations.
I think young people do stupid reckless things, not because they have less fear of death, but because they don't think it'll ever happen to them. (I suppose that sounds like the same thing... ) As a college student I did some backpacking through Central America without any worry about my physical safety. That just wasn't really on my radar. I was invincible! Now I think 19 year old me was insane. I don't do reckless things anymore because I am more aware of my odds of dying.
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17 minutes ago, Corraleno said:
Do you believe there should be no shut down at all — all businesses and restaurants fully open, all concerts and sporting events allowed to proceed, etc.? Even if you think people should have the right to choose to risk their own lives that way, how do you justify the threat to the lives of all healthcare workers and first responders? Is there any kind of public health emergency in which you think quarantine would be justified?
I think there was a way to do this without so much economic damage.
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4 minutes ago, Jean in Newcastle said:
It is absolutely the government's place to manage public health. This is a public health emergency. It isn't a matter of one person taking a risk and one other person accepting the risk. It is a matter of putting the entire community at risk because the spread is exponential.
No. Just no. The government does not have the right to destroy people's livelihoods. Not ever.
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My son's nurse is anti-vax
in The Chat Board
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There have been attempts to create a coronavirus vaccine in the past and it caused immune enhancement -- meaning a small percentage of people who were vaccinated got really sick when exposed to the actual virus. There is not a successful coronavirus vaccine on the market. So even if they use elements from other successful vaccines, a lot of this is new. Which is why it really concerns me that it is being fast-tracked and they are skipping animal trials.
Even more concerning is the fact that vaccine manufacturers have already been freed from liability should their fast-tracked vaccines turn out to be problematic and cause injury or death to some people. I understand why the government has done this given this worldwide pandemic-- they want a vaccine available and they want it fast -- but I fear it will not compel vaccine manufacturers to make the safest product possible.