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On 8/6/2021 at 10:55 PM, prairiewindmomma said:
If I were you, I would try to figure out what you are reacting to. Odds are, I would guess you are reacting to all of the benzes if you are reacting to many brands.
Physical sunscreens are generally best for sensitive people. You want a zinc oxide based one.
I would guess thats it? But I've also tried the zinc ones and they're pretty miserable too. In fact, they're almost worse?
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On 8/6/2021 at 8:47 PM, Tap said:
We need more information.😎☀️
What is the skin like of the person who is wearing it? (Very white that burns easy vs skin with quite a bit of natural melanin?) Is your skin generally sensitive?
What location are you wanting to apply it to (face? torso?) Do you wear daily makeup and want it to go under your makeup?
When are you wanting to apply the sunscreen and what are you wanting it to do for you?
For example. If you are wanting to put a sunscreen on your face at 8am, and have it work for when run out the door to take kids to a soccer game at 4pm....that is not going to be easy.
If you want a sunscreen to wear all over, when you go to the pool for 2 hours. And want to apply it before you leave the house about 30 minutes prior...that is easier.
Ehhh, its hard to describe me I guess. I'm fairly pale but tan quite easily but also burn easily? I've already got a decent tan because I'm outside a lot of the day year round. Yes my skin is definitely generally sensitive, but seems to be getting more so. I am wanting it for my face. I do not wear any makeup. I'm wanting to apply in the morning and have it on for some protection. Basically, I don't want to look old 😂. I don't care if I have to reapply several times throughout the day.
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I am awake as soon as the alarm goes off. I can't fall back asleep, it is annoying. Farmer habit I guess?
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Has it really been that long?
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8 minutes ago, cjzimmer1 said:
Beginning of July we were at a location that had quite a few people. One of my daughters friends was sick, passed it on to someone else and then my daughter got sick and gave it to me. Everyone in the family got it except my husband. With the exception of I had lots of sneezing (other family members didn't), it was pretty much classic COVID symptoms. It's been a month and I still have junk in my throat but it not COVID (myself and other family members have been tested many times, not a single one has been positive). It's hard because every time you get the slightest bit sick, you have to worry but really there are lots of other things because COVID that can cause the same symptoms.
I know a few people from church that have had the same thing. Nasty cold that just lingers and lingers, but repeated negative covid tests. So I assume its something going around. Between that and the wild fire smoke and crappy air quality, on top of everyone quarantining for so long, its no wonder everyone is passing gross stuff around this summer!
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that DOESN'T make me burn worse? Does such a thing exist? Seems like every one I've tried lately burns or stings or makes my face itch something awful. I am -wanting- to wear sun screen but just having a heck of a time of it the last few years!
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Dangit I'm late to the party, sounds like they must be fun people though!
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On 7/26/2021 at 7:42 PM, Sneezyone said:
*I* openly, admittedly, and PROUDLY, ditched the guy with the tiny pecker. No regrets.
I am very probably a horrible person for admitting this, but this sentence made me snort coffee all over myself, my keyboard, and the kitten.
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38 minutes ago, KSera said:
I was the one who used the 10,000 number and for what it’s worth, my town is way, way smaller than 10,000 also, I’m just aware that 10,000 is still considered a relatively small city, and it made for easy example numbers. My point still stands that I don’t think people understand what having a 3% risk of hospitalization and 1% risk of death means. Those aren’t tiny risks compared to most things we do in life.
Honestly I was just amused and slightly amazed that someone else on here actually lives in a town/county/area as small as mine is.
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11 hours ago, RootAnn said:
@KSera 10,000 is big for where I am. I live rural. Towns of 49, 159, 529, or the big ones like where I live of 3,000. Our entire county only has 7000 people in it. The county hospital has maybe 5 beds total. High deaths due to drugs & alcohol among young people. Plenty of cancer deaths. More than normal old people's deaths this last year. But death is part of life out here. So, yes, most people here will say their lives and their children's sports (which is king in our town) should not be disrupted for 3% hospitalization & even less covid-caused deaths.
You must live in a similar area to me. A whopping total of 1000 in the entire county, and several towns with populations well under 100. A town with 10,000 would be a bustling metropolis.
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I live extreeeeemely rural. Most of the people here that aren't vaccinated are unvaxxed because they opened it up for everyone right at the start of farming and going to town to get one is a 70+ mile one way road trip that usually only gets made for replacement tractor parts or the odd after church grocery run. I suspect the rates will go way up in the fall when the crop is in the bins and people have a bit more free time.
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On 7/18/2021 at 6:52 PM, PeterPan said:
I guess see your layout. You can always throw an extra oven or the main stove into your basement to have an extra oven. I wouldn't give up counter space for them.
I did such a stunt. Except I decided that the old butt ugly oven i am NOT allowed to drag upstairs (i mean, it IS avocado green...) works waaaaaaaaay better than the new "pretty" one upstairs. SO now I have to run down to the basement any time I want to bake anything finicky because I don't trust the stupid new oven 😂
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On 7/17/2021 at 6:21 PM, NorthernBeth said:
Yes, air only. In the winter, there is an ice road from January to March. That is why the evacuation stand-by has been so stressful. When they have evacuated before, the army sends up these huge planes. You can only take 40 pounds cargo and no pets. So we were feeling kind of worried.
Oh my gosh, an ice road? You must be way up there! Prayers that the fire will be contained before it gets to your area.
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On 5/25/2021 at 11:16 AM, KungFuPanda said:
I wanted to plant a sour cherry in my yard this year, and prune it to stay small, but these cicadas put those plans on hold. 🤒
Ooof! Those things sound nasty. Glad we just have to deal with grasshopper plagues out here, they seem less enormous and loud that the cicadas. Is it true how bad they are in some parts of the country?
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On 5/24/2021 at 7:26 PM, Corraleno said:
And the most recent recommendation I followed up on was Skywards suggestion of GT Mystic Mango kombucha in the fermented foods thread — I was not a kombucha fan before but I bought a bottle of this to try yesterday, and it's really good!
HAH a convert! That stuff is dangerously good, I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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On 5/25/2021 at 7:43 PM, BeachGal said:
I just asked my family members out there and they said that usually it is safe to drive but that a late snowstorm could make the drive less safe. Montana does not typically salt their roads and you could hit patches of black ice. However, my guess is that by May you’d be fine.
Here are two links that provide road updates in Montana that you might want to bookmark:
https://www.mdt.mt.gov/pubinvolve/hwy191/
https://www.mdt.mt.gov/travinfo/511.shtml
We just had snow here in MT like 2 days ago, its hit or miss this time of year. Correct about the no road salt! Proceed with caution and make sure you're driving something thats good in snow as you really never know what you'll find. Lots of the old timers swear they've seen snow on the flats in every month of the year. Also it can get CHILLY at night year round. Bring pants and sweatshirts and maybe even a decent jacket.
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On 5/16/2021 at 6:33 AM, theelfqueen said:
1500s - refrigeration, food storage and availability
I second this, and add antibiotics to the list.
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I know its not QUITE the same as Yellowstone, but if thats too crowded and booked up don't rule out Glacier! Its gorgeous up there too, and Kalispell and Whitefish are both very neat towns. I may be slightly biased as I lived up there for some time but its definitely a super fun place to visit and there's usually decidedly less people.
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Very northern US and my darn cherry tree hasn't even leafed out yet this year.
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4 minutes ago, Faith-manor said:
It was your choice. That is the big difference. In fundie families, the adult daughter is not given a choice. If she wants autonomy, she has to run away from her family and face shunning often not having anything more than the shirt on her back. The system is designed to oppress them enough to prevent them from finding the resources to leave.
Oh sure, hence my last sentence. Just sometimes it kind of DOES work out that way. I grew up extremely isolated, not because my parents were thoroughly crazy but because there was simply no people left in that area. I did more or less run away and get shunned though 😄
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On 4/15/2021 at 8:16 AM, Spryte said:
Kombucha has been a major fail - Admittedly I’ve only tried commercial brands.
GT's Mystic Mango (or something like that?) is an excellent gateway kombucha. Its so good you don't even realize its supposed to be healthy. Bonus, it doesn't have a nasty after taste like some of the store bought ones do.
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On 5/10/2021 at 10:11 PM, katilac said:
The explanation I've seen most often is that God has a perfect plan for their life. If they are meant to be married, He will put the right person in their path, no matter how isolated they are.
Weird, but this actually happened to me. I had the sudden urge for months to move across the country to a specific spot I'd never been too. Specific spot was just as much a tiny, relatively isolated town as where I came from. Sounded horribly crazy to me but I wound up doing it eventually anyways, and I met my person like literally 36 hours later. It was kind of insane, honestly. No crazy fundie parents involved though 🙂
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What on earth happened? Sometimes being a chronic lurker is a bad thing :P
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7 minutes ago, Pen said:
Plus for a 16 yo it doesn’t necessarily need to be a competitive internship. If there’s a close enough farm for her to live at home, it might just be volunteering to help in exchange for learning
Yep, loads of people do that. If you have the drive to learn and the ambition to work, its not too hard to find someone willing to teach. We're a pretty friendly bunch in the farming world.
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Recommend to me a sun screen
in The Chat Board
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Like 'horrible burning' worse. It never really breaks out, it just stings and burns like all heck.