And blood oranges; they are wonderfully, and gloriously, in season just now, and add some citrus sunshine to my day.
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It was pouring extremely hard maybe a half hour ago. Now the sun is back out. What strange weather we are having.
Guavas are in, the last of the mangoes and pawpaws, stone fruit finished weeks ago, as did the best of the mandarins.
The last of the mangoes?
I love mangoes; must treat myself to some this coming week.
In fact, I did see some mangoes yesterday, but - with reluctance - I decided to forego them, simply because my shopping bag was already quite heavy enough without adding them.
IMHO FedEX is not what used by now! Let me explain, in the past Fed X was fast and good! Lately they have been slow and demanding signatures on USB cable ordered from Amazon for my car! They are slipping latel IMHO!
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I guess I should have been a little more specific -- a matter of semantics -- in that I actually was referring to a subforum within a larger overall forum..... It's just sad to watch it sliding down the tubes when for quite a long time it was quite successful and fun in which to participate. Times change, things change, though, don't they?
Interesting to see the Mandela effect in action, no I don't mean multiverse no the real effect - likely folks recalling Mandela's imprisonment and long anti-apartheid campaigns and hearing about riots after another prisoner (Steve Biko) died in police custody.
Well saw another example in action of "misremembering" but it is a bit political so won't mention it now.
Did I say I caught a cold for the first time in two - three years a week and a half ago and developed bronchitis, rhinitis and an ear infection. Now under control and much better though the antibiotics(becasue of the subsequent infection) are not doing my gut much good.
Did I also say I HATE winter???
Well saw another example in action of "misremembering" but it is a bit political so won't mention it now.
Did I say I caught a cold for the first time in two - three years a week and a half ago and developed bronchitis, rhinitis and an ear infection. Now under control and much better though the antibiotics(becasue of the subsequent infection) are not doing my gut much good.
Did I also say I HATE winter???
The 11th and 12th graders just went to a presentation on professionalism/presentation skills. Many people were talking and entering/exiting the theater during the presentation. It was incredibly distracting as someone who was actually trying to listen to it. I'd say, if people wanted to talk and be distracting during this, they should've not gone at all, because clearly they don't care. It truly makes me frustrated how many people just don't care—these are useful skills that will be needed later on, if not already. Many people my age it seems also don't know how to professionally communicate... they don't meet deadlines, don't do the work they say they're gonna do, and with some exceptions obviously, it just seems like they aren't interested. They don't understand because they don't have the experience, which is okay, but it should be impressed upon them that NOT doing these things could mean getting fired from your job. Now I'm putting the blame on all the "uninterested people," but I, too have been guilty of this. And oh man, the times that I did do the wrong thing, I felt REALLY bad about it, but I'm also a very sensitive guy and I take things personally and/or feel like I've done something REALLY bad, so maybe that's why... Watch the movie Shattered Glass if you want to see what happens to the people who screw up (it's just a good movie, too)...
Have you ever heard of Janet Cooke, who I think in the 1990s wrote a story in either the Wall Street Journal or the Washington Post (anyone here know?) about an 8-year-old drug addict, and, while it would have made a good short story, was published in a newspaper. When her colleagues/superiors found out, she was fired, and was never able to find a job in journalism again, because her reputation had been damaged. This is what happens to people who think they can get away with this stuff. It doesn't work out for them.
EDIT: Wikipedia entries for Janet Cooke and Stephen Glass (who the film Shattered Glass was made about).
Anyway, at this point, I have no idea where I was going with the whole journalism scandals, but sorry for my incoherent rant, it's just that I think everyone should receive the same amount of education about this kind of stuff—not just people who are in the upper-class, who are part of a special program at school, or because they're otherwise "privileged."
Have you ever heard of Janet Cooke, who I think in the 1990s wrote a story in either the Wall Street Journal or the Washington Post (anyone here know?) about an 8-year-old drug addict, and, while it would have made a good short story, was published in a newspaper. When her colleagues/superiors found out, she was fired, and was never able to find a job in journalism again, because her reputation had been damaged. This is what happens to people who think they can get away with this stuff. It doesn't work out for them.
EDIT: Wikipedia entries for Janet Cooke and Stephen Glass (who the film Shattered Glass was made about).
Anyway, at this point, I have no idea where I was going with the whole journalism scandals, but sorry for my incoherent rant, it's just that I think everyone should receive the same amount of education about this kind of stuff—not just people who are in the upper-class, who are part of a special program at school, or because they're otherwise "privileged."
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My wife just ordered her brother some for his birthday yesterday
They're mostly all good delivery wise, but why does UPS have stuff FedEx doesn't. Like I pay $20 a year to automatically upgrade every UPS Surepost to ground, and I can automatically have stuff sent to the UPS store.
Get well friend.
So not a good 24 hours.
Boiler stopped working last night. So no heat or hot water. Repair man comes tomorrow.
Internet went off about 1 am. Came back on at some point after 10, but made for a long night for Mrs AFB who was awake most of the night.
Dehumidifier decided to leak. It’s bin fodder unfortunately.
Car decided it no longer liked my iPhone on my way to work. So no CarPlay. Anyway I deleted the phone and repaired them at lunchtime. All good now.
Fire on the motorway on way home (not me!), so journey took twice as long as usual this evening.
So all in all not the best 24 hours.
Boiler stopped working last night. So no heat or hot water. Repair man comes tomorrow.
Internet went off about 1 am. Came back on at some point after 10, but made for a long night for Mrs AFB who was awake most of the night.
Dehumidifier decided to leak. It’s bin fodder unfortunately.
Car decided it no longer liked my iPhone on my way to work. So no CarPlay. Anyway I deleted the phone and repaired them at lunchtime. All good now.
Fire on the motorway on way home (not me!), so journey took twice as long as usual this evening.
So all in all not the best 24 hours.
Wow.
Grim - and worse - this was for real.
Actually, that sounds like the nightmares my father used to have.
He used to have what we called "hassle dreams" which always started with my mother heading off for several days on work trips (which used to happened in real life, her job took her away for several short trips a year) and - in his dream - his carefully ordered world proceeded to slowly (but inexorably) come apart as disaster succeeded disaster once she had gone (leaks, washing machine or heating break-downs, the municiapl authorities planting trees in the drive way...etc)
At breakfast, the following day, (my mother was never present for breakfast, but whichever of us were around usually were) he would recount - in detail - this nocturnal catalogue of unfolding horror and trauma, and dawning disaster in tones of bewildered shock, invariably finishing with the question, "What do you think this means?"
"Those are your hassle dreams," we would reply, (sometimes smothering a grin; poor chap, he was a lovely man, but teenagers and students aren't always as kind and understanding as they could have been, or should have been).
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The strip wash in the cold bathroom is the worst bit. Not a good way to start your day.
Agreed.
I've had to do that when working abroad, and agreed, no, not ideal at all.
My sympathies.
Now that… is a bad day. Wow. Hope everything goes back to a more stable state.
Was it a migraine?
They can be brutal.
I have had them in the past, and they were the only headache that ever lasted longer than a day; mine - I didn't have them often, but when I did, they invariably lasted three days.
I also found that these migraines were frequently triggered by stress, and - also - sometimes by an infected impacted wisdom tooth (since I had my wisdom teeth removed, the frequency of my migraines have decreased markedly).
Sleep, in a dark room, plenty of hydration, and no sweet things (though you crave them) all helped a little.
Glad to learn of your recovery; severe headaches can be horrid.
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Yeah it was a migraine. Affected vision quite a bit two days ago. Key to recovery was probably Gatorade.
I wonder if pets suffer from migraines.
Try to identify potential triggers, if possible; the pain can be beyond agonising - I know, I've been there.
I think it was sudden change of weather. We went from wearing t-shirt and shorts to freezing temperatures and rain (lots of it) in just a few hours.
