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japan has been memeing bunny ears on twitter lately and bunny is Sex Focused/Magic
also highlighted in https://decodingsymbols.wordpress.com/2021/01/30/comms-list-short-placeholders/ i wonder what is happening in japan...
Can any fren explain the :25/55 and :35/:05 mirrors on the Q clock?
I can't see any rhyme or reason to what those minutes reflect from.
Does anyone know what is good home remedies for gout? Not for me, but my husband, thinks he may have it, seems to run in the family and so far he & his mother are the only ones who has never had it, though his mom does have arthritis. Went to doc this morning and doc said he may have it but says just because you have it once doesn't mean that you will have it from now on. I asked why doc didn't take a blood test to check his uric acid levels. Doc said they don't normally test while a person is having a flare up of gout. Seems to me like that's when you should test for it, to see how high the levels are.
I have had extensive experience with gout for years and finally after the doctors basically told me to cut out everything - meat, alcohol, many veggies etc and nothing helped, I cured myself with very simple remedy - getting pH level up a bit,
I drink a glass of water a few drops of squeezed lemon juice in it (you can add more) and a quarter tsp of sodium bicarb added to it, stir well and drink it. It tastes great and it works like a charm.
Uric acid levels went down below the threshold and doctor refused to believe it was due to pH (after years of failure), and finally said "whatever works for you".
I will send more details if you like
Yes please do! Thank you!
Thank you! Actually my first thought was … does Ivermectin work for gout? Lol
Hey, can anyone tell me how to downvote threads? I dont feel the compulsion to do it often. But some things just need a downdoot. Ya know?
Switch to community styling in settings.
Stop being a Karen and move on? If you don't like something then avoid it... nagging women bitch about problems, men solve them. On this note Improve your grammar, "downdoot" makes you appear as a child. Ya know? It's "Yes I understand" and "down vote".
I just down voted you. 🤣
SEE! Karen learned to down vote!
Come on fren this wasn't needed. We are all on the same side. We need to lift each other up and help grow each other. The enemy is the one that tears down.
Ooooh, you really stepped in it
So, I was listening to Clownfish TV's (pop culture commentators that has a good feel on the culture wars) episode discussing the mess between DeSantis and Disney, when one of the hosts mentioned, briefly, that "right-wingers" are now attacking anime on social media.
This is surprising news for me, so I want some evidence if this is true and what is going on, because I have a feeling that there is more to this beneath the social media surface that might impact our GreatAwakening.
Matt Walsh has attacked anime but with zero argument and complete cuckery.
I would be surprised if legitimate young right wingers who aren't just older folks would attack anime
The face of the anime community in US is very woke and the companies cater to it
But the product itself is very much based. Venture outside the top titles and it is all very much on Q.
(Unofficial) Question of the Day:
Inspired by u/polish_snausage s post here today, and not as well thought out, or official as u/rooftoptendie s daily Qs, just off the cuff:
How do you "wake up" in the morning? I don't mean so much routine, etc, though that could be an interesting write up if you feel like it, but moreso your "mood".
For instance both my son and I wake up and are usually completely grumpy and out of it for a bit before we get our wits about us. I usually stumble to the coffee pot, grumbling and grunting at anything that gets in my way. I'm usually so out of it I try to completely avoid contact with others (and they, me) because I know there's a good chance I'll be a jerk. And I'm not really a coffee or caffeine addict - I usually only get about a half a mug drank before Im "awake" and move on, then don't have any more the rest of the day. I just need my "sit alone for 15 minutes" or I'm a beast.
My wife typically wakes up like an explosion of positive energy, ready to go. Which I envy so much, and can further complicate matters. 😅
I usually get up at 5, sometimes earlier. I have a cup of sugar free gator to wash down the Aleve and then start my coffee. Let my dog out, enjoy my cup of coffee and then go for a long walk with doggo and then get showered etc. I don’t like talking or anything until about 8am. The early morning is my fav time of day. Birds waking up, sunrise, the donkey hee-hawing in the distance (lmao) and prayer inviting the beautiful day to begin. I just don’t feel like talking but not a grump.
Wow this was beautiful. Something about the early morning is so special. It's like there is a feeling of endless possibilities and potential ahead.
Exactly. You summed it up.
First of all, I sleep a little less than I should which makes me fall alseep as soon as I go to bed.
Then I use a "dawn simulator": it's a device which progressively produces light over half an hour, this can be perceived during my sleep and my eyes will inform my brain that it's time to wake up. At H hour, my iPad plays the "Slow Rise" alarm from the bathroom which gently informs me that it's time. Then I drink a large glass of cold water and begin my work day sipping a few mugs of coffee.
Issue: My wife uses "Slow rise" as a phone ringtone, so when I hear it, a Pavlovian reflex makes me feel sleepy. 🥱
I always learn something from you...never heard of a "dawn simulator"...interesting...you seem very disciplined in your approach to life ...and it appears that you are very productive so I guess this is what works for you...more power to you...☺️
I take a puff of last night's cigarette still smoldering in it's tray, down a little something then be on my way.
I am clear as a bell in the morning, rarely wake up groggy, if I have had a lousy nights sleep, I am still wide awake, but slightly deranged feeling sorry for myself and prone to tears or tantrums. Luckily since I have been taking 2 magnesium gummies at night, I do get good sleep. I have dogs that need to go out to pee in the morning, in winter I have to get wood in the stove before the red coals go cold, so I start the day "running"
I like quiet and coffee, but not a bear.
Wondering - do you by chance have sleep apnea 335K? That can account for waking up "out of it".
Why are sooo many drug commercials mini musicals? Does this approach encourage people to ask for the specific product?
I vow to never take whatever it is they’re pushing. They annoy me so much and I have noticed the musical thing. I guess they think the drug name will stick in your head, like a bad song you can’t shake off. It does work but it just reminds me none of this garbage is necessary and probably will harm you. Whatever problem it is (usually seems sort of rare- like how many people do you know with Myasthenia gravis or Peyronie’s “disease,”) if you take the drug, you’ll have a host of terrible side effects, even death. Some side effects seem more debilitating than the original problem. Your skin will look better but you’ll have relentless diarrhea. You won’t be as depressed but you’ll have nausea, fatigue and bloody stools. Wait.. that would make me more depressed. Ugh.
And have you seen the one where the dad is wearing red bikini type of swim trunks and goes swimming in a public place, mortifying his family? I think that one is for psoriasis. Why? Dad is a total creep! Anyway, I’ve realized big Pharma is almost as evil, if not more so than our govt. The goal is to never need that garbage. Never ask for it. I hope when Pres Trump is back that he ends this insanity.
Why do I have to fill my gas tank and listen to a commercial? I seriously avoid gas stations with preaching glowing screens, I'll pay ten cents more per gallon to fill up in peace.
jingles sell products, because they get in your head and are upbeat, mind control through marketing.
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Goal for today.... be invisible, interact with no one face to face.
This foul mood I woke up in this morning is crazy.
Take it out on democrats only please.
Praise the Lord...give thanks... and your foul mood will be forced to leave...
We've all been there, brother!
Here's hoping the mood's already passed!
Does anyone know about Real Estate Transactions ?
just found out someone was cheated in a real estate deal
the elderly lady said that the previous owner was supposed to replace the electric panel before the home was sold
she just paid $1200 for two people to replace an electric panel
I wanted to advise her on what to do, because after they changed the electric told her something was wrong with her air conditioner, I told her to say to the Real Estate agent and their handy man friend, that "The Air Conditioner worked fine before the panel was replaced". It turned out they told her, the circut breaker on the roof was off.
Should she contact the real estate company that was involved in the sale about the $1200 she was scammed out of, the bonding company, the title company ?
NEC (National Electrical Code), I could pick their work apart guaranteed but the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) wrote everything for the NEC on arc flash protections. A simple phone call to your local fire department may solve the problem as well.
Use this information and tell that realtor that you are doing so, they'll find funds real quick to bring in a professional I assure you.
I can tell you under Brandon's regime nobody is replacing a service panel for $1,200. Tell her to go after their licensing. There is such a thing as a home owners permit if you want to do your own work but an unlicensed hack that the used house salesman hired is unlicensed and uninsured. Breach of contract... it's same as a roofing certification on a home.
She needs to contact a lawyer. This isn't a realtor contract issue this is a safety hazard that could result in everything she has burning up in flames. Go look at the permit records and see if the tag from the local power company on the meter has been tampered with. Contact your local building inspector and lawyer up.
its a maybe 125 amp FPE panel from the 70s. Two guys ?
Depending upon a few circumstances that would barely cover parts. I bid panel upgrades around $2,500 and up. Make sure it gets inspection, $1,200 is WAY too cheap and you should be suspicious of the quality of work
Are the problems documented in an inspection report?
I will ask. If she finds it we can review it and call the real estate agent.
Then we can make a stink and the real estate agent would in good faith make her a deal and provide a refund or another arrangement.
probably your best first step....
Contact the power company and tell them that you think something is screwy with their equipment if you really want to mess with them. The power company always gets fussy when someone touches their equipment who isn't qualified.
I contacted the power company on a separate issue and afterward felt like I got slimed. Then I contacted my state's regulatory agency. .... Hi this is (the male version of Karen, I got a bad deal from my power company, can I speak to the manager ? ) and I went on a local radio show as well. Karen !
Cooking corner - jarring
Just peel and mince garlic, lemongrass, ginger, curcuma… and store these bits in a jar and complete with oil.
Whenever you cook something special, take a spoon of this (ensure the rest stay in the oil as air contact might otherwise oxidize it) and blend it.
You may also do it with herbs… Whatever you like: I have a jar like the one I described and one with blended red peppers.
I usually do it when I get a nice discount on lemongrass or curcuma as these don’t come cheap where I live and also because curcuma will make your fingers yellow for a few days, so you might as well peel more in advance.
curcuma .. makes fingers yellow... I am smelling Turmeric, am I close?
Those names describe the same vegetal: Curcuma Longa
I'm going to try this!.... if the turmeric I just planted is a success.
I bought it in the grocery store, Soaked it in water overnight and now it's in a tray to transplant outside later (when the weather is warm).
I'm wishing now that I only planted 1/2 of what I bought .... 😜
Curcuma also produces beautiful flowers! https://www.southernliving.com/garden/plants/curcuma-plant
Wow they are beautiful
Answer of the Day:
Praise God
You knocked this one out of the park. 😃🙏
I had help.
That should be every day!
Ecclesiastes Chapter 3
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
The fact that it's the answer of the day today does not preclude on from praising God always, and in all things. It's just that there are other days when there are other questions requiring other answers.
One of my favorite scriptures (among so so many)...I will add this very appropriate song...Turn, Turn, Turn...
https://youtu.be/5_YsQu5tKEE
Yes, that tune comes immediately to mind for (oldies).
That's his girlfriend, Nova Rockafeller. Rockafeller is not her real name. she thought it was funny to be called a Rockafeller when she was super poor.
https://youtu.be/OwPew2VPznk?t=60
Ahhh... that is funny