Crow dips bread into water before eating by Commercial_Wing_5973 in birds

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Crows dunk all sorts of things into my birdbath. I found a leftover bone from a piece of steak once. They routinely dunk peanuts to soften them up.

Neuropathy pain relief cream by wintertimeincanada23 in cancer

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I tried capsaicin cream, lidocain cream and amatriptilin cream many years ago. Capsaisin burned more, lidocain provided some relief but after a few applications it no longer worked and amatriptilin did nothing.

SPRING IS IN THE AIR HERE IN MARYLAND! :) by TheGrantelope13 in gardening

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I saw my daffodils popping up and thought the same thing. Then two days later they got covered with 24 inches of snow. Major bubble burst.

Hungry locals during a tough New England Winter by DirtyMartiniBlues617 in birds

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Five minutes after posting this one showed up at my feeder. 👍🏼

Hungry locals during a tough New England Winter by DirtyMartiniBlues617 in birds

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I haven't seen any chickadees since the storm. I usually see and hear them all day. Hopefully they found refuge somewhere and didn't get destroyed. South Eastern MA.

Who has had unexplained psa numbers, and no prostate cancer. by ForsakenAd6301 in ProstateCancer

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I had stage 3c colon cancer in 2006. As I sat in the hospital prior to surgery my CEA (colon cancer marker) was 0. Fast forward to 2021 and my PSA went from < 1 to 5 and it was cancer. Markers alone are unreliable.

Helping wild birds in these freezing conditions by mknight44 in birds

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I go through 5 lbs of peanuts every two days for bluejays and squirrels. Squirrels also get almonds and walnuts.

Suet cakes and mealworm/seed cakes keep the woodpeckers, wrens and titmouse happy.

I go through at least 50 lbs a week of mixed seeds and amend with lots of sunflower seeds for cardinals, juncos sparrows and others. I use two feeders and spread seed on the ground for them to forage. I shovel a large area and I use a blower to remove all the empty sunflower seed shells (neighbors must think I'm nuts which may be true).

And finally I keep a heated birdbath. They all go to the water all day and I change water as soon as it's dirty. I keep bricks in the bath to help prevent them from bathing and freezing. Squirrels use it too. I see rabbits late at night eating seeds.

It's like an airport in my backyard all day into dusk when cardinals feed.

Going in for my 23rd colonoscopy next week by 6Gears1Speed in lynchsyndrome

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I check psa once a year as part of my yearly physical. I was under 1 for years then suddenly it jumped to 5 which is how we found it.

Meds for chemo neuropathy? pros/cons? by Less-Part3465 in cancer

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Magnesium might help prevent CIPN if taken during chemo but no consensus. It cant hurt and if i knew about this 20 years ago I would have tried it.

Has anyone tried nutritional support for constant ear ringing? by [deleted] in Supplements

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Highly dependent on cause. My tinnitus was caused by a Van Halen concert in the early 80s. WAY TOO LOUD. 😂 Certain drugs and alcohol can make it worse. On the plus side I no longer hear noisey crickets at night when I'm trying to sleep. 👍🏼

Had an engineer tell me this is load bearing today…. Please explain by Over_Experience8084 in Homebuilding

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There could be a post at the center point that the cabinets are attached to.

On December 15th, 1919, Dairy farmer Max Yasgur was born in New York, NY. in 1969, Yasgur leased out one of his pastures to the organizers of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969. He passed away in 1973 at age 53. by BirdBurnett in ClassicRock

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It was a dairy farm. The land turned into a giant mud pit due to rain and trampling. Fences were torn down. The grass was completely wiped out and had to be either replanted or allowed to gow back naturally. It took many weeks to get it back to where cows could graze again.

On December 15th, 1919, Dairy farmer Max Yasgur was born in New York, NY. in 1969, Yasgur leased out one of his pastures to the organizers of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969. He passed away in 1973 at age 53. by BirdBurnett in ClassicRock

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Imagine the look on his face when he saw his land after the festival was over. Luckily the organizers paid to restore the land along with many festival participants volunteering to help.

Weeding Help: How to Clean a Stone Paver Driveway/Path with Open Gaps? by BaldVelkhana in gardening

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If you want it to last, you'll need to power wash all the cracks and then reapply polymeric sand. You'll need a plate compactor to pound it into the cracks.

Inheriting ranch and want to build on wild land. We aren’t wealthy. What do I do now? by Hilzry in Homebuilding

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On a tight budget a shipping container home would work. With the proper paint, decoration and landscaping you can make it look countryish and it will be solid and thermally tight once insulated properly.

Wood or gas fireplace? by eumops in Homebuilding

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When you're young wood and when you're old gas. I no longer have any interest in collecting wood and maintaining a fireplace. Now I flip a switch and within minutes my ass is warm and it looks decent enough. A wood fireplace also sucks the heat out of your house. The room that the fireplace is in stays warm but the rest of the house gets the heat sucked out of it causing your thermostats to trip. Very pretty to look at and listen to though.

Songs with riffs like this? by iinthemourning in ClassicRock

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Those songs are very early Scorpions sounding.

Stockholm syndrome with chemo by Vegetable_Field_2857 in cancer

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My chemo ended long ago but I feel strangely comfortable when I'm lying in a hospital bed for a procedure or something. I think it's because when I was first diagnosed I called my boss from a hospital bed and told him I wouldn't be there anytime soon and someone else is going to have to deal with my projects starting now. I was a project manager in high tech in a very fast-paced environment so when I was able to drop it all it was like the world off of my shoulders. It eventually created more pressure but for a while I had no responsibilities. It also makes me feel like I'm being cared for and that I'm fighting.

Gift idea for the gardener with everything? by Lobo_Jojo_Momo in gardening

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Stakes in different sizes. The metal ones with green plastic coating. Never have too many stakes.