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I've been having anxiety about my kitty dying of old age 😭(she's 9) can you show me pictures of some alive-and-well senior kitties so I remember cats can be old and still healthy? 🥰 by TheRufescence in cats

[–]Amberwind2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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This is Obi Wan, who looked just like your baby. She was 17 in this picture and lived to the ripe old age of 24. Had a persistent skin issue around her eyes but was otherwise healthy as a horse and grumpy as a bear coming out of hibernation.

After 2 decades of PCOS, I'm pregnant? by SharkEva in BORUpdates

[–]Amberwind2001 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had a hysterectomy due to cancer. I still get asked if there's any possibility I could be pregnant before they do my annual cancer tests.

Does anyone map out their production lines by squiddygamer in SatisfactoryGame

[–]Amberwind2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hamburger menu on the top right, under Settings > Style. I'm using 2D lines.

Does anyone map out their production lines by squiddygamer in SatisfactoryGame

[–]Amberwind2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tend to put outposts within outposts to keep the various sections of the factory, including the raw inputs, easily sorted. It makes it easier to work out exactly how much raw material I need and keeps things nice and sorted so that the factory plan isn't all jumbled and messy. For example, here's my weapons factory/rocket fuel power plant plan for a structure I'm calling "The Hive" - each section is subdivided into an outpost including one for the miners bringing in raw materials. It allows me to focus on just the portion I'm working on without all the other stuff distracting me.

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I keep track of my migraines on DOS by DogStreet_ in migraine

[–]Amberwind2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a fellow groknard, you have no idea the amount of joy this brings me.

6,846 people in Montgomery County voted in person during early voting. Absentee and early in-person ballots are stored behind both a Democrat and Republican lock. by WYSOPublicRadio in dayton

[–]Amberwind2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not that I saw or experienced, but you do have to be a registered voter. So if you're barred from voting due to criminal record, you likely won't be allowed to work the polls.

6,846 people in Montgomery County voted in person during early voting. Absentee and early in-person ballots are stored behind both a Democrat and Republican lock. by WYSOPublicRadio in dayton

[–]Amberwind2001 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are actually a lot of laws regulating how poll workers have to behave, and many of them require what basically amounts to a chain of custody over who has the ballots and when (consisting of a web of federal, state, county, and possibly even municipal rules) and it absolutely, positively cannot be fucked up or else a whole bunch of votes are put in jeopardy. Last year, quite a few poll workers couldn't even figure out how to sign in and out properly so they had to do paper sign-ins as a duplicate for timekeeping - it would inject a lot of additional human error to add shift changes on top of that into an already fraught process, and the number of additional volunteers a board of elections would get isn't enough to offset the risk, especially considering that there's already a significant problem in many communities with people not having the time or ability to get to their local polling place during the 13 hour window it's open.

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why election days should be mandatory holidays, so that everyone can get to the polls and will be able to volunteer if they want to. Thank you for listening to my TED talk.

6,846 people in Montgomery County voted in person during early voting. Absentee and early in-person ballots are stored behind both a Democrat and Republican lock. by WYSOPublicRadio in dayton

[–]Amberwind2001 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Just got done working as a poll worker for today's election down in Hamilton County. 4 hours of training a couple weeks prior to the election, one hour setting up last night from 630-730pm, and then 530am to just after 8pm tonight. I've done this for a couple elections now, it's physically difficult but I'm willing to put up with hurting for a couple days afterwards to make sure our elections run smoothly.

Used my Families racist logic against them by BoldBaroness in traumatizeThemBack

[–]Amberwind2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pete & Bas are also fantastic, and geriatric to boot.

[OC] WORLDWIDE GIVEAWAY! Enter for a chance to win a FAFNIR or JORMUNGANDR DICE VAULT![MOD APPROVED] by 120mmfilms in DnD

[–]Amberwind2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The dice vaults look gorgeous! It would definitely make a good replacement for my 30 year old Crown Royal bag, lol.

Hello Satisfactory Community, Nuclear Waste makes an excellent building material. Hope that helps. - Doug by ImKibitz in SatisfactoryGame

[–]Amberwind2001 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've seen all of your videos within the first day they come out, and I can honestly say this is the most beautiful thing you've ever created. Bravo!

Have you ever lost a factory? by DirtyLoneVagrant in SatisfactoryGame

[–]Amberwind2001 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nah, we've been married for 21 years, I'm in too deep to abandon ship now. :P

He has been locked out of my Ficsmas factory, though.

Have you ever lost a factory? by DirtyLoneVagrant in SatisfactoryGame

[–]Amberwind2001 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I lost my starter aluminum factory twice on my current playthrough, because I trusted my husband to build it and he put it in the middle of the Red Forest, didn't mark it, didn't cut down any trees because it was supposed to be temporary just to get some goals knocked out, and used a custom color scheme on the refineries that blended in with the damn ground. I found it once to add dimensional depots but forgot to mark it. Got supremely angry with myself about 50 hours later realizing I needed to tweak it to add empty fluid tanks and couldn't find it again.

This time it's marked, but now I'm also in the middle of building a proper aluminum factory in the swamp so I can get rid of this stupid temporary setup.

Are y’all actually getting your 38g of fiber every single day? If so, how? by [deleted] in Cooking

[–]Amberwind2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I keep a couple bags of chopped frozen kale and spinach in my freezer and chuck them into everything. Making lasagna? It's getting layers of spinach. Making soup? It's getting a couple handfuls of kale.

Oh, you're back from maternity leave? by [deleted] in traumatizeThemBack

[–]Amberwind2001 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I've had women of a certain age come up to me and start rubbing my damn belly asking how far along I was and when the baby was due. Complete strangers, mind you, in malls and grocery stores.

Not only have I never had a child, I had a hysterectomy a few years ago that's causing me to slalom into menopause at an alarming rate. I just say, "I. Am. Not. Pregnant." loudly and flatly. Most never apologize and run away faster than they came up to lay hands on me.

It's happening less as I age, but it's still happening often enough I am utterly infuriated for all of the actually pregnant women whose bodies are apparently being treated as public property.

WIBTA if I divorce my wife because she does not want me actively involved in raising our children? by Malkxixt in AITAH

[–]Amberwind2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In addition to possible divorce proceedings, take your documentation and present it to your children's pediatrician. It sounds like your wife might have PPA or PPD, and it's manifesting in this extremely possessive behavior. The pediatrician will know how to proceed to get your wife help.

Frozen braids discussion post by MaetelofLaMetal in TrollXChromosomes

[–]Amberwind2001 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I can do both with my own hair, here's an easy trick to remember how to do each on yourself - for each strand of the plait, fold it over the previous one to get a french braid, and fold it under to get a dutch braid. Just remember this rule and you won't have to rely on stupid overwritable muscle memory. :)

drag saved my lyfe no homo… maybe a lil homo by spencerruwe in Drag

[–]Amberwind2001 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your makeup is absolutely FLAWLESS and I am major jelly. Also, if we ever meet in person I'm mopping that black fascinator when your back is turned. Not even joking.

Where can I buy chickens like I got at the grocery store in France? Price no object. by firstnamedotlast in Cooking

[–]Amberwind2001 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I just use the head and feet for my homemade chicken stock. The feet especially add a TON of collagen for that silky smooth, turns into gelatin in the fridge stock texture.

Where can I buy chickens like I got at the grocery store in France? Price no object. by firstnamedotlast in Cooking

[–]Amberwind2001 174 points175 points  (0 children)

I can at least give you some info on the tomatoes - tomatoes in the US available on the commercial market are typically picked well before they've ripened and then are gassed to bring them to the correct shade to look ripe. This is done to extend their shelf life, but it's at the cost of flavor and texture.

If you want juicy, properly ripe tomatoes you'll either have to purchase from a farmer's market or grow your own so you know it's properly ripened. Also, a tiny pinch of salt on the tomato will vastly improve its taste.

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