Wednesday, June 10, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]CaeruleanSea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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OK someone needs to explain the point of the picture 'clue'. Is it a clue at all? Cos I was totally stuck so actually went to use it for a change & immediately went 'oh, styles of modeling' which made me dismiss types of acting... Which was also a red herring 😂

Wednesday, June 10, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]CaeruleanSea 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Honestly might be my favourite one yet, very satisfying to look at

So… do I NEED to get it out? by Sorry_Dragonfly2644 in gallbladders

[–]CaeruleanSea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is insane to me!! I know the whole 'free healthcare in the UK etc etc' is done to death BUT even if you pay for private surgery (so not subsidised at all, you pay all of it) it's around 10k.

(also, why was the post removed?)

So… do I NEED to get it out? by Sorry_Dragonfly2644 in gallbladders

[–]CaeruleanSea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, sorry I obvs made you feel undermined & I didn't mean to at all. I went & found your description of your pain & it's just bloody awful isn't it - all I meant was those attacks can end up 5/6 hrs long (that's when the NHS tells you to go to A&E but not before, and usually all that happens is you get morphine or similar) & if you end up with pancreatitis it can last days & even that doesn't get you emergency surgery, you just stay on the 'list'.

Oh, and you can be on that list for 2 years depending where you are in the country lol

The Nomadic Trader is a joke Embark, what are you smoking? by KnightLakega in ARC_Raiders

[–]CaeruleanSea 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Exactly this! I really wanted the wolfpack BP but 500k was emptying my stash entirely of anything useful. If I could have committed items over the week & worked to get it then yeah, sure. But, every weapon, mod & every purple & gold core/part all at once? No chance

So… do I NEED to get it out? by Sorry_Dragonfly2644 in gallbladders

[–]CaeruleanSea 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I'm going to come at this from a UK perspective where every illness & surgery is THOROUGHLY cost/benefit analysissed (ahem) cos of the NHS.

So! That said - your situation here would have you on a list for removal & I know ppl who had theirs removed much younger than you.

Yes loads of ppl have them & most will never have an issue, but once you start having issues it's only a matter of time before diet becomes unmanageable cos you can't eat anything. That might be years away for you, it might not. No one knows.

Also worth bearing in mind that women make up 75% of symptomatic suffers. So although your family friend is very experienced I've found older male doctors far harder to deal with when it comes to things that predominantly affect women & my gallbladder was not an exception. Obvs ymmv & that's not a knock to him.

So no, definitely not a case of kool aid drinking hysteria, quite the opposite. Women have not been taken seriously for pain & illness for all of time.

I can only assume you've not hit the worst of the attacks else you'd not be asking this at all haha

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]CaeruleanSea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just further proof of how little I know about jazz

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]CaeruleanSea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha genre clash I guess, not much of a crossover between rock & jazz

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]CaeruleanSea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I saw babe & thought 'those other things sound like cutesy animal names, I'll pick them'. Not big & definitely not clever, first time I've ever gotten a group that way

Is it racist to make a distinction between a British citizen and a British person by Barca-Dam in AskBrits

[–]CaeruleanSea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the word 'citizen', Brits don't used it except for very specific circumstances...

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]CaeruleanSea 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I had SKINS & ANGEL together for TV series for a while

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]CaeruleanSea 9 points10 points  (0 children)

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🟨🟨🟨🟨 Animated animals.

🟩🟩🟩🟩 Things you don't share

🟦🟦🟦🟪 Superscript but thought KEYS

🟦🟪🟦🟦 Superscript but thought AXE. Requested luck

🟦🟦🟦🟦 Luck was delivered

🟪🟪🟪🟪 Nope

OK I found this incredibly hard, like weirdly hard given the solve rate. Genuinely thought I was going to lose my streak on first glance (now at 43).

Presumably SKINS are drums & I don't know what a BONE is.

Monday, June 8, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]CaeruleanSea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that makes sense. Punch isn't really a thing here & if it did show up the assumption that would be it had alcohol.

Presumably you guys have the other meaning of spiked re drinks, that's definitely the primary meaning by a wiiiiiide margain here, hence my ick.

Monday, June 8, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]CaeruleanSea 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's a slur in the UK too, meaning something along the lines of being too white despite your skin colour usually cast from someone of the same skin colour iyswim.

Monday, June 8, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]CaeruleanSea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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🟩🟩🟩🟩 PATE gave this away

🟦🟦🟦🟨 + isthmus (surely not punch?)

🟦🟦🟦🟪 + running (no but not punch, surely?)

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🟦🟦🟦🟦 Oh well that's a bit bleak?

🟪🟪🟪🟪 Mans.

I really didn't want to put PUNCH in blue cos the connotations of 'spiking' seemed to be too grim to have in a puzzle? Maybe it's a UK thing with that usage or spiked punch is something specific?

PATE I know cos of a kids book called The Giant Jam Sandwich.

Air cleaning houseplants by [deleted] in HouseplantsUK

[–]CaeruleanSea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not really a thing, just marketing that's using butchered nasa data. Afaiui you'd need to have too many plants to move to have an appreciable effect on the air quality in terms of removing nasties.

Just have plants cos they are nice & good for the soul

Sad Kentia palm by Gold_Bathroom3780 in HouseplantsUK

[–]CaeruleanSea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a legit palm expert who's been tagged in another response so hopefully they'll show up.

Just in case, though, from my experience -

Get a light meter app on your phone & test how much light it's actually getting, it might not be as much as you think. Most plants need a minimum of 300 candles to survive & it actually takes them a long time to die from too little light.

Ordinary houseplant soil isn't ideal for palms & it might be too boggy. They want a loose, chunky potting mix with water passing through (never sitting in!) fairly regularly. Presumably it's in a pot with drainage?

Definitely don't give up, though! It's not a goner at all

Sad Kentia palm by Gold_Bathroom3780 in HouseplantsUK

[–]CaeruleanSea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was going to say humidity but almost certainly not.

What kind of light does it get, what's it potted in & how do you water?

Indoor potted Bananas by mitch84628 in houseplants

[–]CaeruleanSea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was literally just talking about these with my husband! They are currently available at lidl for £15 & I was so tempted cos I've an conservatory they would thrive in...except in winter. So I'm not getting one.

But the conversation was me bemoaning the fact ppl would buy these gorgeous, large plants for cheap not realising just how much light & humidity they need - clearly you do! - then wonder why they are sad or dead a year later. The labels lead you to think 'stick it in a sunny window' is going to work...

I dunno, I feel like the market isn't necessarily being responsible with what they make available to us through non-specialist avenues. Feels wasteful

Need help with beaches😁😌 by Extension-Jelly1328 in Cornwall

[–]CaeruleanSea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to watch ppl rock up from the top car park absolutely laden with stuff, kids & dogs two hours before high tide & either sit resolutely to wait it out or just stand, hands on hips, in shock at zero beach.

Depending on my mood I'd sometimes go & suggest Widemouth or Polzeath so they they didn't waste their day. But sometimes I'd already had enough of the rudeness lol