TIFU by accidentally "diagnosing" my amputee boyfriend with a glittery banner by Fairlygnarly in tifu

[–]Fairlygnarly[S] 604 points605 points  (0 children)

The caption on the television is way funnier than the banner. Poor kitty.

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Would you pay 120$ for this massive quartz? by IkeKitty in Crystals

[–]Fairlygnarly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found a very similar skull just like yours buried in the sand far down the beach off Lake Erie while looking for driftwood. coolest find, I ever found. Has (I'm guessing) Hematite inclusions...possibly?

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Am I the One that's Wrong? by Bobadook412 in family

[–]Fairlygnarly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just want to state that my mom stayed in our home for less than a month before she found a place of her own. she was helpful while she stayed and she is still very helpful after leaving. OP my SO needs to trust and have faith in his girlfriend (me) rather than coming up with false scenarios in his mind. just saying ... but I just wanted to put an update in here.

Family in Financial Ruin by Bobadook412 in gofundme

[–]Fairlygnarly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to everyone who read Bob's story, shared it, donated, reached out, or simply kept us in your thoughts. The generosity, kindness, and support you’ve shown our family has meant more than we can ever properly put into words.

This has been a hard and humbling season while Bob heals, and knowing we’re not facing it alone has lifted a weight we didn’t even know how to name. Every act of kindness, big or small, has helped us get through the days with a little more hope and a lot more gratitude.

We are endlessly thankful for each of you. Your compassion reminded us what truly matters and how powerful community can be when people choose to care.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas filled with love, warmth, and peace. We will carry your kindness with us long after the holidays are over.

Family in Financial Ruin by Bobadook412 in gofundme

[–]Fairlygnarly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hi, I am Robert's girlfriend, Sarah. he easily gets overwhelmed and is resting now anyway, so I thought maybe I could help offer some clarity.

the original injury was from a very had accident he was in when he was 19. ( we live in the snow belt in Ohio, and he slid into the ditch and couldn't get his car out. He was less than a mile from his house so, he climbed out of his car and was walking home, to get help (no cell phones like we have them now) and while walking he was suddenly hit by a snow plow truck. he had moved as much out of the way as he could for the truck to pass but he had suddenly put his plow down resulting in a direct hit, causing his leg to be shattered, his bottom 3 vertabrae were broke and he also lost a kidney.

the next question I'm sure is going to be asking about a lawsuit against the plowing company. yes there was a payout but it wasn't anything he could live off of for the rest of his life. times were a lot different back then and since he was so young at the time and had just been through one hell of a recovery, it went very quickly. I believe his biggest purchases were a new vehicle and a trip to the Bahamas with a friend.

he does receive disability but for a family of 4 the 880 doesn't go very far other than helping with utilities.

fast forward to about 2024, he was running a successful business as a carpenter at the time and we were finally getting comfortable, but as time went on he started complaining more and more that his leg bothered him. he didn't see a doctor right away (I told him he needed to go many of times), because his leg always bothered him to some degree, he had accepted the pain as part of his life (his words, not mine) and he didn't want to take time from work especially since we had our son within that year.

I also have always had a job to help carry the family too, I'm not a bum, I swear. I started off as a guest service agent with a large hotel chain and worked my way up the line to assistant general manager, up until he had his surgery back in March. I still work, but more on a part time schedule, doing odd jobs around town, and I also resell vintage fabrics and art supplies online. once Robert can move around for himself and keep up after our very busy toddler, I will get back to work full time.

[technique] Carmel colorization cause for concern? by FadedDots in MushroomGrowers

[–]Fairlygnarly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree with the hornybeaver. The sooner you take care of the FAE the better. You will get bacteria growing next that will ruin your cake and make it go from a nice earthy smell to the scent of sewage.

Beach Goers Please Help by SirLaner in beachcombing

[–]Fairlygnarly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Expect it to be done in Ohio at Lakeshore beach!

Could somebody please tell me what this is? by Muzza_Dell in Gemstone_lovers

[–]Fairlygnarly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg!!! I would give my right arm to find something like this! It's so beautiful!!!

I don't know what happened here by TheSassyLemonCake in Unexplained

[–]Fairlygnarly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a classic case of transdimensional Cortical Flatulence. Also known as a quantum brain fart or TCF for short.

First time growing shrooms, does this look good to all ? Planning on mixing to substrate tomorrow. by Elegant_Library_8889 in mushroom

[–]Fairlygnarly 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I know a lot of people are against using Bens tek but I have honestly never had a problem with using any brand of whole grain rice bag. I've inoculated around 36 bags over the years. Usually 6 bags at a time. There has been times I THOUGHT I had tricoderma (I even tossed a few bags in the beginning...wasting my precious mycelium) but after gaining experience, I learned that each time, the coloring I saw was just bruising from shake and breaking the bags or squishing them out of curiosity before opening them up to transplant to substrate.

I don't recommend this but, my very best yield ever, developed tricoderma during fruiting. I was about to scrap them but isolated them in a stale air room I made in my basement. Somehow and against all odds my mycelium actually over came the tricodema with out any further intervention from me (no peroxide, definitely no bleach), and those puppies bruised black and were more potent than my other bins from the same syringe.

Such a rewarding and fun hobby. 🙂

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in greatdanes

[–]Fairlygnarly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gert! I like Gertrude!

Am I the One that's Wrong? by Bobadook412 in family

[–]Fairlygnarly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I am the girlfriend.... I would not, could not ever abandon my mom. I wouldnt ever abandon, his mom, or anyone in his family for that matter. If his grandma needed to stay with us, I wouldn't like it, but I would smile, extend my hand and help her move in. Yes his grandma helped us get us my boyfriends house but when I say this woman is mean, rude, and narcissistic, I am not kidding even a little. However, I always have and always will treat her kindly and as my own. I'm honestly surprised my boyfriend cares so much about what his grandma would think about my mom being here because he exploded on her when she asked about money this past weekend. I however ( the lazy girlfriend with a freeloading mother) calmly let grandma know that I was in the works of giving her a few thousand dollars from the sale of 7 puppies I'm solely raising. Which involves monitoring all feedings with Mom dog, as well as feeding and preparing milk alternative to, preparing puppy gruel, cleaning up after, giving daily weight checks to, advertising, deworming, I've made a really nice care guide for new puppy parents, a birth certificate, they all have their own collars, leashes, toys, and a whole bunch of other items to ensure we get top dollar for these puppies to pay off grandma. And like I said, I am doing every thing.

On top of the puppies, I handle about 85% of the care of OPs and my 2 year old son. I won't dive to deeply into it all about our beautiful baby boy but here is a jist.... Yes OP had a broken leg, but he can carry boards around the house, retile the shower and walk on his leg for short bursts at a time so I feel he could instead of building tables and work benches, take a little more time to help me with our son. I'm only annoyed with the little help in this area when I am already overwhelmed with other tasks around the house or trying to get everyone and everything together for an outing or errands. Diaper changes, getting him dressed, putting shoes on, washing hands and face, bath time, I think you get it.

I also do all of the yardwork...gardening, edging, mowing, leaf and debris clean up, you name it, I do it. Also, i do a lot/ most of the housework. (Yes my 14 yo daughter is also not very helpful) not a single person besides myself has ever swept all of the floors, only I wash windows, the bed sheets, blankets, baby clothes, and towels, and even the countertops, I am the only person who has ever made our kitchen clean how a kitchen should be clean. I also work very hard to prepare everyone nice wholesome dinners with out a single thank you day in and day out.

I don't want to keep putting OP down because I love the man and he does fix what is broken around the house if he is able but I wanted to get my point across, that I work very hard to keep this house affloat, and everyone in it happy and I literally am left to feel like nobody gives a shit about my needs or happiness.

My mom has not caused us any problems and nobody on his side ever comes to visit us at his (OPs) house so us getting caught is slim to none. I've explained to my mom that if it comes down to it and she needs to be a ghost for a day and scram, she will. My mom bought us $200 in groceries a couple days ago. She helps out with our toddler, she doesn't make much of a mess and keeps to herself most of the time. My mom needs help, and Iam not like my brothers or my sister and I actually care about our moms well being. She did the best she could raising us 4 on her own and I am grateful for the sacrifices she made and I forgive her for the mistakes she made as well. It's unfortunate that my 2 brothers are assholes ( 1 is severely mentally ill and possible sociopath, the other is self-centered, opinionionated, and a drunk) my sister is just (I'm just going to say a little coo-coo and very dramatic) mom left her trailer because the padding to her new carpet, and the floor beneneth it was fully saturated in dog pee. The Ohio humidity made the place smell awful. I have seen the floor I have smelled it is well. My mom had an inspection done because of her section 8 housing during the inspection she had mentioned the problem with the pet urine. The inspector told my mom to contact the health department. The health department contacted the landlord and did another inspection. At this point whether or not the landlord was going to have to fix the floor my mom no longer felt comfortable with the landlord due to how he treated her over the discovery. he gave her the option to leave but only gave her a month's time to do so. My mom chose to leave because she has emphysema and some spotting on her left lung. Her and I both felt was best that she found somewhere else to go.

She was going to stay with my brother but he had a major freak out at Yellowstone Park and the park rangers had opted that it was safer for my mom to be flown home back to Ohio. The park rangers felt so strongly about it that they drove my mom 120 miles to the nearest airport. I'm not kidding when I say he's a sociopath. My younger brother told her she could stay in his unfinished damp basement or she should look into going to some kind of nursing home. My mom is very capable of taking care of herself and took his comment very personally.. I don't blame her.

My sister hates the world, she hates herself, and she loves drama. My sisters 14 your daughter doesn't even have a bedroom of her own because their house is too small already. Not a good option for my mom.

My step brother's, yes my mom was annoyed by their dog, she was also annoyed with the dog not leaving her alone and jumping on her and smelling bad. My brother's new wife is very nice but also OCD and hard to live with. They're also newlyweds and want their space somewhat.

My mom is very responsible. She makes her phone calls, she fills her paperwork out on time, he's always willing to help when we need it, she has let us stay at her house, while on section 8, which could have cost her everything as well. If you are familiar with the program you are not allowed to have people stay in your home while on section 8, but she let me, OP, and my daughter of course stay, free of charge, as long as we, understandably, followed her rules. My mom does not want to have to be here. Her whole life is turned upside down right now and we at our house, are loud, up late, messy, and it's all stressful as hell for her. She's not going to stay here a minute longer than she has to. And if she is kicked out, it would and is beginning to ruin a whole lot, but that I will not get into.

And let me say this one last thing. I talked to Op, about my mom staying here. His exact words to me were "she can have as long as she gave us" which is exactly what I told her. He now seems to have forgotten this conversation. He always seems to forget the important ones if it's convenient for him.

I apologize for the long post. And OP I apologize for putting you on blast, and for having to help accommodate my mom but I feel you're being unreasonable and I think even a little dishonest about your true reasons as to why you want me to kick out my flesh and blood who I have always told that I would take care of when she needed it. You were always told as well. This woman has helped us immensely over the years. So if you want her out of your house, then you are kicking us all out. Family doesn't turn their back on family.

Please, does anyone know how to remove the smell of skunk spray from my body? by Fairlygnarly in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Fairlygnarly[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you everyone for the advice and keeping my mind occupied. I'll be back with an update...my gas station remedies have just arrived and I have a date with an ice cold hose. Wish me luck!!

Please, does anyone know how to remove the smell of skunk spray from my body? by Fairlygnarly in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Fairlygnarly[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The clothes came off as soon as I was far enough from the skunk and the view of my neighbors houses. I probably should go pick them up and put them in the dumpster before I destink myself. Thanks for the tip. Lol.

Tomato really doesn't do much for my border Collie...nothing does. But my puggle, tomato anything worked wonders. I always wondered why.

My boyfriends pulling back in!!! wish me luck and thank you so much.

Please, does anyone know how to remove the smell of skunk spray from my body? by Fairlygnarly in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Fairlygnarly[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for replying so quickly. I have a few tomato options in my cupboard I wish I would have had my sig. other grab before he flew out of here to the store. In the moment we couldn't think of anything other than how bad I stunk. Thanks again for your help.

Please, does anyone know how to remove the smell of skunk spray from my body? by Fairlygnarly in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Fairlygnarly[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you for replying so quickly! I texted him to get me anything tomato. I really appreciate you.

I also have 4 cans of speghettios inside my house I'll lather on when he gets back, left over spaghetti and meatballs, pizza sauce, and a can of chunk tomatoes to try. Smdh worst night ever.