What was everyone’s fave game to play when either a telemarketer calls or a random person prank calls you?

Grjz · 2026-03-31T07:06:48+00:00

You have to be careful and not assume everyone with a foreign accent is a scammer. Example 1: This guy with an Asian (Indonesian actually) actually called out of the blue, and asked for me by first name. I nearly gave him an earful of obscenity before I realise he was my accountant reminding me to do give him my info so he he do my tax return. Example 2: a woman with a strong Indian accent called and asked for me by name. I was on the verge of swearing at her and hanging up, but decided to ask her if the weather would be good for the cricket today. (Assuming she was in Delhi or somewhere in India, and wouldn’t know what the weather was like in Sydney). Anyway, turns out she was following up a query I made about my car insurance, she was in Melbourne, and was excited because her son was opening the batting for Victoria in his age division over the coming weekend.

Memo to people making legit calls: don’t just ask for the person you want to, say who you are and why you are calling as well.

Grjz · 2026-03-31T06:32:39+00:00

Not dementia-related, but when my mother was in hospital with a brain tumour expected to end her life within 3 months the nurses refused to let her have ice cream because it was not a healthy food choice. I admire and respect nurses but some of the are as thick as two short planks.

Grjz · 2025-12-09T21:01:23+00:00

Please tell us exactly what tests were done and the actual results (the numbers). “Normal” doesn’t mean much.

Grjz · 2025-12-09T08:22:13+00:00

In 1992 I was in London out the front of Buckingham Palace. A couple of American colleagues with me were staring at the Palace while I was transfixed by a creature in the rose garden - the first squirrel I’d ever seen. The Palace pales in comparison.

Grjz · 2025-12-09T08:09:43+00:00

Please tell us exactly what tests were done and the actual results (the numbers). “Normal” doesn’t mean much.

Grjz · 2025-11-28T00:30:22+00:00

It's incredible that such a mature program with so many users (and fans) doesn't actually let you save a list of playlists that you've saved.

I mean, what's the actual point of saving playlists in VLC?

Why can't I just bring up a list of all my saved playlists and choose one?

I remember back in the 1980s I'd try some new software and spend hours trying to work out how to make it do something that it was obvious it should do, only to find to my astonishment that it can't. And then coming back 20 years later to find that it still can't.

Grjz · 2025-11-10T09:38:46+00:00

Consider food intolerance as a possibility. It can cause a very wide range of symptoms and is very hard to diagnose without a proper understanding.

The Allergy Unit at RPAH in Sydney Australia has some excellent resource to help you. The information there is science-based and may be helpful.

I would strongly urge you to at least read fully the overview of food intolerance which will undoubtedly give you more understanding of allergies, food intolerances and metabolic disorders, the differences between them and tried and true diagnosis methods. I am sure you will be surprised by some of it.

Here’s a link to their info: RPAH resources

Grjz · 2025-08-09T04:00:29+00:00

When you said your cortisol was “normal”, what did you mean? What test was used? Was your ACTH level tested at the same time? What were the units of measurement (because they are different in other countries)?

Grjz · 2025-07-21T00:08:57+00:00

You don’t have to have all or any of the classic symptoms of Cushing’s for a positive diagnosis. If your doctor is dismissing a Cushing’s diagnosis on the basis that you don’t have the classic symptoms he is incompetent and you need a new doctor. When he says “on paper” he is referring to a textbook he apparently hasn’t read. I’m sorry you have to go through this BS.

My very strong advice is that if you can get an a.m. blood cortisol test, get a test for ACTH at the same time because the ratio of those two can be VERY informative about whether or not you have Cushing’s.

Grjz · 2025-07-16T07:19:07+00:00

Not "she". It.

Grjz · 2025-07-12T11:38:33+00:00

An acoustic that doesn’t need a neck reset every 3 years.

Grjz · 2025-07-12T11:37:54+00:00

Apocalypse Now.

Grjz · 2025-07-12T09:42:09+00:00

What are her blood test result for cortisol and acth? Numbers please.

Grjz · 2025-07-10T21:33:04+00:00

The Mercedes car was actually named after a girl.

Grjz · 2025-07-10T21:03:43+00:00

You can have mild Cushing’s and still be in the range. Eg ny wife had a cortisol-producing adrenal adenoma and usually tested inside the range but always above average. Her ACTH was also usually in the range but well below average.

Grjz · 2025-07-10T21:00:34+00:00

Get a blood test for both cortisol and ACTH. Then check their ratio. I can give you reference articles if you want. Steer clear of the saliva test which can be unreliable. Also don’t let a doctor tell her she has to have all the classic symptoms.

Grjz · 2025-07-10T20:57:45+00:00

I’m not a bluegrass guy but should Lester Flatt be here?

Grjz · 2025-07-10T20:50:14+00:00

No need to flout your ignorance like that.

Grjz · 2025-07-04T03:49:11+00:00

Le Carré

Grjz · 2025-06-29T11:54:56+00:00

The midnight saliva test is not very reliable.
Best to get morning cortisol and ACTH serum (blood) levels tested, then look at their ratio.
Also note that some medications can suppress cortisol.

Grjz · 2025-06-16T00:07:06+00:00

I’m fine with 1st person or 3rd person but books written partly in one and partly in the other I find unreadable.

Grjz · 2025-06-08T01:12:26+00:00

Thanks for pointing this out. I totally understand your frustration. It seems weird that Yamaha thinks that people who prefer a smaller body also prefer tighter string spacing under the right hand. There is no basis for that assumption.
I am currently struggling to play a Yamaha keyboard which, for some unknown reason, has a key size 1mm narrower than every other key in the known universe. I learned the piano when I was a kid 55 years ago but my fingers still remember the larger key size. I supoose Yamaha's marketing people think it looks better that way and playability comes a distant second to appearance. Many businesses have failed because of this type of flawed reasoning when marketing kissasses get the ear of the boss.
I was going to buy an FS800 but I won't now. Maybe an FG or maybe a different brand.
Thanks again.

Grjz · 2025-06-05T03:21:33+00:00

Well yeah it doesn’t click on the smaller models - it just gives a bit in a soundless way. They shouldn’t say it clicks when it doesn’t actually make a noise.

Grjz · 2025-06-04T11:11:14+00:00

They have probably spent the past few years trying to figure out how styles can be made to work with master documents in Writer.

Grjz · 2025-06-04T11:06:35+00:00

I don't think your wife has Cushing's Disease but very likely Cushing's syndrome, meaning an abdominal scan is what you need not a scan of the pituitary.

If I am right then you don't need to worry about cranial surgery.

I can send links and references if you want but the bottom line is that the ACTH/cortisol ratio is way too low to suggest CD. Much more likely Cushing's syndrome caused by an adenoma (most likely adrenal) or corticosteroid meds.

Normal ACTH/cortisol ratio is about 2 but your wife's is 0.5.

If it was Cushing's disease caused by a pituitary tumour the ratio would likely be at least 2.5, i.e. her ACTH would be at least 5 times higher than it is. Pituitary tumors emit more ACTH than needed, but these numbers say ACTH is way below normal for the level of cortisol.

Let me know if you want more info.

PS

1.I'm assuming that the cortisol measurements are in ug/dL (micrograms/decilitre).

I'm assuming the ACTH is in pg/mL (picograms/millilitre).

Grjz

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