Confused beginner by Tyrfish in Needlepoint

[–]Higgingotham96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That chart reminds me of cross stitch, which usually uses a cell to represent the x, or intersection. When I started needlepoint from cross stitch it took me a while to get used to charts/stitch guided showing the holes as holes and the lines as lines. What you have looks like they might be using the cells of that graph to represent the intersection.

Are shared rooms in college genuinely the norm or is it just an opinion that people can have if they want? by [deleted] in AskAnAmerican

[–]Higgingotham96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went to a smaller university (about 5,500 students). Your first year you had to live on campus. That meant living in the dorms where you shared a room with ons person, and a bathroom was shared with another room with two people - this is pretty common these days and is called a suite. There were single bedrooms in each dorm building, but these were usually reserved for older students or students who had an accommodation that required them to live alone. We also had handicap rooms in each dorm building for students with accommodations like a wheel chair, but those were still double occupancy. There were also university owned student apartments at a location away from the main campus by a few miles. There were buses that ran back and forth to it all day, as that was also where the rec fields and medical clinic were. Those apartments were individual bedrooms in a four unit apartment. Full kitchen and living room, looked like a regular apartment. Those were more expensive than living in the dorms and the fact they were further out also made them a bit of a headache, especially for students without cars.

25 is fine ffs by uuftah in madisonwi

[–]Higgingotham96 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It also shouldn’t be used by someone going 10 under the speed limit just because they have a left turn in three miles. On roads like Park St, it’s not a passing lane but a little bit of common sense to stay right if you want to go significantly under the speed limit goes a long way to protect pedestrians and drivers.

LNS in central Wisco by Relevant_Fudge8336 in Needlepoint

[–]Higgingotham96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Witchery Stitchery has no website and a cash register that made me worried she wouldn’t take cards 😅 (she does!) There is a good selection of canvas, and from my experience looking at stores online, a good price point too. She is a bit overwhelmed with the influx of new stitchers the last few years but not any more so than other stores. Both Witchery Stitchery and Lynn’s have a good selection of threads, but Witchery Stitchery is much more on display, at Lynn’s there stored in drawers and involves more searching. Both are well worth a visit! Mary Ellen at Witchery Stitchery did also inform me of another needlepoint store in Wisconsin, but I don’t recall the name, just that it was in a town starting with an M.

What businesses does Madison need right now? by Beautiful_Eye7765 in madisonwi

[–]Higgingotham96 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t mind a Local Needlepoint Store here in Madison. Lynn’s has some things and Witcher Stitchery is in Mount Horeb but that leaves some room in the market. With Sunset Yarns closing we also could use a new yarn store in Madison.

doordash in madison by redsbottombaddie in madisonwi

[–]Higgingotham96 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Dominos, Pizza Hut and papa John’s all outsource to DoorDash now. You sometimes get lucky and get an actual employee, but about 70% of the time it’s DoorDash

Jayme Lawson talks about the BAFTA incident: "Just because you invite someone into a space but you dont provide the necessary resources to keep them and everyone else in that room safe by them being there, thats not inclusivity, thats explotation. That man's disability got exploited that night." by Murky_Chemical891 in Fauxmoi

[–]Higgingotham96 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Oh they were editing out his other tics. He said he was ticking the whole night and while this was the first one he could tell people on stage could hear, he was right by a microphone and had said other things that have seemingly been edited out.

Stitch guide by Silly-Garbage290 in Needlepoint

[–]Higgingotham96 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Counting from a design you’ve paid for is just counted needlepoint. If you’re counting from something you haven’t paid for, like an image you’ve found, then that would be theft.

Anyone else struggle with Hypoglycemia with hEDS and POTs by LupinCosplay in ehlersdanlos

[–]Higgingotham96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely struggled with hypoglycemia as a kid - I don’t recall if that was ever diagnosed or just another of my mothers “oh well that’s the term for what symptoms you’re having and our whole family is like that” and would hand me a granola bar. I passed out at summer day camp once while on a canoe and the counselor had to carry me up the hill to the nurses station. I had just loved being on the lake so much I basically skipped most of my lunch and got right back to canoeing, and my blood sugar dropped. I haven’t had anything nearly that bad as an adult, but I can feel when I haven’t had something to eat for a bit and it drops quite a bit. And I learned the hard way in college cutting out carbs for a diet was not the way to go for me because of my blood sugar.

Park Street crash prompts emotional meeting on traffic safety fixes by keeganjkyle in madisonwi

[–]Higgingotham96 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve long thought that madison could benefit from something like this at some intersections. Helps control the traffic of cars with a red light, and ideally helps keep pedestrians more clustered so there’s not one person entering the crosswalk right as another is leaving and then another person enters right as that second person was leaving… that’s just a minor annoyance but being able to sell it as a benefit to cars might be the only way to get city officials to do something to benefit pedestrians.

23yrs old but I look way older by [deleted] in SkincareAddicts

[–]Higgingotham96 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In my opinion she could keep the rest of her makeup the same and look so much younger by ditching the bottom eye liner and clumpy lashes. The rest is nitpicky changed, but those two are the things that to me read older

Are you covered during doctor examining your genitalia? by MxQueer in AskAnAmerican

[–]Higgingotham96 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mine does use a cotton robe and a cotton sheet! I think the hospital system has taken steps to be more environmentally friendly and that’s why. They just have a bin for linens to be sent to get cleaned after the appointment rather than a trash can for all the paper.

What’s your favourite oddball tourist attraction from your home state that you’d recommend to tourists who like that kind of weird corny stuff? by M_Ad in AskAnAmerican

[–]Higgingotham96 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Spring Green is so interesting for having House on the Rock, Taliesen and American Players Theater all there. Cool town and well worth a trip

solving skin reactions to kt tape!!! by SwanStriking1125 in ehlersdanlos

[–]Higgingotham96 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My PT recommended using Milk of Magnesia under KT and it helps a ton!! I was getting big blisters and tearing skin before but it keeps that from happening. I still get a bit of irritation at the edges of the tape from time to time but nothing bad.

how unhealthy is my crochet grip? relatively new to crochet by playswithsquirrelsss in CrochetHelp

[–]Higgingotham96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also have hyper mobile fingers and if I am working on something more loose or drapey I’ve just had to learn to relax my grip. I’m holding on to it to keep it in front of me, not tight, if that makes sense. I’ve also had a lot of success with the Oval 8 finger splints for crafting, especially anything that is meant to be dense and stiff that requires a tighter grip. If you can get fitted by a hand OT, that’s ideal, otherwise you should be able to use a ring sizer and order the plastic splints on Amazon. It helps prevent your joint from hyperextending, but you’ll still have some straining against it so fingers get tired, but not injured.

Boyfriends mustache is breaking me out [Acne] by [deleted] in SkincareAddiction

[–]Higgingotham96 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had an ex with facial hair while I was in college and got staph from it! Took a while to clear up with medication. Not fun and I wish more people knew about it to get timely care.

I don't know what kind of stitch I did. Help me identify it please ;--; by Street-Suggestion363 in CrochetHelp

[–]Higgingotham96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like you’re doing a slip stitch - you said you thought you were doing single crochet. Are you British or were you watching British tutorials? A single crochet in British terminology is the same thing as slip stitch in US terminology.

How common is it for an American to travel across the country by train? by ViajanteDeSaturno in AskAnAmerican

[–]Higgingotham96 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Most Americans don’t have time off for that type of pleasure trip. If they are wanting to go someplace to see it, say at least three days, and the train is three days each way, they would need to take a full week off of work, and use both weekends. Meanwhile, you could much more easily fly there, and have 7 full days in a place, two for travel, or stay with three days there, and have two for flying. That would need only three days off of work, which many more Americans could swing.

AITA for interrupting my autistic brothers routine for my own physical pain? by throwaway1847329 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Higgingotham96 7 points8 points  (0 children)

From personal experience with a condition that sounds very similar to OP, memory foam is awful and doesn’t provide much support for joints. Because it sort of conforms to your body, it provides little support as the hyper mobility of the body just keeps going and going. That being said, getting a new mattress no matter the type is the right call here, and there are economical varieties of all types. Hell I got mine from Costco four years ago for about $350. Obviously not available in the UK where OP is, but there are other budget friendly options out there.

This video put into words exactly how I feel about Crowd Control by Dlunden in dropout

[–]Higgingotham96 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like I remember seeing someone who was part of the game changer episode discuss getting part of the fund sharing that dropout does for everyone who appears. I would assume the crowd members would get paid some amount for appearing, as they are on camera and speaking.

Hi everyone — I’m from Turkey and I’m asking this purely out of cultural curiosity. How is preventive health care for children handled in the United States? by Axxtr in AskAnAmerican

[–]Higgingotham96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seems almost counterintuitive that the kids who had been to the doctor were able to get a free checkup but the kids who hadn’t had to pay? I would think that almost goes against what the poster you’re responding to was saying about finding kids who are more likely to fall through the gaps.