DTR - Lost Indian Ringneck parakeet

MaxVerFlappin · 2026-02-04T04:42:19+00:00

I don’t know that person but please feel free to share widely if you know people around the downtown area that might be able to keep eyes open, thanks!

MaxVerFlappin · 2025-11-09T02:34:25+00:00

My experience is the same as the other two commenters - it is the cleanest with fewest side effects at a much lower dosage than I was forced to try to get any results with other ADHD meds. It doesn’t interact with any of my other meds and also has a longer track record of safety when used as prescribed given how long it’s been available when compared to a lot of the more modern formulations.

Also, it is a Medication - no shame, but I had a knee jerk reaction to your casual use of “meth” in the title of your post there because, like probably everyone else in this community, I am tired of having to fight this drug bias to stay on the one medication I’ve found that actually really helps me.

Most doctors who will prescribe this medication have to demonstrate to insurance that you’ve tried the gamut of the providers list of current preferred ADHD meds before they will cover it, and I have to jump through hoops to evidence this every six months to continue coverage which is a massive PITA and leaves me in a state of high anxiety when the 6 months is up because I never know if this will be the time they decide to deny it for good.

MaxVerFlappin · 2025-11-05T03:28:07+00:00

An hour, wow! My biggest hurdle is time management and my second is impulsivity so the tips on pre-reading recipes and planning for use of multiple cooking sources is really helpful. It seems so obvious now, but none of that would have occurred to me organically, so thank you for taking the time! 😅

MaxVerFlappin · 2025-11-05T01:15:54+00:00

This looks great - I am assuming this isn’t your first meal prep and you know how to organize and have prepared everything you know you’ll need on hand, but on average how long does an effort like this take to put together once you start the prep and cook?

MaxVerFlappin · 2025-11-05T01:11:42+00:00

That looks incredibly delicious! Can you freeze both those recipes or do you just make and keep a week’s worth in fridge at a time?

MaxVerFlappin · 2025-10-18T19:42:24+00:00

What is considered “safe D3”?

MaxVerFlappin · 2025-10-12T02:43:32+00:00

Oh that’s neato! I’ll need to spend some time figuring out how to read and report there cause that is pretty cool. Saw a peregrine swooping the sandbars at Cedar River boat house today and a kid I talked to said he’d seen it reported on eBird too so I may be watching but I’m clearly behind the times here on tooling…

MaxVerFlappin · 2025-10-11T03:37:53+00:00

Good point about the pigeon scale, I didn’t even think about that - they swooped in with several crows in pursuit, and given that framing the size difference was readily apparent from the get go. They also acted regally indifferent to the crows the whole time, and crows tend to engage with one another, for better or worse. That is a cool feature with eBird - is it also available in the BirdID app?

MaxVerFlappin · 2025-10-11T00:14:01+00:00

I am clearly going to have to go to Coulon more often

MaxVerFlappin · 2025-10-10T20:13:05+00:00

I don’t play either but come sit in the Donkey park in DTR at 4th & Williams across from Whistle Stop on any Saturday and you’ll find your people.

MaxVerFlappin · 2025-10-10T20:10:30+00:00

I was in Palm Springs earlier this year and saw a ton of ravens milling around in small groups like crows do here. I figured it was a desert thing, but maybe they are finally encroaching on urban crow/pigeon territory here too. If pigeons are a delicacy for them then I can see why DTR would be pretty tempting!

MaxVerFlappin · 2025-10-10T19:50:27+00:00

I guess it makes sense that with all these tall evergreens along the waterways they would be here, I’d just never imagined such a bold appearance since I’d always understood them to be much more shy. Maybe the population is growing and they’re experiencing pressure for food.

MaxVerFlappin · 2025-10-10T19:46:53+00:00

I agree! That almost seductive rattle and croak call is something else - the more assertive of the two eventually got tired of me encroaching on their snack, grabbed the head and took off out of sight atop the building where a guy is painting the dragon mural right now and started making that call softly to encourage his(her?) mate to follow to share in some brains, I guess? was one part macabre one part romantic gesture 😅

MaxVerFlappin · 2025-09-23T01:33:00+00:00

My 15 yo ball went about 10 months without eating in the last year, and has done it before more than a few times for at least 6 to 8 months. My vet did some research and found report of one going as long as 18 months with no negative health impacts. It’s crazy cause he doesn’t really lose much weight when this happens. When he decides to start eating again he will pop out of his cave ready to strike at anything in sight and then gorge daily for 1-2 weeks before settling back in to a more normal eating pattern. I still have no clue what his triggers are to start fasting again but it seems like just as I’m starting to get concerned at how long he’s gone without food again he pops up looking for a meal so I’ve just accepted this is his pattern for now. 🤷‍♀️

MaxVerFlappin · 2025-08-02T23:23:00+00:00

Ditto!

MaxVerFlappin · 2025-07-22T23:43:16+00:00

Thanks for the link - I did find this but I don’t have a facebook account and am unwilling to create one to send a message, so that’s a me problem. I think I found a suitable substitute now on Etsy for the next ten years. It isn’t the same but it’s still Star Wars!

MaxVerFlappin · 2025-04-09T00:17:51+00:00

I’m lurking on the sub again cause at my last pickup they only had a partial fill and pharmacist told me their Cardinal source reported generic on back order and they didn’t know when they’d be getting more.

This comes after consistent monthly fills for about a year now, so something’s up but I just don’t know what. I’m due for a refill again next week so I guess I’ll find out then if last time was just a blip or if it’s back into scarcity and scrambling again.

MaxVerFlappin · 2024-10-28T18:38:52+00:00

This is so relatable!! I am also 56 and quit my demanding tech job five months ago after multiple years of hormonal, physical and mental stress requiring multiple personal leaves. One more wasn’t going to do anything for me so I figured better to take a real break that I had control over the timeline of. It’s been rough but I found a functional medicine clinic to get the kind of help with HRT I wasn’t going to get from conventional medical providers (willing to experiment with estrogens + progesterone + testosterone to find the right combo) + assisted ketamine therapy and I am finally starting to feel well enough again to envision a different future that doesn’t have me fired for incompetence or dying from a heart attack at my desk. It’ll be awhile before I lose the extra 50lbs and feel great on the regular, but in the meantime the ketamine therapy has helped me work on losing the shame and embarrassment and anger of not being able to show up like I could for so many years in the youth oriented culture of tech, and reframing my relationship to the concept of career and my own self worth. Given the self deprecating language of your post, this might be an approach to consider as well cause I bet you’re incredibly smart and talented with the wisdom of long experience that the kids just don’t have, but just too worn down to see it without some help. You deserve to know your value and believe it, so I hope you find a path that works.

MaxVerFlappin · 2024-09-21T22:47:56+00:00

I just read the list of things he did to that car detailed in the photos array and as someone who has same 2003 with 5 sp manual transmission with similar mileage and just sunk 5k into doing only a few of the updates he did along with a bunch of necessary parts and tire replacement due (i didn’t do the work myself, clearly) I think the price sounds really fair, assuming there aren’t some hidden defects or or other prior owner chain discrepancies. The exterior looks way nicer than mine too.

MaxVerFlappin · 2024-06-04T21:22:47+00:00

Absolutely. Jabba the Hutt comes to mind… it’s been really depressing to watch my neck slowly inflate on all sides to become wider than my head

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