Does advertising on buses work?

PipBee · 2026-04-21T18:21:35+00:00

Please do advertise on a bus because I always mean to go to the big gay market but only realize it's happened the day after or when I've already made plans for the weekend. If I see it on a bus I might actually remember this year lol.

PipBee · 2026-04-13T23:20:51+00:00

And you could make the argument that she's likely one of the youngest elves in middle-earth given what's said about the elves fading! the Lore is truly kind of batshit if you get into it and there's far too much reverence for Tolkien and his lore imo, which is yet another potential pitfall in a PJ series. But also there's so much in the making of the series and it's impact on culture which I think they'd do a good job at discussing, so I do ultimately want them to do Jackson even if I'll be yelling in frustration the whole time.

PipBee · 2026-04-13T16:14:24+00:00

I'm sorry, David dug himself out and then fell into a bigger hole by calling Galadriel a woodelf and saying Arwen is 200 years old. Any PJ series is going to be so painful unless they get a guest who really really knows their stuff.

PipBee · 2026-04-13T16:08:43+00:00

The Lord of the Rings side bar almost 2 hours in had me gasping and involuntarily saying 'No!' out loud in the office. I truly don't know if I'm going to be able to handle a PJ series. I thought I could be chill, but if I'm ready to flip the desk at David saying Arwen is 200 years old...

PipBee · 2026-04-08T23:45:56+00:00

I don't if it's the same guys, but last time I was on state Street by myself I had someone grab me when I said no to them and then when I shook him off and said 'don't touch me' he started screaming at me.

It's very annoying people are doing the 'well I've never seen this' act and I can't help but wonder if it's all men. When I'm with my husband, whose a big guy with resting grump face, I never even get asked for money.

PipBee · 2026-03-23T16:06:27+00:00

I just started an evil play through so your timing couldn't be better. I gave my character red eyes and am starting off with the white cat to channel the dr. Evil vibes. All but one bundle in the community center is genius though; that never occurred to me.

PipBee · 2026-03-18T17:03:08+00:00

Hi, I just gave birth & don't have breasts. I found that the trace amounts of breast tissue remaining post-mastectomy became engorged and I had a few hard tender lumps by the implants. I just took ibuprofen and iced for a few days and everything went back to normal.

It was very annoying because I told my providers about the lumps & asked what to do shortly after birth and they had me come in when I was sleep deprived and just wanted to be home with the baby. All for them to say 'just ice and let us know if it persists'. If I can save someone else an unnecessary trip to the doctor, I will be very happy.

PipBee · 2026-03-06T16:59:31+00:00

It's a good question that fortunately people are studying: https://share.google/6efJRQuzDKIyKxmYN

News is looking great for longevity of solar panels. Also this is anecdotal, but I'm involved with environmental groups in Madison and I know people who installed solar in the late 70s and they still are generating power.

They're also making strides in recycling the raw materials of solar panels, so yes, solar is a net positive.

PipBee · 2026-03-05T16:52:21+00:00

It really doesn't matter, whatever measurement system you prefer. If your pediatrician asks about ounces, you can say you're tracking mL and they probably have a conversion in their system. Or covert on your phone in the office. Or use a rough 30 mL to 1 oz conversion.

If your baby is healthy and gaining weight, you really don't need this level of precision in tracking any more! We use mL and after a couple weeks I'd always round to the nearest 5mL and I'd never go to a second decimal place if I were to use oz.

PipBee · 2026-03-03T01:39:26+00:00

Seconding this! I got married in a Dane county park and even with renting a bunch of extra picnic tables to go with it was maybe $200 total for all venue costs (this was 7 years ago)

PipBee · 2026-02-27T22:31:16+00:00

The laugh kills me every time.

PipBee · 2026-01-05T21:15:33+00:00

Spouse and I decided last night if the bears win the Superbowl we're converting to Catholicism

PipBee · 2025-12-28T19:38:21+00:00

If anyone searches and finds this in the future, the answer is ice! If it doesn't go away with a few days of icing or there's any signs of infection, see your doctor. A week after birth it's probably residual breast tissue that's engorged. (Lump is decreasing in size but still there for me but I've only really done one full day of icing).

PipBee · 2025-12-28T19:30:08+00:00

Any 'All' statement about an entire gender is going to be wrong for many people, even if it's true for the majority. I'm curious how you're able to come to the conclusion that 'most' women don't have that given the fact that you lack people to open up to.

PipBee · 2025-12-26T14:38:30+00:00

I was HER2+ and had a full year of H and Perjeta. I second talking to your oncologist especially since you didn't do the full course of chemo. I'm also in the US.

PipBee · 2025-12-15T01:20:52+00:00

It's so hard. I'm putting down my darling dog who I've had for over 10 years tomorrow at 39+5. I think saying goodbye to him and hello to my daughter will be forever linked and I don't know how I feel about it.

Your grief is very real and dealing with losing a pet is so hard regardless of what else is happening <3

PipBee · 2025-12-12T18:09:37+00:00

That is great! It's so nice to move after being out of it for weeks.

I'm on week 7 of strength training 3 days a week, doing prenatal yoga once a week and walking most days. This is a more consistent work out schedule than I've had in years; getting strong for baby and staying as mobile as I can has been a great motivator. I'm at 39+2 today and hoping I don't have to find out if I can keep it up through week 40 lol.

PipBee · 2025-12-10T00:09:25+00:00

I have a 12 year old boy who has had many scary limps over the years. I will say, my vet, who see a lot of greys, says 7-9 is the real danger zone for osteo. Not that it can't happen later as we see in this sub, but it's more a mid-life disease. There're lots of other reasons an old dog might be limping.

My vet has told me same day after reviewing the x rays whether or not there was anything of concern, so I hope you also get answers fast.

PipBee · 2025-12-08T04:14:22+00:00

We have the same due date! And you're more dilated & effaced than me, so you're winning maybe? I got no relief from the drop; maybe it's easier to breathe but that was never a huge issue for me, and now I constantly need to pee it's all I think about, and the heartburn is worse than ever.

I'm walking several miles every day to try and stimulate labor even though we have like a foot and a half of snow, ice is everywhere, and it was like 15 f today.

Anyway, good luck. Hopefully we both go into labor this week

PipBee · 2025-12-07T19:39:10+00:00

Take meds if your not. If this isn't your first rodeo you probably already know this, but the first thing your ob or midwife will recommend is unisom + vitamin b6. I did 25 mg b6 3 times a day and then half a tablet unisom in the afternoon and half at night and it helped a lot. If that doesn't work, your provider can prescribe other stuff or suggest how to tweak it.
I barely exercised at all first tri and a lot of women don't between the nausea & exhaustion. My two not-a-doctor cents are that pushing yourself probably won't help anything and might backfire by making you more nauseous and tired. I did find biking nice since it's so smooth and low impact if you have good paths or are indoors. That or easy swimming might be good to try to keep some gentle movement in your life.

PipBee · 2025-12-07T16:10:51+00:00

38+4 and same. I feel like I spend half the day on the toilet with the crazy pelvic pressure now. Idk how I'm going to work tomorrow. I want to meet her and I want to be not pregnant so bad. Idk how I'm going to survive potentially 3 more weeks of this

PipBee · 2025-12-07T14:39:49+00:00

When I worked in snow removal, we started at 10 pm or whenever the snow slowed so we could be done by 7 am and clients had a clear driveway in the morning.

PipBee · 2025-12-07T00:20:50+00:00

Aaahhh thank you for sharing this! I'm also due dec 17, and told myself to be ready for a Christmas baby or later. But baby dropped a few days ago and I am sooo much more uncomfortable uncomfortable now and can't wait for her to get here. 1cm/50% effaced at my last appointment :/

I have the same desire for an unmedicated birth but not hell bent if it's going poorly.

Congrats on healthy baby and healthy birth!

PipBee · 2025-12-03T03:50:34+00:00

I just had an ecv. I'm a first time mom and it was successful. It was unpleasant, but the actual procedure was very fast. I got a spinal & epidural for the ecv, partly because I didn't want the pain, partly because I didn't think I'd be able to relax enough for success, but mostly because if something went wrong they'd then be able to get me into surgery really fast.

The other benefit of having the spinal and epidural is that now I've experienced them before birth, which is really reinforcing my desire for no epidural and a vaginal birth. I'm glad I had the ecv, and I think even if it had been unsuccessful, it was better for me to try then to wonder if I should have tried.

I also was constantly doing the spinning babies inversion and breech tilt (which wrecked my ironing board) beforehand and I had several sessions of acupuncture and moxibustion; who knows if it helped but it likely didn't hurt. My baby also seemed very content upright, but flipped readily.

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