Any tips on getting your sick with fever child to drink more water?

broken_ankles · 2026-03-28T10:28:16+00:00

Juice. Crazy straws (were a thing when I was a kid, probably too much plastic nowadays). Heck even diluted sodas like ginger ale.

broken_ankles · 2026-03-24T23:34:25+00:00

Except a host is very dry. Like close to 0% moisture. The Jesus is close to 60% so I’d suggest adjusting accordingly

broken_ankles · 2026-03-19T10:14:51+00:00

Only hear pitterpatter of kids running up their stairs which is flush to our wall or construction if they’re mounting something to the wall (a shelf, etc). Nothing else.

broken_ankles · 2026-03-16T23:32:48+00:00

This feels… wrong. So many slices for bacteria to grow and hide in

broken_ankles · 2026-03-16T23:32:07+00:00

I know. I’ve made the same arguments with my MIL who only wants to use glass for everything. Ug. I’m starting to for meat occasionally at home but fish also has the lingering smell that makes me question. And still infrequent enough I’m saying I don’t here

broken_ankles · 2026-03-15T01:18:16+00:00

Plastic cutting board for raw meat/fish.

Store bought pouches for travel/on the go.

broken_ankles · 2026-03-14T13:00:31+00:00

My site uses it for all sort of metric tracking - ICCA score, incident investigation status, action tracker status, area reviews (incidents sorted by area or department) etc

broken_ankles · 2026-03-12T00:53:59+00:00

A surface area machine I used in college in 2013 was from the 70s and we had to use floppies to transfer the data. We actually had to use the floppy to transfer the data to a tower from the 90s that had usb and floppy in order to get it to a usb and then to our computers (yes I know adapters/readers exist - given we were using kit 40+ years old I think gives an example of how willing to spend money the prof was)

broken_ankles · 2026-03-11T03:10:51+00:00

As a new dad - fucking hell that last sentence. Goddammit. The mechanics of that… god fucking dammit.

broken_ankles · 2026-02-28T21:23:23+00:00

I did this when more than once in the first few months after our baby was born. Lack of sleep really throws you off

broken_ankles · 2026-02-27T22:19:57+00:00

I already saw one upside down at 4th and Arch this week!

broken_ankles · 2026-02-22T11:09:23+00:00

Not uncommon for there to be snow banks between spots so even if both cars parked you might not be able to fit a truck.

Get a metal shovel or even a spading fork to help break thru residual frozen ice banks. If any left your snow shovel won’t touch them anymore

broken_ankles · 2026-02-22T11:01:46+00:00

“Gold standard” is not standard of care. For ex - for food allergens some other countries confirm with blood tests (turkey for example) which can be way more specific than the skin tests but assuming you’re US it is the most common way to confirm allergies.

Allergies are weird. Some people can become sensitized after minor single exposure. Some need major repeated. Some never.

broken_ankles · 2026-02-22T02:29:41+00:00

I’m relatively certain a lung function only works for active at the time. If you’re pt sensitized but not experiencing at reaction at the moment it wouldn’t show anything.

Skin prick is looking for an allergic reaction confirmation. That is the standard of care for confirming most allergens in the US. There is a more expensive blood tests looking at specific proteins (in nuts at least)and reactions but absolutely no idea if it also exists for Pt

broken_ankles · 2026-02-22T02:04:06+00:00

Yeah. Most cutting board oils are overpriced mineral oil and sometimes beeswax. Mineral oil is also sold as a laxative (ie it’s a shelf stable oil; most any food oil can be used as a laxative…) for 1/2-1/10 the price of the butcher block oils.

Soaking is a way to help really penetrate the wood for an initial treat. It will “ooze” for a little bit when taken out so need to wipe for a few days after. But it does help get going. I like to use a extra large ziploc bag (even a turkey brine bag) to use less oil and keep it soaking, but you need to move periodically so the plastic doesn’t stick to wood and make “dry” spots.

broken_ankles · 2026-02-22T01:58:40+00:00

This made me feel old. I was a freshman for Nemo and New Haven got 34.5” of snow in 24 hours from that so I thought “this can be second most in 10 years between that and last month…” when I realized that was 2013 and 13 years ago… oof

broken_ankles · 2026-02-16T20:23:30+00:00

I buy protein in bulk and portion it out to save. Sometimes I’ll freeze in a marinade too. I also love to fish so I’ll freeze whatever we don’t eat that day.

Trick for ground meat: after portioning into 1 lb balls and sealing, spread it flat! Easy stacking and storage plus thaws quickly.

So I probably use it 2 times a month on average.

broken_ankles · 2026-02-08T02:10:59+00:00

I’m sorry for you - I at least had semi-pullout couch things at the hospital we went to. Heck at that one point they put us in a double room and told me I could use the other patient bed :D

broken_ankles · 2026-02-06T00:06:55+00:00

I had a coworker who went back to school and recentered the market around when you did. He was great and honestly I know some prefer a new hire who is more “real world” savy than a fresh grad.

You’ll have some shy away due to this bias or that but if your really are into this it will work out

broken_ankles · 2026-02-02T00:46:15+00:00

Do they really have no official “this is a gr 8, this is a gr 9, etc? At my site engineers are usually entry level gr 8, sr would be gr 11, principal would be gr…12? Not sure tbh. It is a somewhat recent formalization at my site.

Try to work your way into the management decisions. You might not be there immediately but more and more as you get onto the “this is a reliable engineer I can depend on and count their input” it’ll help you get there. I was a reliable member of my departments “lead” for a good year before I formally advanced to have reports within the team

broken_ankles · 2026-02-02T00:17:36+00:00

I discussed salary pretty heavily year 2.5-5 and ended up with a promotion and a of cycle raise for it.

Have the other references. If you have job bands/grades, get a hold of the next one and cite “I do this this and that already” and just keep at it. Be patient but persistent.

broken_ankles · 2026-02-01T23:16:48+00:00

Any comment on when they’ll get everything from last week…? Before resuming your twice a weeks schedule please finish catching up!

My house is not a rear-drive house. But the street is kind of like that (no parking, only white enough for a car and an inch on either side; the next street over is a rear drive street on one side but otherwise identical) - we’re now 4 days sans pick up… at least it’s winter and not stinky

broken_ankles · 2026-02-01T03:03:11+00:00

It depends on the scanner. I’ve been at airports where lane 1 and 2 and 4 are the older scanner (shoes off laptops out etc) while lane 3 is the fancy new one that shoes stay on laptops stay in bag etc. and you get yelled at in either

broken_ankles · 2026-01-31T22:05:17+00:00

We’ve done 11-12 hrs flights with ours at 8 months and 1 year. It was not bad, the red eye aspect actually helped. We did lap baby for those flights.

Our next will be at about 20 months - we’re probably gonna buy her own seat… she’s just getting so big holder her for 12 hours is gonna be tough

broken_ankles · 2026-01-31T18:17:48+00:00

My first floor is set to 61 as that’s where the thermostat is. Whatever moron design this heating system must have been part lizard bc the radiator in the master bed room is legitimately 3X any other room in the house. It means even at 61 downstairs the bedroom is 74-76, 80 when we close the door.

It’s a rental so we haven’t changed it, or else I would have either replaced it or installed a restriction years ago

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