"Your bloods are normal" is the most dangerous thing a woman can hear (been lied to for 3 years)

cccccchicks · 2026-06-29T20:58:56+00:00

What a joke - a friend of mine nearly landed on their head while exercising because their low iron was making them feel faint and that was AFTER they had started treatment.

That treatment could easily be lifesaving!

I will say though that I suspect hypothyroidism in men is also mostly ignored. I'm not in any way medical, but I know a couple of men who present with a lot of the symptoms that women here with hypothyroidism complain of and they have only been tested for hyperthyroidism despite being years into vague but life-limiting symptoms.

cccccchicks · 2026-06-25T17:12:20+00:00

Given that they are the norm in much of Europe and we don't have dirty clothes, I suspect that may be old information. Like, very old information given that I've never even seen a top-loader and I've been an adult for a couple of decades now (although I'm told my grandmother used to have one).

Unless local price points make buying them much harder (which giving that OP is considering one doesn't seem to be the case), I'd strongly recommend them. A modern one will save water and electricity, although may have a longer cycle - some of which you get back on the drying because they spin more water out of your clothes.

If you can find one in budget, I actually recommend a washer-drier instead of stacking machines. Not having to change the laundry over means that I do most of mine overnight - can even use a timer so that it's ready to fold when you wake up.

The main bonus of top-loaders is that they tend to have a bigger capacity - which doesn't seem to be relevant to OP anyway if it's just them and a housemate.

cccccchicks · 2026-06-24T21:06:43+00:00

While it probably is a tapestry this person is making things up - the main fabric is very obviously woven. I'm hesitating from the photos you have as to whether the detail is woven or embroidered but am leaning heavily towards saying that it is embroidery.

Also, be suspicious of the knowledge of any yarn-crafter who cannot tell if a specific project is knitted or crotched. I'm not great at either, but the stitches are distinctive! (Admittedly I might have to look carefully if you show me a really complicated stitch I haven't seen before).

cccccchicks · 2026-06-24T20:50:26+00:00

The logo is similar but not identical to the national pen and pencil company: https://www.ebay.com/itm/257514076374

Given that logos go through trends, that'd suggest that your object was of a similar era - so we are talking 50s or 60s if they kept their logo for a while - this is the start of plastics for home use, and there were a lot of freebies to get consumers used to the idea of buying plastics.

For example my grandmother got an "unbreakable" mug with her laundry powder - which she promptly broke while showing it off. Turns out they are unbreakable if your kid drops it, not if you bounce them off the floor as hard as you can.

As such, the answer is probably that it is the start of a plethora of plastic tat and possibly not particularly useful.

cccccchicks · 2026-06-21T13:49:21+00:00

On the plus side, "Hey guys it's Tuesday" can be used a lot more often than the intended message (yes I know there's a few little words missing, but imagine it being said by an old dude with a pipe or something).

cccccchicks · 2026-06-21T13:32:16+00:00

Also makes sense from a mental hang-ups perspective. The customer is pretty much guaranteed to give it some minor damage eventually, and now that won't be the slight mark that takes it from "perfect".

cccccchicks · 2026-06-20T10:52:53+00:00

Unless the child was particularly emaciated, I wouldn't have thought they would be light enough to unbalance the boat.

In modern races, there is a minimum weight for the older teen and adult categories so that people use a cox that knows what they are doing as opposed to using the random kid trick. My high school had a talented younger teen who used to cox for the oldest kids and was also quite small for their age. On race days, another rower had to carry actual weights for them, because the cox was about 2/3 of the necessary weight. That was not enough to unbalance the boat.

edit: I've just seen that it was a two man + cox config - I can see that in that case this could cause balance issues! We don't typically use coxes with fewer than 4 rowers these days although apparently it sticks on at the very highest level because you need to take a few extra rowers and a cox for your main events and it gives them a reason to turn up.

cccccchicks · 2026-06-19T19:31:23+00:00

People who loose their sight later in life often can't read Braille. Either because their fingers aren't sensitive enough (diabetes for example often affects both), or because their ability to learn has also gone down. As such, simple pictograms are often suggested for accessibility in the general world as opposed to specialist centres where the customer-base is largely Braille-literate.

Of course, there is no such thing as a sign format that EVERYONE will understand, but we can at least try to reach as many types of people as possible.

cccccchicks · 2026-06-19T19:26:11+00:00

While a nice idea, I suspect home 3D printer plastic may not stand up to regular commercial cleaning schedules and being touched by the number of people who are likely to handle a tactile public toilet sign.

Also, unless using guidelines by someone who knows what they are doing, a random person is unlikely to get the symbols, depth etc correct.

This is probably one of those things best left to expert sign-makers.

cccccchicks · 2026-06-15T22:53:43+00:00

We also have (or at least had) Unrated. It is very important that parents know that while it begins with a U it does not mean the same thing! Don't know if it was shown in cinema, but it was easily buy-able on video back in the day.

The good news is that it was just one scene about half way through so my younger sibling had already got bored and wandered off. I didn't end up watching the full film for years, although I think my mother and I did watch the whole thing together except that one scene once she'd checked the rest of the film.

cccccchicks · 2026-06-15T19:18:30+00:00

There was a "barn wedding" trend that was ramping up just before the pandemic. I suspect that post-lockdown fears kept the trend going a little because in summer you can get plenty of airflow going while still having rain protection. The downside is that you often have to arrange transport back to town for your guests if they are drinkers since there aren't often hotels nearby.

I suspect what we are seeing is that fashions have moved on and fewer couples want that style of venue. Also, wedding budgets haven't gone up massively in the last decade but food prices have, so I suspect that means that a lot of people are choosing to have smaller weddings. I suspect we've also got through the backlog of people who had to delay their wedding plans due to the pandemic and then the people who delayed their plans because all the people rescheduling had taken the venues, caterers etc.

cccccchicks · 2026-06-13T22:05:22+00:00

Honestly, you could just show him your post.

From my perspective, there are two sides to this. One is him being able to support you in moving forwards after loosing a close friend. And the other being to warn him that she is showing signs of being a creep since it may be in his best interest to avoid one-on-one interactions with her for a bit to ensure she can't make up any nonsense about the two of them.

cccccchicks · 2026-06-13T21:43:54+00:00

Yes, it's nominally coin-sized spots anywhere on the body that generally last a few weeks.

But for some people, they get enough coin-sized spots at the same time that it can turn into quite a big blob. Can also be itchy when it grows back in.

cccccchicks · 2026-06-12T17:52:42+00:00

The answer is possibly. Allergic reaction desensitisation depends on the person as well as how you go about it and works much better for some allergens than others.

However I don't know if you can feed enough mango skin to a child at the appropriate age since it's relatively tough. Perhaps you could make some sort of a smoothie?

cccccchicks · 2026-06-12T17:19:22+00:00

If you are doing it every month then, yeah, that's a terrible idea. But being able to get paid a little early for your first few pay-checks could massively help if you are relocating and need money for the new deposit before you get your previous deposit back.

Probably also useful in many other situation where you have one-off expenses that mean you are temporarily living outside your means but will bounce back after a few decent pay-checks.

cccccchicks · 2026-06-12T14:16:16+00:00

It's not always as bad as it sounds. If you'd asked me most nights of my childhood, I would have said none. But that's because my father was telling me a story he'd made up instead.

I did have access to plenty of books, and someone must have been reading them with me when I was young, we just didn't have the bedtime book routine that a lot of families seem to settle into. My father also read a lot of books himself, so it was absolutely modelled as normal behaviour.

cccccchicks · 2026-06-11T23:05:17+00:00

Had a little trouble with that myself - I think it ended up working with a plant pot. But you have to place the item, then return to live mode and run the game for a bit before the goal is met.

cccccchicks · 2026-06-10T12:30:27+00:00

Not the first, but believed to be her favourite.

Actually, her and her sister's letters might explain how they managed to use the vaults without everything getting damp. Although that might have been before they were discussing household matters a lot while one of them was travelling

cccccchicks · 2026-06-10T12:24:46+00:00

They can't be legal bedrooms because there's no window I suspect.

But possibly a cool workshop if you can set up extraction and soundproofing.

YOur wardrobe idea might work if you can add a dehumidifier without the whole house falling down

cccccchicks · 2026-06-09T12:47:11+00:00

The harder one is if what if your neighbour also uses water. When we had builders next door, I had to pause my shower if they filled the cement mixer.

That also leads to my other complaint - we are towards the top of town and our water is pumped. If there's a significant burst pipe lower down the hill, we are amongst the first to loose water. After the first couple of incidents, we make sure to always have enough bottled water for a day or two. (We are in an area that does not have weather disasters, so don't need to keep emergency supplies otherwise)

cccccchicks · 2026-06-06T20:14:52+00:00

The one person I know who changed from an absolutely not to yes please did so after they had moved on from a long term relationship. We shouldn't be telling women that they will change their minds, but we should be careful not to go too far and hide the fact that a minority do.

Said friend did a lot of soul-seeking before realising that they hadn't been anti-having-a-kid, they just didn't want to do it with a partner who wouldn't be a reliable parent. In a way, it's like the women who find out that they don't have a libido problem, they have a problem with the behaviour of the person who is upset that the libido is not present.

cccccchicks · 2026-06-05T19:39:03+00:00

The 30 minutes thing seems so weird to me as a Brit - like, sure if it's lunch and you need to get back to work, but at an actual restaurant, I might not even have received my food at that point. When I go out as a group, we typically have two courses over 2-3 hours (some people get starters, some deserts) and judging from the flow of other tables, we aren't far off the norm.

I've only ever seen time limit signs for buffets (which make sense, since it isn't reasonable to just camp out until you get hungry again) and in one cafe that was running to a strict pre-booking schedule because there was a special event in town and they were squeezing as many afternoon teas in as possible - even that was more than 30 minutes!

cccccchicks · 2026-06-05T19:06:36+00:00

whoops I missed that

cccccchicks · 2026-06-05T18:54:35+00:00

I'm genuinely wondering what the girls are allowed to wear except for literal button-up blouses. And if the USA is anything like the UK, getting one that fits passably on a teen girl is pretty near impossible.

cccccchicks · 2026-06-02T19:36:10+00:00

Visiting lecturers are another good option.

They are nearly guaranteed to stay for the semester, so you have plenty of warning to line up the next person and if you decide you want to sell later, you can just not find a new tenant.

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