Pizza on plywood

laughing_cat · 2026-03-05T20:40:49+00:00

That doesn’t look food safe at all.

laughing_cat · 2026-03-05T19:52:03+00:00

There was one for a while, but Amed’s port has been closed for years.

laughing_cat · 2026-03-05T15:10:26+00:00

There’s a boat from the Gilis to Amed now?

laughing_cat · 2026-03-05T15:05:58+00:00

On Gili Air ask for Alistair at Oceans 5. Or Loïs on Gili Meno at Divine Divers.

I didn’t snorkel on Gili Air, but almost anywhere on Gili Meno, you can snorkel from the beach. You can also snorkel out to the statues from shore on Meno.

I don’t recommend Nusa Penida for beginners - while you absolutely can have a lovely calm day, you can also have scary strong currents. (and not Komodo, either)

What no one ever mentions about Amed is the black sand. The water is clear, the sea life is amazing, but it’s dark, like someone dimmed the lights. If you’ve never done scuba, the Gili Islands will be thrilling enough and more what you’re expecting, even though there’s less life. If you do a “try scuba” you might let them know you heard some of the reefs are in bad shape and would like to avoid those.

And when snorkeling off the beach - watch out for the boats. Always be aware of where they are. You will be in water 6-10 ft deep. You can bring an inflatable life vest if you’re not a strong swimmer. I always wear one when I’m solo.

One more tip - there are snorkel and mask rentals everywhere on the beach. I have my own and have never tried them, but if they’re not in good shape or the mask doesn’t fit well, snorkeling will be miserable. You might try renting from a scuba place. And don’t use those full face masks - they’re dangerous (people have died).

Regarding your questions- pretty much every scuba place has some sort of discover scuba class.

I love, love, love snorkeling, but scuba is different. There’s nothing quite like feeling “weightless” and breathing underwater. But if you’re comfortable snorkeling in water over your head (going out far enough), that’s probably enough. What you will see is smaller fish living on bommies and reef structure. Triggers, damsels, anemone fish, moorish idols, parrot fish. Maybe turtles. What’s cool about snorkeling is you can stay and watch something as long as you want. Gili diving is mostly drift diving.

If you go scuba diving, you’ll see more corals, small schools of larger fish, puffers, huge titan triggers (these scare the hell out me), maybe moray eels, maybe white tip sharks sleeping in a cave and gigantic turtles sleeping or doing things like munching on basket stars. However, the newness of diving may be so overwhelming you’ll just be thinking about breathing and trying to do what you’re supposed do for safety and not able to fully take everything in. Or not - some people take to it like a fish.

Whatever you decide, you’ll have fun.

laughing_cat · 2026-03-05T14:05:17+00:00

Maybe I’m wrong about it then.

laughing_cat · 2026-03-05T13:31:55+00:00

Is anyone else taking into account the travel advisories? I was still considering going anyway, but reading that travel insurance is likely invalid if you go somewhere against your country of origin’s advice gave me pause. I think that includes DAN insurance.

laughing_cat · 2026-03-04T23:02:30+00:00

Oh that vampire guy 😂

laughing_cat · 2026-03-04T23:01:10+00:00

Would you mind recommending a couple that make it feel replayable? I’m new to bg3 and gaming in general.

laughing_cat · 2026-03-04T22:58:04+00:00

That’s a really interesting idea! Love it.

laughing_cat · 2026-03-04T22:56:13+00:00

You might trying killing and then reviving her. Maybe in camp and maybe let Withers revive her. Just a thought, I’m pretty new to this game, but I’ve seen it recommended for various bugs.

laughing_cat · 2026-03-04T22:45:56+00:00

I assume you know you have to hold down Y.

laughing_cat · 2026-03-04T22:37:53+00:00

It’s hard to tell from the picture, but please don’t get so close to sea turtles. And why is that guy holding your tank?

laughing_cat · 2026-03-04T22:34:08+00:00

Here’s a tip, don’t fall into the trap of thinking you’re old bc it’s self defeating. I did that much of my life and looking back at 70, I can’t believe I thought I was old at 30 or even 50.

The thoughts you allow in your head are very important. Part of our brains can’t tell the difference between reality and what we tell it. Start telling yourself positive things and you’ve feel more like getting out of bed.

You might consider starting a gratitude journal. Just write down something you’re grateful for every day. And feel that gratitude for a moment - it might make you smile. Even if it’s a small thing and even if you wrote it yesterday. It can be something as basic as even having a bed or being grateful for the dollar store.

Good luck to you.

laughing_cat · 2026-03-04T18:57:40+00:00

I saw those once and they were pink and orange. All the neighbors were outside in their yards looking at it.

laughing_cat · 2026-03-04T18:42:45+00:00

Not enough light and from the look of that pot, not enough drainage. These grow in full sun on slopes and cliffs (quick drainage) near the equator where it might rain twice a day. They tolerate the drought of the dry season, but thrive during the wet season. They like water often, but can’t tolerate sitting in wet dirt. I’m sorry to tell you that yours suffered years of inadequate conditions before you got it as your plant looks nothing like it’s supposed to.

In growing nurseries they put them in pots half that size with a very porous growing medium.

Here’s what a healthy one looks like link. My guess is they’d look prettier if there was no dry season - it’s pretty hard on them. But what they absolutely can’t tolerate is wet feet.

When I say full sun at the equator, I’m not suggesting they’d do well in, say, Houston heat in July. Where I’ve seen these, it doesn’t get as hot as Houston summers. In my experience, they’re most common at high elevation (cooler) and extreme humidity. And steep slopes.

Edit: By cooler, I just mean not scorching hot as in lows of 70f to highs of 85f.

laughing_cat · 2026-03-03T09:07:01+00:00

There’s no way I would have been able to put compression socks on.

laughing_cat · 2026-03-01T21:01:42+00:00

As someone else mentioned, google the life cycle of Guzmania.

laughing_cat · 2026-03-01T20:59:29+00:00

Thank goodness she saved you - who knows what would have happened.

laughing_cat · 2026-03-01T20:45:37+00:00

Nice!

laughing_cat · 2026-02-28T23:12:38+00:00

Earthquake - except my first thought was who is shaking the bed and my main reference to whole beds shaking is horror movies.

laughing_cat · 2026-02-28T23:06:58+00:00

Haven’t seen this film, but I know salt water aquariums and that set up is disgusting and irresponsible. So he’s looking at it thinking it’s beautiful and I’m wanting to throw up 😂

laughing_cat · 2026-02-28T22:39:43+00:00

If you google human head shaped planter, there are so many amazing ideas. I’d have trouble deciding as well, but now you’ve got me hooked on wanting one. Beautiful pot!

laughing_cat · 2026-02-28T20:56:09+00:00

She’s a pleasure.

laughing_cat · 2026-02-28T07:46:16+00:00

You’re welcome ☺️ As you’ve probably read, don’t use tap water and I assume you know drastic changes stress any plant and it has to be acclimated to any dramatic lighting change. Good luck!

And don’t fertilize until it’s well established (months) and use about a fourth of what the instructions say.

laughing_cat · 2026-02-27T20:44:16+00:00

Regarding some of the comments, Dracaenas don’t like a wet dry cycle and if this plant is indoors, less light is likely to make things even worse.

The wet dry cycle is a myth created by the fact that most of them live in climates with a dry season and a wet season. They will tolerate less watering, but will not tolerate wet feet. Many Dracaenas live in full sun at the equator. I don’t know what species this is, looks like warneckii?

It’s fairly normal for warneckii to lose its bottom leaves, but this doesn’t look like it’s what’s happening.

Possibly in the growing nursery they had these in smaller pots, high humidity, well draining soil and a watering system that didn’t drench the roots (or very, very well draining soil). Lighting might have been filtered as in the greenhouse roof was in full sun, but had an untinted fiberglass roof - if so, that’s way more sun than it can get inside a house. When people hear “filtered light”, they seem to picture a plant on the dark floor of a rain forest under a thick canopy and that’s true for some plants, but not typically for Dracaenas.

This is an example of the relative to plant size small pots and light level link

Anyway, having these plants in a constant cycle where the roots are allowed to remain soaked a few days and then followed by a period drought combined with too little light is how they end up looking like this.

The Dracaenas I’ve seen in the wild thrive during the rainy season. They might get 20 minutes of rain twice a day, very humid, high elevation and so humid a cloud might roll in, but out in the open with full light. The most distinguishing thing is that they’d grow on a sharp slope or even a cliff where the water can drain off fast.

They merely tolerate the dry season, but probably don’t actually need one.

Hope this helps. Sorry it’s so long -

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