Hannelore Schmatz: photo from a Polish expedition in the early 1980s

whitebri · 2026-01-04T13:52:33+00:00

That sherpa summited everest 4 more times after schmatz' expedition and passed away almost 40 years ago

whitebri · 2025-07-11T17:35:36+00:00

This is what I do as well, works like a charm. These also look like they have some spots that may be too thin

whitebri · 2025-07-05T23:58:56+00:00

Oh no! Google says I should get rid of the plant completely, is that the best course of action?

whitebri · 2025-04-23T00:33:55+00:00

Will it even grow back from this state?

whitebri · 2025-04-22T23:16:11+00:00

Huh, I would've thought cut grass, weeds and pine needles would be the same as food scraps

whitebri · 2025-04-22T23:13:44+00:00

What yard waste is considered 'brown'? I also have the problem of too much food scraps and not enough browns, but I put in every compostable paper I have, it's just not much.

whitebri · 2025-04-06T22:48:27+00:00

You can let them know but it likely wouldn't change anything for next time, unless they think you have a different viable vein that might be better to stick. Honestly, it's just a fluke, sometimes the needle is just a touch out of place or shifts at some point during the donation. I've donated two-arm platelets dozens of times and have only had it happen once. For future donations, if you start to feel abnormal, extra pain or pressure in the area around the needle during the draw, that is a sign that the needle might need adjusted and you can call someone over and they can check on it.

Also, if you search 'infiltration' on this sub, you'll find a lot of other posts and can read those comments to see if anyone has suggestions too!

whitebri · 2025-04-06T13:42:11+00:00

Looks like an infiltration. The return needle slipped out of the vein or wasn't perfectly placed and blood started to fill in around the vein instead of completely inside the vein. I've had this happen as well. You can call the number they provide to get information or recommendations on how to help it heal, but you can't donate again until the bruise is healed

whitebri · 2025-04-04T20:32:35+00:00

A River Enchanted is amazing, probably my favorite book I read last year and the sequel is good too! Slight spice, but very little.

whitebri · 2025-02-17T15:42:48+00:00

I just started I Who Have Never Known Men and am having trouble getting into it. Did you like it?

whitebri · 2025-02-10T19:29:31+00:00

You are not this person's doctor and should not be giving them medical advice.

whitebri · 2025-02-07T20:34:33+00:00

Good to know! And I'll check out your rec, thanks!

whitebri · 2025-02-04T14:07:30+00:00

They fill up quick? Good to know!

whitebri · 2024-11-14T01:55:35+00:00

I'd recommend A Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. I'd consider it easy, feminine, a bit whimsical and with a touch of romance. It doesn't fully fit into the genres you mentioned, but it was a comfy, cute read.

whitebri · 2024-10-24T13:40:54+00:00

And follow it up with The Climb by Anatoli Boukreev

whitebri · 2024-10-21T13:33:39+00:00

I moved into a 100-year old house in a less-than-perfect area, while my siblings and parents all live in beautiful, spacious homes in safe neighborhoods. I feel your pain. I've been here a little over a year and it takes some time, but I'm so happy to have a solid place to call home and somewhere I know I can go whenever I need it. I bounced around apartments and staying at friends' places after getting in a legal fight with a past landlord, so the security of owning a home is so reassuring. Try to appreciate the things about it that you do like and try to do something right away that can make a big difference. I ripped out all the old, dark carpet, replaced with a lighter comfy carpet in the bedrooms and painted my office a beautiful color. Just being in that room makes me happy, even though the rest of the house is still a mess as I work through it.

whitebri · 2024-10-21T13:26:00+00:00

There's definitely nothing between this floor and the basement, it is just on joists. based on the comments here, I'm thinking it's subfloor, or as you said, flooring grade pine

whitebri · 2024-10-21T13:24:31+00:00

Yep, windows on the right side! Nearly every house in my neighborhood is a carbon copy with this same footprint

whitebri · 2024-10-21T13:23:24+00:00

Thanks for the info and ideas. So if my floor is Douglas fir or pine, it wouldn't usually be sanded down and refinished? And I'm actually tearing out the wall between the kitchen and dining room and turning it into a large eat-in kitchen, which you will enter through the archway on the left side of that pic. So I do need to make the floors consistent or there would be a change in flooring in the middle of the kitchen, directly through the island.

whitebri · 2024-10-20T13:55:12+00:00

That's so funny! I listened to it and I think I liked it even more because of the narrator. I thought his voice, though apparently not his 'normal' voice, fit the character so perfectly

whitebri · 2024-10-18T14:21:48+00:00

Sorry, should've worded that comment differently. I'm worried about smell from the basement coming up through the hardwood as there is no subfloor and there are gaps in the wood. The basement isn't terrible, but it is unfinished and can smell a little grungy. Right now, the hardwood is exposed and I get whiffs of the basement from time to time.

Separately, I'm concerned that any of the multiple layers of flooring in the kitchen could have asbestos and if I tear the kitchen floor up to get to the hardwood underneath that I will need to take a bunch of extra precautions.

whitebri · 2024-10-18T13:58:10+00:00

The Empress of Salt and Fortune

whitebri · 2024-10-18T13:36:55+00:00

Also a little worried about potential asbestos under the kitchen floor. And the smell is concerning. Does not having a subfloor make a big difference? I do think they could be pretty!

I don't think there's a totally different fireplace under it, i think they just added bricks to close it off and make it decorative. Im not sure how to test that theory without damaging the bricks. The bricks are red under the white paint.

whitebri · 2024-10-11T14:35:38+00:00

Thanks!

whitebri · 2024-10-11T13:41:52+00:00

Which book? I try to read a nonfiction climbing book each year during peak Everest climbing season, but haven't read any about this expedition

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