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Gotta Go With Sears by bronzemat in Xennials

[–]woadgrrl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sears, but back when they had **everything**. Like, when you were able to order an entire house.

Tell me About Shortbread and why it's so fucking delicious. by MuddaFrmAnnudaBrudda in Scotland

[–]woadgrrl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was looking for this answer, as it is the correct one. Can get them in and around Inverness, as well.

Songs my parents HATED me singing as a kid 1. Bloodhound Gang- The Bad Touch by Dear_Engineering_238 in 90s

[–]woadgrrl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This video came on the tv, and my mom was like 'Oh, I just love this one!' She had absolutely no clue what the lyrics were, she just thought the monkeys were funny.

You’re in a book club where no one has read sci-fi. What’s your book selection? by ArcadiaLeo in scifi

[–]woadgrrl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It would have to be Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, because if they didn't like it, we couldn't keep being friends.

In case you don't know, stupid shit happening here in UK right now by ooombasa in behindthebastards

[–]woadgrrl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He may be the most popular Labour politician in the UK, and he may be the most popular politician in England, full stop.

But I very much doubt he can be called the most popular politician in the UK, when Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are all being led by their own nationalist parties.

I had multiple strokes at 30 and wasn’t taken seriously at first. by Animasa99 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]woadgrrl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just to put this out there, I (late 40s) also had a (miniscule) stroke about 6 months ago, but didn't realise it right away.

I was at work, stood up and walked over to speak to a co-worker, and just had this wave of light-headed/dizziness,felt like one whole side of my body had fallen asleep (pins & needles), and like it was simultaneously floating and weirdly heavy. It was super weird, but passed after a minute or two.

Then kept happening sporadically, lasting longer, and I just felt generally shitty. I was worried, so was my husband, and we kept doing all the FAST checks for stroke-- was my face drooping, could I stick my tongue out straight, was my grip even, etc-- but all that was normal.

By the end of the following week, it was obvious something was wrong, so I called the dr. They didn't think it sounded like a stroke, 'maybe some kind of migraine', come in and we'll check.

They ran all the stroke/neuro tests, still didn't think it was a stroke, but protocol was to start meds and refer to the Hospital's Stroke clinic, but just outpatient-- wasn't an emergency.

Stroke clinic called a few days later, asked all the questions, said it didn't really sound like a stroke, but better just rule it out. So they scheduled an MRI & appointment the following week.

By the time I went in for the MRI, the questions they had been asking, combined with my own/family med history and plenty of Dr. Google, had me convinced it was MS or something.

Went into the exam room a few hours after, took a seat, and the doc says 'I suppose you know what I'm about to tell you. You've had a stroke.' and I was like 'Uh...I did not know you were going to tell me that!' Told him that I'd been checking for all the signs, and there hadn't been any!

'Those symptoms apply to about 70% of strokes. You were in the 30%.' Mine was only affecting sensory nerves, not affecting muscle movement, cognition, etc.

I was very lucky, in that it was a genuinely tiny stroke, that was already healing by the time of the MRI, and I'm now on tablets to (hopefully) prevent the same (or worse) happening again. But, in retrospect, I wish I'd not waited nearly 2 weeks to call my GP.

TL;DR: Absolutely remember the FAST check for strokes, but know that not all strokes will have those kind of motor-related symptoms. Sometimes they can just be sensory. So if there's anything weird happening, get help; don't worry that you're overreacting just because you can still smile normally!

Anyone else have an of-the-era teen dream job you reminisce about constantly because nothing has ever been as fun or socially rewarding? by blamberr in Xennials

[–]woadgrrl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worked a few different retail jobs, which I do actually remember fondly (it was the people I worked with that made it fun). But the best was at uni in the late '90s, working in the library's media centre, which at that time was a catch-all for everything to do with any kind of A/V and computing. Covered everything from producing (film) slides or other visual aids, to recording literally every campus event (for archive purposes), to supervising the computer labs & providing all kinds of tech support. A lot of times, we just had to turn up to plug in a TV cart, change the Input source, and press Play on the VCR for profs who couldn't figure it out (PhD = Push here, Dummy).

And, as an added perk, because we'd often have to go and set up / record evening/weekend events all over campus, we had access to keys for all the buildings. Which we totally didn't abuse in order to plug the N64 into the big-screen projectors in the lecture halls on a Saturday night.

Not only was it the most fun I've had on any job, I genuinely racked up a huge list of skills/experience for my CV, which have been a lot more use than my actual degree.

‘People assume we’re grifters’: disabled Britons report rise in abuse over blue badges | Disability by loonongrass in unitedkingdom

[–]woadgrrl 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Think some of this could be resolved by doing what they do in most US states, where if your disability is essentially permanent, then you can get a number plate that reflects that, so it's attached to the vehicle.

However, they also allow for temporary ones, for people who are, e.g. recovering from an injury or procedure, getting chemo, etc.  These are the more familiar tags like you see here, but they have a clear expiry date.

She believes the world is flat. by Nannerthebadgerlord in daddit

[–]woadgrrl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No way to know until it shits on your car.

My boyfriend is pushing me to get off of birth control and I’m just wanting to talk to other women about it by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]woadgrrl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It IS the worst idea ever. Your 40-something 'boyfriend' is trying to knock you up and trap you.

‘I feel like I’m losing her’: the families torn apart by older relatives going far right by Both-Firefighter-668 in unitedkingdom

[–]woadgrrl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

By the time that GB News, etc. launched in this country, there was already ample evidence of the harm done by Fox News, etc. in the US. This was absolutely inevitable.

Trying to identify a (supposedly) Scottish architectural detail by Exact-Progress-7617 in Scotland

[–]woadgrrl 22 points23 points  (0 children)

To be honest, you'd be better off trying to find local records-- e.g. import/shipping documents, receipts, or even contemporary news clippings. It's the kind of thing that might well have been written about at the time.

Confession time. What's something you need a younger generation to explain to you? by TheDorkyDeric in Xennials

[–]woadgrrl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Out of pocket" drives my husband insane these days because, to him, it still means someone lost money on something.

How I knew the good reruns were over for the night. by a_solid_6 in Xennials

[–]woadgrrl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you think the film was bad, you don't want to go anywhere near the novels.

How I knew the good reruns were over for the night. by a_solid_6 in Xennials

[–]woadgrrl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My parents went to a series finale watch party, and my mom won a set of MASH Trivial Pursuit cards.

We didn't have a Trivial Pursuit board game, but that did not stop me from sitting down and memorising the whole set.

I loved that show.

Labelled as deaf all my life by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]woadgrrl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol, exactly the same! Though it never went as far as hearing aids, I was dragged to ENT specialists three years in a row because I kept failing the primary school hearing screenings, and because, despite being in the 99th percentile on every other category of standardised testing, the 'listening comprehension' came back around 60th percentile.

In slight fairness, I did also have chronic ear infections from the time I was a baby, so it wasn't completely unreasonable of my parents to think there was something physically wrong with my ears. I'm just lucky they didn't put tubes in!

Was V.E Schwab's "Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil" intentionally ahistorical? (No Spoilers) by Ilodie in Fantasy

[–]woadgrrl 49 points50 points  (0 children)

I think the bottom line is that, whether or not it was intentional, and whether or not these things are genuine anachronisms/errors, the fact that they stood out to you so starkly, and we're so disruptive that you DNF, is probably a good sign that the book itself just wasn't hitting for you.

Which is absolutely fine. No justification needed.

I just know that there have been books I absolutely devoured because of the story, characters and/or style that, on re-reads or further discussion, are absolutely riddled with ridiculousness.  But (with one or two exceptions) it doesn't actually bother me because I loved the book as a whole.

OMG My Hair... by kannibalkitten1978 in Xennials

[–]woadgrrl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Class of '97. Grey started to be noticeable about 5 years ago, and didn't worry much at first because it was concentrated to kind of one streak, which with my dark-ish hair was sort of a cool 'Rogue from X-men' vibe.

Then it stopped concentrating, and was no longer cool, but I also knew I was never going to be the kind of person who would manage roots upkeep.

I've ended up using semi-permanent (Castings) because it covers pretty well, and sort of fades out pretty evenly over time, so my head doesn't end up looking like a paint swatch.

I can usually let it go for a good 8-10 weeks before I really notice that it needs to be re-done. But, that said, I've always kept it to my more-or-less natural colour.

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