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Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Laura - Oct 22, 2018 3:18:05 am PDT #977 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

I would eat zucchini waffles, but only if someone else made them.

Kitty! I need a kitty. Now that I am back in Florida I should make that happen.

Calli, that sounds wonderful. Yay travel and meeting family.

I'm text banking for a candidate in MS tonight.

Oh, I could do that. I've received a number of texts and they don't bug me the way phone calls do. Although I am polite and supportive to the phone people too. I am cautiously optimistic that the huge GOTV efforts are paying off.

Awesome, Teppy! I love old cemeteries, and small hidden ones are the best. Let us know if you find out more info.

You deserve time to relax, and you deserve kindness, and you deserve suppoort.

And appreciation! DH works non-stop on home and business projects. I try and let him know how much he is appreciated and that I know how hard he works. He thinks I work harder than him and makes me feel appreciated, but he works more than me by a long shot! But the long rambling point here is we recognize and appreciate each other and would NEVER pressure each other or get angry with each other over chores.

Two tales from the road trip after I have some tea, since there is no coffee in my house.


Jesse - Oct 22, 2018 4:10:11 am PDT #978 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I continue to be excited that my fancy thermostat actually works! And the app part is kind of amazing. I had the full auto settings in play for the first time today, and it was all too hot, so I just used my phone to adjust it for tomorrow!


Laura - Oct 22, 2018 4:28:41 am PDT #979 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

What kind is it, Jesse. I know Brendon got a new one but it isn't installed yet. He was saying something about motion detection and it adjusting when we weren't moving around or some such.


Jesse - Oct 22, 2018 4:55:42 am PDT #980 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

This is LUX, and I got it because it was no more than $20 (I forget exactly) thanks to an offer from my power company. It wanted to do an automatic thing when I'm a certain distance away, but I declined the offer to have one more company tracking my location!


Steph L. - Oct 22, 2018 4:57:05 am PDT #981 of 30019
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

We put in a programmable thermostat 10 years ago, and at the time, it felt totally cutting edge, because we could program it to turn the heat down before bedtime and down while we were at work, and then turn it back up 20 minutes before we got home. Magic! But we can't control it with an app (it predates the thermostats that work with apps), and I kind of want that. Except -- since I work from home, the thermostat stays the same all day until bedtime, so there's no point in swapping it out.


Laura - Oct 22, 2018 5:24:05 am PDT #982 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

It runs with an app, but I can't really let it be too warm in here when I'm not home because of the dog.


Jessica - Oct 22, 2018 5:34:13 am PDT #983 of 30019
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I had the full auto settings in play for the first time today, and it was all too hot, so I just used my phone to adjust it for tomorrow!

I love this about my Nest!


-t - Oct 22, 2018 6:39:49 am PDT #984 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Woohoo successful thermostat installation!

I am having a problem with my brain being missing today. Maybe more coffee will help.


Jesse - Oct 22, 2018 6:54:42 am PDT #985 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

We put in a programmable thermostat 10 years ago, and at the time, it felt totally cutting edge, because we could program it to turn the heat down before bedtime and down while we were at work, and then turn it back up 20 minutes before we got home.

Yeah, until now I've just had a dial on the wall, so who knows what I was even setting it for!


meara - Oct 22, 2018 8:08:38 am PDT #986 of 30019

I wish I could have fancy thermostat adjusting but I have weird heating. Though actually I think my friend I'm staying with right now has a fancy thermostat...though I'm not sure the heat is actually connected to the room I'm staying in (luckily I like to sleep cold?)

I'm deep diving into some blogs and journal articles to figure out if I should still be on opioids—am I a wimp or am I trying too hard to tough it out? I have no idea!! I am down to about 4 pills a day but yesterday tried to go to theee and that felt like a mistake (ow). But that also means I will run out just before my appointment. Fortuitous timing, or will they refuse a refill? No idea.

But in reading articles, one noted that most places in the world prescribe a lot less opioids. And did a study and said part of the opioid use was associated with state of mind—people who were having panicked thoughts and catastrophic thinking were likely to use more opioids. Which...I wanted to say "well SURE the people in the Netherlands had less panic, they have universal healthcare and probably a lot more support post-op in terms of therapy and assistance. Here people are worrying about losing their job and running out of money and hospital bills!!"