Sneakeater Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 I don’t want to boast (TRANS: I want to boast) but my smoked haddock was SO FUCKING GOOD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Can you airlift some here? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 What you need me to airlift you isn't some smoked haddock, but an Ibushi Gin Donabe so you can smoke your own! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 32 minutes ago, Sneakeater said: What you need me to airlift you isn't some smoked haddock, but an Ibushi Gin Donabe so you can smoke your own! The cheaper one works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 That shoulder impingement got worse. Started weekly physio. It's still far short of severly painful. Just hurts enough to be annoying. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voyager Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 24/7 “annoying pain” can be very debilitating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) Managed to tear two items of clothing in two successive days: a pair of pants at the knee, when I fell in the BART station (they were on the way out anyway), and the lining around the sleeve of my winter coat as I stretched to close a window on the F streetcar. Edited February 7 by StephanieL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloviatrix Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 (edited) The Upper West Side was an absolute clusterfuck this afternoon because the president was in the neighborhood. And the kid's school was in the frozen zone so doing pick up to get him to hockey was a nightmare. I'm utterly spent after the ordeal. (I will note that there was a very nice cop who let me through the barricades when I explained I was doing school pick up) Edited February 7 by bloviatrix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 5 hours ago, voyager said: 24/7 “annoying pain” can be very debilitating. Right, it’s just knowing every morning is going to be miserable until I get up and start moving. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 4 hours ago, bloviatrix said: The Upper West Side was an absolute clusterfuck this afternoon because the president was in the neighborhood. And the kid's school was in the frozen zone so doing pick up to get him to hockey was a nightmare. I'm utterly spent after the ordeal. (I will note that there was a very nice cop who let me through the barricades when I explained I was doing school pick up) I was reminiscing with the New York Society Library events organizer on Monday night about the miserable disruption of last year’s Book Awards because Pres had an event around the corner at the Met. And of course there’s no advance notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maison rustique Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 15 hours ago, StephanieL said: Managed to tear two items of clothing in two successive days: a pair of pants at the knee, when I fell in the BART station (they were on the way out anyway), and the lining around the sleeve of my winter coat as I stretched to close a window on the F streetcar. I hope you didn't tear your knee!! Not sure what it is with coat lining anymore, but I find it tears too easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloviatrix Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 11 hours ago, Wilfrid said: I was reminiscing with the New York Society Library events organizer on Monday night about the miserable disruption of last year’s Book Awards because Pres had an event around the corner at the Met. And of course there’s no advance notice. I actually knew about it - because the school was in the frozen zone they sent out numerous emails and texts as early as Monday and we planned our route accordingly. But they neglected to say that Broadway would be closed too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 7 hours ago, maison rustique said: I hope you didn't tear your knee!! Not sure what it is with coat lining anymore, but I find it tears too easily. Sadly, I did. Fortunately, the station clerk had a Band-Aid and I had hand sanitizer--that was enough to do the job until I got to the office and its well-stocked first aid cabinet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 I went to physiotherapy this afternoon and it was chilly and subway there and back. I had planned to go to the library later because I am ready for new books, but it was colder and would have been more subway. So I didn’t and scoured the bookcases for something to re-read. Not a lot happens in “Endgame,” does it? I would hate to play Nell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Now that I have a whole new set of allergies from moving to the West Coast, I've started up once-weekly allergy shots again. Not only do I have to wait 30 minutes after each one in case I have a reaction (only happened once in the first go-around), I can't have alcohol or NSAIDs 2-3 days prior to the shot. The next couple of years are going to be fun. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 My trip to San Francisco was wonderful (see thread). But one pays a price. On the (one hour delayed) trip back I became noticeably sick. Shaking with fever. I managed to conceal it from the cab driver. Home at 1am, straight under two heavy comforters to sweat it out. 12 hours of that dumb delirium where your brain cannot stop shuttling stuff through. Including, in this case, absolute nonsense about data science, a bunch of Hinds songs, and a deep, repetitively deep, analysis of “Creeque Alley.” Like it’s five in the morning and you feel like death and Michi is still emphasizing for the thousandth time “that was the Mugwumps.” On my back all Monday, stirred on Tuesday, functioning today. I have no diagnosis but I definitely had these symptoms before I had ever heard of COVID. (A bit like flu but not those unmistakeable aches.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Oh, I was writing because one weird effect is that I have been doing “comedy” all day. It is pathological. Watching MSNBC this morning, Sen Warnock, talking about student debt, said “I go into a lot of rooms” My immediate response was “Creepy,” then I rolled on the floor laughing for too long. This is definitely part of symptoms. Really. (Please take any weird posts tonight into account.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 You can’t trust the so called experts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 I actually find fevers kind of enjoyable. It's like doing drugs without having to do drugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 I can see that side of it. The carnival was spectacular. I would have just liked to sleep through some of the discomfort. ”Let’s go south!” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 I did enjoy a lot of the post-surgery opiate fun after my hip replacement but at least it stopped the pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 16 minutes ago, Wilfrid said: I did enjoy a lot of the post-surgery opiate fun after my hip replacement What's not to like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 In particular I took seriously the injunction not to combine the doses with alcohol and restricted myself strictly to half a bottle of Lucas-Carton champagne each evening. I know someone who is doing this surgery soon and I am sure he could benefit from my counselling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 A “fever” is not like any of the opiates I’ve ever done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maison rustique Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Hope you feel better soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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