Posts by mellowskipper

Tyler Ruiz502 said:I suggested sharing the screen and typing things out because... look, screen sharing is easy enough, but if you’re stuck staring at someone’s monitor while they’re fumbling around clumsily or struggling through some awkward task, you’re just wasting precious time. Plus—and this is a big one—if the connection starts acting up, the audio tends to get all glitchy and cut out anyway.

That’s where I get tripped up too. Screens are constantly flipping around, they have to transcribe everything, and then the professor is trying to explain things and quiz them at the exact same time.
In the end, they don't even finish copying it down, so they have to go back and do it later—and then if they need her to explain something else on top of that... it's just a mess. Honestly, teaching math online is a total nightmare.

jadetinker85 said:She probably lived in a basement or worked somewhere with high radon levels. That gas will kill you just as dead without ever needing to light up a single cigarette.

https://cancer-code-europe.iarc.fr/i...oze-uzrokovati

It's funny how people always link cigarettes to lung cancer, while radon seems like a total mystery to most. You can find it in basements all over Washington, D.C., if you look for it.

It's because 80% of people with lung cancer are smokers. So, I guess there isn't a direct cause-and-effect link, but the correlation is incredibly high.

Larry Walker24 said:In Canada they'll be handing out pink slips

If only I could actually witness that...

jadetinker85 said:So what was the actual issue here?

You’re flipping through PowerPoint slides, trying to transcribe everything while the professor is simultaneously explaining things and calling on students... Then I realized I hadn't captured everything from every single slide. Naturally, that meant I also had to gauge how much she actually understood, explain things if necessary, and grade assignments...
With my other subjects online, there wasn't really an issue—in fact, for language classes, she almost prefers this method.

hiddenwolf2 said:Can someone make sense of why Alicia Vikander is playing two roles? And why does he end up marrying that redhead who was headless in that house during his quest? Also, how does the Green Knight belt just switch owners whenever it feels like it? Even the fox makes zero sense to me. Was that scene with the giants just tossed in for the visual spectacle?

I’m completely lost too, honestly.
Why didn't he just go all out at the end—you know, the whole axe versus sword showdown—instead of just kneeling like some sort of saint? I mean, I don't really grasp the conclusion at all.

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Susan James said:It’s not that mathematicians can't handle a tutoring session over a video call; the real issue is the kids who actually need that extra help to catch up on their coursework. Expecting them to follow along through a screen is a much bigger hurdle.

Given how many tourists we've let roam freely across the country over the last two months, any talk of relaxing is at least six months behind schedule.

Exactly. My daughter finds it incredibly difficult to follow math lessons online, and then I have to deal with the fallout after the session is over.
Languages, on the other hand—no real issue there—she even mentioned she actually prefers that approach.

Michelle Nelson4 said:Well, thanks for the quick confirmation that
A) I wasn't making things up when I said that's how it actually happened
B) the person in question was lying when they claimed that "for the last 100 years," healthy people always just kept going regardless of any outbreaks.

It would be quite fascinating to look back at the protocols from the era before measles vaccines and other infectious diseases—I wonder if everyone just played dumb back then, letting kids head off to school during an epidemic until they actually fell ill...

I believe you that it definitely happened that way, but thank God it isn't like that anymore.
Back in our small town, we only had one epidemiological service, and we dealt with ear infections for months; my little girl even mentioned that a few kids in her class got those official letters sent home to their parents.

Alex Roberts4 said:It was the same story with my son back when he was in daycare. One time, strep just kept circulating through the group; my little guy actually threw up twice when he was only a month and a half old... They didn't bother testing everyone, they just handed out antibiotics to anyone who tested positive. The CDC even said that's not how things are supposed to be handled anymore—especially not handing out antibiotics to people who don't even show symptoms.

Exactly. It isn't the child's fault for having a solid, natural immune system. Personally, I wouldn't let anyone give my healthy kid antibiotics either.
My daughter actually had strep once in daycare and once back in third grade.

Susan Martin4 said:Well, look at what was written above. It starts with one kid staying home, then a few days later someone they passed it to stays home, then a few days after that, and so on. Parents have to work, kids do what they're told, and suddenly nobody’s even showing up to school properly. 😁

Honestly, I’m just completely over this whole thing. Between the endless waves and all the chaos, I've had enough of this pandemic stuff. 🙂

It doesn't just spread to everyone, you know? Some people are vaccinated, others have already had it. For instance, I haven't passed it to my child or my husband, even though I wasn't isolating myself from them at all.
If someone does happen to get sick, they just take sick leave—it’s really no big deal.

Susan Martin4 said:I’ve been sitting here scrolling through these threads, just taking it all in, and it makes me wonder—what would you guys actually do? If you were calling the shots, how would you organize this so you could finally look at it and say, "Alright, fine, this actually makes sense"?
Is there even a version of this that works?

Because honestly, it feels like no matter what solution we throw at the wall, someone’s going to find a way to point out why it's flawed.

In my view, it would only make sense if a sick child stays home. Everyone else goes to school...

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I suppose I should probably address this—though I’m not entirely sure why anyone would care—but there seems to be some sort of confusion regarding the recent developments. It feels a bit disorganized, if I'm being honest. I mean, maybe I'm just overthinking things, but it strikes me as rather... well, let's call it "frupy." Not that I have a strict definition for such a term, of course, but you get my drift. It's all a bit much, isn't it? Anyway, just my two cents. kaže:
No way... seriously? Who has ever heard of some viral horizontal cheese thing spreading through schools, only to find out it was never even a thing?!😲

Everything is going to be just fine, I suppose.🤣

My little one is sitting right in the middle—I really need to tell her to move, either toward the window or closer to the door. I guess those folks sitting in the center end up getting picked for jury duty more often.

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I honestly don't think anyone should be heading into the US school system unless they're actually showing symptoms—because, let's face it, students aren't exactly Fuchsian types, not to mention all the socializing they do during breaks, before class, and after it's all over.
If someone is genuinely sick, they ought to just stay home and recover.

Nicholas Johnson8 said:One more thing.
My mom is scheduled for a colonoscopy under sedation—you know, anesthesia—in a few days. Right now she’s dealing with some congestion and a bit of a cough, though no fever. I guess... would that be an issue when they go to put her under?

I've had both a gastroscopy and a colonoscopy while under sedation, and I was told—quite clearly, actually—that you have to be in perfectly healthy condition.

Jack Murphy5 said:Unfortunately, it’s only available to stream online here in the States.

Like, streaming on a specific platform or what?

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mellowskipper52 said:Hey there,

So here's the deal:

Whenever I’m sitting down or moving around—basically anything involving my left side—I get this bloating or pain right under my left rib. It gets to the point where it actually feels a bit nauseating sometimes. Plus, I can hear this gurgling sound coming from that part of my gut... most of the time when I'm sitting, it just feels like something is stuck right at that bend where the colon turns. Honestly, I feel way better if I'm just standing up or lying down. The weird thing is, the discomfort and those mild pains or gurgles aren't just localized to that one spot; they spread out toward where my stomach meets the middle of my left colon and even over to the right side.

I had an ultrasound done and everything looked fine, except for this one note:
suspected renal formation vessel in the splenic flexure area
My blood work came back totally normal too.
Two out of three stool samples were positive for occult blood on the fecal test.
But looking at my actual movements, everything seems normal to me—no visible blood or anything.

Since I'm still waiting on my colonoscopy and some other tests, does anyone have any idea what might be going on?

Thanks, and catch ya later.

What are your iron and hemoglobin levels looking like? And are you scheduled for an endoscopy right away too?

Douglas Gray8 said:I can still drink beer in pretty much unlimited amounts—it just makes me bloated and puts on some weight—and I can handle plenty of bourbon too, since I stick to the local stuff without all the added sugar, which I guess helps you sober up faster. Wine isn't quite my thing, though; even before the pandemic, back when I absolutely loved it, we basically had wine just lying around everywhere in California.

What am I supposed to do? I’d rather have a drink than a lover, I suppose. As soon as I'm up, it's bourbon alongside my coffee—double shot—then a beer with breakfast, maybe half a liter of wine with lunch, then perhaps a few more beers or another liter of wine throughout the afternoon... and then by dinner at 8 PM, it's back to half a liter of wine or at least three beers.

If I actually drank all that in a single day, I'd probably end up in the ER.

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Douglas Gray8 said:Don't talk like that—now I'm spilling my wine instead of actually drinking it.😒

For me, I just lost my sense of smell and taste—it lasted about ten days, I guess. After that, for months, it felt like certain spices just didn't hit as hard.
My dad went through it too, and he says everything tastes like rubber now.
I wasn't trying to be mean or anything, but maybe don't overdo it with the alcohol. You might want to use this as an excuse to cut back... just to do yourself a favor.

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Douglas Gray8 said:I went through COVID-19, and I honestly think it left some lasting marks—for instance, back in the day, I could knock back three liters of white wine without even feeling a buzz, mostly because where I grew up, drinking is just part of the culture from a very young age.

Now, I get nauseous after just half a liter, and frankly, I’ve lost my appetite for wine altogether. I can't say for sure if it's directly linked to the virus, but I've definitely noticed my tolerance has plummeted—I can barely drink a third or a quarter of what I used to before getting sick.

Well, I guess there's a silver lining to COVID then.

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Samuel Turner2 said:How do they actually stop people from abusing self-isolation rules?
Like, say I test positive, and then just out of pure spite, I tell everyone I was hanging out with them when I totally wasn't.
What’s the actual process for verifying that kind of stuff?

Goodness, is there really an issue like this too?!
It probably isn't prevented at all, honestly—but if someone actually tried that to me, well, after my 14 days were up, I might just wander over to their car, maybe give it a little scratch, pop a couple of tires, and so on.

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The trailer looks solid. I’m cautiously optimistic that the actual movie will live up to it—hopefully.

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