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bolind posted:I caught covid for the second winter in a row, on the 31st, back at work but stille feel 20% like rear end. I'm not loving it. Had it back in October. Finally got the latest booster last week and it's almost like COVID round 3 
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I got boosted the week before Christmas. coworker brought some garbo to work tuesday and now I'm starting the new year off pumping green slime out of my face and respiratory system again. Real loving happy about getting sick. Heres to another 5 weeks of not riding bikes.
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I got boosted in October plus the flu shot. And since there is stairs in my house, hopefully I am protected.
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CommieGIR posted:I got boosted in October plus the flu shot. I got reboosted in Nov (I'm at 4x power now  ) and I still got taken out by the latest variant this Christmas. Good luck, everyone 
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Jan 8, 2024 17:08
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I don't even know WTF I have, I just know everything hurts a whole lot, I can't think to save my life (might be missing some required equipment for that), and my glucose is doing a good impersonation of a roller coaster. Woke up at 35 mg/dL last night  and asked my GF how she got into the hotel with me and who she was. (we were at home)
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meltie posted:I got reboosted in Nov (I'm at 4x power now I'm 5 shots deep, and was about due for another, would have hunted it out this week. Pretty sure I got this off my niece, who I think bought it back from a New Years music festival. Oddly for a respitory thing, my lungs are fine, just a nose that wont stop running and the worst hot and cold flushes and muscle aches. Just woke up at 5am feeling actually kinda better, but that might be the last round of drugs still doing their job, we'll see.
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My whole family got hit hard by rotovirus or some similar bug that makes you throw up while you're pooping your brains out. I probably changed my son's diaper once every 15 minutes during the worst of it. I think we're all on the mend now.
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Oh hi chat thread! Long time, no see, liking the new look. Happy New Year y'all! I made the mistake of trying to go to Mt Hood Meadows on the first weekend with big snow, after a really slow start to the season with poo poo weather. Here is a quick recap: - Got a Thule Motion XT Alpine roof box to put the skis in. Brilliant idea, right? Well, gently caress you Thule. The lock is so poorly sealed that it iced all the way through, so after a drive up the mountain we didn't even get to ski. - As I was trying to unlock the roof box, a chucklefuck in an Expedition let his door SLAM into my door, leaving a crease and some scratches. - Another smoothbrain thought the "CHAINS OR TRACTION TIRES REQUIRED" signs were just for show, and slid his Explorer into the back of me, very much loving my bumper up and leaving me pretty sore today Why did I, someone who can be fanatically obsessive about keeping nice cars nice, order a brand new expensive vehicle in a special color to use as a daily driver? That is probably the biggest fuckup. If I'd bought a boring color straight off the lot it would serve exactly the same purpose and I'd probably be way less upset than I am now. 2024 so far: I am angry at other people because I made dumb decisions and should have known better.
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Feel better goons! I went to a holiday Xmas gathering and 10/12 people there ended up with Covid. Got sick shortly after but my Covid test was negative. It was pretty miserable non stop running nose, congested, hot cold flashes especially at night, took about a week. At like 95% today, should get the last 5 tomorrow.
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Russian Bear posted:Feel better goons! If that happens in the future, based on what I’ve read plus clinical trials, going to the doc to get a better test and confirmation means you get a script for paxlovid which makes recovery much better and reduces the chance of long covid by a lot
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These should be standard issue. https://twitter.com/SaruulbilegE/status/1741017250524729557?t=6VP_U28JoS-oYBB9T8vDYA&s=19
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................! I had no idea that actually existed
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Mine's bigger.   Abby... Normal.... Igor... Are you saying that I put an abnormal brain into a seven and a half foot long, fifty-four inch wide GORILLA? .. not a home test though, took about 30 minutes, and we won't even discuss what the best medical system in the world (/s for those who need it) charges for something like that. they billed my insurance almost $9500, no clue what insurance actually paid randomidiot fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Jan 9, 2024 |
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This is the standard one every farmacy in Sweden has.
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https://www.verywellhealth.com/will-we-get-a-combo-rapid-test-for-respiratory-illness-8422282 tl;dr a three way combo at-home test isn't approved by the FDA yet. You can get a two-way at-home test by mail order, or you can do a three+ way test that gets sent to a lab, and hospitals have 3+way tests available for in lab use. FDA approval can take a long time unless it's intentionally expedited and there doesn't seem to be any strong push for that so we have no idea when we'll get 3+ way tests at home.
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Jan 9, 2024 19:08
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mariooncrack posted:RSV is going around too. Yeah and it knocked me flat on my rear end for a solid week after Thanksgiving. The coughing was worse than what I had with Covid.
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I loving hate out (US) medical system. Capitalism should never apply to medical and health needs. Or, while I'm being Socialist, basic housing, basic food, water...
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Goober Peas posted:Yeah and it knocked me flat on my rear end for a solid week after Thanksgiving. The coughing was worse than what I had with Covid. I had it last year and it was easily the sickest I have ever been in my life second only to food poisoning. I would gladly take Covid over RSV all day long.
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FAT32 SHAMER posted:If that happens in the future, based on what I’ve read plus clinical trials, going to the doc to get a better test and confirmation means you get a script for paxlovid which makes recovery much better and reduces the chance of long covid by a lot I totally forgot about paxlovid actually thanks for the reminder. My partner who was also sick also tested negative for Covid so I’m leaning towards it being one of the other things going around.
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If you're prescribed paxlovid, make sure you pick up some candy with it. The metallic taste in your mouth is awful.
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mariooncrack posted:If you're prescribed paxlovid, make sure you pick up some candy with it. The metallic taste in your mouth is awful. gently caress yeah it is. I murdered a bag of life savers mints when I got hit with it. I think the most interesting part of COVID was the incredibly weird and vivid dreams I had the first night that had me concerned that I may have actually been losing my mind.
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That's just the wrinkles in your brain smoothing out, so yeah it's also probably the feeling of losing your mind. You don't lose your sense of smell with COVID because your nose stopped working...
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My mother has this snowblower - https://www.troybilt.com/en_US/two-stage-snow-blowers/storm-3090-snow-blower/31AH5DP5B66.html It's about 13 years old at this point, but has been well maintained generally & stored properly. Because it didn't snow much last year, it got barely used so there's presumably 2ish year old gas in it from 2022, but she'd put Sta-Bil in it at the end of last year. This year she didn't think to try starting it before it actually snowed, and they've just gotten 12+ inches of fluffy snow and naturally it won't start. She's trying the electric start rather than the pull cord since she's 76, and it sounds like it almost catches but just won't keep turning over. She's primed it with the little bulb Any suggestions on additives she could dump into it or if getting some younger person to come pull the cord might do a better job of getting it started than the electric starter? Otherwise it's probably going to have to go to the snowblower maintenance shop which is presumably going to be extremely busy now that the storm has arrived.
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Ether Frenzy posted:My mother has this snowblower - https://www.troybilt.com/en_US/two-stage-snow-blowers/storm-3090-snow-blower/31AH5DP5B66.html It's about 13 years old at this point, but has been well maintained generally & stored properly. Could always try some starter fluid at the carb. Best suggestion is to call a neighbor to see if they can give the pull start a few good ones
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Yeah, first thing I would try is some sort of flammable aerosol. Starting fluid, brake cleaner, etc
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I bet if you can get one of the aforementioned younger people to tip it over and drain out the old fuel/refill with new, yank the cord and it will probably start up after a few pulls. I deal with the same issues at my mom's house and Sta-Bil only goes so far. Starting fluid might get it running but it will keep dying/run like poo poo.
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Those Troy bilt carbs get gummed up super easily, last winter I had to sit in the garage and take mine apart and dip it in decarb because I didn’t prep it properly and it was a massive pain in the rear end Hopefully the additive helped in that front, but I wouldn’t hold out a heap of hope. The jets are terrible.
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Cool, if she can't get it going tomorrow I'll suggest these options before she calls the service shop, she's got a 45ish year old guy down the street who helps with trees that need to come down/get hauled out who can come tip it over for her/pull the cord/spray some carb cleaner in. Thanks dudes.
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:I bet if you can get one of the aforementioned younger people to tip it over and drain out the old fuel/refill with new, yank the cord and it will probably start up after a few pulls. I deal with the same issues at my mom's house and Sta-Bil only goes so far. Starting fluid might get it running but it will keep dying/run like poo poo. I've had really good luck getting small engines to run well enough to operate/burn through the bad gas with a little starting fluid. Last weekend I was fighting with my mom's 20 year old Honda engined Chicago Electric generator, since there's a chance of a nasty storm this weekend, drained the bad gas and filled 'er up with Tru fuel, hopefully I won't have to touch that PoS for a few more years. I need to put in a NG powered backup generator at her place soon, or just buy her an EFI touch start gen set.
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mariooncrack posted:If you're prescribed paxlovid, make sure you pick up some candy with it. The metallic taste in your mouth is awful. how else do you expect to transform into a 5g antenna without any metal?
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big dong wanter posted:how else do you expect to transform into a 5g antenna without any metal? We've got some boomer idiot in my area putting up "Keep Suburb_Name WIFI Free" signs all over town. loving idiot. They are putting up a 5G Tower. At least get your conspiracy correct dumbass.
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Humphreys posted:We've got some boomer idiot in my area putting up "Keep Suburb_Name WIFI Free" signs all over town. loving idiot. They are putting up a 5G Tower. At least get your conspiracy correct dumbass. LMAO, that should be a successful campaign.
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Humphreys posted:We've got some boomer idiot in my area putting up "Keep Suburb_Name WIFI Free" signs all over town. loving idiot. They are putting up a 5G Tower. At least get your conspiracy correct dumbass. Definitely don't put this up next to their signs
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kastein posted:Definitely don't put this up next to their signs "But cosmic radiation is all natural" - Actual argument I heard from a 5G nutcase.
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Idid have an ex that thought WIFI 2.4Ghz was the same as getting raw microwave power. I shoulda known she was a fucken idiot cos she was with me but that was the biggest warning, and Icouldnt convince her otherwise. But also then at the same time wouldn't let me drill a hole in the floor and run ethernet from her PC to the router. Went with Powerline ethernet bullshit lol
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Humphreys posted:Idid have an ex that thought WIFI 2.4Ghz was the same as getting raw microwave power. I shoulda known she was a fucken idiot cos she was with me but that was the biggest warning, and Icouldnt convince her otherwise. But also then at the same time wouldn't let me drill a hole in the floor and run ethernet from her PC to the router. Went with Powerline ethernet bullshit lol I mean, if that's true we can save a ton of money by placing our leftovers next to the router. Follow me for more neat hacks!
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CommieGIR posted:"But cosmic radiation is all natural" Can't wait for gamma-ray WiFi, finally a wifi that won't get blocked by walls.
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His Divine Shadow posted:Can't wait for gamma-ray WiFi, finally a wifi that won't get blocked by walls. The new 6G-X 802.11acx standard - for Long range, deep penetration communication.
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