MrsDoyle
@MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on I tore my meniscus, and the American healthcare system conditioned me to ignore it until today. I move to my new apartment tomorrow. 6 days ago:
My friends and I call it “sniper’s alley” - you keep moving, people are dropping around you, falling to cancer, heart disease, accidents, and you keep going, hoping not to catch a bullet. It’s easy to get downhearted - so many bloody funerals! - so we make sure to have fun too. My friend group is fantastic, I’m very lucky.
Good luck to you going forward!
- Comment on I tore my meniscus, and the American healthcare system conditioned me to ignore it until today. I move to my new apartment tomorrow. 6 days ago:
Yes, thanks, I’m aware. I’m very active, fear not (mainly walking, rowing, swimming, gardening, DIY). Healing takes significantly longer. But I’m not sitting around waiting to get better - the reason for the torn meniscus was doing the post-surgery exercises a bit too vigorously. It does seem to be healing ok.
- Comment on I tore my meniscus, and the American healthcare system conditioned me to ignore it until today. I move to my new apartment tomorrow. 1 week ago:
Sad to say I agree. I had a serious knee injury this year (ruptured patellar tendon) and after a few months I started getting sharp pains in that knee. The consultant said it was probably a torn meniscus - “It might get better, it might not.”
I’m 73, so yeah, it might not. I can walk unaided though, so I’ve got that going for me.
- Comment on Large scale terror thwarted 1 week ago:
Oh please. Arresting pensioners for clapping is super easy compared with arresting violent criminals. It’s a great way to get your arrest stats up without breaking a sweat. And then you can blame the arrestees for forcing you to arrest them. It’s a win-win!
- Comment on Top Gear’s Richard Hammond fined for speeding in Bentley and Porsche 2 weeks ago:
Is that his mum?
- Comment on Why is gun violence lower in Switzerland than in the US? 4 weeks ago:
Who needs ammo when you’ve got a pointy stick?
- Comment on Settle a debate can potato's and noodles go together and taste great with sauce and other things? (I say it can) However my mother says two starches should never be cooked because it's too much. 5 weeks ago:
May I present a Scottish delicacy - the macaroni cheese pie.
- Comment on Loosing my religion 1 month ago:
My sister got involved in a Pentecostal church and I became fascinated by speaking in tongues. It was such obvious bullshit, and she could never explain it (“The pastor says it’s the divine spirit, bla bla bla…”). So I looked it up.
In the Bible “speaking in tongues” was like a universal translator. The Christians were preaching to a multilingual crowd. There was a mighty wind (lol) and flames appeared over the preachers’ heads.
From Acts: “And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language.”
But now because this is a fairy tale that didn’t happen, it’s morphed into gabbling nonsense that no-one understands.
- Comment on Israel lobby funded a quarter of British MPs 1 month ago:
“Nope, no famine here…”
- Comment on Anon tries to lose weight 1 month ago:
Cherries. Mmm, especially with plain yoghurt.
- Comment on My pizza doesn't list the temperature it should be cooked at 1 month ago:
And then crank it up to 220° fan when it’s taking too long.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
We hire glasses for parties.
- Comment on We're losing 1 month ago:
It is indeed emus.
- Comment on Royal Family to get a 94% surge in taxpayer-funded income whilst 'it's subjects' must expect less 1 month ago:
The phrase “working royals” always gets my goat. Standing around smiling gormlessly after cutting a ribbon isn’t “work”, you divots.
Don’t want to live in Buckingham palace? Fine, it’ll make a great hostel for the homeless.
- Comment on Hottest June day record broken for third day in row as temperature hits 37.3C 1 month ago:
I was in the UK for a couple of weeks in the summer of 76, but didn’t realise what an outlier it was until I was actually living there a few years later. I’m from New Zealand, and it seemed like fairly normal summer weather to me.
- Comment on Toothbrush heads 1 month ago:
I found some toothbrushes that are really pretty good. I’m travelling with one now. It’s smaller than an electric one, cleans my teeth very well and I don’t have to cart around a charger.
- Comment on Why do doctors not seem to give a fuck about pain? Is this just an American doctor thing, or is it universal? 1 month ago:
My most recent experience in the UK is that they’re fairly generous with painkillers. I was in an orthopedic ward - broken hips, ruptured tendons, that kind of thing. We all got oxycodone and paracetamol (plus laxatives to ward off the consequent constipation). I enjoyed the oxy but didn’t become an addict.
- Comment on Anon pets a dog 1 month ago:
more or less still the same genetically for the past 10,000 years
- Comment on Anon pets a dog 1 month ago:
Terrifying pic in that link. I don’t think a poptart would distract that fella.
- Comment on Tommy Robinson meets Elon Musk’s father in Moscow 2 months ago:
I started reading this article yesterday (after reading about the Belfast bullshit) and got as far as: “I’ve come to see how this country got itself so well on to the straight and narrow and see the beauty of a civilised society here” before deciding that’s enough news for one day.
- Comment on 20 Jobs that people once thought were irreplaceable are now just memories 2 months ago:
Criminal enterprise counts as a job?
Ha ha, this one snagged me as well. Body-snatching declined because graveyards employed night watchmen (maybe that’s a job that disappeared?) and wealthy families had metal “mortsafes” built on fresh graves. The bodies of executed criminals had always been available for dissection, but demand outstripped supply.
- Comment on There is no such thing as a safe minority 2 months ago:
Page is 404 now.
- Comment on if all birds sing and if they do why do geese honk, ducks quack, and chickens bawk? 2 months ago:
- Comment on Well said 2 months ago:
And then doused in mayo. Droooool.
- Comment on Is it just me or does it seem Google is either AI filled or becoming obsolete? Is there an up and comer that can be what Google used to be? Or are we stuck oogling stuff forever? 2 months ago:
Duck Duck Go is my default, but increasingly I use the Wikipedia app, because usually I’m looking for detailed information, and it’s a cut-to-the-chase option.
- Comment on Liverpool parade crash victim refused PIP despite life-changing injuries 2 months ago:
Personal Independence Payment.
I’m old enough to remember when Labour was a socialist party.
- Comment on As adults, do you still watch kids’ cartoons, either old or new? 2 months ago:
I have zero shame. If I’ve had a bad day I watch a couple of episodes to get back on track.
- Comment on What's the difference between the UK justice system and the U.S. justice system? 2 months ago:
There are three legal systems in the UK: England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Scots law in particular has distinct differences from England - for example juries have 15 members.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_law
It’s because the UK is four countries smooshed together.
- Comment on As adults, do you still watch kids’ cartoons, either old or new? 2 months ago:
BLUEY!
- Comment on Seagull leaves it's mark on King as he visits seaside resort 2 months ago:
His life is so exciting. One minute the US president is showing you a dead wasp, next thing a seagull shits on you - and it’s all over the news.
