In the garden, and RAIN!!!!

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I didn't realize that you needed to take the bus to do laundry before.

Without even taking your old landlord into consideration, that right there must have been a huge improvement on your life.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Yes, I did.

It is a biiiiiig improvement. It means that I don't have to rush around to get to a bus stop and stand waiting in the rain and or the cold for the bus to get there. Get off at the laundry mat, do my laundry, then repeat the process to get back to that dump of an old place. That winter we got a lot of snow I had to call someone for help and they did my laundry at their place then brought it back to me. These people only live a couple of blocks from where I was at the time and they own their own home.

So yeah. That is one major improvement.

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Jeez... I can only imagine.

Think back to what that was like back when you were doing it and imagine how it is right now with half the folk in there or more wearing masks.

I'm glad for you that you're not in that situation anymore. Especially right now. Really puts a slow draining kitchen sink into perspective.



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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Jeez... I can only imagine.

Think back to what that was like back when you were doing it and imagine how it is right now with half the folk in there or more wearing masks.

I'm glad for you that you're not in that situation anymore. Especially right now. Really puts a slow draining kitchen sink into perspective.



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Yup.

I have no idea what that place is like right now and who knows how many machines that might not be working either. That place had a problem with busted washing machines. They have probably put in limits on how many people can be in the place. It isn't that big of a place. I would imagine that they've changed how they do business.

Thanks Jack. So am I. I can deal with a slow draining bathroom sink.

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You should get yourself two of those little drain catches that are made of a metal mesh. They're really a pain to clean out, but they really don't let anything down there. At least until you get it draining proper, it might keep it good enough.

You'd want two though because they're really hard to clean out without running water and if you don't have another one down there catching the stuff that you're cleaning out of the first one than it kind of defeats the purpose. (The loose stuff that you just cleaned out shakes off pretty easy from the 2nd one).

Then again, you'd probably get away with just the one in the kitchen if you dump it after every use. I use mine in the bathroom because the sink plunger was busted out and trying to get built up hair from shaving out of it is a nightmare.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
You should get yourself two of those little drain catches that are made of a metal mesh. They're really a pain to clean out, but they really don't let anything down there. At least until you get it draining proper, it might keep it good enough.

You'd want two though because they're really hard to clean out without running water and if you don't have another one down there catching the stuff that you're cleaning out of the first one than it kind of defeats the purpose. (The loose stuff that you just cleaned out shakes off pretty easy from the 2nd one).

Then again, you'd probably get away with just the one in the kitchen if you dump it after every use. I use mine in the bathroom because the sink plunger was busted out and trying to get built up hair from shaving out of it is a nightmare.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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I have been meaning to get one for the bathroom sink and thinking about the kitchen. I can do that on Monday. I have one in the bathtub drain to catch hair for when I wash my hair.

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Luckily for me laundry now no longer includes bus rides. Laundry room in apartment building.

But I did get in my half hour to hour walk and I did take my umbrella. Though I didn't need to use it.

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Wow, a bus ride to do laundry. THAT would put a kink in anyone's day.

So glad for you that's in the past. Altho thinking about your former landlady still makes me grit my teeth.

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SIX: Really though... this is the longest cold I can remember having.
No fever. No loss of appetite. No fatigue. Just a runny nose, blockage and some sneezing. Not sure what day I got it, but I probably could look back through the threads and find out. Probably going on about 10 days now if I had to guess.

SIGNY: If it's been going on that long and hasn't gotten worse, or better, it's probably seasonal allergies...
So yeah drippy nose ... not, they say. a symptom of Covid-19. Along those thoughts ... how did that itchy rash resolve, SIX? I wonder if maybe you developed several allergies that you did't have before. That can happen, at least it did woth someone I know. In addition to her face swelling up with fish. she developed allergies to their poodle.
Maybe you have a squirrel-dander allergy???

SIX: I can't rule out the possibility. To my knowledge, I've never been allergic to anything before. Although, I frequently do have some mild congestion from time to time at really any point of the year. Sneezing is a rarity for me though however, unless I have a cold, and I probably have sneezed about once or twice per day since I got whatever this was. Copious amounts of flem like I have right now is also extremely out of the ordinary too unless I'm really sick... usually after the flu when the fever breaks. The only difference this time is that everything is remaining clear and flavorless/odorless unlike the gross stuff I won't go into detail about when you're getting over something particularly nasty.

The nose isn't "drippy" or "runny". Just clogged up. The phlegm is thick. And not so much of it that it's constant either. Not much of a bother when I'm awake and able to clear it out good from time to time. In fact, I don't even really think about it during the day, but only really when I wake up in the middle of the night or first thing in the morning.

I'd have to be allergic to something in my house though. Not only haven't I gone out in the last 2 1/2 weeks other than to go to the grocery store 3 times, but I've rarely even gone outside since the weather has been so lousy. It's getting a bit warmer now, but remember I had around 5 inches of snow not that long ago.

This "cold" I've had has pretty much stayed the same. It hasn't gotten better or worse, other than the daily fluctuation. Like with most illnesses I've ever had, the congestion is worse when I wake up in the morning before I clear it all out and hardly even noticeable all day long until I'm getting ready for bed and I realize that I can't breathe that well out of my nose.

The rash has been a non-issue since I stopped eating that spice. I've re-introduced everything else besides the spice back into my diet so far other than the brown rice and the canola oil. So until I eat both of those I still can't say 100% that it was the Cajun Seasoning that caused it.

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Well, for MOST people who have an active infection, whether viral or bacterial, they usually feel worst around 8PM. Fever is higher, pain is more intense, symptoms are just worse overall. I think altho not sure that it's related to your internal steroid levels, which act (among other things) as anti-inflammatories and really start dropping around 8PM and don't start coming back up until around 3AM.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3475279/figure/fig1-20420
18810380214/?report=objectonly

Anyway, if you feel worst in the AM it's either an allergy (you may have developed a mold allergy) or an indolent sinus infection which is causing just enough irritation to stuff up your nose.

AFA the itchy rash ... I think you really need to know whether it was the 'cillin or something else. I'd tell you to try the Cajun spice again, but if you get an out-of-control reaction that might be something you WON'T live to regret.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

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SIX: Really though... this is the longest cold I can remember having.
No fever. No loss of appetite. No fatigue. Just a runny nose, blockage and some sneezing. Not sure what day I got it, but I probably could look back through the threads and find out. Probably going on about 10 days now if I had to guess.

SIGNY: If it's been going on that long and hasn't gotten worse, or better, it's probably seasonal allergies...
So yeah drippy nose ... not, they say. a symptom of Covid-19. Along those thoughts ... how did that itchy rash resolve, SIX? I wonder if maybe you developed several allergies that you did't have before. That can happen, at least it did woth someone I know. In addition to her face swelling up with fish. she developed allergies to their poodle.
Maybe you have a squirrel-dander allergy???

SIX: I can't rule out the possibility. To my knowledge, I've never been allergic to anything before. Although, I frequently do have some mild congestion from time to time at really any point of the year. Sneezing is a rarity for me though however, unless I have a cold, and I probably have sneezed about once or twice per day since I got whatever this was. Copious amounts of flem like I have right now is also extremely out of the ordinary too unless I'm really sick... usually after the flu when the fever breaks. The only difference this time is that everything is remaining clear and flavorless/odorless unlike the gross stuff I won't go into detail about when you're getting over something particularly nasty.

The nose isn't "drippy" or "runny". Just clogged up. The phlegm is thick. And not so much of it that it's constant either. Not much of a bother when I'm awake and able to clear it out good from time to time. In fact, I don't even really think about it during the day, but only really when I wake up in the middle of the night or first thing in the morning.

I'd have to be allergic to something in my house though. Not only haven't I gone out in the last 2 1/2 weeks other than to go to the grocery store 3 times, but I've rarely even gone outside since the weather has been so lousy. It's getting a bit warmer now, but remember I had around 5 inches of snow not that long ago.

This "cold" I've had has pretty much stayed the same. It hasn't gotten better or worse, other than the daily fluctuation. Like with most illnesses I've ever had, the congestion is worse when I wake up in the morning before I clear it all out and hardly even noticeable all day long until I'm getting ready for bed and I realize that I can't breathe that well out of my nose.

The rash has been a non-issue since I stopped eating that spice. I've re-introduced everything else besides the spice back into my diet so far other than the brown rice and the canola oil. So until I eat both of those I still can't say 100% that it was the Cajun Seasoning that caused it.

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Well, for MOST people who have an active infection, whether viral or bacterial, they usually feel worst around 8PM. Fever is higher, pain is more intense, symptoms are just worse overall. I think altho not sure that it's related to your internal steroid levels, which act (among other things) as anti-inflammatories and really start dropping around 8PM and don't start coming back up until around 3AM.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3475279/figure/fig1-20420
18810380214/?report=objectonly

Anyway, if you feel worst in the AM it's either an allergy (you may have developed a mold allergy) or an indolent sinus infection which is causing just enough irritation to stuff up your nose.

AFA the itchy rash ... I think you really need to know whether it was the 'cillin or something else. I'd tell you to try the Cajun spice again, but if you get an out-of-control reaction that might be something you WON'T live to regret.

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