The 50 Plus Cafe, Pub, All-Nite Greasy Spoon and Dive Bar

[Greylag]

Well, I had steak and kidney pudding, chips and mushy peas for dinner followed by a couple of chocolate rolls!

 

[questquilya]

I'll spare you a long catch-up seeing several pages of posts since Friday. Hope everybody had a wonderful weekend!

 

[Lilianna23]

Ten weeks. Still learning the system. My time there will be exemplary.

Of course it will! You're Wat!

 

[Lilianna23]

As long as it doesn't develop any gremlins.

So far!

 

[Lilianna23]

Dr. Tyler still has her LS Saturn wagon which she bought new 25 years ago next month. I reckon it has about 110,000 miles. So far so good.

Then my Rogue might be my last car!

 

[Lilianna23]

Miss Daisy, the Labrador and a retriever, has a very large tank. That said, she gets a bit insistent when it finally fills. It's not a problem because we all listen to Daisy. She is the True Alpha.


And she has demonstrated Killing Skills.

As long as it's not you or the kitties she's going after!

 

[Lilianna23]

I'm not sure I have ever thanked you for it, but you do a bang-up wonderful job of making sure that everyone who needs it gets consoled an' sich. I'm not anywhere as good at it as you are, and I'm glad that you do it. You're as good a reason as any explaining why this thread rocks and the others . . . don't. It reminds me of 2002 here. No, this is more gooder. Anyway, thank you very much.


I owe you a sammich.

What a wonderful tribute to our Mom, Wat! ️

 

[Lilianna23]

I mark my tools with pink spray paint. The homophobes won't steal it/them.

I figured a pink wheelbarrow won't walk away!

 

[Lilianna23]

Believe it or not it's an honor,and a privilege to chat and be in the company of everyone here. Some new, some more mature, some newer to the thread. Everyone's just trying to fit in. And eventually those that stay, or keep periodically returning realize they don't have to impress anyone To fit in, or enjoy the room they just have to be themselves. No fake facades but who they actually are, sharing who and what interests them without judgement.

Which is EXACTLY why our thread works! ️

 

[Lilianna23]

I do not, nothing that won't heal.


A little pain makes things a bit more exciting sometimes . . . .

Indeed, it can! Shall I demonstrate?

 

[questquilya]

Indeed, it can! Shall I demonstrate?

Yes, please?

 

[Lilianna23]

Another Wat PSA:

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The average body temperature is not 98.6 degrees.​

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[TD]In 1851, German physician Carl Wunderlich conducted a thorough experiment to determine the average human body temperature. In the city of Leipzig, Wunderlich stuck a foot-long thermometer inside 25,000 different human armpits, and discovered temperatures ranging from 97.2 to 99.5 degrees Fahrenheit. The average of those temperatures was the well-known 98.6 degrees — aka the number you hoped to convincingly exceed when you were too “sick” to go to school as a kid. For more than a century, physicians as well as parents have stuck with that number, but in the past few decades, experts have started questioning if 98.6 degrees is really the benchmark for a healthy internal human temperature.

For one thing, many factors can impact a person’s temperature. The time of day, where the temperature was taken (skin, mouth, etc.), if the person ate recently, their age, their height, and their weight can all impact the mercury. Furthermore, Wunderlich’s equipment and calibrations might not pass scientific scrutiny today. Plus, some experts think humans are getting a little colder, possibly because of our overall healthier lives. Access to anti-inflammatory medication, better care for infections, and even better dental care may help keep our body temperatures lower than those of our 19th-century ancestors.

In 1992, the first study to question Wunderlich’s findings found a baseline body temperature closer to 98.2 degrees. A 2023 study refined that further and arrived at around 97.9 degrees (though oral measurements were as low as 97.5). However, the truth is that body temperature is not a one-size-fits-all situation. For the best results, try to determine your own baseline body temperature and work with that. We’re sure Wunderlich won’t mind.[/TD]
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This is accurate. When I worked, I didn't much care about the hour to hour temps as long as the other numbers were consistent.

There's a certain sixth sense some nurses develop that alerts them to a patient decompensating. I mostly was concerned with sudden spikes in temp.

Even more importantly, was a dramatic lowering of temp in a septic patient. It told me the patient had used up his army of white blood cell crime fighters and was entering the cold (and lethal) phase of septic shock.

 

[Lilianna23]

Shit, I just found out I suffer from this condition

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I've had this for years! I no longer suffer from the condition; I now consider it to be just part of who/what I am. Like my curly hair. Or something.

 

[Lilianna23]

Whoa lili comin' in extra spicy today!! (I approve though ..we all need a little spice)

Because I'm always so demure and soft spoken here, right??? 🌶

 

[Lilianna23]

I had others cooking.... I was supervising

Good! I'm glad you had help.

 

[Lilianna23]

Maybe.... with strip searches qnd only beets to eat

Who's the warden on duty? Remember to only show your boobs as a last resort!

 

[Wat_Tyler]

What kinda gun??

Rock Island 1911, 10mm, single stack, some hot rod pieces, black/black, was $749, not $439.99. The picture won't link. I blame Lit.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Ok not short

So, not tall . . . .

 

[Lilianna23]

I loved that post, but only cuz your getting a pink wheelbarrow.

Shame those bastards who stole your wheelbarrow. Insult to injury!

Thanks, W! I'm mad at myself, too, because I remember seeing a wheelbarrow full of construction debris near my garage but didn't process it at the time. I only realized last week it was missing. It was my husband's...

 

[Boat1]

Wow!!! I blinked!!!.... now, I'm 16 pages behind!

 

[Lilianna23]

And punji stakes covered in dog poo!

Bet you learned that when you were in 'Nam with Wat!

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Nc... i have insomnia..... my brain is busy

I sincerely loathe when that happens.


I am better at "controlling" it, however.


Which may mean, I am better at ignoring it.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Of course it will! You're Wat!

There seems to be no cure for that.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Then my Rogue might be my last car!

Someone else has to be at my 100th b-day party . . . .

 

[Lilianna23]

Wow. I finally caught up. That was a sprint/marathon.

What a day in many respects.

Mrs wonderer has a community day thing going on and I’m gonna stack firewood and get the yard ready for the first lawn mowing.

Will you come mow mine when you're done?

I decided not to mow today as it rained hard last night and again today. I think it might be hard to try to mow tall-ish, wet grass.

I'm not certain my neighbor's mower is up to the task. I think I'm going to take myself to Lowe's tomorrow in the truck and buy the Toro mower as it comes with an extra battery.