WTF-Beta

And he's calling Zelenskyy a dictator?

He’s projecting.

@Steve-Miller said in The Test:

I found the C, the 6, and the N, but I can’t find a link to the article.

Am I doomed?

Sigh.

Watching the Mump trying to purge words like LGBTQ+ from previously published research reminded me of how important it is to have hard copies, paper versions of publications. Yes, you can try to brun books, but first you have to go out and round them up. Much more difficult than digital scrubbing...

This new Kindle rule is more proof of the importance of physical copies.

@AdagioM isn't that the worst! Something so yummy resulting in such an unhappy tummy!

The closest Costco to us is about 50 miles away.

it's all just so wrong.

Ugh, you all are much better than me.... I suppose we could function without amazon, but it will be a huge adjustment.

I'll talk to Mr SK. The first thing would be canceling Prime I guess.... I will have to really steel myself to actually ween off of Amazon....

@wtg said in Another federal prosecutor resigns:

A longtime federal prosecutor resigned Tuesday rather than carry out what she described as orders from Trump-appointed officials to take actions unsupported by evidence

As this starts to happen more, it's really starting to make me worry.... wouldn't it be better to have these people of principle stay in their roles?

Could they stay in their roles, but not comply? Like, workplace civil disobedience??

Thanks!

@wtg said in A previously unknown (to me) form of reflux:

I hesitated initially posting about my minor health issue, but I thought there might be people here who might want to know about the alginates. Now I feel better about the thread, as it may be of some value to someone else!

Absolutely!!! I ordered that canadian gaviscon last night.

And even though I "knew" that citrus is acidic, and I knew that Mr SK was doing this lemon water thing, I knew even thought about the connection to reflux.

So THANK YOU!!!!!

@wtg said in A previously unknown (to me) form of reflux:

There are a bunch of foods that are known to be triggers for a lot of people. Coffee, chocolate, vinegar, tomatoes (esp canned tomato products like sauces), pickled foods (most of which use a lot of salt and vinegar for pickling), alcohol, citrus, high fat/fried foods, onions (especially raw), black and cayenne pepper.

Thanks for this! (and the link)
Mr SK has been dealing with stomach stuff for years, and made various changes at various times.... And then he has ups and downs. And since the pre-diabetic diagnosis, he's been changing things up, like add the lemon water.

So now is a good to revisit the question of reflux triggers!

he may find that he can occasionally have one of the foods that can be a trigger, but that it's a treat and not part of his regular diet.

Yep.

And that's the thing with the lemon water. He went from never drinking that, to suddenly drinking it every day.

So that's an easy elimination, for starters!

What about decaf coffee? Is it the coffee, or the caffeine? He has a cup of decaf every morning.

@wtg said in A previously unknown (to me) form of reflux:

Yea, he might want to at least experiment with stopping the lemon water and see what happens. I could never do the stuff out of the bottle

Yikes. He has been squirting this into his water for a while now.... and at the same time, just yesterday he was saying "I don't know why these stomach problems are so persistent right now"

I just messaged him "no more lemon water starting now, I'll explain later"

He doesn't drink coke, fortunately, and stopped all sweetened beverages when they told him he's prediabetic.

But given his off and on stomach issues, we need to pay more attention to acidic things I think.

I wonder how acidic the Japanese "pickles" are that he likes -- they're not really pickles,and not made from cucumbers, but I would guess since they're "pickled" they have vinegar? He will know...

@wtg said in A previously unknown (to me) form of reflux:

Don't know how much you reviewed on the refluxgate site, but I picked it because it summarizes how LPR is different from GERD.

I sent it to my mom, but now I need to go through it with Mr SK.

@wtg said in A previously unknown (to me) form of reflux:

I think my problems started after I went through a period of having a lot of tea with honey and lemon in it.

OMG!! Mr SK has started drinking lemon water lately, I can't remember the details, but was diagnosed as prediabetes last year and he's doing all these things that are supposed to be good for preventing pre-diabetics from becoming diabetic. The lemon water (there's no sugar in it, he uses that "real lemon" stuff and squirts it in his water.

I never thought about the acid!!! Yikes! I think I need to tell him to lay off the lemon water!

@wtg said in Musk's reach:

I don't know. Trump has no tech chops and doesn't have a clue what Musk is capable of. Maybe it's Musk that's driving the bus and Trump is just the useful idiot who thinks he's in charge.

Yeah, I have also been thinking that Musk is the one in charge...

Either that or they're both puppets, in which case, who is the puppet master?

Watching this American dumpster fire, I'm starting to understand how people get wrapped up in crazy conspiracy theories!

Wow, thanks @wtg this is super helpful!!

My mom has been taking a ppi and I wish she could stop. I wonder if she could benefit from being reevaluated. Anyway I will share all this info with her. And probably buy one of those gavsicon options for Mr Sk.

Yum!

I had to walk across campus today, so I wore two coats. I felt like one of those little kids you see getting all bundled up for sledding or something, where they can't lower their arms

Hmm

32 mph (51 kph) gusting to 40 mph (65 kph).

is that especially or unusually high for wind speeds in the winter?

Huh, interesting. My spouse and my mother both have lots of GI problems and are regular users of Gaviscon. I'll share this with them. How does one get a diagnosis of LPR?

BTW @wtg could you share the link that you used to order it? I'm seeing lots of different products.

Oh my goodness! The article doesn't mention wind, but what else could explain it? How awful!!

Anyone in a position to be heard who's criticizing Trump in a loud and vocal way is a plus. I'll take it.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend?