The Sky is Falling Complaint Thread
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Complaint: The price of protein: If you're looking for protein, you might as well get a big piece of cow flesh and give up walnuts & pecans, they're more expensive. Sirloin steak $10/pound, a pound of pecans $12.
And of course, doctors recommend the nuts over the meat, because that's what doctors do, forbid every food that's cheap, or tasty.
Yeah, yeah, I agree, I probably wouldn't eat a pound of pecans in one sitting, but a pound of sirloin steak wouldn't be much of a problem.
There is a rule against ofsite commercial posts, especially when they are unsolicited. The comment was related to discussion here about similar things, and you had linked to the thread from a post here, so merging seemed better than outright removing as an off topic, off site commercial discussion.
Oh, a pound of red meat in one sitting? I think it would be a problem...just not one that would immediately present.
A pound of meat. Oh.. the gout next day would be horrific. I have an inherited problem in that my kidneys can't easily process urea from my bloodstream, and if I have too much, I get deposits of uric acid crystals precipitate out and pump around my bloodstream until they find a little joint bloodvessel to get stuck in. And then each joint with low blood flow rate starts to hurt. The more the quantity of urea to process, the more gout I get, and the painful joints grow ever closer to my spine - which is the last to be affected. Once my spine hurts, I simply can't move. And a pound of beef, I've found through bitter experience, is about that threshold.
It takes around 4 days of eating no protien after that to flish the system clear. It appears my kidneys can process the urea at about the equivalent of 4oz of meat a day. Any more & I get a slow build-up of gout. When the weather is hotter and I don't drink enough, my blood becomes marginally less dilute and the concentration of urea gets high enough to precipitate out.. And, like now, my finger joints hurt when typing (but not when using a fountain pen).
Regards,
Richard
My mother's and grandmother's copies of a Good Housekeeping cookbook recommend allowing 3-4 oz. of meat per person.
Yep, I can concur from painful experience.
Regards,
Richard
It would have been much easier (and quicker) to wipe it out, so thanks for merging it instead. I would do you a very fine cheese and sliced tomato on toast, just to say thanks. But since you're not physically present, you'll have to make do with the imaginary version, made with only the very finest, organic produce of course!
I was at my day program. I was in the second and final group of the day. I was on my iPad but w as still focused on the group. The staff leading the group made a scene it seemed over my use of my iPad. It was so embarrassing. She told everyone I would not be getting any tickets for the group. (Tickets in this case are rewards for attending groups. They are redeemed for items gotten at the dollar tree.)
I really don't care about the tickets and the cheap items I can redeem them for. I can afford my hygiene supplies, which is the bulk they have at the redemption store. I rather use my own money I get from work or insurance otc money to get my own hygiene items. I also work at a mall that has a bath and body works store. It is easier for me to watch for sales or good coupons from bath and body works than to work hard to get an item that is about $1.25 plus tax in cost.
I don't feel like I'm in the intended group that this ticket redemption store is made for, I feel like this group is intended for the clients who live in group homes and get a pittance of an allowance and the inability for regular visits to any stores to get their basic hygiene needs.
Honestly, I don't feel like I am not one who needs this day center. I use it mainly for socializing. It seems to me the majority of ones who go to the day program need more help than I do.
And thus my doctor's objections.
...actually I cannot take credit for that as it is a GIF of the character Merida from a promo for the film Brave (really loved that film).
I have a very old system that just isn't up to the task. Years ago I did a 6 frame motion blur image (with a version of the same character that I created) and it took something over 16 hours to render (this was in the days before Iray).
I actually recreated the character myself using Young Teen Julie 5 as the base. with a tonne of morphing. A former member here (who passed on) and I had a little running competition to create Disney characters in Daz.I had actually studied videos of the process Pixar used to create the character and that wild hair of hers . For my version I used tow instances of Bolina Hair to get as close t to the same look.
Attached is the image with the motion blur as well as a still of the character.
@KyotoKid
I'm not familiar with the character, but I remember back in the day trying all sorts of stuff to get motion blur, and I especially remember it was all very CPU intensive. I think your bike render came out pretty damn smooth, and I'm trying to remember now, I think it must have been the very last version of the full edition of Ray Dream Studio (now Carrara Pro) that was the last time I ever tried to render motion blur as part of the render itself. If I recall it was known as a "post-effect" in the render settings anyway, along with some other stuff, glow being another, again if I recall.
@LeatherGryphon
So how's the Burger King avoidance going these days, and do you think it could be responsible for your pound of steak cravings?
*** Devilish Grin ***
Non-complaint: Today was laundry mini-adventure day. Originally I was going to avoid BurgerKing this morning because two days ago when I scheduled my bus pickup for this morning, the weather report indicated heavy rain all day for today, and I'd decided to have breakfast at home and not venture unnecessarily out into the rain during the necessary mini-adventure. But when I got up this morning the weather report had no indication of rain at all.
So, as we were approaching the BurgerKing, an irrepressable urge caused me to call out to the driver to drop me off at BK and I'd walk the one block to the laundromat. Thus I've had my BurgerKing fix today.
I got their "Breakfast Burrito Jr." which is two smallish sausage & egg burritos & a cup of coffee. I added an orange juice, ate one burrito, and now have the other in my refrigerator for tomorrow's breakfast.
Laundry's done and wanderlust is satisfied for a couple of weeks.
Also, while my clothes were drying I toddled across the street to the CVS drugstore to pick up prescriptions, and again an irrepressable urge (an expiring $10 coupon burning a hole in my pocket) forced me to buy a bag of Dove miniature dark chocolate & almonds treats. Mmm... dark chocolate!
Upcoming symphony: Next scheduled mini-adventure is another Sunday afternoon symphony in Buffalo on the 8th with my symphony buddy providing the tickets and I providing the restaurant meal afterwards (a good deal)
. Beethoven: Piano Concerto #3 and Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (tr: A Hero's Life)
PS: I don't have a craving for a pound of steak, I just wouldn't have a problem eating it if confronted with one.
Whereas, on the other hand, if confronted with a pound of walnuts or pecans, I'd be sick to my stomach after the first quarter pound.
Love 'em, but like many of my acquaintences, tolerable only in small doses.
@LeatherGryphon
Poor 'Gryphon, lol, I told you mate, absolutely futile it is! Sounds as if we share another habit as well, because I often do the same with Pizza. In order to economise (and keep my weight under control), I've taken to slicing the pizza into four, and eating only three quarters of it for a meal, saving the remaining quarter either for supper at night, or breakfast the next morning. Another benefit of course, is that it saves on the cost of an extra supper or breakfast as well as energy, since I eat the ramaining quarter cold, don't even bother heating it up.
I know some people absolutely hate cold pizza, but personally I like it and in some cases, depending on the type, even prefer it!
My pizza rule is one for me and one for the fridge.
Grains of sand descend,
Grievances shape our hearts,
Time whispers away.
Hope you guys had a great date. Just an FYI about posting photos with minors/kids in them. If you take a photo in a poublic place or anywhere else with a kid in it, the face must be unrecognizeable else it is a PRIVACY VIOLATION. Either the kid must be faced away from the camera, or if you can see theri face you blur it or black it out . . . unless you have written consent from the guardian/parent. Looks like it was a popular movie.
Complaint: unsolicited call from a wellness coach at my health insurance company woke my little dude, who is now having an epic rough day because 1. He didn't get enough sleep, and 2. Weather outside means walk has to wait until tomorrow when the sun comes up.
And the utter irony is that it was from the mental health division. I suspect they wanted to discuss such useful things as strategies to reduce stress and get more sleep.
Bonus points: we'd been on track for the virtual appointment I have on Monday being not smack in the middle of sleeping hours. That has now been blown utterly to smitherines. So now I'll probably have to set an alarm for halfway through sleep hours, get up, slam enough coffee to be coherent for the meeting, and hope that both I can get back to sleep and that little dude doesn't wake up.
Non-Compalint: Glad I do not live in Blatten, Switzerland.
@Comixiant:
...don't have Render Studio. Did that in plain ol' 3DL with Uberenvironment. I had to manually create the blur on the chain in Gimp as it was stationary and didn't move.
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@lorraineopua:
...my rule is half (store bought one) for dinner and the other half for next day's lunch. I used to be able to finish a whole but a about 20 years ago my metabolism put the brakes on that was too much.
When I was in college there was a pizza parlour nearby that had all you can eat pizza by the slice on Wednesday. Suffice to say, the staff already had a look of defeat on their faces when I entered (and I was still fairly svelte back then).
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...complaint, YouTube adverts, had to wade through about 9 before I got to the video (and I have the latest advert blocker active). So many of them are pushinv little more "snake oil" products/services and bogus remedies.
That said, The third concerto is one of my favourites.
+10000 -- pink salt isn't going to make me 20 pounds lighter in a month (which is actually super unhealthy), and vitamins aren't going to magically help my level 3 support needs nonverbal kiddo so much that he's suddenly a level 1 needs verbal kiddo. (And now tons of people who see that stupid commercial are going to become experts on what I ought to be doing for my kid because they saw it on the internet so it must be true.)
Sorry about the YouTube advertisements. I don't see them. Several months ago I decided to pony up the $14/month to avoid them because they were getting so blatant. Right now, YouTube and PrimeVideo are the only streaming services I pay for. And I get 90% of my streaming from YouTube. But the reason I pay for PrimeVideo (another $13/mo.) is that it's just a couple dollars more than paying for AmazonPrime's free shipping from Amazon, which I take advantage of several times per month, getting my money back several times over. But if streaming services like NetFlix, or STARS, MAX, or Paramount+, etc. offer a few months of introductory prices like $3.99/mo I'll take advantage of it just to see if there was anything that might interest me, but am quickly disillusioned and often cancel before the introductory period expires. Over a long life I've seen almost every movie that was ever of interest to me, and there are precious few that are worth seeing again. I have very little interest in fiction anymore. Real life is much more interesting, scary, disgusting, instructive, revealing, funny, and varied than trite overtold, redressed fiction.
Query: If the word "our" is pronounced "Ow-er" why isn't the word "your" pronounced "yow-er". Or perhaps "our" should be pronounced "ou-er" as in "tour?
@lorraineopura
I don't even bother refrigerating it, I just leave it out in the room to go cold.
@ArtAngel
I'm in the UK, and bad as the UK is getting lately, I believe the law in general surrounding photography in public, is that you have the right to photograph anyone and anything that you wish, providing you're located in a public space when taking the photograph. However, I beleive in order to take a photograph while being located on private property, the owner of the property has the law on their side in preventing you from doing so, should they wish to do that.
@KyotoKid
I'm not a member of any Google service, and therefore get to observe what they're pushing. I've being served non-stop adverts for knives, before, during, and after every news video I see, where the news in quesiton would be enough to make anyone's blood boil. This is despite the fact that, other than for preparing food, I have no interest in knives, never have, and have never searched for them. People really have no idea of what Google really is, but I do, and I point blank refuse to contact (or share my email with) anyone who uses Google Mail.
There's "dou-er" (door) and "watter" (water) too!
My nana used to speak like that, as did my aunt (her sister).
I used to love Gallagher. He constantly questioned the English language, the use and pronounciation of words with "W" in them, things like that. And one great one...Why do we drive on the parkway and park in the driveway?
Through, bough, rough, dough, etc.
...I already have a Prime membership for expedited shipping to my apartment door without an extra fee. The video service is marginal as I don't have a television so I get buffering pauses.
The last time I tried one of those "introductory streaming offers" was the NFL network (yeah I'm a sports ball fan). The first Sunday after i signed up I was so excited, but the games I chose to "watch" were only a radio feed not video despite what was mentioned in the promo. I immediately cancelled it. As II don't live in a city that has a team it wasn't because of a "blackout " rule.
Fortunately it was only 4.99.
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Sheer Pottery: Ceramic negligee.