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Comment on Tildes Gardening Group: Week 3/5/26 in ~hobbies
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Comment on Tildes Gardening Group: Week 3/5/26 in ~hobbies
Dovey LinkI came in from the garden this morning and found a tick crawling on me. I've never had to do tick checks before but here comes the new normal, I guess. How do I get my hands on an opossum......I came in from the garden this morning and found a tick crawling on me. I've never had to do tick checks before but here comes the new normal, I guess. How do I get my hands on an opossum... Anyone else now having to deal with challenges they didn't used to have?
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Comment on Scientists gave cocaine to salmon and you will absolutely believe what happened next in ~science
Dovey LinkWait 'til Cocaine Bear hears about this.Wait 'til Cocaine Bear hears about this.
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Comment on Tildes Gardening Group: Week 20/4/26 in ~hobbies
Dovey LinkMy two sweet potatoes have a couple of tiny slips starting up. I wasn't at all sure this experiment would work, but I'm encouraged. (The secret of my success: every day I hang over them and chant,...My two sweet potatoes have a couple of tiny slips starting up. I wasn't at all sure this experiment would work, but I'm encouraged. (The secret of my success: every day I hang over them and chant, "Go, go, sweet po-ta-to!") Now they need to keep growing, a LOT, and some day they can move out to the garden in anticipation of a long, hot summer.
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Comment on Ferry Halim - Orisinal: 62 flash games in ~games
Dovey LinkI used to play so many of these. I got roped in by Bubble Bees and came to love a lot of the others. Time for some snow bowling! And bugs!I used to play so many of these. I got roped in by Bubble Bees and came to love a lot of the others. Time for some snow bowling! And bugs!
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Comment on What are some of your personal misheard lyrics? in ~music
Dovey LinkAn oldie: Chris de Burgh's Don't Pay the Ferryman warns, "Don't even fix a price." Unless you're young me, thinking it was "Don't name him Vincent Price." Creepy guy, yeah, that makes total sense....An oldie: Chris de Burgh's Don't Pay the Ferryman warns, "Don't even fix a price." Unless you're young me, thinking it was "Don't name him Vincent Price." Creepy guy, yeah, that makes total sense.
Christmas bonus: As a child I assumed the "Holy Infantso, tender and mild" in Silent Night was an old-fashioned way to say Holy infant.
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Comment on What are some of your personal misheard lyrics? in ~music
Dovey Link ParentFor some reason I decided "she knows just what it takes to make a strobelight."For some reason I decided "she knows just what it takes to make a strobelight."
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Comment on 2024 United States election megathread in ~society
Dovey LinkI think I can speak for most of Canada to say we're hoping for a peaceful, timely outcome. It's going to be a long day/week/month...I think I can speak for most of Canada to say we're hoping for a peaceful, timely outcome. It's going to be a long day/week/month...
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Comment on Does the Great Pumpkin really exist in the Peanuts Universe? in ~comics
Dovey Link ParentIt occurs to me that the War of the Worlds radio broadcast ((1938) reported an alien invasion that began in New Jersey, but I don't know how Freeman fits in. There was an American libertarian...It occurs to me that the War of the Worlds radio broadcast ((1938) reported an alien invasion that began in New Jersey, but I don't know how Freeman fits in. There was an American libertarian magazine (1950-2016) called The Freeman. Maybe they once wrote about the Great Pumpkin?
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Comment on The flu shot is different this year, thanks to COVID in ~health
Dovey LinkI got my flu shot last week in Ontario and I was curious to see whether we've ditched the Yamagata strain. This is from the Public Health Ontario website: "Canada’s National Advisory Committee on...I got my flu shot last week in Ontario and I was curious to see whether we've ditched the Yamagata strain. This is from the Public Health Ontario website: "Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) also indicated support for the removal of the B/Yamagata strain from influenza vaccines and a transition to trivalent vaccines, as soon as practically possible. Recognizing significant logistical and regulatory challenges with transitioning from quadrivalent to trivalent vaccines, NACI anticipates a gradual transition, with variability in vaccine supply across countries. Quadrivalent vaccines will continue to be supplied to public health programs in Canada for the 2024-25 influenza season and more detailed guidance
regarding the change from quadrivalent to trivalent vaccines will be included as part of the 2025-26
NACI seasonal influenza statement."So we're lagging behind as always. Maybe next year.
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Comment on Lefties of Tildes: what are some items where the left handed version is most necessary? in ~life
Dovey LinkI'm fairly leftie and I agree with some commenters that a lot of those gadgets aren't necessary. I do have some left-handed scissors, and I did always dislike those right-handed desks. The worst...I'm fairly leftie and I agree with some commenters that a lot of those gadgets aren't necessary. I do have some left-handed scissors, and I did always dislike those right-handed desks. The worst thing was field hockey in gym class, where they never had a stick for me, but thank god the days of gym class are long over. I use either hand for my computer mouse, which I think has helped with ambidexterity. (One day I discovered I was unthinkingly using a screwdriver with my right hand.)
My advice is not to make it a big deal. When I was little and learning to knit in a group, the teachers said, "Oh, left-handed, you're going to find this VERY DIFFICULT. We just don't know how to teach you!" I learned just fine later on and I knit like anyone else. Knitted like a fiend for decades, in fact.
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Comment on Maja Francis – Hello Cowboy (2024) in ~music
Dovey LinkLet's pair that with Mitsou's Bye bye mon cowboyLet's pair that with Mitsou's Bye bye mon cowboy
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Comment on Not sure where to ask this - early 2000's email printing layout samples in ~design
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Comment on Not sure where to ask this - early 2000's email printing layout samples in ~design
Dovey (edited )LinkI have some printouts of emails from 1997. Would those be useful for you? Edit: I found a few from 2001, too.I have some printouts of emails from 1997. Would those be useful for you?
Edit: I found a few from 2001, too.
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Comment on A little palette cleanser from all of the heavy stuff we talk about here—and a beautiful little surprise for us just before bed in ~life
Dovey Link ParentThey definitely do not try to be clean! Raccoons leave a terrible mess behind, after they destroy all the nice things you wish you could keep outside or grow in your garden.They definitely do not try to be clean! Raccoons leave a terrible mess behind, after they destroy all the nice things you wish you could keep outside or grow in your garden.
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Comment on Concerning levels of arsenic and lead found in tampons in world first study in ~health
Dovey Link ParentI heartily recommend them. Used a cup for decades until I no longer needed to, and I found it was almost always the best choice for me. (On camping trips, not so much.)I heartily recommend them. Used a cup for decades until I no longer needed to, and I found it was almost always the best choice for me. (On camping trips, not so much.)
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Comment on Lemonade stands in ~life
Dovey LinkI wonder if enough people are carrying cash to make this idea work? I carry cash and change but I know a lot of people just don't bother any more. Do kids carry change nowadays? Funny, Facebook...I wonder if enough people are carrying cash to make this idea work? I carry cash and change but I know a lot of people just don't bother any more. Do kids carry change nowadays?
Funny, Facebook showed me a memory today from 2012, when I encountered a lemonade stand. Those kids also had cookies available, with a combo deal for sixty cents. I was their first customer and I don't know if they got many more.
Somehow the idea of a lemonade stand is charming and classic, but the thought of kids selling stuff out of a cooler at the park feels a little sketchy to me.
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Comment on If Taylor Otwell and Taylor Swift stood in the US presidential election, who will you vote for? in ~talk
Dovey LinkI had to look up who Taylor Otwell is, so I guess I'm in the Taylor Swift camp. Fortunately I'm Canadian and I don't think you'll let me vote.I had to look up who Taylor Otwell is, so I guess I'm in the Taylor Swift camp. Fortunately I'm Canadian and I don't think you'll let me vote.
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Comment on What are some lesser known food and cooking YouTubers? in ~food
Dovey LinkCooking the Books, just under 50,000 subscribers. Anna makes vintage recipes from her collection of old cookbooks. She's a natural in front of the camera and I find all her videos enjoyable....Cooking the Books, just under 50,000 subscribers. Anna makes vintage recipes from her collection of old cookbooks. She's a natural in front of the camera and I find all her videos enjoyable. Mostly American mid-20th-century home cooking, with lots of maraschino cherries and Bisquick.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
Thanks. My cat is strictly indoor but I immediately got the anti-tick meds and treated her, since there's a danger of me bringing them into the house.