What did you learn today?

[D M C]

I learnt toady that the salesman at Dick's Sporting Goods is a nice guy. He gave me a new key to my treadmill (the old one, I lost,) gratis.

 

[beaglesandbass]

I learned that Oreos are vegan.

 

[ZenG]

I'm a fan of ragtime. Am I a jazz ager?

No. You're about 90 years too late.

 

[D M C]

I did not know this before today: "Index finger" literally means "pointing finger", from the same Latin source as indicate;

 

[Tom Bomb]

Irie. Listening in to One Love? Jamaican music since Marley, moving on.

In the 1970's Jamaican reggae shook the music world; the 90's ushered in dancehall but it had a dark side.[…]

Followup airing soon - Invalid Link Removed

 

[Tom Bomb]

This got me reminiscing as well as learning something new, today - Invalid Link Removed. Growing up, I used to escape into The Enchanted Wood all the time. Still do

 

[Tom Bomb]

Jodie Whittaker: Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord to be a woman - BBC News. I think I'm in love. Keep it to yourselves Understanding birdsong too is on the agenda.

 

[blastoff99]

Certainly not for the first time, and likely not for the last time, I learned that home ownership done with even a modicum of responsibility is a continuous scenario of project creep.

 

[foal30]

Hodor

 

[Tom Bomb]

An ancient indigenous rock shelter rewrites Australia's human history. Not easy to do - literate rock shelters are few and far between We've believed this for at least three decades. More details are emerging, Ilt.

[…]the latest genetic evidence indicates that humans moved out of Africa about 72,000 years ago — although there is archaeological evidence they may have been in the Near East 110,000 years ago.

"It means that within several thousand years, Homo sapiens were in Australia," Dr Westaway said.

"That's a very rapid expansion across the globe."

Once they moved out of Africa, Homo sapiens bred with Neanderthals and Denisovans before moving into South-East Asia then into the supercontinent of Sahul — what is now New Guinea and Australia.

The new dates also indicate modern humans lived in the same region as the ancient, now extinct, Homo floresiensis aka 'the hobbit', for at least 15,000 years.

 

[blastoff99]

I learned that it is not uncommon to get a UTI on the heels of antibiotics for a sinus infection.

 

[PWRL]

I learned that it is not uncommon to get a UTI on the heels of antibiotics for a sinus infection.

Yowtch! You have my sympathies. I took some stuff called D-Mannose when I was having trouble like that.

 

[blastoff99]

Yowtch! You have my sympathies. I took some stuff called D-Mannose when I was having trouble like that.

Thanks. Alas, way past that point by the time it blew up. Went from "huh, am I peeing more than usual?" to "that is NOT supposed to be that color" in an hour. Insurance nurse told me to get to the ER, and by the time I was seen an hour later I was teeth chattering bone aching miserable.

While I'm not thrilled about the second course of antibiotics in a month, I'll say that even the first dose knocked this down very quickly.

 

[PWRL]

Thanks. Alas, way past that point by the time it blew up. Went from "huh, am I peeing more than usual?" to "that is NOT supposed to be that color" in an hour. Insurance nurse told me to get to the ER, and by the time I was seen an hour later I was teeth chattering bone aching miserable.

While I'm not thrilled about the second course of antibiotics in a month, I'll say that even the first dose knocked this down very quickly.

I truly feel for you. I've had similar issues. Glad you're feeling better, though.

 

[D M C]

Cranberry juice. The real stuff, not the cocktail.

Sorry. It's not funny. Get better soon.

 

[Stumbo]

Certainly not for the first time, and likely not for the last time, I learned that home ownership done with even a modicum of responsibility is a continuous scenario of project creep.

Yep. And if you put things off, it costs way more later.

 

[blastoff99]

Cranberry juice. The real stuff, not the cocktail.

Sorry. It's not funny. Get better soon.

That, tons of water, chamomile tea, the vitamin c that I quit taking two weeks ago... and an antibiotic and antispasmodic.

Never had a UTI before, so I guess I'm starting with a real doozy.

 

[PWRL]

The stuff I took, D Mannose, actually has cranberry extract dried up in it. Some people swear by it. But if you got it whipped, you got it whipped.

 

[blastoff99]

The stuff I took, D Mannose, actually has cranberry extract dried up in it. Some people swear by it. But if you got it whipped, you got it whipped.

I am doing all that and don't got it whipped. Going to the doc in a couple of hours. Feel three megacraptons worse than I did a couple of days ago, with some new symptoms that are a tad concerning. Wish me luck.

 

[D M C]

The stuff I took, D Mannose, actually has cranberry extract dried up in it. Some people swear by it. But if you got it whipped, you got it whipped.

So I mix the cranberries and mayonnaise? Or I eat the mayonnaise and chase it withe the cranberry juice? Need more info.