The "what's On Your Mind?" Thread -2019

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I wonder if such phenomena existed before the internet existed. Like, way before. Maybe the 1930s or so on.

I'd like to believe that there is a logical explanation for this but my fun, imaginative, and creative side hopes it's something more.
 
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It's like the line 'Luke, I am your father' in The Empire Strikes Back. I don't remember Darth Vader saying that, but many people do. Including James Earl Jones. He claims that this is what he said. But that's not what was in the movie.
 
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I wonder if such phenomena existed before the internet existed. Like, way before. Maybe the 1930s or so on.

I'd like to believe that there is a logical explanation for this but my fun, imaginative, and creative side hopes it's something more.
I'm sure it did, but because of the internet people can now discuss this worldwide and not just to their friends.
 
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Graceful-Lily Graceful-Lily , since you originally brought this up and it was your idea, maybe you could start a thread about it.
That way, this thread is not getting overloaded on this subject alone.
 

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My friend Natalie's baby is sick.
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John's aunt disapproves, but she's been passively aggressively hinting that I should wean him since he started solid foods. I told her babies still need either breast milk or formula as their main source of nutrition until they're a year old and breast milk is better, and she just got a disapproving look on her face and shut up. Oh well. My baby, my decision.
John's aunt was probably reared in a time when women were being taught that breastfeeding was unsanitary. That was a huge thing, started by manufacturers of formula, and it's taken decades for us to get back to "breastfeeding is ideal if you can do it." The healthiest child I ever knew was breastfed until he was 4 years old. People talked a LOT about that mother, but her son was never sick a day in his life, or at least not until he was about 18, which is when I lost track of the family. Fun factoid...Dakota women (Souix) breast fed their babies for 4-5 years. NO Dakota man would impregnate a nursing mother, so the women used this as family planning. One of the reasons for this is that a crying infant could endanger an entire village on the move. You can keep one infant quiet, but you canNOT keep a group of 3-4 infants and toddlers quiet by yourself. No more than one baby in arms per family at any one time was safer for everyone.
 

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Well, it's pretty easy to ignore her but it's a bit annoying when I explain that he needs it for at least a year and every time I see her, she asks if he's been weaned yet and gets that "look" when I say no. But I'm not gonna argue about it. He's my kid and I'll feed him the way I want. And since he's only had one half cold in his entire year of life, I must be doing something right.
 

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I wanted to share with everyone something that I learned about on THE TODAY SHOW. Apparently, if it's to good to be true. Those online ads for younger skin, beautiful lashes, thicker hair ALL FOR A GREAT PRICE??? Check with the Better Business Bureau.Org.the original purchase is a teaser, after that they hit you with either the full price or even worse, monthly charges till you stop it within the often hidden timeframe!!! If you are lucky enough to find contact info
 

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Nevermind, they said his cleaning isn't an emergency and I have to wait 14 weeks... :eviltongue::cloudy: I don't know why they didn't say this when I dropped him off. They checked his file before I left. They are aware of his i-131. She said she told me in the email so why didn't she remind me and cancel the appointment? My memory is pretty bad.
 

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Rain and more rain. It needs to slow down now as we have had a couple of real washers which brought down some mudslides. The Pacific Coast Highway was closed around Malibu for a while because of that. It is very true here that "when it rains it pours". Wish it was more spaced out. I have never seen the lawn flooded in the 4 years I have lived here and now there are huge puddles. It's not coming down hard, just relentless. The street is wet but not flooded but I guess the lawn has had as much as it can soak up for right now.
Snow is up at 7,000 feet so none on the local mountains which are only around 4,500. But the Sierras are getting plenty and the aquifers and reservoirs are filling up which is good news.
I hear that there is big surf and I would like to go see it but as long as it's raining like this I won't venture out, too many fools out there who drive too fast.
 

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This is a rabt been on my mind on wondering why my internet is increasing and Netflix. I am debating going to the first tier but I don't think it shows in HD. But I guess this is like paying a cable bill I have two subscription to an Asian drama and Netflix.
 

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So, I stopped at Trader Joe's today to see if they had cremini mushrooms for a recipe, since Jewel didn't, and they were labeled "Baby Bella 'Cremini' Mushrooms"

And I googled and found out they were the same thing, which means Jewel did have them under the baby bella label.

...How on earth was I supposed to know that? Why are there two such different names for the same thing? :dunno:
 

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It still amazes me how people react when I tell them that I don't own a smartphone. It's getting to a point now where when people question my choices or tell me that I'm crazy, I get very, very defensive. 90% of the people who see my phone laugh or have some adverse reaction when it isn't a big deal. Okay, you love your smartphone. Good for you. But I saw mine as a problem in my life and decided to drastically change said problem by getting rid of it. So, if that makes me insane then I happily accept that label.
Great NEWS for you!!! Flip phones are making a comeback, per the nightly news! You are a trendsetter and you should be proud!
 

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Great NEWS for you!!! Flip phones are making a comeback, per the nightly news! You are a trendsetter and you should be proud!
They honestly make life so much simpler for me. I am a minimalist at heart so having one device for it's intended purpose rather than 1million other things have eased so much stress and anxiety.
 

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I had catscratch fever complete with 3 days in the hospital!!!! My mom had a feral kitten and she got sick but no hospital stay, her cat made us both sick. This was when TED NUGGENT had the song too!!!
 

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I currently have a throat ailment of unknown origin. I ventured out in the snowstorm to the Urgent Care at Jewel only to find out that I don't have Strep A (they're doing a full throat culture to see if I have a less common type). So now I'm on Ibuprofen and throat lozenges for pain management. Yay me.

I almost wish the strep test had come back positive so at least I could have started on antibiotics to get better. If the throat culture comes back negative the next step is to wait and see if it's mono, I think? IDEK, but I slept about three hours when I came back (after having to shovel myself back into the garage, because of course this happened during the snow).

Okay, enough whining. I'm going to go back to my cold beverages and wasting time on youtube and here.
 
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