Oof, I hate ice cold water. I always drink room temp or slightly cooled… but I like your idea. Perhaps I’ll give sparkling water another try.

Thanks for the elaborate response. I’m finishing up my doctoral thesis at the moment and hopefully when that is done the main stressor in my life is gone. I’ve tried many of your tips about including others and keeping them out of the house, but somehow I always find an excuse to get them again.

I’m stuck on two cans a day, with bad days going up to 4 cans. I do drink loads of water in between.

I have tried that a few times, but can never make it last. Sparkling water doesn’t do it for me and sugar-free gives me gastro issues. I think I accidently made cokes my emotional support food. Does anyone have any tips?

Leave the damn squirrels alone!

Some examples from flemish (belgian dutch) to dutch:

I remember the first time in a swimming pool in flanders I was so confused by all the signs saying I shouldn’t walk.

I guess warm breath rises, you can see it in winter when your breath is visible.

However, co2 is not present as a gas in your body, but bound to hemoglobin, so I think it only becomes a gas again in your lungs. Same as farts only forming “outside” your body in your intestines.

8, and I’m a woman without children 🤔

They are not really getting paid, they are getting the money back they paid for windfarm permits and in exchange they have to invest the money in oil and gas in the US.

By supporting small companies you make sure alternatives to the big companies thrive. When the new alternatives become too big, now at least there are two companies instead of a monopoly or you start supporting a third up and coming. The idea is not to make the perfect choice, but to make sure there is a choice.

Breastmilk is also made up of numerous chemicals. Chemicals are not bad, we are made of chemicals.

I spoke to several dutch people about this and none of them had heard of it.

What I mean is that this particular military guy did not even take that simple precaution.

I only share my strava activities with followers, unless I’m doing an event or I’m not starting from home/work/standard locations. And I have no real reason except for simple privacy (and a minor fear for stalkers and bikethiefs)

I hope neurodevelopmental disorders would also get more attention. Although less people suffer from it than from aging-related disorders, when a child is born with a severe disease it affects not only the child’s life, but also that of parents and siblings. (I don’t mean neurodivergence, I mean severe disorders that prevent a child from being able to walk, communicate, and/or live in health).

In comparison with aging-disorders, so many good years of life are lost.

If my dog would ever talk I would explain to him in detail why our high salt diet with onions and avocado and chocolate would kill him and that giving him more than a lick of whipped cream gives him diarhea. Poor guy doesn’t understand that we deny him because we love him.

I had a similar experience during a three-week cold, but in my case once I started vomiting I kept vomiting up slime until two days later I got some medication to calm my stomach. Had a mild scare because of chest pain right after, but it turned out to be an inflamed ribcage from all the coughing and vomiting.

I finally realised I kept having recurring colds because I had silent acid reflux, without any symptoms of acid reflux. After 8 months of getting sick every 2 months and staying sick for weeks every time, I started a diet against reflux and so far I have not been sick yet (4.5 months later).

I use a mini-fork (dessert fork?)

Which genetic testing are you talking about specifically?

When I was in the US the “dedicated room” was the handicapped toilet with a chair in it, exactly this setup.