choccygirl

Take the chance to get the booster if you’re offered if. I’m not eligible. I’ve just had covid. Got me worse this time and affected me far more. Took me ages to even realise because it truly was like a bad cold so if you too have a cold, take a test. So tired and lost over a week to feeling bad. 

As I believe I’ve said before… it’s always the ones you least suspect, isn’t it?

Oh.

I’m struggling to get my head around this one. I was a fan (not of the ‘Twitter theorist’ variety, I hasten to add) and it’s just so awful to know that there’s no more and whatever the overall stories really were will never be known. I never got to see him live and now I never will.

But obviously that’s not the most important thing in this situation. I feel so bad for his family and everyone who knew him. It sounds like he was such a kind person with a special mind. What a loss for them. 

After the report (last week?), it’s not unexpected in a way but also, it‘s so unexpected and sudden. 36. Fuck.

And now everyone can stop talking about his issues and how he’s done so well making money doing nothing…

 How tragic. 😢

Sorry to hear that @Gay as FOOK - no advice to add other than to take your time, talk to people when you need to and as time allows, try to focus on new opportunities and beginnings. I hope you’re as ok as you can be. Be gentle with yourself.

I’m not commenting on this story when I say this (I have no reason to disbelieve it) but as a woman, I am well aware of the damage other woman can do, the lies they can tell and how much they do not support each other. You are a woman too but never ever be fooled that every one of us is a saint and every man is the devil. It’s simply untrue. There are good and bad women, and there are good and bad men. And I’ll also add that my experience of men on this board is overwhelmingly good. Please stop with the sweeping generalisations, it helps nobody.

There’s also Adaptil plug ins. I’ve used the cat version and found it useful.

If those options don’t work, some vets have nurses who specialise in animal behaviour too. Not sure if they would give free advice but guess they might have a chat from a ‘is it behaviour or medical’ perspective. Also, if he’s insured, behaviourists are sometimes covered on that so it may lesson the load.

Happy Christmas everyone! Hope it’s been a good day for you all, whatever that means to you.

I went to the Friday and the sound was ok where I was. When Axl picked up on the crowd having issues with the sound, I wasn’t sure what they were on about. I’ve read varying things about sound around the stadium and it seemed to vary.

I was just happy to have seen them and got a relatively full set and looking cohesive and happy. The whole thing went far better than I expected (having heard nightmares at other dates in the past) but I wasn’t bothered about support and got there after gates opened so of course that changes things.

The story of Axl staying in the dressing room on a rush bought Ikea bed is quite an image.

Ignore. All sorted.

57 minutes ago, Ronnie said:

Why? He's from the South of the most evangelically extreme country in the Western world. The emotive and counterfactual is entirely what many of them believe. And given that they do tend to be thoroughly convinced that a zygote is a human being, I can, like @Tommy!, fully understand their framing that nothing justifies the murder of a defenceless baby, even in the extreme case that it was conceived without the consent of the person carrying it.

Their initial beliefs are wrong, of course, but they're theirs, nonetheless, and are what underwrite their views. It's far too simplistic just to write it off as men trying to tell women what to do with their bodies, as the default response can often seem to be. Once you start off convinced that that tiny ball of parasitic cells is actually a baby, terminating it becomes as unpalatable as ending its life a week after birth is universally accepted as being. None of us believe that having carried a baby grants one the privilege to murder it; they just apply that logic to prior to the birth, too. That view will never change and this argument therefore never end for as long as fact and reason aren't the basis of beliefs. Making the argument about it being individuals' rights to decide whether to terminate a pregnancy won't resolve anything; you've somehow got to convince these people that the entity developing within the host isn't, at least in the early stages, a human being. 

That’s all well and good until you consider that in some cases they are choosing for women to die if they continue with a pregnancy.  In those cases, they are choosing to ignore the rights of the actual human carrying the baby, for the sake of the baby, when they know the outcome is death.

I don’t care where you’re from, there should be no reasoning for that. And yet, it’s happening and they’re celebrating it.

And sorry, but it is often “men” deciding this for women.  Literally it is that.  Worse, it’s often the same men who don’t understand the details involved and aren’t interested in it.  It seems that we’re ignoring the general will of a large chunk of men to erode women’s rights and health, and control what we can or can’t do.

To answer the thread title, yes Kane is a twat.

Thanks, both. I had wondered if it would just be an early detection. It’s weird that I feel a bit rough but have a negative result, but the PCR could show different obviously. I’m worried too as the other person is mildly vulnerable and has been more careful than me of late so it seems wrong.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you @ReturnOfTheMack, hope this time is better. Have you got a PCR test booked?

I’m so tired of all this shit now.

That’s what we’re doing. Plans changed, not leaving the house now and PCR booked ASAP. We’ll keep up the lateral flows to see if it changes (but will do the PCRs regardless).

Was just wondering what the chances are that it’s actually likely to be Covid was all.

Does anyone have experience of lateral flow tests with a faint positive line? There’s been one in the household today. Mine is fine although I’ve got a slight cold and headache. PCR booked in for tomorrow and will keep on with the lateral flows so will know more in a few days but wondering if it’s likely to be picking up a trace at early stages or if it’s a false positive etc.

Had the booster, ate the McDonald’s.

My mum is still letting people in her house so that’s stressing me out. Although, I’ve been Christmas shopping which didn’t feel safe but more necessary than someone dropping off a present. So tired of all this but yay for science.

…But if you do sit in your pants, make sure you have everything close to hand!  I’ve conducted loads of video interviews and people often have to get up to get something I need to see.  Thankfully, none have been in their pants!

If you have a chance, it’s worth testing your video and audio in advance to help reduce issues.

I actually think video interviews are harder for the interviewers so try to remember it’s probably worse for them.  Try to relax as it does help across a screen.  Good luck!

Reports now saying he had been out for medical reasons and had just been cleared to return. Also a mention that he was unhappy with where they were talking the character and had become protective of it, not surprised to hear that. Must’ve been shit for him to watch on in recent weeks.

https://www.ringsidenews.com/2021/08/01/bray-wyatt-was-just-medically-cleared-for-wwe-return/

In this particular situation, the thing with the “business” argument is that he was one of the biggest merch sellers. It’s not like they got nothing back for their money.

People have always come and gone and that’s fine to a degree. It feels like it’s at a stage where there’s no point getting invested though. What’s the point when people go AWOL for months or get sacked mid-story?

I hope he does speak, I imagine there are many stories to tell. Guess it depends if he wants to go back though. Most important thing is that he’s happy with where he ends up.

I wasn’t going to post but I want to say that I find it uncomfortable that there’s so much speculation over someone’s mental health. He never said anything was wrong. It was one report and that was countered by other reports pretty quickly saying nobody had heard that. People have taken it and run with it, wishing him well etc and now blaming his release on it. I imagine that’s not been nice for him especially given that it all relates to his friend’s death. Imagine facing a wall of that on social media. Can’t we wait for someone to tell us themselves? Speculation can be harmful to mental health too.

Isn’t it possible that he came up with the gimmicks and had some control over character etc, but not overall booking? He obviously wouldn’t have booked himself into some situations or losses, so it seems clear he never had full control. There was a report via Twitter (can’t remember the source) which seemed to suggest he would refuse to do things he didn’t like so that may have played a part. If it’s true, I can only imagine the daft shit they wanted. You’d think that something has been going on because he’s been off for so long, and there was a report that it wasn’t creative or personal.

For what it’s worth, I’ll miss him and I think it’s a loss to WWE. He was a reason I watched (I mostly missed his first run) so this makes me less inclined to watch, and I’d already been struggling.  He’s not for everyone but at least it was different in the overall picture and at this point, they need that along with refining their booking. I don’t like the whole “they pay x wrestler and get rid of y and it’s unfair” argument but for me, it’s more that they’re keeping and pushing people I have little interest in and I see them too much.

It will be interesting to see how much he now says. I feel bad for him that he was due back this month but I hope this is something that he wanted to some degree (freedom, other projects etc). I hope he finds somewhere to have freedom to do what he wants but it’s sad that we never saw the full potential of what he was trying to do. Twitter is still active with this so it’s clearly not just his hardcore fans finding it bewildering.

I’m so tired of this bullshit.  I’ve avoided doing much of anything all along, and locked down early.  Double vaccinated and had thought I’d have some chance to safely get out a bit and live again.  Instead, I have one week to do that - with cases soaring so not really safe - before things go even crazier.  Cannot believe the Government are being so reckless with lifting restrictions.

All I wanted was to safely get my haircut for the first time in 18 months and start seeing my friend again.  Wasn’t bothered about going inside houses, pubs etc.  I’m now having to cram the appointment and a meal (outside) into this week, and am mildly terrified at the prospect.  My friend is double vaccinated (minus a week) but was ill before it, ill after and her kid has a sore throat (but she “doesn’t think it’s Covid”) so that scares me too.  But I can’t wait, can I?  I won’t feel safe after this week.  I feel forced into it and it feels very risky after being so careful.  Certainly won’t be encouraging me back into places to help fix the economy but I’m clearly not someone they care about.  Can’t wait for the inevitable next lockdown and variants, but so what?  This government are unaccountable.

Hope things improve @Chris B.  Do you have a pulse oximeter?  I’ve read it can be worth investing to pick things up before they develop but hopefully you’re past that stage.

Edit - sorry to be a downer.  I was just so looking forward to some safe normal life.

I felt awful after my first vaccination but my second was absolutely fine so it’s not a given. My arm barely hurt and I had nothing else obvious. I felt a little tired but that could well have been something else.

Not sure if it’s just me but I’m starting to feel pretty pissed off that having finally got the full vaccine there’s now so many cases and reckless behaviour that I still don’t trust going back to anywhere close to normal. I really want to but knowing there’s so much of it around just puts me off. I thought it would be a fully vaccinated, few cases type of deal. I don’t get this country, so close and now they’ve fucked it and nothing is being done, people aren’t doing their all (e.g a friend kids and husband in contact with the public isn’t moving the vaccine forward because “oh well, it’s only a month”). The booster for over 50s is great but what about the rest and long Covid etc? Once all restrictions go it all just seems madness to accept so many case as ok. I’m trying not to think about it too much nowadays (it’s going well as you can tell...!).

I have a week to go until I’m fully protected. I’m having a think about what to do afterwards and what feels safe. What are you all doing post-vaccine as a safe balance? 

Yeah, I couldn’t see it available here either, it’s not listed as streaming anywhere and couldn’t find a release date. I did try.

On 2/10/2021 at 12:38 AM, Hannibal Scorch said:

I just watched In and Of Itself that a friend sent me a copy of. It is absolutely spellbinding. I have never seen anything quite like it. I knew nothing going into it, so I advise you to do the same. It is a recording of a one man show from New York. That's all you need to know.

Thanks for recommending this @Hannibal Scorch. Watched it a few nights ago and it creeps back into my mind every so often. Good watch, worth looking up.

Second vaccination this morning so all bluetoothed up now. Smooth process again but far more people involved than my first which freaked me out a little because it was hard to avoid them. My favourite comment “Just waiting to see if it bleeds.  Oh, I don’t know where I did it.” 

Then celebrated in true forum fashion. I wonder how much McDonalds have made from this place.

(Wasn’t sure where to put this so mods feel free to move.)

Know there are a lot of people with cats here so thought I’d pass this on.  Just saw it on Twitter, scary stuff and seems a lot of cats have been affected.  AVA, Applaws and Sainsbury’s dry food mentioned (so far?).

Dry cat food recalled

Applaws statement