Fascinating stuff. Never knew any of this.

Shitpost. I was mildly curious which was more common.

I have 3 but would LOVE to hear more....

You can always have more but you can't have less

This one's from my dad and it really stuck with me. You can, and really should, apply this to any intoxicant.

On the pitch is off the streets

This is about getting restless kids, or kids who might be in a bad situation, into sports.

The axe forgets but the tree remembers

Translation on this one: People who cause hurt are less likely to remember than those it affected.

Lucked out on a lakeside spot in County Meath (Ireland). Weather was great. Took two of my kids and one of their friends.

Just finished my morning coffee. They're all still asleep. Life is good.

Second run at this and I nearly nailed it this time. I used this recipe with a few changes to the recipe as I was cooking for 6.

• one metric tonne of chicken
• Fresh ginger (approximately two adult thumbs volume)
• nicer peppers
• Heaps of hoisin sauce (the one in my supermarket is cheap so it needed more)

I fluffed the onion amount and will definitely add more next time.

Movie about the Matewan Massacre. Coal mining union against a coal mining company set in 1920.

Movie is from 1987 but being set in 1920 has aged very well. Great cast including the President of the 12 colonies from the Battlestar Gallactica reboot (Mary McDonnell) among many other great actors.

Highly recommended. Currently streaming on Prime where I live.

edit: Contains an eyewitness account by the narrator.

Seems to be limited to a subset of libraries (in Dublin at least) but it only asks for your library card number and pin.

I'm constantly impressed with what our libraries are offering now. They had a massive library of Nintendo Switch games in my local library I noticed recently.

For those of you not aware he's visiting today.

I think it's phenomenal that a female boxer has filled an 80,000 seater stadium as the main card.

So, so proud of her.

It's on RTE / RTE player if you're interested.

Hi folks. Not a woman but I'm asking on behalf of my 19 year old daughter so I hope that's ok.

She has a huge dermoid cyst on one of her ovaries. It's slightly larger than a baby's head.

We're just out of a consult with the surgeon a few hours. Surgeon felt the ovary was salvageable and she basically has three options.

1. Ovary removal, this can possibly / probably be done through keyhole. Results in about 25% reduction in fertility. She does want kids in the future but had mentally already said goodbye to the ovary until today.
2. Horizontal incision. This will leave a scar about 13cm / 5 inches around her knicker line but if there are any complications during the surgery, the scar would extend to cover the width of her tummy. At the moment this is her preferred option because of lower visibility but we're both kinda shaken after the whole thing.
3. Vertical scar from her belly button. This makes the surgery easier and is the least likely to cause any complications.

He's urging option 3.

The thing is she's an athletic kid and very young obviously so the scarring is a big consideration for her. She would wear belly tops a lot and has since she was young. She doesn't want a tattoo to cover.

We tried looking for examples of post-op scars online but they're all fresh after surgery so obviously look very rough (and I presume some of them are "omg I got butchered" pics) so she was very upset after seeing those.

What I'm wondering is if any of you have experience or know anyone with experience with this and wouldn't mind sharing what choice you made and if you're happy with it and how well the scar healed over time?

Also if anyone would be willing to share a healed scar picture I could put you directly in touch with her (or you can of course DM me).

Thanks so much ❤️