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I'm not entirely sure about the motive of baby-on-board other than potentially "if there's an accident look for the baby". I don't think it's an excuse to be a bad driver but hopefully encourage people around possibly to be mindful

I've seen quite a few stickers on cars that basically state there's an autistic child/person in the car and they have a list of things the passenger may exhibit such as being non-verbal, reacting strangely, running away... Like on some houses they list occupants human and otherwise in case of emergency and people and pets need to be rescued

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    That is gorgeous!! That's a beautiful color

    I can't really knit. I've learned how to cast on and the basic knit stitch but I'd be willing to try for this blanket. which looking up the term garter stitch I guess that's what it is

    How are the honey combs made? How easy is a color change in knitting? I'd love to see it done in a contrasting color

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    My mom tried telling me a story about how she had the exterminator rescue a snake stuck on a glue trap, and it was there for a few days and she poked at it to see if it was alive...

    I had to cut her off and tell her that the story was upsetting me and her disregard for life was appalling. She included how they went away for the weekend and it was still alive when they got back, so I guess it was "worthy of trying to save". Just disgusting and I'm glad I have embraced the view that every life is worth saving (besides mosquitoes and bedbugs)

    I am the weirdo at the warehouse that saves all the bugs. I caught a little skipper butterfly, a wasp, and a couple spiders within the last couple months. The other day I was looking at a pallet and after a surprise realized a poor spider had been caught in shrinkwrap but was still alive! I cut the plastic around it and wrangled it outside; the poor thing deserves a chance

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    I absolutely love molasses and don't think enough foods contain it. I'll pour some in a spoon and eat it straight! I'll have to look into recipes for shoo fly pie; the pictures look delicious!

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    Please redirect me to a better community if needed -
    I'd like to be able to record through the peephole if possible. Otherwise I'm looking for something discreet that is waterproof for outside

    I don't want to use ring or another unsecure platform, but I don't know what to search for to even start looking for what I need. I'm not in a position to self-host locally, at least immediately as long as it's something simple, pretty sure an rpi can handle that task but I've never played with one before. All my computer related skills have gotten very rusty

    Are there privacy respecting products that work out of the box?

    Edit- it was a false alarm and I feel incredibly silly but it was a good heads up. My neighbor had their package recently stolen so I was a little jumpy

    Thank you for the suggestions! I'll look into them all individually but I'm quite out of my depth. I'm not sure how to differentiate privacy forward or not

     

    I was watching a video that featured a Negimaru 120 and it has a really interesting drive(?). It's a vegetable slicer

    Here's a video, a review maybe? It's in Japanese but that's not necessarily important.. here's two timestamped links. The first one shows being able to plug into different gears to adjust the thickness of the cut. The second one has a great closeup of it working

    https://youtu.be/U8k9ISBPPQw?t=210
    https://youtu.be/U8k9ISBPPQw?t=247

    Using auto translate, it came up with "joint wire" that led me nowhere. I know it's basically like a flexible drill extension, but what is that action actually technically called?

     

    Please recommend a better place to post if this is inappropriate for the community. Sorta long, and personal

    They've been clean for a little over a year. They went out with friends and one of the friends gave my partner a bottle of the thing that causes behavior problems. It makes them the worst type of drunk. They called me mostly sober and I got to hear them go from coherent to passing out over the course of a couple hours and many phone calls and being hung up on many times

    I'm not sure exactly what I'm looking for. There was nothing I could do other than try to keep them on the phone and engaged but it all spiralled. Swinging from ok to hysterical to angry and back. The angry part is why I can't go get them, along with them getting to the point of absolute unreasonableness and just babbling nonsense. At points they can be combative and my showing up in person would have made everything worse

    They are at a safe space where they can sleep it off. At this point I'm not worried they'll come back home angry, but I'm still vigilant for when they get back

    I do not blame them because alcoholism and addiction are a lifelong disease, but I'm just not sure how to approach the next time I see them, which is presumably and hopefully in the morning

    They have a therapist which they should probably get in touch with. I'm looking for a little direction. Maybe someone's dealt with addiction and relapse could chime in. I know I can't approach it with anger even though inside I'm feeling so angry and betrayed. They quit because the last time they drank, they put their hands on me

    -tpyo

    Edit: they're home. It's fine, they are ok though there's still a lot to talk about. Thank you for the concern and responses 💚, truly

     

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47351408

    I made a post a bit over a year ago about this guy:
    https://lemmy.world/post/25891935

    After I braved up and put it outside it absolutely flourished!

    The leaves curled right up to the bulb, divided itself, and even gave me a few flowers! Unfortunately I didn't get flower pictures, it was a bit hectic. But they grew a tall stalk with unassuming yellow, nodding flowers

    It spent the darker, colder days sleeping but now the soil is staying warm through the night it knows it's time to come out. It's got two bulbs now growing and they each have a huge cluster of leaves starting to emerge; I counted at least eight from each. And the signature curling leaf is apparent even though it's just barely sprouting

    I posted my plant here last year, and it doesn't exactly count anymore but I wanted to share an update! It is an ex-houseplant; maybe a strong grow light would work for it inside however I feel it really needs a dormancy period to thrive

     

    I made a post a bit over a year ago about this guy:
    https://lemmy.world/post/25891935

    After I braved up and put it outside it absolutely flourished!

    The leaves curled right up to the bulb, divided itself, and even gave me a few flowers! Unfortunately I didn't get flower pictures, it was a bit hectic. But they grew a tall stalk with unassuming yellow, nodding flowers

    It spent the darker, colder days sleeping but now the soil is staying warm through the night it knows it's time to come out. It's got two bulbs now growing and they each have a huge cluster of leaves starting to emerge; I counted at least eight from each. And the signature curling leaf is apparent even though it's just barely sprouting

     

    The op pic was after food and sitting with it a while. Stretched out and even rolled, but this one is my favorite pic

    Long story short: I was able to approach an injured kitty that ran away from everyone else. I became superfriends with the help of tuna and then got it into a carrier to take to a local emergency vet

    I wish I was able to adopt it but firstly I have birds and secondly the vet bill would have been massive. So I trusted that the vets will take good care of it and animal services will find it a forever home

    The kitty wasn't chipped and I'm pretty sure it was a pet left behind after someone moved out. I'm so upset for the cat who has been badly injured and no one was able to help

    injury

    I wish the cat my best; it's out of my hands but I did all I could. Good luck kitty!

     

    The titles are:
    "Reaper Man", "Small Gods", "Wyrd Sisters", "Moving Pictures"

    Went to an adorable book shop and found these guys. I haven't read Pratchett yet but I feel it'll be right up my alley

    I'm pretty sure I see "Small Gods" and "Wyrd Sisters" recommended a lot and I know you can't really go wrong, but of these which would you recommend the most? Since this is what I have I'll read them all eventually

    Regardless I'm excited to have gotten physical copies because my library has long wait lists for his books

    Edit: Thanks for all of the discussion! This post brought me a lot of positive on an otherwise rough day. I've decided to start with "Small Gods"

    I just want to say again thank you to everyone who responded to me or to someone else. It's been a joy hearing what each person has to contribute to the conversation

    Even if they fall flat (which I highly doubt) all of your enthusiasm came through and that really in itself means so much. It was truly touching

     

    2 adults and 1 younger teen

    We're going on a two week road trip that'll be fairly leisurely. Stopping by some parks and sights as we go and a few nights at our ultimate destination

    I had my car recently serviced. It all checks out

    I have a steam deck on the way! Any recommendations here for travel accessories? Or just in general?

    We've all got devices and chargers and their respective blocks. I'm looking at a power inverter for the hungrier devices
    I was debating bringing the oculus to give whomever a bit of isolation if they need; is there anything specific I'd need to do to use it where there's no internet? I haven't used it enough to be very familiar with most of its abilities

    We adults have ps5s. Most likely won't bring one. I've seen portable monitors that people use with a local device; does anyone have experience using one for remote play for the ps5?

    And making sure we've got entertainment downloaded to our devices; obviously books and offline/non electronic entertainment will be brought, as well

    I'm really looking forward to this and want to make it the best experience for all involved! I look forward to hearing your tips

    Edit to add: the point of the road trip is to bury my grandfather. And I'm petrified of flying in the current state of the US

    Since we HAVE to make this trip we're trying to make the most of it by stopping by some state/national parks and other landmarks/pois during which we'll be present. But there's going to be LONG stretches of literally nothing exciting. Like corn fields. Many hours of corn fields. Most days are 6 - 10 hours in the car

     

    I took this video today. I got the arrangement yesterday because when I was at the shop I saw a bumblebee having a visit. It's an arrangement of calibrachoa: purple, yellow, and orange. The bumblebee seems to prefer the purple hands down

    That's the goal for my patio garden. I see something visiting while I'm at the nursery I hope to have the same outcome at home. And it's a success!!

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