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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • I did something similar, deliberately.

    Bought a car, it’s tyre repeatedly deflated every 3 days, kept taking it into the garage and they said they’d fix it each time. Third time, drop car off, they tried telling me its the cold weather thats causing ONE tyre to keep going down.
    I tell them thats bullshit, take their courtesy car for the day, I had a 40mile commute each way. The hire car had 20miles of fuel in it so had to find a garage quick.

    When I returned it that night, I had to nurture it home, and it ticked over to 0 miles left as I free-wheeled into their forecourt. I had some satisfaction that day. That day, they actually fixed the tyre.


  • The test can identify with 96 percent accuracy which women with sometimes-vague symptoms will develop preeclampsia within the following two weeks

    Excellent news. Having had friends suffer from pre-eclampsia, it’s a very stressful and scary condition, being able to rule it out for many is as good as being able to predict those with it.





  • This is it.

    I’ve had an awful experience recently with an ex-friend, caught having an “affair” with his 16yr old employee. He’s mid 40s. Turns out, the only illegal part is that there’s pictures. He can fuck girls still at school legally, but he can’t send her or request any pictures. It’s insane.

    Another layer is that the age of consent rises 18, but ONLY if you’re in a school, healthcare, care-taking, Religion or sports club setting. According to the law, being her Boss doesn’t mean he’s in a Position of Trust or a Position of Authority over her. Yet, he plainly is.











  • I hate to say it, but while hopeful, it’s unlikely.

    I’ve been around the CFS/ME community since my husband got it 6 years ago. There a small handful of people who have recovered, but generally they’ve been “misdiagnosed” with CFS and then correctly diagnosed/treated. The majority live with it for the rest of their lives. It’s also why the life expectancy is only 50 - many simply cannot live with that level of pain/suffering day in, day out without any real hope of improvement/relief. Its a dreadful illness.


  • My husband has ME/CFS, like the Physics Girl. It’s an absolutely devastating illness. He was a very active 35 when he was told there’s no cure, not even a treatment, and that pain/fatigue was his life now for the rest of his days.

    We’ve been around this long enough to see promising drug/cure/treatment/diagnostic tests come and disappear, month after month, year after year. The influx of funding/awareness linked to Long Covid is incredibly welcome, but many instances are repeats of previous ME/CFS research, so it holds up previous findings but doesnt drive anything forward. There’s not been any real progress in the last 2 years, and the funding/focus is waning. I may be jaded, but hopes are low. I also sincerely hope I’m wrong.