That’s probably a factor too. Although we did have a young kid before the pandemic as well, but I was also 10 years younger so it probably evens out.

Curse the weakness of my flesh! Need cyberpunk upgrades or nanomachines or something, it’s 2025 already!

You know thinking about it, up until I had covid a couple of years ago I was never really getting very sick. The only times I can remember getting sick before that were from food poisoning. I think there may be something to the whole long term damage it does to your immune system. I’ve been sick more in the last 3 or 4 years than the previous 10. Obviously anecdotal evidence I know… or maybe I’m just getting older. The body is taking much longer these days to recover from strains and injuries.

Oof yeah that price for the shingles vaccine isn’t helpful!

I did read about Coxsackie A6 but it doesn’t seem like my symptoms match.

If adults getting it are asymptomatic, how do they know they have it? I always wonder how they get the data as asymptomatic people aren’t going to the doctor or getting diagnosed. They wouldn’t even be thinking they’re sick would they?

I’ve had hand foot and mouth as a child and chicken pox twice too ☹️. The Mrs thinks my immune system might be weak as I had glandular fever last year as well. Not to mention covid a couple years ago.

I don’t know why all the online literature states that adult cases of hand foot and mouth disease are usually mild… it’s been hell for the last week. Googling other peoples experiences, most say they also had a terrible time.

Spent most of the week unable to eat or drink due to the blisters in my mouth and throat. Even drinking water would send stabbing pains through my mouth. So dehydration and hunger on top of feeling horrible. Finally starting to recover yesterday being able to eat with only mild discomfort. I honestly preferred having covid to this, the spots and blisters on the hands and feet I can live with, but the mouth ones are insanely uncomfortable.

Sounds like you should’ve had a coffee before you made your coffee 😁

Powertools usually have pretty small profit margins and there are quite a few different shops you can get them at, so occasionally you can get a good deal if a retailer offers price beats. Especially if it’s trade level brands, Makita, DeWalt, Hikoki, Milwaukee etc. A lot of the cheaper brands are exclusive so you can’t actually compare them elsewhere, Ryobi and AEG for example are Bunnings only.

That’s a good thing I think right? She’s been like this since she started solids. She doesn’t even ask what it is she just wants it since someone else is eating it. Sometimes it doesn’t even occur to her that it’s something she doesn’t want or like, until after we’ve already made extra for her…

The older one is the opposite, she MUST know what is in everything to decide whether she likes it or not, even before she has even tasted it 😒

Funnily enough she is more food adventurous than her older sister. She regularly wants what we’re eating without even know what it is. We had to let her eat some spicy food because she was complaining we wouldn’t give her any. She understands spicy now haha.

Toddler decided to lick the playground last week and has been suffering through hand, foot, and mouth disease again. She’s a bit better now, but her sister and I both have it too now… it is not enjoyable.

Interesting which part of the country are you in? I see enough every summer and if I plant any brassicas, they get covered in eggs during the warmer months. A few of my kale plants have already been shredded by their caterpillars and they were only planted a month ago.

My garden news, I bought cloche’s for my raised beds because I’m sick of blackbirds digging up my seedlings. At least in summer I’ll also be able to grow brassicas without worrying about white butterfly laying eggs everywhere.

Oh please post a pic of the guinea pig on a leash if you figure it out!

Ah thanks, that makes sense. Now to find a good plumber!

This is a stupid question, but I’ve never had to get this done before so…

Am I supposed to buy my own toilet first before contacting a plumber to replace it or contact a plumber first and get them to buy a one to replace it??

Nothing. They’re probably trying to make the upcoming budget look better.

This government is trying really hard to be the first single term government in a very long time. I’ll be very disappointed if kiwis don’t oblige them.

That’s a nice upgrade! Haven’t seen the need to go past 16GB on my laptop or 32GB on my desktop. Although I don’t really do anything that demanding any more.

No worries!

I’m always on the look out for recommendations too, I usually download them into Calibre to wait for me to get around to reading them.

It’s definitely been colder this week, though metservice is saying it’ll be a bit warmer again next week here in Hamilton.

Accepted!!

Of course it’s Winston Peters. Someone needs to get that dinosaur out of politics.

I know Hipkins isn’t a super popular Labour leader, but at least he’s trying to be in touch with the general public and not a complete moron.

New Zealand opposition leader Chris Hipkins told Stuff news that the gender bill was “typical populist politics” and that at a time when New Zealanders are struggling with the cost of living, job losses and a health system in crisis, this was not a priority.