mike carey

Ok, I'm sure things like this happens all the time. At the one-day international game between England and India at The Oval in London a player scored a six (hit the ball over the boundary on the full, scoring six runs) but it hit a young girl in the crowd. The England team doctor and physio checked her out and treated her. She and her father, who was there with her, were invited to come back to The Oval for a future game, and she was given an England team t-shirt. I don't know if the publicity was intended but the Sky TV commentary team broadcast what had happened. Assuming she was an England supporter (not a given at a game such as this in the UK) she will have bragging rights at school after summer.

To be slightly pedantic, this forum is about what you cook and what you use to do it, not about prepared food you buy, either at the supermarket or a restaurant. Now, how you would recreate that wonder that you buy, or asking for advice in doing so is a great thing to discuss here. See who the master chefs are here who can help you recreate your dream 'fake milk' ice cream (or whatever else you aim to make)!!! (Not to disparage those substitutes, of course!) (Not to forget that lactose-free dairy milk is also a thing.)

Interesting segment on NPR I heard today, about the small oxygen meters used on patients. It appears that they misread blood oxygen levels for PoC. Pulse oximeters estimate oxygen levels by pulsing light through the skin and measuring the amount of light that is absorbed by the blood. Oxygenation of blood increases the amount of light that is absorbed. An under-recognised problem is that melanin in the skin also absorbs light so the darker a patient's skin the higher oxygenation level the device indicates. A case that prompted this renewed awareness was a medical professional questioning her severely ill son's imminent discharge from hospital on the basis that his oxygen levels were normal. She was aware of a possible discrepancy and pressed the hospital, which ran an invasive oxygen level test that discovered his levels were dangerously low and he was admitted and treated. This is something that is worth being aware of if you have darker skin. It also points to a possible contributing factor in higher death rates in minority communities.

Indeed, down to the dress she wore in the final last year. Ash also identifies as being indigenous.

It's worth noting that a second black woman would win a Wimbledon singles title before Arthur Ashe won his in 1975. Evonne Goolagong won the ladies' singles in 1971.

I read this not so much as mixed gender but rather an event that was inclusive of people who are non-binary and gender-fluid (so it's talking about gender identity not sexuality). (But remaining open to cis and trans men and women who are same- or opposite-sex attracted or bi.) So all gender identities and sexual orientations, as it says on the can.

... Which I suspect is not exactly at the top of the list of languages you 'speak a little of'?

@azdr0710 does 'next level' mean 'second storey'?

Ha, prices have gone up because of reasons. [Here you can't do that. Prices going up? Well, tough shit, that means ya gotta print new ones.]

Some products I brand-buy but many I don't care. Here, Aldi is considerably less expensive than the big chains. Some of their house brands are clearly made by a particular brand name manufacturer and it's obvious which one, and are also clearly the same product, often at two thirds of the price. Other lines are, to judge by the packaging also made by a national brand although which one isn't always clear. Some of their frozen produce is sourced from Europe and is good (assuming you're prepared to stomach frozen veges) and their meat selection is also very good (and at times has innovative marinades and similar partial preparation of the cuts). Usually produce is produce but they also do some good salad kits that are different from those at the other shops. If I did a big shop every [nominate time frame] I would shop at one of the big chains but since I shop at least twice a week and don't buy more than I can carry in one shopping bag, I am more catholic in my choice of shops.

We have fewer options (two major chains plus Aldi and a few independent shops) and the quality is broadly similar so that is not a determinant. There are also butcher's shops, green grocers and bakers to choose from. I (for my sins) receive e-mails from the two big chains with their specials and bonus point offers (the points can be converted to airline miles or cash). I also buy stock that's marked down for being close to its use-by date if I can use it or freeze it. Some prices are up (mainly fresh produce but that always fluctuates) but most of what I buy, not by too much. Also, I don't have to pay too much attention to prices, but I do notice them.

The ABC News Thursday evening satire segment: https://twitter.com/i/status/1545000945373032449

Kyrgios: I don't have a coach, I wouldn't put that burden on anyone. Canberra boy done good!

Shame Ajla Tomljanović bowed out tonight, but I'm enjoying watching Nick Kyrgios in the quarters. I know it sounds shallow (guilty as charged) but I must say Cristian Garín is easy on the eye.

Early twentieth century Antarctic exploration observations: According to Mawson, there is nothing like a steaming hot bowl of porridge in the Antarctic. Mawson remarked that Scott would have survived if only he had eaten oats. Rather dark, however.

I remember travelling in northern Washington and turning on the TV inadvertently to a BC channel. Having lived in the US for almost two years at that stage I almost choked on my dinner when the weather forecast was for 10 degrees the following day. These days I sometimes translate in here, sometimes quote both, and at other times just use Celsius (work it out for yourself) and I don't always specify which scale when I use C. Weather reports here give the temperature just as a number (only C without saying that's the scale used), and I noticed from the cricket coverage from England this week that the same practice applies there. I used to know how many stones and pounds I weighed but now have no idea in anything but kilos (I never had any idea what it was in just pounds), but I know how tall I am in both feet and inches, and in centimetres (or metres and cm). Some measurements I understand in inches, although those inches don't necessarily equate to the ones on a measuring tape. Distances in miles? No idea! For the record today in Canberra it's ranged from 4 this morning to 14 now at lunch time. Now, time to heat some soup for lunch!

Ok, I'm not a big viewer of children's TV shows, but the animated series 'Bluey', about a blue heeler cattle dog pup, produced for our ABC, has been sort of in the back of my mind for some time. I haven't watched a single episode but this tweet and the accompanying thread has me thinking I should start. This is the text of the tweet that sets off the conversation: I chose a Bluey ep at random to see what the fuss was about. In it, Bluey's aunt can't have kids so has a hard time visiting them. Holy hell. Are they all beautiful short films about life's hardships? I thought it was gonna be “this is a triangle”, “we saw a duck” baloney. I understand it is available in the US either on a TV station or a streaming service but I don't know which one. Has anyone been watching it? https://twitter.com/costaavg/status/1543914398984548352?s=20&t=BLMqGNTVfxWMvEfUQDLu7w

It's an 'alternative lifestyle' area with below average childhood vaccination rates. The other areas with low rates tend to be leafy suburbs where people don't remember or don't get around to having their kids vaccinated. Access to many childcare settings or to some lower income child welfare payments and tax rebates require proof. These wealthier parents either don't use this child care or aren't eligible for the payments.

Like @rvwnsd I can read written reviews on rent.men, although without needing to use a VPN from AU of course. I hadn't looked at the new version until just now, and can still see them in it. (At first glance I like the new version, with one thing I noticed being that you can see when the 'available now for six hours' started.) I'm using Firefox on a Windows 10 computer, and on my (old) phone I'm using rent.men on Chrome, so via a browser not the app.

Not related to Covid, but a timely reminder that complacency and denial (likely in this case given the area where it occurred) present an ever-present danger from infectious diseases: #BREAKING For the first time in a century a case of diphtheria of the throat has been detected in NSW. A two-year-old child from Northern NSW who was unvaccinated against the infection is in ICU at a Queensland Hospital. @nbnnews

Ok, so perhaps this is leaping too quickly to judgment, and rather too harsh, but ...

I needed to be able to use the haha emoji for this line and another for the whole post. 🤣

This is a great thread, and as one who came out very late, even to myself, there are things here that make me think. Being old, but young in gaydom, has its challenges and contradictions. I tended to embark on efforts to learn about this environment more by watching and reading than by seeking engagement with others, but for some things the latter was necessary, or at least would have been better. I didn't rush to make up for the missed opportunities of a gay younger life but rather to take up opportunities as they arose. When I did engage in a gay social group with a very mixed age profile, as expected there were others who could offer advice that was in effect mentoring after a fashion, many younger than me. On the other hand I had life experiences from years of engagement with work and the wider society that younger members of the group found useful. They knew I hadn't navigated that part of my life as a 'declared' gay man, but seemed to value what I had to say and were happy to discuss issues with me now that I was there as an 'older' gay man. I realise that the purpose of the thread is to ask people who have extensive lived experience as gay men to explore how they can pay that experience (or those resources) forward, but don't forget that there are young gay men who would be more comfortable discussing life matters that aren't particular to this community with an older gay man than with someone else.

I've hired him a couple of times as a top. Nice guy, nice muscles, knows what he's doing and good to chat with. He's not into kissing clients if that's important to you. I plan to see him again.