u/AwakeningStar1968

I hate it when people place large, complicated orders in the drive-thru, holding up everyone who just wants a coffee or a single or double meal. Please don't order for five or more people in the drive-thru. It's there for quick orders, not large catering-sized orders.

Yesterday I went to Chipotle during the lunch rush, so I expected a line. However, there was an older gentleman two people in front of me who literally ordered about 15 burritos! We all had to stand there while the poor employees scrambled to fill this massive order.

Please use the website, call ahead, or use the app for larger orders. Don't hold up the regular lunch line with a huge order. Chipotle even has a catering section where one person is dedicated to assembling large orders like these.

Also, plan ahead and allow enough time for large orders so they're ready when you need them.

People seem to be increasingly lacking in basic self-awareness and consideration for everyone else.

So, I live in Southwest Ohio and I am wonding why not more Vets have at least one day a week they ahve EVENING hours????

I work typical 7am to sometimes 5pm and so unailable to get cats to vet. (apart from 58 dollar fee )

going to an actual HOSPITAL ER is out of the question just to get them seen to get reliable treatment for things like fleas etc.

I wish more VETS would have at least ONE DAY they were open until say 8pm.... That would REALLY be very helpful to us that desperately need access to this care but work full time!!

So I have a bottle of Pyrantil that unfortunately expired November of Last year (2025) I did give one of them a tiny dose.. but I don't think it worked.

Is it still effective? It is APEXA brand of Pyratel Pamoate Suspection 50 MG

I think I got it off of Amazon and again it expired as of November?

I am 58.

I grew up in the Ohio Valley but NEVER experienced noticeable allergies before. Maybe I had them but they masked as something else? I have treated other things for fatigue etc.
so this year I realized it had to be allergies. BUT it is atrociously bad.. and I wonder IF i don't just have a summer cold...

I have been fatigued, brain fog, burning eyes etc.. but it was the post nasal drip for weeks that was so different but NOW I have a hacking cough .

I am taking cough drops and Allegra and I just bought some flu cold medicne to control the cough cause UGH.

sigh..

1 WEEK and ALREADY there are barely any showings available for this movie?Not because they are sold out.. just that they are not showing it?

I couldn't go last week and was going to go this week and already there are maybe 5 showings available.. what gives?

I bought a new auto feeder and thought I protected it enough from Racoons . Surrounded it with heavy bricks and zip ties.. BUT They still managed to destroy it. They are some strong rodents!

I like the feeder, it has a dual feeding station and was easy to program and the idea was to try and feed the cats later in the day .. .but the racoons were too smart.

I Hope it still works.

I am so annoyed and frustrated right now.

Anyone have any suggestions?

I work full time, I leave home around 630am and don't get home until 7 or later.

Thanks

After some stabilization of our cat colony, we came out of this winter and a long, hard year to very thin cats due to raccoons competing for food. I am working full time, and my partner is not around as much to care for them either.

We have 8 outside and 6 that are enclosed inside. But now we are missing one of our more friendly outdoor ones. It has caused stress and anguish between my partner and me.

I am frankly just so burned out and have far too many candles burning. I still can't get more help or find forever homes. ALSO, we want to make a move to our other property, but we have less space to bring them all with us. We have cared for them and fed them and can't just abandon them... but what to do?

Now, with this one missing cat, it just feels devastating. Honestly, my partner is taking it hard. I learned to compartmentalize my feelings out of necessity.

How do folks cope? I am just at my wits' end and feel like I am failing them. I feed them, water them, and the indoors have litter boxes... BUT very little enrichment or a decent way of life. We have been struggling since the pandemic. I wanted to get more money so we could buy a catio setup and have more money for medical care, but that seems to endlessly be out of reach.

We have had this problem on and off for years and I don't know what to do about it.

We have racoons under our back porch and they are eating all our cats food!!!. I try and keep an eye on it... give limited food to the cats and add after they have eaten that..

but in the morning it is hard. These racoons are eating all of it, my cats are not getting the food.

I would trap which would be the logical solution BUT YOU KNOW the Ferals will get trapped and that will be a pain!.

I actually have a BB Gun to try and DETER the racoons but that isn't working much either.

I work full time leave by 630 am every morning.. I have limited options..

Thoughts?

So I have been on Metformin now for a couple of months.. I have had to readjust my diet. I had been trying to eat low carb and didn't eat breakfast but now I have to .

I have struggled with nausea and tweaking my diet. Its hard. I think stress is jacking my numbers.
I am 210lbs and my A1c when from like 6 - 7 up to I think 10 and so I broke down and took Metformin..

My Fasting was doing ok and was down to 176ish from 250 BUT I had to back off on the metformin again and am not taking the full dose until I get my diet right (serious nausea and I am eating with the Metformin)

I am not getting AS MUCH excercise (desk job)

but is there anything I can do to curb the nausea better? I have introduced more carbs into my diet etc.

I grew up in Cincinnati. I was always downtown shopping with my mother in the 70s and 80s. We went to events, etc. (on the Skywalk).

I hadn’t really been downtown in YEARS and had the opportunity recently because of a car repair. It was so nice to revisit and be a tourist in the city I grew up in.

The Streetcar was a dream. No cost, easy to navigate... such a treat!

It makes me want to try to get downtown more often. I went to the Contemporary Arts Center and Findlay Market. It really was a nice time, and I felt safe!

Are there any "free" materials that we can print out to post and distribute?

I have moments where I feel confident and like FU to the world and I don't care what people think etc...

and then I have days like today, where I am at work and I Feel like my co-workers are looking at me like I am a freak and avoiding talking to me.... It is so palpable.

I am so lonely. It is just me and my partner and the few friends I have are far away.

I watch as others just get along, hug, get excited when they see others.. but never me. They are distant and polite.

I feel like my face is on wrong or maybe I am not smiling right.

I grew up knowing I had ADHD (was literally diagnosed by 1980.. but was original diagnosed with Severe Anxiety Neurosis in the late 70s)

I am going to be 58 and I hate living and working around neurotypical folks. I am never going to belong anymore.

Makes it hard to want to go on.

I accidently stumbled upon those MALTOSE Sugar "slow rise" sensory stress balls at a Hospital gift shop. I am addicted.. but I have misplaced it and now I am trying to find more but it is iffy. they are NOT just regular rubber "Stress" balls.. they are the ones that are moldable ... it is a specific sensory experience.
I only paid 7 bucks for the one ball I had but on Amazon they run up to 27 dollars!!?? And often they are cubes or other shapes. I just want a ball.

I live in the states. Some reviews say there is a strong chemical smell but the brand I had didn't have any smell.

COuld someone point me in a good direction? The gift shop sold out and I Have no idea when I will get down there again and if they will ever carry them again.