u/HonestNectarine7080

About twenty years ago, a group of ten or so people from the rk.net forums became very active on a Whispertown 2000 fan site forum. I think the full website name was Livin' In A Dream, but we called it LIAD. We had such a tight-knit little group for a while. I haven't kept in touch with anyone and was wondering if anyone from that forum is in this sub! I would be tickled if anyone from there saw me reaching across the internet void twenty years later to say hello.

I'm embarrassed to admit that my mental health got really bad earlier this summer and I let my yard get completely out of control. It's a very small, flat yard, but the grass is so high that the person I wanted to hire to cut it with a riding mower said he'd need to rent a bush hog. I'm hoping I can find someone who already has a bush hog to cut it and then it might cost a little less than paying a rental fee on top of a labor fee. As it is, I'm going to have to take out a personal loan to pay for it. Any recommendations? Thank you in advance.

I hate about 90% of movie/TV adaptations of books. It is so hard for me to watch anything adapted from a book I've read because all I can focus on is all the details they've changed and how different everything is from how I've imagined it. It almost hurts when it's a book I particularly love. Does anyone else experience this?

It also feels like now people who have only seen the movie have a fundamental misunderstanding of what the story is supposed to be, which really annoys me.

Because I'm feeling especially grumpy about this (luteal phase, anyone?), here are some books I love with movie adaptations I hate: To Kill a Mockingbird, Howl's Moving Castle, Practical Magic, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, 'Salem's Lot, Breakfast at Tiffany's.

There are definitely exceptions where I love both book and movie, but more often than not I feel mildly infuriated.

In addition to hearing if there's a movie or show you feel this way about, I think it would be fun to recommend good adaptations. I really liked the HBO series of His Dark Materials, although I haven't seen the last season.

TW: mention of ED

I'm in ARFID recovery after a lot of intensive treatment. I'd say I do well with food about 80% of the time now, but still struggle a bit with appetite, eating enough, and eating nutritionally balanced meals. I was having one of those days today where everything goes wrong and I stopped by Trader Joe's to get one of my main safe foods, chicken and green chile tamales. And promptly learned they. are. discontinued. They're one of my favorite foods to the point where sometimes I'll eat them for three or four days in a row. They're one of those foods that I know I'll always have the appetite for when nothing else sounds appealing. I know I'll be okay and I don't feel like this will be a setback to my recovery, but damn, this fucking sucks. Rip Trader Joe's chicken and green chili tamales.

It's the end of a long day and I'm exhausted, so I'm sorry if this isn't worded well. I'm a native speaker (US) and was just thinking about the ways we refer to different illnesses with different articles:

"I have a cold."

"I have the flu."

"I have covid."

These would all sound completely unnatural if you changed the articles:

"I have the cold."

"I have flu."

"I have a covid."

Why is this?

I made a batch of tzatziki sauce for the first time and have way more than I can eat before it will go bad. Is this a food that can be frozen and then thawed to use again? Thanks!

If I'm running errands on a Sunday morning/afternoon and trying to get everything done before the after-church crowd floods the stores, what time do I need to be done by? I've never been to church and am realizing I don't know what time it usually ends. And to be clear, I don't have anything against people who go to church, it's just easier to get my errands done when there are less people in the store/laundromat/wherever.

I drop things I'm holding on probably a daily basis. Or I accidentally fling something I'm holding if I'm moving my hand while holding it. It's weird because I don't have any other issues with fine motor skills, as far as I can tell; I sew, knit, and even teach handwriting as part of my job. I'm also an incredibly fast typist and used to play piano and guitar . . . but when I'm holding something it's like my hand just forgets how to function. Anyone else randomly drop things all the time?

My hair naturally has a lot of volume and a little bit of wave, but I want to encourage it to be wavier. I don't normally style my hair, so I'd like something quick and easy to use like a mousse or spray. It needs to be fairly inexpensive and available in the US. Thanks!

I'm a teacher who has been reading the webtoon version of Hooky with a student. I also have a copy of the book Hooky: Volume 2. I thought the book would just be a hard copy of the comic that's online, but I just looked through the book for the first time and realized it's completely different. We are on chapter 49 of the webcomic. The book Volume 2 starts at chapter 33, but that looks completely different from the chapter 33 we read online. . . What order is the series supposed to be read in, both books and webcomic? Do the books come after the webcomic? I'm confused. Thanks in advance for the help!

(And in case anyone wants to quibble at me about the curse words in the comic, this is an older student whose parent has approved us reading it together. I also use an ad blocker so no inappropriate ads show on the page as we read.)

I was just diagnosed with PMDD earlier this year and am on my second month of yaz. Lately, I've been having to call out of work almost once a month due to anxiety during my luteal phase. I'll wake up flooded with such intense anxiety that the simple tasks I need to do to get ready for work--walking my dog, showering, packing a lunch, etc.--feel impossibly overwhelming. Sometimes I'll have an autistic meltdown. I was wondering if anyone has dealt with something similar and has any advice.

I just need to vent. Please no criticism or advice.

TW: mention of gagging and almost vomiting.

It's one of those days where I try really hard to eat enough, and even think I've eaten enough, but I still end up hungry and feeling like garbage.

-Morning: It's my day off and I have a lot of yard work I need to get done. I wake up, eat breakfast, drink coffee, read, run a load of dishes and a load of laundry.

-I need groceries but can't bring myself to drive 20 minutes to fight through the Sunday crowd at Aldi. About five minutes from my house, there's a discount health food store and a regional grocery store (where I don't usually go because it's too expensive), so I decide I'll grab a few things from those to tide me over until I have time to go to Aldi.

-Discount health food store is a bust today. Almost everything is significantly past its expiration date. I get (non-expired) supplies for making granola.

-I grab a couple of things from the regional grocery store, enough for lunch and to make a pasta dish for dinner where I should have plenty of leftovers.

-Back at home, I eat lunch and then start doing yard work.

-I make it through about 40 minutes of yard work before I start feeling weak and overheated. I go inside to change into cooler clothes, but realize I'm still hungry and suddenly exhausted. I eat a peanut butter sandwich and fall asleep for an hour.

-Wake up from my nap, attempt to keep doing yard work, get through maybe 20 minutes before I start feeling weak, hungry, and like I'm going to vomit.

-Somehow on my way back inside I get stuck talking to my neighbor, who insists on making me try an herbal tincture for allergies.

-Go back inside, feel like I'm going to vomit, start dry heaving but nothing comes out. I feel nauseous and still very hungry at the same time.

-I decide to try some chicken broth. I boil a kettle of water and then realize I'm out of bouillon.

-Drag myself back to the overpriced grocery store for chicken bouillon.

-I'm home now, sipping chicken broth. It's 7:30 PM and I've given up on getting anything else done today. I didn't make much of a dent in my yard work and don't feel well enough to make granola or the pasta dinner. I'm frustrated and defeated. This shit is exhausting.

Hi, I'm looking for suggestions of a book I can read aloud to a boy who is 12, but because of intellectual disabilities needs a book better suited for a 7-ish-year-old (in terms of comprehension). Criteria:

-Needs to be about hunting, trucks, cars, or being a mechanic. He has very restrictive interests and is going to veto anything that doesn't interest him. It's possible he might be interested in some other stereotypically masculine topics.

-Needs a plot that is easy to follow

-Cannot have upsetting content, such as Where the Red Fern Grows, Hatchet, or I Survived (these books would also be too difficult for him to understand).

-No content that his conservative Christian parents would not approve of

Thank you in advance for your help!

One of the common core standards for first grade math is students should know "half past" means 30 minutes past the hour (i.e. "half past two" is 2:30). I feel like I've rarely heard this actually used. It sounds uncommon and outdated to me, so I'm wondering how common this phrase is in different parts of the US and among different age groups. I'm in my 30s and live in the south.

Edit: I know what it means, I just have not heard it commonly used where I live.