Finally got a couple of mugs that make the daily coffee feel a bit more fun. Picked them up from Shop Coffee Mugs and they’ve somehow made the whole morning routine better. Nothing fancy, just solid mugs with a bit of personality.
Anyone else notice how much a good mug changes the whole experience?
If you ever wonder why your doctor's hospital notes look like a giant copy-pasted novel when you request your Medicare records, it's because of the audits
MA plans will deny an 90yo's hospital stay for sepsis if we don't document perfectly that they are, in fact, actually sick. Its exhausting. Half of us are just running our raw charts through around notes or similar tools just to catch missing billing buzzwords before we sign, otherwise the plan just straight up refuses to pay for the bed
Its not about medicine anymore, it's just a giant legal word search. so if your discharge paperwork reads like a robot wrote it to satisfy a compliance department... well, it kinda was. just wanted to vent because i had 3 peer-to-peer denials today for patients who objectively cannot safely go home. system is so broken.
bought my house in South Carolina back in 2019. thought I was being smart buying instead of renting. build equity they said. be a homeowner they said.
well nobody told me about the constant repairs. roof leaking. AC dying. basement flooding every time it rains. every time I save up a little money something else breaks. I'm so tired of throwing money at this place. I make decent money but I feel like I'm working just to keep this house alive. I've put like 20k into it over the years and it still needs more. I don't even enjoy living here anymore. thinking about just selling it and renting an apartment. no more maintenance calls. no more surprise bills. just pay rent and live my life
I'm not trying to get rich I just want to be free of this house.
flying to london next month 8 hour flight. i can afford business class but i keep going back and forth on whether it's a waste of money.
business on the airline site is 3800.
part of me says it's just a few hours and i should save the money. part of me says landing tired and useless is also a cost.
anyone else struggle with this. do you spend on comfort or just tough it out. what's your rule for yourself
I am actually losing my mind working on this house today. we bought this property to fix up, and I'm currently going around undoing all the absolute nightmare "diy" specials the last owner left behind.
I just pulled a loose bifold closet door off the track and realized the guy literally filled the stripped hinge screw holes with standard drywall mud and just shoved the screws back in wet. Obviously it immediately crumbled and ripped right out
My dad is usually the professional builder in the family but his back is pretty shot these days so im trying to finish all the fiddly stuff myself. We're just trying to wrap this unit up to hand it off to property management by the 1st so we can finally be hands-off, but this stupid closet is holding me up
whats the actual proper way to fix stripped holes in cheap hollow core? do the wood glue and golf tee/dowel tricks actually work on thin mdf, or will hammering a dowel in just split the veneer? I really dont want to buy and paint a whole new door slab just because of three ruined screw holes.
I manage a mid-size restaurant with a decent dining area, open kitchen view, and a lot of glass. Between the front windows, the partition glass near the bar, and the mirrors in the bathrooms, keeping everything looking clean is taking more time than it should.
We’ve got a small internal team doing daily basics but the deeper stuff (especially the glass and high areas) keeps getting pushed back. It’s starting to show and I’m not happy with how it looks when guests walk in.
How do most of you handle the heavier cleaning in a busy restaurant? Do you keep it fully in-house or bring someone in for the parts that always get left? Just trying to work out what’s realistic without blowing the budget.
It's summer in Texas and somtimes it’s around 104°F outside and it feels like an oven
My old AC gave out yesterday morning. Inside my house it's already 90°F and tt keeps climbing. My dog is panting nonstop. I'm drenched in sweat. Can't sleep. Can't think…
I've called every local HVAC company. Every single one is booked solid for at least a week. I mean for the entire week. I can't wait that long
I've been searching online for emergency 24/7 service. Found a company called Copeland Home Services. They promise round-the-clock help and the same-day response
But I'm skeptical. Are they going to send some kid who just finished training? I can't afford to pay a premium for someone who doesn't know what they're doing
Has anyone actually used them? Did they show up fast? Were they competent? Or am I better off just suffering until a local company has an opening?
I'm desperate. My house is becoming unbearable
Hey all, posting on behalf of my family as we are feeling pretty lost with the legal process here in Australia after a tragic accident. A few weeks ago, my uncle was involved in a severe car crash and sadly passed away from his injuries. As a family, we are currently trying to handle the funeral expenses and figure out how to manage the financial loss, as he was the main provider for his dependants.
The police report indicates the other driver was completely at fault, but the insurance company is dragging its feet, taking days to respond to simple queries and repeatedly asking for duplicate documentation.
A few quick questions:
Any advice from people familiar with Australian fatal injury claims would be greatly appreciated!
doing some renovations on the house and noticed the exterior trim around the living room window looked weirdly lumpy. Poked it with a flathead screwdriver and it went straight through to the framing. The old owners literally just slapped a thick coat of exterior paint over soaking wet, rotting wood instead of fixing the actual leak. I am so unbelievably frustrated with people taking the lazy DIY way out just to sell a place
My dad is a builder and normally helps me with this stuff, but he's getting older and his back is completely shot these days, so Im trying to spare him the labor and tackle this myself.
Was looking at some proper window install photos from taylor made construction just to see how the drip edge and flashing is actually supposed to look when done by pros... but obviously my setup is just a solid block of mush right now
my question is: how do I cleanly cut out the bottom sill and lower casing without having to rip off the adjacent vinyl siding? Im terrified of tearing the weather barrier behind the good sections if I pull too hard. (ill add pics to the comments once this rain stops)
Basically I’m looking to fund a rental unit on Airbnb. I have statements clearly showing outstanding occupancy rates for the last 6 months. Really outstanding occupancy rates…
However, all the banks that I have approached demand two years of tax returns. They don't even want to hear anything about my Airbnb income statements. They say it is too new and too risky
My colleague suggested aomething like long term rental financing that uses Airbnb statements instead of tax returns. Such financing only considers bookings and the amount of money earned from renting out. Not bad, huh?
But what if these lending companies can't be trusted? Will I be falling into yet another scam that will cost me a lot of money? Certainly not now when I am building up my rentals
Tbh I completely brought this on myself. I’ve been running a small tour setup on the weekends for like six months now and until yesterday I was literally managing all client bookings through DMs and a chaotic spreadsheet. Huge mistake lol. Last Friday I accidentally double-booked three people for the same afternoon slot and had to awkwardly reschedule someone while sweating through my shirt. Decided enough was enough and spent half the weekend finally setting up proper scheduling software just to get something up and running without tearing my hair out, and honestly just having an actual live calendar instead of a messy google sheet feels like night and day. I guess my point is if you're still trying to run any kind of service or booking business off manual texts or notes app, just stop before you embarrass yourself like I did. The anxiety of waking up worrying if you missed a confirmation email is just not worth the $0 spent on doing it manually. Lesson learned the hard way.
So I've been deep in the ultralight rabbit hole for a couple years now. Got my base weight down to around 12lbs for 3 season trips. Feels good. I'm proud of it.
But I've been looking at doing something different next year. Like way different. The kind of trip where there's no town in the middle. No resupply. No bailing out if your gear sucks. Just 7+ days of being completely self sufficient in a place where the weather can kill you if you're stupid about it.
And I'm realizing my 12lb setup might not cut it. Or maybe it could but I'd have to make some really uncomfortable compromises.
I was looking at this outfitter's site, just to get a sense of what kind of conditions people deal with up there. And I realized I don't even know how to pack for that environment. Like my usual rain jacket is light and works fine for a weekend in the smokies but a week of constant rain in the yukon? It's probably gonna wet out by day 2 and then I'm just cold and miserable.
Same thing with my quilt. 20 degree bag is fine for most stuff but I've read that nighttime temps can drop way lower than you'd expect even in summer. Do I need a 0 degree setup? That's gonna double my pack weight.
I guess I'm just realizing that ultralight is relative. The lightest thing I can carry that won't kill me in one environment might be completely wrong for another.
Anyone here done trips in really remote northern environments? What did your pack look like? How much did you have to compromise on the weight weenies stuff?
We finally upgraded our old, chipped dark walnut table last week. It was literally falling apart at the hinges, we wanted something brighter because our dining area doesn't get a ton of natural light, so we ended up looking around online and found this really nice light oak vibe. It fits the space perfectly size-wise, but now that it's actually in our room... i'm kind of struggling? Because it's that clean, light wood look, if i don't style it exactly right it just looks super blank. My partner literally said it looks like a high-end office breakroom table. Right now i just have a single, lonely white ceramic vase in the middle of it and it's not doing the trick.
Any tips on how to soften up a light oak table? should i go for a runner, or does that look too dated? maybe some textured placemats? we usually have 4 chairs around it daily but it can technically seat 8 if we squeeze.
Was scrolling through Sunshine Coast listings last night and came across this block that looked like a steal. Decent size, nice area, not too far from the beach.
started daydreaming about a granny flat out the back. Maybe even two if the block allowed it.
Well. Woke up this morning and decided to actually check what council rules apply to the place. Turns out there's a coastal overlay that restricts pretty much everything I was imagining. And some easement I didn't notice running right through where I'd want to build.
Felt stupid Almost got excited about something that wasn't even possible.
Anyone else done this? Found a place, got your hopes up, then realised council rules kill the dream? Feel like I'm not the only one.
The phone call and resume felt good both times. The actuality of dealing with them was quite different both times.
The issue was that a 20-minute phone chat doesn't reveal anything. For twenty minutes, people are able to maintain their composure.
Candidates now respond to structured questions on video before I interact with anyone. You can see their thought processes, their explanations, and whether a straightforward prompt causes them to lose their train of thought.
Identified two contestants in the most recent round who appeared fantastic on paper but crumbled on camera. Didn't hire either. haven't had a poor hire since
walked into one of the big 4x4 chain stores yesterday just to grab some basic recovery gear for the weekend. The bloke behind the counter legitimately tried to upsell me to some $350 anodised snatch ring just because it "looks cleaner on the rig"
Since when did hitting the bush turn into a fashion show? Its like if you aren't running a $150k dual cab chop with color-matched accessories you don't even exist to these physical shops anymore. So bloody frustrating dealing with the ego in those places
Ended up just ordering what I actually needed from road runner offroad on my phone while sitting in the carpark
half the rigs I see around town these days look like theyve never even seen a corrugated dirt road anyway. kinda miss when this was actually about driving and not just bolting shiny overpriced crap to a roof rack just to flex at the local campsite.
i have been slowly working on my house and the living room is next on the list. it used to have that old beige minimal look with a couple of mismatched sofas and basic side tables that never really felt finished. i want it to feel warmer and more inviting now with soft textures, better flow and pieces that actually work for how we use the space every day.
i already changed all the sofas and bought modular sofas from jardan so everything can be rearranged depending on the mood or if we have guests. next i am thinking about a low wooden coffee table, some floating shelves for books and plants, warmer lighting with a mix of floor and table lamps, and a bigger rug to tie it all together. has anyone done a similar gradual refresh in their living room? what pieces made the biggest difference for you after updating the seating? any ideas for keeping it cohesive without spending everything at once?
theres so many places now doing anti wrinkle and filler stuff, some run out of actual clinics and some out of what looks like someones lounge room with good lighting. how do you actually tell whos legit before you hand over your money and your face?
i started making a list of ones that seem more established, glow aesthetics collective was one of them since its described as doctor led which felt like a good sign, but im not sure what questions to even ask beyond that.
do you check ahpra registration? ask how long theyve been doing it? look at before and afters? all of the above??
also is doctor led actually better than nurse led or does it not matter as much as i think. keen to hear what people actually check before booking
cheers
Horses don't exist in your world. What animal pulls the plow and feeds the empire?
A lot of worldbuilding attention goes to rideable mounts, which makes sense visually and narratively. But I keep thinking about the less glamorous side of animal labor that actually built civilizations: the plow animal.
Horses, oxen, and donkeys didn't just carry heroes into battle. They broke ground, hauled timber, ground grain, and moved trade goods across continents. The agricultural and economic backbone of most human history runs on animal muscle.
So if you've replaced or reimagined horses in your world, I want to know what fills that unglamorous but absolutely necessary role. Not the war mount or the noble's stallion. The animal a subsistence farmer hitches to a plow at dawn and unharnesses at dusk.
Does your replacement animal change what crops are viable? Does it affect how large settlements can grow before they strain the food supply? Does the temperament of the animal shape the culture that domesticated it? A stubborn or dangerous draft animal would produce very different farming traditions than a docile one.
Working backwards from something as mundane as draft labor forces you to stress test your world's economics and ecology in ways that pure lore writing never does.
What does your world use, and how has it shaped the civilization built around it?
Alt titles: What animal does the unglamorous farm labor in your world | No oxen, no horses. What breaks ground in your setting | Draft animals and the civilizations they actually built
I'm building a Python app that needs to work with a few MT5 accounts. The trading logic isn't really the problemI'm more stuck on deciding how the app should actually communicate with MT5.
The obvious option seems to be using the official MetaTrader API with a local MT5 terminal. That feels like the quickest way to get something working, but I'm not sure if that's what people actually keep using once a project gets beyond the prototype stage.I also keep seeing people mention using an MT5 API instead, but it's hard to tell how common that really is. Do people actually move to an API-based setup, or do most just stick with running terminals and accept the extra maintenance?
If you've built something around MT5, what route did you end up taking?Did you start with the official MetaTrader API and keep it, or did you switch to something else later? If you changed your setup, what pushed you to do it?