u/bierbelly42

I'm in the middle of a mild to moderate flare. Normally 3 to 5 BM/day – from firm-ish to... well, I think pebbledashing is the best description. And especially the fatigue was really bad lately.

Went to a 5-day-festival last week and was obviously a tad apprehensive: The 25,000 steps per day of walking/dancing, sleeping in a tent with a 200 yrd walk to the nearest portapotty, and when you get there you don't know how dirty it is. The inevitabitlity of at least some alcohol consumption. Well, festival type stuff.

What can I tell you? It was... fine. BM down to 1 per day. Okay, I was as gassy as Jupiter but it's open air, so no-one above 5ft 5 bat an eyelid (sorry to anyone smaller). And the fatigue? Gone. I mean I am knackered now but no more than my mates are. Glad i didn't call it off.

My question: Why? Is it the fresh air? The lots of walking around? The lack of Teams calls? It sure as sh*t wasn't my diet I can tell you that. Has anyone experienced something similar?

I was recently on a flight from Milan to Rome. It was like 99% Italians, but there was also me (an American), and a nice, quiet Belgian couple in the seats across the aisle from me.

Like 15 minutes after the plane took off, the Belgian lady started barfing into a plastic bag. She was barfing pretty hard, and she wouldn't stop, so a flight attendant came over. The Belgian husband started motioning toward his ear--I think he was trying to say that his wife had an inner ear thing that was causing her to barf.

The flight attendant called over the intercom to see if there was a doctor, and then she went back to the lady.

All the people on the plane started talking, and many of them stood up in the aisles so they could better see the Belgian lady. I pretended to read a magazine, trying to be polite, but the guy next to me started shaking me by the shoulder and pointing at the lady.

People were leaning over their seats and craning their necks. The poor lady, who was clearly embarassed, had like 45 wide-eyed, worried faces within 5 feet of her.

Suddenly there was a cacophony. Somebody was shouting. I was just able to see, through the crowd in the aisle, that a very short, very elderly Italian lady was throwing up her hands and yelling about something. She kept saying the word "limone, limone!!"

A general murmering started happening, and then other people started yelling "limone, limone!"

I deduced that the old Italian lady had decided that the barfing Belgian lady needed a lemon to help her stop barfing.

Somebody toward the front of the plane inexplicably produced a lemon. They lifted it triumphantly up above their head. A loud, very dramatic group effort ensued: people reaching over several rows of seats, shouting and grabbing the lemon from each other, and then theatrically handing it along. Eventually, a quivering hand shoved the lemon into the lady's face.

Unfortunately, it turned out the Belgian lady could find no use for the lemon.

The plane landed in Rome not too long later. The flight attendant allowed the Belgian couple to get off first. As they walked, anxiously, down the aisle, they were met with thunderous applause...

Mein Sohn hat seine Ausbildung fertig und wir haben ihm zum Abschluss anständige japanische Küchenmesser geschenkt. handgemacht, Damast-Stahl, mit Wetzkeramik und Holzblock. Also wirklich... schick.

Jetzt sitze ich im Wohnzimmer, höre ihn in der Küche Gemüse schnippeln. Immer wieder unterbrochen von gemurmelter Begeisterung - "Wow!", "Ist das geil!" etc.

Das fühlt sich sowas von toll an. Geben ist wirklich besser als nehmen.

Side sleeper here. I can't use in-ears - no matter how comfy, after two nights' use my ears start itching and seeping.

My current workaround is sleeping with my ear on the actual phone. Not great for a number of reasons. Also. My wife sleeps next to me, so I can't just use speakers.

Now I came across a bunch of options on Amazon, one of which was a bone conducting pillow speaker. Has anyone tried them? Do they work? I only need it for podcasts, so sound quality is secondary. Cheerio!