Qnasl users - does your dispenser last all month?

Qnasl has been my best option for minimizing postnasal drip and reducing how often I get sinusitis. My problem with it is that it often runs out before the end of the canister. Each one is supposed to have 120 doses, but sometimes it'll crap out around 80 or 90.

The amount that comes out or the sound and the force that it makes slowly reduce over a number of days, and then it starts to come out very slowly, or almost nothing will come out. Instead of a strong puff, it sounds like a dying whisper. Considering it's a non-priming pump, I'm not really sure how to resolve it.

Once there were three months of canisters affected in a row. I contacted the manufacturer and followed a lengthy process to return them and have them replaced. They made it sound like a very uncommon problem.

Is this happening to you? Does your Qnasl consistently last the entire month? Or does it crap out sometimes?

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u/thebananaz — 2 days ago

Am I underwatering?

When you test for moisture, how deep do you measure before watering?

In tall 1 and 5 gallon pots, I find that my standard moisture meter reads Dry 2/3 of the way down... but at the bottom a bit of moisture is detected. I usually wait until it's dry at the very bottom... and then a few days, give or take, depending on how much I'm monitoring.

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u/thebananaz — 2 days ago

Qnasl users - does your dispenser last all month?

Qnasl has been my best option for minimizing postnasal drip and reducing how often I get sinusitis. My problem with it is that it often runs out before the end of the canister. Each one is supposed to have 120 doses, but sometimes it'll crap out around 80 or 90.

The amount that comes out or the sound and the force that it makes slowly reduce over a number of days, and then it starts to come out very slowly, or almost nothing will come out. Instead of a strong puff, it sounds like a dying whisper. Considering it's a non-priming pump, I'm not really sure how to resolve it.

Once there were three months of canisters affected in a row. I contacted the manufacturer and followed a lengthy process to return them and have them replaced. They made it sound like a very uncommon problem.

Is this happening to you? Does your Qnasl consistently last the entire month? Or does it crap out sometimes?

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u/thebananaz — 3 days ago

Blimp or balloon - over by UCSF Children’s?

Need help identifying it… Saturday July 11 ~1145am

Too far to get a picture. Can kind of make it out with binoculars. Looks like a small blimp. It’s blue-ish.

It’s moving around in the wind but appears to be tethered or at most a large drone that’s trying to stay still

What is it?

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u/thebananaz — 1 month ago

Good for falling asleep and cutting meds?

Is dusq designed to help people fall asleep without sleeping pills?

Why are the studies for 20 min at a time and not all night long?

And what technology is being used? Is it different from other vagus nerve devices?

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u/thebananaz — 3 months ago
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Curbside broken down cardboard pickup changes?

A box of broken down cardboard left in front of our recycling bin was not picked up this morning. They’ve always picked them up, it’s even on their website.

As I pulled the box of cardboard in, a neighbor said there was a policy change that recology won’t pickup extra cardboard anymore.

I can’t find anything to back it up. Is this true?

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u/thebananaz — 3 months ago
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Notion Mail Desktop App down for me - anybody else?

Here's an odd one - the notion mail apple desktop app isn't working. But mobile and web are fine. Quitting, refreshing, everything leads back to the same spot.

Not blocking me, because I have workarounds, but it's interesting. I've seen some cases where the app breaking down is a sign that the web is about to break down, or sometimes its the opposite.

u/thebananaz — 3 months ago

I have a larger Nani plumeria, about 3.5 ft from soil to top branch, with 4 branches, in a 12"x12" 5-gal pot. The top-level soil dries out pretty quickly, but it will still have some moisture at the bottom for a long time, sometimes over a week and a half.

When is a good time to re-water? When the top part of the soil is dry, when the bottom is almost dry, or only when all the soil is dry all the way to the bottom?

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u/thebananaz — 4 months ago

Lurline plumeria grown as a houseplant - in a fabric pot to encourage root growth and prevent overwatering. Watered deeply only when the soil is dry - but in this case because the plant doesn't have full leaves it only gets a few drops of water every few weeks. It live in a west facing bay window with LOTS of light from ~2pm to sunset. "Indoor plants" do not survive this window; I've only been able to keep outdoor plants alive in this spot. This plumeria flowered generously last year, months after potting, and created multiple branches in the process.

This winter there was an annoying mealybug problem, but several rounds of soil and spray systemic insecticides did the trick. But these crusty spots on the trunk and branches have been growing for over a year, before the mealybugs. More and more dense. It's too dense to be stomata.

I'm having a hard time figuring out what's wrong. r/plumeria had no responses for my post. It's long past the time it was growing like crazy last year.

u/thebananaz — 4 months ago

This is a Lurline plumeria. It flowered gorgeously last year and created multiple branches in the process.

This winter there was an annoying mealy bug problem, but several rounds of soil and spray systemic insecticides did the trick. But these crusty spots have been growing for over a year. More and more dense. What is it? Is it okay to ignore?

u/thebananaz — 4 months ago