
So I tend to leave long gaps between meals
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as i'm missing 2/3rds of my stomach and about 6 feet of intestines.i very seldom take less than an hour to eat even a small meal and am usually not hungry for about another 6 hours, so my meal schedule is not what most people would call normal. i can't just eat sooner, i would be physically sick and might well end up in hospital.
even the chocolate truffles i had this morning, i only had 4, because i can't handle that much sugar without my body going into shock
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I think it's what people are supposed to do anyway
( , Sat 6 Feb 2021, 18:30, archived)

but i can't eat a lot of foods i used to eat, so i'm not getting the nutrients and vitamins i need. i'll be on supplements for life and, even just taking those first thing in the morning can bloat me so badly that i can't eat a thing until the evening
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Everyday is a new learning opportunity
( , Sat 6 Feb 2021, 14:11, archived)

every time I bid on this one, within 2 minutes I'm outbid, then within another 2 minutes I get a message to let me know that the last bid was retracted and I'm winning again. 3 times so far. Something's not right.
( , Sat 6 Feb 2021, 14:07, archived)

but I do not believe it has any monetary value, and I don't believe you truly own anything intangible. If I'm going to buy a film (or album or whatever) it's got to be a physical object.
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they threaten to dump the entire cartload if there's even a hint of mixed materials or contamination anywhere, almost as if they're looking for a reason to not recycle any of it, of course there'll be at least one household somewhere on every round who hasn't rinsed out a tin properly
( , Sat 6 Feb 2021, 18:28, archived)

Very little actually gets chucked away, at least in my experience. Clothes, shoes, bags, books, dvds, cds, records, bric-a-brac and toys all get 'ragged' (sold by the kilo to a company who ID and sell good stuff and recycle everything else).
The resellable books and media make their way to undercutting cunts like WorldOfBooks, for example. I cannot begin to describe how much I hate WorldOfBooks, but they are keeping books out of landfills.
Eventually your council will consist of saner people who understand that they live on a planet, and they will change their recycling ethos and employ better people.
( , Sat 6 Feb 2021, 18:52, archived)

whereas a 4k disc uses around 80gb. The difference in picture quality is like chalk and cheese. Streaming is not a patch on having the disc.
( , Sat 6 Feb 2021, 14:50, archived)

For example, Saving Private Ryan is a brilliant film but when you watch it on 4k disc it's like a completely different movie. It still has grain but it's like being there.
( , Sat 6 Feb 2021, 14:54, archived)

I imagine maintaining 'the cloud' is less energy efficient than producing and transporting DVDs. It probably produces more waste heat too, since it has to be on all the time, while I can just leave a DVD in a box.
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