[-] babboa@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Edinburgh may be my favorite city I've ever visited. I want to go back again later this year. That being said: thoughts about some of the things we did.

Edinburgh Castle is iconic, has great views, and outside of the Scottish crown jewels it was not that terribly crowded though there is also not as much to see as something like the tower of London though the history is still quite interesting. Can probably see it all in under a half day, realistically I think we were there four hours and saw everything but the crown jewels.

The royal botanic gardens in Edinburgh was not on my list of things to do before visiting but it was beautiful. Would definitely book at least half a day to explore it.

The johnny walker experience wasn't all that great. Would book a seat at their bar way early but the tasting wasn't particularly special. The west end brasserie right across the street from there actually has a stupidly long scotch menu if you have an idea of what styles you already like and just want to go taste a broad variety of things you could probably have actually spent less money there for better scotch (I don't particularly love most of JW's blends).

We actually took a fly fishing trip for native brown trout on one of the lochs northeast of Glasgow. VERY reasonably priced, gorgeous scenery, and fun letting my (now) wife catch her first trout on a fly. Pun intended but she's now hooked. Definitely needed to pack better waterproof gear for that though. The rain jacket wasn't good enough sitting in a boat going across a loch in a strong mist.

[-] babboa@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

"Empress" Verdiacee "Tiari" Washitaw-Turner Goston El-Bey of the Washitaw de Dugdahmoundyah (the article missed aa few of her names or self proclaimed honorifics). Now thats a name I haven't heard in probably two decades(and one she continued to add onto and embellish throughout her life), but reading the article immediately made me remember just how absolutely batshit crazy she was. I grew up in Northeast Louisiana and remember her stirring up problems at various civic meetings for years. I can't believe anybody would ever take anything she said as serious, because she was so clearly mentally ill that even as a kid I picked up on it. But somehow they did, and she even led a movement for the "town" of richwood to secede from the city of Monroe, taking with it a good portion of the more densely populated areas but almost none of the tax base to support the basic civic infrastructure. You can probably figure out how the next two decades plus looked for residents there.

[-] babboa@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Even phevs have this availability. Loving our Mazda cx90 for this feature. Can program their app to have it start warming 15-20 mins before my wife leaves for work and it's ready to go and comfortable.

[-] babboa@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Any chance you have an Indian grocery near you? The ones I've gone to often have pg tips for way cheaper than that.

[-] babboa@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

What is this, non credible defense? If you believe that, then nothing matters and all options are on the table including preemptive action, because you either assume that MAD is enough to stave off that stupidity or you dont. But...this is all bullshit propaganda and saber rattling so who really cares.

[-] babboa@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

They've been held at bay for over a year by a smaller army with at best 20+ year old "B stock" conventional munitions often Jerry rigged to give half the capabilities they have when used as intended. Russia is a paper tiger who would get the Iraq revolutionary guards treatment inside 3 weeks if they start shit against the finns. And nobody outside Putin himself is suicidal enough to start throwing nukes.

[-] babboa@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Is tarkov not a massive time sink? I feel like I'm committed to 2+hours every time I try to sit down and play, and the mid game crafting you almost have to undertake to get quality ammo makes you have to log in almost daily to not waste resources.

[-] babboa@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I think you're misunderstanding what most of them keep practicing. It's not the kooky cranial/cervical manipulation(you can make an argument that them having to learn that stuff in the first place is BS and a waste of time), but most do pick up a few muscle pressure point tricks and stretches that are essentially the same as what PT instructs patients on how to do. Is it bullshit? No more so than most medicine that's practiced(the data behind the vast majority of what your average physician does is at best all over the place, the truly "settled" clinical questions are few and far between). In my book though, anything that keeps you from having to prescribe a scheduled drug (read as:narcotic or muscle relaxer) to get someone functional from something like severe trapezius tightness or piriformus syndrome is a heck of a tool to have at your disposal in a primary care or urgent care setting.

[-] babboa@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

So, DO's in many of not most states in the US have the same licensure and practice limitations as MDs and charge/are reimbursed similarly. I'm many cases they actually attend the same residency programs as allopathic/MDs. Most I've worked with drop 99% of the Osteopathic manipulation stuff soon as they graduate. Naturopaths on the other hand....

[-] babboa@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Me too. And add the botanical gardens to your list if they weren't already on it. It wasn't on mine initially but we spent half a day there and only left because we had reservations for the JW whiskey tasting.

[-] babboa@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Give the west end brasserie a shot too if you're still in town. Literally across the street from the Johnnie Walker experience (the experience/tasting isn't worth the price in my opinion, but the bar is cool). Maybe my favorite city ever.

[-] babboa@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Literally half or more of the drugs aren't antidepressants...

view more: next ›

babboa

joined 1 year ago