evranch @ evranch @lemmy.ca

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Yikes, I can't imagine who would recommend copper unless someone had a bad reaction to the hormonal type. The mode of action is totally different, with hormonal suppressing the whole cycle and copper being more like a continuous abortion.

My wife didn't have a period for years aside from some occasional spotting with Mirena, I figure if we can save my daughter a decade of cramping and bleeding by offering her one young, the birth control is almost a happy side effect.

We did a ton of research when my wife first got one, I studied biochem so figured I could assess the situation fairly well.

Non-hormonal are awful and I wouldn't recommend them to anyone. Mirena on the other hand does release hormones, but in small enough quantity that the effects are basically topical - localized to the uterus and serum concentrations are barely affected compared to pills or shots.

The hormones in Mirena are in a low enough dosage that they only affect the uterine lining rather than have a systematic effect. It's the clear choice as non-hormonal (i.e. copper) have the opposite side effect profile. Heavy periods, cramping, other undesirable effects

I find it odd, here on the farm it's always been the biggest, meanest tomcats that flop around on the porch for endless belly rubs. Even my daughter has never been scratched and she'll pet these battle-scarred warriors for hours.

I guess they have nothing to prove?

Fungus can consume nearly anything organic, but it has to be damp. Even "dry rot" is only dry when you see it, it was once wet for the mycelium to spread through it.

I grew up in a wet climate where we feared mold and fungus, now I live in a dry one where we run humidifiers. You won't ever see mildew or black mold here without a constant moisture source.

And if the difference between $6 and $8 really is where they draw the line, they can always wait for a sale. I've bought many indie games on sale where I thought eh, that might be fun for $12 but not worth risking my $20

Anecdotally pills can also alter behaviour and personality somewhat. Especially the megadose hormones like Depo-provera, that stuff messed up a girl I was dating long ago. Turned her into an emotional wreck. I would actually support not a ban, but warnings and restrictions on that particular product.

I've always felt that choices like the Mirena IUD should be promoted over systemic hormones, my ex-wife was very happy with them over the years and we agreed we'll be offering our daughter the option as soon as she gets her first period. For some reason they seem to push the Pill instead.

I know some people have issues with IUDs but if they work for you they really work. Her hormones changed and she went asexual after kids, but she still maintains an IUD just for the greatly diminished cramping and bleeding.

I lived in a trailer park for years while saving up to buy land and can identify the two kinds of trailer park inhabitants at a glance:

• those who know they are there temporarily
• those who know they are there permanently

These two groups rarely interact with each other.

I own some enameled iron but find it's only good for things like spaghetti sauce that attack exposed iron, and deglaze stuck material on their own.

Otherwise everything sticks to it terribly compared to regular seasoned iron.

Do you have a trick to avoid this? I've tried all manner of oils as well as lethecin spray, nothing seems to work for me.

Unfortunately not as the oil is impregnated into very small pores during manufacturing. This is the "sol-gel" part of the process, a way of creating a solid and liquid in very close contact.

The oil is effectively bonded to the surface creating a "permanent oil film" which is why it works so well. You can think of the long tails of the silicone molecules being trapped in the pores.

However once they escape there's no putting them back. Seasoning cast iron is a totally different process involving polymerizing light oils into a solid coating.

The secret of these coatings, which is deeply buried and requires some research, is their "sol-gel" structure.

Basically they are like a sintered bronze "oilite" bushing, where oil is stored in the pores between the bronze to lubricate the surface.

In this case the oil is silicone oil, and while it performs amazingly and is totally inert and harmless it sets a lifespan for the pan. Once the oil is depleted, the pan is worthless.

I've gone back almost entirely to cast iron and stainless steel, though I do have one Greenpan that I save for scrambled eggs and similar.

Am farmer, can confirm. I also have my chequebook with me... Non-farmers, when was the last time you wrote a cheque, aside from rent? I feel like we're the only ones still using them.

"I'm drunk"

Thanks, I can see how it works out with a 7 way split and a service that "just works".

I still run an old version of Vanced for screen off radio style music in my truck, though I mostly stream from my own collection now with Ampache/Ultrasonic. I've done a ton of ripping lately with Zotify, it pulls down whole albums and discographies from Spotify in decent quality, and combined with Beets everything gets tagged perfectly.

With the recent price increases in streaming services lately I've been concerned about the long term survival of the industry, and figured it was time to start rebuilding my own music library.

I'm surprised that of all the services you would pay for YouTube, as I've never considered it. What advantages does a paid subscription have over uBlock/Sponsorblock?

Yes valid point, our wool is not ideal being farm flock wool, medium fibers. But for years we still sheared/skirted/bagged and tried to deliver at least a saleable product, it was disappointing to see it go to zero value. I would love to see it at least made into insulation batts or something.

Most of that high end Merino wool comes from places like NZ where they can graze year round, here the hay and chaff always mess the wool up a little and most have said running a true fiber flock is not economical. In Canada at least fiber has always just been an adjunct to a productive meat flock.

I ran some Columbias for a couple years but let them go quick. Gorgeous wool but terribly behaved critters and the lambing percentage and flavour were very poor compared to our Dorset cross main flock.

There's no point in having incredibly qualified MPs if they're all whipped on every vote. And that's the way Canadian politics works - an MP is just a glorified seat filler.

Get us an electoral system that breaks up the majority rule and allows MPs to actually represent their constituents, and I'll fully support a gratuitous salary.

For now, I think paying the median wage in Canada would serve just fine to try to motivate these mushrooms to improve the working conditions of the 99%.

Wool is more of a byproduct of the lamb meat industry these days, so wool and meat are inextricably entangled. I'm a sheep farmer, last couple years we threw the wool away due to lack of demand. Nobody is raising sheep just for wool.

However this is a problem with our distorted markets and not with the sheep industry, this valuable fiber is being dumped or burned while we pump out synthetic crap. It costs us more to remove it from the sheep to keep them from overheating, than we can sell it for.

My quest 2 exists to have VD on it

Sounds a lot like a girl I knew back in college. Do you also share it with all your friends and people you barely met?

Yes the way YT loads ads it won't work to simply block them with a simple DNS pattern match, you need a proper adblocker or third party app. But you can block all the other nuisance clutter on the smart TV, at least.

My TV is hooked to my PC now as a monitor, so I just watch YT on it right in Firefox.