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Yep. Omicron. A scratchy throat, some night sweats and just feeling mildly crappy. I was given ten days off from work, used eight and really, could've gone back after five.

Compared to other people, especially considering my age and heart problems, I lucked out.

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I had the original Covid like 2 years ago (probably twice), it was just a one-day cold. Sugar has tasted nasty since then. It took 6 months before I could stand to drink milk again (just the slight amount of sugar in it made it horrible to drink), and I don't think my taste buds are going to recover any further. Which is a shame, because I liked making desserts, but it's pointless now as I can't enjoy them...  Cry
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Thor Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Oct 2022 at 11:06am

I'm glad I didn't lose my sense of taste. On the other hand, if I did, I wouldn't have just scarfed down two bowls of Blueberry Cheerios, and be considering a third.

But hey, maybe sugar's the problem. Maybe a different kind of sweetener would taste better. I have a little squirt bottle of monkfruit sweetener that I use sometimes. It's the best I've found.

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Originally posted by Thor Thor wrote:

I have a little squirt bottle of monkfruit sweetener that I use sometimes. It's the best I've found.


I prefer the stevia to the monkfruit, but hey, to each his own.
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I have a friend who had the virus last year and still can't taste.
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That's something I really fear.

Losing my sense of taste would be almost like losing my reason for living.

Such is my love of food and eating.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Thor Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Dec 2022 at 10:10pm

Ooooh...one more hour and there will have been not even one post in the last 24 hours.

Oh. Oooops.

Oh, well.
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Buzz kill.

Spoil sport.

Killjoy.

Wet blanket.

Stick in the mud.

Party pooper.
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Don't be such a nattering nabob of negativism!   

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Sez the guy who ended the streak.... 🤔

Way to go, Spiro. 🙄


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I'm just glad you got the Agnew reference. Not many people would.

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We're old.
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Yeah, I was going to say most people who would get that reference are dead.

I'm actually trying to pass it on to the young people at work, and get them using it. That one, and "pusillanimous pussyfooters".

So far, it's not working. Of course, half of them don't even speak English.



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Too many syllables for today's generation.

Plus, you can't spell it using single letters in place of multiple letters or numbers in place of letters.

U no wut I mean 2.

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H8tr!

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That's fire. 🔥
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whatevs 🙄

(Notice how I neither capitalized nor punctuated that, proving I'm hip to the ways of the youngsters of today?)



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You capitalized the H in h8tr!

You're old.
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my phone automatically did that and I couldn't be bothered to change it who cares about that stuff anyway

whatevs

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You old people get so cranky and crotchety over the littlest things.

You're old.
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I often greet the youngsters at work with "What up, dog?"

It shows I'm hep to their scene, down with their lingo.

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That's fire. 🔥
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I might hafta use that word.


I'm illin' today. Cough, runny nose, sore throat, the occasional sneeze. Just in time for the weekend. Not that it makes any difference. All I need weekends for is to recover from work.

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You should not only use it, you should start looking for any opportunity you can find to shoehorn it into every conversation.

Anytime one of your hip, young coworkers says anything to you, respond with "That's fire!!".

Them: "I'm gonna go move that pallet of tennis shoes away from the back door"

You: "That's fire!!"

Them: "I'm gonna go to the crapper and take a dump."

You: "That's fire!!"

Or maybe even better yet, "Bruh, that's fire!!".

Not sure, but I don't think they say "brah" anymore.

I think it's "bruh" now.

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Can I say "bruh, that's hella fire"?

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