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Gedunk t1_ivmpt6p wrote

Reply to What are y’all sick with? by xTiredSoulx

Some sort of cold (or maybe RSV? Covid test was negative). Sore throat, congestion, sneezing, cough which has lingered. Tired as hell. The congestion was really bad but I got an oxymetazoline nose spray and it's incredible.

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Gedunk t1_itqtm1n wrote

Reply to comment by aragonii in Investigation underway into daughter's allegation Iowa man was prolific serial killer by livestrong10

Omg what!!?

> For 45 years, Lucy Studey told anyone who would listen that her father had murdered scores of young women and buried them with the help of his children. No one believed her.

>Studey said over the years she told her story to teachers, priests and "law enforcement all over Iowa and Nebraska trying to get something done."

>"No one would listen to me," Studey said. "The teacher said family matters should be handled as a family, and law enforcement has said they couldn't trust the memory of a child. I was just a kid then, but I remember it all."

I take back what I said. If her claims are true and no one followed up on this, wow.

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Gedunk t1_itqjddv wrote

Reply to Investigation underway into daughter's allegation Iowa man was prolific serial killer by livestrong10

The dad died in 2013 and the daughter contacted the sheriff's office for the second time in 2021. When was the first time? It seems pretty shitty she seemingly waited until after his death to come forward about this. If she told them earlier she could've maybe saved some lives (assuming what she's saying is true).

Edit: apparently she did and no one listened. Crazy

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Gedunk t1_itla1d1 wrote

Reply to "All Spaniards, we discovered, knew two English expressions. One was ‘OK, baby,’ the other was a word used by the Barcelona whores in their dealings with English sailors, and I am afraid the compositors would not print it." by SlitchBap

On a related note, I'm currently reading a Farewell to Arms and one of the Italian soldiers (Rinaldi) always calls the narrator baby. I thought it was an attempt to make him seem feminine/possibly gay but this post has me second guessing that. Was it actually just a common phrase the Spanish/Italians knew?

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Gedunk t1_ithddms wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that the dogs in competitive agility don’t rehearse the course ahead of time. The courses are randomized at each competition, and the trainers (without their dogs) only see the layout beforehand on the same day. When the dog runs the course they are literally seeing it for the first time. by Pyraunus

A lot of breeds need a "job" to do. They're eager to please and need to be challenged physically and mentally. Herding dogs in particular (Border Collies, ACDs, Shetland Sheepdogs etc) live for this type of thing. They've been bred to drive livestock, so they are good at following commands and reading body language of the handler from a distance. A perfect fit for agility.

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Gedunk t1_itgkls0 wrote

Reply to TIL that the dogs in competitive agility don’t rehearse the course ahead of time. The courses are randomized at each competition, and the trainers (without their dogs) only see the layout beforehand on the same day. When the dog runs the course they are literally seeing it for the first time. by Pyraunus

My last dog (ACD) loved agility so much that when I'd have him sit/stay and get ready for the first obstacle, he would be straining and shaking and whining and crying, sometimes barking even in anticipation. He was so darn excited to do it he could hardly wait for that first command. Highly recommend it for anyone with a herding or working breed. It's a great outlet for them, wears them out so they don't cause trouble.

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