[Kruppe of Darujhistan]

 Traveller, on 02 October 2016 - 07:12 PM, said:

 High Geek of Crawfish, on 29 September 2016 - 07:48 PM, said:

How does someone not know what the dif is between a space station and a satellite!?!

Well technically, as a man made object put into orbit, a space station like the ISS is also a satellite isn't it?

Any object orbiting any other object is a satellite. The term was coined by Kepler in reference to the then newly discovered moons of Jupiter, centuries before there was any man-made junk in orbit. The ISS is a satellite of the Earth just as the Earth is a satellite of the Sun.

[amphibian]

There are technically three space stations up there.

[amphibian]

It's too hard to do a secret space station. Too many launches and shuttling of personnel to hide anything that big and costly.

There's tons of secret satellites and definitely some ordnance too despite the arms treaties.

[Abyss]

 amphibian, on 02 October 2016 - 09:59 PM, said:

There are technically three space stations up there.

That you know of.

 High Geek of Crawfish, on 02 October 2016 - 10:46 PM, said:

Yep. Prob more secret ones to lol.

Don't be silly. There are no secret space stations in geosynchronous orbit with death rays. None. Not even one. Or two.

 amphibian, on 02 October 2016 - 11:25 PM, said:

It's too hard to do a secret space station. Too many launches and shuttling of personnel to hide anything that big and costly.

There's tons of secret satellites and definitely some ordnance too despite the arms treaties.

See above. None. Really.

[Kruppe of Darujhistan]

A space station with death rays in geosyncronous orbit would leave half the planet unacceptably untargetable. Thus, you need a minimum of two.

[Andorion]

Unseasonal heat + season change allergies = fever

Yay

[Silencer]

 Kruppe of Darujhistan, on 04 October 2016 - 03:07 AM, said:

A space station with death rays in geosyncronous orbit would leave half the planet unacceptably untargetable. Thus, you need a minimum of two.

We prefer 12....I mean wait, what? I don't know what you're talking about!

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[Centzon Totochtin]

Should be asleep. I am not asleep. Why does my brain hate me?

[Coltaine -]

 Centzon Totochtin, on 04 October 2016 - 01:12 PM, said:

Should be asleep. I am not asleep. Why does my brain hate me?

I guess it is already preparing for Europe

[Andorion]

Most people like it when they stand under a tree full of fragrant flowers. I have to run as I am allergic. I really hate this time of year.

[QuickTidal]

Caught a seasonal cold. Blerg. I LOATHE colds.

[Abyss]

Moving.

Geosynchronous death/coldvirus ray satellites are a huge hassle to relocate.

If they existed. Which they do not.

None.

Not one.
Certainly not two.

Per continent.

[Abyss]

Haiti seriously cannot catch a fucking break.

[Maark Abbott]

Kitten who was meant to be coming to live with us today has been ill so the person we're getting him from told us yesterday that he was up at the vets.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

My copy of Deadhouse Gates has joined the great bookcase in the sky - part of it came away from the binding. It has in fairness been rather well read...

[QuickTidal]

Wife ended up in emergency surgery for an abscess and infection from breast-feeding that (because she went to a lactation specialist who was a little shitstain who kept telling her to massage it out and not bother with antibiotics...it got worse...honesty, I want to call this MFer and give him a piece of my mind) required surgery to deal with. I'm sick, so there I am trying to look after my 6-week old daughter on my own wearing a mask to not pass my cold to her, who was inconsolable that mommy was gone for 48hrs...and add to that my wife was going into surgery and I couldn't be there with her....didn't' sleep, and my mother finally was able to come and help me out and get my daughter to at least calm down.

Goddamn lactation specialist Charlatan.

Wife is now home and doing decently (though still in pain, the hospital sent her home with pain med regimen though) and daughter had formula for almost two straight days and slept more than she's ever slept and was happier than I've ever seen her. Trying to convince my wife to stop breastfeeding after struggling with it every day for so long and going to formula....is seeming like a herculean task that just gets her upset with me.

Sigh.

[Andorion]

 QuickTidal, on 06 October 2016 - 01:41 PM, said:

Wife ended up in emergency surgery for an abscess and infection from breast-feeding that (because she went to a lactation specialist who was a little shitstain who kept telling her to massage it out and not bother with antibiotics...it got worse...honesty, I want to call this MFer and give him a piece of my mind) required surgery to deal with. I'm sick, so there I am trying to look after my 6-week old daughter on my own wearing a mask to not pass my cold to her, who was inconsolable that mommy was gone for 48hrs...and add to that my wife was going into surgery and I couldn't be there with her....didn't' sleep, and my mother finally was able to come and help me out and get my daughter to at least calm down.

Goddamn lactation specialist Charlatan.

Wife is now home and doing decently (though still in pain, the hospital sent her home with pain med regimen though) and daughter had formula for almost two straight days and slept more than she's ever slept and was happier than I've ever seen her. Trying to convince my wife to stop breastfeeding after struggling with it every day for so long and going to formula....is seeming like a herculean task that just gets her upset with me.

Sigh.

Sounds like absolute hell QT. At least is seems as if the worst is over though, right?

[QuickTidal]

 Andorion, on 06 October 2016 - 02:09 PM, said:

 QuickTidal, on 06 October 2016 - 01:41 PM, said:

Wife ended up in emergency surgery for an abscess and infection from breast-feeding that (because she went to a lactation specialist who was a little shitstain who kept telling her to massage it out and not bother with antibiotics...it got worse...honesty, I want to call this MFer and give him a piece of my mind) required surgery to deal with. I'm sick, so there I am trying to look after my 6-week old daughter on my own wearing a mask to not pass my cold to her, who was inconsolable that mommy was gone for 48hrs...and add to that my wife was going into surgery and I couldn't be there with her....didn't' sleep, and my mother finally was able to come and help me out and get my daughter to at least calm down.

Goddamn lactation specialist Charlatan.

Wife is now home and doing decently (though still in pain, the hospital sent her home with pain med regimen though) and daughter had formula for almost two straight days and slept more than she's ever slept and was happier than I've ever seen her. Trying to convince my wife to stop breastfeeding after struggling with it every day for so long and going to formula....is seeming like a herculean task that just gets her upset with me.

Sigh.

Sounds like absolute hell QT. At least is seems as if the worst is over though, right?

Thanks man, It was a nightmare, and I I think we are through the worst bit, she has to heal up first so hopefully that goes without an hitches. Scary AF though to be honest.

[amphibian]

I don't get how there's male lactation specialists. A good bit of that particular profession would logically rely on experience...

[Abyss]

 amphibian, on 06 October 2016 - 04:20 PM, said:

I don't get how there's male lactation specialists. A good bit of that particular profession would logically rely on experience...

Difference between 'specialists' who are, I think, medical personnel, possibly RNs, who specialize, and 'consultants' who are typically private individuals, usually but not always women with personal experience.

QT - Glad that worked out ok. For what it's worth I personally know multiple toddlers who were switched to formula early for various reasons and are utterly thriving.