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Roquefort, Brie de Melun, Camembert au lait cru, Comté, Tomme aux fleurs, Beaufort, Saint-Nectaire, Brocciu, Parmigiano, Mozzarella di buffala, Emmental...

tchrist

Certains noms de fromages!

jlliagre

The ones I ate in the last weeks.

tchrist

Impressive.

Robusto

12:36 AM

You're lucky. You live in France. You are spoiled for cheese selection.

tchrist

That was the Roquefort.

The spoiled cheese selection.

Gosh it comes but dear here!

Robusto

But if I lived in France, I might be overweight by now. Too many good things to eat.

Cerberus

Ossau-Iraty?

jlliagre

Basque

Robusto

Comté can substitute for Gruyere in the fondue, but I still prefer the latter.

tchrist

12:38 AM

If you're going to write Comté properly, you should do the same with Gruyère. :)

Cerberus

How do you describe a camembert that is runny and very ripe?

In French, I mean.

jlliagre

Un camembert coulant.

tchrist

Comme le nez d'un vieux? :)

Cerberus

Ok, merci.

jlliagre

Pas le même goût ;-)

tchrist

12:40 AM

heh

Cerberus

@jlliagre But that only means runny, doesn't it?

I have seen runny camemberts that were rather bland.

Robusto

Isn't that where Magna Carta was signed, at Runnycheese?

Cerberus

I like camembert with a STRONG!!! flavour.

tchrist

We need a new emoji for one of those.

Robusto

@Cerberus Then have some brie. Camembert is a lighter cheese.

Cerberus

12:42 AM

Good camembert can be very strong.

And I don't really like brie that much, sorry.

Robusto

I like brie.

tchrist

Con brio?

Robusto

They're in the same category.

Cerberus

I don't know, there is something mouldy about it that I don't like, I suppose?

Robusto

I don't think of it that way.

Cerberus

12:43 AM

Yes, there are similarities.

Robusto

Plus I like the texture of the skin on them.

Cerberus

I also like a nice, old époisses.

jlliagre

Munster

Cerberus

I've never tasted a Munster that was really strong?

Robusto

If you don't live in a big city, you really have to scout around to get good cheese in the U.S.

tchrist

12:46 AM

New Munster is in Wisconsin.

Cerberus

It's not super easy to find a French cheese that you want here, either!

It took me a while to locate a shop that sells Ossau-Iraty.

jlliagre

Cancoillotte

Robusto

There was a wonderful shop in Watertown, Massachusetts, called Russo's, which had wonderful cheeses, and a vast selection. Last year they sold out and are no more. Such is life for the cheese aficionado.

Cerberus

Ah, is it good?

tchrist

@Robusto You're right. I don't know where the size cutoff is, though.

Cerberus

12:48 AM

I have not heard of it.

tchrist

Haystack Mountain is good.

It's local but ships further afield.

Selections.

Cerberus

Original names!

Robusto

That was just one of the cheese displays at Russo's.

There were three or four other tables chock full.

And if you wanted something really special you could ask at the counter.

jlliagre

@Cerberus very ripe: un camembert très fait

Cerberus

@Robusto I'll take that table.

@jlliagre OK très fait.

Can you use that term for all cheeses?

Robusto

12:58 AM

@Cerberus Alas, it is no more. All the good things pass away.

Cerberus

New good things may come.

We've lost the Library of Alexandria.

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Robusto

Yeah, but the replacement rate is certainly not 100%.

Cerberus

But we have gained many more libraries.

Robusto

@Cerberus But gained TikTok!

jlliagre

@Cerberus Not all of them.

Cerberus

12:58 AM

@Robusto Not sure I'd call that a gain...

Robusto

I was being sarcastic.

Cerberus

I know.

Robusto

Imagine you could go back in time and copy out all the scrolls in the Library of Alexandria.

That would make an interesting novel.

Cerberus

Or 1000!

I don't know how many novels existed by the time the Library perished.

It was a fairly novel genre, I believe.

Robusto

The pitch: A scholar is doing research at the Bodleian Library at Oxford and they notice what looks like a fairly recent addition. It looks too new, but the history has a verisimilitude that seems too genuine and too hard to fake. The scholar gets curious and works to solve the mystery.

I won't spoil it by telling you the rest.

Cerberus

1:14 AM

No doubt a time machine was involved.

Robusto

Or a wormhole. Something interesting that we don't have to get too specific about the mechanics of.

You know ... magic.

Mitch

1:59 AM

@Robusto Cheese. It's cheese.

Cerberus

3:08 AM

Yup a thorn.

Robusto

4:23 AM

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A: Why "English" but not "Anglish"?

In the journey from Old English to what we write today, the ash (Æ) tended to metamorphose into a simple E and various "ae" forms got reduced to just "e": Ælfwyn became Elvin, Æthelræd became Ethelred, aether and aesthetic became ether and esthetic (except when @Cerb spells them), and so on. The ...

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8:15 AM

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Mitch

12:05 PM

@CowperKettle what's the full sentence? Sometimes with, sometimes without.

tchrist

12:37 PM

@Cerberus I don't know that I agree with this, but: ‘According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.’ Others pinpoint its origin to the 17th, 18th, or 19th centuries of our era.

I'm frustrated with the writers of English Wikipedia articles about the works of various French writers. They can't figure out how to spell their possessive forms.

> les œuvres de François Rabelais ?=? Rabelais’ works
les œuvres de François Rabelais ?=? Rabelais’s works
les œuvres de Alexandre Dumas ?=? Dumas’ works
les œuvres de Alexandre Dumas ?=? Dumas’s works
les œuvres de Joris-Karl Huysmans ?=? Huysmans’ works
les œuvres de Joris-Karl Huysmans ?=? Huysmans’s works
les œuvres de Élémir Bourges ?=? Bourges’ works
les œuvres de Élémir Bourges ?=? Bourges’s works
les œuvres de Maurice Barrès ?=? Barrès’ works
les œuvres de Maurice Barrès ?=? Barrès’s works

I think this task may be an impossible one.

Cerberus

@tchrist Yes, I believe we consider certain stories from the late Hellenistic era to be novels.

But it was not an old, traditional genre like most others.

tchrist

I honestly never knew that one considered any of those works "novels" in our modern sense.

Cerberus

I think they were not of the highest literary quality.

I think they were often adventure stories with some romantic component?

It's been too long, I don't really remember.

We never read them.

tchrist

Where romantic means fantastic?

Cerberus

Ah, no, I meant in the modern sense.

tchrist

12:44 PM

> The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the historical romances of Walter Scott and the Gothic novel.[7] Some, including M. H. Abrams and Walter Scott, have argued that a novel is a fiction narrative that displays a realistic depiction of the state of a society, while the romance encompasses any fictitious narrative that emphasizes marvellous or uncommon incidents.

Cerberus

By the way, remember that many languages use roman for "novel"!

It is the normal word in Dutch.

tchrist

Romans are put to other uses in Italy. :)

But is a roman à clef a romance or a novel? :)

Cerberus

I suppose it basically means a fictitious story aspiring to literary quality?

tchrist

Yes.

Robusto

@tchrist Isn't it an opera? ^_^

tchrist

12:50 PM

> Once asked whether his critical theory was Romantic, Frye responded, "Oh, it's entirely Romantic, yes" (Stingle 1). It is Romantic in the same sense that Frye attributed Romanticism to Blake: that is, "in the expanded sense of giving a primary place to imagination and individual feeling" (Stingle 2).

Robusto

1:35 PM

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Mitch

2:11 PM

Here are what I consider correct:
"It was only in 1921 that an English chemist, Frederick Challenger, correctly described ..."
"It was only in 1921 that English chemist Frederick Challenger correctly described ..."
"It was only in 1921 that the English chemist Frederick Challenger correctly described ..."

With 'a', the actual name is an afterthought/not as important/an aside. With 'the' or no article, the important thing is the name and the profession is secondary.

My first impression on reading the sentence is that without the article is more natural to me. But with 'the' also sounds natural.

Cerberus

@Mitch That's exactly what I said!

Mitch

@Cerberus I just wanted to spell it out as examples

Cerberus

OK, good.

Mitch

@Cerberus I was not trying to correct you about your grammar or ignore your contribution.

Cerberus

Haha I know.

Mitch

2:16 PM

I am not judging you for being a cat hater.

Cerberus

I guess that was just my childish reaction.

@Mitch I love cats!!

Mitch

If a bus was about to hit you I'd probably feel obligated to ...

Cerberus

To judge me?

Mitch

...mildly get your attention with a barely audible throat clearing.

Cerberus

How kind.

Mitch

2:18 PM

@Cerberus Don't try to save yourself now.

Cerberus

I really wish I could have a cat here.

But there would be no way for him to go outside.

Mitch

You can't? Landlord proscribes them?

Cerberus

This is the middle of the inner city, and I have no garden or courtyard or anything.

Mitch

@Cerberus But outside would be a world of excitement for a cat there.

Pigeons galore

Cerberus

Yes, exactly.

So I feel cats should be allowed to go outside.

Mitch

2:19 PM

too much excitement

Cerberus

In addition, I really don't want a cat litter in a small apartment.

Mitch

there are a lot of negatives

cat poop is a big one

Cerberus

Yeah.

Mitch

Every cat should have an endless supply of pigeons to ...

play with?

Cerberus

My parents' cats just poop outside whether they like.

Mitch

2:21 PM

man that's nice

Cerberus

Which will be mostly in their garden.

Mitch

I'd like that

To be clear I am not a cat.

Cerberus

But also in the fields and woods nearby, and...in the gardens of neighbours, of course.

@Mitch You're not a cat, and you're missing. I get it.

Nobody knows who or where you are.

Mitch

There is nothing new under the sun but I'd like to retell that domesticated cats which are outdoor cats are the direct cause of the depopulation of birds in human areas.

Or more scientifically, it has been shown that in city areas with strict cat leash laws have more birds.

Cerberus

Right.

Mitch

2:24 PM

OK now it sounds like I'm crazy... cats do not work well with leases and there are as far as I know no leash laws for cats (like there are for dogs)

@Cerberus I do. I'm right here.

Cerberus

Though birds normally never come down to street level in the inner city, except pigeons and seagulls, which should all die anyway.

Speaking of poop:

> The paper noted that those with [Covid] parosmia could also experience the most objectionable smells differently, for instance describing the smell of faeces as “less unpleasant or biscuity”.

Mitch

"biscuity"

hm

Cerberus

I thought you'd like that.

Mitch

No.

No, I don't like that at all.

I'd like all pets to be outdoor indoor pets. They have some autonomy, but they're kind of like family. Total indoor pets... feels a little hostagy.

Matt E. Эллен

I had the honour of smelling a (ex vivo) kidney being perfused with blood at 37C last night, and it reminded me of the smell of methane in school chemistry labs

Mitch

2:27 PM

Nice!

as in... not nice.

Matt E. Эллен

:D

Mitch

wait...

was it from someone you knew?

Matt E. Эллен

no

thankfully, as that person would be dead

Mitch

whew

well, I feel bad for whoever it was but...

but if you don't know them...

Matt E. Эллен

yaeh

I try not to think about it. donated to science! they're helping after death

Mitch

2:29 PM

So was the smell the kidney mostly or the fresh blood?

Matt E. Эллен

probably the blood, as that was in motion

Mitch

@MattE.Эллен Knowledge is Power.

Oh... you're doing software around ML models of kidney disease or treatment?

Matt E. Эллен

no, no ML as yet. we're working on devices that preserve organs between donation and transplant.

better preservation than cold storage

the idea is to increase utilisation by giving surgeons more time and potentially reconditioning the organ from not transplantable to transplantable.

fda.gov/medical-devices/recently-approved-devices/…

that's the current device. I'm working on one for the kidney

Mitch

For the American market? Or do y'all piggy back on the FDA to get approval for there?

@MattE.Эллен It's sort of crazy that transplantation is even remotely possible. And yet it totally works for some organs.

It's sorta like saying "Time travel is mostly impossible, except sometimes you can go back 20 minutes and say things differently just this once."

That's how it feels.

Matt E. Эллен

@Mitch yes, we just got approval in December. We're already approved for UK and Europe

well, some of Europe

Mitch

2:44 PM

So there's probably all sorts of different kinds of engineers, mechanical electrical software etc etc working on every square ~~inch~~ centemeter of that thing.

uh forgot biomedical obvs

Matt E. Эллен

@Mitch it is amazing. cut one out, sew another back in. the immunosuppression is pretty harsh, from what I'm told

Mitch

I think @M.A.R. may know a little bit about that. from multiple sides

Matt E. Эллен

@Mitch yeah. we're not a massive company, but we have at least one of each :D

Mitch

I started reading 'Frankenstein' recently and it's funny how she just quickly skips past the medical stuff. Barely an illusion to body parts and stitching them together and voila bada bing bada boom you gotcherself a person.

I haven't gotten to the part where they shock it into life.

Matt E. Эллен

it's the same with Lovecraft's story Reanimator. We'll just dig up bodies and... reanimate them with science. it's like they're not even interested in how it works, and just want to scare people!

Mitch

2:51 PM

@MattE.Эллен Kidneys are kinda convenient looking, just few input output ports (the urethra, renal veins/arteries), anything else is ... complicated.

Matt E. Эллен

@Mitch yeah, kidney is simpler than the liver. so the new device has fewer pipes and valves, which is good from a control perspective

and also from a "getting the organ on to the device" perspective

but being smaller I guess makes it more fiddly to attach

luckily I don't have to touch the organ

Cerberus

Interesting.

Doing something that is actually useful!

Mitch

@MattE.Эллен Surgeons usually have the biggest egos of all the docs, but hey they don't mind messing with all that goo... more power to them.

@MattE.Эллен scifi can be fun that way... just skip past the details and neato it just works!

'Hey Thag, me make thing I call 'wheel'. go real fast. like flying on ground. now me crush enemies steal women easier'

Prehistoric scifi

Matt E. Эллен

lol

Mitch

'Hey Gronk. How does this 'wheel' work? What spirits do we pray to for it?'

Matt E. Эллен

3:05 PM

@Cerberus fingers crossed :D well, the liver device definitely is, but I've had practically no input on that.

Mitch

'Thag. Dude. Don't harsh my mellow man. Trust me.'

Episode 23: ' So Thag, this wheel does what I call 'roll', reducing the friction coefficient almost to 0. The mechanism is similar to quantum transmogrification. Now let's go abduct some babes from the other side of the creek. Set clubs to stun'

Cerberus

@MattE.Эллен More useful that what most of the rest of us are doing, probably!

Mitch

@Cerberus Can't you see I'm composing a script for a revolutionarily new situation comedy?

I'm actually hurt

mostly from closing my laptop on my fingers accidentally and pinching them

yes, I opened it back up to write this scathing retort.

I hope it stings

Can I say something pessimistic?

Matt E. Эллен

I think so

although given you've hurt your fingers, perhaps not

Mitch

Are things getting better or worse around the world? I mean longer term, like over the course of 10 years. Sure at the moment a war is going on involving a nuclear power and direct invasion for no good reason, and in another nuclear power people are getting shot -and- some politicians are openly antidemocratic.

I'm just wondering if in my small bubble things look bad for the moment, or if news (because that's what news is) is always presenting awful things (good news doesn't sell newspapers) or if I'm watching a cricket match of life and the teams change and you root for your home team and sometimes they win sometimes they don't... for eternity.

Matt E. Эллен

3:21 PM

I don't know. it feels like wealth keeps shifting away from general ditribution and into the hands of the few, meaning that more people cannot handle bad things happening from an economic perspective. but at the same time the number of people below the poverty line looks like it has been falling for the last 50 years, so maybe it's not so bad.

looking at the world poverty clock it seems like there's been an uptick in extreme poverty due to covid, but that might turn around?

Cerberus

Most probably.

Especially once Africa stops breeding, if you will forgive me this crude phrasing.

Which is predicted to happen in how many decades?

Not that many, I think.

@Mitch A decade is a short period.

Mitch

we'll get past covid, also the economic downturn. But it's other mid-term 5 to 10 years things I'm worried about

Cerberus

In the longer term, I think things are improving.

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Mitch

@Cerberus if the pattern keeps up, improved economy should reduce the birth rate there.

As you can see, I've been really fed up lately.

Cerberus

@MattE.Эллен Over the past ten years, though, the Zeitgeist in Europe seems to have turned against Neo-Liberalism and large multionationals.

Mitch

3:35 PM

Someone said, it could be worse, I could be in a hole in the ground filled with water.

I know they mean well.

Cerberus

That is, I think we're past the worst and now possibly on our way back to more socialism, to the early 80s.

Mitch

...

Cerberus

@Mitch Yeah I think population growth in poor countries is predicted to decrease in a couple of decades.

Matt E. Эллен

@Cerberus Definitely sentiment has changed, but actual behaviour? Amazon's profits during covid seem so extreme to be disgusting. Have small businesses seen growth?

Mitch

OK....no reaction? I'll continue being serious then.

Matt E. Эллен

3:39 PM

@Mitch lol

Cerberus

@MattE.Эллен Things won't be fixed in a few years.

Mitch

@MattE.Эллен bows

Thank you. That was just hanging there.

Cerberus

Things like the position of Amazon will probably improve last.

CowperKettle

@Cerberus Thank you!

Mitch

no, I don't have a pun for that.

Cerberus

3:40 PM

First comes legislation, I suppose.

Matt E. Эллен

@Cerberus but it's been this way in some ways for centuries, we've just exchanged lords for "business men"

Mitch

So one extremely small datum: I follow some of the opinion pieces on the state of medical. Just English... I really don't know of other opinion sources for those in other languages...

CowperKettle

@MattE.Эллен This is cool. Even though it's not cold storage.

Matt E. Эллен

@CowperKettle lol

Mitch

and of course everybody knows that the American health finance system for patients is expletive insane.

@CowperKettle good one.

CowperKettle

3:43 PM

Maybe patients should create "patient unions" and collectively pressure for affordable care.

Mitch

or higher education

ok a lot of things.

Cerberus

@CowperKettle And physicians as well!

Mitch

but then I'll happen to read something that says how awful things are (doctors burnt out, when docs get sick they have an awful time navigating payment) and then I realize I'm looking at a BMJ opinion piece.

Cerberus

Some physicians have tried to do that here.

CowperKettle

2nd century CE

Mitch

3:44 PM

and I'm wondering is it awful everywhere and is the US just the worst of a bad bunch?

Or am I just reading a bunch of complainers?

Matt E. Эллен

I remember seeing a video about how (in the USA) most hospitals have a way to get your bills waived, I think it's means tested.

CowperKettle

The galli castrated themselves during an ecstatic celebration called the Dies sanguinis, or "Day of Blood". They generally wore women's clothing (often yellow), and a turban, pendants, and earrings. They bleached their hair and wore it long, and they wore heavy makeup.

Mitch

@CowperKettle That's sort of what an insurance company is supposed to do (and actually does except for the 'affordable' part)

Matt E. Эллен

this one buzzfeed.com/shelbyheinrich/medical-bills-tiktok

Mitch

Actually, insurance companies here -do- keep prices lower... for those who have insurance. Those without insurance, having to pay full price, are gouged with a melon baller.

Matt E. Эллен

3:47 PM

I read about someone who was charged $40 at a hospital for crying

because of the tissues and the psychological harm it does to staff to hear someone cry

not sure if it was true

Mitch

@MattE.Эллен There's no crying a allowed in a hospital.

Matt E. Эллен

nypost.com/2022/05/18/…

don't know if the NY post is reliable

Mitch

@MattE.Эллен It may be one of those things where the situation wasn't exactly "Person X cried, physician wrote down a charge for that symptom" but a whole bunch of things was happening, crying, etc, and they got charged and someone connected crying with it.

Matt E. Эллен

yeah

Mitch

but I have had heard the suggestion (by people in hospitals? can't remember) that you should bring your own aspirin so you won't be charged exohrbitantly for inhouse pain relief.

Matt E. Эллен

3:51 PM

smort

Cerberus

@CowperKettle Ah, he!

Mitch

well anyway, I wish beyond wish that the US had an NHS style health service (financially), even though that wouldn't solve all problems.

Cerberus

Yeah.

Though I've heard the NHS has been squeezed for many years.

Mitch

@MattE.Эллен Before reading that article, I can say that no, the NY Post is not reliable.

Matt E. Эллен

:D

it certainly has the look of something that isn't reliable. very "yellow press" look

Mitch

3:56 PM

exactly

also

Matt E. Эллен

@Cerberus it's a strange system. different people have wildly different expereiences.

Mitch

> Camille Johnson, 25, a popular YouTube and internet personality, shared a photo of her younger sibling’s medical bill....

Matt E. Эллен

I have found it to be mostly reliable although my GP can be a bit ... three weeks to get an appointment is a bit long.

Cerberus

@MattE.Эллен Right!

@MattE.Эллен Hmm even when it is something fairly urgent?

Here, you can usually come on the same day if it's fairly urgent.

Matt E. Эллен

@Cerberus I think maybe I'm not good at conveying the urgency of a situation

Cerberus

3:58 PM

If it's not urgent at all, it may be several days.

Matt E. Эллен

also this was during the first covid lockdown

Cerberus

Ahh that might be different.

Matt E. Эллен

so things were messed up even more

Mitch

@MattE.Эллен "Oh this?" holds up detached finger "Yeah someone said I should come in about it. No worries if you're busy"

Matt E. Эллен

my symptoms were severe, but I didn't want to tell them to the receptionist, also she didn't ask

Cerberus

3:59 PM

Two weeks ago, I called on Friday afternoon to make an appointment. But the 'urgent' slots were already taken for that afternoon (this was maybe two hours before they closed).

Mitch

@MattE.Эллен It's really hard to judge

Matt E. Эллен

@Mitch yeah

Cerberus

So I got an appointment for Tuesday, because after the weekend it didn't matter much any more how soon I could come.

Mitch

@Cerberus schedule your emergency room visits for Tuesday morning.

Cerberus

And then we switched to Wednesday because I wanted an appointment in the afternoon, not morning.

Mitch

4:00 PM

Do not schedule them for Saturday night/early Sunday morning.

Cerberus

@Mitch Of course when it's really truly urgent, you can call a special GP's office that will see you immediately 24/7.

Matt E. Эллен

but on the other hand, my girlfriend, who is with the same GP practice, cannot fathom how people in the UK aren't dropping like flies due to how she perceives the service. I think there is a stark difference in how healthcare works in Greece compared with the UK.

Cerberus

And when it's an emergency, as in, a serious traffic accident or a heart attack, of course you can go to an ER or call 112.

Mitch

yes. here the default is to go to a hospital emergency room

Cerberus

@MattE.Эллен Ah, she's Greek?

Matt E. Эллен

4:02 PM

in Greece it's normal for the patient to decide to see a specialist

Cerberus

@Mitch So expensive!

Mitch

even for not serious traume

Matt E. Эллен

@Cerberus yes

Cerberus

@MattE.Эллен Yeah that's not allowed here.

Matt E. Эллен

but in the UK it's all decided by your GP

Cerberus

4:02 PM

Specialists and hospitals cost the state a lot of money; you're supposed to always go to your GP first.

@MattE.Эллен Same here.

Mitch

@Cerberus yes, as the medical finance people say it is not a good management of costs.

Cerberus

@Mitch Right.

But 3 weeks for a GP's appoinment, that is a long time.

Mitch

@Cerberus same here but you get around that by going to the emergency room

Cerberus

@Mitch You could try that, but they'll probably send you away when they feel it isn't a true emergency.

Besides, visiting a GP is always 100% free.

Matt E. Эллен

yeah. then three more weeks to get the examination by a specialist. luckily I was perscibed something to stop the problem in the short term, so that wait wasn't so bad

Cerberus

4:05 PM

Whereas hospital visits will be billed to your insurance (everyone has compulsory insurance); the first €380 or so of your total yearly costs you have to pay back to your insurance company. So seeing a specialist will cost you money if you haven't had any medical costs yet that year.

@MattE.Эллен Phew.

Yeah specialists may have longer waiting-times.

Matt E. Эллен

I have to pay a flat fee for any perscription. Most specialists are covered by national insurance contributions, however some are very difficult to find (e.g. dentists. NHS dentist appointments are like hens teeth! Same with mental health practitioners. You're better of going private to get any kind of regularity)

Kit Z. Fox

4:40 PM

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Vikas

After 1.5 months of walking (2 miles per day, 5 days per week), I'm noticing now that I'm more comfortable with it. In the first few weeks, my foot joints and ankles would become little painful when I would wake up and walk next morning.

Looks like my body has adjusted itself to it.

Which I would say the first benefit of walk for me.

M.A.R.

@Vikas you should increase your distance a bit. Of course, if that's possible.

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Mitch

@KitZ.Fox uhhh.... how much?

oh cripes I can't read. for free

Vikas

@M.A.R. I was thinking same. I read it's good to walk at least 4-5 miles to see significant benefits.

I would first aim for 2.5 miles in upcoming weeks. And then 3 miles.

M.A.R.

@Vikas cardio is good if you want to lose weight. However, I think you were already lean?

Vikas

4:50 PM

@M.A.R. Yeah already little underweight 😆

M.A.R.

@Vikas look into endurance and resistance training after a while. Cardio burns extra calories, it doesn't buff you up

Vikas

I started walking because I don't do any other physical activity at all.

M.A.R.

Yeah it's beneficial nonetheless

But eventually, you gotta raise your speed to boost your stamina

Vikas

Yeah.

My stamina was better in college. But after that it became little less impressive.

Mitch

6:03 PM

@Cerberus yes, agreed but it is easier to predict than longer. I was picking a middle ground to avoid the variability inherent in short time periods and lack of predictability in longer ones.

Cerberus

6:45 PM

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7:38 PM

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