I was 11 or so, on holiday, went horseback riding wearing shorts and thin socks. They set up my stirrups too low and as I held on to the saddle for dear life, one stirrup kept bouncing on my ankle for the entire afternoon.

My thighs chafed pretty bad, and I got an open wound on my ankle about the size of those souvenir pressed oval coins. I don’t know what my dad was thinking, but he treated my wound with some cream and then wrapped my whole calf in plastic wrap every day for about a week.

The wound turned into an ulcer, I couldn’t walk without limping. I had all these little pockets of pus on the edges which my dad had me squeeze to try and make them smaller. It did nothing except be painful.

I eventually went home to my mom - a nurse - who took one look at my leg and rushed me to a doctor.

The doctor then proceeded to vigorously clean my wound before dressing it. It felt like hot barbed wire, that really sucked.

I still have the oval scar on my ankle.

“What’s the deal with wooden piers?”

It’s OK to admit it, this is a safe zone

Also Varusteleka has some nice shorts. Pockets in the right places, comfy.

Sure is!

The version with commentary by David Schmader is wonderful

Is that a sad pillow fort? Trying to see the connection

Gives me How you bean vibes

Varusteleka sells a selection of shorts. I have two pairs of their women’s hiking shorts, they are nicely made lots of pockets. On me, they sit lower than on the model so they reach the top of my knees.

I’m reading this URL as “boo-ee-yoo” as in

Ah, maybe the new one does. I had to buy a small third party chip for mine that would allow me to manually reset it. And refilling it was not the easiest: I had to find the right kind of detergent and figure out the proportions of soap vs surficant, and then add them with a fine syringe.

I’ve had that exact model for 4 years!

They’re very flexible in that they don’t need to be connected to a water source and so they can be moved easily and placed most anywhere.

They are small, so big pots and oven dishes may not fit inside. But it washes otherwise a decent amount of regular dishes if stacked efficiently (big on top of small, making sure to leave gaps for the water to reach).

Their soap system, at least at the time, it may be different now, didn’t make sense to me. You can order soap through the dishwasher directly and they send you their special soap cartridges. You can send back the empty one so they can be reused. I find this so wasteful, shipping soap containers back and forth.

I seem to remember receiving a soap tablet at some point, which is already better. But still having to ship it from France each time.

So mine is disconnected from the internet, and I’m using powdered soap. The cheap stuff that comes in the big container at the supermarket. After a few tests, I’ve found that a third of a tiny shot glass is all I need. Its cleaning cycles are also done with regular dishwasher products.

They have good customer service. If the dishwasher has an issue, they offer to send you the tools and parts and fix it yourself if you wish.

Now there’s the price. That dishwasher is not cheap. If this hadn’t been gifted to me I don’t think I would have been able to justify its purchase for myself. But of course your mileage may vary.

That’s my experience off the top of my head. I’ll update this if I think of more items after I’ve had my coffee.

The last Eurovision was a total disaster, it was both awful and riveting

Peep show and Chewing gum are some of my favorite shows, I highly recommend both

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For dyed hair, Attitude makes a specific range of hair care products. They’re a small Dutch company

I know this isn’t what you asked for as it is a single shop, but for shoelaces I would recommend Senkels. They are Austrian and their shoelaces are really good! You can choose from a variety of styles and colours and lengths. I got a set last year and I really like them.

Have you seen Babe? That’s where that quote is from originally

I’ve renamed my memes to tags relevant to each of them