Well, that was fun.

[conuly]

Threw up all my dinner night before last, spent all of yesterday sleeping.

:(

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Comments

[james]

Puking is never fun. So sorry you had to.

[conuly]

Yes, especially not when you wet your pants same time. It was... not really my finest moment. I made the split second decision to vomit in the toilet and pee on the floor rather than try to do it the other way around.

[pauamma]

I don't think I've ever had to make that decision, but my instinct still tells it was probably the better one.

[james]

It's nicer when you have a few seconds' warning and can grab the trash can and hold it on your lap while you sit on the toilet.

[isis]

Oh no! I hope you feel better soonest.

[conuly]

Thanks :)

[affreca]

Oh, no fun at all.

Like the commenter, I'm skeptical of the wind turbine blade picture. Maybe Luxembourg has bigger windmills, but ones around here are smaller than that. I see plenty when I visit one of my sites that is being used as a windmill transshipment site. Still are a pain to be stuck behind on a two lane highway.

[conuly]

I've never seen one being shipped, so idk.

[affreca]

I'd be surprised if you had where you live. Wind turbine farms are finally starting to become more common here in Kansas, but really only in the more rural parts of the state. They are so large they break my sense of scale, they don't seem as tall as they really are. There's a farm a few hours west of me that's visible from the interstate, with one old wind mill for pumping water to cattle surrounded by wind turbines. I grew up with that style of windmill at my parent's place, so I know they're several stories tall. But it's dwarfed by the turbines.

[hudebnik]

That picture does look sorta fakey, and if I were shipping one on a truck I would probably tilt it less than the 30-40 degrees it looks like in this picture, but...

...as of a year and a half ago, the world's largest wind turbine was 107 meters, and here's a picture from the factory.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if there are longer ones now, since there seems to be something of an arms race going on in bigger-and-bigger wind turbine blades.

[shadowkat]

Oh, so sorry you are sick. Hope you feel better soon!

[conuly]

I already do, thank goodness :)

[readerjane]

Glad you're feeling better.

[pauamma]

Happy to hear that.

[amaebi]

I'm so glad!

Better out than in.

[adafrog]

{{{hugs}}}

[conuly]

Not too close! I think it's not catching but you never know :)

[adafrog]

lol Yes

[dewline]

I'm sorry.

[conuly]

Appropriate icon is appropriate.

[dark_phoenix54]

Oh, no! Flu! Hope tonight is better!

[conuly]

I really think/hope it was something I ate.

[thewayne]

Well! I hope you're feeling better now!

Touch of norovirus, I guess?

[conuly]

Were it, I fear I'd still be vomiting!

[dhampyresa]

Hope you feel better soon!

Dare I ask why you don't eat mushrooms?

[conuly]

Just don't. And good thing too - you keep on reading stories like this!

[dhampyresa]

Eat them before they eat you!

[greghousesgf]

Ugh, how awful. I got food poisoning once so I know it sucks.

[chez_jae]

Yikes! Hope the malaise didn't last long.