@lewnerys@mclrnshitposts@amandasfemme It's not a problem that you hadn't heard of it before. Just letting you know why it wasn’t confusing for others. I didnt know what amber scent was naturally derived from before today, so we both learned something new :)
@lewnerys@mclrnshitposts@amandasfemme But the amber that is referenced when saying something "smelled like amber" is the ambergris/ambroxide. It's commonly referred to as amber, but is has no relation to the gemstone.
If it's going to take multiple hours to reach the closest land mass, I just don't want it. Any fun that can be had on a cruise ship off port can also be had in port. Or at a resort. Or Any City On Land
I could see myself doing one of them river cruises or the ones that do like the Swedish or Alaskan archipelagos but the idea of those open sea cruises is just something that it not part of my journey on this earth
At physical therapy, another patient says he has X-ray pics to show PT, but his phone died on the way over. "No problem!" Says the PT, then takes the phone and plugs it right into their office desktop to charge. 10/10 cybersecurity, no notes
New fear unlocked at the dentist. Not needles or root canals- just being mid-filling with 12 instruments/fingers/bite guards holding my mouth wide open, watching a bug fly ever closer to it, unable to shoo it away lest I bump the dentist and they drill straight through my gums
Insert first world problem disclaimer here, but you'd think at a coffee shop that sells whole beans and offers to grind them for you, that they would know how to actually grind them? "Finest grind you can get" doesn't mean grind the best you can
(concerned citizen hat) It is terrible that two astronauts are stuck in space for months, just the two of them, in only one shuttle.
(romance writer hat) At the same time,
I’m not the tallest person around (5’2”) but I’m still a fully grown adult so it’s quite alarming when I’m walking in a parking lot and I’m almost taken out by a pick up truck because the driver physically cannot see me over their hood