Spoof
Good goat times today. A cold and grey morning, but we did get a little sunshine later on. So that’s something. I wish it was spring, though.
Jeanette is off on vacation, so we were all by ourselves today. No visitors either. So it was a pretty quiet day. Handing out scratches and snackses. Trying to keep everyone on their best behaviour. Such as it is.
I did have a litlte mishap. I was sitting on the bench with Bella and Luna, and when I got up I banged my leg against the metal bit poking out of the bench. Right in my calf muscle. Ouwie. It’s still hurting. Hopefully it’ll wear off. Stupid human body.
Well, now it’s time for some soup I think. It’s the right kind of weather for it. And by that I mean there is oxygen in the air.
14/10 2024
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With the kids on the bench, while Sky watches from the mountain. I miss being able to sit more or less with all of them at once.
14/10 2024
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i ate too much soup. And I didn’t get enough sleep last niught. I just typed ‘slapp’ instead of sleep. Oh boy. Feeling very drowsy. Maybe I should go to slapp.
14/10 2024
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I got confirmation today of something i haed been suspecting for a couple of weeks. Scammers are using my phonenumber.
It’s a fairly common thing, I knew about it from reading threads on Danish reddit. I don’t know how coommon it is in other countries, but in Denmark it’s definitely a thing. It’s basically spoofing of phonenumbers. Scammers can make it appear that they are calling from any number they want. This is also why you shouldn’t necessarily trust it if you get a call from the police or your bank or something like that where you recognise the number. It can be spoofed. You can only be sure it actually is your bank or the police if you’re the one calling the number. PSA Don’t trust the number on the display when you get phonecalls.
Anyway, I’d read previously about people complaining that lots of peple are calling them and claiming that you’ve called them. Scammers spoof your number and call a ton of people. And some people will call back to complain or if they missed the calls.
About a couple of weeks ago I started getting calls from what seemed to be regular Danish numbers from random people. Now I often don’t answer my phone if I don’t know the number. Because I’ve been getting spam calls. But when I look those spam numbers up online it says in the online databases that the numbers are used for spam and advertising and that sort of thing. These new numbers where just normal numbers that hadn’t been reported for anything.
Today I answered the phone for one of those numbers and a guy said “hey you’ve called me a couple of times?” to which I could only go “nope, I haven’t.” Thankfully the guy seemed quite aware, told me that someone was abusing my number. I thanked him and said unfortunately there wasn’t much I could do about it. The real problem can be when people don’t know that it’s possible to spoof phonenumbers, they can get angry if they think you’re harrassing them and they don’t believe that you’re not the one making the calls. I’ve read about that happening.
Anyway, unfortunately I can’t really do anything. The phone system needs to be fixed to stop this problem, but that’s something that would be extremely complicated and expensive from what I understand, something that would need to be done all over the world. Replacing the current phone system with a new one that doesn’t allow spoofing doesn’t seem like is something that’s going to happen. And once your number is being used, the only fix is to get a new number. Unless this gets completely crazy I don’t think I want to do that. I had about a handful of calls or so last week, so it’s not too bad yet. As I understand it the scammers use your number for a while and then move on and use other numbers. Hopefully that’s what will happen here too.
But it isn’t a nice feeling, knowing there are scammers out there using my number. Humans suck.
14/10 2024
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Cheeky Luna.
14/10 2024
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Got an hour forty five on the bike today. I was worried about my calf muscle, after hurting it yesterday. But it didn’t bother me much. My legs in general are very tired, though. Feeling those muscles.
Also tried calling to follow up on the financial aid for glasses thing. Got their machine which said “We can’t come to the phone today, try another day”. Yeah yeah your phone line is open for two hours two days a week, I’ll try again next blernsday. Well, I guess they’re on fall vacation too. Fair enough. Just getting tired of the runarounds.
Guess what I tried for the first time yesterday? Granola. At least I think it’s the first time. I don’t think I’ve ever had it before. I was looking in the grocery store for some muesli or something, and saw the granola. And I’ve heard that name before and I kind of thought it was basically a kind of muesli. I guess it’s related to muesli, but a lot more sweetened and baked. And good. So good. Oh boy. I put some in my skyr and loved it. And as more proof that I have zero self control, I end up eating the whole bag. Yikes. I never said I was smart. SMRT.
Well my blood sugar and weight survived it, with the help of the exercise today I’m sure. It’s like candy.
I’ll probably end up getting more. Not for everyday use, but now and then. Because I loved it. And I mean the goal is to be able to eat stuff I love without it tanking my blood sugar or bloating my weight. As long as I keep exercising hard and having a mostly sensible diet, then it would be nice to be able to eat stuff for joy. Like granola or nuts or whatever. It’s just the ‘in moderation’ part that is difficult. But since I’m keeping track of my levels, hopefully I can reverse course if I get on too bad a path. Here’s hoping.
15/10 2024
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Welcome to TRL, I will not be taking questions!
15/10 2024
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Bella, you weirdo. I get why you do that when you want to reach something. But there’s nothing there to reach, you’re just going to end up tripping the chair over!
15/10 2024
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Squawk! Susie the Sussex, the big white with the barcode.
16/10 2024
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Time for another round of everyone’s favourite game show: Is Lasse A Hypochondriac?
Also, another episode of Can Lasse Spell Hypochondriac?
My throat started tickling and I started coughing last night before heading to bed. uh oh. I was feeling otherwise okay, but it felt like the beginning of a throat problem. I used a throat spray I have and took a lozenge.
Feeling okay today, but I still feel like there’s something lurking in my throat, oo-er.
Nothing serious I’m sure, but I’m staying home and relaxing today. Take it from there. Might need soup. I mean, just in general. Always might need soup.
16/10 2024
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goatlog
16/10 2024
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We’re watching
16/10 2024
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Feeling okay, but there’s still a tickle in my throat. Not too much coughing. Hopefully it’s a quick passing thing that’s almost gone, and not something still brewing to get worse. I guess I’ll find out. Better get some slapp soon.
16/10 2024
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Good goat times today.
A shorter trip than usual. Maybe I shouldn’t have gone out. I was feeling pretty okay in the morning, but my throat still tickling. Once I got out walking I could feel that I was not in tiptop condition, though. Somewhat queasy and dizzy and a bit tightness of the chest. Well, I spent about an hour with the goats. Needed some goat time. I wish I could have been there more this week, since Jeanette is on vacation. But I probably shouldn’t have gone out in the cold wind at all. Ah well.
Got home and did forty minutes on the bike. Thought I would try if I could manage some exercise. But yeah, probably shouldn’t have done that either. Low energy, low intensity. Very tired now. Now it’s time for soup and relax. I have a feeling I’ll feel worse before I feel better, but we’ll see.
17/10 2024
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Sky having breakfast with the chickens.
When i got there, Nayim had already served breakfast for the goats. But all the bowls were close by eachother inside, so Sky was outside complaining and not getting any. I brought one of the bowls out to her so she could get some, and the feathers quickly swooped into join. It’s funny how Sky doesn’t mind sharing a bowl with the feathers. She neer wanted to share with Bella or Luna. Now she doesn’t have so much choice.
17/10 2024
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Double chicken butt salute. A meeting of the two big white clucks.
17/10 2024
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Not feeling great. Tired and drained, nauseated and dizzy. Not too awful, but just pretty bleh. Pretty meh. Pretty snuh. Need more slapp.
Just taking it easy, and hopefully it’ll pass soon.
18/10 2024
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Thanks everyone for the words of concern etc.
I started feeling worse after I last updated. More and more dizzy and nauseated and tired. But now I am actually feeling better. Maybe it’s because I ate all my vitamins and supplements and painkillers and had something to eat and drink.
Now I’m just feeling quite tired. Oh, and it’s past midnight. Lost myself in browser work and hours went by. I guess I should head to bed and get that slapp.
Hopefully i’ll be good to go for the next week.
Slapp tite yoall.
19/10 2024
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Hello hello good day hello, goat photo.
Feeling fairly okay today. Tired still, very tired. Still a bit wobbly on my feet, but when I’m sitting down I’m feeling mostly fine.
19/10 2024
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It’s soup o’clock somewhere.
19/10 2024
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It’s another day. I’m still not feeling well. Not super awful, just tired and achey and nauseated.
In an unrelated thing, I hurt my ear a bit. Nothing serious. But it means I’m having to sleep without earplugs fr a bit. So I was woken up by the bowling elephant kids this morning, just what I needed when I’m this tired and drained!
Ah well. It’s probably going to take me a couple of days still before I’m okay. At least my throat isn’t hurting. Last year when I got sick my throat was hurting so bad, it was horrible. I got myself a mouth spray back then, and if I feel any throat problems coming on then I start spraying like crazy. I’m speculating that’s why my throat isn’t hurting and I’m not really coughing anymore. Building up some phlegm, but otherwise my throat is good, as the bishop said to the sailor’s nun.
Just need to relax, that should sort it all out.
Knock on wood.
20/10 2024
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A Luna hug. She’s such an affectionate little girl. I hope that doesn’t start to change now that she’s getting bossier with Sky too.
20/10 2024
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That’s all for now.