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Internal-Car8922 OP t1_j1wbsml wrote

My doctor has said I'm allowed to eat as many blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, cherries and grapes as I want. But then, I'm pre-diabetic, not diabetic. If I become fully diabetic, that may change, but it looks like as long as I behave, that is not likely to happen. This month was a lesson in consequences that accompany misbehaving.

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Scarecrow314159 t1_j1wajwe wrote

Because of how I was raised, few things scare me more than gas appliances. This sort of horror story was a regular bedtime story for me (okay not literally but I was warned VERY frequently against the dangers of gas to the point that I refuse to use gas things unless it is outdoors or my girlfriend is nearby. I also hold a lighter up to them because I don't trust the spark thingies to do their job and I'm scared if the gas is open too long it can explode and kill everyone... my girlfriend grew up around more reasonable parents and she uses gas appliances way more often than I ever did btw).

I'm glad you're all okay and I relate to your new fear!

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DirtyCreative t1_j1w7zny wrote

Just to clarify: you ACTUALLY reheated your soup, you didn't just imagine that you did? And then you somehow extinguished the flame, but left the gas on? How did you manage that?

All the gas stoves that I have ever seen had little sensors that automatically turn the gas off (or don't even turn it on) if there is no flame.

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