Occasional Reader 3/10/2021 6:32:28 AM

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lucius septimius 3/10/2021 6:39:05 AM

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Occasional Reader 3/10/2021 6:52:34 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 2:

Sounds nice. 

On my end, I'm informed by Little OR's mom that he made great strides in bike-riding yesterday, which makes me happy.  This is a parenting duty I'll have to leave to her for the time being, since my mobility is still somewhat limited by my knee surgery from October. 

buzzsawmonkey 3/10/2021 6:59:11 AM

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In #3 Occasional Reader said: I'm informed by Little OR's mom that he made great strides in bike-riding yesterday, which makes me happy. 

Sounds like you won't need to use my father's bike-riding tutelage technique.  

Let's just say it was belt-driven.

Occasional Reader 3/10/2021 7:00:15 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 4:

But I'll bet your tritium-coated wheel spokes were the envy of every kid on the block.

buzzsawmonkey 3/10/2021 7:22:45 AM

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In #5 Occasional Reader said: But I'll bet your tritium-coated wheel spokes were the envy of every kid on the block.

Who needs reflectors when the bike glows so nicely in the dark?

Actually, some years later, when a friend of his bought a custom-built Holdsworth bicycle (it was upwards of $300, which was a lot of money for a bicycle in the late '60s), he managed to somehow wangle getting the machine shop at the Lab to chrome-plate the frame "off the books."

JCM 3/10/2021 8:00:40 AM

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heh

Mayor Durka Durka have spent a year telling us service has not suffered.

On the upside it gives the criminal class more time to flee the scene.

What until self defense shootings go up and we'll start hearing about the surge in gun violence.

(We won't mention the current gang drug war and frequent shootings)

JCM 3/10/2021 8:02:29 AM

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Schumer - Help is on the way !

Reagan - Scariest words in the english language, "I'm from the government and here to help!"

Occasional Reader 3/10/2021 8:10:45 AM

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In #7 JCM said: We won't mention the current gang drug war

= community organizer activism

Kosh's Shadow 3/10/2021 8:18:57 AM

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In #7 JCM said: (We won't mention the current gang drug war and frequent shootings)

Just competition between various entrepreneurs.

JCM 3/10/2021 8:26:16 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 9:

Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 10:

Undocumented pharmacists!

Kosh's Shadow 3/10/2021 8:29:23 AM

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In #11 JCM said: Undocumented pharmacists!

So given the Dem attitude on drugs and undocumented people, when will Obamacare cover heroin, cocaine, fentanyl, etc?

vxbush 3/10/2021 9:43:33 AM

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Happy lunchtime, everyone. Isn't tax time so fun? Aren't we happy we get to pay to sustain a government that continues to spend trillions of dollars lining their own pockets? 

I'm thrilled. Overjoyed, even. 

Pay no attention the glue behind this smile. None whatsoever. 

vxbush 3/10/2021 9:44:20 AM

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In #11 JCM said: Undocumented pharmacists!

Ouch. The truth hurts sometimes. 

Kosh's Shadow 3/10/2021 10:10:26 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 13:

Or even sends COVID stimulus checks to those in prison charged with fraudulently trying to obtain benefits from earlier programs

Meet David Staveley, age 53, also known as David Sanborn, also known as Kurt D. Sanborn, also known by his federal Bureau of Prisons number 04230-049.

Kurt — the name I used to know him by in his radio days — is currently locked up in Central Falls, R.I., at the feds’ Wyatt Detention Facility.

He’s charged with fraud in the attempted theft of $438,500 from the feds’ first COVID-19 relief program.

Now, as this career con man awaits trial on those COVID-19 theft charges, Congress is preparing to send him a check for $1,400 as part of its newest … COVID-19 relief program.

buzzsawmonkey 3/10/2021 10:16:12 AM

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In #12 Kosh's Shadow said: the Dem attitude on drugs

That gives us the "dems," and the "dose," but where are the "dese?"

buzzsawmonkey 3/10/2021 10:19:41 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 15:

It's almost like a classic coffee commercial; Chase & Sanborn Coffee used to advertise "pure coffee nectar."  

In this case, the feds are chasin' Sanborn to give him pure covid "nectar."

Kosh's Shadow 3/10/2021 12:20:29 PM

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Warmer weather and the chipmunks are out.

Which somehow gave me the bad idea for a Chipmunks and Monkees combination, where various Monkees song parodies are done in "chipmunk" voices. Songs like "Acorn Believer", and "I'm a Seed-Eater".

Kosh's Shadow 3/10/2021 12:21:07 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 18:

Forgot the name would be Chipmunkees

lucius septimius 3/10/2021 1:05:48 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 19:

This is a truly terrifying thought,

PaladinPhil 3/10/2021 1:35:46 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 18:

Partially been done....

doppelganglander 3/10/2021 1:48:43 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 3/10/2021 2:01:06 PM

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Reply to PaladinPhil in 21:

If I could hide 'neath the ground
From all the marauding hounds
The birds would smile for me and sing

But I made it to the rocks
Away from the maddening barks
The burrow's rather cold and it leaks

Oh, chipmunk Jean
What can it mean
To an acorn believer and a tree rodent queen?

--The Chipmunkees, Acorn Believer

Kosh's Shadow 3/10/2021 2:02:29 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 22:

Get the vaccine. The results from Israel show all are effective and safe.

Meanwhile, I'm seeing more articles that it was an accident at the Wuhan labs. Even Politico (link)

PaladinPhil 3/10/2021 2:09:04 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 24:

Glad to hear that. Unfortunately the chances of me getting it are going to be long in the future with the way the Canadian government has been running things.

doppelganglander 3/10/2021 2:09:31 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 24:

I'm sure I will. Are you eligible? I have no idea what's going on in other states.

Kosh's Shadow 3/10/2021 2:14:12 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 26:

I'm eligible, technically my wife is as a defense attorney, but the state organization isn't giving out certification.

We want to have it at a medical facility, not a mass vaccination site, as there are occasional side effects for those with allergies (in Israel, I think it was down at the 0.00n % level) but we want to be somewhere they can handle it.

Where I work had done some vaccinations, but the state isn't supplying them any more except for the second doses. Their facilities can handle emergencies, and we'd go there if possible. They might get some in the future.

Occasional Reader 3/10/2021 2:21:35 PM

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In #22 doppelganglander said: So as of Monday everyone over 55 is eligible for the Covid vaccine in Georgia.

So I'd be short by, what, 17 years, I think.

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Yes, get the vaccine. 

Kosh's Shadow 3/10/2021 2:27:29 PM

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One side effect of the vaccine is facial paralysis, but that seems to be limited to those who have had plastic surgery.

OK, Pelosi - go for it! 

JCM 3/10/2021 3:04:20 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 22:

Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 24:

I'm not jumping on the bad wagon yet.

My reasoning:

It is not a vaccine in the tradition sense that we know, it is an mRNA strand that is being injected that uses our own cellular machinery to generate the identifying protein of COVID.  A tradition vaccine uses the identifying protein direct.

This is the first time an mRNA inject has been used.

This is the same technology used for GMO's. I'm not against GMOs. GMOs are made by using a vector, method of transport, to insert mRNA into the organism, this mRNA is then used to write a new segment into the organism's DNA.

But directly inject mRNA outside limit gene therapies has not been done.

I need more data before I'm convinced mRNA injects are as benign as being advertised.

This is only based on what learned in all those bio-chem and genetics classes I took.

Kosh's Shadow 3/10/2021 3:35:32 PM

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Reply to JCM in 30:

The Johnson and Johnson vaccine uses more traditional technology, transferring the gene from the ACE2 spike protein to a harmless (to humans) virus, but it is only 66% effective, compared with 90% or more for the others.

And mRNA has a very short lifetime in the body.

doppelganglander 3/10/2021 3:40:02 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 28:

I will. The nearest site is a clinic but their website states they're out of vaccine at the moment. There are two mass vaccination sites downtown, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium and State Farm Arena. Parking is terrible and I'm hesitant to use public transit. That leaves the third mass site at a shopping mall north of me. I'll give it some time and see if a more convenient option becomes available.

Alice in Dairyland 3/10/2021 3:41:32 PM

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Reply to JCM in 30:

I'm with you on this.  Too soon in process to go along with it.  My husband and I qualify to get it now, but we're in no hurry.  

Occasional Reader 3/10/2021 3:44:26 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 31:

I've heard some say they're waiting for the J&J for that reason. 

Occasional Reader 3/10/2021 3:45:06 PM

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Reply to JCM in 30: Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 33:

Oh, come on, do you two really want to be the last one who AREN'T zombies?!

Alice in Dairyland 3/10/2021 3:45:28 PM

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In #31 Kosh's Shadow said: but it is only 66% effective,

It supposed to be 100% at keeping you out of the hospital if you do get it though.  Sounds like a fair trade off to me.  

Alice in Dairyland 3/10/2021 3:46:24 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 35:

How do you know we're not already zombies?

Occasional Reader 3/10/2021 3:54:18 PM

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In #37 Alice in Dairyland said: How do you know we're not already zombies?

Grammar and spelling!  Much too good for zombies. 

Kosh's Shadow 3/10/2021 4:04:02 PM

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In #37 Alice in Dairyland said: How do you know we're not already zombies?

I have no desire to eat brains

Alice in Dairyland 3/10/2021 4:04:23 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 38:

I did win the spelling bee in the second grade.

Alice in Dairyland 3/10/2021 4:07:10 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 39:

I guess there is that too.  Can a zombie end up starving to death if he refuses to eat brains?

lucius septimius 3/10/2021 4:09:39 PM

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In #40 Alice in Dairyland said: I did win the spelling bee in the second grade.

Ther iz now whey I cood evr whinn ay spelink "B".  

Kosh's Shadow 3/10/2021 4:13:13 PM

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In #41 Alice in Dairyland said: I guess there is that too.  Can a zombie end up starving to death if he refuses to eat brains?

How can a zombie die if it is already dead?

Jukebox

Occasional Reader 3/10/2021 4:33:28 PM

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In #43 Kosh's Shadow said: How can a zombie die if it is already dead?

It can die... harder.
 

With a vengeance.