Messages

https://www.statnews.com/2021/08/02/belated-realization-that-covid-will-be-a-long-war-sparks-anger-denial/?utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=27af1ab831-Daily_Recap&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-27af1ab831-151101361

It's a spooky thought, but I wonder if we're looking at another 2008 scenario.  The federal ban on evictions expired a couple of days ago. A construction company down the street from my shop has a rental.  Since there was no graduation ceremony for High School seniors, each grad had their photo taken in cap and gown and it was made into a yard sign. A smiling young lady had her sign out front for the last few weeks.  This is what replaced it Saturday morning.

Jim

This fellow has a great ticker.   He gives a master class ...w/o the use of one arm and talking (expelling o2) all the while.  Wow.




Jim

Rick 'shark hunter' Weeks put me onto this coldwater cam years ago. They have improved the image ...and thank god, slowed down the pan.  Just when you saw someone take off - the cam switched to open water.

T-D ...this rings in my ears when I saw your post.  Buggers!




Jim

My current (for about a year) 'lunchbreak' cam is Tamarindo, CR.  Not the best of anything, but a refreshing look at a place where people are having fun ...and a decent camera image.

https://www.tamarindodiria.com/costa-rica-vacations/tamarindo-beach/webcam/


Jim

[years]

The story behind the discovery of mRNA is both hopeful and sad.  This woman from a thatched-roof home worked for years before being accepted by the establishment.  I expect the future to thank her more loudly.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/redemption-one-scientists-unwavering-belief-mrna-gave-world/

Audio:  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/podcasts/the-daily/mrna-vaccines-katalin-kariko.html


Business Week had a great article on Moderna ..that I cannot post a link to here.  Maybe I'll do a copy/paste...


Jim

Gracias Amigo! 

Jim

Someone had done one of those database (?) type lists of all the brands/sizes, etc.  I have a friend who needs to be able to look beyond the 'latest video'.  Thanks.


Jim

Oki... As a kid I played on the other side of Lk. Michigan.  We had such delights as industrial waste, likely from a Coking plant, that looked and felt like Urchins if stepped upon.  On a concrete gang later, I helped stem a leak into the lake of acids used in steel production. The lakes were a convenient repository for c'hit that would have been inconveniently expensive to deal with for many major industries. 

Jim

More than a few years ago, I brought in some randomly spaced boards from OZ.  I had a couple of customers there who were very helpful.  The $700. Fishman mentioned is probably low if it has to come by boat.  Well before COVID, it took 6-7wks and as soon as my last one (a 12-6) hit New Jersey ...the hands came out and four more people got paid incl. the US Gvmt.  (given the $USD to $AU a the time...it was still worth it!)  Most of the time, air freight included the extras, but two were dinged. (Who you gonna call? NOBODY.)

Follow Cowboy - find used or get Dwight to make you one that will not discount so much when you are ready for his 5-3.

Jim

This was posted on the Mid-Atlantic kite forum.  ' just to share; it's not mine, nor do I know the person.

http://eastkb.com/t/2020-neil-pryde-glide-surf-foil/25167


Jim

...nothing to add about the wing, but you mentioned a key pocket. All our cars recently have had 'smart' keys.  Even my fairly dumb, old Volvo water-wagon is electrified.  I learned about three cars back the hard way, I needed to carry a 'dumb' - 'entry only' key.  No saltwater issues...and it is very small. 

I doubt I would store it on the board or wing ..I lost both boards and kites in a prior life.

Jim

Ya, it's frustrating, the Post, Times, BBC, etc. seem to want $ for words.  As someone with drop-foot, all these types of subjects interest me greatly.  Here's a quick summary.



As a practical sort, I can tell you 'a walk in the woods' will give you variable terrain and many types of snags to help tune your trypsie system.  Long pants, and/or kneepads, are needed. I can stand 'till I am bored on Robert's, of Blue Planet, balance gizmo but fall (in a good way) all over the place in my woods.  ("PU your feet azz'ole!")

One cool exercise with a pre-COVID personal trainer was a simple rope ladder on the ground where you lifted one knee quite high, like in a marching band, held it for a second or so then, placed the foot skipping an opening.  That was hard ...in a good way.

Luckily, we 'sorta surfer' types are already a lot better at this than the avg. Joe.  Press on.

Jim

[law]

We in the States are at the mercy of pitchmen ...as usual.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/92799?xid=nl_medpageexclusive_2021-05-27&eun=g1282527d0r&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MPTExclusives_052721&utm_term=NL_Gen_Int_Medpage_Exclusives_Active

Chems that cause blood cancer seem a natural fit for preparations that purports to prevent skin cancer.  Why not - it's probably a cheap blending filler?!   

They actually made it a real law in OZ that you cannot BS the consumer. Figure that?!

Jim

[600,000]

As a kid, there was a park surrounding our local 'TB San' we would play in while some were kept in an Iron Lung fighting tuberculosis. I played on ..because it didn't affect me. Nobody I knew had it.  As an adult, I would be much more cautious if tuberculosis seemed to be rampant as Covid. I see Spring Breakers, anti-vaxers, etc, and scratch my head? 

The country went bug c'hit on 911 ...we watched it on TV in our shop. Thank god they didn't show the jumpers. It was horrifying... 2,977 died that day.

We have had 34,000,000 (as in million) cases of COVID in the US alone... 600,000 deaths and people are still saying "It hasn't affected me."  The—prospect of—the shortage of toilet paper or choir practice being called off seems to have been a cause of larger concern to some. 

I got an email about two weeks ago from a young fellow in India who did contract paintings for us two decades ago. His mother had died two days prior ...and he had it.  He has not replied to my offer of what help I could be from here—he may never. 

Jim

I have no reason to eavesdrop here..  I stumbled forward thru 2001, 2008, etc. without even really looking at allocations...  I don't know jack-c'hit about digital currencies, other than major magazines say Gvmt. currencies better beware...

What I do know about Doge came from this hilarious podcast...

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/podcasts/the-daily/dogecoin-cryptocurrency-bitcoin.html

The dumb c'hit ...didn't take a monster gain (only half?!) off the table?  I have a hunch heroin addicts shoot all they have and also do not save stash for the day their dealer gets arrested. 

Jim