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Re: Another SCREWUP!:'Walgreens delayed Pfizer COVID vaccine second doses 1 week longer than necessary' - 4 days ago

Yep, no big deal. My second Pfizer shot is scheduled a month after the first one via the local hospital.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Breaking: Senate parliamentarian sez 50 vote infrastructure vote is okay - 4 days ago

meh...it's mostly those who own the heavy equipment who benefit from leasing it out, workers using that equipment only get a few weeks or months of pay per project. 2 trillion will go faster than anticipated given the cost of replacing a single Interstate bridge here locally was estimated at $400 million...and that figure was from a newspaper article nearly a decade ago, IIRC.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Abutter of big development project in rural area... what to do? - 6 days ago

Yeah, better fence off those woods if you want to keep them rather than see them "accidentally" clear-cut.

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: TV: “CSI” (Vegas) is coming back to CBS w/ William Petersen, Jorja Fox - 6 days ago

They needed Fox to return so she can push Peterson around in his wheelchair...

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: Amazon Prime seems to be getting fussy about family use - 6 days ago

My out-of-state but still-at-college kid uses my account...no way I'd continue to pay for Prime if Amazon started playing games with me over their ordering on my account.

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: Pressed khakis and dress shoes at the firing range - 8 days ago

QuoteLemon Drop Quotetestcase Older folks often dress "better" than "young-uns", even if only going to the target range. I see other reddit posters ask why anyone would need an AR15. They'd probably be miffed if anyone asked them why they need a vehicle that can do twice the speed limit. Those people own and use cars and, they DON'T expect THEIR choices to be questioned. The O

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Is this a coal chute? I should probably seal this up. - 11 days ago

Had a coal chute in a built-in-1930s house of a recently-deceased relative...could not remove it. So I had it bricked up from the inside to stop water leaking around it.

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: AP: WHO draft report says animals likely source of COVID-19 - 11 days ago

Based on that 60 minutes story last Sunday, published papers by the lab director showed the lab was experimenting on bat virii, trying to find out what made them more transmissible to humans, plus the lab destroying all relevant samples before the WHO got there, plus rumors of lax safety standards (at a BSL-4 lab!) IMHO, it was a lab leak..no wonder they're in cover-up mode.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Anyone have a stinky litter box? I found something that helps, a lot - 13 days ago

Fecal matter gets scooped out and flushed via the toilet next to the litterbox. Litter clumps from urinating go in the trash.

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: The late Gene Wilder still making $$$ Millions - 13 days ago

I'm sure Wilder's estate is licensing his likeness, not selling it for a one-off payment.

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: Question about taxes on gift to mom on proceeds of her sister-in-law selling house - 13 days ago

Assuming selling his house qualifies for the exemption so he pays no tax on gains, then he could just file a gift tax return for the $30,000 to mom to use a small part of his multi-million dollar lifetime exemption...no tax owed.

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: Herd immunity next week.... - 13 days ago

QuoteJoeH QuoteOmbligo ... As for Dunkin - everyone I have had is small and dry, going towards stale. Find me a family bakery with fresh Apple Fritters and I'll die happy Dunkin' Donuts are not what they once were. About 15-20 years ago they switched to central bakeries to serve all stores in a region, before that the donuts were baked or fried in each store except for some of the small outlet

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Brilliant! Just make everyone part of a militia. - 15 days ago

Quoterjmacs QuoteLemon Drop Militias are illegal in every state. Almost correct. Militias other than the National Guard are illegal in every state. Plenty of state militias out there...many inactive, often criticized as a waste of money, but don't see anyone trying to shut them down.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Questions regarding second shot, and when one is considered 'vaccinated' for social purposes - 15 days ago

Takes up to a month...my second shot is scheduled mid-April so I figure mid-May before I get back together with anyone I don't already live with on a daily basis

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Oregon resident in Senior Care home dies of COVID-19 after two vaccination shots - 16 days ago

QuoteC(-)ris Quoterjmacs QuoteLemon Drop Quoterjmacs QuoteLemon Drop Yes infection...but not serious illness and death post-vaccine. Pfizer vaccine is supposed to be 99% effective against death from COVID. So any post vaccine death deserves careful scrutiny. Of course it deserves careful scrutiny, but 99% is not 100%. It's pretty darn close if you first consider that only a tiny fraction o

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: from FOX:OMG! 'VP Harris repeatedly fails to salute military on Air Force Two' - 17 days ago

I agree with the "President can do what they want" position. And I've seen plenty of veterans, including Marines, salute the flag even before the law officially changed.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: My Oral-B electric toothbrushes giving up the ghost, what to get as replacement? - 17 days ago

QuoteJohn B. 20+ years on Sonicare here. Sonicare made a huge leap forward when they got rid of the screw-on brush head (that collected guck under the threads) in favor of a click-on brush head. Should last 2-3 weeks between charges (depending on usage). The newer power units/brush heads have wear/use monitoring that lights up when it's time to change heads (I haven't tried running one beyond tha

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: Vaccines images - 17 days ago

Quotesamintx Can’t they talk about the Covid vaccine without showing a shot being given? I hate shots and hate seeing them constantly. Boo hoo. I don't hate shots but I call the images of people getting vaccinated played over and over again "vaccine pr0n." Some of those needles look long enough to reach the bone!

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: This won’t go well: shooter identified - 17 days ago

Quotemrbigstuff Ban must equal confiscation for it to be successful, otherwise it simply increases the price for a commodity of which already exist millions of units. Yep, and for the federal government to do so, they have to compensate the owners. Australia offered well above (IIRC, sometimes 2-3x) the market price...but could that happen here?

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: This won’t go well: shooter identified - 17 days ago

QuoteLemon Drop Quotebfd ... Making guns and ammo harder to get doesn't stop people from getting their hands on them - it just slows them down a bit and it pisses off responsible gun owners. Something's gotta give… can't give up hope, but it doesn't seem likely to4 be a problem that ever sees a solution during any of our lifetimes… Making guns harder to get absolutely does work. We ban

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: This may be it for the AstraZeneca vaccine: a problematic report - 18 days ago

IIRC, not yet approved here in the U.S., right?

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: "Trump Touts 'Safe' COVID Vaccine After Pressure from Psaki, Assures Supporters 'We Have Our Freedoms'" - 22 days ago

Quotemrbigstuff Is the T**** microchip included in the vaccine now according to his true believers? Not at all...the next morning after your shot you're greeted by Bill Gates with a cheery "Good morning, worker." And I've found I'm now more enthusiastic than ever about the Microsoft family of products.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Two Are Charged With Assault on Officer Who Died After Capitol Riot - 22 days ago

And now LEOs can use deadly force against anyone spraying them & know they'll easily prevail at a qualified immunity hearing.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Is the Pillow Guy nuts? - 22 days ago

Sounds more like he's trying to dodge process servers.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Meanwhile, in TX: "What are you going to do, arrest me?” she said to a police officer - 26 days ago

QuoteRgrF QuoteSam3 Quotehal Quotegraylocks That was so satisfying. yeah... and how! If as reported she's in her 60s, it's unlikely her world view will change from this encounter. It takes a modicum of critical thinking to change and there are a lot of folks out there lacking even that modicum. 30 days at the county work farm might do so...

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: poll released Thursday found 41 percent of Republicans said they would not get the (vaccine)shot - 28 days ago

March 24 is when my state opens it up to fatties like me...hopefully all those conspiracy theorists will opt out of polluting their precious bodily fluids so I can get mine ASAP.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Daylight saving time begins again on Sunday, March 14, when most Americans will move their clocks forward by an hour - 28 days ago

Double Summer Time for all!

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: Looking for something swell to use that $1400 check on? Invest in the future! - 30 days ago

Quotedeckeda It’s not a full-on societal F-you purchase unless you buy it from Facebook Marketplace from a stranger who advertises, “carrying case, $20. PM for details.” Or my favorite product description, “BANG.” A salient characteristic of the Law ‘n Order crowd is buying weapons illegally. Even better, those that buy them within the law don’t really care so much about those th

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Georgia may stop “falling back.” - 4 weeks ago

I vote for permanent Double Summer Time!

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Re: Warning - long and wonkish: What should we make of the trend in the labor force participation rate? - 4 weeks ago

QuoteFilliam H. Muffman Even that doesn't properly measure the health/participation of the work force. I said back around 2009 that nearly a million people retired early rather than fight to get re-employed. One former user here kept saying none of the traditional measures (like U6) showed it, but he was never truly able to disprove it. Another issue is that the largest demographic group of pe

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting