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Re: Speaking of Hawkeye, I watched Episode 4 last night and am very disappointed... - 4 months ago

We on this forum must be outliers, my family and I thoroughly enjoyed it as well, but the reviews are not good... forgettable, boring, no chemistry, weakest of the Disney+ Marvel series, etc, etc. The only part that most reviewers liked was the interplay between Kate and Yelena.

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Re: Desmond Tutu redux - 4 months ago

Thank you for reposting this. It's newsworthy for everybody.

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Re: Corporate donations to Sen. Joe Manchin’s PAC surged as he fought President Biden’s agenda (vile) - 4 months ago

QuoteSpeedy Quotevision63 Quotepdq Well the party that doesn’t hold the presidency traditionally loses seats in the first mid-term. So I wouldn’t be surprised if the House flipped. And the Senate is so close, it could go either way. Which means, if we want to get anything done, it needs to be this next year. Dems may well “lose” the next election, but shying away from action is a sure

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Re: Winter Soltice begins and that means... - 5 months ago

Quotecbelt3 This is the solstice where dancing skyclad is not a good idea. Unless its from the sauna to the snow pool. And then back. I was going to say, the Swedes might disagree with you...

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Re: We've turned the corner and it's all downhill from here... - 5 months ago

Wet and cool Christmas here...

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Re: People Got Sick at a Conspiracy Conference. They’re Sure It’s Anthrax. - 5 months ago

QuoteBlankity Blank A growing concern for me is the possibility of a “Red 9/11”. It’s become clear there are more than enough highly radicalized fanatics. Their willingness to engage in extreme violence cannot be questioned. January 6 shows they clearly have the means and desire to form clandestine plans for extreme actions. Their belief system obviously encompasses the wildest belief

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Re: Here's some nice guitar playing - Yasmin Williams - 5 months ago

Very nice, thank you! I may have to add some of her albums to my collection.

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Re: Am I crazy or does this make no sense on my iMac? - 5 months ago

You may just want to get an external drive such as this Seagate for $89 and run the computer from that until you are able to get the model that you really want. I had something similar happen, but I chose a Samsung 500GB SSD as I had about 500-600 free on my failing 1TB internal drive. It felt like a new machine!

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Re: Manchin plus 50 Republicans kill much needed Recovry Bill - 5 months ago

QuoteFilliam H. Muffman Manchin is protecting the 0.1%. He doesn't care about his constituents. Same thing for Sinema, she cares much more about business owners than the working class. Remember, the Senate is 48 Dems, 2 Independents that usually vote Dem, and 50 Repubs. I said it almost a year ago, Dems need to find an attractive alternative and primary Manchin. I now think Sinema falls into t

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Re: Manchin plus 50 Republicans kill much needed Recovry Bill - 5 months ago

Quotevision63 Biden isn't a dummy. He's a former Senator. Down deep, he doesn't like a lot in this bill. He doesn't like how so much of it is temporarily funded. That's Manchin's big problem with it. Manchin wants to fund programs for a set period, say for 10 years with a sunset. This bill wants to fund programs for 3/4 years and be extended when they expire. To Manchin, He wants to see precis

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Re: "Early studies of Covid-19 therapeutics turned out to be fabricated or suspicious. That’s a huge problem for science." - 5 months ago

QuoteOmbligo In today's greed-driven world, I would not put it past anyone to purposefully falsify a study in order to reap fast profits on a useless cure. Think about it - a study saying a daily dose of 5ml of dihydrogen monoxide cures Covid is released by the National Infectious Disease Institute of Brisbane (which doesn't exist), the findings are leaked to the public before any review is possi

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Re: NYC: percentage of people testing positive doubled in just three days over the past week. - 5 months ago

Quotepdq QuoteSam3 News reporting is emphasizing how easily this new variant spreads, but hardly anyone is reporting how deadly is this variant. Do they know yet? If it is less deadly, then maybe we may be on the road to the pandemic turning endemic, with Covid-19 being with us much like the influenza virus is. …which is probably our best-case scenario at this point. It’s unlikely, give

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Re: Flu vaccines don't match the main circulating flu virus strain, researchers find - 5 months ago

Quotedeckeda Quotevoodoopenguin QuoteSam3 I'm not surprised. I got the flu vaccine together with a Covid booster four weeks ago. Last week I was out of commission with the flu for four days. If you were out of commission for only four days are you sure it was actually flu? Paul Now you have me wondering what a “typical” symptomatic period is for influenza. I’d considered 2-4 days to

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Re: An Arkansas waitress served a party that tipped $4,400. It led to her getting fired. - 5 months ago

We also tip directly to the wait person, when I mentioned this discussion that the wait person has to share with everyone, she was surprised and not happy. My recollection (and this is from about 40+ years ago) is from a friend who waited tables at Denny's. She said that she had to share tips with the bus-person, the one who cleared off tables, but not with cooks or washers, as they got paid a re

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Re: Flu vaccines don't match the main circulating flu virus strain, researchers find - 5 months ago

I'm not surprised. I got the flu vaccine together with a Covid booster four weeks ago. Last week I was out of commission with the flu for four days.

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Re: NYC: percentage of people testing positive doubled in just three days over the past week. - 5 months ago

News reporting is emphasizing how easily this new variant spreads, but hardly anyone is reporting how deadly is this variant. Do they know yet? If it is less deadly, then maybe we may be on the road to the pandemic turning endemic, with Covid-19 being with us much like the influenza virus is.

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Re: Moderna Provides Stronger, Durable Vaccine Efficacy Over 4 Months - 5 months ago

QuoteSpeedy QuoteBill in NC Given the side effects people report online I'll keep taking Pfizer boosters instead of switching to Moderna. We’re searching for a place to bootleg the Moderna for our daughter (transplant recipient). She has three doses of Pfizer, the last being four months ago. The Moderna is supposed to be more effective against the omicron mutation. So far, no luck in our s

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Re: Moderna Provides Stronger, Durable Vaccine Efficacy Over 4 Months - 5 months ago

QuoteSpeedy QuoteBill in NC Given the side effects people report online I'll keep taking Pfizer boosters instead of switching to Moderna. We’re searching for a place to bootleg the Moderna for our daughter (transplant recipient). She has three doses of Pfizer, the last being four months ago. The Moderna is supposed to be more effective against the omicron mutation. So far, no luck in our s

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Re: Far too little vote fraud to tip election to Trump, AP finds - 5 months ago

Quotecbelt3 QuoteSam3 Fake story by fake media. The true American knows that President Trump won and sneaky Joe greased the wheels to steal the election. forgot the /s Sorry, I thought it was an outrageous enough comment to make it obvious.

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Re: An Arkansas waitress served a party that tipped $4,400. It led to her getting fired. - 5 months ago

QuoteMichael I have friends who pay for food with credit cards but hand tips directly to servers. I guess this is why. That's what we do. Have been doing for a long time, ever since we found out that by leaving it on the CC, it gets distributed to everyone working the shift.

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Re: Far too little vote fraud to tip election to Trump, AP finds - 5 months ago

Fake story by fake media. The true American knows that President Trump won and sneaky Joe greased the wheels to steal the election.

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Re: Omicron showing a two-day doubling time? - 5 months ago

We went to my daughter's former high school holiday concert, and I'd say that we, the mask wearers, were in the minority. Even some of the teachers that I knew were mask-less, one a science teacher. I was disappointed as was my daughter. She met up with a friend and her former rowing partner who said that about 90%of the kids are mask-less in school. Talking to the auditorium manager/technical di

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Re: This country’s racism really ticks me off. - 5 months ago

QuoteSpeedy Coverage of the US Bank incident in the local paper. Nothing new. Interesting that the paper didn’t name the TV station given that both are in the same market. But the article did mention the name... Quotewww.startribune.comThe bank reached the settlement with the customer, Joe Morrow, as KSTP-TV investigated what happened when he tried to cash a $900 paycheck in October 20

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Re: Just remixed my first music demo recorded almost 50 yrs ago - 5 months ago

That was fun! So reminiscent of the singer-songwriter era that no longer exists. Thanks for posting!

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Re: U.S. COVID toll hovering near 800,000 deaths - 5 months ago

Ans now this is all Biden's fault, according to my right-wing friends. Biden hasn't taken care of this, there are more Covid-19 deaths than under Trump.. see, the Democrats can't lead.

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Re: Thank you - 5 months ago

Have a healthy and safe 2022, may your future brighten your path, and when ready, the forum will be here for you.

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Re: The suggested Tire Guage is an Amazon Lightning Deal - $9.99 - 5 months ago

Thanks for the heads up, I'm in for one.

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Re: Kobalt 24V Max 12" Straight Cordless String Trimmer $50 - 5 months ago

No battery or charger, it's just the trimmer.

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Re: Airpods - 5 months ago

I think I have weird shaped ears, I never was able to get the EarPods or Airpods to give me a decent sound. The Earhoox silicon attachments finally gave me the sound that I wanted. Airpod Pros, however, work perfectly.

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Re: Mom passed this morning. - 5 months ago

My condolences. What a great obit! You have a way with words that really cut to the essence of your mom. May you treasure her memories forever.

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