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Re: FDA votes to oppose Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster - Today

My state department of health just "invited me to receive the COVID-19 test or vaccine." When I go to register for an appointment I have to sign a statement saying, among other things, that that I understand that this is NOT a booster shot. Not sure what shot they are talking about if not a booster shot. Might drive out to the parking lot site and see what they say. The e-mail

by Don C - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: IBM: The Rise and Stagnation of a Global Icon - 2 days ago

Fun piece. Those tape drives were my introduction to computers. I was at HQ at Kelly AFB near San Antonio and was sent on temporary duty to the computer department where I hung tapes and loaded paper into large printers. Even got to sit at the console one night and ran a program. I have no idea what it accomplished in terms of the mission but i was tempted to consider switching careers to whate

by Don C - Tips and Deals

Re: Inspiration4 SpaceX mission is 30min from Liftoff - 2 days ago

Yeah, I don't really understand how they do that that Stage 1 landing. How do they keep really tall cylinder straight as it descends, and then back in "my day" there were specially designed ceramic tiles that warded off the intense heat of reentry. The science/engineering of heat has changed significantly. It sure is a good thing that they don't depend on MY imagination to make t

by Don C - Tips and Deals

Re: Sen. John Barrasso just now on the PBS Newshour - 3 days ago

I decided that the dog needed to go for a walk about the time he came on the screen.

by Don C - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: 370 new cases in the previous week in my zip code of 36k - up from 18 in the first week of May - 3 days ago

Ahhh, but that means that 499 of us are safe so I don't have to fear anything. Right????

by Don C - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Biden just outted Foxnews news as pro-vax - 8 days ago

Thanks for the link, but I won't waste my time going there.

by Don C - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: How Trump will observe a solemn somber September 11th (not kidding) - 8 days ago

Just as well that he doesn't have to pretend that he cares.

by Don C - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: MR Forum Fit Club: Enter the Sand Man - 10 days ago

Watch is telling me that I am getting around 10,000K steps a day of late, give or take a thousand. Walking the dog gives me a quick pace until a tree or bush, then a pause, then a quick pace, then a pause. Hoped to get to the gym today, but it just did not happen.

by Don C - Tips and Deals

Re: Rainbow Disconnection ? Spectrum internet is down all over the NorthEast - 10 days ago

My TWC/Spectrum service comes out of Kentucky and I have not noticed any drop in service. Haven't been online most of the day, so maybe it was out and I did not notice. Outage map shows ZIP codes where I used to live, but not here.

by Don C - Tips and Deals

Re: “ Kentucky governor says the state’s Covid surge is ‘dire.’ “ - 11 days ago

Every now and again, a R candidate is so bad that even a very red state will not vote for him. Happened in Kentucky with the governor and in Indiana some years ago, voting in a D senator because the Tea Party R candidate was so bad. And both of these were men.

by Don C - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: “ Kentucky governor says the state’s Covid surge is ‘dire.’ “ - 12 days ago

It will interesting this week to see if the legislature with its super majority can even come close to promoting safety. As is true in so many places, there are the well armed angry mobs who don't want to be told what to do, but if those folks succeed, it is likely there will be fewer of them voting next year. I am not hearing what the "sense of the senate" is about this yet. They b

by Don C - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: teach me - security breach like T-Mo - 12 days ago

I too was wondering how they know what was read. I suppose you could search the dark web, but to run every customer's information against every dark web site would take a little while too. The last breach of my information that gave me free credit monitoring was just expiring so I now have two more years of free credit monitoring. That's cool!

by Don C - Tips and Deals

Re: Don't do the crime, if you can't... - 12 days ago

I love that the side door gives just enough to give him hope. Until he succeeds of course.

by Don C - Tips and Deals

Re: FDA, CDC: No boosters for most of us in early fall, the data isn't there yet - 13 days ago

I have a friend who with her husband have already gotten the third shot even though neither has any factors that would put them early in the lineup. I think they just went to the drug store and got them, just to be sure. Following the speculation about 8 weeks, I am not "due" until October.

by Don C - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: OMG, WTF - 14 days ago

Heard some official on the news say that they are not repairing the grid, they are building from scratch.

by Don C - Tips and Deals

Re: Two small things I'm thankful for - 15 days ago

Hey, see if you have the match to the one atop my dresser. It's pair has been missing for about 3 weeks now. According to the law of conservation of matter and energy it must be here somewhere. I guess the lesson learned from your story is that I need to use everything in my sock drawer. Fun stories!

by Don C - Tips and Deals

Re: Expect a rush soon by old antivaxxers to get vaccinated - 16 days ago

A local men's clinic is promising results by using sound waves (I think) to improve those very blood vessels. Could be good news for them.

by Don C - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Anyone get an email from T-Mobile regarding a breach? - 16 days ago

I got the warning from my 55+ account with T-Mobile. Upon their recommendation, I installed the McAfee Security app on my phone but have not registered an account there. I get periodic messages telling me that such and such wireless network meets (or not) their security protocol.

by Don C - Tips and Deals

Re: Ohio judge orders hospital to give ivermectin to covid patient after wife sues - 17 days ago

He won't have worms for a while but eventually they will win. Maybe sooner than late.

by Don C - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: It's all a numbers game ... - 17 days ago

Well, we all know that if you stop testing (or counting) you don't have bad numbers to report.

by Don C - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Biden's Press Secretary - 17 days ago

Not a fair comparison to the prior press secretaries. Look what they had to defend! Not that they were all that competent, but they had a lot of misinformation to cover up from their boss and the others. Jen gets to talk about things getting done.

by Don C - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: The mortgage refi has closed! - 17 days ago

I talked to my financial guy about this very thing, paying off the mortgage and being done with it. He pointed out that the money that would make that payment is making way more than the interest I am paying. It would cost a fair amount to pay it off. Of course it is in his interest to keep the money with him, but the math seems to be right, so I'll keep up the payments. I round my mortgage

by Don C - Tips and Deals

Re: Universal Music Group copyrighted the moon and others from posting moon videos? - 19 days ago

So if you have audio, it would no longer match the UMG video and would be acceptable? Just add a little Moon River and you're good!

by Don C - Tips and Deals

Re: Voting machine software distributed at MAGA event - 20 days ago

Sighhhh Might there be another Dominion lawsuit here?

by Don C - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Fla woman with Covid released from hospital comes home to find hubby… - 20 days ago

If the dogs were closed into that room, I BET they were distressed!

by Don C - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: SpecOps Drone Whacks ISIS-K Mastermind 36 Hours After Suicide Bomber - 20 days ago

The issue now is not whose gear it is, but whether it will be useful to the Taliban or ISIS in furthering their respective deadly missions.

by Don C - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Is no one disappointed? - 21 days ago

I will be interested to see what a response to ISIS-K is. Do they have a group of leaders holed up someplace were a smart bomb can take them all out? What is their organizational structure that makes a credible response possible? rhetorical questions, of course. edit: after posting noticed the thread above saying that we have already responded. Will have to follow up on that.

by Don C - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: The benefits of owning a dog - 21 days ago

My little rescue Pug seems to have an internal alarm clock that tells her when it is 6:30, give or take half an hour. Come to think of it that is both AM and PM! In the morning she is ready for her walk; I have wondered if she is triggered by morning sunlight but with later sunrises now she is holding pretty steady. We had a couple of pre-6:00 AM wakeup in July, but those have not been all that

by Don C - Tips and Deals

Re: IDA now forecast to be a Cat 4 when it makes landfall - 21 days ago

If power goes out, can you get to him?

by Don C - Tips and Deals

Re: Shelter in place - 21 days ago

What cbelt3 said ... be safe!

by Don C - Tips and Deals