Re: Anyone holding out for a particular brand of covid shot? - 2 months ago

Novamax

Re: South Carolina gov has COVID, getting antibody treatment - 2 months ago

So the "Death Panels" are back?

Re: mRNA vaccines have a "raw materials" shortage - 2 months ago

Do it the old-fashion way - hot acidic phenol extraction!

Re: We have 52 States! - 2 months ago

QuoteLemon Drop As it's only eligible resident, I am the Senator from New South Carolina. My dog Walter will represent us in Congress. Not a problem as he is smarter than at least 126 of them. Cats will take turns as Governor. My cat intends to run for Governor. If it fails to win, we intend to secede and form The New Independent State of Lowcountry South Carolina.

Re: Home tests - 2 months ago

Find me a Waste Water Treatment Plant in the US that does NOT show a positive Covid test in their raw influent. This type of testing was relevant in the Spring, but now the virus is everywhere. And should be detected everywhere by any competent test facility.

Re: Mysterious water noise from bathtub drain hole - 2 months ago

QuoteDennis S QuoteC(-)ris QuoteDennis S The 6" pipe that went into the woods was busted by the tree cutters this summer. A bull dozer cleared a trench to get the water further from the house. I bet it's all clogged up and the wind from the HVAC fan is blowing across the condensation PVC pipe and causing the pipe connected to both the HVAC pipe and bath tub pipe to "burp." Or not.

Re: Mysterious water noise from bathtub drain hole - 2 months ago

Your tub drains out into the woods? Does all your wastewater drain out into the woods?

Re: Starship SN8 goes .... spoiler alert... - 2 months ago

Delta V is a bitch to control, especially in 3 dimensions simultaneously.

Re: How do you judge “middle class’? - 2 months ago

Around here, it's determined by how many vehicles* you have on your property. *They must be registered and have current license plates. The rusting hulks in the back 40 don't count.

Re: LockMar Orion spacecraft Foo-Bar... First flight test delayed by at least half a year - 3 months ago

From your link: "The component is difficult to reach: it’s located inside an adapter that connects Orion to its service module — a cylindrical trunk that provides support, propulsion, and power for the capsule during its trip through space. To get to the PDU, Lockheed Martin could remove the Orion crew capsule from its service module, but it’s a lengthy process that could take up to

Re: Friday Funnies - 3 months ago

Re: Too much looney even for Rudy - 3 months ago

At this point, I am starting to seriously consider that there is an unrecognized neurotoxin some drinking water systems.

Re: How do you pronounce “either”? - 3 months ago

Simple. The same way I pronounce "neither".

Re: Shameless Promo for our Sponsor -- & This Year's USB Coffee Warmer? - 3 months ago

So far this holiday season, I have bought 2 SSDs and one external case from our sponsor. And it's not even December yet.

Re: Anyone collecting Stamps? - 3 months ago

I haven't collected stamps since I was a kid in the early '60s. But I inherited my grandfather's US collection which includes 15-20 stamps minted 1860-1900. Not sure if they still have any value.

Re: I’m taking the new naturalization test. Wish me luck? - 3 months ago

19/20 From the article: "questions to mirror what U.S. students typically learn in civics classes. They teach that "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut" document in civics classes? Wait, do they even teach civics classes anymore?

Re: T-shirt fun, "We were confused, too." - 3 months ago

My G-D, you Bozos are old. Me too, I guess.

Re: Questions on the Pfizer vaccine - 3 months ago

These are the concerns I have too. I suspect there may be proprietary issues limiting the amount of public info released about each mRNA vaccine construct. To wit: 1) It would be useless to translate a mRNA that creates only a cytosolic protein. There must be an encoded amino acid sequence that results in its transport to the cell surface. 2) It could be potentially dangerous to have that

Re: Georgia secretary of state announces hand recount of presidential race - 3 months ago

QuotergG I know for a fact that my husband voted in the Presidential race but did not vote for either Perdue or Ossoff. You have some work to do there lady.

Re: Who gets priority for the vaccine if it passes scientific review? - 3 months ago

I'll wait for a more traditional protein vaccine, like the one being tested by Novavax.

Re: Does your carpet match your drapes? - 3 months ago

QuoteCJsNvrUrly We'd like an electric, smooth glass top, with the knobs in front, and no rise in the back. In white. This is exactly what we have. Bought about 6 years ago from Sears. Don't know who made it for them, but maybe it's still being made by someone.

Re: sparkle error - 3 months ago

Have you emptied the Trash, shut down, then booted up? My only experience with Sparkle was back in the 90's when it was a video player.

Re: Biden up by 7,200 in Georgia. - 3 months ago

QuoteSpeedy “OFFICIALS FOCUSED ON GETTING IT RIGHT.” That’s how the tally releases all end in Georgia. I guess Gov. Kemp’s legacy left office when he did. The pessimist in me whispers "It depends on what your definition of 'right' is". You, I, and most Dems have one definition, 45 has another. What is the GA election commissioner's definition?

Re: Biden takes lead in Pennsylvania - 4 months ago

I grew up in Delaware County. I'm glad to see it is still a Dem stronghold.

Re: wanna see what they are tweeting to one another? (dumped ballot pix) - 4 months ago

That looks like a stretch of old US 1 in PA. And those are Biden ballots, in case you couldn't quite make out the printing.

Re: Collins keeps her seat - 4 months ago

Pardon my ignorance, but how did both Biden AND Collins win in Maine?

Absentee Ballot Observation - 4 months ago

So I filled out my SC absentee ballot and dropped it off at an early voting site. Avoided the long line, in which 1/3 of the people were not masked and standing too close together. Just what I expected in this mostly Repub county. But the paper ballot itself seemed to have been created with bias aforethought. In all multiparty contests, the Democratic candidates were at the bottom of the list.

Re: What happened to Trump's face? - 4 months ago

Stroke?

Re: 401k vs IRA - 4 months ago

QuotergG You can roll a 401k into an IRA when you leave, but you can’t put an IRA into an employer 401k. In some cases, you may be able to rollover an IRA into a 401k. It depends on whether the the 401k plan and its administrator allow it. You have to check with them. I did this so I could borrow against it to fund the purchase of my business. That was in 2013, and I don't know if the rule

Re: 401k vs IRA - 4 months ago

What Will posted. Sometimes a 401k allows you to borrow against it, so it can be a source for a loan if you need one. There are terms that must be met for the loan, a payback time limit, and interest requirements. But you are paying that interest into the 401k, so in the end, that interest is yours.