tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post9049695217534186991..comments2024-03-28T23:33:45.139-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : What Sense Does This Ban Make?Comrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-83108280630111295212021-11-29T13:11:32.863-05:002021-11-29T13:11:32.863-05:00Update to my last..
One more person dies. In the...Update to my last..<br /><br />One more person dies. In the ham community they are <br />referred as SKs or silent keys. The significance is SK <br />in telegraphy (both wired and radio) is the procedural<br />signal (prosign) for work is completed usually meaning <br />traffic (conversation is complete, done) has ended <br />none to follow...<br /><br />They were people known to me I'd meet at hamfests <br />and club meetings before the plague when we had them.<br />They are not abstract statistics or some remote pe<br />rson I might know the name of. They were faces I <br />recognize.<br /><br />There are two communities I have been part of note,<br />Pilots and Radio amateurs. Why are they important?<br />The numbers of each in the USA are around 750,000<br />with licenses. There is a large intersection between <br />the two due to the adventure, technical, and social <br />nature of both. Many do both!<br /><br />Between those I've seen both in the last 10 days <br />diminish in numbers from a virus. <br />A fucking avoidable virus.<br /><br /><br />Eck!<br /><br />Eck!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13890237094647111653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-35624763198067609382021-11-29T09:57:28.042-05:002021-11-29T09:57:28.042-05:00In the last 10 days...
Three hams I know are in t...In the last 10 days...<br /><br />Three hams I know are in the hospital for covid. One lost his wife <br />that went in with him and the two others are now dead. They were<br />not vaccinated.<br /><br />To day I'd hear another has covid, he was vaccinated and is not <br />in the hospital. He got it from his suns 6 year old who also has <br />a mild case (mild fever and loss of smell).<br /><br />We practice avoidance, mask when it seems reasonable. <br /><br />Bottom line is I've had the flu and every time it was nasty bad, <br />back before flu shots were common. I do everything I can to <br />avoid having weeks out of my life to a bug, flu shots faithfully. <br /><br />I'm also old enough to remember having the big three mumps, <br />measles, and chicken pox because no vaccine then. They were <br />pretty bad all of them. As a result I'll need the shingella <br />vaccine. I understand Shingles really sucks. What I remember<br />was Salk then Sabin and my parents urgency in getting them<br />as a kid. Salk was three shots spaced out, not fun for a<br />kid but I remember hearing and seeing iron lungs.<br /><br />I remain baffled by those that resist. Scared of the <br />needle? Well who isn't. We claim to be adults and have <br />gotten shots before, maybe even surgeries, so really.<br /><br />If you having moments because of the claims from some <br />media it will mess you up... Think! over 200,000,000 <br />shots and even at the extreme that's a lot of evidence <br />walking around proving the those claims are pure lies.<br /><br />Do it. The alternate is being a breeding host for <br />the next worse version of the bug that may also kill <br />or seriously sicken you while evolving.<br /><br /><br />Eck!Eck!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13890237094647111653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-77124305312781177032021-11-29T08:04:04.585-05:002021-11-29T08:04:04.585-05:00Two cases were reported in Ottawa yesterday (28th)...Two cases were reported in Ottawa yesterday (28th).<br /><br />It's a safe bet it's in Boston ...Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342911380840320087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-20193859442436065972021-11-28T18:00:26.733-05:002021-11-28T18:00:26.733-05:00Ah JM, you're a car freak (from your thumbnail...Ah JM, you're a car freak (from your thumbnail image). Looky here at what I had the luck to grow up with<br />http://sdean.net/bugattis.htmStewart Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830186006689502072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-86284525263408892242021-11-28T13:22:22.700-05:002021-11-28T13:22:22.700-05:00SD: Spot On.
I was feeling a bit cranky yesterday...SD: Spot On.<br /><br />I was feeling a bit cranky yesterday. <br /><br />And we must respond by doing what we can, so in my near future there are solar cells, an electric car, a wall battery (if I can swing it), rain water capture for lawn and garden watering, and turning off the natural gas feed. Maybe even a wind turbine.<br /><br />My wife and I will continue to sequester and keep Covid at bay. <br /><br />Some folks are still not getting the message about maintaining distance. I had to raise my voice to the not masked UPS delivery driver a couple of days ago to stop and drop the package. I was working in the garage with the door up. "Don't hand it to me please. Put it on the ground." He did, but seemed taken aback. I was able to slip a mask on before he got up the drive way. That package cooled it's heels for half hour. JustMusinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04512264615151227445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-14037190056957160572021-11-28T05:33:08.884-05:002021-11-28T05:33:08.884-05:00Just Musing: Being alive means doing time...and le...Just Musing: Being alive means doing time...and learning to live with it. We've had a post WWII glory time...and it's over. The bill for so many transgressions against people, the environment, even realities is coming due. We had a lavish feast...now we find our wallet doesn't have enough in it to pay the bill, and we're going to have roll up our sleeves and live and work in ugly circumstance to deal with it.<br /><br />100 years ago, health was not an entitlement. It has seemed like it is due to a lot of public health work, luck and scientific advances, but things have changed, basically from people being stupid and taking it for granted. We've drilled enough holes in the side of the ship that the bilge pumps are losing ground, besides that, we haven't been maintaining them.Stewart Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830186006689502072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-16918639631378485922021-11-27T15:04:15.059-05:002021-11-27T15:04:15.059-05:00Would closure have been next Monday if it was Ebol...Would closure have been next Monday if it was Ebola, or small pox, or polio, or?<br /><br />Let's see; To delay or not to delay, that is the question. Really? Sounds like the government doesn't actually have a plan in place.<br /><br />What about the next variant? Dilly Dally!<br /><br />Count me incredulous and tired of doing time.JustMusinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04512264615151227445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-7353595323778326712021-11-27T12:45:10.119-05:002021-11-27T12:45:10.119-05:00Monday today is too late ...Monday today is too late ...Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342911380840320087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-33216467771763353772021-11-27T11:49:23.491-05:002021-11-27T11:49:23.491-05:00The virus is already here. By the time a new varia...The virus is already here. By the time a new variant is identified it's already too late to stop it from setting up residence here. The good news is that the scientific is already hard at work on decoding its structure and finding a way to treat/prevent it. If we're lucky, it may turn out that the omicron variant is no more dangerous than previous iterations. Not sure that we going to be that lucky. Those of us who believe in science will continue masking up and getting our boosters when available, the anti-vaccine maskhole crowd gets to enjoy the consequences...Jimmy Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08214868352246551371noreply@blogger.com