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@Sven- We also had just a little soreness on the first Moderna, but the second took us down pretty good- felt pretty rotten for about a day and a half. Good luck to you.
Actually, Tesla was responsible for much more than just AC motors- he championed the entire concept of Alternating Current (AC) as being greatly more efficient than Direct Current. This included generation, distribution, and end use, motors or other…
"This author seems to imply that handing the money and incentives over to private enterprise is the way to go but all I see that doing is enriching those companies and their CEO's at our expense. "
Other than national defense and public safety ther…
"they said the cost of shipping has gone up tremendously, mostly due to a shortage of containers. "
@little5bee- They weren't exaggerating-
From my post above:
Shipping rates which are normally in the $200 range are now in the $2000 range. Empty c…
It's being reported that there are no cranes in the area large enough to off-load these containers. The only possibility is to use helicopters. That shouldn't take too long. NPR is reporting that Lloyd's List estimates that the waiting game is …
@hank- The picture of the USCGC Sundew certainly brings back some great memories. When I was in the Coast Guard some sixty years ago we had a lighthouse out on the Farallone Islands, west of SF. It was a "family station", meaning that there was hous…
Not necessarily the Captain. During canal transit the ships are all under the control of local pilots, supposedly specially trained and qualified to handle the tight passage and the heavy winds which are frequent in the area.
The banks in the area …
The WSJ, The Economist, and other news sources have, for the past several weeks, been running lots of articles regarding shortages of all sorts, primarily due to shipping and container shortages. Ships are lined up waiting entry at numerous ports wo…
@BenWP- My father's generation understood and appreciated the value of union representation because they had to fight like hell to organize. Our cohort (I'm 81) heard enough around the dinner table to grow up also appreciating the unions, but we pro…
I swear- I'm to the point where I frankly just don't understand "those people" at all, and have no idea what their thought processes, if any, may be.
No shots to protect themselves, no masks to protect themselves and others. They don't come across …
Well, he makes a number of good points, but it's obvious that he has a real blind spot:
There are three categories of work that I think is unlikely to be automated in the near future. One is "surprising work." So this is work that involves complex r…
Evidently that depends on who is in charge of administrating the vaccine delivery. My wife and I, and another couple who are friends, made no attempt to request vaccine appointments. We all have the same health provider, but different doctors. Sutte…
Here's additional current information from NPR on the likely COVID source:
A member of the World Health Organization investigative team says wildlife farms in southern China are the most likely source of the COVID-19 pandemic.
China shut down those…
@Sven- yes, I've been getting her daily email posts for a while now since you mentioned her some time ago. Thanks for that. Always been a Moyers fan.
OJ
@davidmoran- about 3 or 4 years ago- a long river cruise on a small boat through France and then a week or so over on the Italian Ligurian coast. Wonderful trip, for sure. Fortunately the virus was not really debilitating- just enough to knock me of…
"There is relatively little airflow forward and backward between rows, making it less likely to spread respiratory particles between rows."
Did you read any of the responses to that article? For instance, this one:
"As a ventilation engineer with 4…
Some weeks ago there was an extensive and well-documented investigative report into the whole thing on PBS/Frontline, looking at many aspects of Wuhan, including the market and other possible transmission corridors. The facts are that there is signi…
Hi @Derf. OK, I tried the following approach:
• Entered the following as the URL:
https://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/profile/Old_Skeet
That takes you to Old_Skeets profile page.
