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tonygraz Offline
#401 Posted: Tue, Jan 11 2022, 9:41 PM EST
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It may be time to start on the eulogy.
MACS Offline
#402 Posted: Tue, Jan 11 2022, 9:44 PM EST
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I'll have to visit and sneeze on you, first.
delta1 Offline
#403 Posted: Tue, Jan 11 2022, 9:48 PM EST
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Ram27 wrote:
How did repair go??? Major or minor repair ????


Hopefully nothing major. Think


Feel better Mac.


Thanks Ram, luckily it was minor...T joint in the main split...routine fix... two guys for about two hours...$250...coulda been worse...
danmdevries Offline
#404 Posted: Tue, Jan 11 2022, 10:26 PM EST
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Parents are getting anxious about flying a week from now. Got a couple dozen texts and phone calls wanting minute details. I told them the only thing they have to do is drive with us to the airport. They've got a car we can all fit in, and park in Chicago.

They've not flown since Mt St Helens blew.

My dad's been wanting to go to the Tampa RV show for at least 10 years, but his refusal to fly has made it impossible. I tried to give them the profit from selling their old camper after I used it for 5 years but they wouldn't take it, so I said I'd get them back somehow. It's a lot more than the excess from the sale, but we're staying with them for free at their place in Orlando next month.

I told them to go with us to the Tampa RV show this year. We went last year because the Chicago shows were cancelled again and we really like camper shows... I told them to fly down, we'll pick em up and get a 2 room suite. They were still hesitant about flying so I said I'll get the plane tickets too and make sure we're on the same flight. A day after I booked it, my dad put in his retirement notice, so I cancelled the original booking and changed it to 4 nights instead of 2, and got 2 suites instead of one 2 room.

My normal week off starts today, and then I have a week of vacation. Can't wait to see the sun again. hopefully...
HockeyDad Offline
#405 Posted: Tue, Jan 11 2022, 10:30 PM EST
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Free state vacation!
Ram27 Offline
#406 Posted: Tue, Jan 11 2022, 11:07 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:
Thanks Ram, luckily it was minor...T joint in the main split...routine fix... two guys for about two hours...$250...coulda been worse...





Applause Great Applause
cacman Offline
#407 Posted: Tue, Jan 11 2022, 11:23 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
I had a mild sore throat last week. Wed/Thu-ish. Wife came home Friday with the crud I have. I tested negative Saturday, she was never tested... she's had the double-shot of Pfizer... and everywhere around us is appt only and booked solid.

I walked in at the VA. She has to go through Tricare. Anyway... wouldn't surprise me if she got the 'Rona at work and gave it to me. I'm feeling how she felt this weekend and my son felt before that. HE tested positive.

Either way, no trouble breathing. Feels like a cold/flu type thingy.

Hope you and your wife feel better soon.

My son came hone Christmas day from Denver. He tested negative Christmas day, and the day after. Onn Monday the 27th he tested positive, My daughter and her husband was also home Christmas day and tested positive on the 27th. They where all unvaccinated. Myself, my wife, her sister and her parents all tested nagative all 3 testing dsys. We where vaccinated. All of us where required to quarantine fior 5 days before another test. Again my son, daughter and husband tested positive and where showing symtoms. They had to quarntine for another 5 days. The rest of us who where vaccinated tested negative after 5 days.

Get tested. Once you are asymptomatic get tested again. Are you vaccinated?
danmdevries Offline
#408 Posted: Tue, Jan 11 2022, 11:46 PM EST
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We broke our record when I left last night. 101 covid patients hospitalized for covid. 130ish in covid isolation. My whole unit is covid, as is the medical icu. We converted a telemetry unit and a med surg unit to covid as well around Christmas.

It's the worst its been.
8trackdisco Offline
#409 Posted: Tue, Jan 11 2022, 11:56 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
We broke our record when I left last night. 101 covid patients hospitalized for covid. 130ish in covid isolation. My whole unit is covid, as is the medical icu. We converted a telemetry unit and a med surg unit to covid as well around Christmas.

It's the worst its been.


In general, how are you seeing things now on the Covid front?

Seems like a lot more contagious, lots are getting hospital worthy sick, but nobody is dying from the Omni?

Or are the real sick people have the Delta or Original Recipe?
Palama Online
#410 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 12:22 AM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
This actually brings up a good point. Iffn I get hit by a beer truck or something the wife has instructions to contact a few dudes here to dispose of the smokes and beers. Nobody in my family will want them.


Thanks DED. This reminds me to follow up on a conversation I had with my wife a few months ago.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#411 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 6:15 AM EST
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Think I'll leave direction to pass mine out at the wake. A cloud of smoke and a keg sounds like a nice send off

HHD Ram and dudes!!!
Burner02 Offline
#412 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 7:02 AM EST
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38/59 and cloudy today in LA. Wind at 5 most of the day.

The wife has inpowered me to do some things around the yard today.
Ram27 Offline
#413 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 7:18 AM EST
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HHD danm , Suno & y'all.
8trackdisco Offline
#414 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 7:25 AM EST
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Brothers…. Good morning.
Speyside2 Offline
#415 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 8:15 AM EST
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Good morning theys!!!
Gene363 Offline
#416 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 8:29 AM EST
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Good Wednesday Morning! It's clear, 27°, it's supposed to get to 58° today. Off to the range this morning.
Cheno Offline
#417 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 8:49 AM EST
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Happy hump day! 34° today, feels warm after the last few days.
deadeyedick Offline
#418 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 9:11 AM EST
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Morning guys. It is 46/72 here today and my ash tree has decided that is deciduous after all.



izonfire Offline
#419 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 9:14 AM EST
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Ash tree?
In the desert?
Whu, whu, whu???
deadeyedick Offline
#420 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 9:19 AM EST
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izonfire wrote:
Ash tree?
In the desert?
Whu, whu, whu???


You have a lot to learn grasshopper.
izonfire Offline
#421 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 9:24 AM EST
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Posts: 8,644
deadeyedick wrote:
You have a lot to learn grasshopper.

I suppose I do, masta.
And I’m more like a leezard…
Smooth light Offline
#422 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 9:47 AM EST
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🐫🐫🐫'HAPPY HUMP DAY'🐫🐫🐫... all downhill now 😎

🌞 Sunny day/44 temp/light breeze. LAYABOUT Time.
MACS Offline
#423 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 10:32 AM EST
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Posts: 79,747
Herro...

48 headed for 78. Whooooooo!
8trackdisco Offline
#424 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 10:38 AM EST
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Posts: 60,074
izonfire wrote:
Ash tree?
In the desert?
Whu, whu, whu???


When they burn, they are all ash trees.
Speyside2 Offline
#425 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 11:05 AM EST
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Izon is lizard people?
rfenst Offline
#426 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 1:35 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
This actually brings up a good point. Iffn I get hit by a beer truck or something the wife has instructions to contact a few dudes here to dispose of the smokes and beers. Nobody in my family will want them.

I'll take care of the distribution for her, she just needs to hire me for the wrongful death case. Oh, and if you are going to be hit and killed by any vehicle. a pizza delivery driver's car or a semi owned by a huge corporation is best. Just sayin'...
rfenst Offline
#427 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 1:39 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
Parents are getting anxious about flying a week from now. Got a couple dozen texts and phone calls wanting minute details. I told them the only thing they have to do is drive with us to the airport. They've got a car we can all fit in, and park in Chicago.

They've not flown since Mt St Helens blew.

My dad's been wanting to go to the Tampa RV show for at least 10 years, but his refusal to fly has made it impossible. I tried to give them the profit from selling their old camper after I used it for 5 years but they wouldn't take it, so I said I'd get them back somehow. It's a lot more than the excess from the sale, but we're staying with them for free at their place in Orlando next month.

I told them to go with us to the Tampa RV show this year. We went last year because the Chicago shows were cancelled again and we really like camper shows... I told them to fly down, we'll pick em up and get a 2 room suite. They were still hesitant about flying so I said I'll get the plane tickets too and make sure we're on the same flight. A day after I booked it, my dad put in his retirement notice, so I cancelled the original booking and changed it to 4 nights instead of 2, and got 2 suites instead of one 2 room.

My normal week off starts today, and then I have a week of vacation. Can't wait to see the sun again. hopefully...

If you want to meet up for a cigar while your here, I'd be happy to accomodate your plans. LMK if you can...
rfenst Offline
#428 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 1:47 PM EST
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72 right now with the high expected to be 73 dropping to 57 overnight with overnight rain and cooler temperatures (long sleeve shirts) for the next 8 days!!! Wife and I will swim tonight too. The lap pool heater has the water up to 72F. Any higher and it starts to feel like bathwater in cool weather. Boring, but nice day.
delta1 Offline
#429 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 1:49 PM EST
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I have bequeathed my cigars to my son.

I am willing to amend my trust...reasonable offers accepted...
Palama Online
#430 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 2:20 PM EST
Joined: 02-05-2013
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rfenst wrote:
I'll take care of the distribution for her, she just needs to hire me for the wrongful death case. Oh, and if you are going to be hit and killed by any vehicle. a pizza delivery driver's car or a semi owned by a huge corporation is best. Just sayin'...


So magnanimous of you! Laugh
tonygraz Offline
#431 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 3:03 PM EST
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1 to 31 - going out for a cigar
Palama Online
#432 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 3:11 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:
I have bequeathed my cigars to my son.

I am willing to amend my trust...reasonable offers accepted...


I got a bunch of cigar bands that I can offer up. Laugh
danmdevries Offline
#433 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 3:31 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
In general, how are you seeing things now on the Covid front?

Seems like a lot more contagious, lots are getting hospital worthy sick, but nobody is dying from the Omni?

Or are the real sick people have the Delta or Original Recipe?


Worst it's ever been. Still dying, all ages. Problem is we've gotten a little better at keeping the body alive. Full tilt icu care for months on end. Huge resource drains for futile medicine.

I know of no testing that differentiates between mutations/ variants. That's done in research labs, not point of care laboratories.

I was on vacation, but going in tonight now.
8trackdisco Offline
#434 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 6:47 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
Worst it's ever been. Still dying, all ages. Problem is we've gotten a little better at keeping the body alive. Full tilt icu care for months on end. Huge resource drains for futile medicine.

I know of no testing that differentiates between mutations/ variants. That's done in research labs, not point of care laboratories.

I was on vacation, but going in tonight now.


Thanks Dan. Wonder where the disconnect is. Just heard on the National news moments ago, their findings.

Omni is less deadly than Delta.
Omi are 50 percent less likely to be hospitalized.
91% less likely to die.

So….. what are the hospitals filled with? Rhetorical question I guess. Some key information is missing or being withheld.
8trackdisco Offline
#435 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 6:47 PM EST
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Egg rolls tonight for dinner.
danmdevries Offline
#436 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 9:40 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
Thanks Dan. Wonder where the disconnect is. Just heard on the National news moments ago, their findings.

Omni is less deadly than Delta.
Omi are 50 percent less likely to be hospitalized.
91% less likely to die.

So….. what are the hospitals filled with? Rhetorical question I guess. Some key information is missing or being withheld.


May be less deadly. I dont know. We have a lot of patients who have been here for over a month or two. Still have 100% covid vents in icu. When they're out of isolation they get moved to surgical icu (me) or neuro icu and linger for weeks. It's still true if they progress to a vent, 9/10 never get off.

Filled with regular patients and covids. Can't get people out to nursing homes and other long term facilities because they're full too. It's a gridlock that hasn't let up.

My staff who has gotten covid recently have recovered pretty quickly. At least the ones who are vaccinated or had it before. The unvaccinated are out longer. Ones been out a month, another 2 mo.

https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/indiana-sets-new-record-for-covid-19-hospitalizations/article_285ddfa0-263d-5b39-b7de-180a190a1c86.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1
frankj1 Offline
#437 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 10:09 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
May be less deadly. I dont know. We have a lot of patients who have been here for over a month or two. Still have 100% covid vents in icu. When they're out of isolation they get moved to surgical icu (me) or neuro icu and linger for weeks. It's still true if they progress to a vent, 9/10 never get off.

Filled with regular patients and covids. Can't get people out to nursing homes and other long term facilities because they're full too. It's a gridlock that hasn't let up.

My staff who has gotten covid recently have recovered pretty quickly. At least the ones who are vaccinated or had it before. The unvaccinated are out longer. Ones been out a month, another 2 mo.

https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/indiana-sets-new-record-for-covid-19-hospitalizations/article_285ddfa0-263d-5b39-b7de-180a190a1c86.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1

due to the inconvenience of your first-hand knowledge, you will now be called a liar, a commie, a Biden stooge, and worse by those smarter than science itself.

Thank you.
MACS Offline
#438 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 10:35 PM EST
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A bit dramatic.
frankj1 Offline
#439 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 10:38 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
A bit dramatic.


you don't do that. you can have a discussion.
delta1 Offline
#440 Posted: Wed, Jan 12 2022, 11:35 PM EST
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unspoken are the 11 plus millions of Americans who endure covid symptoms long after their infections (long covid)...headaches, extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, difficulty sleeping, inability to concentrate, anxiety, depression...

death rates have gone down since Omicron is less deadly and we now have more effective treatments...but that means more folks with long covid


my son still hasn't regained his sense of smell totally, after a couple of months...doesn't appreciate cigars or food and drinks like before...partial loss of smell and taste doesn't seem like a big deal...unless it's your sense of smell and taste...
Palama Online
#441 Posted: Thu, Jan 13 2022, 1:08 AM EST
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delta1 wrote:
unspoken are the 11 plus millions of Americans who endure covid symptoms long after their infections (long covid)...headaches, extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, difficulty sleeping, inability to concentrate, anxiety, depression...

death rates have gone down since Omicron is less deadly and we now have more effective treatments...but that means more folks with long covid


my son still hasn't regained his sense of smell totally, after a couple of months...doesn't appreciate cigars or food and drinks like before...partial loss of smell and taste doesn't seem like a big deal...unless it's your sense of smell and taste...


Bummers! Hope Darren fully recovers at some point in time.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#442 Posted: Thu, Jan 13 2022, 6:13 AM EST
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Morning, peoples. On to a bright and shiny Thurs

Figure of speech. It's neither bright nor shiny in the land of the overcast nowadays
Ram27 Offline
#443 Posted: Thu, Jan 13 2022, 6:42 AM EST
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Thirsty Thursday greetings all. Beer
izonfire Offline
#444 Posted: Thu, Jan 13 2022, 7:01 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
I'm too damn stubborn to die. Not the type to make everyone around me miserable, either.
……………………………………………………it’s too early to read beyond one line right now…………………………………………………………….

Whoa!!!
Wait a minute. I thought that was your only function here…. Think
izonfire Offline
#445 Posted: Thu, Jan 13 2022, 7:03 AM EST
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RIP MACS and 8 Track.
We hardly knew ye…
deadeyedick Offline
#446 Posted: Thu, Jan 13 2022, 8:30 AM EST
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Gentlemen................. and uh, grasshopper.
rfenst Offline
#447 Posted: Thu, Jan 13 2022, 8:39 AM EST
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Morning- 73/50 today with only 2% chance of rain 2mph breeze. Zero clouds. Just a Chamber of Comerce Day!!! And, the 10-day forecast is pretty much the same. =d>

Wife and I swam last night. Again tonight. I am progressing my work-outs nicely after four weeks off and being sick and losing weight. Happy about this. Lay about day, except for my annual ophthalmology appointment.

We lose our GREAT health insurance cover when my wife takes her new job, so I am trying to re-schedule everything and refill all Rx before the current out-of-this-world health insurance terminates. New policy isn't bad (UHC), but is nothing like the self-insured hospital chain program managed by Aetna that we presently have. Our current annual deductible is only $150 per person/$500 per family!!!

With four of us on the plan, we have been meeting the deductible every year by mid-February, at which point all plan service are either $0 or minimal at best. For example, my recent CT scan only cost me $27 including the radiologist's fee. We will definitely miss that.

Also losing our vision insurance goes away real soon to so I am getting a new pair of eye glasses or contacts this week- we'll see... LOL!

Just got a call from my wife bitching that my son didn't clean the kitchen after dinner last night and left everything in the sink. Now I got to get him to do that before he leaves for work. Ugh!
corey sellers Offline
#448 Posted: Thu, Jan 13 2022, 8:43 AM EST
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Dam I need some of that insurance. Morning gents
Gene363 Offline
#449 Posted: Thu, Jan 13 2022, 10:03 AM EST
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Good Thursday Morning! It's 37° on the way to a cloudy 61° today.
rfenst Offline
#450 Posted: Thu, Jan 13 2022, 10:18 AM EST
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corey sellers wrote:
Dam I need some of that insurance. Morning gents

Obama Care/Marketplace has some great deals.
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