What's Next for California?

[Industrial Toys]

No, No Joke! YOU had better adjust YOUR attitude to fit-in with the new way of thinking. These are the kind of garbage proposals that some politician are currently spewing!

 

[Jim Nelson]

What type of health problems, if you dont mind sharing. I am currently on disability..

I had heart surgery, bypass, and came out of it with what the medical guys call pump head, which is essentially oxygen deprivation.I was a heavy equip. operator and this effected my balance as well as periodic episodes where my brain just kind of blanked out for short periods. This made it pretty tough to cut curb grade where you have to interpret grade stakes and do quick math in your head.It also made it nearly impossible to finish slopes. I used to be a real avid reader but after the surgery could only read a paragraph or 2 then would get lost, kind of a short term memory thing.

I've read that this happened with about 30% of patients at that time but all but about 10% completely recover in a year or 2. I've gotten better but still a long way from pre surgery. The doctors that I've talked to about it just don't want to talk about it.

 

[Big Barn]

I had heart surgery, bypass, and came out of it with what the medical guys call pump head, which is essentially oxygen deprivation.I was a heavy equip. operator and this effected my balance as well as periodic episodes where my brain just kind of blanked out for short periods. This made it pretty tough to cut curb grade where you have to interpret grade stakes and do quick math in your head.It also made it nearly impossible to finish slopes. I used to be a real avid reader but after the surgery could only read a paragraph or 2 then would get lost, kind of a short term memory thing.

I've read that this happened with about 30% of patients at that time but all but about 10% completely recover in a year or 2. I've gotten better but still a long way from pre surgery. The doctors that I've talked to about it just don't want to talk about it.

Best wishes for your recovery, Jim.

 

[KennyG]

A number of people died in some of the recent fires because they could not get their garage doors open to drive away. They were old or infirm enough that they couldn't manually open the door but they could have driven to safety. This law is an answer to that. I don't particularly like it but I understand where it's coming from. When it's my wife's turn to store her car in the garage I'll probably get a battery backup opener if I can't tune the door so she can open it manually. BTW one of the most deadly forest fires in US history that killed thousands burned Michigan, so don't think you're totally safe there.

It's really a question of how much do we want to penalize the people who don't need things so that those who do need them don't have to take personal responsibility. I wear chain saw chaps but a lot of people don't. Should we require all chainsaw owners to buy chaps? Now we require smoke detectors in most places but many of them have dead or missing batteries. should we send in a battery squad to make sure they are operable? Where does it stop?

I think the fire you are referring to was Peshtigo, in Wisconsin. That was when logging was big in the midwest. Now our population in the heavily wooded areas is so small the potential impact of forest fires is very limited, unlike California.

 

[oosik]

NO - IT, we DO NOT need to adjust our attitude. We just don't need to live in CA and be dupes to their politicians and liberal ideas.

 

[Jstpssng]

My take on this entire thread comes down to this; do we need to start thinking for ourselves again, or depend more and more on "the government" to tell us everything which we need to do?

 

[oosik]

The problem is - people are being told - "don't worry, the gov will take care of this matter". In other words - quit thinking.

 

[Alan W.]

My take on this entire thread comes down to this; do we need to start thinking for ourselves again, or depend more and more on "the government" to tell us everything which we need to do?

This is one of the reasons our founding fathers made this country a republic instead of a democracy.
Unfortunately many people dont know the difference.

 

[bunyip]

It's really a question of how much do we want to penalize the people who don't need things so that those who do need them don't have to take personal responsibility. I wear chain saw chaps but a lot of people don't. Should we require all chainsaw owners to buy chaps? Now we require smoke detectors in most places but many of them have dead or missing batteries. should we send in a battery squad to make sure they are operable? Where does it stop?

I think the fire you are referring to was Peshtigo, in Wisconsin. That was when logging was big in the midwest. Now our population in the heavily wooded areas is so small the potential impact of forest fires is very limited, unlike California.

We are required to have smoke detectors that are hard wired and interconnected, power off they will still operate and in some States they are required to be checked every two years at your expense.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I had heart surgery, bypass, and came out of it with what the medical guys call pump head, which is essentially oxygen deprivation.I was a heavy equip. operator and this effected my balance as well as periodic episodes where my brain just kind of blanked out for short periods. This made it pretty tough to cut curb grade where you have to interpret grade stakes and do quick math in your head.It also made it nearly impossible to finish slopes. I used to be a real avid reader but after the surgery could only read a paragraph or 2 then would get lost, kind of a short term memory thing.

I've read that this happened with about 30% of patients at that time but all but about 10% completely recover in a year or 2. I've gotten better but still a long way from pre surgery. The doctors that I've talked to about it just don't want to talk about it.

Thanks for sharing, best of luck with your health. Ive been 6 weeks in hospital and rehab. Go home tomorrow for in home therapy. Still cant walk, But getting there.