Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

My electric bill did not have any surcharges, or bond debt repayment.

That’s great to hear ...

But it’s still early ... give it some time.

And most Texans that I know, ignore Texas monthly...except maybe all the debutants in Houston baby.

Are you trying to say something about the poster that originally quoted from one of its articles ?

Certainly wasn’t on my radar before that post ...

 

[check]

Just sorted through my junk email folder and found that Butte County is now offering CV19 vaccine to those 50 years and older. I'm signed up to get the Moderna vaccine next Tuesday, then a month later for the second dose. The email was received last night at about 5:30PM, but there was nothing on the local news broadcast about it. Which might explain why there were still appointment slots available...

Good for you RN! Here in Ontario, the Premier just announced that those 60+ can now get the AstraZeneca, and surprise surprise, I immediately jumped on the internet and got an appointment for tomorrow at a Pharmacy.

Looking, go to dynastypharmacy.ca and try register online. You too may score. (Just have to drive to Toronto is all.)

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 18° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 56° with sunny skies. Got shopping done. Went outside to do some cleanup of yard yesterday. Cool northeast wind sent be back in house. Going to work on that today. After it warms up.
Wish everyone would put a stop to the "MY OPINION IS BETTER THAN YOURS" post. That's not what the Good Morning thread should be about.

Everyone stay healthy and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-03-21, 0543

15 right now...high in the low 50's today..
Chores: Dump run and replace the sediment filter in the basement. No outdoor work planned...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

This is a pretty awesome article. Amazing that the gov't forwarded nearly a billion to Moderna to kick it in high gear.

From the article:.......Makes me wonder if they'll pay the tax payers back anything???

When I registered for my vaccine appointments, they collected my healthcare insurance policy info. That would lead me to believe they'll get reimbursed by the insurance company, not Uncle Sam. "They" in this case is the county, who is providing the vaccination service. Two Presidents have said that the vaccination would be free, but apparently, that's not the case for those that have health insurance. Which by law, is everyone, right?

This is another instance where the government says one thing, and something different happens. The first being the stimulus letters that come a long time after the fact, leading to much confusion among us poor taxpayers.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I am not adverse to "alternative" energy, but no one has yet shown me how it can provide power 24/7/365.

I'll give you an example. The dam here at Lake Oroville generates electricity with turbines. That's green energy. At night, when electricity rates are low, water is pumped from the Thermolito Forebay, which is below the dam, back up to the reservoir, which is above the dam. Then the next day, when electrical rates are higher, the same water is used to run the turbines again. That's using the grid as a sort of battery, which is not exactly green, but it is cost effective.

Now alter that power cycle just a bit, substituting massive solar arrays for the grid, pumping during the day using the solar generated energy, and running the turbines in the dam at night. That would be a 100% green energy system. There are only two problems with it. The first is that hydroelectric installations are being decommissioned in California and other states because of the negative environmental impacts of the dams and the high cost of maintenance. The second is the "not in my backyard" attitude toward the solar arrays, which makes it difficult to locate them close to where the power will be consumed.

 

[wngsprd]

When I registered for my vaccine appointments, they collected my healthcare insurance policy info. That would lead me to believe they'll get reimbursed by the insurance company, not Uncle Sam. "They" in this case is the county, who is providing the vaccination service. Two Presidents have said that the vaccination would be free, but apparently, that's not the case for those that have health insurance. Which by law, is everyone, right?

This is another instance where the government says one thing, and something different happens. The first being the stimulus letters that come a long time after the fact, leading to much confusion among us poor taxpayers.

I think the govt prepaid for vaccines last year so that they could be manufactured simultaneously with the testing, to speed up the process...so vaccines free from govt...but the providers (nurses, pharmacies, etc. ) get reimbursed for administering the jab...I looked it up and AARP says: $16.94 for the first dose and $28.39 for the second.

 

[wngsprd]

Frosty 31 going to a sunny 55.

Ron, great Ronshot of that red-belly.

Hopefully things will dry out some today. Need to get back in the woods with the tractor and chainsaw.

Roasted coffee yesterday and did some cleanup. Yardwork today. Some patches of grass are calling out "mow me" but I'm gonna make them be patient. Still have pruning and firewood splitting to do.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning, weather is again staying kind to the new-born lambs, it was 10C/50F at 8am and should be rain free again for most of the day.

For example, Fly ash is considered a "green material" and is used in concrete to slow curing and improve hardness and it's cheaper than cement and replaces some of the cement needed

Cinders, it was used on all the roads in the winter.

Fly ash/cinders is the long term "Cinderella" of the building trade.

The generic term for them is "pozzolans", something I knew nothing of until a friend told me about their uses as building additives when I started to learn about lime mortar while restoring our house. Pozzolans were in use thousands of years ago in the form of volcano ash, then were mostly forgotten about, only to be rediscovered in the 16th century, falling out of fashion again after a few hundred years, then made a comeback in more recent times. Maybe not as interesting and uplifting as the Moderna story, though if you have a few minutes with nothing better to do Pozzolan

Wish everyone would put a stop to the "MY OPINION IS BETTER THAN YOURS" post. That's not what the Good Morning thread should be about.

Thanks Ron

 

[lostcreekranch]

When I registered for my vaccine appointments, they collected my healthcare insurance policy info. That would lead me to believe they'll get reimbursed by the insurance company, not Uncle Sam. "They" in this case is the county, who is providing the vaccination service. Two Presidents have said that the vaccination would be free, but apparently, that's not the case for those that have health insurance. Which by law, is everyone, right?

This is another instance where the government says one thing, and something different happens. The first being the stimulus letters that come a long time after the fact, leading to much confusion among us poor taxpayers.

Neither wife nor I .. were asked anything about insurance here .. before or after our vaccinations.