Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

35 out side ice melting from trees pretty good now tractor still ice covered driveway better than 60 percent clear

The sun has a lot of power even at 35

No sun here, yet...we just had another good round of thick snow.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! No snow last night.... up to 36 this morning so far, supposed to hit 45. Low was down into the teens.

Kyle, I hope you, wifey, and the family get past the illness quickly and without any major issues.

Hopefully the major power issues are becoming resolved. The brief news clips we see are only a drop in the bucket of damage an problems....

Another bad night's sleep, wifey went out on the couch due to my "flopping like a fish" in bed, trying to get comfortable. Gonna try to take a med before bed only, none throughout the day.... just gotta do a trial and error to see what works....

After a few calls yesterday, and a little prodding, I was affirmed that the PT referrals would get done..... got a call this morning from the PT facility, confirming the referral. Now they need "approval", so I am expecting a call back to get scheduled....

So, all that taken care of, this morning start getting a bunch of emails from people that I haven't talked to in years.... apparently my Facebook account was hacked..... spent a while this morning trying to get that taken care of.....

Everyone have a great day! It's Friday!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Actually the original polio vaccine required three shots.

I remember standing in line with my mother as a child for the polio vaccine. It came in a tiny paper cup, and I drank it. And I only got one dose...

 

[toppop52]

One concern of limiting the public to one vaccine dose is that the immunity is not as complete and does not last as long...which leads to variants of the virus.

It makes me recall the instructions when an antibiotic is prescribed...to finish the entire prescription, even if you feel well, since the illness can return, even stronger, if not completely killed.

I’m not say limit them to a single dose, I’m saying delay the second dose. They now know that the second dose of the RNA vaccines can be delayed for up to 90 days without losing immunity from the first dose. If a significant portion of the population got one dose this virus would be very difficult to spread. There is only a 2-3% difference in efficacy between one dose and two. Idk rather have both in the midst of the pandemic, but I’d rather see the pandemic end faster.

 

[toppop52]

I remember standing in line with my mother as a child for the polio vaccine. It came in a tiny paper cup, and I drank it. And I only got one dose...

Yep, I got mine in a sugar cube, and that was a single dose, but I’d already had shots in the late 50’s-early 60’s. The new one was in place of what would have been another booster shot. That particular oral version was fairly new and considered better than earlier vaccine. They now have several newer versions.

 

[txdon]

I remember standing in line with my mother as a child for the polio vaccine. It came in a tiny paper cup, and I drank it. And I only got one dose...

We had sugar cubes single dose. Check out the tube at the bottom. Eric will like this source.
Sixty years of the polio 'miracle' vaccine | Understanding Animal Research | Understanding Animal Research


I got the notification today. My second shot has again been delayed a week. They have not received the weekly allotment due to shipping problems.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good evening. Had a day of feeling cold and tired which is likely a minor inconvenience from vaccination. My wife has been ok so far apart from a slight arm ache and I am fine now.

Don, I could have been one of the kids in that video

An early second vaccine shot is not an option in the UK. The really clever people who devote their entire lives to understanding how vaccines work made that call for our entire National Health Service some time ago. There have been quite a far interviews with these experts and strangely, when they talked about the science behind how they arrived at that strategy and how they constantly review it, not a single one of them seemed to be basing their decisions on what is speculated on a tractor forum. :laughing:

Mostly, quite an excess current to take out the PCB track. It looks easy to solder over, only concern is not knowing if that is the primary cause of failure , or is it merely a symptom, in which case there will be no thin track next time to act as an inadvertent safety fuse if another fault is still present. Fingers crossed it will be ok, just keep looking/sniffing for smoke in case ...

 

[wngsprd]

Yep, I got mine in a sugar cube, and that was a single dose, but I’d already had shots in the late 50’s-early 60’s. The new one was in place of what would have been another booster shot. That particular oral version was fairly new and considered better than earlier vaccine. They now have several newer versions.

I got the sugar cube, too, in line in the school parking lot...but pretty sure I had to go back 3 weeks later for a second cube.

 

[wngsprd]

Actually, we got one sugar cube and one prick in the arm with something that shot the vaccine in...looked like a pistol.

 

[rswyan]

Interesting that these new deadly viruses seem to start from animals in other countries and jump to humans.

I dunno ... many viruses have an animal origin originally and then eventually evolve became zoonotic, poliovirus perhaps being an exception. This kinda thing has been going on for a long, long time.

Take measles for example: originally evolved from rinderpest virus (RPV) into a precursor virus to measles back around 4th century BC or AD 500. RPV is closely related to measles and canine distemper.

Smallpox virus is believed to have evolved from a a terrestrial African rodent virus between 68,000 and 16,000 years ago.

Orthohantavirus, ebolavirus, marburgvirus, etc. Probably too many to name. And it isn't only viruses (bacteria and parasites as well)

Not exactly sure what you see the significance of the "other countries" aspect as being ... :confused3:

My guess is, making the jump to being zoonotic (animal ---> human) can probably occur just about anywhere there is life ... because life is opportunistic and that is just what life does:

... take advantage of things in the environment to continue to survive ...

 

[rswyan]

Common sense says we would be better off with 70% of the population getting one dose, than 35% getting two doses. I知 due for my second shot in a week if the plan holds up, but I still believe twice as many people with 92% immunity is better than half with 95% immunity.

Same.

I知 not say limit them to a single dose, I知 saying delay the second dose. They now know that the second dose of the RNA vaccines can be delayed for up to 90 days without losing immunity from the first dose. If a significant portion of the population got one dose this virus would be very difficult to spread. There is only a 2-3% difference in efficacy between one dose and two. Idk rather have both in the midst of the pandemic, but I壇 rather see the pandemic end faster.

:thumbsup:

 

[txdon]

Actually, we got one sugar cube and one prick in the arm with something that shot the vaccine in...looked like a pistol.

Was the pistol thing the smallpox vaccination? My wife remember the pistol thingy also and still has the scar.

 

[Alien]

Good morning to all! No snow last night.... up to 36 this morning so far, supposed to hit 45. Low was down into the teens.

Kyle, I hope you, wifey, and the family get past the illness quickly and without any major issues.

Hopefully the major power issues are becoming resolved. The brief news clips we see are only a drop in the bucket of damage an problems....

Another bad night's sleep, wifey went out on the couch due to my "flopping like a fish" in bed, trying to get comfortable. Gonna try to take a med before bed only, none throughout the day.... just gotta do a trial and error to see what works....

After a few calls yesterday, and a little prodding, I was affirmed that the PT referrals would get done..... got a call this morning from the PT facility, confirming the referral. Now they need "approval", so I am expecting a call back to get scheduled....

So, all that taken care of, this morning start getting a bunch of emails from people that I haven't talked to in years.... apparently my Facebook account was hacked..... spent a while this morning trying to get that taken care of.....

Everyone have a great day! It's Friday!

We have a little in common mate. I fly RC planes too. In fact I'm off to the club this morning if the rain holds off. Also I was in Ambulance Service for 21 years. I was a mechanic/ rescue and volunteer AO until I became fleet co-ordinator and was in the office for about 12 years until I retired. Very rewarding job but pleased to retire while I still had my marbles. Been retired 11 years now and going strong. Thanks for your service.

 

[daugen]

33 degrees and snowing lightly. Won't amount to much
and very pretty out with all the trees frosted in white.

Now I'm wondering when we get our first big upset over someone fully vaccinated
trying to get into the bank or wherever not wearing a mask. At some point, they have to lower the mask requirements.
I see the biggest problem being in the restaurant industry. Very hard to eat with a mask on...and folks are naturally talking at dinner.
And maybe yelling a little to be heard over the noise. And those droplets go flying.
As I've said before here, the mayor of my old home town died from covid he got from an unmasked waitress.

Maybe the answer is better air filtration, like way back when they installed "smoke eaters" in the ceilings of rooms where folks were packed
in together smoking away. Most bars had them. I never thought they worked that well, always could smell my clothes when I came home and into
the wash they went. But maybe better filters are the answer. Maybe we can tech our way out of this and not just inject our way.

 

[Buppies]

It looks like Texas will get another dose of cold and ice by next weekend. Remember these are models only and their predictions can be late or wrong but Mr Cosgrove has been pretty spot on this year

 

[pennwalk]

Maybe the answer is better air filtration, like way back when they installed "smoke eaters" in the ceilings of rooms where folks were packed
in together smoking away. Most bars had them. I never thought they worked that well, always could smell my clothes when I came home and into
the wash they went. But maybe better filters are the answer. Maybe we can tech our way out of this and not just inject our way.

There was a Medcram video where they interviewed Harvard Prof. Joseph Allen about healthy buildings. Ventilation and filtration is what you need. I suspect that most places aren't going to want to spend money now that many people thing we are close to the end of this mess. There ought to be a healthy building engineering standard. Health star certified, indicating the proper level of ventilation and filtration. It would probably be useful for other airborne pathogens too. Could be a business opportunity.

Chris

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I remember standing in line with my mother as a child for the polio vaccine. It came in a tiny paper cup, and I drank it. And I only got one dose...

All of us, over a certain age, should have the left arm dimple scar they gave us after we had the sugar cube. That was the part that hurt.

It looks like Texas will get another dose of cold and ice by next weekend. Remember these are models only and their predictions can be late or wrong but Mr Cosgrove has been pretty spot on this year

Oh No! I was hoping not to have to cut more firewood. I hate to see our power bills for this month.

My wifey said to tell y'all thanks for the thoughts and prayers. Me too, thanks! She seems to have more symptoms than me. She's younger, and in much better shape too. o2 levels good.

Just got my new refurbished Dell in. I have an old Vista Dell, that I put an SSD hard drive in it, that I'm going to replace. I wish there was an easy way to suck the data off the old SSD, put the SSD in the newly arrived computer, then transfer the Win10 OS onto the SSD as a boot drive, and use the drive that came with it for a data drive. Just like Ron's new machine he just ordered.

I will try to talk Texas power generation without it getting political. We don't have systems as winterized as they should be. Also, we used to keep at least 30% extra capacity from nuclear, NG and coal. That % has dropped to 10%. There are many, many other factors, but these are 2 biggies.

Our snow is melting fast, with the sun out, and it's up to 40F. The glare off of the ice covered pond is blinding. This is our 2nd "snowblind" day this week.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

LS, I hope you can find a comfortable spot to get some sleep. PT is IMPORTANT. My buddy at church had to go under a 2nd time for them to "break" his new knee to where he can bend it more. It's his fault. He's almost as stubborn as me.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

We have a little in common mate. I fly RC planes too. In fact I'm off to the club this morning if the rain holds off. Also I was in Ambulance Service for 21 years. I was a mechanic/ rescue and volunteer AO until I became fleet co-ordinator and was in the office for about 12 years until I retired. Very rewarding job but pleased to retire while I still had my marbles. Been retired 11 years now and going strong. Thanks for your service.

Sounds like a good career mate! Hope you get to fly your RC soon.

 

[Alien]

33 degrees and snowing lightly. Won't amount to much
and very pretty out with all the trees frosted in white.

Now I'm wondering when we get our first big upset over someone fully vaccinated
trying to get into the bank or wherever not wearing a mask. At some point, they have to lower the mask requirements.
I see the biggest problem being in the restaurant industry. Very hard to eat with a mask on...and folks are naturally talking at dinner.
And maybe yelling a little to be heard over the noise. And those droplets go flying.
As I've said before here, the mayor of my old home town died from covid he got from an unmasked waitress.

Maybe the answer is better air filtration, like way back when they installed "smoke eaters" in the ceilings of rooms where folks were packed
in together smoking away. Most bars had them. I never thought they worked that well, always could smell my clothes when I came home and into
the wash they went. But maybe better filters are the answer. Maybe we can tech our way out of this and not just inject our way.

Good comment mate.:thumbsup: