Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

That never made any sense since the body's temp is 98.6˚F and it thrives at that temp. ...

Well, thanks for clearing that up ... :thumbsup:

Good morning! 60˚F, 60% humidity heading to the mid 90s, virus killing weather. ...

Good morning! 61˚F heading to a virus killing 92˚F afternoon. ...

 

[toppop52]

Well, thanks for clearing that up ... :thumbsup:

The hotter weather negatively effects other viruses, such as influenza, so the possibility, if not the assumption, was there. It’s easy to use 20/20 hindsight, I do all the time.

 

[toppop52]

and speaking of things not working...went to Giant supermarket to pick up a few things, and treated myself to two apple fritters. They seemed awfully light when I put them in the bag.
And light they were...whoever made them forgot to put the apple filling in them. They were just sugary dough pockets, yuk. I called the store manager and explained she might want to pull the rest of them out of there before she disappointed anyone else, and no I didn't want my 1.70 back. She was very appreciative and said she would check them out asap.
I am reminded of the wonderful McDonald's commercial Where's The Beef?

Drew, that was Wendy’s, Clara Peller;

Where's The Beef? Wendy's Commercial (January 2, 1984) - YouTube

 

[newbury]

On the subject of toilet paper -
Perhaps it is cyclical. The shortages early in the year could be partially attributed to people stocking up AND the fact more people were using it at home.

Now the people that stocked up in April are starting to run out and are restocking.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

It did not. I did all the work. Digging out the pipe and everything else. All he did was run his snake in line. After he checked with person that did quote. He changed his price. By then the damage had been done.

Reminds me when Excede came to install satellite internet dish.
I said you can use the existing hughesnet bracket (saved him a bracket). He said different size, I need to add a section of pipe. He proceeded to hacksaw off a foot of pipe, I said let me cut it with my chop saw, so I did.
I then let him use my step ladder so he didn’t have to unload his.
All the while, his wife and kid was with him, and it was 90° outside. So when he went into basement to install the modem, they went in also, uninvited. The kid started playing with my kids toys.
When he connected the existing coax cable outside to the new dish (saved him running coax cable) he cut off one end of the pair, as the new dish didn’t need 2 runs. ( pizzed me he cut my cable).
When he was done, he billed me $10 for supplying the 1 ft of pipe, after I saved him a bracket, coax, use of my ladder, and me cutting his precious 1 ft pipe.

 

[PJSprog]

55°F and clear skies this morning, up to 73° right now, and very windy. We have a red flag warning here, with winds gusting up to 40mph.

Got a late start here today. Finished up a work project for the boss this morning, and presenting the proposal tomorrow morning. Glad to be done with that part. It wasn't hard, just time consuming.

Kyle, I saw Rush every tour here in St. Louis for about 22 years. The last time I saw them was their R30 Tour in 2004. I just rarely go to concerts anymore.

Wow, a Muhammad sighting on the GM thread. It's been awhile.

 

[txdon]

Well, thanks for clearing that up ... :thumbsup:

El Paso's temps have not reached 90˚F this month. You may be on to something.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/el-paso/79901/november-weather/351195

 

[rswyan]

The hotter weather negatively effects other viruses, such as influenza, so the possibility, if not the assumption, was there.

Certainly true for flu... possibly not so much with non-respiratory viruses ... like a virus that uses bodily fluids for transmission, like say Ebola.

Having said that, we knew going in that this was a novel virus ...

I would think that a conservative approach in such a case would dictate caution ... until we better understood exactly what we were dealing with.

It's easy to use 20/20 hindsight, I do all the time.

It's also relatively easy to be careful ... wear a mask and socially distance.

 

[rswyan]

El Paso's temps have not reached 90˚F this month. You may be on to something.

Doubtful that it's what you think it is ...

 

[daugen]

thanks Toppop, have to remember Clara...

looks like my trip to VA may get called off, PA now requiring either 2 week quarantine or covid test within 3 days if I leave state and return.
And covid testing very backed up, plus I can do nothing until test comes back. Not looking good.
I wouldn't stop on way down, would be there for only 24 hours, but who knows.
Next older brother just cancelled all Thanksgiving plans because son's MIL is coming from Florida and she is a known non mask wearer.

what was really strange was being in my oncologist office last week, and I said to the nurse going over my forms, you will be the first to get
the vaccine. NOT ME she loudly exclaimed. Huh? You are going to provide medical services to me and not take precautions???
Guess she is an anti vaxxer, a position I have zero understanding and sympathy with if one is dealing face to face with general public, particularly in
health field. I wonder if she lived in El Paso if she would still be thinking like that.