Good morning!!!!

[Alien]

Thanks Kyle, much appreciated. About to pack the car..

 

[Bird]

I've had the sugar cube AND the vaccination to prevent polio. Unfortunately, I had polio before the doctors knew what it was; late 1941 when I was 22 months old. But since doctors said you could have polio more than once, I got the sugar cube and vaccination when everyone else did.

 

[rswyan]

Kyle,

Glad to hear things are warming up down that way and that you were able to get that ‘’script.

Best wishes for you, the wife, and the rest of the family for a quick recovery.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Been retired 11 years now and going strong. Thanks for your service.

And you and I have at least one thing in common, too: I pulled the plug eleven years ago as well. :cool2:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

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.

Not so sure about that, Drew. From what I've read, you can still be a carrier/spreader of CV19 even though you've been vaccinated. But you won't get sick. So we'll have more asymptomatic folks wondering around ready to infect anyone that hasn't been vaccinated. That solves the hospital overflow problem, but it doesn't do much to slow down the spread of the disease.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

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.

Glad the family is doing OK with the disease so far, Kyle.:thumbsup:

There is/was a program called Ghost that will do a bit wise copy of one disc to another. I've use the Mac equivalent many times to move data from an old computer to a new one. Works like a charm as long as there aren't any significant changes to the OS. That's been the case for the last two new computer purchases, and I ended up using Apple's Migration Assistant application instead. Worked like a champ, but because the traffic went over the wireless network, it took a loooooooooooooooooooooog time. Maybe there's a winderz equivalent to MA?

I've also had good luck pulling the old drive out of the computer and sticking it into a USB box, then transferring the data over USB. That way I can keep using the old drive as either a spare or to back up the new one. If your old drive is bigger than the one in the new computer, maybe you could swap the new one into the USB box, and still put the old one in the new computer. But there have been some upgrades in the drive interfaces, too, to those would have to be compatible as well.

Ah, the joys of data migration...:grumpy:

 

[wngsprd]

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

Yes, that's what my wife told me...the gun actually shot the vaccine into the skin without a needle.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Glad the family is doing OK with the disease so far, Kyle.:thumbsup:

There is/was a program called Ghost that will do a bit wise copy of one disc to another. I've use the Mac equivalent many times to move data from an old computer to a new one. Works like a charm as long as there aren't any significant changes to the OS. That's been the case for the last two new computer purchases, and I ended up using Apple's Migration Assistant application instead. Worked like a champ, but because the traffic went over the wireless network, it took a loooooooooooooooooooooog time. Maybe there's a winderz equivalent to MA?

I've also had good luck pulling the old drive out of the computer and sticking it into a USB box, then transferring the data over USB. That way I can keep using the old drive as either a spare or to back up the new one. If your old drive is bigger than the one in the new computer, maybe you could swap the new one into the USB box, and still put the old one in the new computer. But there have been some upgrades in the drive interfaces, too, to those would have to be compatible as well.

Ah, the joys of data migration...:grumpy:

Maybe the hassle isn't worth it. IIRC it's only a 128gb ssd, which aren't too much now. I just know how much quicker an SSD drive boots up a computer. Thanks! I'll scratch my head and see which is easiest vs costliest....

Just took a walkabout out to the pond to take some ice photos to remember. The pond is full, and flowing over in a nice small footwide, rippling flow out the downside.

 

[toppop52]

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.

I got mine at school too, got the shots from the county health nurse.

 

[toppop52]

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

My smallpox vaccine was administered with multiple pricks of a single small needle dipped in a solution. My scar wasn’t perfectly round like the gun made.

I got confirmation of my second shot today, the 27th.

 

[toppop52]

Glad the family is doing OK with the disease so far, Kyle.

There is/was a program called Ghost that will do a bit wise copy of one disc to another. I've use the Mac equivalent many times to move data from an old computer to a new one. Works like a charm as long as there aren't any significant changes to the OS. That's been the case for the last two new computer purchases, and I ended up using Apple's Migration Assistant application instead. Worked like a champ, but because the traffic went over the wireless network, it took a loooooooooooooooooooooog time. Maybe there's a winderz equivalent to MA?

I've also had good luck pulling the old drive out of the computer and sticking it into a USB box, then transferring the data over USB. That way I can keep using the old drive as either a spare or to back up the new one. If your old drive is bigger than the one in the new computer, maybe you could swap the new one into the USB box, and still put the old one in the new computer. But there have been some upgrades in the drive interfaces, too, to those would have to be compatible as well.

Ah, the joys of data migration...:grumpy:

I just put my old drive in my new desktop and have A and B drives. But I use my iPad and iPhone about 95% of the time.

 

[txdon]

I got confirmation of my second shot today, the 27th.

Mine has been re-re-re-confirmed for the 26th.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I still have Ghost. I would go with a fresh win10 install, and reinstall the apps, then network the drives to copy over files. I have USB adapters I can plug a drive into and then transfer files that way. Here’s one of them.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

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

You are correct. Expect to see major upgrades to both air filtration, and air purification in the coming months. I'm guessing it will be mandatory for some business's and public venues.

 

[sodamo]

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...

I think that was a later version. I remember going to school gym in grammar school, shot in arm. More than a single dose as I recall. Also don’t recall any non takers.

One of the girls in jr high had had it as a kid. Didn’t really know her, but i do remember her as always smiling, even as she swung her body down the hall on those 2 crutches.

 

[toppop52]

Mine has been re-re-re-confirmed for the 26th.

I hope it holds up.

 

[txdon]

I hope it holds up.

In the style of the rolling blackouts it's a rolling conformation.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

One of the mechanical engineers at work taped a merv15 filter to the back of a box fan and runs it. Supposedly the filter will stop cv droplets.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

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.

I wish that I could get out and fly now.... way back in this thread somewhere, I posted pics of our "hobby shack", which was quickly filled with my fleet coming out of mothballs.... I might get a couple and bring them into the house (if wifey doesn't object) and get a few ready for spring / summer.

Well, for my EMS career, it's over... not by my choice, but this knee injury. The surgeon already told me that I'm done on the streets. I moved up in rank and was a Captain when I got hurt.... maybe I can drive a desk if needed. I won't know that for at least another 6 months.

Hope you get a chance to go to the club today

 

[txdon]

Not so sure about that, Drew. From what I've read, you can still be a carrier/spreader of CV19 even though you've been vaccinated. But you won't get sick. So we'll have more asymptomatic folks wondering around ready to infect anyone that hasn't been vaccinated. That solves the hospital overflow problem, but it doesn't do much to slow down the spread of the disease.

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