Bosco-d-gama
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1 hour ago, Seadog said:
I'm looking forward to see how well the little Ingenuity Mars Helicopter works. I had no idea Mars had enough of an atmosphere for aerodynamic flight.
I read that flight requires very high blade RPMs for that little chopper. It’ll be interesting.
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On 2/13/2021 at 7:12 AM, Bosco-d-gama said:
A certain country,
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On 2/13/2021 at 7:20 AM, Bosco-d-gama said:Very much agree with this article. A certain
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What a perfect example of the systemic problems with covid19. The people who know the least about medicine are the ones deciding what is right or wrong about how to manage and discuss the issues surrounding this disease. It is sad everywhere it happens.
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I figured knives out. It is not so much the knife it is keeping the knife insanely sharp. That’s what we want in a knife. So I have some modestly expensive knives and knives I bought from the Tuesday Morning discount cutlery rack. And I keep them all razor sharp. I do have whet stones and I do use a razor strop with polishing compound. Once sharp I keep them sharp with good use habits. Maybe once a year I will get out all the sharpening toys and deal with any duller knives. Though I have more than a dozen knives ready to use - I use only 2 or 3 regularly. A 3 inch paring knife and santuko blades are the go-to knives for most purposes. And because they are sharp they cut easy and because they cut easy they cut safely. I do not have any hugely expensive knives and I cannot see where any knife regardless of cost could be better than what I own. In fact your old knives just might be salvageable.
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On 2/11/2021 at 10:36 AM, RandyH000 said:
Kent coronavirus variant set to ‘sweep world’, says UK scientist
Strain first detected in England, which may be 30 percent more lethal than other variants, has spread to more than 50 countries.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/11/uk-kent-virus-variant-set-to-sweep-the-world-scientist-says
Interesting that the
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No porcelain, China or Ansley. No WHO,.Elton John,.or Supertramp.
Start a new thread, it doesn't have anything to do with topic of this thread, which is extreamly narrow for good reason.]
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Life after we get vaccinated...........
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33 minutes ago, RandyH000 said:
Mount Sinai study finds Apple Watch can predict COVID-19 diagnosis up to a week before testing
A new study from Mount Sinai researchers published in the peer-reviewed “Journal of Medical Internet Research” found that wearable hardware, and specifically the Apple Watch, can effectively predict a positive COVID-19 diagnosis up to a week before current PCR-based nasal swab tests.
This work needs to be expanded. The research was conducted on a study group consisting of healthcare workers at Mount Sinai and the results reported seem to be conclusive enough. But the study group did not include enough of those most vulnerable to covid19, the elderly. It is nice to know we can have ways to early diagnose covid19 but ideally it will be efficacious across all age groups.
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Here’s some interesting covid19 trivia...........🤓
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-maths-idUSKBN2AA1B6
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Sadly pretty much everything is too controversial for the forums. Can’t talk about the weather for fear of a global warming debate. Can’t discuss anything about vaccines or China or how covid19 is or was managed. Nada on anything from any state capital, the homeless, the rioters, Washington DC, etc..... and so forth. The country/world is boiling over with ‘issues’ of a sensitive nature. Even the dancers at halftime were in stitches.
But I am privileged to have a new grandson intend to move to be close to the family...... if I survive covid19.
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Sounds like it’s time for a stair lift. Bummer for the both of you..... and the fur critter. Hope all of you get back to normal ASAP.
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Sometimes ya just gotta wonder.....................
https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/woman-styles-hair-gorilla-glue-trip-to-hospital
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Evidently there was some reasoning behind the wonderful halftime show that I did not watch, did not miss nor intend to ever see.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/super-bowl-the-weeknd-dancers-face-bandages
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I’ve had 2 brushes with ‘murderers’.
While in grad school I was out one evening walking the dog. We lived in a gate guarded community then and it kept security personnel on 24/7. Anyway a young man approached and asked if I knew a girl. I’d never heard of her told him so and went on my merry way. Later that night he gained access to the complex and he killed her. It was a lovers quarrel gone over the top. As I recall he was convicted of manslaughter, basically a slap on the wrist for what happened.
Years later living in north county San Diego I heard a lot of unusual activity out on the road behind the house. Peeked over and saw what looked to me like my neighbors Great Dane dead in the street. It was about 200 feet down the road. Turned out to be a young woman’s body, naked. Long story short she worked for the city and they would hire parolees as part of their post incarceration rehabilitation and this one man could not control his actions. He kidnapped and eventually killed her, dumping her body way too close to home. He was caught. Don’t remember his punishment but again being in California I doubt if it met the ugliness of his deed.
There are some twisted minds out there.
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4 hours ago, JohnJ said:
Thanks @Bosco-d-gama yet those reptiles, bats and lizards (like the Chinese Water Dragon) we got rid of when my filter failed don't get sick like the warm ones do.
I'm fortunate to have a highly inquisitive general MD for the last four years or so, my long time gastro is retiring this year and I'll get a new one whether or not I move two hundred miles away soon. That regular doc implements some good, above what's regulated protocols in his practice. He's marveled at the "death sentences" I've had hung on me that haven't put me under yet. Said it was like when he worked at the VA. I told him I thought attitude as well as precaution and attention to an issue played a part in it. As of Dec. the last time I was there his staff and partner had zero cases amongst themselves.
Of course I've talked to him about it since last spring, even though this place is the only "social" www for me, I just did not bring that up until now. There's a lot that crosses my mind that I don't post after getting thumped twice now by our mods!
Can't imagine anyone not having had that discussion with someone in the medical field within the last year.
Mmmmmmmm........ bats are mammals. They’re the only truly flying mammalian in existence. Flying squirrels do not have powered flight, they glide.
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8 hours ago, BigStewMan said:
Just found out that a friend of mine from the church I attended in Huntington Beach, CA died from COVID. He was only 56.
This virus really sucks.
Sorry to hear this.
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12 hours ago, JohnJ said:
Not talking vaccine in that post. If the immune response to the germ is less then I can deduce that it would at minimum take longer to kill that particular person. There was talk last year of the way the body 's white blood cell response to it accelerated the damage that it does. Didn't save any of that stuff I read from all over on the subject because it kept disappearing from the www.
That's how they designed it, did not come from a darn bat, it's ge-- **rf##e plain and simple. A cold blooded mammal can not have a germ from a warm blooded mammal. So how did dna from HIV get into the dna of the bug? Ixne to the blame the bat bullya.
How it causes the reverse flow through the alveoli thus destroying them is through protein damage after that the blood can't transport or even carry oxygen... it's freakin' purpose! That is much worse than just a breathing problem! So your organs need oxygen to work, without it they stop working and the victim is a dead dog then. (not demeaning dogs.. I love the good ones... not yip-yaps)
Technically no mammals are cold blooded.
Vaccines safely allow the immune system to become familiar with, and ready to fend off covid19. Covid19 is a double edged sword. The virus itself can kill or damage you and it can illicit a cytokine storm in your body that also can kill you. Once a person is vaccinated covid19 is less likely to overwhelmingly infect and thusly the immune system is then less likely to ‘over react’. That’s the win-win of getting vaccinated. Your chances of getting deathly sick are greatly reduced.
Lots of things can cause materials/fluid from the blood to cross into the lungs. Covid19 can cause ARDS to ensue. ARDS is where the lungs capillaries become overly porous allowing blood proteins to spill into the alveoli. Blood proteins are large cells and through osmosis then extract more fluid and materials from the blood in to the lungs. This is ARDS (in a nutshell) and it can be managed up to a point. It is very complex.
A florid case of covid19 impacts many parts of the body. You’re correct we do require oxygen and we also require the removal of metabolites or we poison ourselves. This goes to every cell in the body. If a single section of your bowel twists it can cut off blood supply. No blood no nada. It will go necrotic and die and requires surgical correction. Covid19 can do something similar anywhere in the body. Kidneys, liver, bowels, even your fingertips.
Why not just talk with your doctor and accept their advice on how to proceed? You do not want to get covid19 and you do not want anyone else to get it either.
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On 2/2/2021 at 8:24 AM, oldtimer said:
My Sunfire amp has a choice of two outputs for stereo. One is the straight ss amp out, and the other is said to give a more tube like sound by modifying the zero ohm output to yield a one ohm output. They called it current source while the zero ohm was called voltage source. Something like that may be worth checking out.
Absolutely. My Accuphase integrated allows for multiple configurations. I could run a tube pre with SS amp or a tube amp with SS pre. But for myself at this point in life whence my hearing has become problematic I simply do not have the same desire to system putz. Keeping it simple. Spent the $$$ and got quality SS to go with my fully modded khorns. Happy I did so.
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4 hours ago, tube fanatic said:
You need to attach the load to the motor shaft, power it with the voltage you want to use, and measure the current draw with your multimeter. That will allow you to determine the mAh rating the batteries will need for the length of time the motor needs to run continuously. More details about what you are doing would be helpful.
Maynard
As has been mentioned. Average amp draw of the motor under load divided into the amp hour rating of the DC source gives you ‘run’ time. But as Maynard notes the peak amp draw could lug the system if it overdraws the battery. Your could put a solar power generator in-line to supplement the power needs. All this said - the motor is made in China - essentially junk. Recently one of our favorite glass grinders died after many years of excellent performance. We bought a new one from the same company....... only now they are made in China. The 1st two units had to be returned - totally not functional. The 3rd unit works better but the grinder bit is still not quite perpendicular to its platform. It went from hero to zero.
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16 minutes ago, dtel said:
Not really, the is not the news or part of it.
And if it were to be allowed, someone will positively turn it political, it does even if is just little comments, then others reply if offended or not until it's political even when disguised.
That’s the problem. You are moderating the ‘headwaters’ of what ‘might’ veer into controversy. So literally next to nothing gets allowed. Way, way, way over killed.
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Dollars to donuts this thing ‘fogs’ up in a matter of 3 breaths.
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1 hour ago, MookieStl said:
Just try to behave yourself! I don't want this forum shut down by the higher ups.
I need this venue to stay up to date on pandemics and such. Speaker guys have all the correct information.
I also need cut and paste answers to whatever question I may have. My computer doesn't do the google so I need this service too.
Occasionally, I do have a speaker related question or story to tell as well.
It appears to me that the forums no longer tolerate discourse. They allow select articles on select subjects..... but do not discuss them. Taboo content exists in just about every current news topic so very few qualify around here. For example posters can no longer discuss or post articles about The World Health Organization.... it has been deemed too controversial. Really. If you wanna stay abreast of covid19 just read the news and try to discern the real from the fake news. Posting here is sorta like doing a lighthearted polka in a mine field in a snowstorm. Behaving yourself has evolved to mean reading other posts and waiting to see if they survive.
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Corona Virus Disease/(SARS-CoV-2) II
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Sometimes the headwaters provide hydration for crops and growth, other times it causes floods. Stopping the flow at the headwaters kills everything downstream and allows for nothing. You’re stopping journalism from sources like The Wall Street Journal and accurate reporting on covid19 issues you do not grasp. You are not moderating. You are censoring and you are doing it blindly. It may be simpler for you personally but at the cost of engaging/informing others. This is why the forums have become so anemic. So called moderation has bled them to pale ABC123 discourse and jokes.