vasubandu Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 No, @muel he is just from Texas. Critical thinking is outlawed there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasubandu Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Just now, Mallette said: the recently announced cure for type 1 diabetes What the hell? My brother is a type I diabetic. In amazingly good health for someone 55 years old, but what an awful disease. What are you talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muel Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, vasubandu said: No, @muel he is just from Texas. Critical thinking is outlawed there. Heh heh... I was born in Texas. That might support your thesis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 5 minutes ago, vasubandu said: What the hell? My brother is a type I diabetic. In amazingly good health for someone 55 years old, but what an awful disease. What are you talking about? Plenty about it on the web. Here's a random link: http://beta.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-gene-therapy-diabetes-20180105-story.html My research suggests that it will be fast tracked to general usage. I am thinking 3 years or less. I get along with mine quite well also...but I could certainly do without it, the pump, etc. It would be nice to have an appetite again. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 7 minutes ago, vasubandu said: No, @muel he is just from Texas. Critical thinking is outlawed there. I am from Texarkana and a, by definition, "Texarkana Baby." Dad a west Texas cowboy, and mother a genuine Arkansas Hillbilly who always said she'd still be in the hills if FDR hadn't built a road in. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasubandu Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 That was the whole point. It was supposed to be a road in, not a road out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, vasubandu said: It was supposed to be a road in, not a road out. Well, most folks left. Still have a few relatives up there growing weed and making moonshine. Dirt up there is literally a description of "dirt poor" in that you'd starve to death on a hundred acres. Grows nothing but pines and pot. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasubandu Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Yuck. My wife's family came west to Oregon from Oklahoma during the dust bowl. Never did understand why people live places that are not hospitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBCODD Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 6 minutes ago, vasubandu said: Yuck. My wife's family came west to Oregon from Oklahoma during the dust bowl. Never did understand why people live places that are not hospitable. Prolly cause we can't all fit on Oahu. And beach front in San Diego iz a bit pricey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Try California, they only have earthquakes, forest fires, mudslides, and high prices. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 26 minutes ago, vasubandu said: Never did understand why people live places that are not hospitable. Can be compelling. I remarked a week after being posted for my last year in the Army at Fort Bliss that it was the most Godfersaken Fort Stinkn' Desert I'd ever seen. The guy I was talking to just looked around towards the mountains and said "If you stay here one full turn of the seasons, you may leave but you'll look over your shoulder and never forget." He was right. Had my first white Christmas at the 30's adobe house I rented right on the Rio Grande. Magnificent, beauty beyond belief. And driving into the desert in a 4WD after a rain was stunning with the explosion of color from the plants. Fact is I still think longingly of it at times. Getting into a car on a 110 degree day without AC was murderous for a minute or so, but as soon as you were moving the less than 10% humidity had you cool and comfy. And the low cost swamp coolers kept my adobe delicious inside at maybe 30% or so humidity. I am completely horrified at the thought of living further north than where I am. Never spent a year in a frigid zone so can't say I'd not find something to like about it. Right now, I enjoy snow for a few days then gradually hate both the cold and snow. Basic breeding is such that if it's too cold to be outside naked, it is too cold. Actually, waiting on snow for the evening even in this relatively temperate zone. But it won't be long until it starts warming up towards the glorious springs of this region followed by a gradually warming towards the heat of August with the symphonies of locusts in the evening as the sun goes down. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 33 minutes ago, JJkizak said: Try California, they only have earthquakes, forest fires, mudslides, and high prices. JJK You forgot recreational marijuana..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasubandu Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 24 minutes ago, Mallette said: "If you stay here one full turn of the seasons, you may leave but you'll look over your shoulder and never forget." So very true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 13 minutes ago, jimjimbo said: You forgot recreational marijuana..... If your remember you are not using recreational marijuana. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasubandu Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Hey, Washington State takes back seat to no one when it comes to recreational marijuana. In California, you can buy it, but you can't smoke it. I make my kid ride his bike to the store when he uses the last of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 1 hour ago, vasubandu said: Never did understand why people live places that are not hospitable. Momentum and inertia are emotional, as well as physical, forces. Home is where the heart is; what you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 6 minutes ago, vasubandu said: Hey, Washington State takes back seat to no one when it comes to recreational marijuana. In California, you can buy it, but you can't smoke it. I make my kid ride his bike to the store when he uses the last of mine. Just think that in a year or two you can load him in an autonomous car, program the nearest dispensary and send him on his way. Which raises another question - will the age to "drive" (actually sit) a car be lowered? If this tech is so far advanced will 12 year olds be allowed behind the "wheel"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasubandu Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 1 minute ago, richieb said: Which raises another question - will the age to "drive" (actually sit) a car be lowered? If this tech is so far advanced will 12 year olds be allowed behind the "wheel"? You would not believe the legal ink that has been spilled over that question. A lot of people are drafting model AV laws in the hope that theirs will emerge as the chosen one, and that is indeed one of the questions. The majority view a year ago was that it was the same standard as leaving a child home alone. That could be 12, 14 or 16 depending on location. Butut it probably will not be tied to driving. Many am I ever glad that all that research had a purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Pretty sure the eventual bottom line on age will be where they are going rather than any assumption of their maturity. Certain places like their school and home will be clearly OK. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Ohhh Goodie - 14 year olds on the road. But with the foolproof traffic algorithms all these new drivers will blend in perfectly. Fun times - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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