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  1. 1 hour ago, Upfront said:

    hardly. you are like a dog with a bone. you have nothing to say on any thread except nasties about me. glad you are so drawn to me but why dont you let a thread be a thread. because of course you cant. your duty in life is to misunderstand the use of the word troll and just be one yourself. good for you. cant wait to seed whats next.

    🤣 Yes, I am the one disrupting all these threads. 🤣

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  2. 29 minutes ago, Lily H said:

    The last 10 days I had appointments with two architects, one with a porch screen guy and one man from a nursery to plant 30 bushes. Everyone came either on time or early. Tried to make a hair appointment and she called the same day on a Friday evening.

    I'm lucky!

    I am lucky too. Twelve years living here full time and have mostly positive experiences with workers. Certainly nothing so horrible I would be angry at a whole culture. And if I was growing cynical and bitter I would certainly find a different place to live, one where I fit in better.

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  3. 8 hours ago, Upfront said:

    you seem to have a personal crusade against me. i don't care though. by the way please show us all your positive respnse because all youve done on this htread is yammer at me

    There are seven posts in this thread so far. One is the OP and one is a helpful response. Two are from Virgo Lady. Three are from you. Are you sure you know who is the one yammering?

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  4. 6 hours ago, mudgirl said:

    Playful sarcasm is totally wasted on that poster- complete inability to ever grasp when people are being sarcastic or goofing around. 

    You are correct. I know Pete loves to tease but I hope he will consider leaving that poster alone. The sustained teasing is bordering on being cruel. And I have never thought of Pete as a cruel person.

  5. 2 hours ago, Upfront said:

    again i never said nothing about even wanting to go hikeing. why do you have me trespassing. why do you have me challening their ownership. I AM THE ONE who said you wont get anywher with them. because they do what they want. you were all hearts and hippies oh just go up and have a discussion.my only response was GOOD LUCK. leave me out of it

     

    2 hours ago, Upfront said:

    again i never said nothing about even wanting to go hikeing. why do you have me trespassing. why do you have me challening their ownership. I AM THE ONE who said you wont get anywher with them. because they do what they want. you were all hearts and hippies oh just go up and have a discussion.my only response was GOOD LUCK. leave me out of it

    You can leave yourself out of it.

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  6. 5 hours ago, Mainecoons said:

    It is pretty obvious this one hits the old harder and the young less.  That's what I got from this.

    Understanding, analyzing and drawing inference from sometimes incomplete data is what technically trained people do.  The larger problem is the previous pandemics haven't been studied nearly as well as this one.  

    I suspect the real problem for some here is the data don't seem to support the narrative well.

    I was not referring to just this post but in general. I also sometimes wonder if you ever consider that you might possibly have a tiny bit of trouble accepting the data that does not support your narrative. Funny how that works.

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  7. 1 hour ago, Mainecoons said:

    While it can't be a direct comparison, it reflects the data that is available for each.  Where the timelines are close, some inferences can be drawn.  For example it is pretty clear CV 19 is considerably more dangerous for the old than the young when compared to some incidences of the flu.  And getting in a car is more dangerous for just about anyone.  I wonder if these data reflect driving on the carretera.  :D 

    Where the timelines are close, some inferences can be drawn.” But, do you have enough knowledge and information to be positive the inferences you draw are correct?

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  8. 1 hour ago, Kyle said:

    I had read they were ok unless you worked in a hospital or a place around people who had Covid.  They actually protect your eye which a mask does not.  Not sure what to believe at this point

    Kyle, does this make sense to you?

    Q: Can I wear a Face Shield by itself?

    A: NO.

    As more businesses open up, we’re aware of reports of employees wearing ONLY Face Shields/Visors for protection (for example many hairdressers in the UK).  
    This approach is NOT recommended. 

    While face shields provide some additional protection to the wearer, especially for the eyes, they should be used as a complement to face masks, not a substitute. This is because masks absorb outbound droplets when we sneeze or cough, while face shields don’t. On the inbound side, smaller aerosol particles can flow around a face shield. 

    Health care workers treating patients with COVID-19 often wear added protective gear, including face shields to protect the eyes, nose and mouth from contamination from respiratory droplets, ALONG with masks or respirators.

    In an experimental study using a “coughing patient simulator” (gotta love science!), face shields were shown to substantially reduce the short-term exposure of healthcare workers to large infectious aerosol particles, but smaller particles could remain airborne longer and flow around the face shield and were more easily inhaled. 

    Thus, “face shields provide a useful adjunct to respiratory protection for workers caring for patients with respiratory infections. However, they cannot be used as a substitute for respiratory protection when it is needed.” 

    https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nioshtic-2/20043721.html

    A recent outbreak investigation at a hotel in Switzerland found that all of the staff who were infected wore plastic face shields, while those who avoided infection wore face masks. 

    “It has been shown that only those employees who had plastic visors were infected. There was not a single infection among employees with a mask.”

    https://www.thelocal.ch/…/only-those-with-plastic-visors-we…

    We will continue to monitor and update the science on PPE as it emerges. 

    For now, face shields can be a helpful extra layer of protection during times when close contact cannot be avoided, but should be used TOGETHER with face masks to prevent transmission.

    **** This is from a Facebook group called “Dear Pandemic.”

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  9. 29 minutes ago, Zeb said:

    All this about a low profile is all well and good, however, it doesn't change the main issue, which is you cannot live the way you want in safety for fear of being a crime victim because in this country there is no rule of law.

    I have lived here for 12 years exactly the way I want to and have not been a crime victim. Mexico is what it is in all its beauty and horror. You learn and blend in or you make a big splash and the sharks circle. Mexico is not going to change one whit because some foreigner stomps his foot and says “I’m leaving!” This guy had a very bad experience but Mexico has no pity. Suck it up and stay or pack up and go. Mexico does not care.

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  10. 8 minutes ago, gringal said:

    That was a thoughtless criticism, because it is not necessarily easy to find a desirable location to open a new restaurant.  Bobby's cancer was a very expensive matter and he needed to make a living.  There may not have been other choices at the time. The recent location suffered from both lack of parking and street noise, but his food was good enough to overcome those problems under normal conditions.   Like many other restaurants, the current virus is hurting business to the point where staying open may not remain an option.  Lets have a little empathy and put ourselves in their shoes.

     I am sure if Bobby wishes to remain in the restaurant business he will again rise from the ashes which will not be an option for most of the other small businesses that have and will be closing.

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  11. My problem with the location was it being across the street from the previous restaurant he sold to a couple whenhe was sick and needed money. Then he gets better and comes back and opens up across the street. “Ta-da! Bobby’s back! Forget that old Roberto’s place across the street.”

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  12. 3 minutes ago, mudgirl said:

    "It is not as simple as it sounds" isn't very clear. Sorry you can't be bothered to explain.

    It is as clear as your post: “There is a cure for Hep C now. It isn't a vaccine, it is medication. I know 2 people who had Hep C for decades, who were totally cured.” With no link to more information it was overly simplified. The link I provided, if read, makes clear how it is not as simple as it sounds. 

     

  13. 16 minutes ago, EldonNova said:

    No, but isn't it a bit early to think of cancelling?  It does not happen until October or November.

    It takes months of planning, some of which involves non-refundable expenses. People involved in a myriad of ways have to be signed up. They may be depending on income that will come from the event. They need to know soonest if it will not be coming. I am guessing they have reached the point of needing to either start putting out money or canceling. 

  14. 4 minutes ago, mudgirl said:

    Not sure what you're referring to. From that article: Overall, new drugs cure the hepatitis C infection in 90 to 100 percent of people.

    Yes, the drugs are heavy duty, have side effects (what drugs don't?) and sometimes have to be changed. One of my friends who was cured was part of one of the original studies- she was on a combo of 2 of the drugs, but one made her feel really sick. They took that one out of the equation and only gave her the other. That solved her bad reaction, and just the one drug cured the Hep C.

     

    I do not know how to say what I said any simpler. Sorry you don’t understand.

  15. 11 hours ago, johanson said:

    Hey, we can go tech, here, Xena, I used to write Tech Talk for the Guadalajara Reporter for maybe 10 years. Trouble is, I have not yet downloaded the new Windows 11, I'm still using that older Windows 10 operating system that came out in July 2015. It gets worse, when Windows 8 came out so did the Windows Edge Browser (it came out in October-November  2013) and I am still using that old browse (Internet Explorer 11 not Edge. So my tech info is way outdated, But I can make things up

     

    So Let's go tech

     

     

     

    I have no problem with tech talk anywhere since no matter where we are living tech is a very important part of our lives. None of us is living without it. However, there are only two TOBs, this one and the other one. This is true no matter which board you are on at the time. The third board is one you seem to have decided  to resurrect from its boredom induced coma by pretending it is in the same league as the two TOBs. It is not.

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