Pamela Galli
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I like the pattern for this one from the NYTimes. If I had a machine and could remember how to use it, I’d make some.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/opinion/coronavirus-n95-mask.html
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They need to deputize people to handle spam when the Lindens are not around.
AND GIVE US A HUG BUTTON!
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13 minutes ago, FairreLilette said:
The CDC is now weighing whether to have everyone in America wear a mask. I said that what seems like weeks ago, that we need to do this when masks become available. The data suggests the wearing of masks by everyone in China, Taiwan and other Asian places is helping tremendously. I am planning on wearing my own bandanna now across my face when going about my building.
I think it may be time to cover our noses. Viruses seem to thrive in moisture...like our nose, mouth, throat, and maybe lungs and eyes. Perhaps lungs are "moist". I know eyes are. Unfortunately, I've read the virus when airborne can also get in our eyes. How we can cover our eyes...I don't know....but we can wash the eyes with soap and water.
Yes the data is clear, any kind of mask, even a bandana, helps significantly. The problem is we still don’t have enough for the soldiers we are sending into battle for us (in hospitals). Look at this graph:
https://www.maskssavelives.org/?fbclid=IwAR0d3hF3EhBcHgUp22v6xtAGQO6J7UGWpw46J8KPAHf0r-h1FVCe8KUL9MI
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6 minutes ago, Rolig Loon said:
Aside from the nutritional and financial benefits of baking my own bread (minus, I suppose, the time when I could be doing something else) the greatest benefit for me is the exercise. Kneading bread involves upper body movement and feels wonderful on your hands. As I grow older, I gradually understand why my mother enjoyed baking, washing dishes, and all sorts of other hand-intensive work. Creaky tendons and arthritic joints need limbering up and warmth. If I can do that and be preparing food or cleaning pots at the same time, it's a win all around.
Having said that, I admit that I do much less baking than I used to when there were others around to eat it. Necessity may be the mother of invention, but the lack of necessity is an incentive killer.
True, but sadly fabric stores are ... or they are at least becoming an endangered corner of the market. The only fabric store in my own community closed several years ago, and the one that's 45 miles away is not what it used to be. Even the big box stores that used to have fabric sections have abandoned them. Sewing is largely for repairs now, and even that is becoming a lost art. It's cheaper to buy new clothes from SE Asia than to make your own, or even repair them. I agree about knitting, though. My DIL always carries a bag with her current projects, and spends her moments of idle time with needles in her hands. Yarn is always her favorite gift at birthday and Christmas time. Knitting is definitely alive and well.
My DIL spins, weaves, and knits. I have never knitted but I know it is a huge community. Joyce Vance mentions it often.
Also she and my son have a large garden and raise chickens. My daughter makes kefir and sauerkraut and other fermented stuff.
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Just now, LittleMe Jewell said:
These days, if I can't do the sewing with my sewing machine, then I can't do it. My fingers can't do any sort of needle work anymore. It's actually a shame - I used to enjoy crochet and cross-stitch quite a bit.
I did crosstich! I made a really beautiful sampler for my daughter. Only took me eighteen years to finish it.
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40 minutes ago, Selene Gregoire said:
About as many as there are ones that learned how to sew. Two things that were huge parts of my life are now obsolete. That's been in the last 20 years. No, I don't like it because it means humans are no longer self sufficient. Think about what that means for the future. All the knowledge necessary for survival in a nontech world lost because people got lazy thanks to huge corporations.
If things really go south, the vast majority of people don't have the first clue how to garden/farm, bake, sew, do carpentry, all the things that we used to learn as part of our daily lives and that is when society and civilization starts breaking down at breakneck speed.
Yeah, us old people are useless.
When my kids were little I sewed, baked all our bread, made yogurt and muesli , grew our vegetables etc. They only remember eating a lot of Mac and cheese when I went back to teaching.
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1 minute ago, Cindy Evanier said:
Did you find, like me, that the characters you weren't that keen on at the start were your favorites towards the end? Especially that one episode that took me 3 weeks to watch because NOOOOOOO don't kill him, I like him now
Well it’s been a long time and so many got killed I can’t remember examples. But it was not like with Sopranos, where I was always glad when they killed someone off, they were all so despicable. You can’t show the human side of some characters because there is none. Kind of like certain world leaders.
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6 minutes ago, Seicher Rae said:
Thank gawd, Beth and all of you for this thread. I *so* need it. I usually get my silly laughs like these from my Facebook page where I subscribe to a few humor sites... even they have been not funny. You guys are finding such good sh*t!
Really, it’s this thread that makes me believe the human race is not done for.
Take THAT, Coronavirus! 👊💀
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3 hours ago, Garnet Psaltery said:
I still haven't seen that! Would you say it's worth watching from the start?
It is brilliant but I had to take periodic breaks from watching. I would declare that I can’t take anymore, but always sneaked back in, until I finished it. Then went on to Better Call .
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It’s just now showing up here in central Texas, which means it’s been here undercover a while. Two deaths so far. Interesting that the people mid range age getting hit much harder than the over 60s. Probably because the oldsters are not so sure any more they are immortal.
Thank God they cancelled SXSW or we would be another New Orleans.
Grateful my whole family went immediatrly into paranoid prepper mode. Have not had to nag anyone but my husband, but it even has his attention now.
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14 hours ago, roseelvira said:
we all have different views on things ,,,, and we all have our own personal reasons for what we believe and what we do not.
May I ask a hhuge favor ,,,
when we do not agree or have a different persective would it be posible for each of us to honor each other with respect , and an open mind to see what they see and understand ,,,,
Well said Rose.
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Oh that one! Is it a bot?
I remember well the bot spam from years ago. Filled pages. Took LL a while but they stopped it.
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3 hours ago, Cindy Evanier said:
and right now... 1 am slt we have spammer #3 - what a joy
Darn I hate to miss spammers before they whoosh! And yes there need to be non US mods for sure!
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31 minutes ago, roseelvira said:
Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that have
received, only what you have given.
– St. Francis of AssisiSweet Rose, remember what we are to do with our pearls. 🙂
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9 minutes ago, Rhonda Huntress said:
My comment was about the limits of science/logic, not about Paul’s or any other Christian point.
I am a Christian existentialist. My POV was formed by other Christian existentialists such as Kierkegaard and Tillich. So I would never, and could not be induced to, discuss my POV with anyone on the Internet, AKA casting pearls.
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46 minutes ago, Rhonda Huntress said:
I have my opinion on where it came from but it as as un-provable as god. Yet I have faith in its existance. The universe that is. Not god.
Can you at least grasp the concept that I have faith in something that is different than yours?
My faith from your point of view seems to be considered childish. That's OK for you to believe and I am not calling you out on that at all. You see, from my POV, faith that a magical being is going to somehow fix all your woes is also just a child's fairy tale.
It is what is is. This debate is older than civilization itself. You will never change my mind any more that I will change yours. It is just not going to happen. But can you at least see that we both have faith? Our feelings are very much the same. Our BELIEF is very much the same. We only differ in direction.
Rhonda, I don’t know where any of this comes from. Maybe read my previous comments.
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56 minutes ago, Lyssa Greymoon said:
The fact that the universe does appear to exist suggests that it is scientifically possible.
I realized at age eight that things don’t just appear out of nothing. I figured everyone knew that but pretended they didn’t. I still think that.
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i Don’t think people understand that for whatever reason, it is scientifically and logically impossible for the universe to exist.
Even if you ignore that, life can only come from life.
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On 3/29/2020 at 2:07 AM, Cindy Evanier said:
I wish we could blast this spammer
I don’t see the spammer, but I noticed a few days ago one disappeared in another thread that I hadn’t bothered to report (because didn’t want to burden mods). So I think the mods are on the ball.
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On 3/27/2020 at 9:17 PM, LittleMe Jewell said:
NSFW - or for little ones' ears (or the very prudish) - displaying as a link for that reason
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdRNvSHjM3k
The CDC should promote this video!
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On 3/28/2020 at 8:38 PM, Rolig Loon said:
As a physical scientist, I do too. Science is in the business of solving puzzles, which is one of the most demanding things you can do with your life (and is great fun too). As far as I am concerned, one big appeal of science is that it generates or uncovers more puzzles than it solves, so it's a never-ending pursuit. Part of that comes from opening more doors that we never even knew about -- the realization that nature is much more subtle and detailed than it looks at first. Another big part comes from realizing that we keep stumbling over unwarranted assumptions and outright errors -- things that we thought we understood but have to rethink over and over and over again.
Sooner or later, however, any scientist begins to discover that there are some puzzles that can't be solved. Those fall into at least two categories: puzzles that we lack the current knowledge or tools to tackle, and puzzles that have built-in limitations. The first group are tantalizing questions, the kind that keep us reaching for more details and better tools. The second group includes frustrating puzzles that cannot be solved by getting bigger hammers or making more measurements, because they involve statistical uncertainty or entropy. Those are basic principles that prevent us from going backward in time, creating energy out of nothing, and measuring things without disturbing them in some way. The best we will ever be able to say is that we think we know what's going on.
And then there are puzzles that we can't hope to address scientifically -- the huge class of puzzles that involve finding some sense in the universe, the big "why are things the way they are?" questions. They can't be answered because they involve a leap of faith at some point, not just making more measurements. You may believe in God or the Cosmic Muffin, or in nothing at all, but as a scientist the best you can do is stand back, admire the universe that we have, and play the ball where it lies. Forget about wondering why it's all here. Just be glad that it is.
So yes, I too believe in science, but I don't for a moment think that science will be able to solve all of the lovely puzzles out there.
So well said, Rolig!
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1 minute ago, Lyssa Greymoon said:
I think that would come down to standards of evidence. Why is belief in God, or let's be generous, any god, a choice and not subject to the same standards?
That’s a good question. Maybe someone with more energy would like to explain how faith works. (I would recommend Kierkegaard but...)
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1 minute ago, Lyssa Greymoon said:
Why not?
You presumably don’t believe, so you can answer why not as well as anyone.
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