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5 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

I had one all of my years growing up thru HS. And took care of it basically on my own. Rip off that cover!

It literally pains me to agree with you about anything…But postponed the close and refilled the tanks on the heater…October swimming here we come.

Just FYI, the Thunderbirds are going to be at Pease this weekend. Weekend looks gorge.

3 hours ago, ORH_wxman said:

Yeah the autumns are definitely warmer now (particularly early autumn). Especially compared to the late 1980s and early 1990s. There was a string of obscenely frigid autumns back then which were cold even relative to the 20th century climate.

The funny part is that we rarely ever got snow despite how cold some of those autumns were...lol. 

 

Not sure if this is the place for this but…

I vividly remember tracking lake effect streamers in October hoping they would clear the berkshires …had to be like 10, so mid 90’s. Like that was how we got our first snow- every year. I remember rushing home from school to get football games organized in the snow. My question is- am I losing it or have things changed?

That’s a legit waterspout in the sound.

40 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I’m confused. The team approved his appointment and weren’t aware he’d have to sit 5 days for being unvaxxed? What about this would piss BB off about Cam? Or do you just mean he’ll get starting reps with the first teamers this week?

I think they misunderstood the rules. he tested neg each day he was away from NE but those tests don't count under the NFL policy apparently. so he has to quarantine for 5 days.  so looks like everyone f-ed up.

Thank you all, great advice. I do have some spots in the sod I'd like to get thicker...so seed in the fall then fert and lesco in the spring it seems. I use milorganite- 3 applications per year- love that stuff... Anyone do any soil sampling just to be sure? I'm thinking about it for the spring.

I need some help...I'm spending a small fortune and more time than I'd like, manually spraying/picking crabgrass outta my lawn.  It's a pain in the ass tbh.  I put in all fresh sod last yr, and it looks fantastic- i wanna keep it that way.  I should put down something in the spring I assume to prevent it from sprouting.  If so- I then seed in the fall per usual and skip the spring seeding since it'd get killed by the crabgrass control?  anyone have any experience?

Shout-out to @Typhoon Tip. My router & modem are installed and the difference is hugggeee. 

I can be a bit of a d*ck on here at times- but your help was/is appreciated.

8 minutes ago, Bostonseminole said:

how do you do that? i was wondering..

 I use a program called 'snag it' for all of those type of things. highly recommend.

26 minutes ago, OSUmetstud said:

Its incredible to me that you would read this thread with all its toxic trolling about hospitals filling up and anti vax rhetoric from your bros and think that people who just showed up the past few days are a problem. This place is gross and has been for awhile. 

Yes it is the one "woman", and her 2 liberal friends who come in here, make all of 10 posts that cause all the issues and get things shut down.  Your eyes are lying to you.

1 minute ago, PhineasC said:

I already had an employee sue me and one of my primes over COVID restrictions, so I definitely lost sleep over it.

I have no idea what "business" you are actually in (it seems to be some kind of vague and changing George Costanza "importer/exporter" thing based on your posts here) so I can't compare notes.

We agree to disagree- I’m renewing right now, hasn’t been brought up at all by my broker who is literally the biggest in the world. Prices are up but in my view it’s consolidation driving that - I dunno man.

I’m was trying to agree with you- not get into a pissing contest but here we are. 

8 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

It might not hit the Supreme Court, but there are going to be a lot of wrongful termination lawsuits over this.

What do I do as an employer if the employee refuses to provide vaccine status or test results? Fire him/her on the spot? I am not so sure I have legal protection there. I could definitely see the EEOC and state labor boards not agreeing that was a bonafide reason to fire someone. This will be a mess for companies that operate across state lines and globally.

So I’ve disagreed with you on the insurance thing for awhile. I run our Corp insurance program on the side— zero Covid claims in CAD, US, MX (5k employees) since this started including manufacturing lines, which we never paused unless there was an active outbreak ongoing, literally never lost a minute of sleep over that side of the business re: Covid.

But I 100% agree things get sticky when it comes to proving vaccine status. And ultimately that’s why I think this will end up being mandated by the states, but you are correct ( for once, lol) I think this becomes an issue for pvt sector co’s.

3 minutes ago, WhitinsvilleWX said:

 

Just because the court made a ruling in 1905, doesn’t mean it was correct. 
Ever heard of Plessy v Ferguson? Can you tell me what that was and what case overturned it? No google cheat.

Nope never heard of it. Separate but equal, brown v board of Ed…try patronizing someone else.

Legal precedent can be overturned yes, is it likely to be overturned…almost certainly not.

But maybe you’re right, conservative lawyers have always had a problem with states rights— right?

1 minute ago, PhineasC said:

I don't think the government is going to mandate vaccines because it is just not that clear cut legally and there will be a lot of pushback. They will work through businesses, just like they work through businesses to violate people's free speech rights and spy on US citizens already.

That’s fine that you don’t think so and maybe you’ll be right.

But it is very clear cut from a legal perspective. It doesn’t get anymore clear cut tbh. People can and will appeal to the SC but I don’t even know that they would take the case given that the legal precedent has been set…since 1905.

3 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

So... why isn't the state just mandating vaccines then? Why are they asking private businesses to do it? According to your post, it's plenty legal for the government to simply do it.

I think we both know that will immediately follow the full authorization in a couple of weeks. The Indiana S.C. ruled against students saying vaccine requirements were unconstitutional to attend college for context. I really don’t care either way- just saying the constitution is not on the side of the unvaccinated. America was never free (gasp).

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

No that is not fact. I just cited one study of Ptown and there’s a bunch of others that now show vaxxed spread equally or in some cases like Ptown was .. faster than the unvaxxed . My point is .. why do people care? We live in the USA and are free to make our own decisions. Or at least we were until January 17th

I almost didn’t take the bait but couldn’t resist. What USA do you speak of- it’s certainly not the country in which you currently live. Maybe brush up on a few things other than conspiracy theories, like Massachusetts case law for instance— via the Indiana Court of Appeals:

23 hours ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Yeah, they're really helpful in CS, too.  I called them and there was little hold time, and connected to competency - relatively savvy sounding level 1 support is probably all you'll need. Describe your symptoms vs needs, and that individual will probably ask you about gaming and station/port numbers in the household, etc... Y'all arrive at a model the best suits your need - I only went with the multi channel because at some point a spare bedroom ( was thinking...) would be converted to a nice home office, so I'd need access with lucidity from that area of the home...blah blah you get it.

Shipping time was like 4 days.  Problems solved -

So went with the Linksys AX3200 and then said f-it and got the Motorola MB8611 modem to go with it...goodbye Comcast hardware. Finally. Arrives Saturday- can't wait.

15 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

LYNKSIS router -

I have a 4-channel broadband WIFI powerful enough that SETI could operate out of the home - ha!   I don't use 95% of the thing's capacity ...

Yeah, maybe a bit of an over -purchase, but LYNKSIS tech support was indicating pretty convincingly that the state of the art/direction isn't going the other way, anyway.  I was getting stalls and time outs with weather maps and satellite and porn (kidding).  Then, work started booting me off their server.  Database programming would hesitate too long compiling relatively non-taxing scripts. ...etc... 

Internet speed test was like 10 mps  ... I'm thinking, whaaaaa    In 2020?   

So, went on their website, figuring the near 15 year old router might be bottlenecking... and got this one for like 85 bucks... They start at 50 and go to 300 for multi- plex gaming and streaming throughout larger facilities, which I don't need.    Got it out of the package, jumped through an hour of config and securities language I did not understand, but once all was connecting, now I'm haulin at 400 to 500 mps!!   I've never gotten a hesitation while streaming NETFLIX shit since I got this, and weather satellite and mobile model loops rotate through their cinema without stalls on lap-tops.  General web use loads pages from the future .... 

Thanks- will do this immediately...running a lot of data being at home and it's showing. 

1 hour ago, Typhoon Tip said:

yeah, I seriously have been bugged for some time with thoughts about 'unplugging'

COMCAST is arrogantly got the world by the ballz - or think they do. Are they aware there are other options? 

I just think their circuitry is unevolving and almost pure profit - I don't like orgs that just collect. The feckless nature of capitalism won't reduce prices in that state.  The infrastructure is/has been in place, for some time. They do nothing that isn't software related ...and only roll-out minor changes that are over marketed but do nothing to enhance or improve jack shit.  And infrequently to justify the average bill of 200 ( say ) $ per household, combined with untold business packages?  I mean spanning some 200 million entities -

They are a multi billion dollar gaping greed maw masquerading as a telecom service/organization and I would love to just stop throwing money into their throat. 

Obviously I'm being hyperbolic in jest and complaint to some degree...

I have freinds that have cut ties.  They went to another means to get good web service into the home, and then rely on that to service news to entertainment.  Their lives - they've told me - were unchanged and nothing missed.  That's part of the 'big cable' delusion - they seem to benefit from a kind of abstract fear that people/orgs/society et al have that they will 'miss out.'     None of these cats miss games in sports. They know when bombs go off in cafes ... what celebrity o.d.ed, or stately figure or 'nobleman' got accused of rape, in the same space as anyone else. 

And the key is, they spend like 10... 20% of the previous conglomerate dependency model is/was.  Jesus..why haven't I done this yet.

I moved to YouTubeTV which was great then the price went up and they lost NESN... so not as good of a deal.  But even cutting the cord- I still pay ComCast for their internet and their router- which I need to just buy one- any one got any good recommendations? I digress... a TV streaming option is cheaper by far with the same features. I would recommend it.

Just getting caught up and man that CDC internal memo is a tough read. I thought we’d have bought some time before a variant has breakthrough capabilities but Delta seems very close and we’re letting it bounce around a partially vaccinated population. (for various reasons)

More convinced than ever we end up back at square one sooner rather than later.

I know it’s only Covid here but — that tornado warned cell within that derecho in Wisconsin is moving right towards Oshkosh- where there’s like 25k people sleeping in trailers and their planes for the air show. So big yikes there.

2 minutes ago, WhitinsvilleWX said:

LOL I'm just telling you what the feds can and can't do. 

The announcement is going to say that the CDC recommends Vaxed people wear masks indoors in certain situations. What those situations are, who knows. Probably up to interpretation and most will ignore it.  But its not a mandate. It could be on federal property, but that's as far as they can go. Pesky 10th amendment and all. 

Lol...I'm just saying, I assume some people will go bananas over this. But ya- I would think it'll be vague and toothless.

3 minutes ago, WhitinsvilleWX said:

Feds cant mandate shyte on a state. They can recommend, but they cant mandate anything except on federal property.  

We should prob fight a civil war over masks: states rights etc. let's do it.

Rumor on my street: Fauci/ CDC mask mandate at 3pm...rumor of a rumor. but mayyybbeee?

She gone boys, this is what transitory looks like: