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Bingo. One of the nasty flu epidemics had a rushed shot (50 years ago?) and a small number of people got guillain-barre killing the vaccine.

No flu shot? Why? Doesn’t make a lot of sense if you interact with more vulnerable people. Also, most medical personnel are required to be vaccinated.

I see Tip furiously writing his retort...

We joke about the pig but it moves in and out and in and....on guidance and has for days. Yesterday the end of the eps was particularly bad. Today we’re with the anti pig d6 on the 0Z run, high water pig d10-12 with some signs of a trend towards relaxing at the end....we wax we wane.

We probably screwed futility with the snow on 10/30.

So true!

One of my friends is a subject. She’s a surgeon at one of the local hospitals in Boston. She got a little sick for one day but felt fine by day 2.

So are any trees standing now?

Laparoscopic surgery gives the rapid recovery probability.

I was sort of tongue in cheek. But the reality is I went back to work after 1.5 weeks. I actually felt ok but tired and draggy until January (procedure was 11/2/2017).

Your liver is 20 years younger. You'll do fine.

FWIW-around midnight last night it got wild with frequent lightning near Chicago.

The hardest part is general anesthesia. When I had my parotid tumor removed 3 years ago it took my brain 2 months to feel normal.

Everyone in surgery....lol. Scooter you having laparoscopic? Very quick recovery with that.

Wow Steve-glad you’re ok!

He posted immediately post op but I also have some concerns. I hope he’s ok-probably in Lala land for awhile

Every metric shows clearly that starting to invest particularly in retirement early will enable accumulation of much more wealth earlier in life. I didn’t start seriously until 40 and hence worked until 73. I’m damned lucky to have stayed healthy but that said I’ve enjoyed world travel, many of the finer things in life, and a fulfilling career. I climbed high mountains frequently throughout my life. I still can do plenty but the pandemic limits travel. Nevertheless our lifestyle is the same as when I was working full time thanks to maintaining strong discipline in putting tens of thousands away year after year.

Kids aren’t for everyone. I had my oldest at 31 and my youngest at 52. But I’ve enjoyed raising all of them. By the time our daughter came (different mom) I was entering peak earning years. She’s traveled and worked all over the world which my sons age 43 amd 40 did not get to do to the same extent. The one thing that made it possible has been being blessed with good health. That’s a combination luck and some ok choices.

We’ve been cold called and offered 1.5M cash and walk away. I’ll probably regret turning it down one day....

They’re lucky they weren’t arrested when they landed.

150,000+ today and counting. 1088 deaths today and counting. Thanksgiving in 2 weeks. Terrible

If one is careful, there is a very high likelihood that covid will be avoided. Many however are not careful...

So sorry Bob! Tough times for your family as well. We take what comes but it's not fun. Since we had to travel here at least retirement allows flexibility. I can do my side gig from anywhere. Godspeed Bob!

Will, your low grade concern is palpable...