Octopus Overlords

Kraken wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2019 7:56 pm I'd recommend icing it, but a meta-study just came out yesterday questioning whether suppressing inflammation is a good idea, at least for sports injuries. So...don't do that, I guess. Ice did help my elbow after my doc advised it.

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:19 pm

Kraken wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2019 7:56 pm I'd recommend icing it, but a meta-study just came out yesterday questioning whether suppressing inflammation is a good idea, at least for sports injuries. So...don't do that, I guess. Ice did help my elbow after my doc advised it.

It seems like we hear more and more studies all the time suggesting that hindering the body's natural healing mechanisms for comfort is not as beneficial as we used to think it was.

Smoove_B wrote:

LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:07 amThe funny thing, we had a school fundraiser on Friday that included free teacher open bar as a thank you.

Does your school district just have lawyers on retainer or is your budget large enough that eventualities can just be dealt with as necessary?

As I was starting in the public sector, open bar style holiday parties were just ending. I made it to a few and was always astounded by the spectacle (this would have been late 1990s). I can only imagine what it was like in the 70s and 80s!

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:37 am I think I mentioned it elsewhere, but your understanding of the grading scale is mine as well - it's a way to reflect "mastery" of a topic or of the material in the course. A (C) rating simply means you understand the basics and have demonstrated competency. I actually think (C) is easy to recognize. Differentiation between (A) and (B) in my opinion is much harder.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2019 7:07 pm

Kraken wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:28 am I remember gas caps under the license plate. I also remember when color TV was new and wondrous. I didn't get my first color set until 1986. I'm not an early adopter.

GreenGoo wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:12 am

Kraken wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:28 am I remember gas caps under the license plate. I also remember when color TV was new and wondrous. I didn't get my first color set until 1986. I'm not an early adopter.

I do too. I might have even put gas in one at one point.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:03 am

LordMortis wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:57 am At the rate my inertia is going I might wait for 5G tech to become ubiquitous and test the waters with going wireless.

Your neighbors are going to put a stop to that.

But for 5G speeds to be so impressive, wireless companies need more towers, and a fiber line connecting towers, according to AT&T and Verizon. The wireless associations CITA estimates 800,000 mini towers will be need in the US in the next 20 years.

As a result, carriers are putting them up on telephone poles, on the sides of office buildings, even up in lampposts. But to keep them from being so unattractive, wireless companies are hiding them.

In Florida, they are camouflaging 5G towers in fake palm trees. In Arizona, they are building metal cactus trees to hide 5G towers. In Colorado and California, towers are being hidden inside phony evergreens.

Homeowner as Monique Maisenhalter said they worry that towers might end up right outside their bedroom window.

"Some say it will be every three to 10 houses," she said. She cited studies from environmental groups worldwide, claiming that cell tower radiation -- up close -- can possibly cause health issues.
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She is leading a petition drive asking for a stop to any 5G construction in her community until more is known. Almost 50 other residents had signed.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:28 am But how will it affect my solar panels?

A weird mishap occurred in Worthington, Massachusetts, where a snowmobile and a U.S. Army Black Hawk MEDEVAC helicopter were involved in an accident in a field on Mar. 12, 2019.

According to the Hilltown Community Ambulance Association, emergency services were called shortly before 8PM to respond to an accident that occurred at 07.40PM when a man on a snowmobile crashed into a parked HH-60M helicopter (#12-20499) at a private airfield at Albert Farms, in Worthington, roughly 15 miles west of Northampton. On impact, the snowmobiler went over the starboard side of the elevator and below the main rotor.
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Seriously hurt, the man was air-lifted by a Lifeflight helicopter to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. It’s in critical but stable condition now, according to the reports.

hentzau wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 5:04 pm My weekend...

Default wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 8:23 pm Had the kids and my ex over for Sunday dinner. I walked her outside and she tells me that Mom wanted to give me something but never had time to change her will.
She handed me a check for 13k.

Stunned.

Holman wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 9:20 pm

Default wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 8:23 pm Had the kids and my ex over for Sunday dinner. I walked her outside and she tells me that Mom wanted to give me something but never had time to change her will.
She handed me a check for 13k.

Stunned.

I know money is separate from love and duty, but man, you did a huge amount for your mother-in-law when it wasn't required of you. Accept these resources and the gratitude that they imply.

Smoove_B wrote:

hentzau wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 5:04 pm My weekend...

Klondike!

hentzau wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 5:04 pm My weekend...

Anonymous Bosch wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 9:24 pm

Holman wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 9:20 pm

Default wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 8:23 pm Had the kids and my ex over for Sunday dinner. I walked her outside and she tells me that Mom wanted to give me something but never had time to change her will.
She handed me a check for 13k.

Stunned.

I know money is separate from love and duty, but man, you did a huge amount for your mother-in-law when it wasn't required of you. Accept these resources and the gratitude that they imply.

(If/when the check has cleared.)