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Carlos

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  1. I can see the difference. I completely acknowledge all substances are different. "Medically necessary" doesn't make it automatically safe, and untested doesn't automatically make it unsafe. I'm allowing for the idea that absent evidence otherwise, PG could be just fine or end up being beneficial in some unexpected way. You can continue claiming that PG must be unsafe, without evidence, but then that's exactly what the 5G people are doing. Also, cigars are not inhaled.
  2. I'm not equating anything. I'm simply pointing out that we don't KNOW that it's bad. Also, I can't find evidence of deaths from PG/EG vaping, only from various oils used with canabis. My only point is that it's so far unknown, as far as I can find, and in the scientific method we need to allow for the possibility of it being good. Example: Cigar smokers (I am one) have lower incidences of certain cancers. We don't know why.
  3. I don't vape, this was merely a discussion on the merits of various health claims. Your assumptions about vaping seem to have the same scientific foundation as the anti-5G stuff, which is both interesting and terribly sad. PG is very water soluble, being a rather small molecule with two hydroxyls. The primary benefit of the nebulizer for my wife, according to her doctors (two), is the instant delivery of medication to her lungs. She's instructed to FIRST try deep breathing, and then use the actual medicine.
  4. Well, the part where it's simply not true. For example, my wife needs a nebulizer. It's not bad for you. Therefore, there may be other substances that are also not bad for you.
  5. It's interesting that you are one-sided about the vaping health relationship. Do you have evidence that PG/EG are specifically bad, or are you saying you're assuming so because of lack of evidence to the contrary?
  6. This may seem bad at first, but look at the other side. Right now, carriers have to battle thousands of municipalities across the country who all want to shake them down for some cash. Many cities want grease in order to allow carriers to fill their network, particularly in corrupt places like Chicago and NY. Then there are different sets of paperwork and rules to deal with all over the place, which just creates useless work. The carriers are asking for the federal laws to be the controlling factor. I brought internet service to most of the rural parts of AZ in the 90s. Most cities were very welcoming, knowing that this was a benefit both to the city and to everyone in it. Some cities wanted a kickback, which we wouldn't do. And in a few places I was asked for personal payments, which I certainly wouldn't do. Guess which cities didn't get any internet? We don't want a situation once again where the local mafia controls what the citizens get. But surely you'd agree that vaping PG/EG is a relatively unknown area, and we COULD find out that it's good for you? I mean, unlikely, sure, but recent studies also show that the ultra low sodium diets that were supposed to be great for you are also correlating with heart issues. Sometimes the obvious isn't so obvious. I can't find strong evidence of long term PG/EG vaping's effects. Also, "good" is so relative. A little bit of something can reduce X negative effect, but increase Y negative effect. Then the question becomes, which is worse? And how much is dependent on individual physiology? On the issue of radio waves, we've been studying that for a very long time. The 5G thing is just a slight variation on what we've been doing for many decades. You are correct. I was wrong. It's frustrating because people make ridiculous claims as fact, and the natural reaction is to laugh at it because it's kind of crazy. Earlier in this thread someone claimed that 5G was 1000 times more powerful than current cellular. Total BS, it's about 2-4x weaker. You see that and it's just the tip of the BS iceberg.
  7. Fast forward a couple months; all the media hype was wrong about various acute conditions. Or at least, the kind of vaping products involved. They are all related to canabis oils, and not the PG/EG nicotine flavor vapes. Just more evidence that mainstream media should not be trusted on ANY topic of science, tech, or medicine. Also, it's still looking like vaping is "less terrible" than smoking. Nobody ever claimed it was GOOD for you. There's also the money trail. Many government agencies issued bonds based on future cigarette taxes. With smoking going away, they are now worthless bonds and the municipalities are near bankrupt. They want to bring tobacco BACK so they can steal the money they expected to from smokers.
  8. Unfortunately true. We have the entire world's knowledge at our fingertips, and there are still people who think polio cures itself and that Columbus just managed to not go over the edge of the earth.
  9. Oh, come on man, with HARD SCIENTIFIC evidence like "we don't know what we don't know," how can you possibly argue!! I too get sick of people making things up and wasting time and resources. I'm also a ham operator, as well as being trained and licensed in microwave. This is one of my playgrounds:
  10. I prefer to be able to expose their scam. There are lots of farming sites like that, and it sucks. If more people knew to ignore them, they might go away. I always prefer to err on the side of discussion and NOT deleting things. I mod a busy forum myself, and my deletions for the last ten years can be counted on two hands.
  11. That's a link farm site, it just exists to drive people to their Amazon referral links. Nothing on there was actually reviewed by them, they just use a combination of bots and foreign labor to put together descriptions that sound like a review. Look at how unnatural the language and sentence structure is. The person above is probably a shill for them, and not likely to be writing his own words. Also, notice this nonsenese which tells you that the person writing it has no clue about the subject:
  12. What fine print? It's the same as handing someone cash, which has no safety features. They are actively studying added purchase protection features like Paypal has, but for now, it's like cash.
  13. We use them for training, and we do let the dogs off leash and leave them on. Then use the e-collar for recall, then put them back on the leash. Both are great training tools. Again, all done under the supervision of an accomplished trainer. She showed us how a sharp but not hard snap upward on the prong collar teaches sit. And a pull to the ground trains a down. There are half a dozen things she used those collars to teach. Again, it must be a high quality version with zero binding. It must squeeze and release instantly. It's the light and not painful pressure that will train a dog without negative effects. Also now the collar going on says "we will be in working mode" and they pay more attention. The prong goes on for all training even if we won't use it, and only use the e-collar.
  14. A prong collar is how you physically control a large dog if you're a smaller person. A proper prong collar, like a proper e-collar, is another great tool. It's simply not possible for them to fight against the prong collar, and a well made one poses no risk to the dog. You also have to learn to use it; most people pull back parallel to the dog, but it needs to be pulled up. Also it needs to be high on the neck, not on the shoulders. Another tool our trainer left us with. We use Herm-Sprenger collars on her recommendation. We tried a cheap one from Petsmart--total junk.
  15. It's the state of the world today, particularly when it comes to technology that people don't understand. Flat earthers, anti-vaxx nuts, and anti-cellular idiots.
  16. If it's appropriate for them to be off leash, then it doesn't need to be picked up. Meaning that we're really in the middle of nowhere. You know, where coyotes and bears poop too, and it doesn't get picked up. They are never outside off leash without us being outside, to answer that question though.
  17. Oh...remote shapes... The round ones are harder for me to use, and preferred by the wife. I think the round makes it hard to remember which button is which. But I have never had a good memory for that sort of thing. Our home light switches are labeled for me. And that happened BEFORE I got old. For a smaller hand, she says the round is better as she can touch all switches at once. The bar takes effort to reach a switch, but you always know which one you are hitting.
  18. These are all good points. I'll add that yes, the problems of other radios interfering it totally gone on GOOD modern collars. One way to know if you have an interference-free radio is if you have to "bind" or otherwise link them. Our collars and remotes can bind in any combination, so one remote, two dogs with certain buttons that do certain things. You can connect them so that one button gives the chosen stimulation level, while another button does that plus 20. So our reactive dog does his normal commands at 6, but needs much more if he's reacting to something. The second button gives a 26 without touching the level knob. We have the "working dog trainers" from E-collar Technologies. They are waterproof as in submersible. We had an issue with a remote and they immediately sent a new one by Fedex two-day with a return shipping label for the bad one. Awesome service, and it was OUT of warranty, still no cost. "They shouldn't have that problem."
  19. LOL, that was "send and get." As in get from mom and dad, and send to their friends for beer!
  20. The market isn't bad at all. I only know one single person who--by choice--doesn't use any of the common ones. Over 95% of people with bank accounts have access to Zelle. You probably do. I've sent money to people who don't even know they can use Zelle, so they get a message asking them to accept my money (or decline it). Zelle is just built into most banks. Paypal is extremely prevalent, and I only know a couple people who don't use it. So there's only a single person I ever have to write a check to or pay cash (I don't use cash, so she gets a check). And only because she chose to decline Zelle out of insane fear. Her husband uses it. In the same bank.
  21. We are still working on some similar behaviors. When on leash, near people, we use the collar on the reactive dog to stop his motion or intensity before he has fully done it. So for example, if people/dogs approach, we walk off the path and tell him to sit. Our dogs have an implied "stay" with all commands, so he's not allowed to move. If he lifts his butt, he gets a "no" and a 20 from the collar. Things are far from perfect, but better than when we got him. The other one learned to respond to the collar in less than a day. But he's a pleaser, and always attentive to humans. Also he loves absolutely everyone so no reaction issues.
  22. We have them for both dogs, and they are extremely useful. We have one abused rescue who came to us from a trainer. She used the collar with him, and taught us how to use it. Then we got one for the other dog also. It's very useful at home, when out, and when camping. If we are in the appropriate location, we will let them off leash, and recall them with the collars. Basically they let us set a perimeter by saying "that's too far" and giving a light touch at 4 (out of 0-100 power settings). Because these are basically TENS units and not just shock collars, at higher settings they provide uncontrollable muscle contractions. Meaning that the dog cannot possibly ignore it, but it's really not pain per se. And yes, we have tried both these and the old-style shock collars on ourselves to know how they feel. Even outside the bedroom. Oh, and even on-leash they are useful. One dog likes to just eat whatever crap might blow into camp, and a collar touch stops that. The other is highly reactive to strangers and animals, so again a hit with the collar (typically at about 20) will tell him to stop that.
  23. It's the other way around. Paypal only works with other people who use Paypal. I know people who don't use it and won't. Zelle works with everyone, it doesn't depend on your bank or CU. Only ultra-tiny, non-modernized local banks and CUs don't support it. I've never found any bank that doesn't, though I know they exist.
  24. So you absolutely never try something new and perhaps better, or more efficient? Weird. So your RV is on a model T chassis?
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