Chalkie

You can sign up for Medicare parts A and B 3 months before and up to 3 months after you turn 65 without any potential penalties.

Yes, and unless you can get word of mouth from someone it is hard to tell which is which. Years ago my daughter literally from one minute to the next became paralyzed from the waist down. Needless to say she was rushed to the ER and had it not been for a very good ER doctor who ordered an MRI that covered an area larger than what the symptoms would have suggested. That MRI revealed that she had MS and the paralysis was the first visible symptom. He was one of the good ones.

Saw this on FB and thought you all might find it of interest.

And like all humans some are better at it than others. There is reason it is a medical "practice".

I can imagine! One of our instructors invited the some of the class to her home to celebrate a traditional Russian Orthodox Easter dinner. So much food, several items very unfamiliar to us, and drink! It was the first time I experienced vodka that had lemon peel and whole peppercorns in it that was frozen so that it was almost like syrup. Toasts with that hit you hard and fast.

There are two types of turpentine - wood and gum. The more common one, wood, is made from pine wood chips and sawdust. The other is made from pine sap. This is the type you need to try. My wife reminded me that I got gum turpentine at Hobby Lobby as its most common use is artist oil paint thinning.

Me, too, although it was my second trip through DLI. First time was for Vietnamese. I actually went through twice for Russian. After an overseas tour and then a stint in recruiting duty, the Navy, in its sometimes not so infinite wisdom, sent me back for basic again. It was basically a year long vacation. I was senior enlisted in a class that was about 50% Army. Learning Army uniform regs was interesting and some of the ladies were very creative in their attempts to slip by them.

I recognized the MOSs as I went to school and was stationed with some Army folk. I was in the Navy, specifically the Naval Security Group, which as the Navy equivalent to the ASA. Sadly, neither of those organizations exist any longer. CTs still exist in the Navy but the jobs they do have morphed into something far different than when I served.

What language were you?

That number is about 3.3% of the total US population so deduct the persons under 6 and 4% could be close. In either case, not a lot are getting it.

I don't know about a particular report but the Washington Post reports that only 4% of eligible persons have gotten the booster so far ahead of the winter surge.

Exactly. And unfortunately any studies that pursue an avenue that is not in lockstep with the "official" view is then shut down as misinformation, or not a respected source, or not peer reviewed. I am sorry I posted this as I knew it would become political. Kirk, if you want to lock it, please do.

That is the feature I like about hybrids as for us that majority of miles put on our car are in just that - in town. It would work for my granddaughter too but having a lead foot rather offsets any gains. 😀

Yes, further study is needed but that is no reason to toss out the initial conclusion. By that logic we would not have had any of the COVID vaccines we had when we had them since they were all initially approved for use without completing all the steps normally needed for approval.

I think I might find interest in a hybrid, my granddaughter has one although I think she does not drive it to maximize its advantages. I don't know about all plugin hybrids but I did look up a Jeep Wrangler I saw here in the RV park. I left me kind of scratching my head. It said it had a 22 mile range on electric only.

I wasn't aware that peer reviews were popularity contests. However, if you actually read all of that link you find all the facts and figures laid out and you could draw your own conclusions on that data. To say more would lead to politics so I will refrain.

OK, well I guess in my mind anything that carries along a gasoline engine to either take over when the battery fails or to provide the charge for the battery is not really an electric vehicle. To include those in the count seems a little deceptive to me. What can I say?

Maybe I am doing something wrong but I don't seem to be able to actually zoom in. Yes, I can pick a county but that is not the same.

Another good resource to go with this is the map from John Hopkins which lets you zoom down to county level.

And you know this how? The study certainly was not conducted by him solely and nowhere in that document is surgeon general mentioned. I don't see that your comment adds anything to the conversation.

Maybe it is just too early in the morning but could someone explain what this means? How can there be 11% fully electric vehicles and only 15% of them with plugs?

A study by the State of Florida found that cardiac related mortality was higher in males 18-39 within the 28 day period following an mRNA vaccine. I believe this would be the pFizer and Moderna vaccines with the Johnson & Johnson and Astra-Zeneca vaccines being acceptable. They found an 84% increase in cardiac related deaths in that age group. The study this guidance is based on can be found here.

Is it an electric slide? One way to tell is to see if there are metal strips on the side of the slide that look like a gears or have a serpentine groove in them. If they have that then you need to locate the controller, likely in a nearby storage area. It will have a button on it that reports the error. Pushing 7 times (generally) will put it in override mode and it will bring in the slide. Then you will need to get an RV tech to cure the problem.

A few years ago a friend who held dual citizenship was using our address as her stateside home as she did stay with us when in the states. Well, our local court sent a jury summons, which I notified her of. She a letter back to the court saying that she was out of the country and could not be there. The court was quite insistent so she called the Clerk of the Court, explained that she was out of the country but would be more than happy to comply if they would send her the air fare. She was excused and removed from the roles. Did they have to? Was it the right thing to do? Yes. I think in above circumstance it may be an underling and not the person at the top, which is where you need to appeal the decision. I mean it does not even have to be an RVer in this position. It could be someone working for a company that sent them out of state to accomplish their job.

This a very interesting device! I wonder if it is going to take an act of the divine to get some entities to approve its use. Electricity providers are in general very protective of their meters and NEC codes are very specific in how wiring has to go from the meter box to the panel. Get the utilities on board and this will speed up installations for sure.