tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post3827010858263799369..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: I Do Not Think That Means What You Think It MeansDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-21641896825064437132020-10-29T17:05:27.818-05:002020-10-29T17:05:27.818-05:00No, there is no such thing as zero added risk, tha...No, there is no such thing as zero added risk, that's true. I should have said "acceptable added risk" I suppose. I figure if Lauren is already in contact with these kids every day and they're being careful, we're already exposed to what they've got. Having them here adds a bit to that, but we regard that as a low enough add to be acceptable. This does not apply to friends outside of that bubble. It's a judgment call.<br /><br />Some people's kids indeed. I saw a great meme float by a few months ago where somebody asked "What's one thing from your childhood that you'd like to see brought back today?" and the person responded, "The prevailing belief that Nazis are bad."<br /><br />Me too, son. Me too.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-82352909486050168562020-10-29T16:34:11.753-05:002020-10-29T16:34:11.753-05:00The following is merely an observation and should ...The following is merely an observation and should not be viewed as any sort of criticism (except maybe the tongue-in-cheek variety):<br /><br />Pandemic. Contagion. There really is no such thing as ZERO added risk.<br /><br />Went shopping last Sunday for lay-in supplies. $472 got us enough to tide us over for a while. Hope it's enough to get thru whatsa comin'.<br /><br />In other news, I was sitting on the front deck last night and noticed that a neighbor is flying some new flags. In addition to the US flag and NV state flag, he has added 2 flanking drumph/dense campaign flags and 3 <i>really</i> annoying fascist flags. I guess I should be somewhat grateful that he's not flying an actual red sheet w/swastica Nazi flag. 'Specially 'cause he is one.<br /><br />Some peoples' kids ...<br /><br />LucyLucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-90445905869510463882020-10-29T16:11:04.154-05:002020-10-29T16:11:04.154-05:00Heat is good in cold times!
Yeah, it's an i...Heat is good in cold times! <br /><br />Yeah, it's an interesting time going out into the world. Most of the places I go to are pretty good about masking up but there are always a few plague rats who don't get the word. I expect it to get worse here for at least another week (the fallout from a large and almost entirely maskless event here a couple of Saturdays ago) and after that, we'll see.<br /><br />The only people who ever come to visit us these days are a) a couple of Lauren's friends that she sees every day in school anyway (so zero added risk to what we're already doing) and b) once in a while a friend who has already had the disease and recovered, so we figure she's a good bet (and she's really good about masks anyway). <br /><br />I was at the store today doing a bit of "blizzard prep" - I expect that there will be disturbances and disruption next week from right-wing fanatics and there may be a period of about a blizzard's length where it will be good to have some extra supplies in the house - and even at Sam's Club mask compliance was about 98% if you include "nice try, there" in your count. But I stay in as much as possible anyway. Sigh.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-21258084850192008432020-10-28T16:35:18.501-05:002020-10-28T16:35:18.501-05:00We have heat! They snuck is in between a couple of...We have heat! They snuck is in between a couple of other calls on the block. ($400.00 doesn't go as far as it used to ... but at least I don't have to replace the entire furnace like the guy 4 doors down - he's looking at about 6 times more than I just put out!)<br /><br />On the other front: I'm not worried about family (100% compliance or they get banned) or the neighbors (90%+) 'cause I live in a neighborhood that has a small enclave of Democrats in a sea of Frumpers. It's the idiots in town that scare me the most - science deniers one and all.<br /><br />Thor save us from the obliviots.<br /><br />LucyLucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-15078545512120832482020-10-27T19:28:34.283-05:002020-10-27T19:28:34.283-05:00Good luck with the furnace! We're living on b...Good luck with the furnace! We're living on borrowed time with ours as well - they stopped making parts for it five years ago, and right now there is a control panel in place that the furnace guy had to customize so as not to blow out our thermostat - so we'll be looking into a replacement soon ourselves. I hope your space heater mission was successful.<br /><br />Sorry about the low compliance rate in your vicinity. Right now Wisconsin has fallen to only the third worst state in the union for new cases (after both Dakotas) after leading the nation for a while, so even most right-wingers have conceded the reality of it and are wearing masks, at least inside stores. Science doesn't care about beliefs. I hope your neighbors and family don't bring you down with them.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-85666738284097956182020-10-27T15:45:06.192-05:002020-10-27T15:45:06.192-05:00Here in Drumphville West, mask compliance hovers s...Here in Drumphville West, mask compliance hovers somewhere around 40%. Half of those are people who have not yet partaken of the Kool-Aid, the other half is my household.<br /><br />It was 12° F here in the desert this morning. So of course, our furnace decided to go South. HVAC company says they will be able to squeeze us into the schedule somewhere around Thanksgiving. (That is an exaggeration - albeit a minor one ...) Heading out to purchase a couple of space heaters to help us get through the next couple of weeks.<br /><br />Wish us luck.<br /><br />LucyLucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.com