Bear Creek has a couple of nice soups that are very easy.

COVID comes in waves. You do a few here and a few there and then you get smoked. During the "getting smoked" phase, you are running out of kits and are becoming desperate. You don't want another manufacturer, because then you have to do a new method comparison to satisfy the CLIA gods. So you ask for what you can get. Short dated? Send 'em!

The BD kits I was using Sunday expired on the 22nd. They had been in the lab for a week.

@george-k said in $600? Report it.:

@lufins-dad said in $600? Report it.:

Sheesh, @George-K , I even tagged you!

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/14018/peer-to-peer

I don't know how I didn't see that thread!

That’s okay! We both agree that change will raise very little tax revenue. My question is whether it ends up actually costing us money. I think it will.

Our house cleaner just asked us to stop paying by Venmo and give cash or check instead. I doubt that a single dollar of that $150 will ever go to taxes.

On the other hand, the guy that I just bought the 1952 Steinway from will have to file a crapload of paperwork to explain that Zelle transaction.

I've never seen "Hamilton," so I was unaware of this:

This song, which is one of the most beautiful in the show, is performed by Aaron Burr. Of course, the Jefferson Administration charged Burr with treason. According to some accounts, Burr actually hatched a plan to conquer North America, and overthrow the American government. The history is muddy.

I remember Chernow's biography of Hamilton pointing that out.

Oh, well, let's all sing...

[Burr:]
Dear Theodosia, what to say to you?
You have my eyes. You have your mother's name
When you came into the world, you cried and it broke my heart

I'm dedicating every day to you
Domestic life was never quite my style
When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart
And I thought I was so smart

You will come of age with our young nation
We'll bleed and fight for you, we'll make it right for you
If we lay a strong enough foundation
We'll pass it on to you, we'll give the world to you
And you'll blow us all away…

Someday, someday
Yeah, you'll blow us all away
Someday, someday

[Hamilton:]
Oh Philip, when you smile I am undone
My son
Look at my son
Pride is not the word I'm looking for
There is so much more inside me now
Oh Philip, you outshine the morning sun
My son
When you smile, I fall apart
And I thought I was so smart
My father wasn't around
[Burr:]
My father wasn't around
[Hamilton:]
I swear that
[Burr/Hamilton:]
I'll be around for you
[Hamilton:]
I'll do whatever it takes
[Burr:]
I'll make a million mistakes
[Burr/Hamilton:]
I'll make the world safe and sound for you…

…Will come of age with our young nation
We'll bleed and fight for you, we'll make it right for you
If we lay a strong enough foundation
We'll pass it on to you, we'll give the world to you
And you'll blow us all away...

Someday, someday
Yeah, you'll blow us all away
Someday, someday

Why does she keep moving her phone?

@jolly said in The Alternate:

@larry said in The Alternate:

You would not believe how many big name artists come in and lay out tracks like that and then say "Ok, that's what I've got.... do something with it..." someone else "writes" the song, the artist gets the credit, someone else gets money. A lovely way of doing business, if I do say so myself....

In this case it sounds like Nicks was just laying out the lyrics for a partially fleshed out tune, the tune she was using was just throwaway to get the lyrics down. A single step along the path of making the sausage.

So...Is there a team of people who rework these songs or is it mostly the vision of a producer?

Ir all depends. Sometimes the artist group themselves flesh it all out in the studio. Tracks will get recorded that are for that purpose only, bits and pieces pulled from here or there get stitched together, the band puts it together, or the producers, the finalized idea gets learned and rehearsed, and then the real tracks get laid. Sometimes the suits say "hey, that sounds worth pursuing - send that to _______ and have it reworked."

A quick search has a case report of a spinal anesthetic in a patient with a BMI of 61.3.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32756154/

There are more.

My patient's BMI was 66.4, and I got the epidural in with one pass. Good thing the patient couldn't see my shocked face when I got it in, and the nurses did all they could to avoid "high-fiving" me.

doofusses


@copper said in Come fly with me, until I run out of gas...:

In Europe, the cost and restrictions are very, very much higher.

Over here, it's not even allowed to let a simple children's kite raise higher than 100m.

Sometimes I'm surprised we are allowed to breathe without filling out a permission form.

@jolly said in The "Healthy Skeptic" on Mask Mandates:

A study done by the UK public health agency found that among all surfaces, CV-19 survived second longest on masks, up to 20 hours. Eventually that virus finds its way into the wearer’s or others’ respiratory system. It isn’t just CV-19 that is collected, and scientists have been remarkably incurious about the total number and type of pathogens collected in a mask over hours of wearing, and the ultimate fate of those pathogens. This lack of research is almost certainly politically motivated.

Shut up

@lufins-dad said in How to find a rental car deal in the US?:

Hertz used to be right there too, but there have been too many horror stories lately.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hertz-claims-false-arrests/

Article on Hertz being sued by multiple customers for filing false vehicle theft reports leading to customers being wrongfully arrested. Hertz is also currently going through bankruptcy proceedings.

What SUV?

The 10mm was the more effective pistol. More rounds, but a much more powerful round. A lot of people don't handle the 10mm very well.

The Buffalo Bore Bullets were very hard lead alloy bullets, designed for penetration. BB also has a reputation for hot loads.

Mandates for thee but not for me!

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/8958/prepare-to-be-boarded?_=1641560760630