That being said, I’ve never been to a thanksgiving gathering of more than 25 folks. Christmas, yes...but not turkey day.

Easy, I’ve had bifocals since I turned 40.

He was slayed by Killer Joe Biden.

@Jolly said in The Basement Strategy: But you can't cover the memory lapses, the fumbling speech and the ravages of dementia for long. Person, woman, man, camera, TV.

@Jolly said in Let's impeach Biden in 2022!: I think there is a strong possibility of President Harris within six months of the mid-term vote. Would you like to impeach President Harris then?

You probably want antigen, not antibody.

They finished the "hand recount"?

Gonna need some extra (cheap) Scotch to wash that pill down.

Well Deutsche Bank appears to be too chickenshit to propose the tax on employers who let their employees work from home.

Nobody likes a traitor. Useful idiots, indeed. BTW, I noticed they were trolling Kellyanne on Twitter today. Hope her and her husband live in a community property state.

NYSE went so far as to conduct a test with servers outside the state. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-19/nyse-prepares-to-move-out-of-new-jersey-with-trade-tax-looming I suspect NJ will take the lessons learned from NY’s Amazon debacle.

Add 90 ccs of high-quality scotch to that and you’ll be set. Preferably taken in two doses about 30 minutes apart.

OK, your Blue Cross is not a medicare deal, so it's not available to me I have been on my own buying health insurance for the last 14 years - no freebies

Yeah, the creatinine is through the roof as you say. I understand the nephrologists’ thinking, not wanting to burn any PD bridges. However, I’m not aware of that - I’ll defer to their judgment. As far as the logistics of scanning an ICU patient, they are, to say the least, a nightmare. There are all kinds of devices used in the ICU which are not MRI compatible (infusion pumps, etc). However, for the brief period (less than a hour, hopefully) that she’ll be in the tube, I imagine any infusions can be suspended, or tubing can be added to keep the pumps out of the scanner room while still working. THere are MRI compatible ventilators also. We had an actual MRI compatible anesthesia machine that, of course, has a built-in ventilator that we would use.

Perhaps some of the duplicate votes will be traced to his suggestion. Not one of his better ideas.

@Jolly said in 104,000: @Loki said in 104,000: @Jolly said in 104,000: @Loki said in 104,000: Regular beds can easily be flipped to an ICU bed. I have no idea why this is never mentioned. Bless your heart, you don't know what you're talking about. So you are arguing that hospitals in general are at or near capacity and can’t take on new Covid patientsas a widespread issue? Good luck with that. I'm not arguing. I know what I'm talking about. You don't just wave a magic wand and create ICU beds. You can wave a magic wand and convert Med/Surg units, even cardiac units to COVID units, but not ICU units. And ICU nurses ain't floor nurses. The gap is wide and deep. Never mind. We are talking past each other. I know what a traditional ICU bed is and it’s too bad you thought I was being literal about expanding that. Seriously, I’m done with this.

I dunno, she's made the Judge in that case look like a sniveling, partisan hack.

@xenon said in Realign: @Copper everything by the government is funded by citizens. No There is a difference between paying an insurance premium for my own individual coverage and having the government just give it away to everyone, most of whom pay nothing