@bachophile said in I almost had a cat scan today: July 21, 2048 I figure when I’m 90 I’ll start. Get in ten pack years and quit at 100. That has been my plan too.

Countries Currently At War 2020 Rank Country Population 2020 1 China 1,439,323,776 2 India 1,380,004,385 3 United States 331,002,651 4 Indonesia 273,523,615 5 Pakistan 220,892,340 6 Brazil 212,559,417 7 Nigeria 206,139,589 8 Bangladesh 164,689,383 9 Russia 145,934,462 10 Mexico 128,932,753 11 Japan 126,476,461 12 Ethiopia 114,963,588 13 Philippines 109,581,078 14 Egypt 102,334,404 15 Vietnam 97,338,579 16 Dr Congo 89,561,403 17 Turkey 84,339,067 18 Iran 83,992,949 19 Germany 83,783,942 20 Thailand 69,799,978 21 United Kingdom 67,886,011 22 France 65,273,511 23 Italy 60,461,826 24 Tanzania 59,734,218 25 South Africa 59,308,690 26 Myanmar 54,409,800 27 Kenya 53,771,296 28 South Korea 51,269,185 29 Colombia 50,882,891 30 Spain 46,754,778 31 Uganda 45,741,007 32 Argentina 45,195,774 33 Algeria 43,851,044 34 Sudan 43,849,260 35 Ukraine 43,733,762 36 Iraq 40,222,493 37 Afghanistan 38,928,346 38 Poland 37,846,611 39 Canada 37,742,154 40 Morocco 36,910,560 41 Saudi Arabia 34,813,871 42 Uzbekistan 33,469,203 43 Peru 32,971,854 44 Angola 32,866,272 45 Malaysia 32,365,999 46 Mozambique 31,255,435 47 Ghana 31,072,940 48 Yemen 29,825,964 49 Nepal 29,136,808 50 Venezuela 28,435,940 51 Madagascar 27,691,018 52 Cameroon 26,545,863 53 Ivory Coast 26,378,274 54 North Korea 25,778,816 55 Australia 25,499,884 56 Niger 24,206,644 57 Taiwan 23,816,775 58 Sri Lanka 21,413,249 59 Burkina Faso 20,903,273 60 Mali 20,250,833 61 Romania 19,237,691 62 Malawi 19,129,952 63 Chile 19,116,201 64 Kazakhstan 18,776,707 65 Zambia 18,383,955 66 Guatemala 17,915,568 67 Ecuador 17,643,054 68 Syria 17,500,658 69 Netherlands 17,134,872 70 Senegal 16,743,927 71 Cambodia 16,718,965 72 Chad 16,425,864 73 Somalia 15,893,222 74 Zimbabwe 14,862,924 75 Guinea 13,132,795 76 Rwanda 12,952,218 77 Benin 12,123,200 78 Burundi 11,890,784 79 Tunisia 11,818,619 80 Bolivia 11,673,021 81 Belgium 11,589,623 82 Haiti 11,402,528 83 Cuba 11,326,616 84 South Sudan 11,193,725 85 Dominican Republic 10,847,910 86 Czech Republic 10,708,981 87 Greece 10,423,054 88 Jordan 10,203,134 89 Portugal 10,196,709 90 Azerbaijan 10,139,177 91 Sweden 10,099,265 92 Honduras 9,904,607 93 United Arab Emirates 9,890,402 94 Hungary 9,660,351 95 Tajikistan 9,537,645 96 Belarus 9,449,323 97 Austria 9,006,398 98 Papua New Guinea 8,947,024 99 Serbia 8,737,371 100 Israel 8,655,535 101 Switzerland 8,654,622 102 Togo 8,278,724 103 Sierra Leone 7,976,983 104 Hong Kong 7,496,981 105 Laos 7,275,560 106 Paraguay 7,132,538 107 Bulgaria 6,948,445 108 Libya 6,871,292 109 Lebanon 6,825,445 110 Nicaragua 6,624,554 111 Kyrgyzstan 6,524,195 112 El Salvador 6,486,205 113 Turkmenistan 6,031,200 114 Singapore 5,850,342 115 Denmark 5,792,202 116 Finland 5,540,720 117 Republic Of The Congo 5,518,087 118 Slovakia 5,459,642 119 Norway 5,421,241 120 Oman 5,106,626 121 Palestine 5,101,414 122 Costa Rica 5,094,118 123 Liberia 5,057,681 124 Ireland 4,937,786 125 Central African Republic 4,829,767 126 New Zealand 4,822,233 127 Mauritania 4,649,658 128 Panama 4,314,767 129 Kuwait 4,270,571 130 Croatia 4,105,267 131 Moldova 4,033,963 132 Georgia 3,989,167 133 Eritrea 3,546,421 134 Uruguay 3,473,730 135 Bosnia And Herzegovina 3,280,819 136 Mongolia 3,278,290 137 Armenia 2,963,243 138 Jamaica 2,961,167 139 Qatar 2,881,053 140 Albania 2,877,797 141 Puerto Rico 2,860,853 142 Lithuania 2,722,289 143 Namibia 2,540,905 144 Gambia 2,416,668 145 Botswana 2,351,627 146 Gabon 2,225,734 147 Lesotho 2,142,249 148 Macedonia 2,083,374 149 Slovenia 2,078,938 150 Guinea Bissau 1,968,001 151 Latvia 1,886,198 152 Bahrain 1,701,575 153 Equatorial Guinea 1,402,985 154 Trinidad And Tobago 1,399,488 155 Estonia 1,326,535 156 Timor Leste 1,318,445 157 Mauritius 1,271,768 158 Cyprus 1,207,359 159 Swaziland 1,160,164 160 Djibouti 988,000 161 Fiji 896,445 162 Reunion 895,312 163 Comoros 869,601 164 Guyana 786,552 165 Bhutan 771,608 166 Solomon Islands 686,884 167 Macau 649,335 168 Montenegro 628,066 169 Luxembourg 625,978 170 Western Sahara 597,339 171 Suriname 586,632 172 Cape Verde 555,987 173 Maldives 540,544 174 Malta 441,543 175 Brunei 437,479 176 Guadeloupe 400,124 177 Belize 397,628 178 Bahamas 393,244 179 Martinique 375,265 180 Iceland 341,243 181 Vanuatu 307,145 182 French Guiana 298,682 183 Barbados 287,375 184 New Caledonia 285,498 185 French Polynesia 280,908 186 Mayotte 272,815 187 Sao Tome And Principe 219,159 188 Samoa 198,414 189 Saint Lucia 183,627 190 Guam 168,775 191 Curacao 164,093 192 Kiribati 119,449 193 Micronesia 115,023 194 Grenada 112,523 195 Saint Vincent And The Grenadines 110,940 196 Aruba 106,766 197 Tonga 105,695 198 United States Virgin Islands 104,425 199 Seychelles 98,347 200 Antigua And Barbuda 97,929 201 Isle Of Man 85,033 202 Andorra 77,265 203 Dominica 71,986 204 Cayman Islands 65,722 205 Bermuda 62,278 206 Marshall Islands 59,190 207 Northern Mariana Islands 57,559 208 Greenland 56,770 209 American Samoa 55,191 210 Saint Kitts And Nevis 53,199 211 Faroe Islands 48,863 212 Sint Maarten 42,876 213 Monaco 39,242 214 Turks And Caicos Islands 38,717 215 Saint Martin 38,666 216 Liechtenstein 38,128 217 San Marino 33,931 218 Gibraltar 33,691 219 British Virgin Islands 30,231 220 Palau 18,094 221 Cook Islands 17,564 222 Anguilla 15,003 223 Tuvalu 11,792 224 Wallis And Futuna 11,239 225 Nauru 10,824 226 Saint Barthelemy 9,877 227 Saint Pierre And Miquelon 5,794 228 Montserrat 4,992 229 Falkland Islands 3,480 230 Niue 1,626 231 Tokelau 1,357 232 Vatican City 801

I'd blame the virus for the red dotted line. The rest you can analyse as you see fit, but it was already trending down. Both Bush and Obama had mixed results, too. Maybe it's actually the American people's fault?

@jon-nyc said in Lids: [image: 1602259401198-1af40f12-16d1-4f25-89df-efeae9f7abd4.jpeg] Actually you can do that. Best way is with a pressure cooker and a vacuum pump, but you can use a brake bleeder...

The estimated delivery times, here at least, are still really messed up. We've been buying a ton of stuff from Amazon, and they're all over the map. Frequently they arrive a week earlier than predicted. A small number have been delayed, and one got lost completely, only to show up a couple of weeks after Amazon gave us our money back.

@Doctor-Phibes There are some really strict "libel" law here in Thailand. Most/all of the website critical of Thailand are from oversea. For me, I usually use a VPN that someone set up for me. Just to make sure.

Good. The other important area of study (and I'm out of the loop on this) is finding opioids that are analgesic without being euphoric and dependency-inducing. There are multiple receptors for opioids, and getting a drug that will trigger the analgesic receptor without the others would be a big deal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_receptor

@George-K said in In the last twenty minutes...: I checked my watch at 6:10 this am, and the batter was at 30%. 35 minutes of charging later, it's up to 75%. Charged to 100% in 80 minutes.

. Funny

I was on a first flight on 9/11. When we landed someone was on a cellphone next to me and said one of the towers was hit by a little plane. It must have been just before 9:00 am.

I handed in my vote-by-mail ballot to my local election office in person, and I was required to show my state-issued photo identification and also sign my name into a log book at the election office. Of course, I also had the option to simply put the very same ballot into a regular USPS mail collection, a designated ballot drop box, or hand it to USPS over the counter at my local post office without needing to show ID or sign my name in any log book — but I would not get the “I Voted” sticker or keep the pen I used to sign my name at the local election office. Though I suspect they let every one “keep the pen” he used at the election office because of COVID-19 more than anything else.

You could do diced potatoes and add them late. They only need 20-30m or so. It would still work over rice.

Lol @George-K

@Loki said in Duct cleaning?: The EPA speaks. Thanks for that.... You should consider having the air ducts in your home cleaned if: There is substantial visible mold growth inside hard surface (e.g., sheet metal) ducts or on other components of your heating and cooling system. There are several important points to understand concerning mold detection in heating and cooling systems: Many sections of your heating and cooling system may not be accessible for a visible inspection, so ask the service provider to show you any mold they say exists. You should be aware that although a substance may look like mold, a positive determination of whether it is mold or not can be made only by an expert and may require laboratory analysis for final confirmation. For about $50, some microbiology laboratories can tell you whether a sample sent to them on a clear strip of sticky household tape is mold or simply a substance that resembles it. If you have insulated air ducts and the insulation gets wet or moldy it cannot be effectively cleaned and should be removed and replaced. If the conditions causing the mold growth in the first place are not corrected, mold growth will recur. Ducts are infested with vermin, e.g. (rodents or insects). Ducts are clogged with excessive amounts of dust and debris and/or particles are actually released into the home from your supply registers. I'll pass...

@Jolly said in Evangelicals For Biden: I think for a true evangelical, abortion is that red line. I don't consider myself an "Evangelical" (whatever that really means), but I have to agree with Jolly's assessment.

holistic? Lock 'em up.