
Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
I have no doubt someday EV technology will work out and/or fossil fuel technology will improve to greatly reduce environmental impacts. Just like the world was never buried in horse manure as predicted before the invention of the automobile. The power grid is not able to handle charging a lot number of EVs at present and I prefer the private sector pay for that build out - just like they did for gas stations. Big cities with air quality problems may benefit from EVs, semi-rural areas like mine to not. With the hills around here, there is not an EV on the market that can make it to either nearby major city and home again (Ashville or Knoxville) in the same day - going up hill for miles drains the battery too fast. A trip we frequently make to visit relatives or shop for a day or attend a show. Its just not practical here yet. Hybrids do not fair much better as the braking mechanisms used to recover potential energy screw up the handling on snow while driving on an elevation. At best you will need a fossil fueled backup vehicle. And lets not even get into the work trucks my nephew needs for his construction business.
At least you learned your lesson and now you know what is what with your lungs. I think we all tend to believe it will get/be better tomorrow, I have to be at the end of whatever is going on, etc, until we end up at the doctors /hospital because it just didn't go away. I know I am so guilty of that MO.
Super nice to have mechanically inclined family to check over used vehicles. We joke that my truck is so old it is able to legally purchase alcohol. Runs great, husband can fix anything going on with it and I can buy lots and lotslots of fuel for the cost of insurance alone.
I always buy at least slightly used cars. The you know they are in decent running order. A colleague at the college bought a new van and had troubles with it right from the start. They kept working on it till the warranty ran out and then he was stuck with a lemon - at great cost.
The flooring for the condo is in transit from Ontario and we are hoping it will yet be delivered today as rain is forecast for tomorrow the only rainy day in two weeks!!!
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/cu-anschutz-researchers-identify-drugs-curb-alzheimers-symptoms/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h
https://kdvr.com/news/local/stanley-cup-shows-up-at-wrong-house/
And landeskog helped out at Raising Kane Chicken yesterday! Busy, busy place. Parade today!
And they estimate 500,000 people at the parade today! News originally guessed 200,000 would attend. They were off by a bit.😁😁
And absolutely no civil unrest! The police had prepared for all.
Live coverage of parade and party, four hours worth!
Justin, dad, is a network engineer.
Drugs are also known by the names:
Imiprimine (Tofranil)
and
Olanzapine (Zyprexa)
This won't be the first time efforts were made to get approval from the FDA on an older drug for a new use.
When a drug brand expires and the generic becomes available at a less expensive price, there is very little incentive financially to get approval for a new use.
However, this is promising research! There is hope, not a cure, but a treatment I am thinking.
🤗
this comment is about stress. many people have psycho-somatic symptoms from the huge stress they’re under.
i just saw some very good advice on the internet.
i post it here, because maybe it helps:
“It wasn't until I started to focus on shedding the anxiety that my health started coming back.
How did I shed the anxiety?
(A) Going to bed early. Quitting T.V. Waking up early.
(B) Talking to my loved ones every day, every chance I had.
(C) Stopped eating any junk, removed all processed foods from my life. Removed all toxic people from my life. Anyone who took advantage of me, didn't give me credit, or gave me a funny, anxious feeling, I let them go.
(D) Focusing on the now. Every time my mind wandered, I focused on my breath. I focused on my hands typing, the water hitting my face, how the pillow felt against my cheek....I started to live.
(E) Forgetting the past. Acknowledging that the past had no power over my life (this moment). This moment was all I ever had.
This isn't easy, it sounds easy but it takes effort. I had to realize that I did not need the anxiety, the T.V., the junk food...I did not "need" anything.
The current moment was the most precious gift in my life. The only thing I actually needed.”
I sincerely hope she is safe.
Hmmm?
Weird!
246 (1776-2022) years! Happy Birthday America! May we have our freedom for another 246 years!
Can you get what you are looking for by entering "Oldies but Goodies" in your search bar? Maybe try a google search instead of Youtube.
Today is a good day for me to stay off social media, I think.
But music is always fun. peaceful. relaxing. or energizing. Uplifting. Or for recalling memories.
Be careful, I cannot get these songs out of my head, played over the weekend:
"Better stop people, what's that sound, everybody look what's goin down".
"What a field day for the heat"
"Somewhere in the darkness, the gambler he broke even".
"The best you can hope for, is to die in your sleep".
After years later, rewatching "Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood", Sandra Bullock-An alcoholic mother who has a breakdown and goes after her children, beats them with a belt, then is taken away....
I now find myself in shock mostly. The movie is not about my friend who was an alcoholic (and looked a lot like the mother).....
It is about my mother, going after me. And the rest of the story is pretty much the same.
There is sand in my eyes and nose and mouth, after pulling my head out. 🙄
For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield. That one was on my playlist today, they did manage to get some things right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5JCrSXkJY
They look so young!
I think we both were over tired this morning.
Margaret,
In the U.S. a metre is about 3 ft.
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