Oh, it does. It helps a LOT. It's just that I am a serious sugar addict and have never gotten a handle on it for more than a few months at a time; when I'm on the wagon I do great, but like any addict, when I fall of the wagon I fall hard.

We all have to go, death by chocolate can't be the worse way.

 

Yeah, I left my cancer, diabetes, kidney and liver disease off that list... I know exactly what you mean about sugar (and carbs) addiction and I'm type 1. Stepdad was a brittle and would even put sweet and low in his beer he craved it so badly. His mother was type 2 and hid candy bars like an alcoholic does bottles. Constant battle as seems lots of ways to die without trying very hard these days.

 

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Next it will be the Chupacabra or Baba Yaga

 

Oh, it does. It helps a LOT. It's just that I am a serious sugar addict and have never gotten a handle on it for more than a few months at a time; when I'm on the wagon I do great, but like any addict, when I fall of the wagon I fall hard.

Wow i end up doing that too, the only way i can control it is to not buy any at the store but that is depressing.

 

The replies here remind me of the movie "A Million Ways To Die In The West".
I think it was back in the 1800's people were lucky to live past 30.
One of the jokes in the movie was one of the leading ladies said she wanted to get married before she became an old maid at 36 or some relatively low age like that.
Today life expectancy in the continental US and Austrailia is around 80.

 

Virus is killing 2,000 people per day -- let's resolve to do better.

 

Virus is killing 2,000 people per day -- let's resolve to do better.

Isolate the old, frail and sick then throw away the key.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1703503427818

 

Virus is killing 2,000 people per day -- let's resolve to do better.

What's your proposal?

 

What's your proposal?

No proposal, just another Amphiboly. Here is another

Lawyers Give Poor Free Legal Advice

 

No ambiguity needed. If you aren't part of the solution, you are part of the problem.

 

No ambiguity needed. If you aren't part of the solution, you are part of the problem.

If you must be obscure, please try to be obscure clearly.

 

1) You lament the death rate in the United States -- it's unclear whether you think it is too high to too low.
2) You offer no advice other than a trite amphiboly.
3) My response was not ambiguous. First say whether you think the rate (from what?) is too high or too low. Then offer substantiated remedial measures you think should be used. Pandemonium is not the solution to a pandemic.

 

1) You lament the death rate in the United States -- it's unclear whether you think it is too high to too low.
2) You offer no advice other than a trite amphiboly.
3) My response was not ambiguous. First say whether you think the rate (from what?) is too high or too low. Then offer substantiated remedial measures you think should be used. Pandemonium is not the solution to a pandemic.

I'm under no obligation whatever to comply with your requests or subscribe to your world view. This thread is over 2700 posts long and I'm not aware of anybody else being held to that standard. I do have one thought, and that is we can escalate this to the point that the mods close this thread. Are you ready to dance?

 

Why have we not heard of colloidal silver during this pandemic. Reported to kill 650 different bugs. I'll just keep taking my jigger a day and keep my fingers crossed.

 

Well on the bright side here in Ohio, US restaurants will resume operations May 15th which will be nice for those who have survived. Nice news but I think our governor pushed his luck a little too much and had to back peddle on a few of his orders which were changed to suggestions. Seems when you push people they push back especially come election time. Daughter in law is a dental hygienist and sent us a picture of her new work attire. The kid reminds me of shipboard (NBC) Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) warfare drills but as far as I am concerned the kid can't have too much protection. Restaurants will have guidelines for seating but it will be nice to see them open again. There is a long list of other businesses which can resume business with restrictions.

Ron

 

Why have we not heard of colloidal silver during this pandemic. Reported to kill 650 different bugs. I'll just keep taking my jigger a day and keep my fingers crossed.

Blue is nice, you may look good in blue. You just had to do it didn't you?

Beer through nose....

Ron

 

Virus is killing 2,000 people per day -- let's resolve to do better.

i think they are counting all the dead as due to the virus.

 

Isolate the old, frail and sick then throw away the key.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1703503427818

https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-ventura-county-coronavirus-forcibly-removed-homes-quarantine

Ventura County officials were forced Wednesday to apologize and clarify that those who could not isolate or quarantine themselves would never be forcibly removed from their homes as part of an effort to further contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Video circulated on social media showed Dr. Robert Levin, the director of Ventura County Public Health, speaking before the board of supervisors Tuesday about a plan to hire up to 50 new “contact tracing investigators” to “find people who have COVID-19 and immediately isolate them, find every one of their contacts, make sure they stay quarantined and check in with them every day.”

 

Virus is killing 2,000 people per day -- let's resolve to do better.

I'm with you Papabravo. As far as I can see, the US has sacrificed a chunk of your economy like most other places, but you aren't seeing as much benefit. I'm not sure why. Here are some figures on daily new cases for the US compared to some of the more successful northern hemisphere countries. With the lockdown you managed to stabilise the case numbers, but not drive them down like most comparable countries have.



see: link

 

i think they are counting all the dead as due to the virus.

That covers that pretty well. NYC added 3,700 to the death toll based on suspicion. 3,700 corpses which were never even tested. Those with other known physical ailments are all showing up COVID. A friend of mine had a brother-in-law in NJ. The guy was 56 years old and had a weak heart. The guy dropped dead clutching his chest. The family gets the death certificate, yep, COVID. The idea is to run up the numbers. Before there was COVID at least a death certificate listed an actual cause of death, suddenly everything short of homicide is COVID. So how did people did before COVID?

Ron