I don’t disagree but FWIW, the lobster guys say toughness comes from overcooking. Even my 3 pounders were cooked just 20 minutes and they were tender, sweet and delicious.

Just finished my bisque and it’s fantastic!

That's another good point. Overcooking results in a chewey tough lobster and many other foods.

Ron

 

That's another good point. Overcooking results in a chewey tough lobster and many other foods.

Ron

Yeah unfortunately that's a side issue that is of course a drawback. I would say try to get it as cooked as possible without making it too rubbery. I noticed this too even with Tilapia so i try to get it cooked very well but not too overcooked.
The downside to not cooking well enough though could be very devastating and that involves one of the most critical issues for humans: health.

 

I thought there was a cooking thread around here, somewhere. Something about a "grill" with tails.

 

I thought there was a cooking thread around here, somewhere. Something about a "grill" with tails.

This is the 'bug' thread.

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opini...-have-been-socially-distance-find-ncna1184506

Such knowledge led to an amusing encounter in 1776 between Franklin and the future second president, John Adams. On the way to a meeting in Staten Island, Franklin and Adams spent the night in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The inn was so full that Adams and Franklin had to share not only a room, but also a bed.

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opini...-have-been-socially-distance-find-ncna1184506

 

Well I survived another trip to my local super market. With a limit of one per customer I grabbed the largest package of Charmin I saw so that went well. The pre-mix salad mixes were scarce but I found some we like. Soups are still hurting and sparse selection. Deli and cold cuts no problem and plenty of good fresh bakery. No donuts though and I am beginning to crave a nice couple of jelly donuts. I was able to restock my frozen raw shrimp stash so that was good. They now have the in doot and out door with one way aisles but I screwed that up as I was over halfway through the store before I noticed the added arrows on the floor. Worked out OK as I hit it early so no wait and no crowd to bitch at me for going the wrong way. My face mask in a modified bandanna which belonged to one of my dogs, actually a Budweiser bandanna. If the state wants me wearing a face mask when out in public they can provide one or at least tell me where I can get some? I call BS on that! Overall good so far today.

Ron

 

Yet NYC never took the lockdown seriously enough to shut it down.

And they got the expected results.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-subways-blamed-major-disseminator-of-coronavirus

 

And they got the expected results.

And our own personal village idiot thinks this is a Good Thing™.

 

And they got the expected results.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-subways-blamed-major-disseminator-of-coronavirus

I am just so surprised. Hell, as a kid during any flu season the subway or bus was the very best place to catch the flu. Tell you what, NY and NYC get exactly what they deserve under their leadership. When hurricane Sandy approached they shut everything down and it saved countless lives. Apparently they forgot lessons learned.

Ron

 

Go figure. While my lawn is far from a perfectly manicured plot...

Ron

You've got a lawn - I've got 3" of snow! - Oh! The inequality of it all (tears!)...

TTFN
HP

 

Women & children hardest hit by Wuhan Virus Shutdown...

https://www.france24.com/en/20200410-french-domestic-violence-cases-soar-during-coronavirus-lockdown

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/europe/domestic-violence-coronavirus-lockdown-intl/index.html

https://theintercept.com/2020/04/13/coronavirus-lockdown-domestic-violence/

If it isn't already, the cure is going to be worse than the disease.

 

You've got a lawn - I've got 3" of snow! - Oh! The inequality of it all (tears!)...

TTFN
HP

Snow? We had a light coating, maybe an inch last night but are due for more going into tomorrow morning. My friend and neighbor does plowing and salting so he has us covered. His bike is wintering in my garage with mine and we help each other with other stuff. Did a new power entry service on his house last summer. Normally here in NE Ohio we are done with snow by now but been unseasonably cold and wet including late season snow.

Ron

 

Women & children hardest hit by Wuhan Virus Shutdown...

https://www.france24.com/en/20200410-french-domestic-violence-cases-soar-during-coronavirus-lockdown

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/europe/domestic-violence-coronavirus-lockdown-intl/index.html

https://theintercept.com/2020/04/13/coronavirus-lockdown-domestic-violence/

If it isn't already, the cure is going to be worse than the disease.

Doesn't say much for the status of the 'Modern Family' does it? -- Talk about 'familiarity breeding contempt'! (npi) -- SMH!

Disgusted with human nature!
HP

 

We haven't had snow here in living memory. Ok, there was a little frost way up North and it made headlines.

What Irony: We under Corona lock-down but you cannot buy or transport beer until the end or the month or later.

 

Women & children hardest hit by ...

...everything always. You forgot to add "minorities".

 

Snow? We had a light coating, maybe an inch last night but are due for more going into tomorrow morning. My friend and neighbor does plowing and salting so he has us covered. His bike is wintering in my garage with mine and we help each other with other stuff. Did a new power entry service on his house last summer. Normally here in NE Ohio we are done with snow by now but been unseasonably cold and wet including late season snow.

Ron

Oh! Well... I suppose a 'silver lining' is to be noted (Re: regions experiencing unseasonably cool weather) in said conditions 'holding' energetic vernal/summer storms at 'bay'. --- I know I've enough on my hands sans high straightline winds, funnels, large hail and, especially, cloud-to-ground lightning strikes!

Best regards
HP

 

"The first casualty of war is truth." - unknown

And just like that, any hope of reliable data goes out the window.
https://www.aha.org/advisory/2020-0...es-guidance-implementing-cares-act-provisions

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday released new guidance implementing several provisions included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. These provisions include:

• A Medicare add-on payment of 20% for both rural and urban inpatient hospital COVID-19 patients;
• Waiver of the long-term care hospital (LTCH) site-neutral policy for COVID-19 patients;
• Waiver of the LTCH “50% Rule” for COVID-19 patients; and
• Waiver of the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) “3-hour Rule” for COVID-19 patients.

I think doctors and even hospital bureaucrats that handle such things are largely honorable people, but that's a big thumb on the scale in favor of categorizing anything possible as Wuhan red death.

 

https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/16...uggests-patients-are-responding-to-treatment/

 

"The first casualty of war is truth." - unknown

And just like that, any hope of reliable data goes out the window.
https://www.aha.org/advisory/2020-0...es-guidance-implementing-cares-act-provisions



I think doctors and even hospital bureaucrats that handle such things are largely honorable people, but that's a big thumb on the scale in favor of categorizing anything possible as Wuhan red death.

I would agree -- and even having agreed I have a hard time arguing that these provisions, or at least provisions that address the same issues, aren't needed. The next thought that comes to mind is "trust by verify", but that risks adding additional bureaucracy at a time when a big part of the problem is that the system is potentially going to be overstressed and undermanned. Plus, at what point will we even have sufficient testing capacity to do the verification?

What we could do is rely on random sampling. Pick some small fraction (and it can probably be a fairly small fraction) of cases and have an independent contractor perform a test. If that test comes back negative, then you perform ten more random tests associated with that same provider. If one of those comes back negative, you go even further. The same could be done for determining if the treatment being given and billed for was reasonable or excessive. If you make the penalties for flagrant abuse severe enough, it should keep a lid on it. You aren't trying to stamp out all graft associated with it, just keep it to a tolerable level -- and I have no problem with giving the providers a lot of benefit of the doubt since they are very much feeling their way through things as well.