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1. about 4 hours ago on Peanuts

   I learned how to crochet while in Walter Reed. I got so sick of daytime soaps that a couple of the nurses started teaching me how. It’s amazing how fast the day can go by when you’re concentrating so hard on popcorn stitches.

2. about 11 hours ago on B.C.

   Good luck.

3. about 13 hours ago on Peanuts

   Back in ‘68-’72 my best friend we called The Rock" because he was a Hawaiian as broad as he was tall and scary as h311 on the football field, but his real joy was a hobby of teeny tiny electronics. I was always amazed how he could manipulate such small things with his massive mitts. He was also light on his feet and a talented dancer with young ladies queuing up to dance with him at the sock hops. Another friend once called him James Bond in the body of the Incredible Hulk. He was my protector on the football field, and I miss my friend; he would have given Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson a run for his money if they had lived in the same timeline.

4. 1 day ago on B.C.

   Hey, guess what? A new study out Virginia Tech, you know one of those real science places, just released their aerosol studies on mask protections. To quote Professor Linsey Marr “No mask is 100% effective. An N95, for example, is named as such because it is at least 95% efficient at blocking airborne particles when used properly. But even if a mask has an 80% efficiency, Marr said, it still offers meaningful protection”. “That greatly reduces the chance that I’m going to become infected,”…Marr said her team aerosolized the coronavirus, pulled it through a mask, and then examined how much virus survived on the mask. The study reported some viral particle remained on some cloth masks, but no virus survived on the N95s or surgical masks. So, in other words Wear a mask and wear it correctly or throw the dice and increase your chances of dying in a pandemic. Also of note is the fact that 7 of the doctor/scientists involved in those bogus studies paid for by MAGA lost their medical licenses, 4 temporarily and 3 permanently for the bad science and misinformation they spread that may have cost lives. On another note, is Joseph Abiodun Ladapo who is currently under investigation and could lose his medical license. So, good luck exercising your freedumbs in the next pandemic.

5. 1 day ago on B.C.

   Didn’t read my post to Rand above. Look up the real facts. There was no placebo effect except in the minds of MAGA followers. I’m surprised anyone still follows MAGA supporting networks considering all the Million$ they’ve had to pay out for lies and slander. But I know, arguing with those who will not learn is a futile endeavor.

6. 2 days ago on Non Sequitur

   I’ve been there. Many years ago, I also took my class to Kearney to visit Jesse James’ farm as part of our Civil War studies. I don’t remember his name but a farmer down the road had an apple orchard and allowed the kids free apples to pick.

7. 2 days ago on B.C.

   Yes, I know about the Cochrane Review. What you failed to mention is that in that review which was a review of a number of other’s research it was concluded that the effectiveness of the masks was determined by the materials used, the certified level of particulate filtration and the correctness of wearing the masks. Roughly half of the participants were fully protected by a proper minimum of N-95 level of filtration and proper fit/placement on the face. Washing hands and keeping them off of one’s face increased the effectiveness. Of those who were deemed not to be protected they were found to be wearing inappropriate cloth masks or other lesser materials, not properly securing the mask, did not wash their hands regularly and often admitted to some form of touching their faces. In other words, to be protected one had only to follow instructions, keep the mask in place and not pick one’s nose. This is why republican deaths far outpaced democrats. Too many refused to take the pandemic seriously and all of that blame should be placed squarely on their MAGA leaders.

8. 2 days ago on Non Sequitur

   “The Virginian” is still one of my all-time favorites.

9. 2 days ago on B.C.

   As I recall the only thing worthless about them were the people who refused to wear them or wear them properly. Apparently saving their own life or the lives of others was too hard. Or as many of them noted, they preferred the freedom to get infected and the freedom to infect others.

10. 2 days ago on Non Sequitur

    While in Taos, NM years ago I visited the famous explorer, Indian fighter and later Navajo advocate Kit Carson’s grave site. I wanted to visit him as he was also a part of the successful American Camel Experiment that I had been researching. He and his family including his WW1 fighter Ace son and his WW2 fighter Ace grandson all had very modest markers and the site was modest as well. It seems deeds trump monuments when it comes to people remembering the past every time.