According to the Buffalo newspaper he was in a “stable but serious” condition. So the entire emergency response team has quit their ERT assignments (but not their jobs) in protest against the suspension of the two police officers carrying out the assault. A reasonable next step would be to fire the...

Meanwhile, up in Buffalo.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSPx0zuUktY Law and order in action. I am saddened by the violence on both sides - but this situation with the 79-year old man is extreme.  He was actually trying to hand a police helmet back to the officers and when pushed roughly and fell backwar...

This thread has forked into multiple monolog interiors , it seems. Well, partly true, but don't forget: Free association - e.g., a set of lyrics comes to mind instantly when a bit of external information arrives - often a perfect and entertaining match. How does that happen? Rhetorical questions - ...

So, that was just a bit of humor at the expense of the British : ), but on a serious note - I was out on errands and crossed state lines today and the reopening is really gaining momentum here. Some people are still wearing masks and many stores are requiring it, but other places seem kind of lax. I...

Well I guess people will just spend more time outside then.

“If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow
Don’t be alarmed now...”

: D

A mystical line to a great song, but we can guess what he was talking about...

I actually answered your question because I am shopping too, but only for laptops, as I am bicoastal and on the road a lot. That said, for your purposes, I'd focus on Dell, Lenovo, and Mac if you care to make that transition. I'm also interested in Nvidia and the GeForce machines are very cool - but...

Hi PiGuy314 I would not be "The Expert" here, but since no one responded, I can provide a few ideas and links. First, you need to decide if you are just going to lean on Excel/VBA forever, or if you are prepared and/or will need to go a bit further.  If you are thinking about writing code yourself, ...

So there is this gentleman by the name of George Will. He is generally acknowledged as belonging to that extremely rare species of "conservative intellectual". Oddly, he and I are in total agreement that the Republican party in its current incarnation needs to be eradicated from holding any kind of...

On the Advance Planning theme, absolutely non-essential, but for ambiance and the pleasure of watching things grow, I am deciding on some hedges and ornamental trees here.  One of my favorites: lilacs.   Spaced just right, they will grow into a very nice floral fence or a corridor.  These pictures a...

LOL.  It will melt right off - no worries. : ) Nice walking in London though.  I don't remember f I told the story here, but one of my last trips there, I walked from the British Museum to the Victoria and Albert by way of Hyde Park and had planned to take the Tube back to the BM area after seeing e...

Did you get to use the CB radio, trackstar? In can actually be a survival skill for the future. At the risk of being put in one bag with fans of Andrew Wakefield, thanks but no thanks for vaccines - at least as long as the antibody enhanced reactions to mutated/recombined versions of this virus see...

Exodus - Bob Marley

ALM

Taking down some lighter content in observation of All Lives Matter.

For me: What I had: water, batteries, flashlights/lanterns, rice, frozen vegetables, T-paper (hehe), vinyl gloves and homemade masks, and a back-up supply of gas for my car, in case there were problems with gas stations.  (Don't light a match in my gardening shed right now.) : Q What I wish I had: a...

It's not over yet, anywhere, but it does seem to be diminished for now, in many places.  Will Covid come back this summer or fall?  TBD. But now we have time and knowledge to prepare better in advance. For fun: What did you have and what did you wish you had for the first round? What would you add t...