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Post by majorminor on Feb 2, 2022 12:41:58 GMT -5
I once posited in a Covid mega thread in the very early days that "Covid gonna Covid". By which I meant I was skeptical there was much we were going to be able to do to alter the outcome of a virus spreading through a heavily populated and free society. At that time vaccines were on the horizon but no one knew how/when. I think those vaccines have been generally effective and saved lives and I've taken mine twice. With that said no one should ever be forced to take it IMO. Ever. And you guys that seem to think vaccines should be forced or think it's OK to use social sanctions to force them scare me. BOO !I think institutions like hospitals and probably schools have the right and responsibility to require masks and/or vaccinations (with valid medical exceptions). If you don't want to follow those requirements, go somewhere else. You have that choice.Rather than force vaccines how about if we just have hospitals and schools conduct their business inside Alaska Airline's 737's?
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Post by majorminor on Feb 2, 2022 11:24:00 GMT -5
I once posited in a Covid mega thread in the very early days that "Covid gonna Covid". By which I meant I was skeptical there was much we were going to be able to do to alter the outcome of a virus spreading through a heavily populated and free society. At that time vaccines were on the horizon but no one knew how/when. I think those vaccines have been generally effective and saved lives and I've taken mine twice. With that said no one should ever be forced to take it IMO. Ever. And you guys that seem to think vaccines should be forced or think it's OK to use social sanctions to force them scare me. Looking at total reported cases and deaths world wide looks like the current global death rate is 0.0148. Of course, a majority of those deaths were elderly people or people that were already compromised in some way. It's all guesswork but one can safely assume there were MANY unreported cases of Covid that were either asymptomatic or mild enough that the case never entered the system. So what's the real death rate of Covid let loose in a human population? Nobody knows but it's significantly less than 0.0148 isn't it? So, even taking in to account the effects of long Covid, a reasonable question to ask is "did we overreact?". Many of us have lost family or friends to Covid and this "statistics" argument is impossible to have sometimes and understandably so. So my answer to that over reaction question is "I Don't know. Maybe". I do know I'm 100% against losing your livelihood or job, or any basic freedoms because you won't get vaccinated. In a free society like the one I'm thankful to live in "Covid gonna Covid" I took this picture below at the Anchorage airport last month. How can it be that it's perfectly safe to fly in a crowded plane(and of course cram in to terminals, shuttles and taxi cabs, security checkpoints, and restrooms) and Millring can't have an art show? When I read this sign what I think is it's been determined that under certain circumstances it's OK to risk Covid and under other circumstances it's not. Flying is apparently such a necessity the rules get to be different.
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Post by majorminor on Jan 25, 2022 16:52:43 GMT -5
Montana really sucks....and I'm sure you will hate it, but FYI we are hiking heaven here in The Bitterroot Valley. You and yours are always welcome.
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Post by majorminor on Jan 25, 2022 16:41:33 GMT -5
Looks pretty cool. I think I'd like to go see that area. Did you have to flick any scorpions off a picnic table?
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Post by majorminor on Jan 25, 2022 14:24:41 GMT -5
I think #2 was nuke Canada.
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Post by majorminor on Jan 25, 2022 14:18:00 GMT -5
Thinking about you and yours Kris. It's inspiring to see how you and your family have worked through this.
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Post by majorminor on Jan 24, 2022 17:19:23 GMT -5
"I don't think there is much we CAN do is there?" Sure there is. Remember Iraq? There just aren't many good things we could do. Oh...I just assumed that was off the table since that would be complete lunacy. F'n with Saddam is one thing......About all we can and are gonna do is squawk and Putin is going to do what he damn well pleases over there IMO
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Post by majorminor on Jan 24, 2022 14:19:48 GMT -5
I don't think there is much we CAN do is there?
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Post by majorminor on Jan 21, 2022 18:41:37 GMT -5
Despite Steve's protestations, Montana is beautiful. You shut your whore mouth!!!!
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Post by majorminor on Jan 21, 2022 8:56:04 GMT -5
Ah....that explains hearing Paradise By The Dashboard Lights when I hopped in the truck this morning...."Let me sleep on it. Baby baby let me sleep on it"...
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Post by majorminor on Jan 21, 2022 8:53:47 GMT -5
If I thought I could figure out what to do with the 7th string, I might get one. Do what Todd would do. Play a G7 chord a lot. As for the rest of this thread I bow in envy to your guitar geekdom.
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Post by majorminor on Jan 20, 2022 9:51:09 GMT -5
"....or are you just happy to see me??"
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Post by majorminor on Jan 19, 2022 17:57:56 GMT -5
I ordered them - I could foresee some scenarios where it might be handy so why not?
I've been tested twice. Both time voluntarily right before seeing my 87 year immune suppressed dad.
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Post by majorminor on Jan 19, 2022 10:20:13 GMT -5
Been really fighting the winter blahs lately. Drinking a margarita for lunch at a swim up bar somewhere is sounding pretty good. When you visited Costa Rica, did you ever make it to Nosara? I just edited a travel piece about it, and it sounds amazing. That does look pretty great. No, we were on the Pacific side, but way down south on the Osa Peninsula on the Matapalo Coast. Pretty remote. Ridiculous wildlife viewing and beach stuff. You could walk down the hill to the little beach and have it to yourself and swim while watching trees full of macaws and monkeys. One day we chartered a boat out of Puerto Jiminez and released over twenty 100lb plus sailfish in 4 hours. Pretty special slice of the world down there.
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Post by majorminor on Jan 19, 2022 9:31:48 GMT -5
Been really fighting the winter blahs lately. Drinking a margarita for lunch at a swim up bar somewhere is sounding pretty good.
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Post by majorminor on Jan 19, 2022 8:58:02 GMT -5
Forget the bike. See America the American way, in a German convertible! Nice day, top down. Rainy day, top up. Every day, total comfort, no aches and pains. You want talk, you can hear each other. You want tunes, you got eight speakers. You want chicks... forget the chicks. You got to come home again. No chicks. Beer is fine on county two-lanes. Make sure the top is down before you toss the cans. This is the best advice you are going to get! <David's prostate enters the chat>
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Post by majorminor on Jan 15, 2022 13:56:20 GMT -5
I think the Kawasaki KLR 650 was pretty much designed for a trip like this.
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Post by majorminor on Jan 15, 2022 10:48:30 GMT -5
30 degrees and partly cloudy here. Buttermilk pancakes are in the works. Lazy day on tap.
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Post by majorminor on Jan 14, 2022 12:29:09 GMT -5
The two f*****g horses are an especially nice touch.
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Post by majorminor on Jan 14, 2022 9:07:20 GMT -5
For an incredibly sucky adventure stock up on bear spray and good camping and fly fishing gear and drive in to Elk City Idaho and take the Magruder Corridor east and over in to Darby Montana. I'll buy you a bear....uh...I mean a beer. offroadingpro.com/magruder-corridor/
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