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Addiction LXXIX

Old 09-28-20, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
That's for two people, I hope.
Nope. That's all mine.

She only brought 1.5 litres. She must want to recreate one of those movie scenes where you crawl across the desert groaning "water".
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Old 09-28-20, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by genejockey
My Dad had a 1971 Citroen DS21 Pallas that he ran for about 10 years till it rusted out, then he replaced it with a 1972 that had spent its life in the South, and ran that till it wouldn't pass either. It was all kinds of trouble, but mostly hydraulic, and the nearest place to repair it was 35 miles away. One time, he needed it repaired but didn't want to pay to have it towed 30 miles, so he just stopped every so often to top up the reservoir. Mom followed him, and got a windshield sprayed with a fine mist of hydraulic fluid for her trouble.

And that's not even touching on the two decades when my brother and his wife owned Citroens and Renaults.
I worked 5+ years at a Jeep/Eagle dealer and Renault came along with it. I admit the first time I opened the hood on a LeCar and saw the engine was behind the transmission I was shocked. In gas station days they would come in for tire issues. The wheels don't have a center hole so we couldn't put them on the tire machines of the day and tires had to be mounted by hand. The 3 lug nut thing freaked me out a bit, too.

The worst of my Renault days was the Fuego. I think whoever designed the wiring and electrical must have had quite a sense of humor.
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Old 09-28-20, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by big john
You should try some French cars.
My first "real" bicycle was French. It was actually really nice. Wish I'd kept it. An old Peugeot like this:




(not mine). I brazed cantilever brakes onto it and tried cyclocross.
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Old 09-28-20, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by datlas
Now only once/year for flu shot.
Is the flu shot worth getting this year?
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Are you using pre-loaded syringes, and where do you have to inject the stuff? I might have some advice (or not) as to minimizing discomfort. Not professional, mind; just from on-going/rest-of-life experience.
Currently just old-fashioned fill and inject ones.
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Old 09-28-20, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
She must not want to groan under the burden of carrying unneeded water.
Fixed.
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Old 09-28-20, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by big john
You should try some French cars.
I have. repeatedly. you'd think I'd have learnt by now.
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Originally Posted by Jack Tone
My first "real" bicycle was French. It was actually really nice. Wish I'd kept it. An old Peugeot like this:


(not mine). I brazed cantilever brakes onto it and tried cyclocross.
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Old 09-28-20, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Is the flu shot worth getting this year?
Yes. One could argue that all the measures we are taking for the COVID19 are going to prevent influenza, but even so it's worth getting. I got mine a couple weeks ago.
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Old 09-28-20, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by datlas
Yes. One could argue that all the measures we are taking for the COVID19 are going to prevent influenza, but even so it's worth getting. I got mine a couple weeks ago.
If they guessed the right flu.
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Old 09-28-20, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
If they guessed the right flu.
It's more complicated than that. Even if they guess "wrong" you are going to get partial protection, which is better than nothing.
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Old 09-28-20, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Is the flu shot worth getting this year?

Currently just old-fashioned fill and inject ones.
Ah, then my suggestions won't help; they are specific to the pre-loaded ones, injecting into fatty tissue. Sorry!
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Old 09-28-20, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by datlas
Yes. One could argue that all the measures we are taking for the COVID19 are going to prevent influenza, but even so it's worth getting. I got mine a couple weeks ago.
As I think of it, all the measures aren’t perfect, and if Covid can sneak through so can the flu. And if I mess up and get exposed (family forum!) I’d like as much protection as possible. Especially with the Covid around.
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Old 09-28-20, 01:26 PM
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Outside my office. What is the what?



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Old 09-28-20, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Outside my office. What is the what?
A plague of locusts is upon you.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
A plague of locusts is upon you.
Could be Schistocerca Americana:

Q: What is the name of the flying grasshopper I am seeing all over my open field? - UF/IFAS Extension Nassau County
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Impressed you can look at a LCD screen.
I’m on an iPad with the screen brightness turned to minimum and I’m using it very sparingly.
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Old 09-28-20, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
Sorry to hear about this. How much longer do you have to do this?
I have no idea. I ended injections in July and I wasn’t due for a checkup until December but my vision worsened even more a week ago. Doc seems pretty concerned; I know I am. I can see very little out of my left eye anymore.
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Old 09-28-20, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Is the flu shot worth getting this year?
Of course, especially for guys like you. I’m getting mine as soon as the line at the clinic at work shortens a bit.
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Old 09-28-20, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
A plague of locusts is upon you.
Simple as that.
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Flu shot feels milder than last year's so far; that one had me feeling stressed for a day. After four hours, this one is just kinda sore in the shoulder.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
Flu shot feels milder than last year's so far; that one had me feeling stressed for a day. After four hours, this one is just kinda sore in the shoulder.
Flu shot is nothing.

Try the Shingrix. Now that's something you may notice. I sure did.

You are too young for that, wait a few years.
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Originally Posted by datlas
Flu shot is nothing.

Try the Shingrix. Now that's something you may notice. I sure did.

You are too young for that, wait a few years.
So you're telling me things get better when I get older?
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When we were a little further north this year, we encountered these grasshoppers that made a very weird, very loud buzzing, punctuated by a loud cracking sound every second or so as their flew. I had never come across them before.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
Simple as that.
And it wouldn't be out of character for 2020.
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First Take? Or Undisuputed?
I don't know. I was trying to work. Sounded like a couple of guys and a girl at a bar arguing about sports. At one point, they were going off about goats.
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