seedsbelize 

My maternal grandfather smoked White Owls. Thanks for the memory.

datlas 

Back to work today. Looking at the traffic, it seems I am one of very few fools who is working.

Trsnrtr

In a former life 40 years ago, I smoked cigars and a pipe. White Owl cigars were beneath me even though I made a meager salary at the time.

Trsnrtr

I've been binging, for the second time, The Civil War by Ken Burns on Netflix. The photography alone is worth the watch.

MoAlpha

I'm in. Barely anyone on the road, but still saw a near crash.

Lots of energy stored in the atmosphere today!

Trsnrtr

Any of my fellow Addictionites have an iPhone Xs to Xr? I have had three iPhone 7 the last few years and the third one just died after less than a week.

Apple had a defective I7 build, Model A1660, and will replace it free but they replace it with another A1660, refurbed, of course. one would think they would replace it with a different I7 build but they don't. My carrier, Verizon, wants me to upgrade, of course, and I'm not against it but the Xr is reputed to have poor sound quality and the Xs is ridiculously expensive.

Anyway, I'm going to have to fight with Verizon and/or Apple today, I'm afraid.

MoAlpha

She didn't put that package there.

datlas 

Indeed. VERY humid here. Like pea soup.

Makel

I am too after I drop the dogs off at the groomer.

indyfabz

Count me among the fools. There were literally about a half dozen people on the bus this morning.

indyfabz

I walked 5 blocks from the bus to my building. My shirt and forehead were wet by the time I arrived.

f4rrest

The pixel3a is $300-ish if you're open to Android.

datlas 

Yeah, I console myself by saying it's too humid to ride anyway. If I say it enough maybe I will believe it.

Trsnrtr

No, I’m not.

seedsbelize 

And we're having lovely weather. Yesterday it was nice enough to ride even in the afternoon. Today might be too. An interesting turn of fate--since I made the decision to not push it anymore on the bike, I have not been on the (road)bike and don't feel the pressure to get out there on a daily basis. I had blood work this morning and thus could not have coffee until after eight. By the time I had it made and poured, I found I could have gone on without it. Sadly, I did not.

rpenmanparker 

Mrs. rpen and I both had the newest shingles vaccinations on Monday. Her second round and my first. Both of us have had horrible reactions. Chills, fever, muscular aches. And in my case burning urination. So I looked up the side effects and found they are supposed to be very rare. Yet everyone I have talked to has had a similar experience to ours. WTF

rpenmanparker 

The French have a saying for bridging a mid-week holiday all the way to the weekend: “Faire le pont.” It is the standard practice there.

indyfabz

It's going to be just as bad tomorrow, if not worse.

MoAlpha

Wife had flu-like symptoms with her first one. I'm dreading it and actively procrastinating.

f4rrest

Bridging forward or backward or both?

datlas 

I tell all patients to be aware they may have severe arm pain and/or feverish reaction to this shot. It's still worth getting but time it so it won't ruin an important event.

MoAlpha

Ack. Like Summer?

Wife just texted me and said local Rite Aid is taking spouses of people on waiting list and today is a good day.

Will NSAIDs reduce the chance of a good take?

LesterOfPuppets

Happy July 5th everyone. Hopefully the 4th didn't take too much outta ya.

datlas 

If you don't have a major event planned for the next 3 days, just do it. OK to take tylenol 1g Q8H to blunt the cytokine storm, I don't believe it will affect the immunogenicity of the vaccine.

MoAlpha

Thanks. CDC statement says APAP and NSAIs are okay. Now, to decide whether a weekend ride constitutes a major event. Looks like a **** weekend for sailing.