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They should test that rig on the "canal" road. See what it's made of.
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I'm with Mo, and believe that we will all get the Cov at some point, and likely more than once, even if vaccinated. I also believe there will be various times where we will test positive even though not sick or showing any symptoms. It would be interesting to test weekly even though vaccinated to see how often a positive test results without being sick feeling.
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Mind you, nobody posts about a problem -free experience.
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Good friend of mine died recently. I wanted to attend his services but things are too hot right now in NY, I want no part of CV. This has been the really tragic aspect of this pandemic, being unable to safely see your loved ones off.
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69.69 miles this morning (yes, I do have a juvenile sense of humor) to wrap up the Festive 500. I'm going to take tomorrow off, and then we're leaving VA on Friday morning, so that'll do it for the year, too. Not a bad one, all things considered.
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I'm with Mo, and believe that we will all get the Cov at some point, and likely more than once, even if vaccinated. I also believe there will be various times where we will test positive even though not sick or showing any symptoms. It would be interesting to test weekly even though vaccinated to see how often a positive test results without being sick feeling.
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Myself, I haven't lost anyone I was close to from this, so it's all more or less abstract.
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Maybe. We had a good ride in spite of the cold and wet. I have a pair of Gore shoe covers which did a decent job keeping my feet dry and warm. Unlike last week’s ice fiasco, temps stayed a few degrees above freezing so no casualties. 99.9% fun.
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Having made the frame all ready for decalling, I went back and looked over the procedure and recommendations yet again. Turns out, you want to put the decals on at room temperature. That means I'll need to do it in the house, since the garage is currently in the 53-60 degree range. I'm not sure my lovely bride will be happy with this. Still, without all the components, the frame itself is pretty compact. But I think it will be easier to work with if it's on the stand, which takes up a bit of space. I'm also taking my time because even though I I have a number of extra decals, I don't want to mess up. The goal is to have them done as well as they'd have been when the bike was new.
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OK. I have an occasional cough, but that may linger on for months. Also still feel my hip/buttocks. But, as usual, I would just HTFU and ride anyway. Except now we have a pipeline of rain coming from the Gulf of Mexico to the Tennessee Valley. Also I have a thick folder of bills to do.
So no riding.
But I'm not sick in bed.
So no riding.
But I'm not sick in bed.
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I'm with Mo, and believe that we will all get the Cov at some point, and likely more than once, even if vaccinated. I also believe there will be various times where we will test positive even though not sick or showing any symptoms. It would be interesting to test weekly even though vaccinated to see how often a positive test results without being sick feeling.
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This explains why I can read without glasses after a 4+ hour fever.
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Contrary to my earlier announcement, it appears I am no more alive today than I was yesterday. Perhaps I have long Astra Zeneca. My wife told me of a woman in Merida who was sick for a week, after her first dose.
Edit: This is technically incorrect. Yesterday I didn't have the strength to read, so I put on an audiobook. Today I could read, but I'm not feeling like moving around much. So there is progress.
Edit: This is technically incorrect. Yesterday I didn't have the strength to read, so I put on an audiobook. Today I could read, but I'm not feeling like moving around much. So there is progress.
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To make matters worse, payroll taxes start up again at the beginning of January. As a railroad worker, I pay not only the 6.2% equivalent of Social Security (for us, it's called Railroad Retirement Tier I), I pay an additional payroll tax (Railroad Retirement Tier II) up to a certain amount of income every year. For 2021 the rate was 4.9% up to $106K on earnings. The rate and/or the cap has been rising every year. That covers unemployment (I don't pay state unemployment tax), and I get a second Social Security-type benefit when I claim it. So it's like getting a 11.1% cut in pay starting 1/1.
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I think there's some weird psychological/social s**t going on, because the people who die of COVID simply disappear. That is, they go into the hospital and if they die, they don't die surrounded by family. And between travel restrictions and restrictions on gatherings, we don't have big funerals. I mean, 800,000 Americans have died in the last 2 years of this, and we as a nation are NOT grieving normally as you might expect us to. I wonder whether there will be a time when it hits us all, just how much death there has been? Will it hit all at once? Or just each individual.
Myself, I haven't lost anyone I was close to from this, so it's all more or less abstract.
Myself, I haven't lost anyone I was close to from this, so it's all more or less abstract.
It may be different if someone I'm close to were to die from the Cov, but everyone who I'm close to has been vaccinated.
I just have a hard time morning the loss of people who made stupid decisions when the risk is well known. Of course, I'm sure there is a place reserved in hell for me.
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I had to do that for about 1.75 year when I was a contractor when I started working again after my two years off. No city wage tax, but I had to pay the city Business Privilege and Net Profit taxes.