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  1. Rabby

    Fighting CV19: Please send thoughts and well wishes to Greg B (Runum)

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    The mind is a powerful thing, my friend. Look mortal peril in the eye and show it you have the will to fight. Defiance is also medicine. When you beat the covid, as I am confident you will, I'll buy you lunch and we can discuss the great existential mysteries. Stay strong.
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    I love this post so much. We did a lot of this with my daughter before she was in school, and in Summer and weekends... and continue to help structure her time; but as she gets older, it's more and more helping her write her own schedule and develop her own routines and goals because...
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    TAMPA BAY, FL Fastlane Meetup

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    WE HAVE QUORUM! Keep 'em coming... if we get enough I'll declare a new world order, and we'll take over everything.
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    TAMPA BAY, FL Fastlane Meetup

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    As a side note to anyone attending, here's their dress code statement from the club web site: "Professional dress is required. Denim is permitted during lunch service. No shorts. Jackets preferred for evening functions." Well, noon is not evening, so jackets are a matter of how the weather...
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    TAMPA BAY, FL Fastlane Meetup

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    Good point... I forgot about the mechanical sun-estimating things. I'll be there at 11:45, figuring whoever might arrive between then and 12:00. First person from the fastlane forum I meet there gets secret wisdom of the ages never told to another soul (remind me so I can think up a new secret...
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    TAMPA BAY, FL Fastlane Meetup

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    @WillHurtDontCare you howl at the moon don't you?
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    The Worldwide C0VlD-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Discussion Thread...

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    "Eugenol, a Component of Holy Basil (Tulsi) and Common Spice Clove, Inhibits the Interaction Between SARS-CoV-2 Spike S1 and ACE2 to Induce Therapeutic Responses" https://www.scinapse.io/papers/3206733045 Always figured I liked cloves for a reason.
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    Yeah, I should clarify... I tell my daughter that we are barbarians who crawled out of the woods, because we are in fact barbarians who crawled out of the woods. We don't bite though! I mean, we don't bite our friends.
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    That's some strawman you're arguing with there. I doubt there's anyone here who thinks hospital staff should not wear masks, gloves, etc. And hey, food service workers should probably wear hair nets, and even wash their hands! So yep, you're right and everyone arguing against the germ theory of...
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    Pollution liability was my first thought too :happy:
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    Reminds me of the doctor who prescribed a drug that causes birth defects, to my wife, while she was pregnant. Good thing I always read labels.
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    I think one of the main rules for for-profit prizes in the US is that no purchase be necessary. So companies like Publisher's Clearing House run them, tell you in small print that no purchase is necessary, and then flash many, many deals at you during the lottery submission process. It's...
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    If you had to go broke running a charity, there would be less of it. I'm not in favor of someone raising a million dollors to "feed the poor" and then paying themselves a million dollars. But at the same time, I think it's good that talented organizers can afford to do charitable things that...
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    And 900,000 people get a free lunch, and one lucky winner gets a car they can't afford to maintain :hilarious:
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    If there's a college nearby, maybe it works. But an anime/manga store in a small town wouldn't be my first choice. Throw the inventory up on Ebay and use the space for a hardware store, fishing tackle store, shop tool supplier, abrasives, cleaning supply, plumbing supply... whatever the town...
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    Your ticket to unlimited vacation and no stress!

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    Yay! Thank you sir.
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    Your ticket to unlimited vacation and no stress!

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    Yessss! Something as simple as a tracker "jobs completed" and one for "enraged customers (ok, or happy ones who leave reviews)," tied to a financial or social incentive, gives people a way to manage themselves. And thank goodness, because managing people is not even worth it if you have to spend...
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    Your ticket to unlimited vacation and no stress!

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    Good! And that will keep paying dividends as you get to the point where you need to hand off jobs to someone else. Or some-robot else, if you find things you can automate. :bicep:
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    TAMPA BAY, FL Fastlane Meetup

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    Excellent. Looking for 2+ more to howl at the moon eat fancy lunch and people-watch the lawyers before optionally throwing axes or other shenanigans. I know you're in here, Tampa... do not hide from your destiny.
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    TAMPA BAY, FL Fastlane Meetup

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    Feb 1 is the lunar new year. Therefore, it is the day to have lunch at University Club in Tampa. 201 N Franklin St. There is a dress code. And a chef. And they only let you in if there's a member involved somehow. Let me know definitively if you shall attend. (DM... I'll check). Otherwise...
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