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Mike Easter
2024-11-02 03:42:02 UTC
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Today's CQ:


CT QX IR WRM LRJI SPXUCRYV
RYP IXHI, QX KHB APRQ
UHPXJXVV RT RYP JCNCWA.
- - PHTHXJ EXVYV ARWGHJXG

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If we do not hold precious our dead, we can grown careless of our living.
Rafael Jesus Gonzalez

Solving: of our, X>E, we, careless, do not hold. Big problem was 'dead'
to not be 'that' or 'area'

This was solved some hours ago, but I wasn't able to transport it then.

Follows some Day of the Dead; Dia de Muertos & Juneteenth stories
The modern day celebration of Day of the Dead is rooted in ancient
pre-Colombian cultures of the Aztecs, Mayans and Toltecs where
celebrations extended well past the current two days. When the
Spaniards arrived and Roman Catholicism spread, the ancient
celebrations merged with the Christian “All Saint’s Day” which is
celebrated on November 1st and All Souls’ Day celebrated on November
2nd.
Those of us who grew up in a culture of Mexican heritage holidays are
familiar w/ the Day of the Dead. I'm currently reading a novel "Under
the Volcano' which got my interest from its movie which setting was a 24
h period of that day in a .mx setting.

My .tx 'culture' also 'started' the celebration of Juneteenth which is now
more national and .tx & .ca cultures also make a pretty big deal of Cinco de
Mayo which was actually not much in .mx history in terms of the Battle
of Pueblo, but has turned into a real celebration. Curious how all that
works. The juneteenth deal is particularly interesting. Back in the
day, the Emancipation Proclamation allegedly ending slavery didn't count
for much in .tx, and the story of what got the .us beyond something that
was *just* some alleged presidential edict into something that was more
nationally significant was 'documented' in a movie I saw recently named
'Lincoln'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_(film)
In January 1865, President Abraham Lincoln expects the Civil War to
end soon, with the defeat of the Confederate States. He is concerned
that his 1863 Emancipation Proclamation may be discarded by the
courts after the war and that the proposed Thirteenth Amendment will
be defeated by the returning slave states. He feels it imperative to
pass the amendment beforehand, to foreclose any possibility that
freed slaves might be re-enslaved.
In the Civil War period, slavery came to an end in various areas of
the United States at different times.
On the morning of June 19, 1865, Union Major General Gordon Granger
arrived on the island of Galveston[38] to take command of the more
than 2,000 federal troops recently landed in the department of Texas
to enforce the emancipation of its enslaved population and oversee
Reconstruction, nullifying all laws passed within Texas during the
war by Confederate lawmakers.
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Mike Easter
T i m
2024-11-02 10:17:35 UTC
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On 02/11/2024 03:42, Mike Easter wrote:

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Post by Mike Easter
If we do not hold precious our dead, we can grown careless of our living.
Rafael Jesus Gonzalez
<snip>
I'm guessing they mean 'the memories of' our dead and only the human
dead (and a few pets (not yours obviously)).

Cheers, T i m
Mike Easter
2024-11-02 15:54:04 UTC
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Post by T i m
I'm guessing they mean 'the memories of' our dead and only the human
dead (and a few pets (not yours obviously)).
I'm guessing that almost all families love their pets dearly as they are
considered members of the family. One of the recent quote sources (but
I forget which just now) was cremated when he died and his ashes strewn
in the family's pet cemetery.

Speaking of pet cemeteries, I just read the 'back story' behind Stephen
King's novel 'Pet Semetary'. Interesting what makes such an author tick.

You mustn't be so spiteful and hateful toward those who don't share your
religious beliefs; it doesn't do you any more good than it does BDB in
his fruitless quest to swing others over to his distrust of some s/w dev/s.
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Mike Easter
Steve Carroll
2024-11-02 16:36:25 UTC
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Post by Mike Easter
Post by T i m
I'm guessing they mean 'the memories of' our dead and only the human
dead (and a few pets (not yours obviously)).
I'm guessing that almost all families love their pets dearly as they are
considered members of the family. One of the recent quote sources (but
I forget which just now) was cremated when he died and his ashes strewn
in the family's pet cemetery.
Speaking of pet cemeteries, I just read the 'back story' behind Stephen
King's novel 'Pet Semetary'. Interesting what makes such an author tick.
You mustn't be so spiteful and hateful toward those who don't share your
religious beliefs; it doesn't do you any more good than it does BDB in
his fruitless quest to swing others over to his distrust of some s/w dev/s.
Uh oh... now you've done it, "T i m"... Goofy will be launching another
"ME said it" (so it must be 'real') tirade ;)
T i m
2024-11-03 22:08:58 UTC
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Post by Mike Easter
Post by T i m
I'm guessing they mean 'the memories of' our dead and only the human
dead (and a few pets (not yours obviously)).
I'm guessing that almost all families love their pets dearly as they are
considered members of the family.
Almost all, eh Mike. I mean, most probably don't kill their pets and eat
them (although eating them seems to help justify the action to some).
Post by Mike Easter
One of the recent quote sources (but
I forget which just now) was cremated when he died and his ashes strewn
in the family's pet cemetery.
I think my Mums ashes are going to be put with my Dads and some pets.
Post by Mike Easter
Speaking of pet cemeteries, I just read the 'back story' behind Stephen
King's novel 'Pet Semetary'.  Interesting what makes such an author tick.
You mustn't be so spiteful and hateful toward those who don't share your
religious beliefs;
What 'religious beliefs' would they be Mike (but nice try trolling though).

I don't think the idea that an animal would suffer when they are
exploited or killed needs anything more that eyes and brains. Ah, as you
were.
Post by Mike Easter
it doesn't do you any more good than it does BDB in
his fruitless quest to swing others over to his distrust of some s/w dev/s.
No, it doesn't do any good to psychopaths obviously but they really do
need some 'special' treatment.

And if they tried to do what they do every day behind closed doors in
slaughterhouses in a public place, you would soon see what the general
public though of the 'belief' that you can do what you like to animals,
just because it pleases you.

Cheers, T i m
Snit
2024-11-03 22:55:13 UTC
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Post by T i m
Post by Mike Easter
Post by T i m
I'm guessing they mean 'the memories of' our dead and only the human
dead (and a few pets (not yours obviously)).
I'm guessing that almost all families love their pets dearly as they are
considered members of the family.
Almost all, eh Mike. I mean, most probably don't kill their pets and eat
them (although eating them seems to help justify the action to some).
Post by Mike Easter
One of the recent quote sources (but
I forget which just now) was cremated when he died and his ashes strewn
in the family's pet cemetery.
I think my Mums ashes are going to be put with my Dads and some pets.
Post by Mike Easter
Speaking of pet cemeteries, I just read the 'back story' behind Stephen
King's novel 'Pet Semetary'. Interesting what makes such an author tick.
You mustn't be so spiteful and hateful toward those who don't share your
religious beliefs;
What 'religious beliefs' would they be Mike (but nice try trolling though).
He is clearly referring to yours. And you might argue they are not truly
religious but very religious like -- which is why the Orthodox Jew analogy
works so well for you. You mignt not even see it, but I assure you others do.
I do. ME does. Is there anyone who does not?
Post by T i m
I don't think the idea that an animal would suffer when they are
exploited or killed needs anything more that eyes and brains. Ah, as you
were.
Post by Mike Easter
it doesn't do you any more good than it does BDB in
his fruitless quest to swing others over to his distrust of some s/w dev/s.
No, it doesn't do any good to psychopaths obviously but they really do
need some 'special' treatment.
And if they tried to do what they do every day behind closed doors in
slaughterhouses in a public place, you would soon see what the general
public though of the 'belief' that you can do what you like to animals,
just because it pleases you.
Cheers, T i m
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Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.
T i m
2024-11-04 15:47:50 UTC
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On 03/11/2024 22:55, Snit wrote:

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Post by Snit
Post by T i m
What 'religious beliefs' would they be Mike (but nice try trolling though).
He is clearly referring to yours.
And clearly trolling.

<snip pseudo religious crap>

Please note whenever you try to make any links to or analogies between
what people make up in their heads (religion) and the facts around real
world and unnecessary animal exploitation, suffering and death, I'll
snip it out.

If I continue to read it from you, I'll killfile you (and you will be
the first).


Cheers, T i m
Snit
2024-11-04 16:09:14 UTC
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Post by T i m
<snip>
Post by Snit
Post by T i m
What 'religious beliefs' would they be Mike (but nice try trolling though).
He is clearly referring to yours. And you might argue they are not truly
religious but very religious like -- which is why the Orthodox Jew analogy
works so well for you. You mignt not even see it, but I assure you others do.
I do. ME does. Is there anyone who does not?
And clearly trolling.
Well, it is a little poke at your views. But it is true you seem unable to see
how "religious-like" your views are.
Post by T i m
<snip pseudo religious crap>
Please note whenever you try to make any links to or analogies between
what people make up in their heads (religion) and the facts around real
world and unnecessary animal exploitation, suffering and death, I'll
snip it out.
It is hard for you to face... but both Mike Easter and I have pointed it out
to you. With specific examples. I even made the analogy with Orthodox Jews.
Post by T i m
If I continue to read it from you, I'll killfile you (and you will be
the first).
Interesting how uncomfortable you get when faced with that idea.
Post by T i m
Cheers, T i m
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Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.
Mike Easter
2024-11-04 16:33:01 UTC
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If I continue to read it from you, I'll killfile you (and you will be
the first).
Oops. It is 'classless' to either threaten to or announce of a kf
action (or its potential).

...in the highly structured usenet anarchy. :-)
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T i m
2024-11-04 17:02:38 UTC
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If I continue to read it from you, I'll killfile you (and you will be
the first).
Oops.  It is 'classless' to either threaten to or announce of a kf
action (or its potential).
It's interesting to see a psychopath making observations like that.

Cheers, T i m
Mike Easter
2024-11-04 17:07:40 UTC
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Post by T i m
It's interesting to see a psychopath making observations like that.
We call that an 'ad hominem' 'attack' or argument; also classless.
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Mike Easter
T i m
2024-11-04 17:10:41 UTC
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Post by T i m
It's interesting to see a psychopath making observations like that.
We call that an 'ad hominem' 'attack' or argument; also classless.
I call killing and eating your own pet when you didn't need to the act
of a psychopath so anything you further you offer is moot.

Cheers, T i m
Snit
2024-11-04 17:18:16 UTC
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Post by T i m
If I continue to read it from you, I'll killfile you (and you will be
the first).
Oops. It is 'classless' to either threaten to or announce of a kf
action (or its potential).
...in the highly structured usenet anarchy. :-)
It is an effort to control.

The sad thing is overall I like Tim. He seems a decent guy with a good head on
his shoulders. He is a vegan, which is fine... but where I disagree with him
is his religious or religious-like ties to his views on that. But even with
that I am happy to just not discuss it with him.
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Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.
Steve Carroll
2024-11-04 17:26:28 UTC
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Post by Snit
Post by Mike Easter
Post by T i m
If I continue to read it from you, I'll killfile you (and you will be
the first).
Oops. It is 'classless' to either threaten to or announce of a kf
action (or its potential).
...in the highly structured usenet anarchy. :-)
It is an effort to control.
No one knows that better than you!
Post by Snit
The sad thing is overall I like Tim. He seems a decent guy with a good head on
his shoulders. He is a vegan, which is fine... but where I disagree with him
is his religious or religious-like ties to his views on that. But even with
that I am happy to just not discuss it with him.
Of course... instead, you'll take indirect shots at him like you did
here, you know, because it's so 'classy' <eyeroll>.

Stop feigning 'moral superiority', it's goofy, GoOfY.
T i m
2024-11-04 17:56:23 UTC
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On 04/11/2024 17:26, Steve Carroll wrote:

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Well, the kf seems to work and he should be honoured he's the first ever
to go in one of mine!

It's because I know 'religion' to be complete and utter BS that anyone
who tries to compare anything as serious as animal exploitation,
suffering and death with it and at any level has ZERO credibility to me
... and it wasn't like I didn't give him enough warnings.

Cheers, T i m
Mike Easter
2024-11-02 16:23:02 UTC
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Today's CQ:

HED HASD AF PTNPXF JAUEH
HZ GZ NEPH AF JAUEH. - GJ.
SPJHAM TOHEDJ VAMU, KJ.

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The time is always right to do what is right.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Solving: very very fast. the, time, is, always, right

I tho't I would look around and see if there was a ready source to tell
me what speech or occasion it was that MLK said that, and I ran into a
As a nation of diverse people, we can no longer deny the reality of
white supremacy and institutional racism in our communities and
institutions.
I do not believe that is true at all; so I guess I'm a 'denier' of what
is reality to him.

'Of course' he is Special Assistant to the President for Diversity,
Equity, and Belonging.
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Mike Easter
2024-11-03 18:39:53 UTC
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Sunday cryptoquip:

VFMY BJQKU IJKWX BMKK DMDG MOHRMKX YFMY
MTC DJTO MIYCT FMEHOA DCCO ACXYMYCU IJT M
      RCTC XCECO UMGX? VCCWKHOAX.


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What could folks call baby animals that are born after having been
gestated for a mere seven days?
Weeklings.

Solving: what, could, call, folks, animals

Speaking of gestation periods: I find the marsupial opossum's gestation
interesting; the baby 'possums are born after an extremely short
gestation of 12 days at which point they are in an extremely immature
'fetal' condition. They must somehow get to the mom's pouch and 'inner'
sheltered teats to latch onto to become more mature. They don't come
out of there for another 2 months.

Baby mice have no such temporary habitat. They are born after 19 days
and there is no pouch to shelter them.

Some animals have 'monstrously long' gestations, like the elephant (21
mo), orca, & whale.

There aren't any mammals w/ a 7 day gestation like the quip, but there
is a little mouse-like marsupial that is 11 days.
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Mike Easter
2024-11-04 01:12:57 UTC
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the baby 'possums are born after an extremely short gestation of 12
days at which point they are in an extremely immature 'fetal'
condition. They must somehow get to the mom's pouch and 'inner'
sheltered teats to latch onto to become more mature. They don't come
out of there for another 2 months.
Here's a pic of a newborn 'possum baby. Notice the 'embryonic' or fetal
condition of much of the body, such as the lower extremities and head/eye.

But the upper limbs and the mouth are better dev'd even w/ rudimentary
'claws' on the forelimbs. The mother possum delivers sitting on her
haunches and does NOT help these underdev/d creatures to her pouch.
They have to blindly 'claw' w/ only the forelimbs operational to get to
the pouch, and the dev/d mouth blindly latches onto a teat to feed and
continue development for another two months. Amazing system.

https://ibb.co/FDQctk5
A newborn opossum photographed prior to its attachment to a teat.
Note the large mouth, the nostrils, and the forelimbs the digits of
which are tipped with deciduous claws. Compare the advanced
development of the forelimb with the immature appearance of the
immotile hind limb. The pigmented portion of the eye (the retina) can
be seen beneath the transparent periderm and skin.
That pic was taken from a great .pdf containing more possum info than
you ever wanted to know.

There is a high mortality rate of young possums.
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Mike Easter
2024-11-04 16:21:15 UTC
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Today's CQ:

 AGDKYLV DZ JTV BUPFDRVPJ
 JTGJ QDOVZ ZYBBVZZ
 DJZ AKGoUl. -- JLYRGP
 BGWUJV

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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
Truman Capote

Solving: that, is the, success, TC

I like the back story of the relationship between TC and Harper Lee. TC
was 'characterized' as the 'funky' youth Dill in HL's To Kill a
Mockingbird because TC & HL were childhood friends in Monroevile AL.
Then later, when TC became 'obsessed' to uncharacteristically write In
Cold Blood, HL's ability to relate to the interviewees was MUCH better
than the 'weird' TC, so her work was critical to the success of that book.

Neither HL nor TC 'did anything' literary after TKaM or ICB.
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Mike Easter
Mike Easter
2024-11-05 18:42:34 UTC
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Today's CQ:

UWNWK, WNWK IW PVKPHQ
GT EPXW LTEW UTHLW PUQ
JWG HU JTTQ GKTYIBW,
UWDWLLPKO GKTYIBW.
-- FTAU BWCHL

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Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble,
necessary trouble. John Lewis

Solving: never ever, be afraid to, noise, trouble

JL
American politician and civil rights activist
Dem House rep for GA for 33 y. Died at 80, pancreatic CA, bad disease.
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Mike Easter
T i m
2024-11-05 19:55:38 UTC
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On 05/11/2024 18:42, Mike Easter wrote:

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Post by Mike Easter
Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble,
necessary trouble. John Lewis
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Yup, it's how progress has happened over the years with people standing
up for themselves and others, especially the exploited voiceless.

(I appreciate that last bit might confuse you Mike).

Cheers, T i m
Mike Easter
2024-11-05 22:29:10 UTC
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This is a long one.

Election day

Decades ago, in my community/neighborhood, the polling places were held
in volunteer citizens' garages. You did NOT get a ballot in the mail.
You went to the specific garage/address which was your assigned polling
place, they checked on their 'local' list of reg'd voters and if you
were on it, you were given a ballot to take into a little temporary
booth made of cardboard.

Also decades ago, the state allowed absentee voting, but that required
registration to 'be' absentee and to be mailed an absentee ballot along
w/ the rules for returning it. Next the state began to allow
*permanent* absentee balloting registration, so that each election cycle
you would be sent the ballot w/o a new registration for absentee. Next,
the state began to /encourage/ absentee balloting.

Meanwhile during those decades, the ballots became progressively longer
and longer as did the election materials, because in my state, the
voters vote on a great many issues which really should be purely
legislatively decided rather than by 'propositions' submitted to voters.

The combination of 'elaborate' decision-making requirements for the
voter, taking literally hours to study the many issues and the
'unlikeliness' of the voter being able to remember his choices for all
of those issues were motivations for the voter to *need to* register for
absentee voting so that he could spend the necessary time studying the
issues at home and maybe an hour of the actual voting process at home;
rather than spending an hour in a garage cardboard voting booth trying
to remember and mark his ballot for scores of different issues.

Decades ago I became a permanent absentee voter and *always* did all of
my studying and voting in the comfort of my own home with its additional
online resources.

Over the decades, I typically put off doing all of my studying and
voting until the 'last day' election day, when I completed the ballot
which had been sent to me in the mail weeks before along w/ tons of
election material, informational books in the form of cheap paper thick
magazine sized public information. Then I would go to the polling place
where there would be an 'outside' or front ballot box available for such
a drop off and the volunteer there would make sure that I had signed and
dated my ballot envelope.

That is the way I did it again today. The specifics of that process
were: the two 'magazines' of necessary voter information totaled over
200 pp. The number of candidates for .us pres were 6, .us senator 2,
.us rep 2, state assembly 2, school board 2, college board 3, county
supe 2, city mayor 2, city atty 2, state propositions 11 (which requires
a *lot* of studying, as if I were a legislator), county measures 1 (also
tricky), city measures 2 (also).

An important difference from the old days, is the lack of 'control' of
the availability of ballots and their envelopes. That is, there are
'control measures' and there is a 'responsible entity' namely the
registrar of voters, but there is no resemblance to the way it was all
controlled in the past in which there was an actual process of a
*register* of a voter which voter showed up face to face in front of a
supervised process.
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Mike Easter
2024-11-06 19:02:39 UTC
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Post by Mike Easter
Election day


- I'm very glad the Dems lost all 3
- my concern, "With great power comes great responsibility." (Spider
Man/ Stan Lee)
- there are a LOT of things I don't like about Trump, I hope he
handles his responsibility more wisely than he has acted on some issues
in the past
- the Dems need to 'reform' their party to be more moderate and less
'woke'/progressive
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Mike Easter
2024-11-06 17:08:30 UTC
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Today's CQ:

  TRPPRJOMHRZU NKZ YZNGH HQ
 KQOUZ, GQH TRUJQOKNFZ.
 HVZ VOYNG UCRKRH RU HQ
 FKQX UHKQGF IS JQGPMRJH.
 -- XRMMRNY ZMMZKS JVNGGRGF

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Difficulties are mean to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to
grow strong by conflict.
William Ellery Channing

Two interesting wp articles, WEC's & Duchess Quamino's, his
formerly-enslaved and freed nanny who became somewhat important in her
own right.

I like the stories of how Duchess & her husband each achieved their
freedom by different routes.
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Mike Easter
Mike Easter
2024-11-07 18:43:11 UTC
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Today's CQ:

ZMGDWNGDZ XMB IMJ'W
UDHYNTD XMBU MPJ ZWUDJOWL
BJWNY XMB QMGD EHQD WM
EHQD PNWL XMBU OUDHWDZW
PDHFJDZZ - ZBZHJ OHYD

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Sometimes you don't realize your own strength until you come face to
face with your greatest weakness.
Susan Gale

Solving: -n't, you, your, own, strength, sometimes

SG doesn't have a wp article, but she has a little bio at AMZN because
she's an author.
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Mike Easter
Mike Easter
2024-11-08 20:22:33 UTC
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Today's CQ:

Y TBRF OLF QZM OLZ0 UZM
KQYTF YM OPBWJTF, OLZO
UZM SZOLFP KOPFMSOL VPBQ
NYKOPFKK, ZMN SPBX JPZRF JD
PFVTFUOYBM. -- OLBQZK IZYMF

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I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from
distress, and grow brave by reflection.
Thomas Paine

Solving: I, the, that, K>S, strength, gather

added to the above..
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is
firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his
principles unto death.
In late 1776, Paine published The American Crisis pamphlet series to
inspire the Americans in their battles against the British army.
Historical context here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Crisis

History 'buffs' might get into TP's hx (that is an abbreviation for
'history' for those unfamiliar w/ its use by some), such as his position
on slavery (abolition) and his imprisonment in .fr (and falling out w/
Geo. Washington related to that).
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Mike Easter
2024-11-08 20:37:27 UTC
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Post by Mike Easter
History 'buffs' might get into TP's hx (that is an abbreviation for
'history' for those unfamiliar w/ its use by some), such as his position
on slavery (abolition) and his imprisonment in .fr (and falling out w/
Geo. Washington related to that).
Paine was a Brit, born and raised, 'ultimately' financially distressed
there, and 'induced' by Ben Franklin in England to emigrate which he did
at age 37, barely surviving the voyage, carried off the ship by BF's
doc's helpers.

TP's is a good story; I recommend it. Lotsa ups and downs.
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Mike Easter
Mike Easter
2024-11-09 16:53:19 UTC
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Today's CQ:

WDD GZJB DS HK ZPX JDW
OLFLJC DHP RPXZGK
AXVZHKX IX ZPX OLFLJC DHP
SXZPK. - OXK APDIJ

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Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
Les Brown

Solving: too many of us, are not, our dreams, living

That isn't LB the band leader, that is LB the politician/ motivational
speaker. His wp article is short and somewhat interesting in that...
Brown was born with his twin brother, Wesley, in Liberty City, a
low-income section of Miami, Florida. He was adopted by Mamie Brown,
a 38-year-old single woman who worked as a cafeteria attendant and
domestic assistant. Brown claims that he was declared "educable
mentally retarded" in grade school, which damaged his self-esteem and
confidence.
Speaking of the bandleader, this LB married Gladys Knight of the Pips.
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Mike Easter
Mike Easter
2024-11-10 19:17:43 UTC
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Sunday cryptoquip:

LX O NVY-VOBYI DND TLVPYS GYSY ILTMZSJLVP
OV YAYRMSLR YYA, GUOM BLPUM LM JY XNZVI
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If a one-named pop singer were disturbing an electric eel, what might it
be found doing? Shocking Pink.

Solving: if a, what might it be, one-named, singer

I wasn't familiar w/ Pink (nee Alecia Beth Moore), but after reading her
wp article, I would like to hear her voice, so I may look around and
actually 'imbibe' some vids.

Usage: I don't think it is correct usage to refer to a female person as
'it'.
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Mike Easter
T i m
2024-11-10 19:28:02 UTC
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On 10/11/2024 19:17, Mike Easter wrote:

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Post by Mike Easter
If a one-named pop singer were disturbing an electric eel, what might it
be found doing? Shocking Pink.
Solving: if a, what might it be, one-named, singer
I wasn't familiar w/ Pink (nee Alecia Beth Moore), but after reading her
wp article, I would like to hear her voice, so I may look around and
actually 'imbibe' some vids.
Usage: I don't think it is correct usage to refer to a female person as
'it'.
In the same way it's not the correct usage to refer to an animal as
'it', especially when you do know the gender (like a friends pet).

You might though I guess, 'I had a pet cow but killed it, (just) because
I wanted to eat it's flesh', probably makes the whole process easier to
deal with, if you commodify a living being etc.

'I really wanted to shoot the bird because it was getting on my nerves'.

Doesn't sound quite so psychotic compared with 'The bird was getting on
my nerves and I really wanted to kill her ...'.

I know I know ... 'different times' and you had no choice ...

Cheers, T i m
Mike Easter
2024-11-11 17:34:12 UTC
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Today's CQ:

PLHLN VL VPY GLUCJYN KHC
GKJULN YEYNDMPYNY MPL
ANKEYUD AYKNG PJG
TLBHVND'G TKBGY.
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Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere who bravely bears his
country's cause. Abraham Lincoln

Solving: misstep at onset trying 'never' instead of 'honor' but the next
two words weren't working - then checked  Y>E and 'everywhere' got me
started.
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Mike Easter
Mike Easter
2024-11-12 16:54:17 UTC
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Today's CQ:

WQQH NU CTXXTL NE
EQZTGCTL XSVE VEJ QXSTL
XNGT QW XST JTVL.
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Food is better in November than any other time of the year.
Cynthia Rylant

Solving: the, than any, other, time of the year

I didn't guess CR's unique L correctly.
Cynthia Rylant (born June 6, 1954) is an American author and
librarian. She has written more than 100 children's books, including
works of fiction (picture books, short stories and novels),
nonfiction, and poetry.
Growing up in the Appalachian region of the U.S. during the 1960s,
Rylant lived in a very depressed economic environment. Her
grandparents, extended family and kind local townspeople provided a
nurturing, safe environment, while the little girl "waited ... until
someone could return for me", but they were very poor and lived a
rustic life, with no electricity, running water or automobiles. As a
result, she never saw children's books as a child, reading mainly
comic books and enjoying the outdoors.
She has a nice story in her wp article.
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2024-11-12 23:31:55 UTC
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Sometimes I see/hear some young person say, "That is so gay!"

A TV ad recently caused me that 'sensation', so I decided to chase down some
'discussion' of the sentence/exclamation.

I found a 'sensitivity' page explaining to me why young people shouldn't
say that.
WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT “THAT’S SO GAY”?
Almost every teacher has heard students use the expression, “that’s
so gay” as a way of putting down or insulting someone (or to
describe something). These lessons will help students examine how
inappropriate language can hurt, and will help them think of ways to
end this kind of name-calling.
Follows a 'lesson' of don't do/say that.

Now, the TV ad:


Kind Science by Ellen DeGeneres Infomercial (2024)
Ellen and her wife Portia made the ad.

Personally, I think the times or scenes I've heard the expression didn't
have anything to do w/ the observation of anything 'gay', but the TV ad did.
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Mike Easter
T i m
2024-11-13 05:30:12 UTC
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On 12/11/2024 23:31, Mike Easter wrote:

<snip>
Post by Mike Easter
Personally, I think the times or scenes I've heard the expression didn't
have anything to do w/ the observation of anything 'gay',
That doesn't change the fact that people were using the term as a slur.

Cheers, T i m
FromTheRafters
2024-11-13 12:48:18 UTC
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Post by Mike Easter
Sometimes I see/hear some young person say, "That is so gay!"
A TV ad recently caused me that 'sensation', so I decided to chase down some
'discussion' of the sentence/exclamation.
I found a 'sensitivity' page explaining to me why young people shouldn't
say that.
WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT “THAT’S SO GAY”?
Almost every teacher has heard students use the expression, “that’s so gay”
as a way of putting down or insulting someone (or to
describe something). These lessons will help students examine how
inappropriate language can hurt, and will help them think of ways to end
this kind of name-calling.
Follows a 'lesson' of don't do/say that.
http://youtu.be/oZ_0gyQSKcg
Kind Science by Ellen DeGeneres Infomercial (2024)
Ellen and her wife Portia made the ad.
Personally, I think the times or scenes I've heard the expression didn't
have anything to do w/ the observation of anything 'gay', but the TV ad did.
Wanda Sykes had an advertisement where two kids were remarking about a
pizza man statue by saying "That's so gay" and Wanda said that they
should not say that something is gay when they mean something is dumb
or stupid. That made me think about 'dumb' having the same issue.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-e&q=wanda+sykes+that%27s+so+gay#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:74dfb596,vid:sWS0GVOQPs0,st:0

It's getting really really hard to avoid insulting some people.
Mike Easter
2024-11-13 17:35:38 UTC
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Wanda Sykes had an advertisement where two kids were remarking about
a pizza man statue by saying "That's so gay"
I only know WS from her role on The New Adventures of Old Christine
(evidence of my watching old TV programming). Of WS, she was married
(to a man) for 7 years and didn't come out until after she was 40 AND
she was 'another one' who decided to have a double mastectomy for a
condition which isn't quite breast cancer (DCIS = ductal carcinoma in
situ or 'stage 0' CA).
Post by FromTheRafters
While surgery reduces the risk of subsequent cancer, many people
never develop cancer even without treatment and the associated side
effects.[30] There is no evidence comparing surgery with watchful
waiting and some feel watchful waiting may be a reasonable option in
certain cases
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FromTheRafters
2024-11-13 20:00:47 UTC
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Post by Mike Easter
Post by FromTheRafters
Wanda Sykes had an advertisement where two kids were remarking about
a pizza man statue by saying "That's so gay"
I only know WS from her role on The New Adventures of Old Christine
(evidence of my watching old TV programming). Of WS, she was married
(to a man) for 7 years and didn't come out until after she was 40 AND
she was 'another one' who decided to have a double mastectomy for a
condition which isn't quite breast cancer (DCIS = ductal carcinoma in
situ or 'stage 0' CA).
Post by FromTheRafters
While surgery reduces the risk of subsequent cancer, many people
never develop cancer even without treatment and the associated side
effects.[30] There is no evidence comparing surgery with watchful
waiting and some feel watchful waiting may be a reasonable option in
certain cases
Just had a biopsy w/ultrasound today. Fingers crossed. :)
T i m
2024-11-13 22:18:44 UTC
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On 13/11/2024 20:00, FromTheRafters wrote:

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Post by FromTheRafters
Just had a biopsy w/ultrasound today. Fingers crossed. :)
I wondered when they were going to stop taking the biopsy's and felt 23
meant they had actually already removed my prostate. ;-)

Cheers, T i m
Mike Easter
2024-11-13 23:23:11 UTC
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Post by T i m
I wondered when they were going to stop taking the biopsy's and felt
23 meant they had actually already removed my prostate. ;-)
Prostate biopsies and the interpretation of the 'score/s' along w/ the
advice about what to do is an example in which even the opinion of
pathologist reading the biopsies can deserve a 'second opinion' (or
third) along w/ the what to do.

Seldom does a patient get the option to have another pathology opinion;
much less 'yet another'.
Post by T i m
In 2005 the International Society of Urological Pathology altered the
Gleason system
However, problematic aspects of the original Gleason grading system
still characterize the 2005 revision.
in 2014 an international multidisciplinary conference was convened to
revise the 2005 system.
The World Health Organization's 2016 edition of Pathology and
Genetics: Tumours of the Urinary System and Male Genital Organs has
accepted the 2014 system, which can be used in conjunction with the
2005 Gleason system.
And so on and so on and so on...
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T i m
2024-11-14 09:49:43 UTC
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Post by Mike Easter
Post by T i m
I wondered when they were going to stop taking the biopsy's and felt
23 meant they had actually already removed my prostate. ;-)
Prostate biopsies and the interpretation of the 'score/s' along w/ the
advice about what to do is an example in which even the opinion of
pathologist reading the biopsies can deserve a 'second opinion' (or
third) along w/ the what to do.
Seldom does a patient get the option to have another pathology opinion;
much less 'yet another'.
The biopsy went alongside the MRI scan and the die and radio active
scans to check for metastasis.
Post by Mike Easter
Post by T i m
In 2005 the International Society of Urological Pathology altered the
Gleason system
However, problematic aspects of the original Gleason grading system
still characterize the 2005 revision.
in 2014 an international multidisciplinary conference was convened to
revise the 2005 system.
The World Health Organization's 2016 edition of Pathology and
Genetics: Tumours of the Urinary System and Male Genital Organs has
accepted the 2014 system, which can be used in conjunction with the
2005 Gleason system.
And so on and so on and so on...
Except the scan in my case showed the cancer was in the process of
escaping the capsule so 'leaving it' wasn't an option.

Cheers, T i m
David Brooks
2024-11-14 10:35:33 UTC
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Post by T i m
Except the scan in my case showed the cancer was in the process of
escaping the capsule so 'leaving it' wasn't an option.
Cheers, T i m
To which/what capsule are you referring?

Has your cancer spread?
Snit
2024-11-13 22:31:27 UTC
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Post by FromTheRafters
Post by Mike Easter
Post by FromTheRafters
Wanda Sykes had an advertisement where two kids were remarking about
a pizza man statue by saying "That's so gay"
I only know WS from her role on The New Adventures of Old Christine
(evidence of my watching old TV programming). Of WS, she was married
(to a man) for 7 years and didn't come out until after she was 40 AND
she was 'another one' who decided to have a double mastectomy for a
condition which isn't quite breast cancer (DCIS = ductal carcinoma in
situ or 'stage 0' CA).
Post by FromTheRafters
While surgery reduces the risk of subsequent cancer, many people
never develop cancer even without treatment and the associated side
effects.[30] There is no evidence comparing surgery with watchful
waiting and some feel watchful waiting may be a reasonable option in
certain cases
Just had a biopsy w/ultrasound today. Fingers crossed. :)
Sending best wishes.
--
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.
David Brooks
2024-11-13 22:51:33 UTC
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Post by FromTheRafters
Post by Mike Easter
Post by FromTheRafters
Wanda Sykes had an advertisement where two kids were remarking about
a pizza man statue by saying "That's so gay"
I only know WS from her role on The New Adventures of Old Christine
(evidence of my watching old TV programming). Of WS, she was married
(to a man) for 7 years and didn't come out until after she was 40 AND
she was 'another one' who decided to have a double mastectomy for a
condition which isn't quite breast cancer (DCIS = ductal carcinoma in
situ or 'stage 0' CA).
Post by FromTheRafters
While surgery reduces the risk of subsequent cancer, many people
never develop cancer even without treatment and the associated side
effects.[30] There is no evidence comparing surgery with watchful
waiting and some feel watchful waiting may be a reasonable option in
certain cases
Just had a biopsy w/ultrasound today. Fingers crossed. :)
Sending best wishes.
You a kind fellow indeed. :-)
Snit
2024-11-14 00:36:06 UTC
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Post by David Brooks
Post by Snit
Post by FromTheRafters
Post by Mike Easter
Post by FromTheRafters
Wanda Sykes had an advertisement where two kids were remarking about
a pizza man statue by saying "That's so gay"
I only know WS from her role on The New Adventures of Old Christine
(evidence of my watching old TV programming). Of WS, she was married
(to a man) for 7 years and didn't come out until after she was 40 AND
she was 'another one' who decided to have a double mastectomy for a
condition which isn't quite breast cancer (DCIS = ductal carcinoma in
situ or 'stage 0' CA).
Post by FromTheRafters
While surgery reduces the risk of subsequent cancer, many people
never develop cancer even without treatment and the associated side
effects.[30] There is no evidence comparing surgery with watchful
waiting and some feel watchful waiting may be a reasonable option in
certain cases
Just had a biopsy w/ultrasound today. Fingers crossed. :)
Sending best wishes.
You a kind fellow indeed. :-)
Thank you. I think we all share that sentiment.
--
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.
FromTheRafters
2024-11-14 00:15:10 UTC
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Post by Snit
Post by FromTheRafters
Post by Mike Easter
Post by FromTheRafters
Wanda Sykes had an advertisement where two kids were remarking about
a pizza man statue by saying "That's so gay"
I only know WS from her role on The New Adventures of Old Christine
(evidence of my watching old TV programming). Of WS, she was married
(to a man) for 7 years and didn't come out until after she was 40 AND
she was 'another one' who decided to have a double mastectomy for a
condition which isn't quite breast cancer (DCIS = ductal carcinoma in
situ or 'stage 0' CA).
Post by FromTheRafters
While surgery reduces the risk of subsequent cancer, many people
never develop cancer even without treatment and the associated side
effects.[30] There is no evidence comparing surgery with watchful
waiting and some feel watchful waiting may be a reasonable option in
certain cases
Just had a biopsy w/ultrasound today. Fingers crossed. :)
Sending best wishes.
Thanks. It'll be a few days to get results, and I sure won't be sitting
on pins and needles waiting. :)
Snit
2024-11-14 00:50:42 UTC
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Post by FromTheRafters
Post by Snit
Post by FromTheRafters
Post by Mike Easter
Post by FromTheRafters
Wanda Sykes had an advertisement where two kids were remarking about
a pizza man statue by saying "That's so gay"
I only know WS from her role on The New Adventures of Old Christine
(evidence of my watching old TV programming). Of WS, she was married
(to a man) for 7 years and didn't come out until after she was 40 AND
she was 'another one' who decided to have a double mastectomy for a
condition which isn't quite breast cancer (DCIS = ductal carcinoma in
situ or 'stage 0' CA).
Post by FromTheRafters
While surgery reduces the risk of subsequent cancer, many people
never develop cancer even without treatment and the associated side
effects.[30] There is no evidence comparing surgery with watchful
waiting and some feel watchful waiting may be a reasonable option in
certain cases
Just had a biopsy w/ultrasound today. Fingers crossed. :)
Sending best wishes.
Thanks. It'll be a few days to get results, and I sure won't be sitting
on pins and needles waiting. :)
If you are comfortable, please share the result.
--
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.
pothead
2024-11-14 02:59:24 UTC
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alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.republicans,talk.politics.guns,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.computer.workshop,
Post by FromTheRafters
Post by Snit
Post by FromTheRafters
Post by Mike Easter
Post by FromTheRafters
Wanda Sykes had an advertisement where two kids were remarking about
a pizza man statue by saying "That's so gay"
I only know WS from her role on The New Adventures of Old Christine
(evidence of my watching old TV programming). Of WS, she was married
(to a man) for 7 years and didn't come out until after she was 40 AND
she was 'another one' who decided to have a double mastectomy for a
condition which isn't quite breast cancer (DCIS = ductal carcinoma in
situ or 'stage 0' CA).
Post by FromTheRafters
While surgery reduces the risk of subsequalt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.republicans,talk.politics.guns,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.computer.workshop,ent cancer, many people
never develop cancer even without treatment and the associated side
effects.[30] There is no evidence comparing surgery with watchful
waiting and some feel watchful waiting may be a reasonable option in
certain cases
Just had a biopsy w/ultrasound today. Fingers crossed. :)
Sending best wishes.
Thanks. It'll be a few days to get results, and I sure won't be sitting
on pins and needles waiting. :)
If you are comfortable, please share the result.
Why?
So you can use it against him at a later date?
Get lost snit.
Please.
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David Brooks
2024-11-13 22:50:59 UTC
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Post by Mike Easter
Post by FromTheRafters
Wanda Sykes had an advertisement where two kids were remarking about
a pizza man statue by saying "That's so gay"
I only know WS from her role on The New Adventures of Old Christine
(evidence of my watching old TV programming).  Of WS, she was married
(to a man) for 7 years and didn't come out until after she was 40 AND
she was 'another one' who decided to have a double mastectomy for a
condition which isn't quite breast cancer (DCIS = ductal carcinoma in
situ or 'stage 0' CA).
Post by FromTheRafters
While surgery reduces the risk of subsequent cancer, many people
never develop cancer even without treatment and the associated side
effects.[30] There is no evidence comparing surgery with watchful
waiting and some feel watchful waiting may be a reasonable option in
certain cases
Just had a biopsy w/ultrasound today. Fingers crossed. :)
Not on your feet, surely?!!

Seriously, I trust all is well.
FromTheRafters
2024-11-14 00:18:36 UTC
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Post by David Brooks
Post by FromTheRafters
Post by Mike Easter
Post by FromTheRafters
Wanda Sykes had an advertisement where two kids were remarking about
a pizza man statue by saying "That's so gay"
I only know WS from her role on The New Adventures of Old Christine
(evidence of my watching old TV programming).  Of WS, she was married
(to a man) for 7 years and didn't come out until after she was 40 AND
she was 'another one' who decided to have a double mastectomy for a
condition which isn't quite breast cancer (DCIS = ductal carcinoma in
situ or 'stage 0' CA).
Post by FromTheRafters
While surgery reduces the risk of subsequent cancer, many people
never develop cancer even without treatment and the associated side
effects.[30] There is no evidence comparing surgery with watchful
waiting and some feel watchful waiting may be a reasonable option in
certain cases
Just had a biopsy w/ultrasound today. Fingers crossed. :)
Not on your feet, surely?!!
Seriously, I trust all is well.
Well, when 'watchful waiting' is a best case scenario I tend to doubt
all will be well. I'm watchfully waiting other things too. Will my
solar system pay for itself? :)
T i m
2024-11-14 10:27:53 UTC
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Will my solar
system pay for itself? :)
I think the answer to that is generally 'how long do you have to live',
irrespective of why the answer to that might be 'not long enough'. ;-(

Mate had a 4kW PV system installed on his house when FIT was something
like 22p/kWh generated but he also took out a loan to pay for it so he
has to pay the interest back on that as well.

I think he has had it about 10 years now and I think he said recently it
was just about to beak even.

Unless we have a *large* battery (increasing the payback time even
further) or use it to run AC in the summer, I'm not sure solar is that
viable as a money saving exercise in the UK and certainly not short term
or if there is a chance you are likely to sell your house.

(Many of the solar installing Co's who offered 'free' removal and
reinstallation should you move ... have since gone bust (and partly why
there are now *loads* of s/h solar panels being sold cheap online these
days))

I still haven't set up my play system as I'm not sure if I want to go
for a LA or Li battery.

Also not sure how to spec the Inverter ... other than I might go for a
small one (250VA) and use the system to run my mini freezer as the
larger the Inverter the higher the parasitic load.

I believe the Victron units have an 'Eco Mode' where they poll the
output for potential load and only enable it when the demand has
exceeded a basic threshold.

My mini freezer has a ~50:50 duty cycle but I don't know if it's
mechanical (thermostat + hysteresis) or something more sophisticated
(that might not appreciate being turned off).

https://ibb.co/YdPy61h
https://ibb.co/tb9QMQH
https://ibb.co/cvDPQwk

Cheers, T i m
Steve Carroll
2024-11-14 16:43:14 UTC
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Post by David Brooks
Post by FromTheRafters
Post by Mike Easter
Post by FromTheRafters
Wanda Sykes had an advertisement where two kids were remarking about
a pizza man statue by saying "That's so gay"
I only know WS from her role on The New Adventures of Old Christine
(evidence of my watching old TV programming).  Of WS, she was married
(to a man) for 7 years and didn't come out until after she was 40 AND
she was 'another one' who decided to have a double mastectomy for a
condition which isn't quite breast cancer (DCIS = ductal carcinoma in
situ or 'stage 0' CA).
Post by FromTheRafters
While surgery reduces the risk of subsequent cancer, many people
never develop cancer even without treatment and the associated side
effects.[30] There is no evidence comparing surgery with watchful
waiting and some feel watchful waiting may be a reasonable option in
certain cases
Just had a biopsy w/ultrasound today. Fingers crossed. :)
Not on your feet, surely?!!
Seriously, I trust all is well.
Well, when 'watchful waiting' is a best case scenario I tend to doubt
all will be well. I'm watchfully waiting other things too. Will my
solar system pay for itself? :)
I'm waiting for mine to be activated (just passed inspection minutes
ago).

Be well!
Mike Easter
2024-11-13 02:02:55 UTC
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Gravity studies

MOND gains (some) ground over 'cold dark matter' and its supporting
lambda-CDM, where MOND is MOdified Newtonia Dynamics as an alternate to
general relativity being the 'best' idea of (sorta) how gravity works on
a lot of what we see.

MOND has a significant number of 'problems' being the answer all by
itself, but then of course so do a lot of things including general
relativity that just works 'for a lot of things' but not 'everything'.

Since JWST came along and started seeing how there were so many big
bright galaxies so early, that didn't really fit well w/ the hocus pocus
cold dark matter and its lambda.

Personally I'm glad to see 'trouble' for spooky belief systems that lack
'substantive' evidence in place of 'indirect justification' for some
observations.
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Mike Easter
2024-11-13 18:46:28 UTC
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Today's CQ:

THUZN CD ZCMT, C SHO
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Early in life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better
make some noise.
Malcolm X

Solving: MX, that, something, better make

MX of course has an 'entertaining' story in the wp, as was the Denzel
Washington movie about him and his time. MX b '25, d '65. wp has a
separate article about his assassination.
Three members of the Nation of Islam—Muhammad Abdul Aziz, Khalil
Islam, and Thomas Hagan—were charged, tried, and convicted of the
murder and given indeterminate life sentences, but in November 2021,
Aziz and Islam were exonerated.
No consensus has been reached on who was responsible for the
assassination.
Death of a Prophet, starring Morgan Freeman as Malcolm X, was
primarily focused on the assassination.
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Mike Easter
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2024-11-15 16:33:25 UTC
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Today's CQ:

B GNWD N AUBYDU'K
ODOHUF, AGBXG ONLDK
DWDUFYGBPQ AHUKD YGNP
ONFTD BY NXYCNSSF ANK.
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I have a writer's memory, which makes everything worse than maybe it
actually was.
Amy Tan

Solving: I have a, everything, writer's

AT, now 72, is a writer, one of which novels was made into a movie, The
While Tan was studying at Berkeley, her roommate was murdered, and
Tan had to identify the body. The incident left her temporarily
mute. She said that every year, for ten years, on the anniversary of
the day she identified the body, she lost her voice.
The medical 'opinions' about chronic Lyme disease are all over the map;
AT is a believer.
I was plagued by a variety of ailments that didn’t quite fit any one
disease. I suffered joint pain, head and muscle aches, insomnia, a
racing heart, a gagging sensitivity to smells, constant nausea and
exhaustion, plunging blood sugar, seizures and an obsession with my
unknown illness.
Worst of all, I could not read a paragraph and recall what it said. I
wrote in circles, unable to tie two thoughts together, nevermind the
plot of a novel. Yet, outwardly, I looked normal — just a bit
listless and tired, at times apathetic then overly emotional.
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Mike Easter
Mike Easter
2024-11-16 17:19:20 UTC
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Today's CQ:

VWKWLE ZVCCFDI LUCD PUOR
FE FKI MUZXDK KBVE VOO
UKBDC IDVIUEI. -- QFL AFIBUM

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Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all other seasons.
Jim Bishop

Solving: all, in its, seasons, other

This CQ path showed me again that the CQ editor pays attention to social
media and quote sites. JB was an author; his wp article led me to learn
more about the master list of Nixon political opponents.

Also, the wp featured article of today about a feathered dinosaur
(ostensibly 'worse' than the velociraptor) caused me to marvel about how
serious the students of the age of dinosaurs are about their interest.
It is certainly an enormous time frame to be interested.
Atrociraptor was featured in the 2022 film Jurassic World Dominion,
with the director describing it as more "brutish" than Velociraptor
as it appears in the film.[13] A /Film writer commented that while
Atrociraptor "might sound like another made-up hybrid dinosaur
invented for the Jurassic World films ... it's a very real dino with
its own Wiki page and everything".
When I was trying to figure out the duration of the 'age of dinosaurs' I
ran into a snag, because today's birds are 'yesterday's dinosaurs'
lineage, so there are still extant dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are grouped
into avian and non-avian.
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Mike Easter
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2024-11-16 19:30:59 UTC
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Thursday's CQ:

NK UVR JTMP QVICPFNMB
LVMC, TQY T ERQU OCHQVM
PV LV NP. PFC IVHC PFNMBQ
UVR LV, PFC IVHC UVR GTM
LV. -- ZRGNZZC ETZZ


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If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things
you do, the more you can do.
Lucille Ball

Solving: if you, a, the, things, something

LB was certainly a 'do-er'. A tidbit from her wp bio, after the line
Lucille recalled little from the day her father died, except a bird
getting trapped in the house, which caused her lifelong
ornithophobia.
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Mike Easter
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2024-11-17 19:04:25 UTC
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Sunday cryptoquip:

ZG WXPSY DXHSMBJJ RYSHVXBH AZC SMO KYWOH
SG WGPBY-CASMBY WRRJZXWPZSO, ZP CASVJH KB
XWJJBH DWJXSJD RSMHBY.
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If actor McDowell produced his own brand of after-shower application, it
should be called Malcolm powder.

Solving: if, it should be called, actor McDowell

Showing my generation, when I first saw actor McDowell, I tho't of
.uk/.us actor Roddy McDowall ('38-'98) - I'm not familiar w/ Malcolm's work.
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2024-11-18 20:34:13 UTC
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Today's CQ:

LIV LIXOOVUL NVGGWR GXTIL WJ
OWQVEFVD XU EWDV RMDEXOT
MOP VAIXGMDMLXOT LIMO MON
RXOV LIVN LVGG WJ.  -- IVODN
PMQXP LIWDVMH

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The thinnest yellow light of November is more warming and exhilarating
than any wine they tell of.
Henry David Thoreau

Solving: the, than, any, they tell, HDT

Personally, I think the quote 'needs more' to explain itself. There is
a little bit more to it than the above, but that doesn't solve the
'problem'. But if I search high and low and find a *full* context, it
becomes much more logical. Here is what appears to be a HDT 'diary' of
sorts and the quote and the few additional words which often accompany
it on social media and quote sites can be read in their fuller context
for the date Nov. 25, 1857.
https://americanliterature.com/author/henry-david-thoreau/book/autumn/nov-20-1853-to-nov-30-1841
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Mike Easter
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2024-11-19 15:58:19 UTC
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Today's CQ:

 KOW QD XKYXMD EOOW OXJU
  BWUOL YGWU X DEGKO, ZBL
 WUO  DEGKO GD WUO
 COSGPPGPS BZ KBTO.
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Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the
beginning of love.
Mother Teresa

Solving: quick: the, a, MT, always

I looked at MT's article to see if she had any kind of 'normal'
girl-young woman life experience, but she didn't.
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Mike Easter
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2024-11-19 22:47:16 UTC
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I found an interesting trail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Plantation
Berkeley Plantation, one of the first plantations in America,
comprises about 1,000 acres
The group's London Company charter required that the day of arrival
be observed as a day of thanksgiving to God.
... especially this article

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Company_of_London
The business of the company was the settlement of the Virginia
colony, supported by a labor force of voluntary transportees under
the customary indenture system. In exchange for 7 years of labor for
the company, the company provided passage, food, protection, and land
ownership (if the worker survived).
From the outset, settlers thought that the abundance of timber would
be the primary leg of the economy, as Britain's forests had long been
felled. The seemingly inexhaustible supply of cheap American timber
was to be the primary enabler of England's (and then Britain's) rise
to maritime (merchant and naval) supremacy.
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2024-11-19 23:47:48 UTC
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Post by Mike Easter
I found an interesting trail.
... and,
Post by Mike Easter
The myth of the first Thanksgiving refers to the mythologized
retelling of a 1621 harvest feast by the Puritans in Plymouth,
Massachusetts as the foundation for the modern Thanksgiving holiday
as celebrated in the United States. Also called the "Thanksgiving
myth", this description of events has been criticized by both
Indigenous peoples of the United States and academic scholars for
how it obfuscates history, particularly the relationships between
the Pilgrims and the Indigenous people of the region.
Also, since Nov is National Native American Heritage Month (since HW
Bush & congress '90) and the day after T'Day Native American Heritage
Day, I would like to say that while I respect Native Americans and their
heritage and culture and am saddened by their troubles as a racial
culture, and recognize that they have been very mistreated by the
processes that have evolved in the Americas since the dev of the New
World, I am in complete disagreement w/ the 'solutions' which have been
legislated to the present and the conditions of 'reservations' and
Indian nations w/in the .us. That is a big fat mess overseen by such as
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the various nations.
Post by Mike Easter
The total area of all reservations is 56,200,000 acres
approximately 2.3% of the total area of the United States and about
the size of the state of Idaho.[8][9] While most reservations are
small compared to the average U.S. state, twelve Indian reservations
are larger than the state of Rhode Island.
The largest reservation, the Navajo Nation Reservation, is similar
in size to the state of West Virginia.
The standard of living on some reservations is comparable to that in
the developing world, with problems of infant mortality,[80] low life
expectancy, poor nutrition, poverty, and alcohol and drug abuse.
There is fostered a great state/condition of inequalities, w/ the
prosperous nation citizens (due to the largess of tribal gambling not
available as an enterprise to citizens of the same state as the Indian
nation locates) bringing monthly incomes of tens of thousands of US
dollars per month to *everyone* in that nation.
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2024-11-20 18:11:31 UTC
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Recent article from a nearby county, w/ accompanying pic:

'Cat up a tree' call leads to capture, relocation of mountain lion.

Neighborhood dog chased the cat, who sought refuge in the tree. He
turned out to be a young male mountain lion after he was tranquilized
and captured, then cared for and relocated in the nearby Cleveland
National Forest.
Cleveland National Forest is home to many wildlife species such as
mountain lion, bobcat, mule deer, coyote, gray fox, ringtail cat,
long-tailed weasel, opossum, black-tailed jackrabbits, desert
cottontails, California ground squirrel, and many other small
species. A wildlife corridor is being created between the Cleveland
National Forest and Orange County’s wild coastal terrains to ensure
that animals can retreat fire safely if needed.
A par in the story says:

Mountain lions are designated as a specially protected species in
California and those that are recognized as 'no harm no foul' animlas
that do not pose a threat are indued back or returned to their 'nearest
suitable habitat' by CDFW (CA dept Fish&Wildlife) personnel as protocol,
according to the department.

So, just because there is a wild mountain lion in your yard scaring your
dog doesn't mean you get to shoot him out of the tree. Besides, not too
many people there have guns. CA has been a very restrictive state about
that, but recently those laws have been overturned; we'll have to see
what comes out of that upheaval.
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