We went to Maine and back again and had a WONDERFUL time with the Grands!! The older two (ages 11 and 8) are even more graceful than before (was that possible?). The little guy (almost 2), really took a shine to us. That was a total delight to experience!! Lovely. 💙💛❤️
There are places in the Sierra Nevada ("Snowy Mountains") where in what used to be an average year the seasonal snowfall would be a hundred feet or somewhat more. Snowshoe Thompson, who introduced skis to California, was the first person known to have crossed the Sierra Nevada during the winter. His skis, made from boyhood memories in Norway (or Sweden?), were very long and heavy--he said he took some awful big jumps on that crossing that he didn't intend to but couldn't avoid. He didn't remember ski poles, so used a blade on a long pole as a sort of rudder. Ski wax was invented by the early skiers ("snowshoers") in California, whose races were straight downhill on those same sort of very big skis--no steering involved.
"Earlier this year, plaintiffs who took a vaccine for shingles, known as Zostavax, began filing lawsuits against drug manufacturer Merck & Co., claiming as little as a single dose resulted in serious injuries that include blindness, paralysis, and brain damage. In some cases, the drug was fatal."
Now they're touting this new one, Shingrix. I wouldn't be in a big hurry to take that drug until it has some kind of user track record. I don't trust Big Pharma. They rush drugs onto market without sufficient testing or concern for the people who will take those drugs.
We went to Maine and back again and had a WONDERFUL time with the Grands!! The older two (ages 11 and 8) are even more graceful than before (was that possible?). The little guy (almost 2), really took a shine to us. That was a total delight to experience!! Lovely. 💙💛❤️
ReplyDeleteWe are having a SNOW DAY!!! Wow! I was away over the weekend and didn't even see this coming! Ha! 3.5"+ so far and falling. At last!! ❄️☃️
ReplyDeleteThere are places in the Sierra Nevada ("Snowy Mountains") where in what used to be an average year the seasonal snowfall would be a hundred feet or somewhat more. Snowshoe Thompson, who introduced skis to California, was the first person known to have crossed the Sierra Nevada during the winter. His skis, made from boyhood memories in Norway (or Sweden?), were very long and heavy--he said he took some awful big jumps on that crossing that he didn't intend to but couldn't avoid. He didn't remember ski poles, so used a blade on a long pole as a sort of rudder. Ski wax was invented by the early skiers ("snowshoers") in California, whose races were straight downhill on those same sort of very big skis--no steering involved.
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Snowshoe Thompson[Click] I hadn’t known about his horizontal ski pole technique—sounds reasonable!
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https://drugsafetynews.com/2017/11/20/taking-zostavax-shingles-cdc-says-take-something-different/>https://drugsafetynews.com/2017/11/20/taking-zostavax-shingles-cdc-says-take-something-different/
ReplyDelete"Earlier this year, plaintiffs who took a vaccine for shingles, known as Zostavax, began filing lawsuits against drug manufacturer Merck & Co., claiming as little as a single dose resulted in serious injuries that include blindness, paralysis, and brain damage. In some cases, the drug was fatal."
Now they're touting this new one, Shingrix. I wouldn't be in a big hurry to take that drug until it has some kind of user track record. I don't trust Big Pharma. They rush drugs onto market without sufficient testing or concern for the people who will take those drugs.