Wil said last night that Grandson would probably prefer he get a dump truck. 😆. But truth be told, the little guy is already psyched about Grandad's choice. Yesterday on Zoom he showed us his toy red pickup that looks very like Grandad's will look. And he has dibs on a ride in the back seat, though he'd prefer a ride in the truck bed! 🤣
🌟🌟🌟Vermont is first in the nation to vaccinate 80% of eligible citizens!🌟🌟🌟
Currently 81.8% My understanding is that this translates to about 70% of ALL Vermonters.
ALL RESTRICTIONS LIFTED! The State of Emergency will end tomorrow night at midnight.
The state’s “universal guidance” remains in effect, which encourages unvaccinated Vermonters to continue wearing their masks and practicing social distancing. Masking had previously been required for those who have not been inoculated. People should continue to practice good hygiene and think carefully before traveling, according to the state’s guidance, though quarantining and testing are not required. ~ VT Digger
As for me, I will continue to wear a mask in public along with my "Fully Vaccinated" button. I choose to continue to be careful because, let's face it, there is still at least a 5% chance of getting the virus, and there are variants, and I sure don't want to accidentally pass this dread illness to others, especially my grandchildren, who are not yet eligible to be vaccinated and could end up with a lifelong health issue.
Nationally, 64% of eligible citizens have received at least one dose.
Just checked the Tribune. Vernont leads the country with 59% of all citizens fully vaccinated. Cook County Illinois has 64% who have received at least one shot and 47% who have received two. There are a lot of Illinois counties where the vaccination rate is very low, but almost all have less than 10,000 people total.
Listener, where did you get a 'Fully Vaccinated' button?
Going to wear a mask on Wednesday when going to PT, of course. I didn't catch it all, but there was a report on this evening's local news about restrictions being lifted. One thing I did note was that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks on public transit, i.e. buses, but proof of vaccination will not be required. The honor system? Are you kidding me? What a crock! That means any anti-vaxer, anti-masker can ride around spreading his germs all the hell over the place! If that isn't stupid and irresponsible, I don't know what is!
Cat, there are a bunch of them on Etsy.com! I think that the ones with the black background are easiest to read.
I agree fully about people who are unvaccinated and don't care about others being an issue in public places. I intend to wear a mask in public until all my grandchildren are vaccinated.
"Vermont leads the country with 59% of all citizens fully vaccinated."
Bill, thanks for the stats. So it looks like Vermont has 81.8% of eligible citizens with at least one dose, and 59% who are two weeks past the second dose. So, in 5-6 weeks we should have 81.8% who are fully vaccinated. Good!
Eric Adams Leads Democratic NYC Mayoral Primary [Click] I hadn’t paid much attention to the race, it being none of my business; but this prompted me to look up Adams’ Wikipedia entry. No one is perfect, but from what Wikipedia has to say, it looks like New Yorkers could do a lot worse.
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Hope it does well for you guys, Bill. I thin I selected Heifer because of an episode on The West Wing. . . Just thinking that I'm about Tudored out, and its time for a re-watch. . . .
Their motive is obviously to persuade you to buy from Amazon rather than a company that doesn't offer this small perk. At least for small charities such as DPP, knoing your affiliation doesn't gain them anything.
Cruciverbalist is a new one for me, but the meaning is obvious. Maybe we could make a latinate version of quizologist. Alas, "quiz' seems to be a neologism:
Quiz \Quiz\ (kw[i^]z), n. [It is said that Daly, the manager of a Dublin playhouse, laid a wager that a new word of no meaning should be the common talk and puzzle of the city in twenty-four hours. In consequence of this the letters q u i z were chalked by him on all the walls of Dublin, with an effect that won the wager. Perhaps, however, originally a variant of whiz, and formerly the name of a popular game.] 1. A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax. [1913 Webster]
OK, query is Latin, like -ology; we ought to be able to work with that:
Query \Que"ry\, n.; pl. Queries. [L. quaere, imperative sing. of quaerere, quaesitum to seek or search for, to ask, inquire. Cf. Acquire, Conquer, Exquisite, Quest, Require.] 1. A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved. [1913 Webster]
I shall conclude with proposing only some queries, in order to a . . . search to be made by others. --Sir I. Newton.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/self-proclaimed-king-york-exile-110000015.html
ReplyDelete"But fellow Queens guy Peter Mehlman, writing in The Atlantic, delivered the bad news that escaped Trump during his time in New York.
“It took the presidency for him to learn,” wrote Mehlman, “that he’d always been a citywide joke.”
Wil says that DT flag is the only one he’d consider flying from his red hybrid pickup truck. 😉
ReplyDeleteHowzabout a red duece-and-a-half 6X6? [Click] Granted that they’re not easy on fuel, they are certainly assertive.
DeleteSorry, that particular one has been sold...
Delete5*yr*old*Grandson would LOVE that truck! Ha!
DeleteWil said last night that Grandson would probably prefer he get a dump truck. 😆. But truth be told, the little guy is already psyched about Grandad's choice. Yesterday on Zoom he showed us his toy red pickup that looks very like Grandad's will look. And he has dibs on a ride in the back seat, though he'd prefer a ride in the truck bed! 🤣
🌟🌟🌟Vermont is first in the nation to vaccinate 80% of eligible citizens!🌟🌟🌟
ReplyDeleteCurrently 81.8%
My understanding is that this translates to about 70% of ALL Vermonters.
ALL RESTRICTIONS LIFTED!
The State of Emergency will end tomorrow night at midnight.
The state’s “universal guidance” remains in effect, which encourages unvaccinated Vermonters to continue wearing their masks and practicing social distancing. Masking had previously been required for those who have not been inoculated. People should continue to practice good hygiene and think carefully before traveling, according to the state’s guidance, though quarantining and testing are not required. ~ VT Digger
As for me, I will continue to wear a mask in public along with my "Fully Vaccinated" button. I choose to continue to be careful because, let's face it, there is still at least a 5% chance of getting the virus, and there are variants, and I sure don't want to accidentally pass this dread illness to others, especially my grandchildren, who are not yet eligible to be vaccinated and could end up with a lifelong health issue.
Nationally, 64% of eligible citizens have received at least one dose.
Employers and Businesses may still require masks and distancing, as they choose, along the same lines as "No shirts, No shoes, No service."
DeleteGood on Vermont!
DeleteJust checked the Tribune. Vernont leads the country with 59% of all citizens fully vaccinated. Cook County Illinois has 64% who have received at least one shot and 47% who have received two. There are a lot of Illinois counties where the vaccination rate is very low, but almost all have less than 10,000 people total.
DeleteListener, where did you get a 'Fully Vaccinated' button?
DeleteGoing to wear a mask on Wednesday when going to PT, of course. I didn't catch it all, but there was a report on this evening's local news about restrictions being lifted. One thing I did note was that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks on public transit, i.e. buses, but proof of vaccination will not be required. The honor system? Are you kidding me? What a crock! That means any anti-vaxer, anti-masker can ride around spreading his germs all the hell over the place! If that isn't stupid and irresponsible, I don't know what is!
Cat, there are a bunch of them on Etsy.com!
DeleteI think that the ones with the black background are easiest to read.
I agree fully about people who are unvaccinated and don't care about others being an issue in public places. I intend to wear a mask in public until all my grandchildren are vaccinated.
"Vermont leads the country with 59% of all citizens fully vaccinated."
DeleteBill, thanks for the stats. So it looks like Vermont has 81.8% of eligible citizens with at least one dose, and 59% who are two weeks past the second dose. So, in 5-6 weeks we should have 81.8% who are fully vaccinated. Good!
And good for Cook County up to 64%!
Don't forget that 59% is of ALL citizens, not just those who are vaccine-eligible.
DeleteWapo: Rand Paul offers an accidentally useful Jim Crow analogy in rationalizing his party’s illiberal shift [Click]
ReplyDeleteEric Adams Leads Democratic NYC Mayoral Primary [Click] I hadn’t paid much attention to the race, it being none of my business; but this prompted me to look up Adams’ Wikipedia entry. No one is perfect, but from what Wikipedia has to say, it looks like New Yorkers could do a lot worse.
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ReplyDeleteThis is the quarterly notification to inform you that AmazonSmile has made a charitable donation to the charity you’ve selected, Heifer International, in the amount of $33,526.02 as a result of qualifying purchases made by customers who have selected this charity.
Thanks to customers shopping at smile.amazon.com, or with AmazonSmile ON in the Amazon Shopping app, everyday purchases have generated over $293 million in donations to charities worldwide so far.
AmazonSmile's impact:
•$478,631.45 to Heifer International*
•$262,635,668.36 to all charities in the US
•$293,003,584.01 to all charities worldwide
To track donations or change your charity, simply visit Your AmazonSmile Impact page.
AmazonSmile has the exact same products, same low prices, and same convenient shopping experience as amazon.com, with the added benefit of generating donations for charity -- at no additional cost to you.
My selected charity, of course, is The Disability Pride Parade Association.
DeleteHope it does well for you guys, Bill. I thin I selected Heifer because of an episode on The West Wing. . . Just thinking that I'm about Tudored out, and its time for a re-watch. . . .
DeleteMy chosen charity is Xavior Society for the Blind.
DeleteI've always been skeptical about Amazon's REAL reasons for wanting to know our favourite charity. Am I paranoid?
DeleteTheir motive is obviously to persuade you to buy from Amazon rather than a company that doesn't offer this small perk. At least for small charities such as DPP, knoing your affiliation doesn't gain them anything.
DeleteParanoids have enemies too!
DeleteQuizologist, Alan? Thank you. It's good to have a word for what I do/am. I'm also a cruciverbalist, with a badge to prove it.
ReplyDeleteCruciverbalist is a new one for me, but the meaning is obvious. Maybe we could make a latinate version of quizologist. Alas, "quiz' seems to be a neologism:
DeleteQuiz \Quiz\ (kw[i^]z), n. [It is said that Daly, the manager of
a Dublin playhouse, laid a wager that a new word of no
meaning should be the common talk and puzzle of the city in
twenty-four hours. In consequence of this the letters q u i z
were chalked by him on all the walls of Dublin, with an
effect that won the wager. Perhaps, however, originally a
variant of whiz, and formerly the name of a popular game.]
1. A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous
hoax.
[1913 Webster]
Well, as a verb I've seen it in Jane Austen though with a somewhat different meaning than how we use it nowadays.
DeleteHow about Queryologist? It's at least more mysterious than Examiner. 😉
DeleteOK, query is Latin, like -ology; we ought to be able to work with that:
DeleteQuery \Que"ry\, n.; pl. Queries. [L. quaere, imperative sing.
of quaerere, quaesitum to seek or search for, to ask,
inquire. Cf. Acquire, Conquer, Exquisite, Quest,
Require.]
1. A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.
[1913 Webster]
I shall conclude with proposing only some queries,
in order to a . . . search to be made by others.
--Sir I. Newton.
Five Thirty-Eight Politics Podcast: The Republican Establishment Has Had Trouble Swaying Its Voters. The Democratic Establishment Keeps Winning. [Click]
ReplyDeleteI haven’t yet listened to it, but it sounds interesting.
Getting back to the idea of turning our pool into a pond—two of our neighbors built ponds, but neither one worked out. Both became egret buffets.
ReplyDeleteDennis Kucinich to Run for Mayor of Cleveland [Click] Renee--what do you think of that?
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