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fresh_42 said:
Another funny add-on: As I once discussed the Texan secession with a friend of mine who has been raised in NM, she mentioned that there is a movement, that in such a case, Austin would plan a secession from TX.
mfb said:
Like Scotland and Brexit then?
There's been talk of a Texit for some time now, perhaps at least 4 decades, and probably longer. It might be advantageous to some, but disadvantageous for the majority. I don't see it happening.

And speaking of Texas - A High-Stakes Divorce Illustrates How the Rich Play Real-Estate Tug of War
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-high...-rich-play-real-estate-tug-of-war-11586458598
A Houston billionaire is accused of using a complex web of trusts and limited liability companies to prevent his wife from accessing cash and the 13 homes they acquired together.
. . .
By the time the home’s décor was complete, Mrs. Bosarge said, her husband had left her for his 20-something Russian mistress. “He moved her in instead of me,” Mrs. Bosarge recalled.
 
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Astronuc said:
There's been talk of a Texit for some time now, perhaps at least 4 decades, and probably longer. It might be advantageous to some, but disadvantageous for the majority. I don't see it happening.

And speaking of Texas - A High-Stakes Divorce Illustrates How the Rich Play Real-Estate Tug of War
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-high...-rich-play-real-estate-tug-of-war-11586458598
'20-something Russian mistress'
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This ends badly.
 
nsaspook said:
Citibank can't get back $500 million it wired by mistake
... to people they owed money to. They didn't lose the money, they just repaid loans much earlier than planned.
 
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Just where should I put this o_O

Male balding is a major risk factor for severe COVID-19

Recent observations by Wambier et al1 suggest that men with pattern baldness are at high risk for severe symptomatic COVID-19 infection.
 
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This will probably be the kids' best memory of NK.
Diplomats have a very broad job description.
 
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And just when you thought you'd seen it all, along comes this...

Kroger clinic patients given empty COVID-19 vaccine shots

https://www.kron4.com/health/coronavirus/kroger-clinic-patients-given-empty-covid-19-vaccine-shots/
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A Kroger location in Virginia administered shots with empty syringes to multiple patients scheduled for a COVID-19 vaccine.

A Kroger spokesperson told Nexstar’s WRIC that workers at one of their Little Clinic locations made the mistake of administering the shots. They said the health care professional giving the shots was under the impression that a colleague had filled the syringes prior to the appointments.

Vruce said the empty shots seemed “a little reckless” and wonders how someone did not notice the syringes were not full of vaccine.

How in the world can you not notice that the syringe is empty before you insert the needle? How in the world could you keep doing it several shots in a row? o0)
 
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berkeman said:
How in the world can you not notice that the syringe is empty before you insert the needle? How in the world could you keep doing it several shots in a row? o0)
And ... did they actually injected air? If you don't get thromboses from Covid-19, you get them from vaccination, or what?
 
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Syringes come with the plunger all the way down (no air in the body of the syringe), and the only time you draw the plunger back is to draw up the medication to the correct volume mark. So hopefully they did not inject air (although an IM injection of air should probably not cause a thrombosis, I would think).
 
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https://autos.yahoo.com/trailer-safety-chain-stops-couples-230500361.html
As he [trucker Rod Drury] approached the wreck, he realized that over the edge of the bridge, still attached to the camper only by the trailer safety chain, was a Ford F-350 pickup, dangling nose down over the gorge.

Inside was the 67-year-old driver and his 64-year-old wife, from Garden City, Idaho, along with their two small dogs.
 
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Czech billionaire Kellner killed in Alaska helicopter crash
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/czech-billionaire-kellner-killed-alaska-061950383.html
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Petr Kellner, the Czech Republic's richest man and founder of investment group PPF, was one of five people killed when their helicopter crashed on a skiing trip in Alaska.

Kellner, 56, was among the passengers and pilot killed on Saturday in the crash near Knik Glacier northeast of Anchorage, Alaska State Troopers said.

Kellner avoided public attention but was known to be a keen skier. A picture of him snowboarding was published in one PPF annual report.
:oops: :frown: There was one survivor, who was taken to hospital.
 
berkeman said:
Not exactly Weird News, but what is wrong with this picture?

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https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/coronavirus-in-the-bay-area-vaccine-distribution-by-county/
Looks like the syringe is being tapped to dislodge air bubbles.
In my (limited) understanding this is done after needle removal from the vial.

The photo seems to show this being done with the needle still in the unsupported vial... that's a NO NO. The needle may bend, making it useless, and if the syringe plunger is pushed the vial is now contaminated and must be discarded.

I hope the individual in the photo is an actor, not a medic!
Anyone care to track her down and get her license pulled?
 
Tom.G said:
I hope the individual in the photo is an actor, not a medic!
It could be a "stock photo". Like:

repair-soldering-a-printed-circuit-board-204001492.jpg
 
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Keith_McClary said:
It could be a "stock photo". Like:
OMG, you owe me a new keyboard! :-p
 
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Tom.G said:
The needle may bend, making it useless, and if the syringe plunger is pushed the vial is now contaminated and must be discarded.

I hope the individual in the photo is an actor, not a medic!
Yeah, I'm not sure what is going on with the syringe and vial, but the thing that caught my eye is the terrible fit of her gloves. There's no way I could work with gloves like that. I guess it's possible that they ran out of every size except for XXL gloves, but I don't think I'd be taking pictures on that day... (plus I always have extra pairs of my favorite gloves on me, in case there is any issue with availability where I'm working)
 
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Big Dog's Backyard Ultra: The toughest, weirdest race you've never heard of
https://www.bbc.com/sport/56720358

Guillaume Calmettes, a French software engineer who ran 245 miles - 59 hours - to win in 2017, says: "It's painful, but it's painful in a good way."

"I enjoy some level of suffering," says American Maggie Guterl, who became the first woman to win when she breezed her way through 250 miles in 2019. "Most ultra-runners don't want to go to a spa for a relaxing break."

Johan Steene, a 46-year-old chief executive of a Swedish technology company who clocked up 283 miles in 68 hours to win in 2018, describes it as a "special game with fantastic rules".

"It's a fun mental challenge," says American Courtney Dauwalter, runner-up to Steene with 279 miles and a big enough star in the niche world of ultra-running to be a guest on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.

A 36-year-old former science teacher who is now one of very few professional ultra-runners, Dauwalter is no stranger to unfathomably long races. In 2017 she was outright winner of the Moab 240 - a 240-mile race over the mountains of Utah - beating the fastest man by 10 hours.

Running continuously for 3 or 4 days?! :oops: :rolleyes:
 
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Caution: 'Large boulder the size of a large boulder' blocks Colorado road
The article has more backstory, but here is the short summary:
A sheriff wanted to write "Large boulder the size of a small car is completely blocking [road]" a year ago, but accidentally tweeted "Large boulder the size of a small boulder is completely blocking [road]". That tweet went viral. A year later a much larger boulder blocked a road, so they wrote the announcement cited above.
The boulder story continues!
Boulders block road in Boulder Canyon near Boulder according to Boulder County Sheriff’s Office

No information whether it was the size of a small boulder or large boulder.
 
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Ibix said:
I'm just glad the roads aren't blocked near Buffalo.
That neighborhood uses both Rain and Snow, usually but not always at different times of the year.
 
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