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Pastel Tortie

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Putin just announced that Russia has a vaccine. That it's already in use and works perfectly.
They named it SPUTNIK as a rub to us when Russia beat the USA into space.
(Talk about holding a grudge)
It would sure be a great PR stunt for Russia to share this vaccine with the world...
If it indeed exists.
There's no such thing as a vaccine that works Perfectly.
 

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Actually, I don't listen. My family has been insulting my driving since I bought that car. I do drive fast, I do burn-outs, I do drag race. But I believe most people judge my driving skills, by their less than average driving skills. I am an above average driver. I have taken 2 offensive driving courses at the Bob Bondurant School of Offensive driving, I took a drifting course, and got a CDL. I love to drive. To me driving is like a chess game. How many of you can slide your car, and pull out of that slide? How many of you have had your car over 100 mph? Over 120? My car is not just a performance car, it's a get down hot rod. I have hand crank windows, NO cup holder, no power seats, no power doors, what I DO have is, a 5 year old LT1 engine, a 5 year old turbo 350 transmission, complete front end and steering stuff is 2 years old. It is very fast. I have taken such good care of it, it's clean, fast and pretty. And IF my driving was as dangerous as my family thinks it is, I would probably have had a wreck in the 30 years I've been hot rodding around the country in this car. But I haven't had or caused a wreck with my driving. I like to drive and I like to and have been taught how to drive fast. So don't judge MY driving by your bad skill set.
I confess to, tailgating, honking, yelling out the window, speeding, drag racing in town.


Y calls my driving "radical", but she drives a top of the line Dodge truck, and she does not drive over 45, she can't park it, won't take it on the hiway. lol love ya sis!
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WOW- A BOB B school and twice! I learned to drift growing up in Ohio with a rear wheel drive car in snow! I have been to a couple of more basic schools, but had some special education sessions with more experienced instructors. Not that it will do me much good, but I know where to aim to get through two cars blocking my path! High speed slide recovery is so awesome and my favorite is offroad to pavement recovery although my fastest was a measly 70 MPH the instructor left fingerprints in the dash! For a special few 4 Wheel Therapy is real. My brother went to a track school years ago in SOCAL and had a dedicated NIssan 240 SX with a roll cage. He with stealth upgrade all his rides- Imagine and Acura G with bigger jets and 3" stainless exhaust- 4 doors or wheel spin!
 

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Maybe you haven't noticed my sister generally does not have a sense of humor when it comes to me and my antics. So believe you me, I have learned when to stop. And now is that time.
American Goldfinches have arrived in Corvallis, they are chasing each other around and crowding my feeders. And having babies I'm pretty sure this guy is an adolescent he's been sitting there looking in my bedroom window all
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At least your sis talks to you. Beautiful birds.
 

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My son's infant grandson had the infant version of the virus (only one in the household with any version of it). Spent a couple days in the hospital, then sent home with meds.He's fine now.
Oh good. Another one that's been on my mind is doing good. I let Joe go back to one of his adult programs July I st. I know I'm taking a big chance but we always put his clothes in the dryer on sanitizer anyway when he gets home. He has a way of picking up things because he doesn't know how to protect himself. They also have really strict quidelines in place and it'll be some reinforcement of what I've been trying to teach him. He doesn't always want to listen to me because I'm his sister ?.
 

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Putin just announced that Russia has a vaccine. That it's already in use and works perfectly.
They named it SPUTNIK as a rub to us when Russia beat the USA into space.
(Talk about holding a grudge)
It would sure be a great PR stunt for Russia to share this vaccine with the world...
If it indeed exists.

It hasn't been thoroughly tested. There are several other vaccines at similar stages.

It's actually the second vaccine to receive "approval" (without the normal testing), the first was approved by China for use by it's military.
 

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WOW- A BOB B school and twice! I learned to drift growing up in Ohio with a rear wheel drive car in snow! I have been to a couple of more basic schools, but had some special education sessions with more experienced instructors. Not that it will do me much good, but I know where to aim to get through two cars blocking my path! High speed slide recovery is so awesome and my favorite is offroad to pavement recovery although my fastest was a measly 70 MPH the instructor left fingerprints in the dash! For a special few 4 Wheel Therapy is real. My brother went to a track school years ago in SOCAL and had a dedicated NIssan 240 SX with a roll cage. He with stealth upgrade all his rides- Imagine and Acura G with bigger jets and 3" stainless exhaust- 4 doors or wheel spin!
This was my RWD Toyota Starlet
It had a later model twin cam engine and a posi rear end.
While not as fast as any of my motorcycles, it was great at smoking the tires.
 

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It hasn't been thoroughly tested. There are several other vaccines at similar stages.

It's actually the second vaccine to receive "approval" (without the normal testing), the first was approved by China for use by it's military.
I suppose I wouldn't expect Russia or China to do any rigorous testing.
 

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It hasn't been thoroughly tested. There are several other vaccines at similar stages.

It's actually the second vaccine to receive "approval" (without the normal testing), the first was approved by China for use by it's military.
Here's hoping that their penchant and overall regard for safety protocols has improved since Chernobyl. :rolleyes:
 

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This reply is all my new phone's fault. I accidentally touched something. I'm still on the same page with vaccines against a cold virus. I don't want to influence anyone that needs to take one but I probably won't. I've actually been asked if Im aware of the disease processes when I refuse the flue vaccines every year. It's like yea and I'm thinking at my age why wouldn't I know by now. Now I'm reading online that some people have tcells that have been exposed to other corona viruses. They get nothing more than a common cold. Or are asymptomatic. I've not had the vaccines and I'm on medication that depresses your immune system yet I get nothing more than the common cold if that. So no don't stick me with a needle that hasn't been researched for years and then tell me later. Our research says we made a booboo.
 

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COVID IN MOROCCO.

Government locked down early in March.
Soon stopped international travel, nobody allowed in or out, even Moroccan nationals not allowed to come home. A few repatriation flights were permitted for tourists stuck in Morocco but most had to remain here.
Shut most shops and all the mosques.
Exceptional movement permits necessary even for a visit to the potato shop.
A night time curfew was introduced.
Riots in three cities were met with a heavy response and ringleaders imprisoned.
Social media fearmongers and those posting fake news were also arrested.
Military vehicles patrolled the streets.
Within days facemasks became compulsory and the country had so many there was no excuse for not wearing them and we exported them to our poor European neighbours who had shortages and increasing case numbers and deaths. We also make our own ventilators.
The police arrested a few thousand people for breaking rules.
People behaved themselves and we had very few cases and deaths.
Even this was slowly declining.

Then came Ramadan and before the festival at the end of the fast, the government eased the shutdown.
Families travelled about, people stopped wearing masks, cafe's reopened (and some mosques) Moroccans stranded abroad returned and this continued to Eid al Adha, the bigger festival, a month or so later.
So, we now have increasing cases, more deaths than ever and Morocco is becoming the new epicentre for Africa.
People refuse to wear their masks again and all hell is about to break loose.
 
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As for us, wifey has been out about six times in five months; a couple of times to the chemist and a few times to the supermarket to stock up on cheese and alcohol. The supermarket was an early hotspot, closed and decontaminated and then reopened with walk through spray things, hand sanitizing, walk though trays to get your shoes and all sorts.
Not that I've been. I go out to buy essentials only, maybe once or twice a week, plus once to the post office.
We are not permitted to leave the country or our city.
No one has entered our apartment except the guy who delivers our gas cylinders.
I cancelled all our students back in March, so we survive on wifey's pension, which gets a little smaller every month.
But we are better off than most and are quite content.
I spend my days reading, studying, prepping my fossils and sitting in the sun with Tidgy.
Tidgy loves it. No strangers in her territory and mummy and daddy spoiling her rotten.
 

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As for us, wifey has been out about six times in five months; a couple of times to the chemist and a few times to the supermarket to stock up on cheese and alcohol. The supermarket was an early hotspot, closed and decontaminated and then reopened with walk through spray things, hand sanitizing, walk though trays to get your shoes and all sorts.
They're using foot baths (walk through trays) over there for COVID? I wonder what they're using in them.

I vaguely recall that with the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the UK in 2001, at least some foot baths (on whichever side of the pond) contained a Virkon product.
 
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