Coronavirus and the NFL
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Well...maybe.
But the fact is, if someone says that a place is X kilometers or X meters. away....we still say: well, how far is that really....you know, in miles.
And if they say something weighs X kilograms...we will say: "well, how much does it weigh really...in pounds. Or ounces.
So, as I said, our time system is just as "illogical"....so why are we not on metric time.
Regarding the metric system... The USA is one of the last hold outs using Imperial measures. The "we" involves Americans who don't know how to properly wear a face mask, and are too damn stubborn to change. The scientific community long ago went metric. And if you want to work on a bicycle- you had better have metric tools. I'd be willing to bet most cars are almost exclusively metric now too.
Regarding time- as one with an interest in astronomy I can tell you why time isn't metric. It starts because it takes 365.2xxxx "days" for the Earth to take one trip around the sun. A totally logical starting point. BTW, if we threw out a pretty accurate system of leap years, over time you'd have winter weather in July.
There's also a difference between siderial (star) and synodic time. A given star rises roughly 4 minutes earlier every day because of the Earth's rotation around the sun. BTW- the Earth's rotation is slowing down, because of the moon's drag on the Earth. Every so often, we have to add a leap second. Why do we have months? Because from time almost immemorial, months were reckoned on the time it took new moon to new moon- back then they had guys who's only job was to keep a lookout for the new moon-roughly 29.5 days. (29.5 X 12 = 354) So no way to make that jive 10 months to a year. Sort of why 12 months got decided on. Be real fun to make it 10 hours in a day, 10 minutes to an hour, and 10 seconds to a minute.
Regarding the metric system... The USA is one of the last hold outs using Imperial measures. The "we" involves Americans who don't know how to properly wear a face mask, and are too damn stubborn to change. The scientific community long ago went metric. And if you want to work on a bicycle- you had better have metric tools. I'd be willing to bet most cars are almost exclusively metric now too.
Regarding time- as one with an interest in astronomy I can tell you why time isn't metric. It starts because it takes 365.2xxxx "days" for the Earth to take one trip around the sun. A totally logical starting point. BTW, if we threw out a pretty accurate system of leap years, over time you'd have winter weather in July.
There's also a difference between siderial (star) and synodic time. A given star rises roughly 4 minutes earlier every day because of the Earth's rotation around the sun. BTW- the Earth's rotation is slowing down, because of the moon's drag on the Earth. Every so often, we have to add a leap second. Why do we have months? Because from time almost immemorial, months were reckoned on the time it took new moon to new moon- back then they had guys who's only job was to keep a lookout for the new moon-roughly 29.5 days. (29.5 X 12 = 354) So no way to make that jive 10 months to a year. Sort of why 12 months got decided on. Be real fun to make it 10 hours in a day, 10 minutes to an hour, and 10 seconds to a minute.
Well I think the metric time that the French revolutionaries developed would’ve been 100 minutes to an hour and 100 seconds to a minute. But since we don’t really follow the lunar cycle now when it comes to months months why would it matter if we only had 10 months
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The thing that's pretty shocking to me is the hospital my wife works at is cutting hours- because no one is going to the hospital... Go figure that one....
are they replacing your wife's age group with younger staff members maybe? Reason i ask is? we have 3400 cases in NC now, 22 in our county...My daughter, who is only 26, just got off materity leave...she can't returned to her breast exam job, due to they are closed...the hospitial put her staight to reliefing patient nurses inside the hospitial...scary times for grandpa, with 2 under age 5 grandkids & a real new newborn.. they also made it mantory to shower at sanitized hospitial before going home..Dad instructed her daughter, to do it again when she gets home..#goashleygo!
are they replacing your wife's age group with younger staff members maybe?
My son works at a local hospital, he told me that it's slow at his hospital. No one is having elective surgery. And if people get sick (non COVID 19) they don't want to go to a hospital.
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The thing that's pretty shocking to me is the hospital my wife works at is cutting hours- because no one is going to the hospital... Go figure that one....
are they replacing your wife's age group with younger staff members maybe? Reason i ask is? we have 3400 cases in NC now, 22 in our county...My daughter, who is only 26, just got off materity leave...she can't returned to her breast exam job, due to they are closed...the hospitial put her staight to reliefing patient nurses inside the hospitial...scary times for grandpa, with 2 under age 5 grandkids & a real new newborn.. they also made it mantory to shower at sanitized hospitial before going home..Dad instructed her daughter, to do it again when she gets home..#goashleygo!
are they replacing your wife's age group with younger staff members maybe? Reason i ask is? we have 3400 cases in NC now, 22 in our county...My daughter, who is only 26, just got off materity leave...she can't returned to her breast exam job, due to they are closed...the hospitial put her staight to reliefing patient nurses inside the hospitial...scary times for grandpa, with 2 under age 5 grandkids & a real new newborn.. they also made it mantory to shower at sanitized hospitial before going home..Dad instructed her daughter, to do it again when she gets home..#goashleygo!
My wife is the second and third shift laboratory supervisor. Thankfully, she has zero direct patient contact. Most of the lab employees who work in that time frame are in a younger age group. Labs long ago adopted the policy treat any samples that come in as potentially infectious. They just brought Corona virus testing in house. It's reserved for cases the Docs deem "highly suspicious ". Five out of 30 were positive. What that means, they don't have to slap the 25 negative patients in super isolation, saving resources. BTW, so far there's been no indications Corona is transmitted by blood, unlike HIV or hepatitis which are easily transmitted by that route. They're even trying an experimental procedure transfusing plasma from folks who have recovered from covid (theoretically they've developed Corona antibodies) to people who are showing serious symptoms. MHO is it can't hurt, and is at least worth a shot. You can bet there's a lab out there working overtime trying to develop a process to clone those antibodies.
What her hospital is doing is taking temperatures of everyone as they enter and leave. Not normal? You don't come in, or aren't allowed to come back. And if you're at home and not feeling well, you're automatically told to not show up for at least 5 days after until you are.
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are they replacing your wife's age group with younger staff members maybe? Reason i ask is? we have 3400 cases in NC now, 22 in our county...My daughter, who is only 26, just got off materity leave...she can't returned to her breast exam job, due to they are closed...the hospitial put her staight to reliefing patient nurses inside the hospitial...scary times for grandpa, with 2 under age 5 grandkids & a real new newborn.. they also made it mantory to shower at sanitized hospitial before going home..Dad instructed her daughter, to do it again when she gets home..#goashleygo!
My wife is the second and third shift laboratory supervisor. Thankfully, she has zero direct patient contact. Most of the lab employees who work in that time frame are in a younger age group. Labs long ago adopted the policy treat any samples that come in as potentially infectious. They just brought Corona virus testing in house. It's reserved for cases the Docs deem "highly suspicious ". Five out of 30 were positive. What that means, they don't have to slap the 25 negative patients in super isolation, saving resources. BTW, so far there's been no indications Corona is transmitted by blood, unlike HIV or hepatitis which are easily transmitted by that route. They're even trying an experimental procedure transfusing plasma from folks who have recovered from covid (theoretically they've developed Corona antibodies) to people who are showing serious symptoms. MHO is it can't hurt, and is at least worth a shot. You can bet there's a lab out there working overtime trying to develop a process to clone those antibodies.
What her hospital is doing is taking temperatures of everyone as they enter and leave. Not normal? You don't come in, or aren't allowed to come back. And if you're at home and not feeling well, you're automatically told to not show up for at least 5 days after until you are.
They're even trying an experimental procedure transfusing plasma from folks who have recovered from covid (theoretically they've developed Corona antibodies) to people who are showing serious symptoms.
But there have been cases of people who've recovered, tested negative, and then later test positive and have it again.
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They're even trying an experimental procedure transfusing plasma from folks who have recovered from covid (theoretically they've developed Corona antibodies) to people who are showing serious symptoms.
But there have been cases of people who've recovered, tested negative, and then later test positive and have it again.
But there have been cases of people who've recovered, tested negative, and then later test positive and have it again.
That wouldn't bode well for developing a vaccine. It's a moving target- To think we know everything about this virus in six months would be pretty naive.
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Nero did.
Oh the irony.
I know Nero said it.....I was referring to what I was talking about: the lack of preparedness, and the need to be better prepared in the future.
I don't know that the UK was any better prepared than the US or Spain....so this shit may just be starting for you all. Be safe.
I know Nero said it.....I was referring to what I was talking about: the lack of preparedness, and the need to be better prepared in the future.
I don't know that the UK was any better prepared than the US or Spain....so this shit may just be starting for you all. Be safe.
If you knew he said it why are you asking him who said it? ?
I read more than I post on here and Nero comes over as a nice guy and fair poster that's why I've came to his defence here. Perhaps if you clarified what people are saying and why they are saying it, before going 'off on one', then you wouldn't need to be so aggressive in forcing your opinion down everyone's throat.
Keep safe.
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Well...maybe.
But the fact is, if someone says that a place is X kilometers or X meters. away....we still say: well, how far is that really....you know, in miles.
And if they say something weighs X kilograms...we will say: "well, how much does it weigh really...in pounds. Or ounces.
So, as I said, our time system is just as "illogical"....so why are we not on metric time.
Regarding the metric system... The USA is one of the last hold outs using Imperial measures. The "we" involves Americans who don't know how to properly wear a face mask, and are too damn stubborn to change. The scientific community long ago went metric. And if you want to work on a bicycle- you had better have metric tools. I'd be willing to bet most cars are almost exclusively metric now too.
Regarding time- as one with an interest in astronomy I can tell you why time isn't metric. It starts because it takes 365.2xxxx "days" for the Earth to take one trip around the sun. A totally logical starting point. BTW, if we threw out a pretty accurate system of leap years, over time you'd have winter weather in July.
There's also a difference between siderial (star) and synodic time. A given star rises roughly 4 minutes earlier every day because of the Earth's rotation around the sun. BTW- the Earth's rotation is slowing down, because of the moon's drag on the Earth. Every so often, we have to add a leap second. Why do we have months? Because from time almost immemorial, months were reckoned on the time it took new moon to new moon- back then they had guys who's only job was to keep a lookout for the new moon-roughly 29.5 days. (29.5 X 12 = 354) So no way to make that jive 10 months to a year. Sort of why 12 months got decided on. Be real fun to make it 10 hours in a day, 10 minutes to an hour, and 10 seconds to a minute.
There's also a difference between siderial (star) and synodic time.
As IF we all did not know that... pfft... C'mon, h, that's insulting...
Did anybody know that? I didn't know that...
If you knew he said it why are you asking him who said it? ?
He didn't because to do so would mean having to read an entire 5-line post...
"When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196 -
I know Nero said it.....I was referring to what I was talking about: the lack of preparedness, and the need to be better prepared in the future.
I don't know that the UK was any better prepared than the US or Spain....so this shit may just be starting for you all. Be safe.
If you knew he said it why are you asking him who said it? ?
I read more than I post on here and Nero comes over as a nice guy and fair poster that's why I've came to his defence here. Perhaps if you clarified what people are saying and why they are saying it, before going 'off on one', then you wouldn't need to be so aggressive in forcing your opinion down everyone's throat.
Keep safe.
If you knew he said it why are you asking him who said it? ?
You need to take things in context by reading the preceding thread wherein we were talking about domestic production of PPE and ventilators. then he diverted into about how bad it was that the ventilators were being confiscated. And my comment here was "who was talking about that"...the context being....that that was never even a point of discussion (in fact I didn't even know it had happened.)...the question I guess should have been "who else here is talking about that?"
Again....read things in context...don't jump into the middle or end of a conversation and make ASSumptions about what has been said before without having the full picture.
I read more than I post on here and Nero comes over as a nice guy and fair poster that's why I've came to his defence here. Perhaps if you clarified what people are saying and why they are saying it, before going 'off on one', then you wouldn't need to be so aggressive in forcing your opinion down everyone's throat.
Take a chill pill Gomer or some of that sour wine you are touting. I can clarify what I am saying......but I can't account for what others say. And, again, if you would take things in their context...instead of, again, making those assumptions, perhaps THAT would clear things up for you.
Keep safe.
You too.
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There's also a difference between siderial (star) and synodic time.
As IF we all did not know that... pfft... C'mon, h, that's insulting...
Did anybody know that? I didn't know that...
If you knew he said it why are you asking him who said it? ?
He didn't because to do so would mean having to read an entire 5-line post...
As IF we all did not know that... pfft... C'mon, h, that's insulting...
Did anybody know that? I didn't know that...
He didn't because to do so would mean having to read an entire 5-line post...
Again, not a word of contribution to the issue. Just kunthole snark.
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Again, not a word of contribution to the issue. Just kunthole snark.
... or... and hear me out... useful instructions for Gipper.
"When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196 -
Again, not a word of contribution to the issue. Just kunthole snark.
... or... and hear me out... useful instructions for Gipper.
... or... and hear me out... useful instructions for Gipper.
You are not capable of such a feat. There is nothing you have ever said that has been useful or instuctive here...or contributive to much in the way of a substantive conversation.
Oh, well, maybe you know how to analyze offensive line techniques....that is...just...wond..ereeeeeeeeeeeefffffullllllllllllllZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
Oh, sorry. fell asleep.
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Apparently the Browns uniforms will be released for public consumption a week from today, April 15th. Obviously no big gala like last time, probably just released to the social networks.
And now we go back to your regularly scheduled program "Gipper's Never Ending Attempt in Really Burning Tour".
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Just posted this in the netherworld... thought it warranted posting here as well.
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I haven't read the entire article... the animated graphic based upon Johns Hopkins case counts stopped me in my tracks.
It begins at the confirmation of our first case in January and runs thru today keeping the Top Ten countries on the screen. Note that we start off in the Top Ten but get knocked out by the country of Diamond Princess.
Page down about 4 times to find this graphic.
"When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196 -
Apparently the Browns uniforms will be released for public consumption a week from today, April 15th. Obviously no big gala like last time, probably just released to the social networks.
And now we go back to your regularly scheduled program "Gipper's Never Ending Attempt in Really Burning Tour".
Apparently the Browns uniforms will be released for public consumption a week from today, April 15th. Obviously no big gala like last time, probably just released to the social networks.
And now we go back to your regularly scheduled program "Gipper's Never Ending Attempt in Really Burning Tour".
So...you have failed to see that it is actually the other way around but now YOU want to perpetuate it? Thick as a brick dick.
Besides what do you mean "attempt?"
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Apparently the Browns uniforms will be released for public consumption a week from today, April 15th. Obviously no big gala like last time, probably just released to the social networks.
And now we go back to your regularly scheduled program "Gipper's Never Ending Attempt in Really Burning Tour".
Apparently the Browns uniforms will be released for public consumption a week from today, April 15th. Obviously no big gala like last time, probably just released to the social networks.
And now we go back to your regularly scheduled program "Gipper's Never Ending Attempt in Really Burning Tour".
Followed by Gipper explains coronavirus his way.
Then our afternoon movie "Gipper does Dallas".
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Apparently the Browns uniforms will be released for public consumption a week from today, April 15th. Obviously no big gala like last time, probably just released to the social networks.
And now we go back to your regularly scheduled program "Gipper's Never Ending Attempt in Really Burning Tour".
Followed by Gipper explains coronavirus his way.
Then our afternoon movie "Gipper does Dallas".
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Apparently the Browns uniforms will be released for public consumption a week from today, April 15th. Obviously no big gala like last time, probably just released to the social networks.
And now we go back to your regularly scheduled program "Gipper's Never Ending Attempt in Really Burning Tour".
So...you have failed to see that it is actually the other way around but now YOU want to perpetuate it? Thick as a brick dick.
Besides what do you mean "attempt?"
Besides what do you mean "attempt?"
Obtuse confirmed...
RIP - and thank you!
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