On 2021-04-30 1:50 p.m., Graham wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 13:28:46 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
>
test.
>>
>> Noise was more of a problem when I had been in ICU after bypass surgery.
>> The nurses used to hang out in the hall in front of my room at shift
>> change. The food was much better there but the place was dismal and in
>> spite of being heavily medicated I hardly slept a wink in 11 days.
>
> 40+ years ago I had a long stay and found the food to be excellent. 20
> years later, for another but shorter stay, there had been a marked
> deterioration in quality. Our Con govt had got rid of the in-house cooks
> and contracted out to CANA, the airline food makers.
>

The food at Hamilton General had been quite palatable. I was also
disappointed with the food when I had my gall bladder out. I had been
on a clear fluids diet at home for almost a week, and they kept me on
that because I was to have surgery in the morning. Fair enough, but they
kept it up. I wanted real food. The nurse kept promising me real food,
but then they would bring me more broth, jello and tea. I ended up
staying two more nights after the surgery and on the last morning I
refused it. The nurse felt sorry for me and brought me something.

One of the guys that rides with us is a doctor. He says they purposely
serve bad food because they want people to want to go home.

On 2021-04-30 2:26 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
makers.
>
> Tower: "Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on
> frequency 124.7" Eastern 702: "Tower, Eastern 702 switching to
> Departure. By the way, after we lifted off we saw some kind of dead
> animal on the far end of the runway." Tower: "Continental 635,
> cleared for takeoff behind Eastern 702, contact Departure on
> frequency 124.7. Did you copy that report from Eastern 702?" BR
> Continental 635: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, roger; and
> yes, we copied Eastern... we've already notified our caterers."
>
>

One of the nice things about no frills flights is that you don't have to
sit there salivating during the food service only to be so bitterly
disappointed by the food. My flew to Vancouver a couple years ago and
made the mistake of buying a sandwich on the plane. Chicken with pesto
and stuffing. It sounded weird but was the most attractive thing
offered. It was worse than I had expected.


On my return flight we had a short layover in Calgary. I bought a
chicken wrap at the airport. It was twice the size, half the price and
quite tasty.

On Friday, April 30, 2021 at 2:01:39 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-04-30 2:26 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> makers.
> >
> > Tower: "Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on
> > frequency 124.7" Eastern 702: "Tower, Eastern 702 switching to
> > Departure. By the way, after we lifted off we saw some kind of dead
> > animal on the far end of the runway." Tower: "Continental 635,
> > cleared for takeoff behind Eastern 702, contact Departure on
> > frequency 124.7. Did you copy that report from Eastern 702?" BR
> > Continental 635: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, roger; and
> > yes, we copied Eastern... we've already notified our caterers."
> >
> >
> One of the nice things about no frills flights is that you don't have to
> sit there salivating during the food service only to be so bitterly
> disappointed by the food. My flew to Vancouver a couple years ago and
> made the mistake of buying a sandwich on the plane. Chicken with pesto
> and stuffing. It sounded weird but was the most attractive thing
> offered. It was worse than I had expected.
>
>
> On my return flight we had a short layover in Calgary. I bought a
> chicken wrap at the airport. It was twice the size, half the price and
> quite tasty.
>
I love the food in the Amtrak dining car. Is the food on VIA good too?
>
--Bryan

On 4/30/2021 12:19 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:

> Not a bad facility, I received good care... just can't recommend the
> food, most was inedible. I didn't have much appetite anyway so only
> ate about half the items they served... the coffee was disgusting,
> weak and arrived cold. They served a lot of turkey patties, not
> something I would eat. I pretty much lived on French toast and cole
> slaw (not bad). The beverage with each meal was Kool Aid. Veggies
> were canned; green beans or niblets. I was able to ask for cottage
> cheese with a side of canned fruit (pineapple chunks and manderin
> oranges. We were weighed every day, I dropped ten pounds there.
> My main complaint was that it was very noisy, everyone had their TV on
> different stations and very loud... I kept my door closed.

I heard you were recovering, glad to see you're back in one piece.

nancy

On 30/04/2021 18:32, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 30/04/2021 15:53, Ophelia wrote:
>> On 30/04/2021 14:29, S Viemeister wrote:
>>> On 30/04/2021 12:03, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>> Â*Â*I am pleased you've had both vaccines now and like us, had no bad
>>>> affter effects)
>>>>
>>>> Â*Â*Do you get that badge to prove you've had them??Â* We don't get
>>>> anything .. except the injection)
>>>>
>>> I would really like to have some sort of proof that I've had it. I
>>> hope > to be travelling to the US later this year.
>>
>> ====
>>
>> Â*Â* I suppose you could ask your Doc or Nurse if they can give you
>> something? Have you had them both yet?
>>
>> Â*Â* I am sure if you explain why you need it, they might be able to help!
>
> Yes, I had my second dose nearly two weeks ago.
> A note from a busy doctor is possible, but something official would be
> better.

======

There must be somewhere you get some official proof

I can't think who you could get from.

Ring up the surgery and ask! Someone must know(

We are not planning to go away this year, and I am hoping my daughter
and grands can visit from Germany so it is not a problem for us ....
this time!!!!

Good luck and let me know how you get on.

On 4/30/2021 8:55 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, April 30, 2021 at 8:44:38 AM UTC-4, wrote:
>> On 4/30/2021 7:03 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> On 30/04/2021 00:29, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> I'm going to YELL! I'm going to SCREAM! I got my second *FREE*
>>>> Covid-19 VACCINE! (lol)
>>>>
>>>> They gave me a button:
>>>>
>>>> https://i.postimg.cc/tg8Jx81r/covid-vac.jpg
>>>>
>>>> FYI, so far I'm not feeling any ill effects from the 2nd vaccine. The
>>>> nurse told me to help alleviate the sore arm, exercise the arm. I've
>>>> been flapping it occasionally like I'm doing a one sided chicken dance
>>>> (LOL) since I got home. So far my arm doesn't hurt. I'm experiencing
>>>> no other negative symptoms, either.
>>>>
>>>> OB Food: I'm thinking breakfast for dinner. I have leftover already
>>>> roasted/smashed small yellow (Baby Dutch) potatoes I can reheat in the
>>>> skillet to crisp a bit more in lieu of hash browns. Rather than
>>>> bacon, I'm thinking cooking a few from raw small Johnsonville link
>>>> breakfast sausages. Add a couple of scrambled eggs, possibly with a
>>>> bit of grated cheese, perhaps Asiago, and that's dinner.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> ====
>>>
>>> I am pleased you've had both vaccines now and like us, had no bad affter
>>> effects)
>>>
>>> Do you get that badge to prove you've had them?? We don't get anything
>>> .. except the injection)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Beats me. I guess they hope people will walk around wearing the
>> button/badge to encourage others to please get the vaccines!
>>
>> Jill
>
> Badges? Badges? We don't need no steenking badges!
>
> I didn't get a badge. I got a card that's too big to fit in my wallet.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
I got a vaccination/shot record card, too. I have it in a zipper
compartment in my purse.

Jill

On 4/30/2021 10:27 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> On 30/04/2021 13:56, Gary wrote:
>> On 4/29/2021 7:29 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> FYI, so far I'm not feeling any ill effects from the 2nd vaccine.Â* The
>>> nurse told me to help alleviate the sore arm, exercise the arm.Â* I've
>>> been flapping it occasionally like I'm doing a one sided chicken dance
>>> (LOL) since I got home.
>>
>> You also could flap your arm faster like a hummingbird.
>
>
> ===
>
> Â*Ahh but can she hummmmm ? ))
>
Humminbirds don't actually hum, they chirp (rather quietly). It's their
wings that make a sort of humming sound.

Jill

On 4/30/2021 10:55 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-04-30 10:45 a.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
>>
>> Seriously, the latest fake news here anyways is arguing about if bars /
>> whatever can open for people with proof. Lots of "calls from business
>> leaders, &c".
>>
>> The "proofs" I've seen look like flimsy paper.
>>
>
> Somebody was recently busted at a nearby border crossing for presenting
> a phony negative Covid19 test result.Â* Consider all those people walking
> into stores and restaurants with their dogs and phony service dog
> certificates. You send away for them, regular $199.95 but always on sale
> for $149.95. The kit comes with a vest, an ID tag, a Service Dog patch
> and a certificate. You can bet that if they come out with some sort of
> certificate there will be forgeries.

When the pandemic lockdowns started last year and masks became
mandatory, I saw a younger woman in the grocery store with a sticker on
her shirt that said "Exempt from Wearing a Mask". Granted, you cannot
tell by looking at someone whether or not they have an underlying health
condition. But while everyone else in the store wask wearing a mask and
social distancing this woman was going out of her way to walk up to and
talk to people. Each time I saw her I turned and went in a different
direction. Anyone with a printer could print up a bunch of stickers
like that.

Jill

Sheldon wrote:

> Being in rehab I missed my second Phizer vaccine appointment, however
> fortunately the rehab arranged for my second vaccine at the rehab, a
> Walgreen tech arrived to give me the shot. I experienced no side
> effects. Walgreens gave me a card for each shot.
> This is the Rehab Center:
> https://greenemeadows.com/
> Not a bad facility, I received good care... just can't recommend the
> food, most was inedible. I didn't have much appetite anyway so only
> ate about half the items they served... the coffee was disgusting,
> weak and arrived cold. They served a lot of turkey patties, not
> something I would eat. I pretty much lived on French toast and cole
> slaw (not bad). The beverage with each meal was Kool Aid. Veggies
> were canned; green beans or niblets. I was able to ask for cottage
> cheese with a side of canned fruit (pineapple chunks and manderin
> oranges. We were weighed every day, I dropped ten pounds there.
> My main complaint was that it was very noisy, everyone had their TV on
> different stations and very loud... I kept my door closed.


Last week I returned from six weeks of physical rehab in a very similar place. The care was top - notch, all staff members were super, from the cleaners on up to the MD's...

The food was generally appalling, I was on a "soft" diet, so meat, etc., was often ground up, resembled dog food or Kuthe Chow...

I had a mini - fridge in the room, and the lounge around the corner had a micro for cooking and a large fridge that I could use to store frozen items.. I ended up ordering most of my vittles from Amazon Fresh grocery delivery, so I was okay...also ordered take - out several times.

I was lucky I had a nice quiet room, not too much drama with LOUD teevee's, etc...

What was shocking was the RUDE behaviors of some of the other patients towards the kind and caring staff...I can understand how "nursing home abuse" can occur, I told the nurses that if I ran this joint these atrocious patients would be OUT on the street, lol...

I enjoyed chatting with staff, especially the CNA's, they work hard for pretty much minimum wage ($15/hour here). I gifted the nursing and physical therapy staff with lotsa nice chocolate, plus constantly thanking them for their effort and time...when I left they were really sincerely happy that I had been there, adding that they hoped they'd *not* see me again, lol...

Anyways, Sheldon, I am glad you are back home and back here, hope all is coming along okay for you...

Now that I'm much more vigorous and energetic and On The Road to Wellville I am ready to go out and KICK some SOCIALIAST/DUMBOCRATIC ass, lol...

PS: I had no erotic experiences with anyone either in the hospital or the rehab center - in case Steve Wertz is wondering...

;-P

--
Best
Greg

jmcquown wrote:

> I'm going to YELL! I'm going to SCREAM! I got my second FREE
> Covid-19 VACCINE! (lol)
>
> They gave me a button:
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/tg8Jx81r/covid-vac.jpg
>
> FYI, so far I'm not feeling any ill effects from the 2nd vaccine.
> The nurse told me to help alleviate the sore arm, exercise the arm.
> I've been flapping it occasionally like I'm doing a one sided chicken
> dance (LOL) since I got home. So far my arm doesn't hurt. I'm
> experiencing no other negative symptoms, either.
>
> OB Food: I'm thinking breakfast for dinner. I have leftover already
> roasted/smashed small yellow (Baby Dutch) potatoes I can reheat in
> the skillet to crisp a bit more in lieu of hash browns. Rather than
> bacon, I'm thinking cooking a few from raw small Johnsonville link
> breakfast sausages. Add a couple of scrambled eggs, possibly with a
> bit of grated cheese, perhaps Asiago, and that's dinner.
>
> Jill

http://cheepeffects.com
http://cheepeffects.com
http://cheepeffects.com
http://cheepeffects.com
http://cheepeffects.com
http://cheepeffects.com
http://cheepeffects.com

Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
--
The real Dr. Bruce posts with uni-berlin.de - individual.net

On 4/30/2021 5:22 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> When the pandemic lockdowns started last year and masks became
> mandatory, I saw a younger woman in the grocery store with a sticker on
> her shirt that said "Exempt from Wearing a Mask".
>
You didn't know it but you had a "kick me" sticker
on your back, and here you thought it was your looks.

On 4/30/2021 1:50 PM, Graham wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 13:28:46 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>>
>> Noise was more of a problem when I had been in ICU after bypass surgery.
>> The nurses used to hang out in the hall in front of my room at shift
>> change. The food was much better there but the place was dismal and in
>> spite of being heavily medicated I hardly slept a wink in 11 days.
>
> 40+ years ago I had a long stay and found the food to be excellent. 20
> years later, for another but shorter stay, there had been a marked
> deterioration in quality. Our Con govt had got rid of the in-house cooks
> and contracted out to CANA, the airline food makers.
>

So... kind of like Kuthe's now includes a bit of meat! STD meals?

Jill

On 4/30/2021 5:09 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> I got a vaccination/shot record card, too.Â* I have it in a zipper
> compartment in my purse.
>
> Jill
>
Right next to your Prozac and Prednisone.

GM wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
>
>> Being in rehab I missed my second Phizer vaccine appointment, however
>> fortunately the rehab arranged for my second vaccine at the rehab, a
>> Walgreen tech arrived to give me the shot. I experienced no side
>> effects. Walgreens gave me a card for each shot.
>> This is the Rehab Center:
>> https://greenemeadows.com/
>> Not a bad facility, I received good care... just can't recommend the
>> food, most was inedible. I didn't have much appetite anyway so only
>> ate about half the items they served... the coffee was disgusting,
>> weak and arrived cold. They served a lot of turkey patties, not
>> something I would eat. I pretty much lived on French toast and cole
>> slaw (not bad). The beverage with each meal was Kool Aid. Veggies
>> were canned; green beans or niblets. I was able to ask for cottage
>> cheese with a side of canned fruit (pineapple chunks and manderin
>> oranges. We were weighed every day, I dropped ten pounds there.
>> My main complaint was that it was very noisy, everyone had their TV on
>> different stations and very loud... I kept my door closed.
>
>
> Last week I returned from six weeks of physical rehab in a very similar place. The care was top - notch, all staff members were super, from the cleaners on up to the MD's...
>
> The food was generally appalling, I was on a "soft" diet, so meat, etc., was often ground up, resembled dog food or Kuthe Chow...
>
> I had a mini - fridge in the room, and the lounge around the corner had a micro for cooking and a large fridge that I could use to store frozen items. I ended up ordering most of my vittles from Amazon Fresh grocery delivery, so I was okay...also ordered take - out several times.
>
> I was lucky I had a nice quiet room, not too much drama with LOUD teevee's, etc...
>
> What was shocking was the RUDE behaviors of some of the other patients towards the kind and caring staff...I can understand how "nursing home abuse" can occur, I told the nurses that if I ran this joint these atrocious patients would be OUT on the street, lol...
>
> I enjoyed chatting with staff, especially the CNA's, they work hard for pretty much minimum wage ($15/hour here). I gifted the nursing and physical therapy staff with lotsa nice chocolate, plus constantly thanking them for their effort and time...when I left they were really sincerely happy that I had been there, adding that they hoped they'd *not* see me again, lol...
>
> Anyways, Sheldon, I am glad you are back home and back here, hope all is coming along okay for you...
>
> Now that I'm much more vigorous and energetic and On The Road to Wellville I am ready to go out and KICK some SOCIALIAST/DUMBOCRATIC ass, lol...
>
> PS: I had no erotic experiences with anyone either in the hospital or the rehab center - in case Steve Wertz is wondering...
>
> ;-P
>

Popeye was probably traumatized by gigantic enormous huge jewish
knockers that he'd never seen before. Those nurses tits were the
size of the titanic! The poor sailor simply passed out, and don't
remember.

On 4/30/2021 1:07 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:44:29 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Beats me. I guess they hope people will walk around wearing the
>> button/badge to encourage others to please get the vaccines!
>
> We got little 3/4" square stickers. So people with the virus can get
> right up into your face just to read what your sticker says.
>
> -sw
>
Yours looks like a billboard on your little tiny chest, dwarf.

On 4/30/2021 11:29 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 4/30/2021 10:54 AM, Graham wrote:
>> On 2021-04-30 7:34 a.m., S Viemeister wrote:
>>> On 30/04/2021 12:21, Dr Bruce wrote:
>>>> On 4/30/2021 7:03 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>> I am pleased you've had both vaccines now and like us, had no bad
>>>>> affter effects)
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you get that badge to prove you've had them??Â* We don't get
>>>>> anything .. except the injection)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> You get a card, dimmy.
>>>
>>> Perhaps _you_ do, dimmy.
>>>
>>> Ophelia is in Scotland, as am I - no cards were provided when we had
>>> our vaccinations.
>>
>> I have a quarto-sized form where the nurse ticked the box for "2nd
>> shot". I really don't understand why there is antipathy towards the
>> idea of a vaccine "passport".
>
> Would be more reliable if they put a "V" tattoo on your forehead.Â* You
> could easily see who to avoid and who you can talk to.

Tatoos take too long. How about just a quick branding of a "V" on your
arm?

Jill

On 4/30/2021 1:39 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 30/04/2021 15:54, Graham wrote:
>> On 2021-04-30 7:34 a.m., S Viemeister wrote:
>>> On 30/04/2021 12:21, Dr Bruce wrote:
>>>> On 4/30/2021 7:03 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>> I am pleased you've had both vaccines now and like us, had no bad
>>>>> affter effects)
>>>>> Do you get that badge to prove you've had them??Â* We don't get
>>>>> anything .. except the injection)
>>>> You get a card, dimmy.
>>>
>>> Perhaps _you_ do, dimmy.
>>>
>>> Ophelia is in Scotland, as am I - no cards were provided when we had
>>> our vaccinations.
>>
>> I have a quarto-sized form where the nurse ticked the box for "2nd
>> shot". I really don't understand why there is antipathy towards the
>> idea of a vaccine "passport".
>
> It's odd, that attitude.
> I still have one of those yellow vaccination cards, with records of my
> smallpox, polio, typhoid, paratyphoid and typhus inoculations. There was
> a time when those cards were required for entry into the US.

There was a time all those shots were required for living outside the
US, too. When we lived in Bankok when I was a child I had to get a ton
of shots (and booster shots for some every six months). And again
coming back. No one wants anyone to continue to be able to catch and
transmit diseases simply by travel. Covid-19 is a tricky thing because
it keeps changing. No one actually knows how well the available
vaccines will work yet.

I do hope you'll be able to come back and be with your family in the
States soon.

Jill

On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:45:24 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2021-04-30 9:34 a.m., S Viemeister wrote:
>> On 30/04/2021 12:21, Dr Bruce wrote:
>
>>>> Do you get that badge to prove you've had them??* We don't get
>>>> anything .. except the injection)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You get a card, dimmy.
>>
>> Perhaps _you_ do, dimmy.
>>
>> Ophelia is in Scotland, as am I - no cards were provided when we had our
>> vaccinations.
>
>My wife had her vaccination at one location and got a sticker. I had had
>mine two days earlier at another location and for a lapel button.

Haha, your wife holidays away from you. Tells us all we need to
know........

On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 15:57:35 +0100, Ophelia >
wrote:

>On 30/04/2021 14:34, S Viemeister wrote:
>> On 30/04/2021 12:21, Dr Bruce wrote:
>
>>> On 4/30/2021 7:03 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> I am pleased you've had both vaccines now and like us, had no bad
>>>> affter effects)
>>>>
>>>> Do you get that badge to prove you've had them??* We don't get
>>>> anything .. except the injection)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You get a card, dimmy.
>>
>> Perhaps _you_ do, dimmy.
>>
>> Ophelia is in Scotland, as am I - no cards were provided when we had our
>> vaccinations.
>
>====
>
> Thanks! btw that was the real Bruce

Wish to add, wish Bruce would stop being so bad :-((((((((((

On 4/30/2021 2:26 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, April 30, 2021 at 1:50:30 PM UTC-4, Graham wrote:
>> 40+ years ago I had a long stay and found the food to be excellent. 20
>> years later, for another but shorter stay, there had been a marked
>> deterioration in quality. Our Con govt had got rid of the in-house cooks
>> and contracted out to CANA, the airline food makers.
>
> Tower: "Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on frequency 124.7"
> Eastern 702: "Tower, Eastern 702 switching to Departure. By the way, after we lifted off we saw some kind of dead animal on the far end of the runway."
> Tower: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff behind Eastern 702, contact Departure on frequency 124.7. Did you copy that report from Eastern 702?"
> BR Continental 635: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, roger; and yes, we copied Eastern... we've already notified our caterers."
>
> <http://www.eaa67.org/Miscellaneous/jokes.htm>
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

LOL! When we flew to Bangkok in 1969 after Dad received his transfer
orders, I remember being given a choice of smoked duck or some sort of
steak on the plane. And no, we weren't flying "first class". Dad
suggested I try the smoked duck. I did and it was delicious! Airline
food for overseas flights used to be actual food. I don't know how they
did it but the microwave wasn't in common use, much less on airplanes,
in 1969.

I couldn't begin to guess what it would be like now.

Jill

On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 12:14:51 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 12:19:56 -0400, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>
>> This is the Rehab Center:
>> https://www.t
>
>Just as we thought.
>
>-sw

You are pathetic.

On 2021-04-30 6:25 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 4/30/2021 11:29 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

>> Would be more reliable if they put a "V" tattoo on your forehead.Â* You
>> could easily see who to avoid and who you can talk to.
>
> Tatoos take too long.Â* How about just a quick branding of a "V" on your
> arm?
>
>

I think there might be some people who would object to being required to
get and show a tattoo.

On 2021-04-30 6:31 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
as a time when those cards were required for entry into the US.
>
> There was a time all those shots were required for living outside the
> US, too.Â* When we lived in Bankok when I was a child I had to get a ton
> of shots (and booster shots for some every six months).Â* And again
> coming back.Â* No one wants anyone to continue to be able to catch and
> transmit diseases simply by travel.Â* Covid-19 is a tricky thing because
> it keeps changing.Â* No one actually knows how well the available
> vaccines will work yet.
>

When my son went to work in Uganda he had to get a number of
vaccinations. It was quite to procedure to arrange for them and to get
them spaced out.

On 4/30/2021 3:12 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> On Friday, April 30, 2021 at 2:01:39 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2021-04-30 2:26 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> makers.
>>>
>>> Tower: "Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on
>>> frequency 124.7" Eastern 702: "Tower, Eastern 702 switching to
>>> Departure. By the way, after we lifted off we saw some kind of dead
>>> animal on the far end of the runway." Tower: "Continental 635,
>>> cleared for takeoff behind Eastern 702, contact Departure on
>>> frequency 124.7. Did you copy that report from Eastern 702?" BR
>>> Continental 635: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, roger; and
>>> yes, we copied Eastern... we've already notified our caterers."
>>>
>>>
>> One of the nice things about no frills flights is that you don't have to
>> sit there salivating during the food service only to be so bitterly
>> disappointed by the food. My flew to Vancouver a couple years ago and
>> made the mistake of buying a sandwich on the plane. Chicken with pesto
>> and stuffing. It sounded weird but was the most attractive thing
>> offered. It was worse than I had expected.
>>
>>
>> On my return flight we had a short layover in Calgary. I bought a
>> chicken wrap at the airport. It was twice the size, half the price and
>> quite tasty.
>>
> I love the food in the Amtrak dining car.
> --Bryan
>
There has never been a nearby Amtrak or any train station near where I
lived. I'd like to know what the food is like in a train dining car.

My only references to dining cars on trains come from old movies.
'Murder on the Orient Express'. Obviously not Amtrak. North by
Northwest (Cary Grant travelled on the 20th Century Limited bound for
Chicago.) Not sure about the railway in the Hitchcock film.

When was the last time you ate in a dining car on a train? What kind of
things were on the menu?

Jill

On 2021-04-30 7:22 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>
> My only references to dining cars on trains come from old movies.
> 'Murder on the Orient Express'.Â* Obviously not Amtrak.Â* North by
> Northwest (Cary Grant travelled on the 20th Century Limited bound for
> Chicago.)Â* Not sure about the railway in the Hitchcock film.
>
> When was the last time you ate in a dining car on a train?Â* What kind of
> things were on the menu?
>
Train service in Canada sucks. It is a much nice way to travel than bus,
but service is spotty and serves only a couple of corridors. We once
took the train from Calgary to Vancouver. The scenery was amazing. The
food sucked. Lunch on Day 1 was a hamburger, potato chips and pea
soup. The hamburger was pretty basic, a cheap patty on a cheap bun with
a slice of tomato, a slice of pickle and a piece of lettuce. No potato
chips. Despite having sat at the station in Calgary for two hours no one
bothered to get more chips. It came with a bowl of pea soup. I think
the cook mistook ready to go canned pea soup with condensed canned soup
and watered it down.

We missed supper in the dining car because the porter came around to see
if we wanted to reserve a table for the third and final seating at 10pm,
and that didn't work because we were travelling with a 5 year old.

My breakfast was okay, just bacon and eggs. My son asked for a
continental breakfast that was supposed to be tea or coffee and a
muffin. Somewhere along the line the waiter walked by and slid a plate
of toast to him. A while later I asked what happened to the muffin and
the snotty answer was "We're out of muffins. I gave him toast".

A few years later we travelled around Europe on a rail pass. The food
was pretty good on the trains in Germany and France.

Donald Shenkenberger wrote:
> On 4/30/2021 1:07 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:44:29 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> Beats me.* I guess they hope people will walk around wearing the
>>> button/badge to encourage others to please get the vaccines!
>>
>> We got little 3/4" square stickers. So people with the virus can get
>> right up into your face just to read what your sticker says.
>>
>> -sw
>>
> Yours looks like a billboard on your little tiny chest, dwarf.

Yeah, the poor ******* doesn't even have a tattoo of the entire
fleet between his nipples.

On 4/30/2021 7:14 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-04-30 6:25 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 4/30/2021 11:29 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>>> Would be more reliable if they put a "V" tattoo on your forehead.
>>> You could easily see who to avoid and who you can talk to.
>>
>> Tatoos take too long.Â* How about just a quick branding of a "V" on
>> your arm?
>>
>>
>
> I think there might be some people who would object to being required to
> get and show a tattoo.
>
<snork> Of course there would! I was being facetious when I suggested
anyone be *branded*, too. I had 'The Scarlet Letter' by Hawthorne in
mind except she wasn't branded, it was an A sticked to her dress.

I'm afraid there will not be any way to know. I'm still going to keep
my distance, wear a mask, wash my hands, etc. The little pin says I
received both doses. That's all.

Jill

On 4/30/2021 7:17 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-04-30 6:31 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> as a time when those cards were required for entry into the US.
>>
>> There was a time all those shots were required for living outside the
>> US, too.Â* When we lived in Bankok when I was a child I had to get a
>> ton of shots (and booster shots for some every six months).Â* And again
>> coming back.Â* No one wants anyone to continue to be able to catch and
>> transmit diseases simply by travel.Â* Covid-19 is a tricky thing
>> because it keeps changing.Â* No one actually knows how well the
>> available vaccines will work yet.
>>
>
> When my son went to work in Uganda he had to get a number of
> vaccinations.Â* It was quite to procedure to arrange for them and to get
> them spaced out.

I was a child but I remember having to go back week after week before we
actually left the States so yes, I guess they spaced them out. We had
to be there by a certain date, though, and boy did those shots hurt!

The Covid-19 vaccine pales in comparison in terms of arm pain. My
little one armed chicken dance routine took care of that.

Jill

Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2021-04-30 7:22 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > My only references to dining cars on trains come from old movies.
> > 'Murder on the Orient Express'.Â* Obviously not Amtrak.Â* North by
> > Northwest (Cary Grant travelled on the 20th Century Limited bound
> > for Chicago.)Â* Not sure about the railway in the Hitchcock film.
> >
> > When was the last time you ate in a dining car on a train?Â* What
> > kind of things were on the menu?
> >
> Train service in Canada sucks.

What also sucks is Canadian mail service. Sending to and from the US is
fast. Canada takes forever. It's like a black hole.

--
The real Dr. Bruce posts with uni-berlin.de - individual.net

On 4/30/2021 7:14 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-04-30 6:25 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 4/30/2021 11:29 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>>> Would be more reliable if they put a "V" tattoo on your forehead.
>>> You could easily see who to avoid and who you can talk to.
>>
>> Tatoos take too long.Â* How about just a quick branding of a "V" on
>> your arm?
>>
>>
>
> I think there might be some people who would object to being required to
> get and show a tattoo.
>

I like the branding. It would be the Logo of the vaccine maker.

On 2021-04-30 9:07 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 4/30/2021 7:14 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2021-04-30 6:25 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 4/30/2021 11:29 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>>>> Would be more reliable if they put a "V" tattoo on your forehead.
>>>> You could easily see who to avoid and who you can talk to.
>>>
>>> Tatoos take too long.Â* How about just a quick branding of a "V" on
>>> your arm?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I think there might be some people who would object to being required
>> to get and show a tattoo.
>>
>
> I like the branding.Â* It would be the Logo of the vaccine maker.

Would the Pfizer be a simple P or an F?

On 4/30/2021 9:10 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-04-30 9:07 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 4/30/2021 7:14 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2021-04-30 6:25 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>> On 4/30/2021 11:29 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Would be more reliable if they put a "V" tattoo on your forehead.
>>>>> You could easily see who to avoid and who you can talk to.
>>>>
>>>> Tatoos take too long.Â* How about just a quick branding of a "V" on
>>>> your arm?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think there might be some people who would object to being required
>>> to get and show a tattoo.
>>>
>>
>> I like the branding.Â* It would be the Logo of the vaccine maker.
>
> Would the Pfizer be a simple P or an F?

Full logo
https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/...fizer-rebrand/

On 2021 Apr 30, , Mike Duffy wrote
(in article >):

> Gosh. I hate to break it you, but it will never go back to the way it
> was. The plastic barriers, rubber gloves, masks, &c will be tweaked, but
> you'll be distracted by new variants and fake news of 'Maybe' medicines
> and *lots* of anecdotal evidence for all sorts of things.

Alas, that´s the truth. Covid became political on Day One.

On 2021 Apr 30, , Dave Smith wrote
(in article >):

> I think there might be some people who would object to being required to
> get and show a tattoo.

I like Jill´s idea. A small, unique to covid, hot brand, given on the palm
when the inoculation is completed, would allow the recipient to concentrate
on how much the brand hurt instead of the shot. Quick and easy.
High fives would finally start to mean something.

On 30/04/2021 23:31, jmcquown wrote:

> I do hope you'll be able to come back and be with your family in the
> States soon.
>
Thanks, Jill.
I've booked a ticket, but I've had two previous bookings cancelled by
the airline, so...

On 2021 Apr 30, , Cindy Hamilton wrote
(in >):

> I didn't get a badge. I got a card that's too big to fit in my wallet.

Mine folds in four and fits. "They" have to live with that.

leo

On Friday, April 30, 2021 at 5:12:02 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> On 4/30/2021 10:27 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> > On 30/04/2021 13:56, Gary wrote:
> >> On 4/29/2021 7:29 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> >>> FYI, so far I'm not feeling any ill effects from the 2nd vaccine. The
> >>> nurse told me to help alleviate the sore arm, exercise the arm. I've
> >>> been flapping it occasionally like I'm doing a one sided chicken dance
> >>> (LOL) since I got home.
> >>
> >> You also could flap your arm faster like a hummingbird.
> >
> >
> > ===
> >
> > Ahh but can she hummmmm ? ))
> >
> Humminbirds don't actually hum, they chirp (rather quietly). It's their
> wings that make a sort of humming sound.

In my experience they chirp disproportionately loudly for their size,
especially during the migration when they're defending the feeder.
They not much quieter than a woodpecker's chirp.

Cindy Hamilton

On Friday, April 30, 2021 at 6:49:05 PM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:45:24 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
> >On 2021-04-30 9:34 a.m., S Viemeister wrote:
> >> On 30/04/2021 12:21, Dr Bruce wrote:
> >
> >>>> Do you get that badge to prove you've had them?? We don't get
> >>>> anything .. except the injection)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> You get a card, dimmy.
> >>
> >> Perhaps _you_ do, dimmy.
> >>
> >> Ophelia is in Scotland, as am I - no cards were provided when we had our
> >> vaccinations.
> >
> >My wife had her vaccination at one location and got a sticker. I had had
> >mine two days earlier at another location and for a lapel button.
>
> Haha, your wife holidays away from you. Tells us all we need to
> know........

What are you talking about?

My husband got his vaccination at his allergist's office. I got mine
from the county Health Department at a mass vaccination site.
Two different locations.

Cindy Hamilton

In article >,
says...
>
> On 4/30/2021 1:39 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
> > On 30/04/2021 15:54, Graham wrote:
> >> On 2021-04-30 7:34 a.m., S Viemeister wrote:
> >>> On 30/04/2021 12:21, Dr Bruce wrote:
> >>>> On 4/30/2021 7:03 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> >>>>> I am pleased you've had both vaccines now and like us, had no bad
> >>>>> affter effects)
> >>>>> Do you get that badge to prove you've had them??* We don't get
> >>>>> anything .. except the injection)
> >>>> You get a card, dimmy.
> >>>
> >>> Perhaps _you_ do, dimmy.
> >>>
> >>> Ophelia is in Scotland, as am I - no cards were provided when we had
> >>> our vaccinations.
> >>
> >> I have a quarto-sized form where the nurse ticked the box for "2nd
> >> shot". I really don't understand why there is antipathy towards the
> >> idea of a vaccine "passport".
> >
> > It's odd, that attitude.
> > I still have one of those yellow vaccination cards, with records of my
> > smallpox, polio, typhoid, paratyphoid and typhus inoculations. There was
> > a time when those cards were required for entry into the US.
>
> There was a time all those shots were required for living outside the
> US, too. When we lived in Bankok when I was a child I had to get a ton
> of shots (and booster shots for some every six months). And again
> coming back. No one wants anyone to continue to be able to catch and
> transmit diseases simply by travel. Covid-19 is a tricky thing because
> it keeps changing. No one actually knows how well the available
> vaccines will work yet.

They quite soon will.

There is a MASSIVE national public research program going
on in UK where volunteers are regularly PCR tested for
covid (tracking variant infections), blood tested for
antibodies, and this is all correlated with their
vaccination records.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulat...mmunity/health
andsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronavirusc
ovid19infectionsurveypilot/30april2021#percentage-of-
those-testing-positive-compatible-with-the-uk-and-other-
variants



Janet UK

In article >,
says...
>
> On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:45:24 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
> >On 2021-04-30 9:34 a.m., S Viemeister wrote:
> >> On 30/04/2021 12:21, Dr Bruce wrote:
> >
> >>>> Do you get that badge to prove you've had them??* We don't get
> >>>> anything .. except the injection)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> You get a card, dimmy.
> >>
> >> Perhaps _you_ do, dimmy.
> >>
> >> Ophelia is in Scotland, as am I - no cards were provided when we had our
> >> vaccinations.
> >
> >My wife had her vaccination at one location and got a sticker. I had had
> >mine two days earlier at another location and for a lapel button.
>
> Haha, your wife holidays away from you. Tells us all we need to
> know........

Nope, they got vaccinated at different locations.

Confusing vaccination with vacation, tells all about
your mental condition.

Janet UK