Around here the allergy season is ramping up with tree pollen. My burning eyes and congestion is normal this time of year. I still worry about Covid 19 exposure though as I am a senior and likely to have issues.
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread
by Simon inthis topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.
latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.
the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.
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THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END
by stillajwexelder intelevisa television network quoted mexico city officials saying there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.. the quake rattled nerves in a city already nervous about a swine flu outbreak suspected of killing as many as 149 people nationwide.. "i'm scared," said sarai luna pajas, a 22-year-old social services worker standing outside her office building moments after it hit.
"we mexicans are not used to living with so much fear, but all that is happening the economic crisis, the illnesses and now this it feels like the apocalypse.".
co-worker harold gutierrez, 21, said the country was taking comfort from its religious faith, but he too was gripped by the sensation that the world might be coming to an end.. "if it is, it is god's plan," gutierrez.
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My theory (for what it's worth) is everyone gets their own personal Armageddon. My dads was when my mom died, leaving him with a house-full of kids under 14 and no real family close to help out. (We were 5 states across country from his family).
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread
by Simon inthis topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.
latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.
the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.
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Some hospitals are requesting masks be made for them (Providence Hosp in Seattle and others) Those are made with hospital grade fabric and will be used in house. They showed a basic pattern very similar to others on the web.
I used cotton that was already in my stash. I will make a few more for family and neighbors. Stay healthy folks.
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread
by Simon inthis topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.
latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.
the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.
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Youtube has great instructions to make your own mask, not medical grade, but I made 2 in less than an hour if you have a sewing machine anyone with basic skill can do it. If you have several even better, they can be washed after any wearing out of the house. Several types shown on the videos. They can be made with fabric a couple of twist ties (to form over the nose) and thin elastic.
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Dead Sea Scrolls FORGERIES at Bible museum (scandal)
by Terry inhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/03/museum-of-the-bible-dead-sea-scrolls-forgeries/ independent researchers funded by the museum of the bible announced that all 16 of the museum’s dead sea scroll fragments are modern forgeries.
the museum ceo exclaimed, “we’re victims—we’re victims of misrepresentation, we’re victims of fraud.” the pieces are probably made of ancient leather, they were inked in modern times and modified to resemble real dead sea scrolls; all with the intention of deceiving for profit.
the researcher's report’s findings raise grave questions about the “post-2002” dead sea scroll fragments, a group of some 70 snippets of biblical text that entered the antiquities market in the 2000's.
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Just a side note... When the new testament (New World Translation) was released in the 60s I was a teenager and the dead sea scrolls were a big thing. I was convinced that all the changes in that new green bible were because someone in Bethell had access to the Dead Sea Scrolls and wasnt it wonderful how Jah had revealed it all. Turns out none of my insight was right, but I sure was convinced/
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My husband and I told our families we want to disassociate
by erinee inwell, these stories are always fun, right?
let me share mine.. my husband and have been pimo for 2 years.
inactive for one year.
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While I can understand your feelings; why dont only one of you disassociate (just you) and your husband fade. Then family who really do want to keep a relationship will have a reason to come over etc. Depends how he feels of course.
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by Verenda inhow do i change my avatar?
i have tried uploading an image but nothing seems to be working.. thanks.
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I see an avatar, I just checked some of your old posts and it is still the old one. A private message to Simon might do the trick. Or try reloading the new avatar.
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Governing Body prefers property over prayers, songs and use of bible (Mexico)
by krismalone infor many years the government of mexico did not allow religious organizations to own property.
any property used by a religious organization was confiscated by the government.
this law changed in the mid 1990's.
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It's Chile
I don't remember anything about Mexico But no doubt someone will speak up if it was them too.
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I am now 73 and the road has been filled with wonders
by Terry ini appreciate all my friends who stop to read what i write and post.
you help me more than you know simply by being there as a sense of 'family of friends' for me to talk to and 'share' thoughts with.i guess if i didn't have stories left to tell or people to listen, i could pack it in and join elon musk in a colony on mars.january 15, 2020. .
which world is this?_________________when the doctor pulled my screaming body out of mom all those 7 decades ago, i landed in a post-wwii world.it was--compared to today's world--an alien planet.the world i live in today has nothing in common with the world in which i grew up.there were no cell phones back then--there were black telephones with a dial-tone and an operator who placed your call.everywhere you found telephone booths!
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Terry, you have a few months on me. I was the first of 6 kids because no birth control. Everyone came from a large family.
I played marbles in the school yard. No Barbie dolls for me, she came around when I was a teenager. We walked to school... when we moved to another town that had busses for those who lived outside city limits I was amazed. How progress changes our lives. I had 4 years of home ec in high school, because I would be a house wife... Well I worked nearly 40 years at the local hospitals.
When I was little one of my non witness relatives signed me up for a birthday subscription for a free eight ounce bottle of 7-up. I would take that coupon to the local grocery and drink it all by myself, no sharing with the siblings.. I was told that I was selfish, but "they didn't really want my germs did they"? I guess that was my first act of rebellion in the cult,
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What happened to The Best Of, by Lady Lee?
by bikerchic ini noticed everything has a 404 message.. have these articles all been archived and is there a way to get to them?.
tia.
~ kate.
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Still not working.