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BTW, just a little heads up for my fellow CPK forumites:

A Norovirus appears to currently be hitting several states.

For those unfamiliar, Noroviruses are what many incorrectly call 'stomach flu' and occasionally misidentify as 'food poisoning'.

Symptoms are purging from both ends, fever, stomach cramps and overall feeling like hammered crap. Dehydration is a possibility between the diarrhea and not being able to keep fluids down due to the vomiting. The uncontrolled heaving may also result in side effects like strained/pulled muscles etc.

Good news is that it isn't a respiratory/airborne pathogen. It spreads primarily by the fecal-oral route, so conscious hand sanitation is the key (wash your hands with soap and water frequently, and avoid touching your mouth/face as much as possible).

Downsides are that Noroviruses aren't particularly susceptible to alcohol and alcohol based hand sanitizers, or quaternary ammonium based disinfectants like Lysol/Microban etc. In addition, Noroviruses can survive for up to 2 weeks on hard surfaces, and infected persons can remain contagious for as long as 2 weeks after symptom abatement. It's a very contagious/transmissible virus for those reasons.

If anyone in the household does come down with it, monitor them for dehydration. There are various ORS (Oral Rehydration Solutions) available. Drip Drop and Cerasport are 2 good options that don't taste like collected sweat. Gatorade and Powerade have too much sugar. For common store available options, Pedialyte is better.

To avoid one infected person passing it to others in the household, sanitize hard surfaces with a 0.5% bleach solution (i.e. if your Chlorox bottle states 7.5%, a 1 to 10 dilution rate will work. Don't forget that bleach deteriorates over time, so a 5 or 6 year old bottle of bleach will not be anywhere near as strong). Ideally, allow the bleach solution to remain for 5 minutes. Hydrogen peroxide and chlorine dioxide are also effective against Noroviruses.

While it doesn't generally spread via airborne transmission, there is a risk if you're in the immediate presence of someone purging from the front or rear. In this case, a mask/mouth covering can help to avoid having aerosolized infected particles winding up on/in your mouth.
 
bluemax_1 said:
BTW, just a little heads up for my fellow CPK forumites:

A Norovirus appears to currently be hitting several states.

For those unfamiliar, Noroviruses are what many incorrectly call 'stomach flu' and occasionally misidentify as 'food poisoning'.

Symptoms are purging from both ends, fever, stomach cramps and overall feeling like hammered crap. Dehydration is a possibility between the diarrhea and not being able to keep fluids down due to the vomiting. The uncontrolled heaving may also result in side effects like strained/pulled muscles etc.

Good news is that it isn't a respiratory/airborne pathogen. It spreads primarily by the fecal-oral route, so conscious hand sanitation is the key (wash your hands with soap and water frequently, and avoid touching your mouth/face as much as possible).

Downsides are that Noroviruses aren't particularly susceptible to alcohol and alcohol based hand sanitizers, or quaternary ammonium based disinfectants like Lysol/Microban etc. In addition, Noroviruses can survive for up to 2 weeks on hard surfaces, and infected persons can remain contagious for as long as 2 weeks after symptom abatement. It's a very contagious/transmissible virus for those reasons.

If anyone in the household does come down with it, monitor them for dehydration. There are various ORS (Oral Rehydration Solutions) available. Drip Drop and Cerasport are 2 good options that don't taste like collected sweat. Gatorade and Powerade have too much sugar. For common store available options, Pedialyte is better.

To avoid one infected person passing it to others in the household, sanitize hard surfaces with a 0.5% bleach solution (i.e. if your Chlorox bottle states 7.5%, a 1 to 10 dilution rate will work. Don't forget that bleach deteriorates over time, so a 5 or 6 year old bottle of bleach will not be anywhere near as strong). Ideally, allow the bleach solution to remain for 5 minutes. Hydrogen peroxide and chlorine dioxide are also effective against Noroviruses.

While it doesn't generally spread via airborne transmission, there is a risk if you're in the immediate presence of someone purging from the front or rear. In this case, a mask/mouth covering can help to avoid having aerosolized infected particles winding up on/in your mouth.
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Thanks for the heads up. With working in healthcare AND having a 6month old at home, this information is particularly helpful in order to prepare for potentials. 🙏
 
Here's another "only in CA" gripe.

I use very few light bulbs but needed to buy a clear globe "decor" light for one that blew out in one of my bathrooms and also noticed that I didn't have any ceiling flood light bulbs left. So, I decided to buy some more of both on the Net.

Most of the light bulbs that I use in my house are old fashioned "incandescent" bulbs.

AMZN wouldn't let me even place an order for the bulbs and eBay cancelled the orders that I placed for them. WTF!!??

Some simple research led to the "discovery" that the CA Energy Commission BANNED the sale of incandescent (and halogen) light bulbs in CA effective Jan 1, 2020. Never realized this because I use so few light bulbs and had so many still in stock.

In fact, I've got a whole storage crate full of NOS light bulbs going back at least 30 years!

There's NO way that I was going to be FORCED to buy any LED light bulbs. Apart from the fact that LEDs are more expensive, they won't look the same as the incandescents and there's no way that I'm going to change all of the bulbs to LEDS.

Other people draw the line at masks, for me it's LIGHT BULBS! LOL! ;)

Anyway, my sister lives in Maryland (which doesn't have such a stupid policy). I ordered the bulbs for delivery to her there and she will reship them to me here in CA. Problem solved. :)
 
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bluemax_1 said:
As they are right now, they aren't ideal for road trips (unless you travel with people who need a xxx break every hour).

I don't know how large the total power cells are for current EVs, but one idea I'd wondered about is hot swappable power cells. Make them modular. You pull into a 'station' and an automated machine pulls your drained power cell and hot swaps a charged one in. Then the drained power cell can be placed on the charger bank (depending on the charging speed, X cells in the system at Y charging speed will ensure that at Z turnover rate per vehicle, there will be a constant supply of charged power cells barring power outages).

Way faster, AND as battery tech improves, you can offer on the spot upgrades: "Your current power cell has a range of 320 miles. For $XXXX you can upgrade to the newest +++ Power Cell and increase your range to 450 miles."
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Swappable like this...
 
bluemax_1 said:
BTW, just a little heads up for my fellow CPK forumites:

A Norovirus appears to currently be hitting several states.

For those unfamiliar, Noroviruses are what many incorrectly call 'stomach flu' and occasionally misidentify as 'food poisoning'.

Symptoms are purging from both ends, fever, stomach cramps and overall feeling like hammered crap. Dehydration is a possibility between the diarrhea and not being able to keep fluids down due to the vomiting. The uncontrolled heaving may also result in side effects like strained/pulled muscles etc.

Good news is that it isn't a respiratory/airborne pathogen. It spreads primarily by the fecal-oral route, so conscious hand sanitation is the key (wash your hands with soap and water frequently, and avoid touching your mouth/face as much as possible).

Downsides are that Noroviruses aren't particularly susceptible to alcohol and alcohol based hand sanitizers, or quaternary ammonium based disinfectants like Lysol/Microban etc. In addition, Noroviruses can survive for up to 2 weeks on hard surfaces, and infected persons can remain contagious for as long as 2 weeks after symptom abatement. It's a very contagious/transmissible virus for those reasons.

If anyone in the household does come down with it, monitor them for dehydration. There are various ORS (Oral Rehydration Solutions) available. Drip Drop and Cerasport are 2 good options that don't taste like collected sweat. Gatorade and Powerade have too much sugar. For common store available options, Pedialyte is better.

To avoid one infected person passing it to others in the household, sanitize hard surfaces with a 0.5% bleach solution (i.e. if your Chlorox bottle states 7.5%, a 1 to 10 dilution rate will work. Don't forget that bleach deteriorates over time, so a 5 or 6 year old bottle of bleach will not be anywhere near as strong). Ideally, allow the bleach solution to remain for 5 minutes. Hydrogen peroxide and chlorine dioxide are also effective against Noroviruses.

While it doesn't generally spread via airborne transmission, there is a risk if you're in the immediate presence of someone purging from the front or rear. In this case, a mask/mouth covering can help to avoid having aerosolized infected particles winding up on/in your mouth.
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that's some shitty news
 
Came across an old pic of mine that I thought you guys might enjoy :)

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ferider said:
Came across an old pic of mine that I thought you guys might enjoy :)

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My pond has a large population of rough skinned newts in it. The have a very strong toxin that is extruded from their skin. I had been emailing with a biology professor at the local university about them. My concern was, I use the water for my donkeys in the dry summer months. He told me it would be fine as long as I filtered the water to make sure they didn’t accidentally ingest one. He said a group of hunters in Oregon had inadvertently gotten one in their coffee pot and they all were found dead around their campsite and for a while no one could figure out what had happened. And a guy at a bar ate one on a bet and died from it. They don’t have any natural predators with the exception of garter snakes who have built up an immunity, but as they build immunity the newt’s toxins get stronger and it’s an evolutionary race. Once they make your pond their breeding area, they always come back. They have done studies where they took different ones a mile away in different directions and the found their way back. They are pretty interesting.
 
Lorien Lorien and Nathan the Machinist Nathan the Machinist

Got home from work this evening and my 7 year old asked if we could “whittle”. I got his fixed blade from a brand that shall remain nameless and grabbed my DEK1 and proceeded to “whittle”. All he did was strip the bark.

He asked to try the DEK1. He didn’t give it back. He said it was so comfortable and felt great and asked for one when he got old enough.

So guess what I am now keeping an eye out for?🙄
 
darsk20 said:
Lorien Lorien and Nathan the Machinist Nathan the Machinist

Got home from work this evening and my 7 year old asked if we could “whittle”. I got his fixed blade from a brand that shall remain nameless and grabbed my DEK1 and proceeded to “whittle”. All he did was strip the bark.

He asked to try the DEK1. He didn’t give it back. He said it was so comfortable and felt great and asked for one when he got old enough.

So guess what I am now keeping an eye out for?🙄
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that little story pleases me:thumbsup:
:cool:
 
darsk20 said:
Lorien Lorien and Nathan the Machinist Nathan the Machinist

Got home from work this evening and my 7 year old asked if we could “whittle”. I got his fixed blade from a brand that shall remain nameless and grabbed my DEK1 and proceeded to “whittle”. All he did was strip the bark.

He asked to try the DEK1. He didn’t give it back. He said it was so comfortable and felt great and asked for one when he got old enough.

So guess what I am now keeping an eye out for?🙄
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That’s great. Congratulations now you can buy two of all the knives you like the wife has to let you right.
 
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