mike carey

In English or Russian?

It still has 'Ask for Tyler Dickson' if you go to his phone contact in RM.

There is interest, but few people will post anything about it giving the impression that it's of no interest. I must confess that in past years I have changed my profile picture to a red ribbon but this year I didn't. Part of the reason is that I have been less active here. Rightly or wrongly, this year we have been distracted from HIV/AIDS by CoviD-19.

I know I've had food items like spices too long if they are in cans or bottles labelled in ounces. It's quite some time since we went metric, or since I lived in the US. I've moved with spices and kept using them, but I make a conscious effort to use up the older ones. Often using twice as much as prescribed renders old spice effective in a recipe. I have furniture from my mother's house and that which I had when I was living between two houses in different cities, and I need to get rid of some of it. Inertia, inertia! This thread has been a wake-up call, whether I'll act on it is a separate question. One thought, if you're hiring a removalist, the cost may be the same whether you fill or half fill the truck or container, so if in doubt taking stuff with you and deciding to junk it later may not cost you more.

Lol. No, it was the Bundesmarine until 1995 but since then it's been the Deutsche Marine.

I didn't know that Nova Scotia sends a Christmas tree to Boston every year so obviously I didn't know why. It's a thank you note, and for those that don't know what for, check this out.

A gesture by the All Blacks before their Tri-Nations game against the Pumas last night in Newcastle.

And now as I read on, this: This is an earthshaking pun. Californians are taking shelter as we speak.

This is a little bit brilliant, the initial tweet (no puns included therein) and one particular response that I wish I had thought of. Tweet: Me in high school: WHY AM I SPENDING AN HOUR A DAY LEARNING ABOUT A SUBJECT THAT WON’T HELP ME IN REAL LIFE? Me now: Oh boy a new episode of my podcast about dolphin social hierarchies. Reply: THERE'S A NEW EPISODE OF THE POD CASTE PODCAST?

At least they didn't have a gun display there.

God, I'm glad that health coverage is just 'there'. I have insurance that will get me past waiting lists for some hospital procedures, but for the most part I won't need it.

I would still say Falklands war, but yes, it still resonated four years later.

OMG, I feel old now. The 'hand of God' was a reference to his obvious hand-ball in that game. When it wasn't called out it was put down to it being God's hand not his that had put the ball in the net.

In the Department of Random Things That You Miss Seeing Live, on the weekend a Luftwaffe A350-900 made an overnight stop in Canberra, arriving here after a non-stop flight of over 19 hours from Cologne. It flew back via Papeete. https://onemileatatime.com/german-a350-round-the-world-flight/

@rvwnsd, I'm so sorry to hear of your loss, it can't be easy to come to terms with even now. My condolences to you. Sepsis is certainly no laughing matter, but I was shocked to hear in the program that it takes more lives than most of the more common cancers. I love Australian Story for the way it focuses on the stories of individuals, in a way that shines a light on things that are relevant to all of us. This particular episode had me in tears, and I can't but admire the optimism that Mick and Katharine have despite having their lives turned upside down.

This was on Australian Story on Monday night. It's a story of a bacterial infection gone wild. It's also a story of our health system providing treatment in extremis. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-23/mick-odowds-strength-in-face-of-quadruple-amputation/12833718

I have no idea whether this is an accurate quote, but it's so good it has to be posted somewhere here. I saw it some random place on twitter. I offer no opinion on which side of the ledger I'm on. Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it. ~ Robert Frost

An avgeek tangent.

@Rod Hagen, I'm looking forward to when I can bring my copy of the latest edition to see what your office desk looks like.

I met him socially at one of the DC forum meetings, so I don't walk funny as a result. From what I've read about him, I'd love to meet him. Even if I walked funny afterwards. But NYC is off my possibles list for a while yet.

Yes, and he'll even move the piles of The Economist off his desk for your tryst!

You're absolutely right to prioritise space on your desk for professional development, and I too have copies of the paper piling up unread. They have not, however, had the same unfortunate effect on my quality of life. (And no, I'm not saying that I have space for 'that', rather that I can't blame a pile of Economists for whatever I can or can't do in certain aspects of my life.) That said, I suspect I still read as much of its content as when I had the time to tackle the printed paper. I used to take it to a local cafe and sit for a couple of hours over a meal and a couple of flat whites and read it through. I still take the printed edition, but I also have a digital subscription (which you can take out without the print) and through the Economist's active tweeting of articles I read a lot of its content on line. I'm still reluctant to cancel the print subscription I've had since 1986. Perhaps you could take out a digital subscription and buy a copy at the newsstand on your way to those flights you still take.

If I am smart it's because I read the Economist not the reverse.

I guess I must be a 'longtime forum member' so yes I remember him well. Thanks for posting this AZDR. Vale Bigvalboy.