Recent content by Goldenhawk

Atlantic Broadband is my only choice, but 99% of the time it works perfectly. I pay $60/month for YouTube TV and it has everything I care to watch except the History Channel (I miss Forged in Fire and a couple other shows but I can do without them). Waaaaaaay less than we used to pay DirecTV...

Forget them both. Get YouTube TV if you have broadband internet. We've been MUCH happier than when we had DirecTV, which used to be great but then AT&T screwed it all up. If you search the forums, there are several threads about TV in the last couple years, with a lot of good advice.

I really can't tell what you mean by that, but I'll take a guess that you are implying parents are generally idiots.

Anything that gives parents a greater role in their children's education, and the state less of a role, is an excellent thing. Sure, there are bad apples. But on average it will benefit our society greatly.

I know you were trying to be funny, but it's not just drinking it that is a problem. Methanol is also well-known by the medical community to be absorbed through the skin and cause toxic effects. It takes longer exposure than drinking methanol, but when it's hand sanitizer that's being used...

Oh, how easily offended... What I posted was informational ("this is what was on the sign we're discussing"), analytical ("this is how some people perceive it") and a suggestion ("this billboard seems like it was intended to offend, and that's not a good choice"). Not one of those things said...

The sign makes a point of emphasizing a phrase ("All lives matter") that offends black people who are trying to fight for equality, and it ends with a dig at liberals ("From all your deplorables in Calvert County"). If you're a conservative white person, that probably is pretty funny. If you're...

Unfortunately the false positive rate on COVID tests is less than stellar. The FDA reported that one common test was at 3% false positive. Not enough to really impact the overall assessment of risk, but leads to scary days for plenty of people and a lot of unnecessary work for contact tracers.

Right. Because an outflow valve eliminates the value of the mask at protecting other people from the wearer's possible infection. When I'm sanding drywall, I don't really care if the drywall is exposed to my germs.

Yes, actually. The human body is rather bad at permanently dealing with coronavirus colds. These articles were written long before COVID-19 showed up. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171127105937.htm https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-dont-immune-colds.html...

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Thanks for the explanation. 2:25PM on July 4th... I wonder if a grill caught the siding on fire.

Watching the video, I was very surprised how far the fire progressed AFTER the crews showed up on scene. There didn't seem to be any attempt to spray water on the roof or into the broken windows until after the roof was fully involved. I don't know anything about firefighting, but it seems to me...

I'm waiting for the day when Clorox Wipes are freely available again.

Guess you didn't read the linked article. The last paragraph states: "Approximately 2 months prior to this, on Thursday, April 23, 2020, at approximately 9:25 p.m., more than 40 firefighters responded to 22390 Douglas Court in Great Mills, for the reported house on fire with subjects possibly...