Foghorn said:

Listening to a talk about how VOCs in exhaled air can be used to make an early diagnosis of pneumonia in patients on a ventilator. 

DoubleEgger said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Botch said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

My daughter made the news tonight.  There was an attempted school shooter who police caught.  She was on the news leaving the school.

I love her sense of humor, she sent this to her mom during the lockdown:

This should make me smile.  But it doesn't.    

News is slowly trickling out, and it is a fluid situation.  There were approximately 1,000,000 police officers at the school quickly, including a helicopter.  We have gone from there was no threat, to there was a gun, to it was a fight between kids, to a kid with a gun was apprehended to the latest (as of a few minutes ago): no gun was found.

My daughter said she wasn't worried, because they have had drills before. Then the teacher received a call and she said her face visibly blanched and she looked like she was going to be sick.  That was when my daughter became concerned.  Ultimately everyone was physically safe, but it definitely has had an impact on a lot of kids.  This is the first real lockdown they have had due to an incident on campus.

We had to sit down and have a real discussion about what to do in these situations.

A million police officers don’t mean a damn thing if none of them have the balls to go into the school. 

That shooting in Texas still pisses me off royally. 

alaskanassasin said:

Canugghead said:

alaskanassasin said:

This is sort of a life hack.  My problem was, I always wanted hot water outside, mainly because when cleaning honey extracting and processing equipment hot water is essential. 

  So at my old house with a crawl space I plumbed a second outdoor spigot and tied it to a hot water line. Two things I quickly realized are this is going to be great with a pressure washer and I needed a way to blend in cold water. So I made a pig tail with washing machine lines and a Y and we were off!

 Fast forward to our new house with a basement, same situation, I have a sweet little electric pressure washer and I wanted hot water outside but dreaded drilling a hole in the wall, yada yada.  That is when I realized it would be so easy!


I simply tied the nearest hot water line to the outside spigot supply line, a couple of ball valves and viola! Open the hot water valve all the way and close the cold almost all the way and I have a hot water pressure washer!

Right up my alley there. Out of curiosity and hypothetically speaking... if one or both of these pipes are close to a shower will it be fun for someone using the shower while you're power washing intermittently?

Edit: How do I know? At the same spot where your two pipes meet, I installed a pump with a check valve to pump water from hot into cold. The pump is wifi smart switch controlled, its purpose is to activate the tankless heater to prime the hot water circuit without any water going down the drain. Originally I had this pos swing gate check valve that was stuck open for who knows how long! It has since been replaced by a more reliable/robust (touch wood) spring check valve.

Ive been waiting for you to comment all day! I knew this was in your wheel house lol.  We have a regular tank water heater, I tied the hot water line that runs to the pantry sink so I think we are okay there. However before I cut the water lines yesterday I flipped the breaker to the well pump and the one to the hot water heater, fast forward to 6:00 AM this morning, SWMBO "we don't have any hot water" ahhh ****! I turned the well pump breaker on but forgot the water heater.

Buckwoody Egger said:

ooh Jurgy, you minx - you saw your chance and took it didn’t you ya?  Liverpool could be the wet sail guys after all!   Not many games left now and  while City and Arsenal played out a ‘game for the aficionados’ 0-0 last weekend, the big man stole ahead by two big points.  

There’s fire at the foot of the table too as especially the third relegation spot is not nailed down, with many games between trap door hover-ers to come. 

Here we go then;

Saturday

Palace v Man City, 0-3. Just get it over with like pulling off a Band Aid.  

Villa v Brentford, the Villains got humped by City midweek but so what?  They’ll be fine here and haul in the three points with a routine 2-0. 

Everton v Burnley, proper pickle club Everton are in financial disarray and terrible form.  A late penalty mid-week gave them a rare point, but was it like throwing a dog a rubber bone? Points deduction looms and if the Clarets take anything from this game then the sky could fall in.  1-1

Fulham v Newcastle, the Toon need points to edge in to those all important Euro spots. The Cottagers might as well be on the beach already.  1-2

Luton v Bournemouth, not great timing for the potentially stranded Hatters as the Cherries are a team bang in form and not only safe but looking for a high mid table finish.  An away win is probable but a home win keeps the relegation battle alive.  1-2

Wolves v West Ham, tricky to call as the clubs are separated by just three points and are in inconsistent form. The Hammers are clinging to a Euro spot but that is vulnerable to at least four teams below them - including Wolves. 1-1

Brighton v Arsenal, the lustre is fading from the filthy Seagulls and it seems the messianic managers got a bit of grump on too.  He was a hired for being feisty and thats great whilst it’s great, but we’ve all seen the Crazy Hot video, right?  0-2 and the Gunners stay right in the title race.

Sunday

Man Utd v Liverpool,  too soon to have one hand on the trophy by the Reds are the team absolute in the box seat.  Man Utd are just so inconsistent that their 6th place defies all logic.  Despite the passion this ties brings I just can’t see anything but an away win. 0-2

Sheff Utd v Chelsea, the Blues are coming up fast on the rails with 5 unbeaten and a big statement win against Utd from behind at 90 minutes. An almost inevitable win here puts them in the Euro mixer with eight games to play. Who saw that? 0-2

Spurs v Forest, oh Spurs, what are you like? All three results, as ever, on the table here.  Forest have fought back against the points deduction and are inching forwards, not safe but 3 points clear of the drop.  Should be a home win judging by the table, but this is Spurs. 2-2

So, intrigue at both ends sustains. Strap in - to could be a lively one.

JohnInCarolina said:

Lousy day here, but no trip to Paris is complete without at least one picture of the wrought iron lattice tower.

HeavyG said:

ColbyLang said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Lousy day here, but no trip to Paris is complete without at least one picture of the wrought iron lattice tower.

A lousy day in Paris? Find a baguette and some cheese. Drink some grape juice 

And make sure your beret is on properly.