Posts by Yorgus@mstdn.social
(DIR) Post #AQ3KX0RHXSuq7j59s0 by Yorgus@mstdn.social
2022-11-28T05:31:26Z
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@stux I think the wettest I’ve ever been, outside of a shower or a pool, was standing on that bridge in a pooring rain. Had a windbreaker, which I had thought to be rainproof. I was sadly mistaken. I was quite a ways beyond soaked to the skin, and chilly to boot. It was Thanksgivingday, about 4 yrs ago.
(DIR) Post #AQp5QpO9XSyaOAI6ee by Yorgus@mstdn.social
2022-12-21T05:52:15Z
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I’m sure that the folks who’ve been on Mastodon for 6 months or a year or longer feel like they are under siege. I assume this was once a quiet and peaceful place until all of us #TwitterMigration folks showed up.So, thank you.
(DIR) Post #AcWOGfTRFMlYW6kxXc by Yorgus@mstdn.social
2023-12-06T04:22:36Z
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@clive @thomasfuchs My BIL drove a 4x4 truck to work every day (about 1 mile). SIL drove a 4x4 SUV to scoot around town. Oldest child drove a 4x4 SUV to school (also about one mile). Her brother drove a 4x4 truck to the SAME SCHOOL. This was in Mesa, AZ where roads are flat and it snows about once every 10 years.
(DIR) Post #AdL2q6uBFl9uzWPkwa by Yorgus@mstdn.social
2023-12-29T18:10:59Z
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When I visit my physician, not a mask in sight, other than the one I am wearing. Vaccination rate in my county is extremely low—less than 20% Non-vaccination rate correlates with Trump voter rate, which was about 85%. Quite a few of these are former students (or their parents or siblings). I TAUGHT SCIENCE!! I feel like a failure.
(DIR) Post #AdL2q8rlxgQB4dIrT6 by Yorgus@mstdn.social
2023-12-30T02:37:08Z
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@thepoliticalcat Yup, I'm old enough that I have had at least THREE rounds of polio vaccine (Salk, Sabin, Salk2, etc.) plus boosters over the years. Since I spent a few years in Taiwan in the 1970s, I've also had shots for Yellow Fever, Typhoid, Typhus, Cholera, and a zillion gamma globulins. I had measles, rubella, mumps and chicken pox as a kid, but I got an MMR shot a couple of years ago--just to be cautious. I've had SEVEN Covid shots, flu shot every year for the past 15, and RSV this year.
(DIR) Post #AdL2q9a5IvrnI42FXM by Yorgus@mstdn.social
2023-12-30T02:38:28Z
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@thepoliticalcat My parents were ultra-paranoid about polio in the early 1950s; one of Mom's best friends spent her adult life in a wheelchair as a result of polio. Remember very well the fear.