PowderBeard

Dews lol. Fall is coming...

17 hours ago, tamarack said:

The cervid (deer, elk, moose, caribou) version of the prion-caused horror is called Chronic Wasting Disease.  It was fist identified in commercial deer farms in the West, IIRC Colorado, but it's spread to wild populations there and has been found as far east as NY, I think.  Nasty thing about prions is their hardiness; carcasses/bones of infected deer can transmit prions years after the critter's death.  Years ago I saw a pic of a giant pressure-cooker where Wisconsin biologists would cook infected carcasses at high heat.  The thing was 5-6 feet across and the locking lugs looked almost 2" thick.  
So far, I don't think that there's been transmission from cervids to humans.  The human equivalent in Jacob-Creuzfeldt (sp?) disease, that destroys the brain from the inside out and is incurable.

"Zombie Deer", it was first confirmed in NY in 2005. There has been no known transmission thus far to humans. That said, I'm skeptical about eating any venison or elk after seeing some Creutzfeldt-Jakob cases in person. Cuts people down in their prime and they can go from full-time professionals to full dementia in months. If anyone wants some wild reading check out "Kuru," in New Guinea it was another prion that was transmitted amongst local tribes due to cannibalism practices.  

25 minutes ago, winterwx21 said:

But a 25 year old athlete? Someone like that is at such incredibly low risk of seeing severe Covid complications that it might make sense to not want to take any risk at all from the vaccine. 

E-Rod probably begs to differ. 

1 hour ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Welp, looks like we need to start vaxxing the deer.

 Next we will get a report it has spread to cattle and the beef supply will be wiped out.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02110-8

On a similar note, I've been monitoring this for a while given my neuro focus. Prion disease (e.g., CJD, "Mad Cow") clusters popping up in Canadian maritime towns for the past year. Could be due to eating shellfish, deer, or something else. Always fatal and a horrific way to go.

2 minutes ago, kdxken said:

The smell of wood smoke in the air.

Soon...

49*, left the windows open and house is down to 64*. Nice and crispy.

Wife has a conference in Natick this week. Any good food recommendations nearby?

12 hours ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

Googan squad rattling craw of all things.

Their rattling ned has been killer this year. I hardly touched a ned rig last year, fish in the Q see tons of them. That little rattle makes all the difference though.

26 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

That’s rough. My spouse has had that since she was 18.  I wish you well. 

19 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

My stepdaughter has it. Brutal.  Sorry Powder beard. I remember my 350 person lecture clas well. Went to first class mid term and final. Lol girlfriend, eventually wife, for the win. She was a great note taker and I  was in the URI pool swimming laps.

Thanks. I feel for those who have the extreme forms, I cannot imagine being stabbed hurts more than a block. My wake-up call was when I was 22 I ended up hospitalized for 6 days after green beans sent me into a flare. Doctor said "Well you'll either respond to the meds or you'll leave here with a bag." 

Ginx, great deal! URI has some amazing profs. My two most memorable classes were a seminar on the Holocaust taught by a survivor and then "The History of RI" taught by an old-school teamster with pinkie rings who drove an old gold Cadillac Coupe (mind you it was 2011). It might as well be "University of NJ" these days, they need all that out of state tuition. 

14 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Hope you feel better.  All of this rain etc can’t be helping with things like mold spores. 

Yea we have the central air going just to keep the house dried out. I have an over active immune system anyway (Crohn's disease) so I am always at an increased risk of developing it. Going to get the best mask I can come fall, instead of my usual 20 student lab section I got assigned a 350 student lecture. 

I had a bit of a cough Sunday night. Woke up yesterday with a dry cough, weight on my chest, and stabbing pain in my lower back, no fever or other cold symptoms. Clear pneumonia on my chest x-ray. Just came out of no where. Doc said they are seeing all sorts of weird respiratory stuff going on with negative covid tests. 

DAMN. Not even here yet and gusting over 40mph. Tree down across the street and lots of limbs. 

7 minutes ago, radarman said:

good velocities showing up on the UMass radar, even down low on approach. 

I was just looking at UMAXX, looks better than the derecho to my amateur eye. 

2 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Couple beasts in MA

Another Burptown Mauler.

11 hours ago, powderfreak said:

These guys are just having fun.  Barnes with an easy 1-2-3 save.  33rd come-from-behind win, the most in major league baseball.

 After going to SF a few years ago I really became a Giants fan because I felt it was the way baseball should be (e.g., cheap tickets, bring a cooler or box of pizza into the place, just a fun time). That said, this team is just so fun to watch, they have personality, reminds me of the early 2000s teams I loved. I think Bloom might go wild and grab Rizzo. 

45 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

Phil Kessel does commercials now!

40 minutes ago, DotRat_Wx said:

The smoke is terrible on the cape. I have asthma I can definitely tell it's more than just visually affecting us. I am staying in today in the a/c. Just spent last four days with 20 of in law family. Need a break. 

It is wild. I have never seen a sunrise or moon so red/pink. Glad we brought the little one's nebulizer, she has been really coughing. 

Wife has a conference on the Cape. Love it, leave Belchertown and the severe follows us. They are hyping it on the local radio stations down here. Last time we were on the Cape was about 4 years ago when they got a wild line of storms in the morning. Ended up taking us 5 hours to get from Truro to the canal due to roads closed from downed trees and flooding. 

7 minutes ago, DotRat_Wx said:

Thank you for posting. I will be putting this on air.

From Belchertown Fire Department's FB page. There are more on the Belchertown page.

11 hours ago, DavisStraight said:

Yankees fans showing their class

I'm at that point with Verdugo, seems to have an attitude issue. Can't wait to see what Durran can do, also have Meneses (little older) and Castellanos in Portland waiting. 

Pictures starting to come in on FB. This is from Belchertown FD. Several roads are "gone."

"Only" 3.9" in the past 24 hours. Seeing reports on our town FB page multiple streets are washed out and some people are being evacuated. Weather station 5 miles south of us is reporting 5.1" since yesterday.

Best light show this year and another 1.7". I think that is over 7" now this month. 

This storm is legit. Sky is black in some places.

10 minutes ago, klw said:

Nope, I'm male.  When I hear about chafed or bloodied nipples it is with male runners.  Off the top of my head, it could be for two reasons: a.  The fabric with bras tends to be less of an issue for chafing than with shirts or b.  men whine more about such things.

 

3 ways I would address it/prevent it:

1. run shirtless

2. use body glide (vaseline would stain my shirts and the marks would make it look like lactation stains)

3.  band aids (often in addition to body glide)

Time for me to re-watch this episode of The Office.