Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Terrible Timer (kitchen timer that is)

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It was cheap, $3 and a skosh at Wally Mart.  It ain't loud enough.  The all metal sixty year old timer it replaced, had a good loud sing...
Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Teach the kids the US Constitution

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At the end of the American Revolution there were 13 independent colonies.  Each colony had its own legislature to make laws, a governor to e...
Monday, April 27, 2020

Testing Corona virus to death

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Tests don't cure disease.  For a doctor treating a patient, results of a Corona virus test are useful, and can guide his treatment.  Num...
Sunday, April 26, 2020

Teach kids The Declaration of Independence

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It offers a fine educational opportunity for kids of all ages.  Obtain a printed copy or download it and print it out.  Have the kids read p...
Saturday, April 25, 2020

Should US States be able to declare bankruptcy?

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Been some discussion of this on the TV news.   We have some states that are pretty deep underwater.   They keep themselves running b...
Thursday, April 23, 2020

Consumer Reports is all about foreign cars, Detroit is dead

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I picked up the New Cars version of Consumer Reports, big thick one topic special magazine.  I'm an old car buff, I thought I would see ...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

A New Windows loophole?

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Got a kind of scary email this morning.  The From address was the password I use to log into my home desktop.  Dunno how he got that.  Windo...