nirad3

Wow, well maybe I should re-do my questionnaire. I just had my physical yesterday and I check in at 6', 253 lbs. I have extremely broad shoulders and am very short-waisted (short legs, long torso), so I carry it pretty well. Most folks guess I weigh like 210, which is laughable. I need to get down to 215-220. I digress... I would like the vaccine ASAP but don't want to line-skip anyone. Heck, my elderly parents are still waiting... although they both had COVID so can now wait.

I just went to a website California has to see if you're eligible. There was a question about health conditions, one of which was "obesity". I would be considered "obese" by the standard BMI chart that is widely accepted. I did not check that I was obese, maybe I should have. Wonder if that would have changed anything. I don't consider myself overly obese. I could stand to lose 15-20 pounds, maybe more... but by no means am I a huge fat slob.

I am so fortunate that my Mom is in real good health and still very active (not physically per se', but active in her career that's still going - real estate). I am especially fortunate that she's capable enough to get my Dad around, who's undergoing chemo treatment. My Dad is doing OK with it, but he's very fatigued; sleeps a lot. Slept a lot even when he wasn't in chemo. Don't trust him to drive much, if at all, anymore. They live about 10-15 minutes away and we see them fairly regularly. I go over to their house to work most Wednesdays. I pray that my Mom's health continues to be

Man oh man are we ever behind the times. My 10-year-old daughter has a small Alexa thing and smart light bulb in her room. That's it. We won a Ring doorbell a few years ago but my wife didn't think it'd be worth even having so we sold it on Facebook or whatever. I think I'd actually like the Ring doorbell now. We get SO many packages from Amazon, WalMart, etc... We have an enclosed courtyard and deliveries are always left at the doorstep but still. How hard is the Ring doorbell to install? Keep in mind I am the least handy person on the planet. Better to have a handyman come over

Both of my elderly parents and my wife got it, but my kids and I did not. We are around my parents here and there. I go shopping at least once a week, and hang out with friends in an outdoor capacity at least once a month. I mask up when indoors. There's gotta be some weird set of body-related criteria that dictates who gets what. I have also never had the flu. That all said I will get vaccinated as soon as I'm able.

Eek, yeah... when I made my joke upthread, it was after reading online that the dogwalker wasn't seriously injured.

I was told there'd be no math.....

If you don't mind me asking, are you high-risk? 65+? Teacher, or front-line healthcare? I am also in the LA area and was told to not expect someone in my age range (late 40's) to be able to get the shot until summer at earliest.

That's probably the least annoying thing about that abomination of a commercial. I want to throat jab that lady.

I wonder if the gunman walked up to the dogwalker with his best poker face?

Same here, but she won't go overboard in paying for it. She finds the moderately-priced stuff that smells good. I can appreciate that. I like having clean hands. I will go with something vanilla, I suppose, as the best. Worst - butt

Yup, looked at my Target and shelves are basically bare. And there are signs indicated limits on what you can purchase The guy at the sports shop I went to said there was a local Target that had to start getting armed security to assist in delivery and stocking of new product because people were not only rushing the shelves once stocked, but there were a few instances of the deliveries being stolen at gunpoint. I think I'll wait a year or so to see if the pendulum starts swinging the other way.

It's pretty frustrating to say the least. My MIL in Louisiana walked into a Wal-Mart and got hers, but my 83-year-old dad and 74-year-old mom in California have been on some stupid waiting list for over a month and ended up getting COVID.

Good grief, looks like I'll need to find a different new hobby. Went to local sports memorabilia shop and the boxes they had ranged from like $200 (baseball) to $900 (basketball). Only had a few types of single packs ($8ish each) of baseball, which I'm not really into. Was hoping to buy a box to open with my boy and start collecting again but not at those prices. Bleh.

Probably my favorite band of all time and yes this album is great from start to finish. I actually saw Sublime's second-to-last show; of all things a fraternity party at UC Santa Barbara. They headed up to San Francisco the day after and Brad Nowell OD'ed after their show up there.