...both the Dear Hunter and DENT are in this pic.
31.3.20
A day in the Alf -or- All things fuzzy
<ed: all TXTs here run in immediate succession>
b1-66er:
b1-67er: I've done a medium amount of reading on ecoli and lysteria. On all the bacteria stuff it's a war of numbers. You use chlorinated water and you get about 5 log kill step. Copper ions about a 2 log kill step. That's the number of zeros taken off the bacteria count. It's never about getting to zero, that won't happen.
66: Heavy.
It's as if things WANT to live.
67: I suspect the masks and distancing with virus need to be viewed the same way. Maybe it's 27 feet to get to zero, but zero probably isn't the important number.
I'm a little fuzzy on viruses. Are they alive?
Kid: Can he stay mom? ET got to stay!
Mom: ET was a movie. This is real!
[Alf episode 1]
My neighbor has gone full-on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
He's outside.
67: Do you have a fire extinguisher?
66: Absolutely.
Not one big enough to put out a house.
67: Big enough to put out a human?
66: I'm pretty sure it could put out a human.
Bring my bike over here and we'll try it.
Me: what it's that sound outside, something like a jet?
The Accomplice (rolling eyes): I don't hear anything.
M: I can't teach you how to listen.
TA: {opens door} There's a guy out here with a flamethrower.
M: That would be it.
I love the lockdown.
It's not all the same.
Everyday is weirder.
And I've only just seen episode 1 of Alf.
Just imagine what's possible from here.
Would you like any exultation with that?
Special K: I watched some DVRed TV tonight. Saw about 6 or 7 ads for fast food. Everybody has a deal. Free delivery, free Frosty at Wendys, free kid's meal, etc.
b1-66er: Whoa!
We live in the best of times.
K: Sure.
b1-66er: THAT'S the spirit!
K: Right on.
30.3.20
In the vacuum
DENT:
We are reusing N95 masks for a week at a time.
He is what I have devised: it turns out you don't need high temps to inactivate the coronavirus. 70C (158 F) for 30 minutes will do it. Or, lower temps like 65 C for 1 hour. I rigged my sous vide machine inside a cooler to get those temps. 👍. We can have multiple people put the masks in ziplock bags and run them. I am still working out the details because 70C was damaging the plastic parts of the mask, but I think we are almost there!
<ed: this is what you get with a doctor whose undergraduate degree is in chemical engineering.>
The croutons will be impressive
b1-67er (agricultural machine designer): Just sent <the CA> governor's office an email.
b1-66er: Good citizen.
What'd you say?
67: I said tens of thousands of people are moving to Salinas in mid April from Yuma, and Yuma has lower restrictions. I suggested it was good material for a governor to governor talk. Specifically suggested Newsome try to get higher restrictions on lettuce producing counties for the next couple weeks.
66: Good citizen.
Impressive.
67: Sprinkled in a little about protecting the food supply from coronavirus.
66: ... as seasoning...
KbrAne only one neural jump away
A rare KTXT news item, provided to all three of you as a community service.
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