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Once there's a booster available, and unless there's really any severe side effects, I will be as close to the head of the line as possible. My 2nd shot was in May. My wife who was the head of a large Microbiology Lab for 42 years is convinced that Covid will be around for at least a couple of years, and anything we can do to stay as safe as possible and get to the point where we can drive it down to where Variants will not be forming, is the least we can do. In full disclosure, I share that opinion, and if anything, am more pessimistic than she.

Lest we all forget (which I'm sure no one has) Big Pharma doesn't really give a crap for anything but the bottom line. https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/pfizer-eyes-higher-covid-19-vaccine-prices-after-pandemic-exec-analyst

Thanks for that link. Very much appreciated.

I simply asked for data. I did not dispute, nor did I accuse, just asked for the basis of the quote. All good data is where good decisions are made. Whether or not you agree or disagree is irrelevant to facts. I generally read different sources of media content, and make my decisions on what facts are available. Whenever you see a headline with "Is there something to", "People are asking", "They're asking about", "Maybe there's something going on", "Does the ____not want you to know", "Are they hiding something", "There's been speculation", and on and on. Those articles are clickbait, and don't present facts. I want facts and data to make an informed decision, and I don't believe that's asking too much or castigating anyone.

I'd be more than interested in seeing some data to back this up.

Truth of the matter is that we are in it for the long haul. Major misconception of the Vaccine is that it provides a shield around you. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Vaccine will enable you to fend off and or ameliorate the effects of the Virus, but with the Delta Variant we all can be carriers. The Vaccine is not a protective shield that keeps the Virus from entering your body. If you catch it, asymptomatically or not, you can spread it. My very good friend, the last person I would ever expect to catch it, who was Vaccinated and in a car with 2 other Vaccinated friends, caught it. The Vaccinated person that he caught it from just died. The person who died was 79 years old and had comorbidity complications, but still died and passed it on. The other person in the car did not catch it and was in the back seat. 2 1/2 weeks later my friend is still short of breath and has an irritating cough, but otherwise pretty OK. Opening for business as usual per the immense political pressures is going to be a recipe for extending this ordeal. We all have 2 choices, get Vaccinated and possibly catch a mild case of Covid, or go Unvaccinated and you will get it sooner or later and maybe not be so lucky as having a mild case.

Here's some alternative sites that you may check: https://altbulletin.com/craigslist-alternative-websites/

That's a terrible loss. Hopefully with the uniqueness of those boards, something will turn up. Also you can search "All of Craigslist" for those individual boards and it will turn up nationwide ads for those boards.

It takes more time anguishing about it, than doing it. I'm a perfect example of that. I need to reroof my rental, and am in the same boat, and it's literally in my back yard. I also need to build a 3 stall garage, but not till lumber/plywood prices have come back down to reasonable.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/21/homes/existing-home-sales-april-feseries/index.html

Interest rates don't matter to people who buy for cash. We just had a condo that was purchased for $76K in 2009 that was listed for $469,900, sold in 2 hours for cash, for $490,000. It closed in 3 weeks. There's almost nothing offered under $1,000,000 unless you want to buy a condo with outrageous HOA fees, and I mean up t $20K/year. Many of the houses that are in Big Sky, Seattle/Tacoma/Duluth, are selling for cash offers significantly above asking price. A house across the street from me in Tacoma Wa. sold for $384,000 4 years ago. 2044 Sq Ft on a 5,000 Sq Ft lot that was listed at $725,000, sold for $775,000 in a week. It could have sold in a day, but they wanted to have the highest bid before signing the contract. There was probably $100K in upgrades and a good view of Puget Sound and an ugly roof in between. If you want to buy a house in any really desirable locale, expect to have a cash offer over the asking price. The law of supply and demand dictates exactly what something is worth by the person who's willing to pay the price. It really is the single economic principal that's driving the housing market. Interest rates will dampen some people that are on the margins, but not for cash or those that another $280/mo on a 1% increase in interest rates will matter on a $500,000 loan. And there's a lot of those people moving out of wealthy cities. As far as building materials go, it's exactly the same thing. Not enough supply and way too much demand. You either pay the price or go without. The market will eventually catch up, maybe not totally to lower the previous prices, but it will come down when sawmills go back on line and the housing market cools. My wife and I just walked through a subdivision with maybe 30 obscenely big Mansions. 3 were occupied. Average price would be around $7,000,000. Nothing makes sense anymore. Anyone want to buy a digital image of me doing a faceplant with a Sony Walkman for $450,000?

I'll be Boarding Next year for sure. Double Vaccinated along with this news. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/briefing/outdoor-covid-transmission-cdc-number.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

How lucky is a guy to have a powder day when carrying Bear Spray? Looks like a blast. Smart accessory. I carry one on the handlebars on my Fat Bike (well at least in Montana).

“There are a couple of small studies in children having to do with regular vaccines—not COVID vaccines—that might indicate that taking ibuprofen or acetaminophen before you get the vaccine might reduce your antibody response a little,” says William Schaffner, M.D., an infectious disease specialist and professor at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. “But nobody really knows whether this has any clinical significance and it’s never been studied on a clinical scale.” So, until more research is done and the implications are understood, it’s best to be cautious and simply avoid taking these meds right before you get vaccinated, as there is some risk that doing this might “render the vaccine less effective,”says David Cennimo, M.D., assistant professor of medicine-pediatrics infectious disease at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Should you worry about taking either medication after you get the COVID-19 vaccine? Data doesn’t definitively say that taking acetaminophen or ibuprofen after getting vaccinated will interfere with the vaccine’s effectiveness, so don’t stress over it too much, says says Thomas Russo, M.D., professor and chief of infectious disease at the University at Buffalo in New York. In general, if you have bothersome pain or discomfort, taking an OTC med, like ibuprofen or acetaminophen, per the dosage instructions is reasonable, per the CDC. It’s also totally possible that the CDC recommends checking in with your doctor in advance because taking too much of either medication can be toxic, Dr. Russo says.

Reactions on shots have been mostly nothing special. 1st shot is mostly sore arm, and a few with a feeling of malaise. 2nd shot has been all over the board, but nobody falling falling off the board. Best recommendations for the 2nd shot is to have Ibuprofen or Alleve or Tylenol taken a couple of hours after the 2nd shot, and keep the dose up for up to a day afterwards. I got a short case of the chills about 16 hours later (sleep in between) and then a mild sweat that went away after I took some more Ibuprofen (I had missed the dosage when sleeping). Recommendations: Netflix, Blankets, Heating Pad on hand. Most everyone that I know has had similar results and just a day of not wanting to do much of anything. On another note: Several of the people that were Deniers in Big Sky have ended up in Hospital and damn sick. So you either get vaccinated or your going to eventually catch it and then it's truly a crap shoot on what happens and how severely you're affected, if you're affected at all.

Take care of yourselves up there. https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/18/americas/canada-hospitals-brace-third-wave/index.html

That was way more fun. Thanks for posting that.

Wonder how it would work with Alpine/Skwal stance?

Let's carry this personal freedom a little further. I assume all of us were born naked, so isn't against my personal freedom to be forced to wear clothes when I didn't come into this world with a pair pants on? Clothes are manmade laws, and you can't give me the argument of decency, because that's not something we were born having to contend with. Don't you see little kids loving to run around naked? Personally I love to run around naked, unfortunately I'm forced to wear clothes which infringes on my personal rights. Having said that I haven't run the "Bare Buns Race" in a lot of years, mostly because I can't run downhill. So there are all kinds of extremes that one can go to when insisting that personal rights are being affected. Even in "Au Natureau" enclaves you're often mandated to bring a towel to sit on. So there's even rules for being naked.

Just for informational sake and not arguments sake, this is what it costs for a TBI, which in turn costs us in Insurance Premiums. Economic Costs of TBI The CDC estimates that the direct medical costs of TBI and the indirect costs, such as lost productivity, total $76.5 billion during a typical year. The cost of fatal TBIs and TBIs requiring a hospital stay account for 90 percent of the medical costs for TBI. About 5 million Americans are living with a TBI-related disability. A person with a severe TBI may require expensive long-term medical treatment, therapy and assistive care. A TBI victim’s ability to earn a living is usually greatly diminished, and many TBI victims are unable to ever work again. According to the Family Caregiver Alliance and the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA): The lifetime costs for someone who survives a severe TBI can reach at least $4 million. Rehabilitation is expensive. One study shows that costs for medical and long-term care for TBI survivors who undergo rehabilitation average $196,460, compared to $17,893 for those who do not require rehabilitation. Many pay much more. The average daily cost for TBI rehabilitation in a hospital is $8,000. Residential rehab centers charge TBI patients between $850 and $2,500 per day. Even non-residential rehabilitation services can reach as high as $1,000 per day. Medical costs average more than $450,000 for patients who die from TBI. Many TBI survivors need help returning to work. One study showed that supported employment for TBI survivors costs an average of $10,000 for the first year.

Tippys, Silver Knife, Ambush, all off of the Ramcharger lift which are to the skiers right. Hangmans on the skiers left. Big Horn, Elk Park Ridge, and runs on the back side of Andesite accessed from Ramcharger opposite the 3 I just mentioned. Southern Comfort lift runs which are accessed when you go straight off the Ramcharger lift instead of turning left or right. There's 4 blue runs where you can carve. The best is under the chair, and 2nd best is 1 run over to the right. Swiftcurrent lift has Mr. K, and Lower Morningstar which are skiers left and take the Cat Track 2 runs over. Powderseeker has Upper Morningstar. Nothing off the Challenger lift. Moonlight side has the runs parallel to the Sixshooter lift. There is not much off of Shedhorn and Dakota. On Shedhorn there's under the chair for a short way, and then swing right on the groomed run, or as you come up the chair, go far skiers right and hook into an open bowl. Dakota is mostly glades and not well groomed.

Double Blind Spots. We as carvers should know better. There's been enough hits from uphill skiers while making wide turns.

What surprised me was the distance the bear covered and he/she didn't seem fatigued at all.

https://fb.watch/4bMe1wDIQK/

Probably makes for a safer ride and a better court case. http://www.shootshescores.com/movies/Hard_Hat2.gif