Chollowa

8 hours ago, sblfilms said:

Hoping for safe pregnancy! Not too many things scarier than health concerns for your pregnant wife and unborn child ❤️

Thanks. She had stomach issues late first trimester and it really fucked me up for a few days.

7 hours ago, chakoo said:

 

As someone who has many horror stories of his own (took 5 tries to finally have a healthy successful baby girl who is 2 months old now), it's best to not ***k around because it will eat you up inside. I hope you two are able to have a successful pregnancy!!  A life of a hermit will be worth it in the end!

Thank you! So far, so good. Every scan has come back perfectly normal and he is an active little guy. So far, it's just been your normal, run of the mill pregnancy that everyone that we know, but us, seemed to have. 

It's difficult because we both work, but yeah, I'm really going to try to limit exposures for the next few months. She's double vaxxed, but not booster eligible yet. I'd feel much better if she was boosted. I'm happy that double vaxxed means that she has the good protection against serious infection/hospitalization. 

1 minute ago, Jason said:

 

Summertime in South Africa doe. 

How much does seasonality make a difference with this thing? Didn't Delta hit in the late summer and early fall and that seemed to kick the ass of the unvaccinated.

My wife is 24 weeks pregnant (she got both shots while pregnant) and we've decided to pretty much shut it down until this Omicron thing peters out. We've been trying for like 6 years and there are too many pre-term birth horror stories and worse in pregnant women to risk it.  

I've been watching the Sunday shows since high school and I thought he was the best host since Russert as far as asking "tough" questions to the guests he had on regardless of party. 

I was a bit surprised he'd go to CNN, but it sounds like he's going to be doing a lifestyle show for their streaming platform. I doubt he supplants Jake Tapper as the host of their weekend show, so it seems like he's out of the politics game save a guest spot here or there or the hosting of a debate. 

I honestly think he'll be missed because Chuck Todd is almost Alan Colmesian in his ability to be a fucking patsy and George Stephenopolus isn't bad but he's also not great. 

5 minutes ago, Fizzzzle said:

Outside of like downtown and Santa Monica, LA is pretty much one giant suburb. You can drive 2 hours straight from San Bernardino to LAX and it's nothing but single family homes and small office buildings as far as the eye can see. It's not even clear to an outsider where LA, Orange County, IE, and the beginnings of what will eventually become San Diego start/end. A sea of suburbs.

 

True, depending on where you live. In Portland, rent is not siginificantly cheaper in the suburbs unless you go waaaaay far out, so it's like if you live out there, it's because you choose to. NIMBY zoning is absolutely a thing, though. Don't get me started on the urban growth boundary and the fuckery of liberal NIMBY governance ('we won't allow development past this line, but the only development we'll allow inside the line is single family homes!' then 15 years later 'oh fuck, I guess we need to move the line and expand our freeways!')

I can see this as being true of LA/OC, but for San Diego County, once you get south of San Clemente and start driving through Pendleton that's a pretty clear indicator. 

5 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said:

Dallas is a city, it's just dummies who live in Plano or Frisco but think it's Dallas that think this. Orange County is a suburb of LA.

Orange County is really it's own thing. They are in the LA media market, but they aren't in LA County at all. 

41 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

 

Has there been any reports on what is driving the increases? Is this just what I've seen referred to as the "Covid Cycle" where we will have 2 months of this and then it goes away again? 

All of the reporting i've seen regarding Omicron says that it's only produced mild symptoms at this point.

I'm just wondering why we're seeing this sudden uptick? Even my wife says her hospital is back up to around 45 Covid patients. 

The thing I don't get about conservatives is that they spend all of their time screaming at the top of their lungs about how persecuted they are, and how this nation is trending towards socialism, but for at least the last 20 years they have won on almost every big cultural issue. With the current composition of the SC, they're going to continue winning for years to come. In 3 years, when Trump wins a 2nd term, you'll have Thomas retire and Breyer leave the court as well. The court will go like 7-2 full conservative, that plus the redistricting they get to do because they own Statehouse majorities means they get the whole damn ballgame. 

I've never been happier to live in California and I say this after just having opened up an email about homes for sale that showed me an $700k home in a not so desirable neighborhood.  

13 hours ago, Captain Pickle said:

Moderna kicked my ass.  Think I’m gonna go for a mix this round

I might do that next time (assuming there is a next time).

Had my Moderna booster yesterday and just like the 2nd dose it really knocked me on my ass. I took Nyquil before going to bed last night so I don't think my fever got too high, but the body aches and lethargy are definitely strong today. 

Are you guys that are getting the boosters eligible under the current guidelines or are you just asking for it and receiving it without needing to prove eligibility? 

I'm traveling for work the week of the 15th and thought I might go for the booster to try and up my immunity, but as far as I can tell I'm not eligible just yet. I also have a heart condition and had a pretty strong (flu-like with a fever of 103) response to the second dose (Moderna), so I'm hesitant to get the booster until it's being recommended to me. 

Some of this has to be the gas prices and inflation, right? I know CRT/mask mandates etc are what is being trotted out there but some of this has to be the fact that everything is more expensive and gas prices are through the roof. 

1 minute ago, Ghost_MH said:

 

Anyplace stretched with anti-vax nurses are stretched because of anti-vax plague hosts. Let these nurses find work somewhere that doesn't accept Medicare and Medicaid.

My wife's hospital system imposed a vaccine mandate that goes into effect fairly soon. There is a hole for religious exemptions and medical ones as well. I figure most nurses that are unvaccinated will just try to slither through one of those. 

The click-baity way this Rogan thing is being reported pisses me off because it let's him off the hook for all of the bullshit he was spouting about supplements and natural immunity. The minute he tested positive and was symptomatic he tried every early intervention, experimental or not, to fight Covid. The media sees a bright shiny word "Ivermectin" and immediately makes that the ONLY headline. It's irresponsible shit like this that breeds distrust of media and lets a turd like Rogan off the hook. 

This excerpt from the Axios article struck me as kind of alarming: 

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It's called the Living Room, but it's in fact the Mar-a-Lago lobby, a vaulted-ceiling rococo grand entrance, part hunting lodge, part Renaissance palazzo. But it is really the throne room. ... He sits, in regulation dark suit and shiny baby-blue or fire-red tie, on a low chair in the center of the room, his legs almost daintily curled to the side, seeing a lineup of supplicants or chatting on the phone, all public conversations.

 

He's just talking on the phone and giving interviews in the lobby of his resort. I hope that he has already been stripped to any access to Classified information that he may have access to as an ex-POTUS. However, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if a bunch of the sychophants still in Govt let things slip while on ring kissing trips to Florida. 

Please beat the Giants. Also, the one time in my life I had seats back there I thought every fly ball was a home run. 

I'm just popping my head up to say that I got absolutely fucking killed by PLUG. 

1 hour ago, johnny said:

once i tried going to sleep i got the chills. not tooooo bad or anything but it is fucking with my sleep tonight lol.

 

felt like updating y’all for whatever reason lol 

I've felt like shit since about 9pm. I'm running a fever and my body aches. That said it's infinitely better than getting a bad case of Covid. 

I got my second dose today as well. I got the shot at 10:30 a.m. and was worried that I wouldn't feel great for a short live-streaming gig I had at 4:00 p.m. But I made it through that event just fine. My arm is sore but otherwise I think I feel pretty normal. 

11 hours ago, SuperSpreader said:

 Yes for HBP today. 

 

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I don't know what part of the county you are in, but try the smaller centers. Or if you have Scripps health or Sharp Rees Stealy, try your primary care. I've heard of people being able to get it in non mega cite places. 

1 minute ago, Spork3245 said:

Holy. Fuck.

2 minutes ago, Air_Delivery said:

More housing can't be built if there is no room. The only places significant new housing is being built is east county where there is room and that has 0 effect on the areas closer to the coast.

I agree and would add Escondido, Fallbrook and Otay Ranch to the list of places where new builds are currently happening. 

9 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

Demand goes up. Supply is not allowed to increase to match. Prices go up. Basic economics.

 

 

People always bring this up but I never see any real evidence presented it's some kind of enormous issue.

 

 

First off, NIMBY policies create the market conditions that make housing an enticing investment target. Second off, why do you think NIMBYs don't want anything built?

 

 

Would not matter if we let enough housing be built. Nobody suggests car rental companies are making it more expensive for everyone else to buy cars.

 

 

Again, supply is not allowed to keep up with demand.

I also live in San Diego and I think the AirBnB of it all plays a role in our housing problems.

Regulations fuck us as well. I am active in the local Chamber of Commerce and am on the Small Business Committee. We had a developer come in during election season back in 2018 to talk to the committee about some ballot initiative. He mentioned he had to pay 10x in permits in fees what he does in Texas because of State and local regulations. Something like 27k per unit in California vs 2.7k per unit in Texas. As a result, almost any apartment development around here is labeled a luxury apartment. Rents start at like 2k for a 1 bedroom and those are for the less expensive developments.

My parents live in a suburb that some of the people from the richer neighborhoods consider unsafe/gang infested and their 4 bedroom, 2 bath house on a modest lot is probably worth about 750k right now. It's fucking insane here.

Just now, Spork3245 said:

 

No, that's why I said "ew". Cats are literally the worst pet.

I actually agree with this. Cats are the worst. So fuck a Cat, how's your dog feeling about it? 

@Spork3245How is your cat feeling about OCGN with this latest news. Are they still feeling good about $20-25? 

Order got filled at 14. Used the money to average down in PLUG and make a fractional buy in AAPL.