Recent content by JBR

I've bought an inexpensive iPod-type device, to hold a hundred or so favorite songs. It's a knock-off, just because the Apple products have become so expensive. This one has cost me about $50, so I consider it affordable. I like it for listening to music when I'm alone doing a very familiar &...

Interesting post, frightful events. But, mm, the armed official responses were to riots.

Mm... wattle and daub.

Yes, I suppose this may be going too far... kinda overkill.🤔

I view the U.S from the outside. There are many factors that form my impressions, but I definitely don't see America as a third-world country. I have travelled through New England, and a great deal of the west and southwest of the U.S, and have some relatives living down there, and have met many...

My reason for posting is that I do use some old-fashioned treatments, and I'll describe one. I very rarely get a cold or flu. During the Covid pandemic, I got vaccinations... and while I did contract Covid during that period, the vaccinations apparently kept the illness very limited: five days...

Any common themes among the letter & articles?

@spedini It seems like human beings generally have their likes and dislikes, etc. But if you're here long enough and read enough posts, I believe you'll find that "negative people" are few here, and that most members have positive things to say and to contribute. Many here are quite helpful to...

That looks like one pf Richard Buckminster Fuller's experimental cars. Am I correct? All of his were three-wheelers. Given their length, they had a remarkably small turning radius. They were streamlined and were sort of a minibus that could seat quite a few people. None of the prototypes led to...

It seems the Greenlanders wish to remain an autonomous territory...

Haven't seen the TV show you watched, @IrishEyes. Several years ago I borrowed a book from the library, a memoir by a woman. I've forgotten her name. Anyway, when she was a young, confused teenager adrift in L.A., she was taken into Manson's group. She wasn't involved in the murders. Besides...

This other false claim is interesting, as it presents something of a parallel. The guy in Texas claimed to have a bomb in his day-bag and a detonator on his wrist. He was arrested yesterday and charged with a "Class-A misdemeanor". I wonder what his penalty might be if he's convicted? It's a...

Hm... Well there are two "other" sides to slim.

What they actually eat. Yes, we've probably all read what dietitians, physicians, and the Mayo Clinic or other authorities recommend we have for breakfast. I'm not supposing a generality concerning habits would apply to all doctors. But I wonder if anyone here has knowledge of what a physician...