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  1. SteveNU

    Campground Hosting at State/Federal parks

    I've done this in the past in a large state park campground. It was fun for a few seasons and I enjoyed it for the most part. The ability to camp all summer long at one of our favorite places for free with a beautiful lake at our doorstep was nice. But after a few years it starts to become more...
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    Health Insurance Premium Poll- Bronze

    We're in Connecticut and early 60s no kids at home and no subsidy. Paying just under $1800 a month for a bronze plan with $6000+ annual deductible per person. Luckily we do get a retiree reimbursement from my former company that covers about 60% of the premiums. Go to accesshealthct.com and you...
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    Good News--No Bad Side effects to Covid Vaccine

    We both got our second dose of Moderna two days ago. Both of us had sore arms, headaches, achy all over, fatigued and I had an elevated temperature for a while. But back to normal other than our sore arms after 48 hours. We just took a few tylenol and took it easy but it really didn't affect us...
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    Build quotes for new 2 car garage

    I recently got a rough quote for a very similar garage project. 30*30 with a 12' covered carport area on the side.The quote came in around $75k also. I'm having plans drawn up now so I can get a final quote. I'm in Connecticut and the lumber prices here are almost triple what they were a year...
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    Good News--No Bad Side effects to Covid Vaccine

    We got the first Moderna shot two weeks ago. Just a little fatigued the next day but nothing bad. Last Wednesday I developed what's come to be known as Covid arm which is swelling, redness and itchiness around the injection site. It's pretty much back to normal now. But then today at two weeks...
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    Covid Vaccine Distribution

    Connecticut is now open for everyone 55 and above as well as a few other select groups. This Friday they are lowering the age limit to 45. And on April 5th it will be available to the remaining population age 16 and above.
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    Covid Vaccine Distribution

    They are opening up for 55+ here in Connecticut on Monday. Out of curiosity I checked the Walgreens site this evening and found plenty of appointments nearby. So we've got our first shot scheduled for Tuesday and the second shot scheduled for a month from then. We weren't expecting get it until...
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    Urolift? Anyone had it?

    I had the green light laser treatment in November 2019 after taking Tamsulosin and dealing with bph and elevated PSA for almost 10 years. It took a few months to get back to normal but it's all good now. No more pills or getting up in the middle of the night. It doesn't take me 10 minutes to...
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    Can't access my SSA.gov website

    I just signed in. It's working fine for me.
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    New Shingrx Shingles Vaccine

    We both got our first shots on Friday afternoon. By the evening we both had headaches and achy bodies. DW had some slight chills Friday night. Saturday morning still the same and I was running a low grade fever. Spent the day Saturday resting and just kinda feeling blah with continued headaches...
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    Car Maintenance Tracking App

    I have used an app called aCar for years. Very comprehensive and customizable.
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    BPH Options

    I looked into the urolift and the Rezum treatment. Ultimately I had the green light laser treatment. Nobody around here does the Rezum and doc didn't recommend the urolift for my case. I had it done last November and it was about three months to get back to normal. I'm now off of the flomax...
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    COVID-19 Shutdown Exit Strategy?

    In Connecticut they have ramped up the testing capability and anyone can get tested. They are having a tough time finding people who want to be tested now. https://trib.al/MLi1V4q "As part of the plan to safely reopen Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont set a goal to more than double the number of...
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    Why I think a second wave next winter is inevitable.

    It seems to me that there are two things at work that will dampen future waves. If we assume there is some immunity being developed and that the deaths are slowly reducing the most at risk population then aren't we effectively reducing the population density. This would seem to have more of an...
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    Can anyone explain a femtocell?

    I had one from Verizon but it was taken out by a lightning strike and I didn't replace it. If you have WiFi calling capabilities it's really redundant.
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    When the other set of in-laws ignore Virus Guidelines and Governor Stay At Home Order

    Our three kids and three grandkids all live within an hour of us. Before this started we were watching our youngest granddaughter three days a week. And just last week her new baby brother was born. Needless to say we miss being able to be with them. We rarely venture out now and all the kids...
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    Strange piece of mail, not sure what to make of it?

    Thanks for the responses. That certainly sounds like that might the case here. Still curious why they would send it to Dear Resident and not a person. So it could be a seller maybe on Alibaba who set up a fake account and sent the package through this shipping company. Then when it's delivered...
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    Strange piece of mail, not sure what to make of it?

    Today we received a piece of mail at our small church from a company called Ruition Express with an address in Pomona Calif. It was a 6*9 manila envelope addressed to Dear Resident and not the church. Inside was two random pages torn out of the March 2020 issue of the Costco Connection. Nothing...
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    What was your COVID news for the day?

    This is the Rhode Island Connecticut border today. Rhode Island troopers and national guard have set up this tent and are stopping all vehicles with New York plates. "Members of the National Guard will be stationed at train and bus stations to gather the contact information of anyone coming in...
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    Coronavirus Humor

    Hello from the inside, Adele parody. https://youtu.be/M5azNpTwVk8
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    Coronavirus - Financial, Health and Other impacts II

    Here's the source. It's from Washington State specific to two counties in the state. Working paper – model-based estimates of COVID-19 burden in King and Snohomish counties through April 7, 2020 Researchers at*The Institute for Disease Modeling in Bellevue, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...
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    Coronavirus - Health and preparedness aspects - II

    And here's what they are looking at doing in Seattle to deal with the quarantine issue: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/02/seattle-area-officials-report-3-new-coronavirus-deaths-bringing-us-total-to-5.html "Seattle-area officials are setting up a coronavirus hotline and looking to buy a motel to...
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    Coronavirus - Travel impact

    "In total, the CDC estimates that up to 42.9 million people got sick during the 2018-2019*flu*season, 647,000 people were hospitalized and 61,200 died" "So far, 8,200 people have died and 140,000 people have been hospitalized during the 2019-2020 flu*season, according to preliminary estimates...
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    ER forum app crashing this morning

    Looks like it is fixed. All is well this morning.
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    ER forum app crashing this morning

    I've uninstalled and reinstalled it numerous times. Cleared the cache and data, restarted my phone. When you open a thread it opens then immediately closes. The second time you try to open the thread it crashes the app. It's repeatable and consistent.
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