On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 21:55:09 -0400, posted for all of us to
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On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 00:31:09 -0500, Jim Joyce
wrote:

On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 00:49:57 -0400, Clare Snyder
wrote:

On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 23:43:31 -0500, Jim Joyce
wrote:

On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 10:41:00 -0400, wrote:

Once everyone is vaccinated who wants to be, why are we not "lettn ur
rip"?
Let Darwin decide who dies.

Which country does that? The US obviously doesn't operate that way and
never has.

The original story was we wanted to limit infection to prevent
overloading hospitals
We are there and have been for quite a while in the US.

Then it was we need to build herd immunity.
Between the vaccine and natural cases, we are about as close as we
will get. They can't fill all the vaccine slots they have now. Anyone
who wants the shot can get it.

Masks have gone from "the general public doesn't need a mask" to "Wear
2". The CDC has finally relaxed the rule and said if you are outside,
all alone, you don't need one. (like people outside all alone ever
needed one).

The lock down thing is, at best, inconclusive.
States that are wide open like Florida are not doing any worse than
states that are locked down.

You folks really need to pick a story and stick to it.

What is it about science that bothers you? Why do you have a hard time with
the concept of learning as we go and adapting to what we learn? Where is it
written that "In the beginning everything will be known and no new
information will be discovered"? I haven't seen that written anywhere.

I am about to be done with all of this crap. I had my shots, it's been
3 weeks. What else do you want?

A modicum of common sense doesn't seem like too much to ask.
WAY too much to expect of Greg Fretwell. What bothers him about
science is he has n ointerest in understanding it. He's worked all his
pitiful life at remaining in the ignorant state we are all born in,
and he'll be damned if he's going to give up on the job at this
advanced stage of his life.

I wonder if he cries and goes to pieces every time the NEC is updated.

"Breakers instead of fuses? No more knob and tube wiring? You guys need to
get your story straight."

Actually I do complain that NFPA has far more code churn than is
necessary. They release a new code every 3 years and the day it is
released they are already taking proposals for the next cycle in spite
of the fact that most jurisdictions will not adopt and start using
that code until the next cycle is out. (Sometimes 2 cycles)
The code is updated based on proposals to an existing code the writers
have zero experience with.
It is really just a money grab. NFPA's main business is selling books.
Most of the adopted proposals come from the manufacturers of the
equipment the code mandates.
The AFCI is a good example. It got into the code because of the Cutler
Hammer reps on CMP 2. It was in the code before Cutler Hammer even had
the device in production. At that time they were the only manufacturer
who had one and the first couple generations were flawed.
Much like masks, there wasn't even a standard of what an AFCI was or
what kind of arc it could detect. The first 2 generations were really
just GFPs (30 ma GFCI) with very limited arc detection capabilities.
I really felt bad about the customers who were forced at the point of
a government gun to buy a $40-50 device that didn't actually do what
it was sold to do and there was no free replacement when the
technology improved. Square D did have a CPSC recall but it was
because of a more serious problem than just not detecting arcs.

+1 And `educators' have another course lesson series for $$$

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Tekkie