Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 6:32 pmNot as retro-cool as a Plague Doctor mask, but I do what I can. It's a skull bandana.
A skull bandana may be better. I have a plague doctor mask that I bought for Halloween last year — who knew. If I wore it now, I don’t think it would be appreciated.
Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 6:39 pm
That's interesting. I thought all the Chinese dialects were different only in their spoken aspect but shared the written aspect.
Which just goes to show how little I know about the Chinese language(s).
That’s true for the most part. You don’t find many things written in Cantonese except for comic books, according to a guy who gave me a few lessons in a Burger King in no-Cantonese-at-all Taipei. (Bruce, if you’re out there, I really appreciated those lessons. If my minidisc recorder hadn’t glitched out, I’d still be playing the recordings on a regular basis). I do still remember how to say “eat sh*t”
There are some characters that are truly Cantonese-only, but if you break them down into their components, they look like the other characters. That is, they’re not made from scratch.
Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 6:39 pm
That's interesting. I thought all the Chinese dialects were different only in their spoken aspect but shared the written aspect.
Which just goes to show how little I know about the Chinese language(s).
That’s true for the most part. You don’t find many things written in Cantonese except for comic books, according to a guy who gave me a few lessons in a Burger King in no-Cantonese-at-all Taipei. (Bruce, if you’re out there, I really appreciated those lessons. If my minidisc recorder hadn’t glitched out, I’d still be playing the recordings on a regular basis). I do still remember how to say “eat sh*t”
There are some characters that are truly Cantonese-only, but if you break them down into their components, they look like the other characters. That is, they’re not made from scratch.
So it's sort of like the relationship between German and Swiss German?
There are some characters that are truly Cantonese-only,
So it's sort of like the relationship between German and Swiss German?
That’s a question for Harry Browne. :-) I don’t know much about German, let alone Swiss German.
I have watched Babylon Berlin without dubbing*, and I once read that Swiss German doesn’t use that special character, instead opting for a double-S. That’s not what you mean, is it?
*So I could look up some of the captions. Spending my quarantine time wisely.
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There are some characters that are truly Cantonese-only,
So it's sort of like the relationship between German and Swiss German?
That’s a question for Harry Browne. :-) I don’t know much about German, let alone Swiss German.
I have watched Babylon Berlin without dubbing*, and I once read that Swiss German doesn’t use that special character, instead opting for a double-S. That’s not what you mean, is it?
*So I could look up some of the captions. Spending my quarantine time wisely.
No, I meant that Swiss German isn't much of a written language. It's primarily a spoken language with many dialects.
High German speakers think it's horrible.
The latest Massachusetts stats as of 4 PM Sunday. I've not looked at these for several days.
Up to 41 in my county and 37 in the adjoining one. Seems like 2nd and 3rd lowest of all counties in the state.
I've always noticed whenever I look at these that the male / female split has always been about equal. But this is the first time I'm noticing the "unknown" category?
I don't know Massachusetts stats compared to other states in the country per capita.
Those four new deaths were fairly old, with the youngest being in the 70s.
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vnatale wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:08 amCapture.JPG
remember , though detectable does not mean it can still get you sick easily ... these virus's become weaker and weaker each hour ... their half lives are relatively much shorter as well as their ability to infect .
you can still get it days later from an object but it does become harder to get through healthy skin and usually needs an entry way in to mucous membranes
my ex wife was released for home treatment .... my daughter inlaws mom is still being held but is better ... the bad news is my daughter inlaws father unknowingly had it too ... they found him dead in the house last night .
now the kids have to tell my daughter inlaws mom who has no idea and is still hospitalized ... i don't think they are going to tell my ex just yet either
mathjak107 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 4:57 am
so we got good news and bad news last night .
my ex wife was released for home treatment .... my daughter inlaws mom is still being held but is better ... the bad news is my daughter inlaws father unknowingly had it too ... they found him dead in the house last night .
now the kids have to tell my daughter inlaws mom who has no idea and is still hospitalized ... i don't think they are going to tell my ex just yet either
Sad.
DNA has its own language (code), and language requires intelligence. There is no known mechanism by which matter can give birth to information, let alone language. It is unreasonable to believe the world could have happened by chance.
very .... it is all to real here ....... we see people debating masks or gloves .... living this right now with loved ones getting it and or dying , anything you can do to avoid this monster is a plus
vnatale wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:08 amCapture.JPG
remember , though detectable does not mean it can still get you sick easily ... these virus's become weaker and weaker each hour ... their half lives are relatively much shorter as well as their ability to infect .
you can still get it days later from an object but it does become harder to get through healthy skin and usually needs an entry way in to mucous membranes
My understanding is that it can't get through healthy skin at all. Mucous membranes are the entryway.
no idea .. but the way it is striking here finding out later on we were wrong about how it gets transmitted does not do a bit of good after the fact. this thing is wicked ... we have 1 person dying every 17 minutes in ny from it ...other cities are first ramping up.
this thing is not to be taken lightly , it is no ordinary flu .... i believe this was a bio germ warfare experiment gone wrong .....it is to perfect at what it does ...
every day we read conflicting reports as far as what we thought or were doing .
Maddy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:38 am
Breitbart's reporting this morning that hydroxychloroquine has just been approved by the FDA for the treatment of coronavirus.
My ex was released yesterday ..she said if they catch it early on there is a three drug cocktail they have been using that has been fairly effective .....she couldn’t breath and talk when she went in on Friday .they gave it to her for a day ....she is home recuperating but feels so much better ......
