kanjoormadam09 wrote: world is becoming so cruel and people have taught nothing from covid 19 they have become more evil

I think what you meant to say is that people have learned nothing oh they certainly didn't alright - if people had mass vaccinated during the original outbreak before the variants, at a time when that vaccine was 95%+ effective for infections, on a global scale, the pandemic would be over or at least endemic and seasonal like the Flu, but no.....
the ONLY thing the world learned about this COVID19, is that it's here to stay and going nowhere. For now all the variants are variations of Omicron, the latest is BA5, and people are being reinfected multiple times, some 3, 4, maybe more, it looks like this virus has the ability to mutate and considerably escape our immunity - whoever engineered this virus really got it right this time - SARS_1 no go, twice is a charm innit The only hope is that the new variations of Omicron, whilst they would be more transmissible, will be less and less severe - eventually creating a situation where EVERYONE will get COVID at some point in time - in theory only tiny percentage will go to hospital and less than that will die - BUT because of the sheer volume of higher "infections", it will translate to very high hospitalisations and deaths by sheer volume - but still, a lottery. The one lesson people should have learned from this g******** virus is, leave wild animals the f*** alone, in the wild where they belong - wild viruses should NEVER have jumped from animal to human in the first place - only irresponsible humans allowed this mutation to happen by interfering with wild life through wet markets, which exist in many countries around the world.

Now COVID is exploding in Europe, so this is a good indication of what's to come here, the shit storm of COVID is not over, it will mean more outbreaks and peaks to come, but probably in shorter duration - the amount of dead bodies keep piling up - and who the bloody hell wants to work in a hospital now, it's enough that hospitals were always flooded, imagine now hospitals have to worry about regular patients and covid, what a blpeein' mess .....Biden will have to ask congress for more money again to build covid19 hospitals across the country - there is a price to pay for incompetence and no adherence to sanitary measures - people want to F around, party and socialise all the time with complete disregard for anything - so we'll have to learn to live with this virus (and shooters), when you wake up in the morning and go to work or leave the house, you dunno if you are gonna catch covid19 or get shot, that's the new reality of life now.

tasman1 wrote: At least 46 dead bodies found inside truck in Texas

Sure, just another day, and those dead bodies don't include all the innocent people that get shot and killed on a daily basis by shooters, Once upon a time people lived the "American Dream" they would flock to America thinking they just found riches and have hope for the future - a good job, good wealth - Times have changed - Now, you have to think twice before sending your kids to school, wondering every day if you are going to see them alive or if it's their last day, then you have past Presidents who successfully tried mangling personal rights and constitution and claiming "a victory for whites" - this person is a good candidate for the leader of the one world order and white supremacy - I cannot f*****g believe that in 2022, colour and race are even issues, what a shame - and audio recordings of corruption and conspiracy, wow, what a shame when you think that this person delivered results - but at what cost, then you have a current President that would rather spend (waste) billions to help MAINLY others instead of his own first - seeing that all that help is useless anyway in the end. So yeah, and house prices going up because of the greed and corruption plaguing real estate agents, inflation, kinda makes you wonder why are their risking their lives to go from one misery to another, to they still believe in the "American Dream" bullshit ? Americans are sure gonna have a tough choice to make in 2024, between Corruption, Lies, civil unrest, White supremacy OR incompetence, crumbling economy, high debt, inflation and wars......... Tough choice Inciting violence, racism, cults, anarchy, getting results by any means even if it means breaking the law and constitution, etc - is this the only way to get results in 2022 - wow we can all see where this is going.........what a shame - and an even bigger shame that the other alternative won't be better, that's why, tough choice but hey as long as the person makes companies happy and stock markets happy and well lubed for the rest, ethics, humanity, f*** that,

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valerie wrote:
If there is no water, there is no electricity.

With all the floods around the world, some countries could donate the water If your source of electricity is water, obviously, it's not like earth is drying up anytime soon though, the ice caps are melting, and it's the opposite that is going to happen, eventually land will disappear and it's more water you will see, in fact most of earth's surface is water anyway If water runs out as a source for electricity, there will be other methods, not the good kinds, but methods.
the claims of power going out indefinitely is far fetched - frequent outages, longer outages, yes definitely, in some countries I believe they cut power at certain times of day, (planned outages).

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Electricity won't come back if there is no water source.

They'll have to import water then or build water producing factories - Water is H2O, but it's not as easy as just mixing hydrogen and oxygen, the process itself is very delicate and risky, since it involves potential explosions, that will require a lot of exploding to get enough water created - so not an option I guess...... Creating weather machines to create conditions for rain ? Sounds like science fiction but in theory could be done, but crazy expensive.

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That brings me to 'wells'. I prefer a well opposed to city water. Unfortunately I am on city water and that's why I drink bottled water. City water never taste good, no matter where I have lived. City water always has a slight odor of some sort, usually bleach or chlorine. Well water is a pure natural source. Of course, well water would probably not be safe in areas close proximity to chemical hazards. How deep the well is, matters a lot.

Yeah I hear you about city water, that chlorine smell, that's why I call it pool water There are cities in Canada with very good water treatment standards, but still city water is city water, and cannot compare with pure spring water. Isn't tap water just recycled toilet water, the same water coming out of people's toilets and into the sewer lines - it's a good reminder next time someone drinks tap water As far as well water, my only experience with well water is water with a yellowish tinge and tasting like metal - I'm assuming even the best well water must have some levels of chemicals in it, in theory safer than treated sewer water ? depends on the well I guess ....... Spring water is hard to beat though, bottled water is a big scam - because most of it is just city water bottled. That's why I only buy spring water, fortunately in Canada we have many sources of spring water - i only consume spring water, naturally filtered by nature, and the difference is amazing, the water has no after taste, is 100% clear and pure.

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I'm sure a lot of people would have a difficult time trying to live in a western world atmosphere of days long gone. A cabin in a very dry area, living off shallow well water, burning candles or oil at night, going to bed at dark, planting and working a garden, protecting their dried up spot of land with a shotgun, milking the cow, drinking warm fluids, etc. The only place to get a good drink is at the whiskey saloon in town 30 miles away. Entertainment is the whiskey saloon, tossing rocks in a circle, sitting on the porch counting lightning bugs, snake shooting with pa, and telling bs stories.

I'm sure people now would master the snake shooting part, given people's skill for shooting Counting the bugs might be the more challenging part for today's generation who can barely count, read and write

kanjoormadam09 wrote: Sun is the most powerful celestial body. Without sun this world will die. So people used to worship sun as God in the ancient era. They were more wise than modern people as they knew the importance of nature to sustain life on Earth

By the time the sun dies we'll all be long eaten by the worms in the ground and our crypts rendered into powder scattered in ruins.........the sun is probably viable for another few millions years

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valerie wrote: It's the end of the world.

For what, some mole growing on the sun ? Not even close, however, when it will be 3 days of complete darkness and no daylight, then we will all have to worry - this and other parts of the scripture have yet to pass.

My opinion .... Think Sun have some virus , Sun is not vaccinated , Bill will invent vaccine for Sun this year , shot every week and we will be safe again

Mystery solved, that growing black spot on the sun was just a piece that got sucked in a nearby black hole, no problem, the flames will repopulate the missing sun piece in no time

kanjoormadam09 wrote: Tap water the worst source of water filled with poisons like excess chloride , Calcium and other harmful minerals like lead , chromium, iron ...... Better to use boiled water from natural sources like well . springs etc

Fortunately, some countries / states have potable water - In Canada many provinces have cities with top quality city water, treated and perfectly safe. There is safe potable water here, the treated city water here is probably safer than the air we breath Of course spring water is better, it's naturally filtered and tastes better - there are cities here where drinking water tastes like pool water

tasman1 wrote:
The Austrian Armed Forces have been correct in their latest predictions of national security risks, including a global pandemic, the Vienna terrorist attack and cyberattacks.

In the kind of world we live in, if you follow news every single day, you can see patterns, with that information you can make these kind of predictions with amazing accuracy, it's nothing shocking - it's like me making a prediction right now that there will be a recession, there will be more crime and shootings, and unrest, these predictions are easy to make.
As far as predicting a pandemic that was easy too - there are pandemics every centuries, we were due, and besides people eating bats, cats, dogs, snakes and smuggling wild life around, it was bound to happen one day that wild animal viruses mutate to human transmission - wet markets have existed for a long time and warnings were issued many times about the risks - but people never listen to reason.

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Now military experts have warned of a major power outage indefinitely.

And what the bloody hell is "power outage indefinitely" exactly ? When power goes out, it comes back. In Canada, one of the provinces many many many years ago was struck with a province wide complete blackout, no electricity for the entire population of an entire province - I have to dig up news, but think it lasted days - then a hail storm that left people without power for weeks - etc. Then I do remember in 1999 the whole Y2K bug scare, where they predicted that at precisely midnight on year 2000 the y2k bug would manifest and all computers would stop working - every single day for years we had to live with this y2k bug propaganda and bullshit. What goes down goes back up - if power goes out, it comes back - now the question is what is the CAUSE ? Of course a major EMP would naturally wipe the grid - people will have to live with generators for a while, and more gas into the air - great, just what Climate Change needs and eventually power would go back up - if there is going to be a major power outage indefinitely, it only means incompetence - in theory we should all have plan Bs, and maybe plan Cs and Ds to deal with these disasters !!!

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The question is not whether there will be a big blackout, but when, conservative Austrian Defense Minister Claudia Tanner assured.

when the sun stops shining for 3 consecutive days, that's when Some people here will understand the reference I am making

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What to do when nothing works?.........Nothing , most will be gone , very fast

Austrians can move to America then - there's lot of fuel, electricity and free money for the asking, at least until 2024

and no problem the Democrats have you covered - in a few years all Americans will have solar powered homes and fully electric cars or just anything they ask for - except for freedom to decide whether to have an unwanted child or not

valerie wrote: It's the end of the world.

For what, some mole growing on the sun ? Not even close, however, when it will be 3 days of complete darkness and no daylight, then we will all have to worry - this and other parts of the scripture have yet to pass.

tasman1 wrote: Huge spot appears on the Sun and begins to grow

Numerous news reports pointed to the growing spot and suggested that there could be reason to fear. It had grown dramatically – doubling in size over a space of 24 hours – and could send out a burst of intense radiation.

They have been spewing end of world propaganda for decades, I remember the years where I wold read tabloids at work, national inquirer and company, they always had those articles with doom and gloom, they found a speck of dust in space, it's end of world, they found a black hole, we'll all be sucked in, they found unusual sightings, we'll all be kidnapped by aliens, they found a snickers bar on mars, etc, we've all been there (not mars, I mean the same old propaganda ) The end of the world is a very long process, it does not all happen in one day, two days, let alone years -it spans across hundreds maybe thousands of years - not all of what should come to pass has passed, there's still a lot more to happen first, we are on the precursor times, not the end times yet - if people yell end of world with every one of these events of little concern and make a mountain out of it, I would hate to think how they would react when the real stuff happens, it will be total chaos

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Worries about possible solar weather are at a relatively high because the Sun is in a particularly active part of its cycle. The coming years are likely to see significant space weather which could hit our electronic equipment and communications technology.

SO we'll have to ask the aliens to show us how to build new technology that is immune from EMPs OR we'll just have to go back in time and live without the fancy electronics - for our own good

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Some scientists have warned that we are insufficiently prepared for such an event, and that the world should be taking more steps to avoid any possible danger.

ahahahaha what a big joke - warned us - What are we prepared for anyways, we can barely handle a pandemic how the bloody hell are we going to handle something as catastrophic as that - we are f*cked

valerie wrote: An area near me is out of water. The town is handing out water to everyone because there is no water due to lack of rain and blazing heat.

Don't you have tap water / city water in your state? Did the city run out of water ? It looks like we are going to experience severe heat waves too - in the 107F-113F for days, we have not run out of water here yet, there's nothing better than guzzling a 500ml of ice cold spring water in a hot summer day - this is the best beverage nature has invented, without added poison people refer to as sugar

tasman1 wrote: My hope was for 150,00 in May , it was good month but sick for last 3 day and no chance now , shame

Month $140.08............................... chance for 150.00 in May is now zero
Last Month $111.46
Year $526.41
Last Year $1,281.65

Time for you to set more realistic goals and expectations - Your results are great and should be thankful, for many here it is a struggle to even reach half that in a month. Considering what happened this month $140 is good, I do think you will make it to $150 - I'd say a 70/30 chance. Based on your results you have consistent 3 figure earnings, that's OK. I miss the days where I could sustain $300-$500 a month, with $300 being worst case scenario.

$1.2k year ? Not bad, I struggled to make $480 last g*******d year

My "hope" was to win the lottery this month, but it didn't happen - if I had saved a dollar for every time I had hoped for something, I'd have 6 figures right now. With GOOD fair tasks like in the days of CrowdFlower (early years) it was possible to make good earnings - with surveys only, now it is so hard, unless you are part of the VIP club

valerie wrote: It's so hot here, everything is drying up. I live in corn crop and soy bean (tobacco too) territory and the big farms have irrigation systems sitting in the fields but the smaller farms are not doing well at all. I see many dried up areas in the fields and looks like some that put the corn out a little late, it's dried up completely.

Makes for higher prices on field corn, sweet corn, popcorn, and soy beans.

Yeah and there is flooding every where else - I guess there will come a time where synthetic farming will be a thing, or farmers will have to find a way not to rely on rain and use city water ? recycled water ? or reverse engineer seeds and develop crops that do not require any water or less - anything is possible today.

valerie wrote: Never say never!

We are in 2022, with everything from mad cow, happy cow, cow pox, viruses here viruses there, you'd wanna be careful, besides I am not much of a dairy consumer anyway, I used to when I was a kid and early teen, but I grew out of the habit of drinking milk, and dairy in general, given a lot of stuff is pasteurised now, I wouldn't be drinking stuff directly coming out of an animal

valerie wrote: I can't believe I watched the entire video.

I've gotta go take my temperature.

SEE? I knew you'd like it, I didn't think I'd watch it either but I did, something made me want to watch, I can honestly say I never saw this episode, must be newer, but it sure is funny How the hell can the puppeteers play their role (and so good too) and keep a straight face - the cow drinking that coffee at the end, that was EPIC, I didn't see that coming at all - Now whenever you want fresh coffee this episode will stick LOL! Only one issue with this episode, Grover was milking the cow and was going to serve that raw milk directly to the customer, yuck, I would never drink non pasteurised milk

Now this is very interesting - this concerns mainly those who cannot prepare their own instant coffee at home and prefer to spend (waste) money to buy coffee in a restaurant, coffee shop, etc, there are many big brand names. However, what you don't know is this - BEWARE of any place that advertises as "FRESH" coffee, you've been warned. Now I know what you are thinking - buy why ??? Well here is a nice video to demonstrate why you should avoid ordering fresh coffee, must watch this video to the end, you will get all your answers there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQPLY9uxiss

Enjoy

I don't know if cabbage is a good substitute for lettuce - when was the last time you had salad made with cabbage leaves ? The texture of cabbage is rough, it reeks of Sulphur and makes you fart all day.

A good substitute for lettuce in salad would be spinach unless there is a shortage of that too

valerie wrote: I was afraid it was going to be extremely gory, and it's not too far from it.

A young couple have car trouble (isn't that always the case) and they end up at an old woman's house.
She cooks for them and tells them the crazy fat dude at the kitchen table is her son. The son cannot
talk, just mumbles, shakes, and watch old black and white Popeye cartoons.

Apparently, according to some talk in the movie, there was some sort of drought or famine that wiped
out the cattle/meat population several years back.

That should be enough hint for you thus far.

I will definitely watch now But you have me even more curious about the "carbs" part, guess I'll find out

For Canada it is simple, it depends on the province you live in.

In BC and Ontario, you would need at least $10-$20 million to live a modest, OK life if you are careful with your money.
In Quebec, you will need at least $50-$100 million or more - the highest taxed province in Canada, with the lowest wages, you will need a lot of money for the expensive life, private health care because public one leaves you abandoned and dying in halls because of lack of staff and funding. In Alberta, $1m-$5million, Yukon/NWT, $500k-$3m....... Maritime, $4m-$10m mostly due to seasonal type industries. For the rest, $1m-$3m - If you want even a decent home in BC, Ontario or Quebec, you need to be a millionaire - for a shoe box of an apartment, you can get by with $500k-$1m

valerie wrote: If you live and rent an apartment today in New York, you are probably paying $8,000 a month, on average. If you live in a Penthouse apartment in New York, I couldn't begin to guess and I kind of doubt there are any for rent. Penthouses usually are sale not rent. In New York, New York, it would probably cost several million for a penthouse apartment.

The thing about New York, New York, they cater to those that have money and work at the big jobs in the city. TV network executives and hosts, newspaper executives, politicians, actors, and so on. Those people need to be close to where they work and since they make very good money, they can afford to pay the big prices.

I had family and friends of family in New York, they certainly did not pay $8k a month, I guess it depends where, NY state is huge In Manhattan for example, you can pay about $4k or little over that, in Queens, $2k+. If you are rich and crazy and decide to get a coop, you'll be paying $1k-$2k in condo fees per month, or you can buy/rent an apartment as big as a home and pay $8k-$12k, it depends. Yes co-ops (what people call CONDOS here) are the most expensive, some are for rent, it depends on owner, just like here, some condo owners rent out, they buy condos and rent them.
For NY yeah $1 million and more on average for a co-op. It's going that way here in Canada, with the exploding and rip-off market, pretty soon you won't be able to buy a home or condo under $1 million - problem here is that salaries do not go up they stay the same - so people are contracting 60 and 100 year mortgages they can never possibly pay, watch the shit hit the fan - it's not a recession we should be worried about but another financial crisis a la 2008 all over again !

During the over bidding scam during pandemic, in the 2020-2021, people were willing to spend double, or triple on a home, NOW mortgages up 45-50%, they cannot possibly pay.

valerie wrote: Don't watch the movie 'HoneyDew' on Prime. I kept telling myself to stop watching it. I watched the entire movie. I couldn't help but think of Darkstar2 and carbs.

You've been warned.

Wowwweee with a movie name like that I'm already bored and half asleep BUT see now I am curious so I may end up watching it anyway - what is it about anyway ? Le's see now, it says "Strange cravings and hallucinations befall a young couple after seeking shelter in the home of an aging farmer and her peculiar son." now that sounds like a good story, BUT it's rated a 4 on IMDB so it must be total rubbish, because on IMDB, the good movies are usually rated 6-7 I am almost curious to see how BAD it actually is now

I thought Amazon had higher quality content - is this what we pay 40% higher subscription rates here for ?