In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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So, I'm saying HEY ALL!
I'm slowly recovering from this flu (which appears to be Influenza B/ Victoria), that I got hammered with despite it being in the flu shot and me getting the shot. I think I need the old-folk's version of the flu shot, which has only 3 strains instead of 4, but has multiple times higher concentrations of everything to get a better immune response*. (*As an aside, I recently read a report of a study that indicates flu shots work best on 'naive' immune systems - yanno young people who haven't already been through every kind of flu for the past millennia. What happens with us old folks is that if the current vaccine even accidentally has a small irrelevant part that remotely resembles (cross reacts with) something we've seen before, our immune systems kick into gear and scour it out immediately ... meaning we never 'see' the vaccine long enough to develop a specific response to this year's version. I believe that by upping the dose a lot, enough vaccine hangs around long enough to create that specific response.)
But I got a bit out and about today, and went for coffee to my local ma & pa restaurant. Before I got sick I'd been talking with one of the waitresses. It turns out she and I are BOTH fans of TV cooking shows, have settled on the same shows as things we enjoy, and we both really enjoy thinking about new recipes. So I gave her one of my frozen meal portions to take home - and I warned her it was VERY utilitarian, frugal cooking! It was me literally looking through the frig and freezer and using up my all my left-over veges - potatoes, onions, kale, cabbage, and riced cauliflower - cooked with chicken thighs, and served with a fresh-thyme-and-cracked pepper white gravy.
And today I found out SHE LIKED IT!! I felt good about that!
But I have to say, on the other side a while ago I had some of an America's Test Kitchen recipe prepared by a family member that was simply spectacular. I couldn't describe how good it was. It was simply the best chicken dish I've ever had.
Even 'good' home cooking doesn't compare to that! 
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Just because someone ignores a post doesn't make it less true, topical, and worthwhile. So I'll repost anything that's true, topical, and worthwhile because it deserves a true, topical, and worthwhile reply. And the fact that it's true, topical, and worthwhile makes it NOT TROLLING.
And I'll feel free to repost something that's true, topical, and worthwhile, despite your attempts at extortion - which btw is blatantly obvious to everyone else, no matter how much you try and disguise it.
But, I'm with Jack. Feel free to make enemies and convince no one. I'm sure it goes along with your other horrible life choices.
I disagree but I'm more than willing to further our discussion.
T
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Quote:There is no discussion. A discussion would resembling something like Sagan's baloney detection kit http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=63460 - facts, evidence, multiple hypotheses, and so on.
I disagree but I'm more than willing to further our discussion.
What we had was a simple exchange of opinions. We each stated ours*. End of story.
But feel free to continue on, and reap your rewards.
* If you're unsure of the difference between opinion and fact, I suggest you bone up on it.
Belief is for wimps and mental midgets!
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Glad you're feeling better Kiki.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:Quote:There is no discussion. A discussion would resembling something like Sagan's baloney detection kit http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=63460 - facts, evidence, multiple hypotheses, and so on.
I disagree but I'm more than willing to further our discussion.
What we had was a simple exchange of opinions. We each stated ours*. End of story.
But feel free to continue on, and reap your rewards.
* If you're unsure of the difference between opinion and fact, I suggest you bone up on it.
Belief is for wimps and mental midgets!
No no, I see we still disagree. You have yet to make a valid point.
T
Deep state describes dedicated, educated professionals.
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Wait. My post might have been too subtle for you.
No amount of opinion swapping WITH ME is going to change what people think of you. Learn from the reactions of the people around you. If they treat you like an unwelcome asshole, and you want a different reception, instead of trying to endlessly dispute their opinions with me - or them, just stop being an asshole.
But do what you want. Your actions aren't my problem. What people think of you isn't my problem.
Done now.
Belief is for wimps and mental midgets!
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:Quote:
Originally posted by THUGGER:Quote:
Originally posted by 1KIKI:
I can't help but notice that your posts are 100% baloney.
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=63460
Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit
Wherever possible there must be independent confirmation of the facts.
Encourage substantive debate on the evidence by knowledgeable proponents of all points of view.
Arguments from authority carry little weight (in science there are no "authorities").
Spin more than one hypothesis - don't simply run with the first idea that caught your fancy.
Try not to get overly attached to a hypothesis just because it's yours.
Quantify, wherever possible.
If there is a chain of argument every link in the chain must work.
Occam's razor - if there are two hypotheses that explain the data equally well choose the simpler.
Ask whether the hypothesis can, at least in principle, be falsified (shown to be false by some unambiguous test). In other words, it is testable? Can others duplicate the experiment and get the same result?
http://carlsagan.com/index_ideascontent.htm
]Belief is for wimps and mental midgets!
Since you seem to be too mentally or morally incapably of using Sagan's 'baloney' detection kit, or even to understand or admit what the words in it mean ('evidence' has never been a viable concept for you), the next time I post Sagan's kit, I'll spell out all they ways you're deficient. Now, you may be too incapable or corrupt to admit your deficiencies, but I'm sure everyone else will manage to understand.
BTW, keep posting here just because you can't address my posts in their relevant threads. I'm sure you generate all sorts of illwill, and convince absolutely nobody by doing that.
So, NOT such a GREAT LIFE CHOICE! But I'm sure it matches your other fear-driven life choices that make you such a useful idiot.
Belief is for wimps and mental midgets!
As you've said. At times there is a need to repost a post until a proper answer to the post is provided. Maybe you should explain, in great detail, what Sagan's points and perspectives are. That might go a long way in explaining to me why you felt a need to post this a dozen times.
T
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Thanks Jack! I honestly don't recall ever having a flu and feeling that debilitated. I THOUGHT I could push myself and manage to take care of myself if I got worse, but the way I was FEELING was iffy.
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Glad you're feeling better Kiki.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:As predicted ...
Since you seem to be too mentally or morally incapable of using Sagan's 'baloney' detection kit, or even to understand or admit what the words in it mean
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Maybe you should explain, in great detail, what Sagan's points and perspectives are.
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:Quote:As predicted ...
Since you seem to be too mentally or morally incapable of using Sagan's 'baloney' detection kit, or even to understand or admit what the words in it meanQuote:
Maybe you should explain, in great detail, what Sagan's points and perspectives are.
Ah, I'm hurt. I learned this technique of trolling from two of the best. I'm hurt you don't acknowledge that. Tell me, how many times have you and sig done what I'm doing. Then told the poster to explain everything in great detail; hundreds, probably closer to thousands I bet?
T
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