Friday's Rave

[Oldschool]

Congratulations to the British people and their leaders on being the first to roll out the COVID vaccine.

Why?

We're all big pharma fans here, right?
I must admit, I am interested to see how it progresses. I had a dream the other night in which the worlds population came together to develop a vaccine and ensure that all medical staff were all vaccinated first as a priority, only for the entire medical professional field to die off from unidentified side effects, it pretty much turned into 28 days later from that point.

Especially when it softens your cough.

[fourthirtythree]

I'm not begrudging them anything. I don't see how being first to regulate use of a vaccine is worthy of congratulations - someone had to be first to use it after all.

(given the shambolic sh!t-show approach of the UK to COVID its probably not surprising they were first - nothing else they've done has been effective)

Yeah. They are just gambling that the US FDA and the EMA are doing a good job. But they are far from the first. Lots of places willing to skip the final certification are way ahead. So many Russians and Chinese are vaccinated, and then Brazilians who have taken the Chinese one and I can't remember who has distributed the Russian one (I remember the Philippines were supposed to be ordering some).

Just the reporting of it is as puke inducingly jingoistic as is their tendency these days.

[Oldschool]

Luke O'Neill and others like him seem very confident that the Pfizer vaccine is the real.
He in fact has already said he'll take the vaccine.
(Yeah I know, I know)
But he's very confident and he's not the only one.

[Oldschool]

Why Not?
Would you begrudge them this moment of celebration for them?

I'm not begrudging them anything. I don't see how being first to regulate use of a vaccine is worthy of congratulations - someone had to be first to use it after all.

(given the shambolic sh!t-show approach of the UK to COVID its probably not surprising they were first - nothing else they've done has been effective)

Not sure Neil Armstrong would quite see it that way.

[fourthirtythree]

I trust that BioNTech's vaccine is amazing and that Pfizer's large scale testing and manufacturing are up to scratch. I appreciate the EMA doing due diligence on the outcomes however as, you might recall, we have recent experience of a major federal regulatory body failing utterly to do theirs (FAA) whereas previously the US regulator would have been seen as best practice andd to be followed as a matter of course.

Still a long way to go. I have the great fortune to be back of the queue for any vaccine.

[domhnallj]

Not sure Neil Armstrong would quite see it that way.

I have it in the back of my head that Armstrong pulled rank and swapped seats with Aldrin so he would be first out of the lunar capsule (of course I 'think' I read this years ago so it might not be true).

[Oldschool]

Not sure Neil Armstrong would quite see it that way.

I have it in the back of my head that Armstrong pulled rank and swapped seats with Aldrin so he would be first out of the lunar capsule (of course I 'think' I read this years ago so it might not be true).

Neil Armstrong's motive for pulling rank were, however, well intentioned.
Just before he stepped onto the moon he is reputed to have muttered under his breath "This one's for you Mr Gorky"
Allegedly in 1938 when he was a kid in a small Midwest town, he was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard. His friend hit a fly ball, which landed in his neighbor’s yard by the bedroom windows. His neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky.

As he leaned down to pick up the ball, young Armstrong heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky. “A bj! You want a bj?! You’ll get a damn bj when young Armstrong next door walks on the moon!”

Over 30 years later, Armstrong knew the clock was ticking and there was no time to be wasted.

[IanD]

Not sure Neil Armstrong would quite see it that way.

I have it in the back of my head that Armstrong pulled rank and swapped seats with Aldrin so he would be first out of the lunar capsule (of course I 'think' I read this years ago so it might not be true).

Neil Armstrong's motive for pulling rank were, however, well intentioned.
Just before he stepped onto the moon he is reputed to have muttered under his breath "This one's for you Mr Gorky"
Allegedly in 1938 when he was a kid in a small Midwest town, he was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard. His friend hit a fly ball, which landed in his neighbor’s yard by the bedroom windows. His neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky.

As he leaned down to pick up the ball, young Armstrong heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky. “A bj! You want a bj?! You’ll get a damn bj when young Armstrong next door walks on the moon!”

Over 30 years later, Armstrong knew the clock was ticking and there was no time to be wasted.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/good-luck-mr-gorsky/

[The Doc]

Neil Armstrong's motive for pulling rank were, however, well intentioned.
Just before he stepped onto the moon he is reputed to have muttered under his breath "This one's for you Mr Gorky"
Allegedly in 1938 when he was a kid in a small Midwest town, he was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard. His friend hit a fly ball, which landed in his neighbor’s yard by the bedroom windows. His neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky.

As he leaned down to pick up the ball, young Armstrong heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky. “A bj! You want a bj?! You’ll get a damn bj when young Armstrong next door walks on the moon!”

Over 30 years later, Armstrong knew the clock was ticking and there was no time to be wasted.

I heard that joke years ago except it was related to a friend called Manny Hind - "One small step for man, one large step for Manny Hind"

[Peg Leg]

My ability to fill a recycling bin is unsurpassed and a weird dichotomy to my tetris skills.

[domhnallj]

Passed my Deer Stalking Certificate (Level 1).

[Oldschool]

EMA give the Pfizer vaccine the go ahead.

[paddyor]

My ability to fill a recycling bin is unsurpassed and a weird dichotomy to my tetris skills.

Recycling is pointless scam.

[Oldschool]

My ability to fill a recycling bin is unsurpassed and a weird dichotomy to my tetris skills.

Recycling is pointless scam.

If you mean the principle I would suggest that's incorrect.
However if you mean the execution of the principle I suspect it could be a damn close run thing.

[Peg Leg]

My ability to fill a recycling bin is unsurpassed and a weird dichotomy to my tetris skills.

Recycling is pointless scam.

Jesus 2020's taken its toll on you!
I'm not sure of the percentage of recyclable material comes out of the trommel in a recycling plant, but it is a lot of material that is resold/reused with very little mining cost.
Scam isn't costing me either 2008 bin cost was 360e (no recycling bin then and sometimes an additional black bag on top of the bin every week). 2020 it's 380e collected week with a recycle and organic bin every other and never an overflow.

As OS says, not pointless but probably done wrong.

[johng]

How old do you have to be before you have to stop climbing on top of your green bid and indulging in a spot of Jack Palancing followed by a jump dismount on grass? Asking for a friend

I suspect the answer may be the same as what age you have to be before "falling over" becomes "having a fall"

[Oldschool]

How old do you have to be before you have to stop climbing on top of your green bid and indulging in a spot of Jack Palancing followed by a jump dismount on grass? Asking for a friend

I suspect the answer may be the same as what age you have to be before "falling over" becomes "having a fall"

If you can remember to shout "Geronimoooooo" then you're old enough.

[Peg Leg]

Someone finally explained what 'shorting' meant in a manner I understood.

[FLIP]

Someone finally explained what 'shorting' meant in a manner I understood.

Margot Robbie in a bathtub explained it to you?

[Peg Leg]

Someone finally explained what 'shorting' meant in a manner I understood.

Margot Robbie in a bathtub explained it to you?

I found myself very distracted when she was trying to explain it to me.