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I thought briefly about the two linear equations; but I realized by the time I wrote them out and solved them - like you I need paper and a pencil to parse them out - I already had my answer by inspection. I always say it is good to know more than …

I appreciate the shorter thread, and the quicker loading - but I submit that a new serial in the continuing sage should include the last 1/2 dozen posts from the previous numbrered thread. Otherwise they get pretty short shrift in the …

Dengue is a serious disease, but as I understand it, it ( Dengue ) requires a vector - the mosquito which a treatable vector - screens, nets, insecticides etc Porcine influenza is an aerosol, like Covid 19 - no vector needed. We see how well the …

By inspection - Answer D is not possible 16 dimes is >1 dollar, Answer C is not possible 12 dimes is $1.20 Answer A is inaccurate - 4 dimes is 40 cents and 2 nickels makes 50 cent, in total The only answer left is B - So, 8 dimes is 80 cents …

Here's an alarming fact that I've seen little discussion of - there is an active epidemic of H1N1 porcine influenza going on in China right now, which already has shown the ability to jump to humans. H1N1 is the variant that the Spanish flu of 1918 …

It is interesting that the Chinese medical community was using ECMO back in early January, and I know it has had some use in the US. I listened to the pleas for 70,000 more ventilators back in March from New York and wondered when the rest of the …

When you say TSLA is the largest automaker, I believe you are actually saying the stock market valuation of TSLA is larger than Toyota or GM or Mercedes-Benz etc. But that is not the same as saying they build the most vehicles, or employ the most …

Everything I know about the Civil War I learned from my spouse - she has been a Civil War fan before I ever met her many many years ago. I always found it interesting that most of the rank and file foot soldiers of the Confederacy were not slave …

Well, there is good news of a sort, I think. The Chinese government has approved a vaccination for Covid 19, but it is only approved for Chinese military use, apparently. But that does suggest that a vaccination is more than just …

The literature on the Civil War is immense, but a great deal of it tends to center around describing the military battles, and travails, with less discussion of the political and civil goings on at the time. As @Shewmaker mentioned, Doris Kearns …

Ok, now, I am beginning to get interested If you don't press the button, you fail to continue to aquire Pi, but apparently don't lose what you have already aquired. That seems more interesting. So, if you miss your button punching, are you just …

That woman should be informed that the store cannot restock their shelves with the merchandise she chose to throw on the floor, so she will be charged for each item, whether she departs with them, or leaves them on the floor. Or face prosecution …

Funny answers!! I laughed out loud - but my questions were not set ups, but serious questions. What does become of my ownership of the Pi coins, or whatever they are, if I fail to push the button in the app each, and every, day? Do they …

One question! What happens if one accidently forgets to click the button on one's phone or is unable to for some reason - in the hospital, unconscious, imprisoned, out of country, whatever, one doesn't punch the button every day. phone's lost …

Replying to @afisher Math is fun if it is easy - But I cannot do compound negative interest calculations in my head 30 times- so I went to - https://www.mathwarehouse.com/calculators/online-compound-interest-calculator.php I calculated a 30 year …

I have written here on cake about how a real US silver dollar would purchase 5 gallons of gasoline in 1962. I know this because I did frequently purchase 5 gallons for one paper dollar in 1962. US silver dollars were still in circulation in Kansas …

Trillions are really hard for most people to comprehend. I see cashiers who cannot make change if their electronic register goes down, and seem mystified if I can actually tell them the correct amount of my change while I stand in line to pay - …

I have a remote memory of a similar path in the woods in Monroe County Indiana, south of Bloomington and IU - I say remote, because I must have seen it many years ago and have no current memory of its exact location - but it was a series of …

Replying to @Chris It may be, I was quoting Paul Thoeroux because I thought it fitting, not because it is really my sentiments. But I think there may be some truth to it at that - OK, Boomers! and all.

Unfortunately, America is not a culture that values or venerates its elders. And young people can experience Covid 19 without a great risk of dying, unlike their grand parents. It is easy for younger people to deny how significant this pandemic is …

I love these kinds of statuary in the woods, what a great find! Really great, I would love to see it if I am ever in the area. Enjoy them while they last, they tend toward an evanescent quality....... Wood statuary, out of doors in the elements …

@Chris - Here is another opionion regarding the Freedmen's Memorial statue, that I think is worth serious consideration because it offers reasons for both white and Black citizens to value it. The ONLY speaker the day the Freedmen's Memorial was …

I am experiencing the same very very slow loading as reported previously @Denise - sometimes not loading at all. Is this Cake or the web, I am not really certain at times, altho I don't notice other sites this slow either.