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Registered on:9/15/2011
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My son caught it in Thailand this summer. No treatment, just a week of fever and lethargy. There's a point 4-5 days in where if can become hemorrhagic. That's when it gets serious. Supposedly, the second time you get it is when people are at higher risk, and there are 4 strains. You only get...
In the late 80's I interviewed for a consulting job with a major firm. Me (engineer) and two big school MBA's were put in a room and given a test. Using a dozen functions from a fictious programming language and we had to write code to do some simple tasks. And while they could tell you quarterly...

re: Last ever 747 delivery flight path

Posted by ohieaux on 2/1/23 at 3:59 pm
Looks bumpy with the elevations and airspeed, but really cool. :usa:...
SW canceled our leg back to Ohio for tomorrow already. Reroute had us MSY-ATL-(77 hour layover)-MCO-CMH. Found a Delta out of BTR the next day for only 25000 ff miles/person. Glad the rental car was only $50 more to drop off at BTR, but SW really lost some goodwill on this. ...
Every time at the Walmart Self Checkout. I saw a woman, obviously in her 80's, get carded there. ...

re: Causes of death in London, 1632.

Posted by ohieaux on 11/21/22 at 12:14 pm
[quote]A cause of death of "Suddenly" seems like the coroner just gave up. [/quote] That could be heart attack or stroke....

re: Best car commercials

Posted by ohieaux on 10/24/22 at 3:45 pm
[link=(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW8iAVwt_Yc&ab_channel=UkraineArsenal)]Trunk Monkey[/link]...

re: Why the hate for Ohio

Posted by ohieaux on 10/15/22 at 1:11 pm
[quote]Who says I am going to retire in Ohio[/quote] Sure as heck not going to retire here, but it's not a bad place to live and not get shot. Oh, and Joe Burrow was from down the road....
This youtuber explains why the English language is such a mess. A lot of etymology on old languages that formed English, as well as how US English and UK are different. [link=(https://www.youtube.com/c/RobWords)]Link[/link]...
Since Drudge went to crap, the O-T and Poli Boards are about the best place to find news that the MSM won't cover....
I count 4 in the US. [quote]St. Louis - U.S. 60.59 ... Baltimore - U.S. 50.52 ... San Juan - Puerto Rico 42.36 ... Detroit - U.S. 38.78[/quote]...
[quote] It is 100% about government regulation, and how the car performs on the EPA fuel economy test loop.[/quote] That's why I bought a VW....
Wife bought me one a few months ago. Nice watch, band was easy to adjust at home w/o pulling out my watch tools. It looks solid, keeps time and will likely last a while. Since I wear a Garmin Fenix every day. I'll likely never wear the Holzkern....
54, run every day. Pace is 9:20 mile or half marathon. It's all about the same. PR post 50 is 8....

re: Meat in Freezer

Posted by ohieaux on 8/30/21 at 4:53 pm
[quote]sending a fax to someone in Ohio to check on[/quote] You need a fax number?...

re: Things Every Man Should Know

Posted by ohieaux on 5/19/21 at 6:23 am
Quite a few cars still come with manual transmissions. I'm partial to the GTI. Last year, I broke my wrist on vacation and no one in my traveling party could drive a stick. We had to recruit a friend to come up 75 miles to the airport to drive us home. ...
[quote]I've been in and out of Columbus my whole life, and I don't know anything about any barbeque there. I guarantee if someone recommended something in Columbus, you'd go there and say, "It's all right."[/quote] City BBQ is legit. Brisket is as good as any I've had in Tx....

re: Confessions of a Time Traveler

Posted by ohieaux on 3/16/21 at 5:43 am
[quote]quote: You think anyone remembers the Super Bowl 1000 years ago? [quote] Yea that was Brady’s first title[/quote] [/quote] 1000 before that, I think most if them went to the Lions....
[quote]The Business degree wasn't even a real college degree until 1974/post-Vietnam.[/quote] The first Business school in the US started almost 140 years ago. I'd need to do some research, but I'm guessing Commerce degrees preceded them a few years. Clearly there's some fluff in most busines...