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Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Steph L. - Dec 20, 2021 11:38:28 am PST #11520 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Project N95 on Twitter: [link] ; website: [link]

You can buy real, NIOSH approved N95 masks and more, at good prices.

Thanks, Cindy! I definitely want to get N95s for Tim, who is also taking immunosuppressants. He's fully vaxxed, including the 3rd dose, plus has some natural immunity from having Covid, but we're all obviously finding out, practically every day, that we don't know what we don't know about the coronavirus. So since he works with a lot of people, he always wears a mask, but so far it's been KN95s. Time to switch to N95s.


JenP - Dec 20, 2021 11:41:34 am PST #11521 of 30000

Cindy, you are awesome (for many reasons), and thank you for this great info!

How are you and yours doing these days?


JenP - Dec 20, 2021 11:43:09 am PST #11522 of 30000

Teppy, I'm so sorry for all of this that Tim's dad, your dad, and you all are going through. I hear echoes of some of the crap we went through with my mom's care and place, and it's enraging, and frustrating, and sad, and I'm sorry for all of you.


Topic!Cindy - Dec 20, 2021 11:52:38 am PST #11523 of 30000
What is even happening?

Teppy, one of the N95 mask brands that Project 95 carries is from Indiana Face Mask.

Indiana Face Mask is listed for $35.00 for a box of 25 (which is a pretty good price). [link]

I happened upon Indiana Face Mask's own website yesterday, and you can buy a box of 25 for $25 (I don't know about shipping). [link]

We haven't bought that brand yet. I tried two brands (DemTech and Protective Health Gear) that were available and affordable before Chris started the fall semester, and then because he liked them, and they fit well, we just stuck with them.

No matter which brand you choose, one thing to consider is how Tim wears his hair, if it is still long.

N95 straps go around the back of the head. They're not ear loops. You can work with this, but some people with long hair don't like to. That's why we settled on KF94s for my daughter (my preference would be that we all wear N95s, any time we are out in public).


Topic!Cindy - Dec 20, 2021 11:55:07 am PST #11524 of 30000
What is even happening?

Cindy, you are awesome (for many reasons), and thank you for this great info!

How are you and yours doing these days?

Sorry I missed this before, Jen. We're doing all right. I feel better now that Christopher has had that third Covid shot (and, unlike his Tdap booster this summer) it didn't land him in the hospital.

I have a little good news I was waiting to share, but what the heck. sj and Cashmere know, already.

My oldest son is engaged to be married. I think they might be booking their wedding for October 2022, but that's not yet final.


Steph L. - Dec 20, 2021 12:05:19 pm PST #11525 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Cindy, that's exciting news about your son's engagement! Congratulations!


Topic!Cindy - Dec 20, 2021 12:19:36 pm PST #11526 of 30000
What is even happening?

Thank you, Tep. He'll only be 26 in January, which past-me would have said feels young, but they've been together since their senior year in college and we just love her. We also love them together. They work. So we're just thrilled. It's nice to have something nice to look forward to.


dcp - Dec 20, 2021 1:04:46 pm PST #11527 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

I bought myself a Christmas present: a 3-D stereogram poster, replacing the one I had in the early '90s that I didn't take with me in a move. I have been regretting that ever since.

It is "Calypso Reef" from NVision Graphix.

The colors and the borders are nice enough, but what I really like about it is that the images of the humpback whale, the dolphins, the birds, the additional fish, the undersea cave, and the extra palm trees are only there if I am actively paying attention to the picture.

I have put a Flickr link in my profile, if you would like to see what I mean.


Sue - Dec 20, 2021 1:17:02 pm PST #11528 of 30000
hip deep in pie

(Coming out of lurkerdom) Cindy, you can search Nova Scotia births up to 1920 online from the Archives. [link]

I've never heard anything about vital statistics records being destroyed in the Explosion. And I worked at the Archives for many years. I mean, if the birth was unregistered and you're looking for church records, you might be SOL. (Going back into lurkerdom)


Toddson - Dec 20, 2021 1:33:20 pm PST #11529 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I saw a news item that Nova Scotia had, once again, sent a Christmas tree to Boston.