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Thanks, but I’m okay. That said, there are many news stories about it. A typical big storm: Lots of people without power, crews working as fast as...

Relatives from the midwest are always surprised at the number of older cars they see here that aren’t all rusted out. People still replace cars here...

It was just light enough to look around outside. I saw something, large but not huge in the road outside my house. It turned out to be a palm frond...

Well, Sacramento is getting serious weather now. There is one of those “atmospheric rivers” they talk about these days with plenty of rain, which is...

Incidentally, I see a couple of question marks in a black background in your post, cannongray. I’m guessing those were special characters that didn’t...

Well, John Glenn flew on the shuttle at 77 and that’s older than this fellow. No doubt there are fitness requirements, but as long as you can swing...

Oh, and it would have no international partners. Sure, international partners are a good thing for a symbol of international cooperation, but it...

It will be interesting to see, starting with whether it gets done. Its scope isn’t the same as the ISS, transport is cheaper, technology is newer,...

Good to see it really looks like it is happening. For some of these things, they talk about what they plan to do, but it never happens, usually...

I hadn’t heard of it either. I am familiar with nann bread, though. I believe Indian food is a fair bit more popular in the UK. I never had any...

CNN is not a good place to get astronomy news. At best, if you see something there, try to find more about it at more serious astronomy news sites. ...

Yes, I’ve read analyses that there is room in the market for maybe two small rocket launcher companies, but probably not three, and perhaps just one....

Those would be very short notes. As I said above, I haven’t been near any human since my store visit and there isn’t a lot I can say about that...

His videos came up in my recommendation list some time ago, and I occasionally watch them. He talks positively about almost everything he eats, but...

Thanks. I’m feeling good so far, and the fever (without Tylenol) is 100.1F, so a definite decline from before. If it isn’t COVID-19, I’m curious...

To be sure, people have to learn different strategies when using social media, and many just haven’t. I am constantly astonished at the number of...

I’m trying to figure out how they could trace who gave it to me, given that I made a point of avoiding close contact, and there were a decent number...

Well, I think I have it. Symptoms, so far, are mild. I made the mistake of going to a store rather than having groceries delivered this time. I...

I would guess it is more about how much mass would be available in a fairly small volume to grow a black hole.

But what are they going to if China, Russia, India, or a company based outside of the US decides to land a rover next to an Apollo site, and have it...

Ouch! I haven’t heard of that before, but the symptoms sound like what I had when trying to wear contacts. The pebble under the eyelid feeling is...

By the way, how did the house cat knock you to the floor? I’ve been tripped by a cat, but not knocked down.

Heh. Rosie as in the Jetsons’ Rosie the Robot?

This is a case where they do make ‘em better than they used to. It’s almost embarrassing for NASA hardware to fail that quickly.

It would be nice if they explained what the breakthrough was supposed to be. Also, they haven’t had a test flight yet, which strikes me as important.

I knew exactly what scene that would be. I can mostly recite it from memory.

Ah, that’s too bad. She was 65, so not that old. JMS has talked about the “B5 curse” where a number of the main cast have died. Richard Biggs...

When I was a teenager we had some toy Pomeranians. One of them had a habit of eating things too big for her, so we tried to watch the size of food...

I’ll be interested to see. I can’t remember hearing Sanders ever say anything about space. If I had to guess from what I have heard from him in...

Because people like to talk about it. It’s far from the only subject where nothing solid can be said but people have pet positions and like to argue...