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You guys are running late, I changed mine the day after Thanksgiving. (It was easier than putting up Christmas lights)

I believe I had a conversation with the same person a while back. Backed out of a face to face.

One of the "experts" being interviewed a couple of nights ago cautioned against this. He was saying that it sometimes takes up to two weeks for the virus to show up so getting tested shortly after being exposed can lead to a false negative. He recommended getting tested again after a week or two.

Updated "Christmas Story"

I'm pretty sure this is what I had last year around this time. I had all the symptoms except the breathing problem, At that time everything started tasting very salty to me, even a slice of bread. Bacon tasted like a spoon of salt in my mouth . It's not as bad now but I've learned what to stay away from. My wonderful bacon is history.

Looks great, you did good

Things might be coming to a head. From 2 days ago. NRA Acknowledges Improper Executive Benefits in New Tax Filing https://www.wsj.com/articles/nra-acknowledges-improper-executive-benefits-in-new-tax-filing-11606341481

Go to Basspro's website and look at Fly Outfits and read the reviews for each. They come with rod, reel, line, line backing and leader. They have a couple of $99 dollar rigs that would serve your needs of him getting his feet wet. Normally, the people working that department know a little about the subject so they would be able to help you with things like what weight rig to get depending on what kind of fishing he will be doing. They also put them on sale frequently so you might want to wait until their Xmas sale but as I said, "read the reviews" Believe it or not but that's about the best place to get a descent quality rig for a reasonable price. It's an addiction. First the fishing, then the fly tying. It's not a cheap hobby if you dive in too deep.

Don't dig them up, transform them

I think we all learned something from that. I started buying as soon as the prices dropped back down to normal.

I'd love to see all elected officials nationwide having to take it before using it on innocent people.

I agree and disagree with this. Even members on this forum have had BGC's come back denied and then approved on appeal. If someone fails just because they have the same name as a felon they should not be reported to the police.

State officials in Illinois are investigating a coronavirus outbreak at a veterans’ nursing home that infected nearly 200 residents and personnel and killed 27 veterans. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office and the state’s Department of Veterans' Affairs are attempting to determine what caused the outbreak at the state-run LaSalle Veterans’ Home, according to multiple reports. https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-veterans-coronavirus-nursing-home-probe

I've had to make this decision twice and knowing the persons wishes helps quite a bit but I can't stress enough the importance of having a Medical Power of Attorney along with the Living Will. Things can come up that are not included in or at least not detailed enough in a Living Will to have the persons wishes carried out. Each document needs to be very specific in the wording because anything in a Living Will cannot be overridden by a Medical Power Of Attorney should the situation come up.

This can be done only when a patient is in pain. What I was getting to in the op was someone that was not in pain but could not do anything for themselves and didn't want to live like that.

Here’s a nice controversial subject. I read an article a while back about another country that has legalized this and at the time didn’t think too much about it, but a case of a Florida hospital not recognizing a man’s “Do not resuscitate” tattoo on his chest jogged my memory about it. After giving it more thought, I’m beginning to warm to the idea. Before someone gets too upset, I’m not talking about putting down Granny when you get tired of caring for her but having the legal right to choose for yourself. I know that there’s some that would be against it because of religious beliefs and I do respect that. For reasons I won’t go into right now, I was a frequent visitor at a nursing home for a number of years. There seemed to be two types of residents there, those that were lying in their beds looking at the ceiling waiting to die and the ones in wheelchairs waiting for the time when they would be confined to bed so they can look at the ceiling. The one thing they all had in common is no one was happy, not one single smile from anyone. I’ve tried to imagine what it would be like to be totally disabled and unable to do anything for myself, whether it be the results of an accident or a debilitating disease, and I wouldn’t want to live like that. I think that a person should be allowed to put into their Living Will a statement something along the lines of: “When I reach the point where I can no longer fill in the blank (feed myself, bath myself, go to the bathroom by myself, etc.) I wish to have my life terminated” and have it honored by law. One big obstacle, along with a few others, would be finding a doctor that would carry out the task because of the Hippocratic Oath they take. Ok, I’m going to go hide in my bunker so I won’t get hit by any bricks being thrown my way.