Hello, Geezer coming back to this forum. Paul B
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Vinny Kreyling
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Looking Good Paul.
I've never seen the Wallaby.
I see you got a Tee Shirt.
I've never seen the Wallaby.
I see you got a Tee Shirt.
Just thought I'd post this. There's a lot of beneficial phages or virus'. Using phages for bacterial infections was a thing a century ago but antibiotics stole the show about 50-60 years ago. I can't help but think the mud Paul collects from tidepools with it's load of beneficial bacteria and phages is one reason for his success. Search "phage therapy" or "phage antibacterial" for more info.
Paul B
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It could be. I think we have to get away from the idea that everything has to be clean. The ocean is not clean and has everything in there including but not limited to the first mate on Columbus underwear, ear wax from all those unfortunate people on the Titanic and maybe Jimmy Hoffa's shoes.
The ocean "floor" is made of dirt. OK sand, but it buts up against golf courses, air ports and Martha Stewarts garden.
I myself feed these as well as all sorts of other things which carry dirt which equals bacteria supporting immunity.
I collected about 25 this morning on my wet walk.
The ocean "floor" is made of dirt. OK sand, but it buts up against golf courses, air ports and Martha Stewarts garden.
I myself feed these as well as all sorts of other things which carry dirt which equals bacteria supporting immunity.
I collected about 25 this morning on my wet walk.
vlangel
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Good thinking Patrick! I think I will do that as well next time I get fish.Kudoes to Paul to figure a new way.
@Paul B who is the super model in the picture with you.
Dawn,
When I purchase livestock from LFS, I have them write specific gravity of water in bag. Then I calibrate swing arm and refractometer at home.
vlangel
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It looks to me that that earthworm is the one in heaven! LOLMy fish areView attachment 32399560 in Heaven.And immune
Paul, sometimes I think you make up some of these “facts” !
Martha lives on my street, and we (and the garden) are 20 miles from the ocean!
Paul B
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Last night, or actually this morning at 3:00am I hear: "YOU HAVE A REMINDER, THE COMPUTER GEEK IS COMING OVER TO FIX THE COMPUTER"
It was the Alexa on the other side of my house. When I set the reminder I neglected to tell it PM and not AM and usually the thing asks me but I was probably sipping a glass of Grand Marnier and didn't pay attention to it and said something like : "Whatever".
10 Seconds later the Alexa in our bedroom says the same thing. (This is a condo and not real big but my 2 Alexa's seem to be in different time zones because they tell me the same thing 10 seconds apart.)
I quickly get out of bed so as not to wake my wife and I put my mouth right near it's "ear" and whisper. "Alexa, Shut Up"
The thing lights up and says: "SORRY, I DIDN'T GET THAT. YOU CAN ASK ME THINGS LIKE, HOW DO YOU SHUT THE DOOR, OR WHATS UP OR ASK THE TIME IN COOS BAY OREGON OR, WHAT WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER" WAS THAT HELPFUL?"
I looked around and my wife just stirred a little. I again whispered to Alexa, "Alexa, thank you, go to sleep, stop talking.
Alexa again lit up and said:
I DIDN'T GET THAT, I CAN PLAY AMBIENT SOUNDS TO PUT YOU TO SLEEP OR LOUD SOUNDS TO WAKE YOU UP. I CAN PLAY ROY ORBISON MUSIC OR TELL YOU FACTS ABOUT NANCY PELOSI. DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? "
Alexa, No and thank you.
"SORRY, I COULDN'T HELP YOU, BUT THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK:
So I finally got it to shut up.
Then I hear the other Alexa in the dining room but it is far away so I run there to see what it wants. It is still reminding me of the computer Geek.
I close the bedroom door and hope we can't hear it. But these doors were probably from Home Depot and made out of three or four layers of Scott toilet tissue. The good three ply ones but it didn't matter, I can still hear her.
Then I hear: BEEP. Aparently if Alexa thinks you didn't hear her, she just Beeps all night about every 2 minutes. BEEP,,,,,,,,,BEEP,,,,,,BEEP ETC.
Try to sleep with that. So I go to the thing and say :Alexa, Thank you, now be quiet. She says "THANK ME FOR WHAT? YOU HAVE NO MORE REMINDERS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR YOUR REMINDERS.
Nooooooooooo. Alexa, just go to sleep.
"WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PLAY AMBIENT SOUNDS BLAH, BLAH,BLAH "
I unplugged her and go back to bed
"BEEP,,,,,BEEP,,,,,,BEEP"
Every 2 minutes "BEEP,,,BEEP,,,,BEEP.
I put the pillow over my head. I thought maybe I just dreamt that I unplugged her so I go to check. Yep, the plug is on the floor so I head back to my bed.
"BEEP"
Oh no. Now what do I do? It's 3:05 am and I don't want to get up. I figure maybe I am getting abducted by Aliens or worse "Liberals".
I go back into the kitchen and again check Alexa. She is dead. Then I look around and on the stove, the timer is saying, "Dinner is done" and beeping.
My wife shutoff the oven yesterday but apparently the timer was still on.
So now I am not sure if I am awake typing this, or in an Alien Space Ship in a galaxy far far away.
. . . So now I am not sure if I am awake typing this, or in an Alien Space Ship in a galaxy far far away.
Hmmm, if it helps, I can confirm you're on a space ship traveling about 30 kps.
Paul B
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As I was mesmerized looking at my reef I decided to peruse the net. I googled my name to look for an article I wrote years ago, but I couldn't find it. Instead I found one of my homes while in Viet Nam. I was on 14 of these Firebases. This one was called Fire Support Base Illingworth and I don't have fond memories of it.
I think (but I am not positive) that the bunker on the left was mine. They all looked basically the same. It was kind of an English Tutor. This is right after a particularly nasty 5 hour firefight which is why everything is blown up.
These are some of the guys I was with, again, right after the battle. I may have taken these pictures, But I am not sure.
I think (but I am not positive) that the bunker on the left was mine. They all looked basically the same. It was kind of an English Tutor. This is right after a particularly nasty 5 hour firefight which is why everything is blown up.
These are some of the guys I was with, again, right after the battle. I may have taken these pictures, But I am not sure.
BeanAnimal
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Was the m110 always parked in your driveway, or did it move around the cul-de-sac?
Paul B
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My Daughter bought me this painting from the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. It's from Coney Island and says Pauls Daughter. Actually there is a place on the Coney Island boardwalk named Pauls Daughter and this is a realistic painting of the place.
I was born near there.
I was born near there.
Without a doubt, pathogen immunity to antibiotics is a serious medical issue that will continue to plague life on earth. When I googled “phage therapy”, I got this
Phage therapy: An alternative to antibiotics in the age of multi-drug resistance
The practice of phage therapy, which uses bacterial viruses (phages) to treat bacterial infections, has been around for almost a century. The universal decline in the effectiveness of antibiotics has generated renewed interest in revisiting this practice. ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Phage therapy: An alternative to antibiotics in the age of multi-drug resistance
The practice of phage therapy, which uses bacterial viruses (phages) to treat bacterial infections, has been around for almost a century. The universal decline in the effectiveness of antibiotics has generated renewed interest in revisiting this practice. ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PHAGE BIOLOGY BASICS
Phages are simple, yet incredibly diverse, non-living biological entities consisting of DNA or RNA enclosed within a protein capsid. As naturally-occurring bacterial parasites, phages are incapable of reproducing independently (i.e., non-living) and are ultimately dependent on a bacterial host for survival. Phages typically bind to specific receptors on the bacterial cell surface, inject their genetic material into the host cell, and then either integrate this material into the bacterial genome (so-called “temperate” phages) and reproduce vertically from mother to daughter cell, or hijack the bacterial replication machinery to produce the next generation of phage progeny and lyse the cell (so-called “lytic” phages). Upon reaching a critical mass of phage progeny, which can be anywhere from a few to over 1000 viral particles, depending on environmental factors, the lytic proteins become active and hydrolyze the peptidoglycan cell wall, releasing novel phage to reinitiate the lytic cycle[18,19].
Paul B
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I took my Daughter and Grand Son freshwater fishing. There isn't many places for fresh water fishing here as we are surrounded by salt water but I found one. My Daughter caught this bluegill. Some millennials came by and the girl asked if we caught anything. I said Yes, we caught a barracuda.
She said "Really!. I know she believed we caught a barracuda in this little 4' deep pond.
She said "Really!. I know she believed we caught a barracuda in this little 4' deep pond.
