In the real world news today Thurs, November 29 2018

[frustratedearthmother]

 

[mystang89]

LOL! Some great ideas!

 

[Bruce]

Soup would be a bit of a problem methinks.......

Since you have to heat it in a pot anyway, just put the pot on the table and give everyone a spoon.

 

[greybeard]

I assume we all take hygiene seriously doing what we do.

To a point, that is possibly true, but there is an anomaly in human behavior that goes along the lines of 'It's never happened to me, therefore it won't." We're all guilty of it, as is indicated in the comments of this thread and most I've seen elsewhere regarding the same subject matter.

My complaint about the initial article is not so much that it happened, but that a back yard farmer or flock keeper made the silly and ill thought out public comment to a news agency, basically blowing the numbers and potential risk off. We see the same thing here (this thread's comments) to a great extent. CDC didn't go to the trouble to issue that report for no reason. They're watching..and, they're watching our response.

And, as I've said, regulatory agencies, local, state, and federal have a very long and inexhaustible history of not only protecting the public domain from "us" but are equally adept and ready to set standards and protocol "protecting 'us' from ourselves". (those federally mandated seat belts and air bags you pay for when you buy a new car aren't there to protect 'the other guy')

 

[Sheepshape]

just put the pot on the table and give everyone a spoon.

Too many dirty spoons...... pass the pot around the table either share the spoon or drink from the pot....you've heard of car sharing? Well this is germ sharing.

 

[Bruce]

Oh, yeah, who needs spoons (as long as you let the pot cool appropriately first).

 

[Simpleterrier]

So if u wash your hands and change your clothes after working with animals do u also not take coffee to the barn with u in the morning?

Just a question.

 

[greybeard]

Circa 1965-1966-1967 Vocational AG class.Don't eat or drink while actively feeding or working with livestock. It's one of the 1st learned basics.

 

[Mike CHS]

I can remember our Ag instructor beating that into our heads when I was in High School and he had some real graphic illustrations to push the point even though that part of the industry wasn't as advanced as now.

 

[greybeard]

In the real world news today July 29, Today is National Chicken Wing Day.

Get 'em free or reduced:
http://time.com/money/5351093/free-chicken-wings-deals-national-chicken-wing-day-2018/
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/national-chicken-wing-day-deals-2018



And, we would be remiss not to mention that 60 years ago today, President Eisenhower signed the bill that created NASA.

The successes and failures in space exploration over the last 60 years have been both heartbreaking and astounding and I and those my age are very lucky to have lived in these interesting times. When Grissom, Chafee and White died in the capsule atop the Apollo One rocket, the whole country mourned. The same when Columbia and Challenger were lost. But, things have progressed....Re-landing rockets vertically and re-using them again......something that used to only happen in sci-fi books, magazines and 50s movies.