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As far as I can tell, corrections officers and those such as sheriff’s deputies who serve as CO in country jails have NOT been vaccinated yet, per the articles I found. It seems they might be...

I don’t know if the prison staff have already be vaccinated. Was planning on researching that tonight.

The IL gov has said that prisoners, regardless of age or health conditions, are going to be prioritized in the next round of vaccinations. People on a mainstream local news/talk station are up in...

Rosa sorry you had so much trouble but the way you wrote it was pretty amusing.

That Biden travel ban removal has to do with Trump bans on travel from Muslim countries.

I find it interesting that it was two left leaning members who left.

Anyone who is smart about it, will have the taxes taken out from each unemployment check. That’s what I did.

Ugh. Just read it was for the extra $600. Which I got for every week I was out of work....

The UK strain has just been detected in IL for the first time. Someone in the Chicago area who traveled to the UK.

Wow!

I hate the taste of my tap water. What I do is put it in a glass jug in the fridge and let it get really cold. That totally improves the taste. I don’t buy water for at home use except for distilled...

I like Miss Read’s Fairacre series so much better. Have all of them in paperback. There’s about 20 of those.

I’ll have to check out Barbara Pym. I think you’re the second person to recommend them...

Got the NYT digital subscription yesterday and read through the app. Forgot how much I liked it. Worth the $8/month.

Reading the Thrush Green series by Miss Read. Set in a small English village after World War II. Very cozy. Comfort reads. The Hoopla app through my library seems to have all of them. I’m on the 4th...

My favorite Chinese brand name is Apeman. It’s the brand for cheap, but adequate GoPro knockoff cameras. I got one for $70 off Amazon a few years ago for diving.

Just a thought.

Iris, you might be better off with a thermal urn/pitcher that would keep your water hot. I looked at the kettles on Amazon and I only found one that keeps the water hot for 30 min. That’s the...

Lovely!

This is pretty much me. Higher utility bills, but not by much. This winter has been pretty mild so far so I've been keeping the heat pretty low. I'm not driving for work, but I'll drive to dive,...

When the vent hood over the stove broke in my apartment, I asked the landlord if he would replace it with a vent/microwave combo. He did. I love it. I have a nuker and I have counter space. I'd not...

I may have to get a NYT digital subscription again. Thanks.

I will say the NYT has the best newspaper app I’ve come across. The Trib’s has always been horrid.

IL, I’ve been selling some scuba gear online and the boxes from incoming orders have been recycled for the stuff I’ve sold.

I have a journalism degree and was a reporter for 18 months in the early 90s.

I used to love the Chicago Tribune. They’ve gone through a number of owners and staff just keeps getting cut. They’re...

I love percale so will have to check those out for summer.

I’ll be doing an ice diving class this winter.

A few years ago there were a bunch of ice fishers that got caught on a big piece of ice that broke off and floated away on Lake Erie, if I remember...