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svelteParticipant[quote=zk]
Nothing in either of those articles says a vaccine is “unlikely to work.”
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There is some concern that we won’t find one. That is possible. But likely? If anyone is saying that it’s likely that we won’t find one that works (and I haven’t read anyone saying that) they’re in the minority.[/quote]
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“unlikely to work” = “won’t find one” = “won’t find one that works”.
If we “find” a vaccine and it doesn’t work, then it wasn’t a vaccine, was it?
svelteParticipantWhat DWCAP says sounds spot on. I have no doubt s/he’s right.
svelteParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=svelte][quote=scaredyclassic]I have 4 cats, each eats at least a gopher a day, maybe 2. Still too many gophers. Will think on it. Could be reason to live, in retirement ,battling gophers. Caddyshack.[/quote]
You could keep the cacti in plastic pots, like nurseries do with their plants. Bigger up front costs but makes transportation easier and less risky to the plant at time of sale, and pretty much eliminates the gopher issue.[/quote]
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Of course, then you have another problem….the pots “growing legs” in the middle of the night and walking into a thief’s trunk…gotta deal with varmints of one kind or another…
svelteParticipant[quote=sdrealtor][quote=The-Shoveler]IMO Family gatherings are highest risk.
Studies say you’re more likely to get coronavirus from family than strangers
Studies say you’re more likely to get coronavirus from family than strangers
Walking on beach probably fairly low risk.[/quote]
Only because thats who you spend most of your time close to. Spend time near strangers and I doubt the risk is lower[/quote]
yeah its like that old statistic that most car accidents happen within (x) miles of your house…that’s because thats where people do most of their driving!
My son was telling me it’s not only who you come in contact with, but for how long…risk goes up with length of time. Sounds true to me. Which may also explain why getting it from family members is becoming common.
svelteParticipant[quote=Coronita]Things are bad in Florida right now. My company is headquartered there, we are a small company, and each day, there is a email that goes about about someone taking medical leave due to covid. The latest was a PM that got infected, along with 20 family/relative members, I think because they decided to do a summer get together, and one person was infected and asymptotic[/quote]
I thought states opening was a good idea, but that was under the assumption everyone would wear masks.
Since folks aren’t doing that in many areas, especially when around family, it is probably a good idea to shut back down.
My family in Northern CA went through similar…they were starting to hold gatherings then one person got it and all family gatherings are now canceled. Luckily that one person didn’t spread it to the rest of the family as near as we can tell. We got lucky.
svelteParticipantCan’t say I’m surprised. When we went to Temecula virtually no one was wearing a mask.
If you’re wearing a mask and shield, you’ll be easy to recognize!
svelteParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic]I have 4 cats, each eats at least a gopher a day, maybe 2. Still too many gophers. Will think on it. Could be reason to live, in retirement ,battling gophers. Caddyshack.[/quote]
You could keep the cacti in plastic pots, like nurseries do with their plants. Bigger up front costs but makes transportation easier and less risky to the plant at time of sale, and pretty much eliminates the gopher issue.
svelteParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=sdrealtor][quote=scaredyclassic]The prices of columnar cacti at nurseries i visit are so high. I saw a 5 footer for 200$ imagine having a 1000 of them![/quote]
Imagine trying to sell a 1000 of them[/quote]
they sell as they grow, very slowly.[/quote]Watch out for gophers.
https://www.farmprogress.com/irrigation/cactus-farming-future-california
svelteParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic]
It was 100 % clear to me at age 13, after attending early conventions, that a substantial investment in comics would be profitable. Just look at the numbers, the growth, the market excitement!
[/quote]Totally agree and that’s why I’m not so sold on the real value of a stock being its expected return over decades. It is hard enough for companies to make 5 year plans.
Anybody who tries to understand what a company’s returns will be decades down the road is probably going to be incorrect.svelteParticipant[quote=sdrealtor][quote=svelte][quote=sdrealtor]Anyone selling broad based predictions in RE is throwing lots of sh@t at the wall hoping somehting sticks. RE is about making good decisions and beating the market. [/quote]
Doesn’t the first sentence make the second sentence a crap shoot?[/quote]
Life can be a crap shoot but ignoring the pundits and focusing on the details and data one can make better decisions[/quote]
Oh I definitely listen to the pundits with a great deal of skepticism. But I think sometimes they enlighten me, or remind me, of long term trends I may forget in the day-to-day battleground of life.
And while all real estate is local, long term national trends certainly affect local real estate to some degree. I think his point of baby boomer downsizing is worth considering, as are the effects of 6 month and 12 month forbearance and how homeowners might react. Given the pent-up demand in San Diego, these events may have less effect on SD home prices than elsewhere in the nation, but they are worth keeping in mind.
Some of us on here do have real estate in other locations.
svelteParticipant[quote=sdrealtor]Anyone selling broad based predictions in RE is throwing lots of sh@t at the wall hoping somehting sticks. RE is about making good decisions and beating the market. [/quote]
Doesn’t the first sentence make the second sentence a crap shoot?
svelteParticipantI stumbled across this video today. Don’t know the guy at all so he may be just a salesman with no real insight, but I think his logic on what the housing market is going to do sounds plausible.
10% of mortgages in forebearance right now.
20% of jobs lost never coming back.
And I guess I wasn’t paying attention, but the CARES act gives 6 months of forebearance with an option for another 6 months after that.
Given that COVID is growing again right now, it is not at all clear things will get back to “normal” soon.
svelteParticipantHere’s a better description, but the photos still don’t tell even show a fraction of the collection.
Apparently 530 cacti were trucked to Lotusland from Dunlap’s property. This page talks about what is involved with replanting them.
https://www.lotusland.org/gardens/the-gardens/cactus-garden/
https://www.lotusland.org/gardens/the-gardens/cacti-euphorbias/
svelteParticipantIf you love cactus, then you have to visit Lotusland in Montecito. They have the most spectacular cactus area I have ever seen, donated by Merritt Dunlap in 1999. His entire collection was carefully moved to Lotusland so it could be enjoyed after his death. One can spend 30 min – 1 hr just walking through the cactus.
There are some photos of it here, mixed in with the rest of the photos of the grounds, but it really doesn’t do the cactus collection justice. You have to see it to believe it.
We’re members there.
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