Apparently the plague vaccine is not terribly effective. This seems to be a VERY thorough discussion of pretty much everything about it, lol: Plague Vaccine Development: Current Research and Future Trends
Did you use Control Panel to swap the mouse buttons? That's how I did it. Control Panel -> Mouse -> Buttons -> Switch Primary and Secondary Buttons. It's been a couple of years, but I think Windows 7 may have called it Setup for Left Handed Configuration instead of Switch. Still the same way to get to it. Typing "Control Panel" in the Cortana Search on the Windows Tool Bar brings it up. I still hate that they removed it from right clicking the Start icon.It's in Control Panel in Win 7; there's an entry for Mouse. I think the problem was that I hit "Apply" instead of "Okay." After hitting "Okay" it worked just fine, until I restarted the computer; then it disappeared again. I should probably call my brother, the computer genius. In fact, I should be calling him anyway; he doesn't know about the wrist.
My guess woud be that your original understanding is flawed, but I don't know enough to say.Okay, so collective group think needed. I heard the reason we have vaccines for things like measles and tetanus but not for strep throat is supposed to be that viruses are just a bit of RNA and the immune system can latch onto that and retain a permanent search and destroy memory, while bacteria are independent living beings and there's no way to have a permanent imprint of a separate living being. Looking through the weird stuff in my shot record, how can there possibly be a plague vaccine? I looked it up, plague actually does refer to bubonic plague, there is a vaccine for it. So....how does it work?
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Still, it's somewhat effective. So how can it work at all but there be no point in a strep or staph vaccine?Apparently the plague vaccine is not terribly effective. This seems to be a VERY thorough discussion of pretty much everything about it, lol: Plague Vaccine Development: Current Research and Future Trends
I had not seen my mom's cat Jack in over two years,but have known and loved him since He was a tiny rescue kitten. He had been abandoned by my brothers ex-girlfriend,and had been living outside for several months when my brother was told what happened by the neighbors. He went and rescued him,and took him to my sister's house.How do our cats know who we are?
Ah, but cats' noses are far, far more sensitive than ours, and no matter what we do, we canNOT rid ourselves of our basic scent. No amount of washing or perfuming will cover it to a nose like theirs. We constantly produce the chemicals that give us our unique scent, even as we shower. I had a blind friend years ago with a phenominal nose. She could walk up to within a foot or two of you and know you by your scent. She said that each person's scent was very evident, and strongest behind the ear, the underarms, and...erm...lower. But that it was a dead giveaway. Now, she could be confused by a very strong perfume, but her nose was nowhere near what a cat's nose is.Same with our scent through bathing/hygiene. We can go out in workout clothes, go to the gym, shower after with travel toiletries that are not our usual brand, go to a store and try perfume/lotion samples and find a brand new nice shirt or jacket we want to wear immediately, hit up an Italian place that puts a ton of garlic in the food, and when we walk in the door before we have a chance to drop the car keys or say anything our cats know that we are us and not strangers.
Oh, isn't that so! We park in driveways, drive on parkways. We send cargo on a ship, and shipments in a car (truck...whatever). We say "mouse/mice" but "house/houses." Any sane language would say "mouse/mice," "house/hice" OR "mouse/mouses," "house/houses." and that doesn't even get into goose/geese and moose/moose!English: Welcome to h*ll.
I am not an immunologist, but I do know that Viruses mutate.. that is why there is not vaccine for the Strep Throat .Okay, so collective group think needed. I heard the reason we have vaccines for things like measles and tetanus but not for strep throat is supposed to be that viruses are just a bit of RNA and the immune system can latch onto that and retain a permanent search and destroy memory, while bacteria are independent living beings and there's no way to have a permanent imprint of a separate living being. Looking through the weird stuff in my shot record, how can there possibly be a plague vaccine? I looked it up, plague actually does refer to bubonic plague, there is a vaccine for it. So....how does it work?
Cats have superior sense of smell. They know us.. they can smell us.. even if we muck up our outer essence. Cats know the innermost essence of our beings..Still, it's somewhat effective. So how can it work at all but there be no point in a strep or staph vaccine?
And another philosophical thought. How do our cats know who we are? We're several feet taller than they are, so they really can only see our face if we sit or they are on a tall shelf. We change our "fur" (clothes) daily. Same with our scent through bathing/hygiene. We can go out in workout clothes, go to the gym, shower after with travel toiletries that are not our usual brand, go to a store and try perfume/lotion samples and find a brand new nice shirt or jacket we want to wear immediately, hit up an Italian place that puts a ton of garlic in the food, and when we walk in the door before we have a chance to drop the car keys or say anything our cats know that we are us and not strangers.
I agree with arouetta The small pay increase, could put you in a different tax bracket, although, I thought there were only a few brackets.. and the difference between them, very steep.I just did my taxes using the H&R Block software. I'm getting a federal refund but half the amount of what I've gotten in previous years The software was fairly easy to use. I just plugged numbers into the boxes. I had to search for a particular section for one tax form I had. Nothing has changed with my wages or anything since last year. Well, a slight pay raise but that wouldn't cause a lower refund would it? Of course, there are tons of new tax laws and stuff now since the presidential election so maybe refunds are just less this year for most people
For state taxes, I owe but I always owe some amount.
I think I might print out a blank tax form and do my taxes the old fashioned way with pen and a calculator just to double check.
I wish I could use Turbo Tax but it no longer supports my ancient OS This year I'm determined to upgrade to a new computer and OS. I know computers don't cost very much these days compared to the $1000+ over a decade ago when I had to buy a laptop for college. It's just finding the time when I'm not bogged down with other more important expenses
The small pay increase probably bumped you up a tax bracket. We had that happen to us last year.I just did my taxes using the H&R Block software. I'm getting a federal refund but half the amount of what I've gotten in previous years The software was fairly easy to use. I just plugged numbers into the boxes. I had to search for a particular section for one tax form I had. Nothing has changed with my wages or anything since last year. Well, a slight pay raise but that wouldn't cause a lower refund would it? Of course, there are tons of new tax laws and stuff now since the presidential election so maybe refunds are just less this year for most people
For state taxes, I owe but I always owe some amount.
I think I might print out a blank tax form and do my taxes the old fashioned way with pen and a calculator just to double check.
I wish I could use Turbo Tax but it no longer supports my ancient OS This year I'm determined to upgrade to a new computer and OS. I know computers don't cost very much these days compared to the $1000+ over a decade ago when I had to buy a laptop for college. It's just finding the time when I'm not bogged down with other more important expenses
That's what confuses me. Measles is a virus and there's a vaccine. Flu is a bunch of viruses and figuring out the predominant 3 is like picking lottery numbers, but there is a vaccine. Strep throat is a bacteria and there is no vaccine. Bubonic plague is a bacteria and yet there is a vaccine. How can a vaccine for one bacteria be over 50% effective but it's not even worth exploring for other bacteria?I am not an immunologist, but I do know that Viruses mutate.. that is why there is not vaccine for the Strep Throat .
That is why it is so hard to predict which strain of the Flu Virus will be predominate each year. The Flu Virus Mutates, and mutates several times.. forming compounds of new viruses each time..
I am not certain if Strep Throat is a virus or a Causative from a virus.. I always thought Strep Throat was a bacterial infection. That is why you need antibiotics to fight it.
As far as hooking on to RNA~~ well, you got me...
Cats have superior sense of smell. They know us.. they can smell us.. even if we muck up our outer essence. Cats know the innermost essence of our beings..
whew!! I am done!!! feeling exhausted from all the brain work!
Sirius and Remus are doing pretty well. Though I think Remus may have conjunctivitis again ugh (one eye is red around the edges and squinty). It seems I may need to take them to the vet again soon. I have heard them sneezing a bit (and a few coughs here and there, not very often- and both of them are eating well) so I am hoping this is all just part of a herpes flare up or something. But of course I will pay whatever I need to to get them healthy.
You have beautiful kitties.
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True. I also refinanced for a shorter mortgage term to save money. So it all works out in the end even if it doesn't look like it now.I think if you look at the dollar amount of the extra interest, remembering that it's reapplied to the principle over and over (usually yearly) then that dollar amount will be more than the total of the extra tax refund for the same number of years. You're getting more money in the end, even though the lump sum amounts are smaller.