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I had my yearly cardiologist appointment yesterday and he said my valve sounded great, was working as it should. He was also happy with my cholesterol from last fall and that I'm walking/running regularly. I bet I'm not his "normal" patient. The tissue valve will be 8 this summer. Still working...

SB, they're starting to open up our area now. Some retail stores to open but only for sidewalk pick up. Beaches to open for the walking paths and crossing to go swimming or surfing. Many restaurants are already doing take home. My favorite is take home Margaritas on Tuesday night after our run...

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

The hospitalizations have gone up since the middle of the month. Continuing to increase. I wonder how much is related to Easter family gatherings. The number of days for the positive tests to double is 19. Deaths are low compared to Riverside County with a similar population. The beaches that...

I think Spring is finally here. The birds are all making noise and I think we have a pair of doves nesting in the backyard. The weather is warm now, no more rain. This past weekend I spent a couple hours repairing our gas grill. The ignitor was bad so I replaced it. Also ordered some heat...

Steve, glad to hear you're back at ham radio. I've been turning on my radios more lately. My main radio is a classic 1960's Hammarlund with lots of tubes. I've been watching how California is doing during this pandemic. Orange County is around 17 days to double the positive tests. But it's...

Interesting topic on managing photos etc. I'm working on scanning in work and hobby related papers. They're going onto memory sticks. At some point I want to get a back up system with a pair of hard drives. A friend does that, hard drive swapped once a month after all the files are transferred...

Only if the cheesecloth is impregnated with Limburger cheese to help with that social distancing zone.

All is well here. I'm still working from home but I think I'll go in a couple half days next week. Walking or running every day. Weight is still down. We're only eating two meals a day. Not that hungry. The rain finally stopped and it was nice out the last 2 days. I hear rain on Friday. I'm...

I'm going to use a classic blue bandana so that I look like a cowboy or 19th century wild west bank robber.

I work in an electronics lab environment doing failure analysis on semiconductor devices. We have lots of hands-on toys. I have to work in the lab part of the time but can write reports at home. My drive is 80 minutes each way too. Retirement is 3 years away but I think I'll semi-retire this...

We're doing well here. I'm working from home only for the next two weeks and then evaluate after that. It's been raining the past couple days so walks have been short. I saw some sunshine briefly so hope it will clear up today. I need a long walk/run. Weight has been down 178-180 range, down...

I talked to my primary care physician today and he agreed that I shouldn't go into work. Told my boss I would work from home the next two weeks. He was fine with it. The county where I work is experiencing an increase and I think the risk these next two weeks is too high. The county where I live...

I watched a couple minutes of both. Nice ride, where are the cows in the road? We have been running with our group on Tuesday night, Sat and Sun mornings. Then tailgating with beach chairs in a parking lot afterwards. Someone called the police on us today. He drove thru and said he had no...

Fred, after reading your description I almost called to sign up for a stent even though I don't need one. :)

The health data hasn't really been publicized, probably due to privacy laws. Here is the County that I work in. Not as many graphs. Click on a city on the map to see the details. But they do show 4.7 days to double. I read cities in Northern California were around 8 days and they need it at 10...

Here is a link for the county I live in. Pretty good info on a small population. https://occovid19.ochealthinfo.com/coronavirus-in-oc

I'm at work today. Every day there are changes. They take our temperature when we come in the building now. About half of us are working from home full time and some of the others part time. Stairwells dedicated to going up or down only. Cafeteria chairs and tables removed to make 6 foot...

I'm still working, going in 2-3 times a week for a half day. Then the rest of the day at home. And I'm still getting out to walk or run. Just finished a 3 mile walk today. Very little extra trips out of the house. We are mostly eating in. Good to hear from you SB. Everyone stay safe.

I'm on warfarin because my body reacted to something on the tissue valve and started to cover it with blood. The leaflet eventually was too thick to move. Luckily my surgeon had seen this once before and had a good idea what to do. It took about 6 weeks for this to show up after going off...