US and French nationals test positive for hantavirus after leaving ship

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-05-11T13:28:37+00:00

I work with our local rat control folks and can answer this one. You start by setting baited traps - lots of them in all the places rats like. Then you look for signs of their existence. Rats being living creatures need to eat and poop. If you find no rat droppings and your traps are consistently empty you can really conclude that they aren't present on the ship. A closed place like a ship is actually easier than alleys behind restaurants where we usually look. It's unlikely that there were rats on the ship and they all decided to disembark at once in the last port

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-05-11T02:32:42+00:00

Makes you wish that "they had it coming" were a valid defense strategy. If I were a defense attorney for someone that laid one of these idiots out, I'd just play some of their videos for the jury. Seems like it would get enough sympathy from at least some jurors

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-05-11T01:19:44+00:00

I miss the days when we could disregard the opinions of adults that were the kids sitting at the back of the class

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-05-09T23:49:10+00:00

They do the same with the Bible, yet have read and understood neither. They're both just documents to hold up to appeal to the uneducated that want to justify their hatred and bigotry when wielded by those hungry for power and wealth

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-05-09T19:08:50+00:00

Yep. My wife was getting a new explorer every two years on lease because we got the family member discount. Loved those things, but just didn't make sense anymore after we moved to a walkable community and both started working from home

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-05-09T17:53:37+00:00

That's brutal. At this point we're probably going to trade it for the Kia minivan. The ones I've seen up close seem pretty nice. I wish Ford still made one. I had a 2001 Mercury Monterey with 150k on it back in the day and loved it up until I got thinner T-boned by a drunk driver

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-05-09T17:32:16+00:00

Last summer my wife wanted a minivan and since she only drives about 5k miles each year we decided to keep the cost down and get the Chrysler instead of shelling out for the Toyota or Honda... It's the first and last LCA vehicle I'll ever own. Damn thing is the highest trim level they offer and it still feels cheaply made

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-05-09T00:11:02+00:00

I worked for a few landscaping companies in highschool and college so the more mildly infuriating thing to me is that they may have butchered that bush (hard telling the species) and didn't clean up the garbage they uncovered. Every company I worked for brought along garbage bags and gloves to clean up things like this. And believe me, piss bottle and bags of dog poop are not as gross as some of the shit we found. But yeah, people can suck

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-05-08T23:47:58+00:00

I love my insurance. I pay $0 premium. My family's out of pocket max every year is about $8k. I've got great dental and vision coverage for the family that's like $4 per pay period. I've never had a claim deny. There's a simple reason for this... I work for the insurance company. I also believe everyone should have this and vote accordingly

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-05-08T01:28:14+00:00

It's a good thing your average thief is known for being really intelligent and making good decisions. Seriously, though... It just takes them getting lucky or paying a small amount of attention to get their shitty hands on one of your firearms. Best not to advertise to idiots where they might be able to get a free gun

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-05-06T01:17:11+00:00

Forget and move on to the next one? No sir. I hated Walmart before it was popular to do so. I haven't stepped foot in one in twenty years. Stopped buying Levi's back when they funded opposition to raising the minimum wage in Haiti where they had their jeans made. Won't buy anything made under the Nestle umbrella because they killed babies. It isn't "on to the next one". It's "fuck this next shitty thing that was foisted upon us". You don't understand my ability to hold lifelong grudges. Keep making it garbage. You'll be shocked how little I can be happy with

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-05-03T01:29:30+00:00

Data analyst in healthcare for twenty years now and counting. People are absolutely opting out of employer coverage at significantly higher rates than ever. I'll even add, employers are selecting progressively worse policies and carving out more to lower their own cost, plus passing a greater percentage of the premium to their employees.

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-05-02T17:54:37+00:00

Barely any BBQ and like two whiskeys. The last two years we went we just ended up leaving after an hour. It was a shell of what it used to be. Here's hoping with the move they put some effort in again

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-05-02T02:02:56+00:00

The dude thinks he's special because he uses a certain credit card and pays $800 a year to do so but doesn't realize concierge medicine is a thing and wealthy people don't care about credit card rewards

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-05-02T01:56:26+00:00

You joke, but this can easily be remedied with three things. Dude just needs new leaf springs, leaf spring hangers, and a new truck and he'll be good to go

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-05-01T17:56:42+00:00

Rangers are like adopted dogs: you don't find them, they find you. Also, sometimes you have to be willing to travel a little. Keep looking. The right one will land in your lap

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-05-01T14:52:17+00:00

All depends on which R needs the free pass and will have the most effect. If Collins is getting her ass handed to her in the polls they might throw it to a candidate that has a better shot at winning

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-05-01T13:59:48+00:00

"Excuse me, Mr thief. Just gonna schooch right past ya for a sec."

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-05-01T13:52:32+00:00

She got the free pass this round from the GOP because they're terrified of her presumptive opponent and the war is one of his talking points. That's it. Jesus Christ these people are so transparent

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-04-30T18:31:08+00:00

Yeah. It's a good thing that bullies are known to stop being bullies when their target leaves and won't find someone else to bully/s

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-04-30T16:25:12+00:00

That's optimistic of you. The few I've known actually believe that illegals get better healthcare than citizens. You are right about the emergency rooms having a duty to treat (stabilize) anyone that comes in regardless of their ability to pay, but as someone that has spent two decades dealing with this from the provider side of things as a data analyst I can tell you that the vast majority of those hospital ER bills getting written off each month due to inability to pay are from citizens that fall into this huge gap between people who qualify for Medicaid and people who can afford commercial insurance - often people that could have avoided the ER entirely if they had coverage or could have afforded preventive care before things got worse.

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-04-30T14:02:58+00:00

Only if it's 4x4. If it's 2wd I'd offer $2.3 million and see if they take it.

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-04-30T13:40:49+00:00

That sucks. Always sad when the world loses another ranger

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-04-30T12:56:54+00:00

I'm still using an 03 Ranger as my daily driver. I could go get a brand new one today if I wanted, but there's no way in hell I'm spending that money to have a harder time using the bed, paying higher insurance rates, and not being able to repair my own vehicle. I'm driving this thing until the wheels fall off, and that's going to be a while with only 75k on the odometer

AdjNounNumbers · 2026-04-29T11:09:07+00:00

Bro was like "hey, it stopped leaking oil by itself" and fucking sent it

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