Good luck on that one!

Weren't there boatloads of engineers and doctors landing in Europe regularly for the last few years? I bet they're going to be lining up for their half a billion. Fair is fair!

Most all of my old paperbacks (mass market) have become almost unreadable from the browning of the acid paper. My old hardbound textbooks (60+ years) are still in good shape. I would say great shape, but they weren't in that condition when I bought them used for class, sometime fourth or fifth hand, Current paperbacks are usually of such low quality, that I don't bother with them, and the hardbound books aren't a whole lot better. Although it has some drawbacks, I do love my Kobo reader.

Sorry about Cautins -> Cautions

On Mosaic, there was a caution about what you read. I've been unsuccessful in trying to find the full version, and have to fall back on my incomplete memory: "Just because someone wrote it, does not mean that it is true. And just because someone wrote it does not mean that they know it to be true. We try to catch things, such as we know that Smirnoff is not the capitol of Russia, but we can't check everything."

There was advice for parents on there too, about them being responsible for what their children saw or read.

Does anyone have or know the complete version? It seems very appropriate in this age of "mis-information" and "fake news"

I do recall something of this order happening in 1989 or so.

A fellow by the name of Rushdie cranked out a volume by the title of "The Satanic Verses."
Another chappie by the moniker of Khomeini was not at all thrilled with book and placed a death sentence on the head of the aforementioned author.

Seems he didn't read the book either.

I hope Ms. Rabess avoids the same fate.

That's the fact, Jack!

Somehow I don't think fresh air and sunshine come out of the back of one of these things. Anyone got an idea how much CO2 one of these rascals produce?

Tkae a gander at this: https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dls/... But then do you really need a test that can tell the difference between plain ole influenza and Covid-19? Funny, haven't read much at all about this.

For detailed instructions, see "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift.

I lived and worked in Michigan many moons ago. The basis for hiring a new worker was if the current workers needed to exceed 58 hours to meet production, then it was cheaper to hire. The theory was based on overtime pay costs, union benefits, governmental costs (unemployment insurance, social security, workmen's compensation, and whatever else). Workers opinions varied: In Detroit, if you only worked a guy 40 hours, you were starving him and he would start looking for a new place to work; in Ann Arbor 40 hours was the absolute maximum you could get out of an employee. For a bit of perspective, 58 hours paid 40 hours of straight time (regular pay), plus 18 hours at time and a half, 27 hours of straight time, giving you 67 hours pay for the week, that's with or without a union. Most everybody felt you could live a lot better and a lot healthier with over half again as much income. But that was back in the day when men were men, and women were necessary, and bread was a nickle a loaf!