At Last! Retiring for GOOD!

My back is hurting - I think it's just a mild strain, not major organic damage, but I'm taking it easier this weekend. I wasn't able to show up at the 2017 ARRL Field Day for my radio club, but I couldn't take a chance on making it worse. I didn't even go to church this morning. Like I said, taking it REALLY easy. Our cable is out - the lawn guy accidentally cut the cable, so, until around 4 pm today, we're off the grid - at least for Dish. I'm using the Roku, which works off our OTHER cable, for Internet. I've found an interesting program, The Man in the High Castle . It's a sci-fi look at what America would have looked like, had Hitler won. It's based on a story by Phillip Dick. It's another one of the Amazon Prime offerings - no charge for Prime customers (which, about 6 out of 10 people in the US are). I was blown away by the first of the Prime shows I found - Z - The Beginning of Everything.  I'm just waiting impatiently fo...

Coffee - Bad? Apparently, NOT. This process has been going on for many years: Some medical study is made about health. Popularizers exaggerate the effects shown in the study, and inflate the core results into a program to improve/extend healthy lives. Eventually, the government gets on board, and mandates changes to diet, exercise, medication regimens, or medical procedures. After years of pushing the system on the general public, an honest re-evaluation of the effects is made, and - guess what? The advice is found to be completely wrong. Repeat Repeat Repeat Diet advice has gone from: Calorie reduction Exercise Low-fat High-carb Low-carb At the present, the low-carb forces appear to be on top. Never fear, they'll find out eventually that positive effects have been exaggerated, and the negatives minimized. Same with exercise. I'm not against regular movement and activity. What I'm against is mandating the same thing for everyone. The down side...