[friday-follies] Anyone up for a Proposition Party?

[Jan P]

On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:

> As a possible point of interest, a fortnight ago while Deirdre and I
> were cooling our heels in Nice waiting to see if our Med. cruise would be
> cancelled (which it was),


​Ouch!​


> Deirdre researched the exact language in
> Prop. 56 concerning e-cigarettes.  I then modified
> http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/election-2016-11-08.html#prop56 to further
> clarify that point.  In a nutshell:
>
> o  State excise tax (a wholesale-level tax) on 'other tobacco products'
>    would be extended to e-cigarettes that contain nicotine or liquid
>    with nicotine (known as e-liquid).  Thus, there is no excise tax on
>    such vaping products that are _not_ bundled with nicotine, and, e.g.,
>    you could continue to vape herbal mixtures all the livelong day, without
>    paying The Man.
>
> o  Nothwithstanding the above, _even_ e-cigarettes bundled with nicotine
>    would remain untaxed if FDA-approved as a quitting-smoking (or other
>    therapeutic) product, and marketed/sold solely as such.
>

​There are a lot of subtleties on this issue, most of which are,
unfortunately, long stories.

Anyway, Michael:  Want to do Sweet Tomatoes in Sunnyvale, tomorrow,
> then?  I'm up for it.  Be aware that Deirdre and I will be on about Day
> 6 of a headcold (which I believe is a Serbian headcold that we lovingly
> imported from Belgrade).
>

​Time?​


>
> My wild-assed unscientific guess is that rhinoviruses are non-contagious
> after six days, but set your personal level of Howard Hughes paranoia to
> suit.
>

​No hugs from me, but I suspect my grandchildren have re-raised my
immunities.​


>
> Online sources suggest:  Most contagious for first 2 to 3 days of
> symtoms, then contagious to a greatly lower levels out to 5-7 days.
> Some symptoms, notably a cough, often outlasts the virus significantly.
> Incubation period before symptoms is about a day.  But basically
> virus-shedding trails off steeply two/three days after symptoms begin.
>
>
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