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- <h1>Vaccinated</h1>
- <p>Day 00189: Saturday, 2015 September 12</p>
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- It turns out that we didn't head to Springfield today as planned, though we did hit the other two places that we had planned to go.
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- First, we went to an emergency preparedness fair.
- I was disappointed that there weren't any lectures or seminars on emergency preparedness there, only a bunch of booths, but it turns out this is only because my mother wanted to leave early.
- Had we stayed, there would have been lectures.
- We did get gratis vaccinations against tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis though, which may save us some suffering later.
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- Next, we went to the cranberry festival.
- Oddly enough, there was hardly anything there that had any relation to cranberries.
- One boot that did actually fit the theme of the fair explained how cranberries are farmed.
- It turns out that cranberries aren't grown underwater like I thought they were.
- The supposed "bogs" that they are grown in are actually dryish.
- The plants grow on ground that is not submerged in the water, but when it comes time to harvest them, the farmers flood the bog, then drive a machine over it to agitate the plants and knock the berries off.
- They do this because the berries float, to then it's a simple matter of taking a floating barrier across the top of the water to scoop up the berries.
- Then they are free to drain the bog again in preparation for the next growing season.
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- Before going to bed, I set up my mother's computer for her.
- She got it a while ago, but hadn't set it up yet and didn't know how.
- Part of the problem was that she was missing three cords, had no mouse, and had a keyboard that was way too old for her machine.
- I pulled the missing components out of my spare part stash, including a replacement keyboard, and got everything working.
- Unfortunately, the machine is running Windows 8.
- Debian 8 would be a much better choice, but she refuses to try anything besides Windows.
- Oh well, I'm not the one that will have to deal with losing my data when the operating system inevitably fails.
- Nor will I be the one constantly having to try to bend the thing to my will.
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- I can't think of anyone besides a credit union that needs proof of my legal identity's address.
- Anyone else can either believe my when I tell them my address or not believe me, I don't really care.
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