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Here=E2=80=99s a brief one. Our actuator is expanding/contracting the CPR co=
mpression strap. It has built in sensing to prevent patient damage.=20
https://youtu.be/t3_bVBAcMBQ
Ron Soave
> On Mar 22, 2020, at 10:19 AM, Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
>=20
> =EF=BB=BF
> Hi Ron and Spridgiteers,=20
> Ron can you tell me where I can find that link of the actuator you make as=
I searched youtube for Zoll Autopulse and there are a lot of training video=
s for CPR training but I don't think that is the actuator you speak of. Ron k=
eep up the good work.=20
>=20
> Also Ron is there anything that I can do in helping your company to get mo=
re of these actuator's produced? I just want to help.=20
>=20
> Lastly sorry I haven't been checking with the group list in such a long ti=
me, I've been pretty busy teaching (now virtually) and often use FaceBook as=
images help more with our Spridget work.=20
>=20
> Updates here in the NYC/NJ area: I just received good news from my good fr=
iend and teaching colleague that her daughter is pregnant with the family's=
first grandchild. The not so good news is she is a nurse in the critical ca=
re pediatric unit in a Washington DC hospital, she is due in September and t=
he mom-to-be is young (20-something). Our new single mom, school nurse is a=
lso a part-time nurse in a local hospital, she said they are begging for par=
t time nurses to add more hours and she is nervous as PPE is running very sh=
ort.=20
>=20
> If you are like me you have loved ones across the globe, and many at diffe=
rent ages and health conditions, mine are in NYC. I love this group for the r=
eality check as I always get great advice and above all happiness. Please ch=
eck in every so often to know you are all safe and well and ask for help whe=
n needed. As for me I love tent/camping and I am gathering leaves for what w=
e campers use for you-know-what...............wink! Yes I'll burry it when I=
'm done.
>=20
> Huge virtual hugs to all, be well,
> Linda
>=20
> 62 California Sprite "Pinky"
> 60 Bugeye Barn-find, Thank You Bill (Wm. Severin Thompson)
>=20
>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:10 PM Ron Soave via Spridgets <spridgets@autox=
.team.net> wrote:
>> We=E2=80=99re getting by here in Roscoe, IL, still playing with Spridgets=
and TRs and Spec Racers. Exponential growth is a dizzying thing, and I love=
our guy Dr. Fauci. He doesn=E2=80=99t care about politics.=20
>>=20
>> Fortunately, our small business has a department of defense component, an=
d more importantly right now we are 35% medical actuation, so we are hoping=
to avoid a shutdown. We=E2=80=99ve been asked to ramp up production of an a=
ctuator we make (YouTube search Zoll Autopulse; that=E2=80=99s our actuator i=
n the guts of the machine), and we are rapidly working to help with ventilat=
or demand. Conservative models show we will need 100,000 more than currently=
exist. I now know a person who has it, a healthy 40-something Colorado ski b=
um who air bnb=E2=80=99d her place to an Austrian who had it. She is just co=
ming off 5 days of 102F to 104F fevers.=20
>>=20
>> Stay safe, all.=20
>>=20
>> Ron Soave
>>=20
>>>> On Mar 19, 2020, at 9:07 PM, WFO Herb via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.te=
am.net> wrote:
>>>>=20
>>> =EF=BB=BF
>>> Ditto what Mike said; much the same here.
>>>=20
>>> As a single guy, I eat out (not much of a cook). With all restaurants c=
losed, I may be shedding a few pounds. Crazy!
>>>=20
>>> Here's the rub...Why is it we can't eat out or be in a group of more tha=
n 10 people yet the grocery stores are packed with hundreds of people? If t=
he mean old virus is anywhere that's where it would be, right.
>>>=20
>>> Look at the numbers, things don't add up. The liberal and the left has b=
rought America to a standstill.=20
>>>=20
>>> Herb
>>>=20
>>>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:43 AM Weslake1330 via Spridgets <spridgets@a=
utox.team.net> wrote:
>>>> Hi List,
>>>>=20
>>>> Some (no LBC) news from England.
>>>>=20
>>>> As I told my kids (22 and 17) earlier I am 56 years old and I have neve=
r seen supermarket shelves empty like I did earlier this evening. Thursday i=
s one of my normal shopping days, the other is Monday. Call me a snob but I=
shop in Sainsburys and the other shoppers looked like Asda shoppers!
>>>>=20
>>>> Ever since 9/11 I have kept a diverse supply of canned and dried food a=
long with some water and a few cartons of UHT milk - it would keep the famil=
y going for about 3 weeks. I have a note of the use by dates and routinely a=
n old tin comes out of the cupboard to be used and a new tin goes in the cup=
board to replace it. Of course we do always have other food in the 'regular'=
cupboard and we have a small freezer. So, I'm constantly able to remind th=
e rest of my family about this in case they need reassurance. We have few e=
lderly neighbours and we can share or shop for them if they need us to
>>>>=20
>>>> We call it toilet paper and I think you might mostly call it toilet tis=
sue and not to put too fine a point on it it's what you wipe your arse with.=
In normal times we have occasionally had a martial row when the person who=
was supposed to buy some let stocks expire. Kitchen roll makes a poor subs=
titute and can block your household plumbing/outside drain and sewer. We ha=
ve a reasonable stock at present but I'm old enough to know that know is a g=
ood time to hang onto a few more old newspapers than we do normally. Of cou=
rse I'm not sure we have any 'bulldog clips' but I think we could manage wit=
hout if necessary. I guess other folk must have softer backsides than I do o=
r worry about seeing a reflection that includes newspaper print when they lo=
ok in the mirror.
>>>>=20
>>>> The train I take to and from work each day is now almost empty. Most o=
f my office is working from home but I want to stay at work for as long as p=
ossible. IT hasn't been great for everyone and here at home while I have br=
oadband it runs on copper wire to the telephone pole outside my house and mo=
st likely to the green 'GPO' box at the end of my straight and maybe still c=
opper to the exchange in the town centre.
>>>>=20
>>>> I don't have money worries but things can change fast and there are man=
y workers over hear in the wrong kind of job which now amounts to no job.
>>>>=20
>>>> The virus doesn't actually seem to kill that many people and I expect t=
o live but if I don't I'm insured. I'm also 'saved' (from my sins) so don't=
have to worry about where I'm going to end up - Heaven, or no-where if I'm m=
istaken in my beliefs.
>>>>=20
>>>> So apart from what you can read at the BBC news site (which I think has=
some bias) things are unusual here. I almost forgot - motor racing has been=
cancelled and the churches have closed.
>>>>=20
>>>> So maybe by a little extra now and again before panic buying takes off i=
n your part of the world and if 'Bird Flu Pandemic' (practically the same bo=
ok as 'Corona Virus' isn't your sort of thing maybe give a helpful vote to t=
he positive reviews or read 'Rich Girl' - more of a gear head story. 'Cours=
e even if I sell vast amounts of books and can actually afford to cross the p=
ond for a meet or an o-shit - there might not be many planes flying. And th=
e winner in all this is - The Environment and the toilet paper manufacturers=
- mostly likely short term for both.
>>>>=20
>>>> Regards
>>>>=20
>>>> Daniel1312
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Here=E2=80=99s a brief one. Our actuator is=
expanding/contracting the CPR compression strap. It has built in sensing to=
prevent patient damage. <div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://youtu.b=
e/t3_bVBAcMBQ">https://youtu.be/t3_bVBAcMBQ</a><br><br><div dir=3D"ltr">Ron S=
oave</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Mar 22, 2020, at=
10:19 AM, Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blo=
ckquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D=
"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi=
Ron and Spridgiteers, <div>Ron can you tell me where I can find&n=
bsp;that link of the actuator you make as I searched youtube for Zoll A=
utopulse and there are a lot of training videos for CPR training but I don't=
think that is the actuator you speak of. Ron keep up the good work. </=
div><div><br></div><div>Also Ron is there anything that I can do in helping y=
our company to get more of these actuator's produced? I just want to help.&n=
bsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Lastly sorry I haven't been checking with the g=
roup list in such a long time, I've been pretty busy teaching (now virtually=
) and often use FaceBook as images help more with our Spridget work. </=
div><div><br></div><div>Updates here in the NYC/NJ area: I just received goo=
d news from my good friend and teaching colleague that her daughter is=
pregnant with the family's first grandchild. The not so good news is she is=
a nurse in the critical care pediatric unit in a Washington DC hospital, sh=
e is due in September and the mom-to-be is young (20-something). Our new sin=
gle mom, school nurse is also a part-time nurse in a local hospital, s=
he said they are begging for part time nurses to add more hours and she is n=
ervous as PPE is running very short. </div><div><br></div><div>If you a=
re like me you have loved ones across the globe, and many at different ages a=
nd health conditions, mine are in NYC. I love this group for the reality che=
ck as I always get great advice and above all happiness. Please check in eve=
ry so often to know you are all safe and well and ask for help when needed. A=
s for me I love tent/camping and I am gathering leaves for what we campers u=
se for you-know-what...............wink! Yes I'll burry it when I'm don=
e.</div><div><br></div><div>Huge virtual hugs to all, be well,</div><div>Lin=
da</div><div><br></div><div>62 California Sprite "Pinky"</div><div>60 Bugeye=
Barn-find, Thank You Bill (Wm. Severin Thompson)</div></div></div></div></d=
iv></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr=
">On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:10 PM Ron Soave via Spridgets <<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></=
div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;bord=
er-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)=
;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">We=E2=80=99re getting by here in Roscoe=
, IL, still playing with Spridgets and TRs and Spec Racers. Exponential grow=
th is a dizzying thing, and I love our guy Dr. Fauci. He doesn=E2=80=99t car=
e about politics. <div><br></div><div>Fortunately, our small business h=
as a department of defense component, and more importantly right now we are 3=
5% medical actuation, so we are hoping to avoid a shutdown. We=E2=80=99=
ve been asked to ramp up production of an actuator we make (YouTube search Z=
oll Autopulse; that=E2=80=99s our actuator in the guts of the machine), and w=
e are rapidly working to help with ventilator demand. Conservative models sh=
ow we will need 100,000 more than currently exist. I now know a person who h=
as it, a healthy 40-something Colorado ski bum who air bnb=E2=80=99d her pla=
ce to an Austrian who had it. She is just coming off 5 days of 102F to 104F f=
evers. </div><div><br></div><div>Stay safe, all. <br><br><div dir=3D=
"ltr">Ron Soave</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Mar 1=
9, 2020, at 9:07 PM, WFO Herb via Spridgets <<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@=
autox.team.net" target=3D"_blank">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br=
><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF=
<div dir=3D"ltr">Ditto what Mike said; much the same here.<div><br></div><di=
v>As a single guy, I eat out (not much of a cook). With all restaurant=
s closed, I may be shedding a few pounds. Crazy!</div><div><br></div><=
div>Here's the rub...Why is it we can't eat out or be in a group of more tha=
n 10 people yet the grocery stores are packed with hundreds of people? =
If the mean old virus is anywhere that's where it would be, right.</div><di=
v><br></div><div>Look at the numbers, things don't add up. The liberal=
and the left has brought America to a standstill. </div><div><br></div=
><div>Herb</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D=
"gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:43 AM Weslake1330 via Spridgets <=
<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">spridgets@auto=
x.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D=
"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;bord=
er-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi List,<d=
iv><br></div><div>Some (no LBC) news from England.</div><div><br></div><div>=
As I told my kids (22 and 17) earlier I am 56 years old and I have never see=
n supermarket shelves empty like I did earlier this evening. Thursday i=
s one of my normal shopping days, the other is Monday. Call me a snob b=
ut I shop in Sainsburys and the other shoppers looked like Asda shoppers!</d=
iv><div><br></div><div>Ever since 9/11 I have kept a diverse supply of canne=
d and dried food along with some water and a few cartons of UHT milk - it wo=
uld keep the family going for about 3 weeks. I have a note of the use b=
y dates and routinely an old tin comes out of the cupboard to be used and a n=
ew tin goes in the cupboard to replace it. Of course we do always have other=
food in the 'regular' cupboard and we have a small freezer. So, I'm c=
onstantly able to remind the rest of my family about this in case they need r=
eassurance. We have few elderly neighbours and we can share or shop fo=
r them if they need us to</div><div><br></div><div>We call it toilet paper a=
nd I think you might mostly call it toilet tissue and not to put too fi=
ne a point on it it's what you wipe your arse with. In normal times we=
have occasionally had a martial row when the person who was supposed to buy=
some let stocks expire. Kitchen roll makes a poor substitute and can b=
lock your household plumbing/outside drain and sewer. We have a reason=
able stock at present but I'm old enough to know that know is a good time to=
hang onto a few more old newspapers than we do normally. Of course I'=
m not sure we have any 'bulldog clips' but I think we could manage without i=
f necessary. I guess other folk must have softer backsides than I do o=
r worry about seeing a reflection that includes newspaper print when they lo=
ok in the mirror.</div><div><br></div><div>The train I take to and from work=
each day is now almost empty. Most of my office is working from home b=
ut I want to stay at work for as long as possible. IT hasn't been grea=
t for everyone and here at home while I have broadband it runs on copper wir=
e to the telephone pole outside my house and most likely to the green 'GPO' b=
ox at the end of my straight and maybe still copper to the exchange in the t=
own centre.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't have money worries but things c=
an change fast and there are many workers over hear in the wrong kind of job=
which now amounts to no job.</div><div><br></div><div>The virus doesn't act=
ually seem to kill that many people and I expect to live but if I don't I'm i=
nsured. I'm also 'saved' (from my sins) so don't have to worry about w=
here I'm going to end up - Heaven, or no-where if I'm mistaken in my beliefs=
.</div><div><br></div><div>So apart from what you can read at the BBC news s=
ite (which I think has some bias) things are unusual here. I almost forgot -=
motor racing has been cancelled and the churches have closed.</div><div><br=
></div><div>So maybe by a little extra now and again before panic buying tak=
es off in your part of the world and if 'Bird Flu Pandemic' (practically the=
same book as 'Corona Virus' isn't your sort of thing maybe give a helpful v=
ote to the positive reviews or read 'Rich Girl' - more of a gear head story.=
'Course even if I sell vast amounts of books and can actually afford t=
o cross the pond for a meet or an o-shit - there might not be many planes fl=
ying. And the winner in all this is - The Environment and the toilet p=
aper manufacturers - mostly likely short term for both.</div><div><br></div>=
<div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Daniel1312</div><div><br></div><div><b=
r></div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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