I like to know what I can count on. I don't like living with uncertainty. I don't do it very well. Do you?

I love that you framed it mathmatically Shuhak. Visuals always help me to grasp abstrct. Exactly. Precisely. Exactamundo! You nailed it! Again! Thank you for your reply. D'ya think our guv is going to lock down the whole state? We already live like hermits. I guess we can find a cave somewhere? :)

WE live like hermits.  It's the ones who refuse that are causing the problems.

I don't do "helpless" very well. But I have no idea how to reach them. None. Do you? I guess bottom line the desire to be hostile obstinate outweighs their love of life. But how parents can do that to their kids is beyond my ken. SIGH. Thank you for your reply. Way back long ago we feared a nuclear war and folks built bomb shelters. Maybe we need bomb shelters. But how do you keep the air down there purified? How can generators run forever to keep food cold? The logistics are beyond my ability to figure out. I like to look out of a window. I get claustrophobic if I'm just surrounded by ceiling and walls. I wonder if I'd lose my mind if I had to live underground? Thank you for your reply Shuhak! :) This post was edited by RosieG at December 4, 2020 2:11 AM MST

You can't reach them.  To them only they matter (their rights, their desires) and they will not change.

Air purifiers are quite common - especially if you live in california (smoke).  All one whas to do is change the filters occasionally and they will last a long time. The Bigger the purifier, the larger the volume of air it can pump through its filters.
Generators keep the power running.  Generators can be fueled by solar, wind, gasoline, propane, and such.  

I would definitely lose my mind.  I do NOT do well in closed spaces.  I can barely crawl und a car to service it without having a major panic attack. 

You crawl under cars? OMG. Well I can say with complete honesty I have never been under one and I never will. Anyway I wouldn't know what to do under a car looking up at the undercarriage. What do YOU do? Funny but I just never thought of you as a car repair person. I suppose many guys are because at some point they adore their cars. It's part of the stereotype. But KNOWING how to do stuff? Where did you learn? Was your dad good at that? Thank you for your reply Shuhak.

Me? a car repair person???  Noooo.  I was never interested in cars.  

My dad was not good with cars, although he could do basic maintenance (he wasn't a teacher either).  I learned a lot about cars from a neighbor.  He rebuilt old rusty antique cars - from the ground up.  Since he had a medical problem, I'd help him with some of the heavy stuff and sanding.  Even though I found it boring, my "super memory" memorized a lot of it.

Under the car (engine) is where the oil drain plug is located (oil changes), as well as the radiator drain plug (radiator flushes).  The drive train runs under the car (powers the wheels), the fuel line (and secondary fuel filter) run along the side of the car (on the fuel tank side).

The last time I was under a car was 2 years ago when I attempted to replace a damaged (rat chewed) O2 sensor.  Everyone said it was super easy to replace,.so I want to O'reilly and bought a new sensor.  My truck sits a few feet off the ground, so it was only moderately claustrophobic.  Although I located the sensor (along the upper right side of the drivetrain) and unplugged it, I was unable to remove it, so I had a real mechanic do it.  Come to find out that I have the only model (year) where it's NOT easy to replace.

For a guy who was never interested in cars you SURE KNOW A LOT ABOUT THEM! YIKES! I don't know what the odds are but when someone jacks up a car to take off the tire what are the odds that the jack breaks and the car falls to the ground? If you were for whatever underneath beneath it would you get crushed to death? I've been told everyone including women should know how to change the oil in a car. Not me. Not interested. No way Jose. I admire gals who take on stuff like that. I do. I'm just not one of them! Thank you for your reply Shuhak! :)

Every once in awhile it makes the news that someone was killed when the car they were working on fell off the jack and crushed them.  
One should NEVER get under a car to change a tire.  One should ALWAYS block the tires before jacking up a car.

If the good lord wanted us to change our own motor oil, then why did he create Jiffy Lubes?

Hahahahahahahaha! EXCELLENT POINT! Thank you for your informative reply Shuhak. With  a twist of humor. Shaken not stirred! j:)

Ya know I try hard to anticipate wisecrackers and couch my questions in words that cannot be cuted. You sure got that one by me. i never even gave that definition of count a passing glance. I SHOULD HAVE SAID rely on. But I dint. Next time watch me watch you watch me! Thank you for your reply R! :)

Me too neither. Isn't there an uncertainty principle in Physics Nanoose? Or am I conflating that with something else? Thank you for your reply and Happy Saturday to thee and thine! :)