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Are You a Survivor?

That question is going to answered  in the year 2020.   Can you overcome the uncertainty and chaos associated with a global pandemic, Presidential election, mass unemployment and a melt down in the stock market?   I hope we can.  Oil is cheap if that is any consolation. Timing is incredibly important in life, and so is luck.   Now luck can be good or bad and examples are plentiful for each direction.    For example, in April,  2019 I was laid off from my job at Kadant as a Tissue Process Specialist.   Linda and I survived as I worked on getting another job.   Unemployment would be $275 a week in Tennessee and I did not apply for compensation because I would have been forced to take work I was not interested and I would need to get a vehicle.   Neither scenario was very interesting and I needed a lot of time to work on getting back into the paper making field.  To make ends meet, I used 401K money and also the sold all stocks that I had been buying and selling the last few years.    W

What sanitary products are safe for your toilet?

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Subject:    What sanitary products are safe to flush in your toilet? In the last few weeks,   chaos has been the norm in the world of toilet paper and the supply of the product that everyone in the USA takes for granted.    But in some cases, family and friends may be out of stock and you have had to get them some of your personal reserve.     And in some extreme situations, people use   other sanitary products in the bath room and this can in many cases lead to problems.    Toilet paper is designed to easily break up when flushed.     The bath tissue we produce at Mercury Paper breaks up very easily in a normal flush cycle.    If you use our bath tissue, your septic system stays happy.    When you run out and use paper towel, napkins, facial tissue or wet wipes—things get more risky in terms of plumbing and septic function.      A simple test for the ability of tissue to break up or flush is shown   in the following pictures.    It is simple to perform and makes a great way

First Time Ever?

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Things are just a little crazy with the chaos associated with the coronavirus and the global reaction.   Talking with my wife and brother, as well as the rest of the world that will still chat with you, nobody can remember anything quite like this situation.   The crash into the Twin Towers on 9-11 had some elements of the situation, but the total shutdown of sporting events, meetings, global travel and the run on water, sanitizer and toilet paper is just totally new to us.  The Master Indoors meet was cancelled this week, I was not planning on going this year.   I am in the middle of relocation from Nashville to Harper Ferry , West Virginia.  On March 31 we will close on the Brentwood house and close on the new place on April 2.   Getting this into place has been a real battle, but it is going to happen.    We are on our third contract for the Brentwood house and after trying to sell it for 9 or 10 months it will close this time.    Linda and I had been actively searching in Harpers