thebruns

thebruns t1_itnopbq wrote

Its both. You used to be able to get high quality food at affordable prices. Now you can get still get high quality food, but at MUCH higher prices. Also, lower quality places are matching the price increases. Before I used to tell people to come to Newark all the time for food. Now theyre better off going to NYC. Theyll pay the same but have much more choices and its less of a gamble that the place wont be closed at 7pm randomly

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thebruns t1_itj5fev wrote

Don't.

>A global helium shortage has doctors worried about one of the natural gas’s most essential, and perhaps unexpected, uses: MRIs.

>Strange as it sounds, the lighter-than-air element that gives balloons their buoyancy also powers the vital medical diagnostic machines. An MRI can’t function without some 2,000 liters of ultra-cold liquid helium keeping its magnets cool enough to work. But helium — a nonrenewable element found deep within the Earth’s crust — is running low, leaving hospitals wondering how to plan for a future with a much scarcer supply.

>“Helium has become a big concern,” said Mahadevappa Mahesh, professor of radiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore. “Especially now with the geopolitical situation.”

>Helium has been a volatile commodity for years. This is especially true in the U.S., where a Texas-based federal helium reserve is dwindling as the government tries transferring ownership to private markets.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/helium-shortage-doctors-are-worried-running-element-threaten-mris-rcna52978

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thebruns t1_isb7ocj wrote

My comment before was probably uncalled for, hadnt had coffee yet.

May I suggest taking a day to commute in with her via Raritan Valley Line to see how the transfers work and what she needs to do?

I agree transferring sucks, nobody likes it, but it is easy to do and it might help her get past the fear.

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