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    Life With Covid 19

    "The 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019. The World Health Organization declared the outbreak to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020 and recognized it as a pandemic on 11 March. As of 30 March 2020, more than 775,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in 200 countries and territories, resulting in approximately 36,500 deaths. More than 160,000 people have since recovered."

    This post is an attempt to see how our members are doing in their daily lives while our country, and the world, deal with Covid 19.

    My wife and I live in our first house that we bought 32 years ago. We are both retired but do charitable work, my wife as a Zoo Docent and me as a Charitable Financial Advisor. We usually work about 1 day a week. We are not rich but are financially secure. We like to travel, mostly on cruises - we've done 60 of them. And, we love going down to Las Vegas - but we don't gamble. We simply like the entertainment and food options readily available there.

    Frankly, our complaint with this whole virus thing is what can be called a "First World Problem." Simply put - we are bored. We like being around our friends and family, but are isolating ourselves at home. We could theoretically go anywhere and do anything, but virtually all of our options have shut down. So, even if we were to go somewhere, we don't know what (if anything) we could do.

    What's most important is that our friends and family (including all of you) are staying safe and healthy. We do not know anyone personally that has this virus, yet, we do know the terrible impact it can have.

    Hunter
    I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead

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    Not meant in any way to be flippant, but in an effort to reduce possible exposure at the butcher shop---this week we will begin dinning on moose, wild bore, venison and what is left of a heritage (Berkshire pig). On the up side---this has fostered improved management of the refrigerator and freezers.

    Easter Sunday will be a ham from a wild bore rather than a leg of lamb

    Other than that---I am working from home and that is actually getting better as more and more of us adapt to it. My wife might not be adapting as easily as me---the poor woman has a deeply rooted addiction---to shopping---and on-line just doesn't measure up!

    To date, only my one associate on Long Island has actually had the virus. Many more in the family are impacted at work. One son is not working but being paid, another is working with his spouse working 1/2 time. My SIL is now off---he had been flying freight (United) to London but that has now stopped. His wife (an NP) is back to work at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia after a two week imposed quarantine. She had taken a weekend trip to London on one of her husbands normal passenger flights at the very beginning of this and when she got back they would not allow her to return to work.

    ...and the grandchildren are off from school and working on a business plan to raise ducks for eggs and profit----and guess who the reviewer of the business plan is
    Last edited by Dave Grubb; 04-06-2020 at 01:25 PM.
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    Me and the Squaw are quarantined and trying to learn to talk in good English not UGH?
    Old redneck hillbilly borned and raised on a redwood stump.

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    My wife and I read. So the most disruptive item for us is the closure of the library's .
    Individual rights are protected only as long as they don't conflict with the desires of the state .

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    I should add that Easter dinner will just be my wife and me---and therein is the most difficult part of this situation. We are both very social people and look forward to spending time with our family and friends---and we are playing by the rules so that is all vorboten. Normally we would have a dinning room table (max 22) full for Easter.

    One of our friends told my wife the other day that she would just like to be able to dress up and go out for a good dinner---I never anticipated that might become impossible!
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Grubb View Post
    I never anticipated that might become impossible!
    Yes, Bingo my friend.

    I would not have foreseen this viral impact on our society either. Maybe I'm learning what it's like to live with something like the Plague. According to Wikipedia, with treatment about 10% of those contracting Plague die. Whereas 70% survive after treatment. Like others, I really thought we were way beyond worrying about disease impacting our lives.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_(disease)

    Hunter
    I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead

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