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The unveiled implication that it could get incredibly worse has, unfortunately, be said aloud, implicitly put into motion.
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A voice came to me and said: "cheer up, things could be worse".
So, I cheered up. Sure enough, things got worse.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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The year that shall not be named.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Brought to you by the country that may not be named, and mismanaged worldwide by the so-called "experts" who cannot be named. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Forsooth!
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Really? What would you have done differently?
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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With hindsight...
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Since you asked...
- Masks and "social distancing" should have been the order of the day from the day the virus' lethality was known. Even if masks are not fully effective in preventing inhalation of individual virus particles, they certainly prevent large drops (that may contain virus particles) from escaping. Keeping away from potentially infected people is only good sense.
- As soon as the death toll among older people became apparent, all old age homes should have been isolated. Using them for COVID-19 patients, as was done in New York, was criminally irresponsible.
- Old people who are not in old-age homes should have been advised to quarantine themselves.
These three simple, common-sensical recommendations could have saved many of the most vulnerable group - the elderly.
- COVID-19 is a coronavirus, like the flu virus, but probably more deadly. As soon as this was established, populations vulnerable to the flu virus (the elderly, people with underlying conditions) should have been advised to self-quarantine.
Some of the above was done, but usually too late.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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OriginalGriff wrote: And you thought this year had to be better than 2019
For some of us, it probably has.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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It's been an excellent year for agoraphobes, surgical mask manufacturers, internet infrastructure suppliers (increasing home bandwidth), and computer manufacturers (selling to those that didn't have a computer for every person in the house). For the rest of us...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: For the rest of us
What has been so bad for you? If you're willing to share?
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Israel is under its second lockdown, after totally mismanaging the exit from the first. Thankfully, my wife & I can both work from home, but the cabin fever is getting to all of us. Unemployment is breaking records in the wrong direction, and the economy is in a tailspin.
I won't go into the political situation in Israel or discuss the competence of our "leaders" (it's probably Soapbox material), but you can google it.
In a phrase, it's not good.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: my wife & I can both work from home,
That is a plus. 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Someday, these will be the "good old days". Go figure.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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I wish I could ridicule that post.
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[Sucking gums]
The youth of today have it easy! In my day, we spent months locked up in our houses with our families, and actually had to talk with them! Our children were stuck all day at home, because the schools were shut down! And even if you did go out of the house (wearing a mask that made you look like a bandit, keeping "social distancing", etc.), there was nowhere to go!
Oh, and get off my lawn!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Hell! In my day we ran out of toilet paper. We had to drag our bare butts across the lawn! In the snow! Uphill! Both ways!!!!!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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It's been pretty good to me so far 
Also, what's this "pandemic" I keep hearing about?
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I was thinking the same thing; to a large extent, I'm surprised (and more than a little concerned!) at how little quarantine/stay home mandates affected my life. We were already ordering groceries online for pick up at the store, I was only going into the office 1 or 2 days a week and rarely went anywhere other than Saturdays for board games with my friends. That's actually the only thing I'm really missing, getting together with friends for board games; aside from that, life's mostly serene. Even when the public library shut down, I could still borrow ebooks through their website to read. At this point, I'm thinking that when the office attendance becomes mandatory instead of optional as it is now, I'll just tell them either I work at home, or thanks for the opportunity, I just retired.
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If a Priest, an Imam, and a Rabbit walk into a blood bank, is the Rabbit a Type O?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Ain't this one recycled from a few weeks ago ? Déja vu !
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Sanguine humor at its worst - a vein attempt at humor. Some may even be apt to see red.
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Because my Surface 3 Pro pen works fine with the GO 2.
That's a relief. 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I'm certain that they'll get it out of you some other way. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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... and they probably won't take him for a dinner and a movie first.
Software Zen: delete this;
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