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Hi Chris, I'm in the UK and pretty much doing what everyone around the globe is doing ( what they're told ) the unsettling feeling I have of late is, I think I'm getting used to isolation ( I'm was / am very much a straight to the pub after work man ) Hopefully there is an end to this chaos in sight.
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Quote: I think I'm getting used to isolation
Insightful comment PK.
I know the feeling that you describe and I love the Pub like you.
In 2026 they will speak of people having 2020 syndrome.
These will be those who still seek and want this isolation.
Sad but understandable.
I feel it, even though we have had it very easy here compared to where you are.
The chaos will end.
Then most of us will be able to go to the pub and be sociable again.
We can unlearn all this.
After a few drinks it will be easy for most of us.
Alas some will wallow.
......and if you even start to falter just remember the Bats.
They will save you.
Ponder these quotes and elevate.
Quote: The edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.
Quote:
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone.
But they have always worked for me.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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I see you are a Hunter fan - the bats are accused of starting COVID ! they won't like that - nothing worse than an angry bat - trust me I know.
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I Know
....and I trust you.
Completely.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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Here in very south-eastern NY we're opening up . . . slowly. Despite the current 'j'accuse' atmosphere with respect to the governor, he's largely going about his business of an orderly and measured reopening. Mrs. & self have had both shots and in about five days the second shot will have fully ripened in our immune systems - but out of respect for the health of others the partying feeling must be tempered.
Other states are dropping all restrictions and are getting the expected inrush of party-money from the entire country - and then the COVID will have a chance to spread more uniformly when they get back home. I'm rather soured on those states that no longer give a damn: if they're dropping all regulations then COVID must be gone and they don't need any more vaccine . . .
What is everyone else on the globe doing (as they tell you) ? Still in chaos with politicians and businessmen and medical/scientists fighting over what to do with view horizons that are often myopic (especially if they already got their shots).
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Here in Brisbane/northern Gold Coast it's almost normal. Roads are busier, but the trains are still about 50% of what they were pre covid.
Every now and then there's a scare when someone has tested positive and has been out in the community. We've been lucky so far that it hasn't caused another outbreak.
There's one laneway I walk through each morning, 4 of the 9 shops have closed. A good sign a new business is set to open there soon.
Overall, I think most people's mood is positive.
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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I'm in Ohio, USA. I've been working from home for a year now, and frankly don't want to go back to the office. I'm more productive when I can relax, play music without headphones, and talk to my two greyhounds when figuring things out (my version of rubber duck debugging). I go in once or twice a month when I have to bang on real equipment. Sometimes you just can't adequately simulate a 100 foot long printing press.
The past year has been a drag, and not just because of COVID. For me, dental surgery in June that was a bear plus I lost my right eye after a fall in October. Mrs. Wife has health issues that ebb and flow. Aging parents require ever-more attention to keep them safe. I had to ask a guy if he wanted money, drugs, or sex to get my mother an appointment for a COVID vaccination. That process has been a royal bitch so far.
Despite all that, I'm still here. I've had an article in process for months that I need to finish. It's for a desktop WPF app, so I'm a little hesitant about the interest.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Yeah, I am very much burned out on COVID and all that goes with it. Most of the community here feels the same way.
Believe it or not, most of the kids here want to go back to school full time again.
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The virus won't tire.
So, we can't.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Generally OK, but can't wait for this crap to be over and get back to the office.
Like Piebald I'm not suited for working from home, I'm a procrastinator at heart I'm afraid. So I have deliberately been cutting down on distractions (including CP I'm afraid) to get anything at all done.
I always thought of myself as an introvert, but I'm starting to rethink that now.
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I've been mostly WFH since 2012, so that's not made a huge difference to me.
On the other hand, last year I moved 260 miles up the country and got engaged, so my life is significantly different. 
Still working for the same company though - remote working doesn't care where I'm based.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I think things are getting more relaxed here down South. Maybe too much. After waiting a month from shot #2, I went to the gym yesterday. First time in a year. Fewer people and everyone wiping like crazy. I wore a mask (like everyone else), did my workout quickly and left.
Came home and pumped aluminum. 
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Yep. As a Scout Leader we're also seeing our scouts dealing with this fatigue. I take most of my "video" calls with my camera off. It seems to help me.
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Sounds like the beginning of the Industrial Age.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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I'm clearing out some dud tags and in my review list I have
4744 tongue
4745 cheek
ahem.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Are you talking about tags that have been created for articles?!
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Or Questions and Answers. Yes.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I've edited the tags[^] a couple of times, mostly to merge them, fix typos, and delete some that were hardly used. But I didn't see tongue and cheek there when your post prompted me to look. Maybe I'll add buttocks and see how long it survives. 
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Maybe you should've waited 'til after 1st of April...
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Do foot and mouth appear, as well?
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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We name cats when they are kittens, and we have no idea what they are going to end up like.
So ours is called "Dij" as in "short for Digital" because as a kitten he was indeed digital: on (and doing a Wheel of Death round the room) or off (and you could have pulled his whiskers out without him moving). The "G" became a "J" in the spelling so vets wouldn't think his name was "Dig".
But now, I'd have gone for a political theme: "Mousie Tong" because he's so predatory ...
How do you name your pets?
"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
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OriginalGriff wrote: How do you name your pets?
Sunday dinner, Thanksgiving Feast, etc.
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I thought those were the names of the Lobsters in the waiting area tank at Red Lobster.
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You could have chosen a more strongly-typed name; perhaps "Boo" (for boolean) if he was indeed on or off. (Or "Boo!" if you're sure it will never be undecided...)
If it's an "outdoor" cat it helps to be a name you don't mind shouting at midnight at the top of your voice. If you think there's any chance the cat might take notice of you, a name that's easily identifiable (by a cat) - so something short and with a hissy sound can be good.
Ours have been Sunny, Misty (based on colour), Sula (Icelandic for Gannet, due to greed), Wizzy (Harry Potter was "in", and the kitten was faaaast), and now Dusty (colour again) and Skipper (he has a white mark on nose like a skipper butterfly).
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