Shamrock Posted March 13 Posted March 13 I think our 1st Lockdown anniversary, of which there were 6 in total, will be March 26th (Victoria, Australia). 22 hours ago, Augie said: I got Covid before it was even officially here. On 12/19/19 we drove for 8 hours down to Florida with a young lady who coughed the whole time. She had just returned from NYC. By Christmas Day I was so sick the wife put me in the back seat and drove 8 hours back to Atlanta. I coughed into February. Ever been tested for Whooping Cough? Genuine question. Quote
Shamrock Posted March 13 Posted March 13 On 3/12/2025 at 2:30 AM, Miyagi-Do Karate said: Time flies!! I will never forget how the golf courses I played on in April/May 2020 or so took the flags out and put pool noodles in the hole, so you wouldn’t touch the flags or the hole and get COVID. Saved my life. 😀 Our golf courses (Victoria) here were shut. Golfers argued that a sport where you carry a stick (so can measure distance) and chase a little ball around a paddock is naturally a socially isolated sport… heck, they closed the Police Academy. You’d think that a group of folk that could be ordered to follow rules are cadet police. Quote
Draconator Posted March 13 Posted March 13 My wife has noticed this, I have noticed this. Being in bands before Covid, no matter the bar you played at, the room was on a slow night, half full. More times than not the bar was packed with people. After Covid, you're lucky to get 10 people to see you play. It's a totally different vibe playing live before and after the lockdown. Quote
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted March 13 Posted March 13 2 hours ago, Shamrock said: Our golf courses (Victoria) here were shut. Golfers argued that a sport where you carry a stick (so can measure distance) and chase a little ball around a paddock is naturally a socially isolated sport… heck, they closed the Police Academy. You’d think that a group of folk that could be ordered to follow rules are cadet police. I was pretty steamed when they didn’t open our golf courses in my state for a while. I think they ended up opening up around late May. To your point, golf is about as socially distant a sport you can have. The upshot though is I ended up playing a record number of rounds in 2020, since there wasn’t much else to do! 1 Quote
Not at the table Karlos Posted March 13 Posted March 13 Worst day of my life. I lost a ridiculous amount of money because of this bull**** and few of my businesses. It’s the **** gift that keeps on ****ing. 1 Quote
17islongenough Posted March 13 Posted March 13 Can't believe it's been 5 years. Feels like last week. But a long time ago at the same time. I feel like it's a totally different life before and after covid. I think I changed a lot from what I was before covid. Just different hobbies and work. Different friends and different living situations Quote
Simon Posted March 13 Posted March 13 31 minutes ago, Not at the table Karlos said: Worst day of my life. I lost a ridiculous amount of money because of this bull**** and few of my businesses. It’s the **** gift that keeps on ****ing. That sucks. But never forget brother, it's just money. 1 Quote
Not at the table Karlos Posted March 13 Posted March 13 16 minutes ago, Simon said: That sucks. But never forget brother, it's just money. Money that was supposed to last me the rest of my life due to being permanently disabled. More was lost besides money. 3 Quote
Simon Posted March 13 Posted March 13 3 minutes ago, Not at the table Karlos said: Money that was supposed to last me the rest of my life due to being permanently disabled. More was lost besides money. That hurts, man. There's no empty bromides that can make that OK. Life is a weird, unpredictable thing. Maybe keeping you engaged will end up being good for you in the long term, even though you're hating the hell out of it right now. 🤷♂️ 1 Quote
LewPort71 Posted March 13 Posted March 13 I was chief chemist in the lab at the plant. The plant manager asked if I could work from home. Sure, move the Xray analyzer and the ICP and the hot plates and fume hood and the various chemicals and install a 440V power line and we are good to go. My house is also one hour's drive from the plant. He was new and after I thoroughly explained what I did he never asked again. Mrs. Lew and I retired in June of 2020 as we had planned for a long time. WV was the last state to get covid, but the shutdowns of government and businesses were quick. Quote
Fleezoid Posted March 13 Posted March 13 24 minutes ago, LewPort71 said: I was chief chemist in the lab at the plant. The plant manager asked if I could work from home. Sure, move the Xray analyzer and the ICP and the hot plates and fume hood and the various chemicals and install a 440V power line and we are good to go. My house is also one hour's drive from the plant. He was new and after I thoroughly explained what I did he never asked again. Mrs. Lew and I retired in June of 2020 as we had planned for a long time. WV was the last state to get covid, but the shutdowns of government and businesses were quick. I firmly believe Covid was all over the country by the time we hit 2020. I'm convinced I had it (Early February in Florida) shortly after it was reported on the West coast. 1 Quote
Golden*Wheels Posted March 13 Posted March 13 We live close to a super ritzy private prep school in CT and they have a large amount of Chinese nationals as students who travel home frequently on breaks. My wife has a friend who teaches there who got very sick after Thanksgiving in 2019, and who completely lost her sense of taste and smell. She still has not fully recovered. 1 Quote
Augie Posted March 13 Posted March 13 17 hours ago, Shamrock said: I think our 1st Lockdown anniversary, of which there were 6 in total, will be March 26th (Victoria, Australia). Ever been tested for Whooping Cough? Genuine question. Never have been tested for Whooping Cough. I’ve had Covid multiple times but only tested positive once. My wife kept testing negative and I kept telling her she had it. Eventually she did test positive, but it took several days. I don’t put a lot of faith in the tests, but if I feel sick I stay away from people. Fortunately, I’m retired so I don’t have to be around people when I’m not feeling great. 11 minutes ago, Golden*Wheels said: We live close to a super ritzy private prep school in CT and they have a large amount of Chinese nationals as students who travel home frequently on breaks. My wife has a friend who teaches there who got very sick after Thanksgiving in 2019, and who completely lost her sense of taste and smell. She still has not fully recovered. That is rough! I have a buddy who got throat cancer and lost his sense of taste due to radiation. He had a terrible time for years because he couln’t force enough calories into his body to keep him going. Best wishes for you and the wife going forward. I still have this lingering cough that hits me pretty much every morning. I don’t know how many months it’s been. I’ve got a lingering something, as does my wife. It’s really strange! You’d think we are 3 pack a day smokers! Quote
RichStadiumGuy Posted March 13 Posted March 13 Every time I open page 2 of this topic my browser completely locks up and I have to force a close on it using Task Manager... is anybody else experiencing this? It's not my computer for sure as I'm having the same issue on my wife's computer too. To be clear... this is only happening on page 2 of this topic... nowhere else. Quote
Augie Posted March 13 Posted March 13 4 minutes ago, RichStadiumGuy said: Every time I open page 2 of this topic my browser completely locks up and I have to force a close on it using Task Manager... is anybody else experiencing this? It's not my computer for sure as I'm having the same issue on my wife's computer too. To be clear... this is only happening on page 2 of this topic... nowhere else. Page 2 looked just fine to me on my iPad. 🤷♂️ 1 Quote
RichStadiumGuy Posted March 13 Posted March 13 17 minutes ago, Augie said: Page 2 looked just fine to me on my iPad. 🤷♂️ Okie-Dokie... thanks Augie. I'm gonna have to guess it's a browser issue then? By any chance are there a lot of graphics on page 2... like "X" or F-Book entries? Quote
Augie Posted March 13 Posted March 13 12 minutes ago, RichStadiumGuy said: Okie-Dokie... thanks Augie. I'm gonna have to guess it's a browser issue then? By any chance are there a lot of graphics on page 2... like "X" or F-Book entries? Good thought. There is what looks like maybe a video from ABC7NY that doesn’t fully appear to me. Looks like something is up with that. 1 Quote
Just Jack Posted March 13 Author Posted March 13 1 hour ago, RichStadiumGuy said: Every time I open page 2 of this topic my browser completely locks up and I have to force a close on it using Task Manager... is anybody else experiencing this? It's not my computer for sure as I'm having the same issue on my wife's computer too. To be clear... this is only happening on page 2 of this topic... nowhere else. 26 minutes ago, Augie said: Good thought. There is what looks like maybe a video from ABC7NY that doesn’t fully appear to me. Looks like something is up with that. I had a link/video from TikTok that was auto playing, maybe that is why. I went back and changed it to a link only, so give it another try. 2 Quote
Another Fan Posted March 14 Posted March 14 5 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said: I went to work (small bidness) Wasn't Covid what stopped your "friend" from visiting? Quote
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