Hi all. It's good to see familiar names still here.

The Great Indoorsing of 2020 isn't treating us too badly, the press have scared all but the idiots into severe social isolation. This means going shopping, medical stuff and other essential chores, but no congregating in groups, church services over the internet. Alcohol is available but limited. Movement between states is permitted, but requires a 14 day shut-in at a venue of the state's choice at your cost (with a repeat procedure to return). You need to have a really, really good reason to travel.

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Hey, OF. Great to see you although it'd be great not to see all this virus stuff go away.

We're in about the same boat here, Some of the stores have early morning "senior" hours (1 or 2) to allow the most "at risk" group do their limited shopping. Fortunately our town (knock on wood) hasn't had any cases yet.

No church services (except online or on TV to empty churches); no sporting events; dinners out, or barber shops open. Nice things is, roads are near empty. Be a good time to go for a drive. While hoarding of toilet paper and hand sanitizers have reduced availability of those items, no really bad problems in our neighborhood.

In any case, hope every pixie is taking care and staying safe … and it was sure good to see you home. Hope to see you again in the near future.

Idiot friend of the family:
"I've tested positive for COVID-19. I'ts only a mild case, though. I have no idea where I got it. I mean, I've only gone out to the grocery store, the pharmacy, the convenience store, the gas station. Oh, and my boyfriend comes over once or twice a week. J works in a warehouse, with a bunch of other people, they're considered essential personnel."

Not quite a direct quote, but accurate as presented. And this person has 'no clue" as to how she contracted COVID-19.

No, it's not just like 'the flu', it's not media hype, it's not being blown out of proportion. It's a fucking killer pandemic.

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^^^ Amen!

Had to go to the pharmacy today for wife's cancer meds. The guy in front of me was not wearing gloves or mask. However when he checked out he took a NOT so clean handkerchief from his back pocket, wrapped it around his finger and proceeded to enter his PIN #.

We've seen some of that around here, too, but for the most part … people seem to be trying to follow the rules and hopefully that's contributed to our not having any cases reported in our town (17K people 10 miles from Peoria) so far. Knock on wood.

By the way, my AV today is a replica docked at Peoria's waterfront of Columbus' ship "La Nina." Picture was taken back in 2007 when the ship docked here for a weekend.

Driving back from the store I noticed a significant number of private residences that had a yard full of vehicles all visiting from out of state. Lots of cars in the area from Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, New jersey and New York. It will be interesting to see if the number of virus cases take a jump here in the next two weeks.

I was shocked to see that the indigenous tribes of the Amazon Forrest have been infected. That speaks volumes !!

We's been okey dokey so far. Few cases around here, but so far wez been doin' all right.
Gotta admit, tho, it be lots better when dis ting is over.

So now it's come down to this: mandatory masks in MD when visiting any of the places of "essential" business. Annoying to have to deal with, but it makes sense, and it's not as annoying as dying of COVID-19.

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On the kinkometer, my kink measures as a sine wave.

Actually, nationwide, the odds of dying of COVID-19 are very low. To be sure, even one is less than desirable, but I think most Americans (by far) will come out of this okay. Sure hope so, anyway.