When it really happens: SHTF...

[Ovidio]

It seems you are very fortunate indeed.
I would say your family is as well as you seem insightful and quite focused on what is really important.

I feel I am indeed.
I was so much out of home that I was almost scared of being here. This frigging virus, while peeing me off for many consequences, restrictions and other things we all feel, has given me the chance of slowing down much more than all my “downshifting” strategies.
And it put me back home with all those incredible treasures I have around me.
That is the biggest gift I ever received.
And I’m resolute in not wasting this chance!

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[Aragorn243]

Thursday we spent the evening with my daughter and grandson. We have not spent much time with them since this started. I did some work in her house for about a week back in May, she brought him over for an hour or so in July and that's pretty much it. He's two. He's showing impact from this. He wasn't himself while we were there, not that we would know but Mom knew. I speculated it was because he wasn't around people and she agreed. Don't get me wrong, he knew us, he was happy to see us, he wanted to show off, he called Grandma by her title for the very first time. He's called me Pap Pap for over a year. But this has to be hurting him somewhat developmentally.

I just read an article today about suicides among kids being at an alarming rate. One hospital in Texas, ONE HOSPITAL is seeing one child suicide a DAY. Pennsylvania still has not had a single death from Covid under the age of 20.

I too think we have failed this pandemic miserably and with this and the resulting fiasco, when a REAL pandemic hits, I think we may be doomed. No one is going to want to repeat this.

I also enjoyed the slow down, for a while anyway. But I'm never a fast mover anyway, never have been. I can get along with minimal contact now because my normal life involves minimal contact. I have my clients, my family and a couple of close friends and that's my social circle

My wife on the other hand is suffering from serious depression. In her mind, everything she loves to do has been taken away from her. She's shut down somewhat. And it's not really the social events either, not directly. We love our events, our fairs, our car shows, our renaissance fairs, our races, high school football games, church etc and all have been cancelled one after another and she's been counting them down. They even cancelled things into January of next year already. Things we have gone to every year since we've been married.

I'm now just tired. Tired of all the bullcrap. The science has caught up with this and it isn't what they said it was but the politicians are still acting like it is.

[Ovidio]

I'm now just tired. Tired of all the bullcrap. The science has caught up with this and it isn't what they said it was but the politicians are still acting like it is.

That is very true, I fear. Everywhere.

[30Three]

I have mixed feelings about this situation.
The lockdown was a great experience for our family; we had 2 months together at our country cottage; fabulous weather and real quality time together. I agree ith Ovidio; it was very good for our family; no stress, no arguments or problems and no health issues. Plus you could not spend much money, so despite earning less; we saved more.

However after lockdown; working back in the centre of Paris; it's not so nice. I think people are becoming less respectful of each other and a real lack of civillity. Many are really just out for themselves. Especially on the roads!
A couple of weeks ago I was knocked off my bike by a van driving on the wrong side of the road; I had right of way, which he ignored completely; he was came onto my side to overtake a truck that was parked, yet kept driving towards me when I had left plenty of space for him to pass between the truck and myself. Basically he rammed into my bike, hit the pedal and i had to eject myself because the bike was getting dragged backwards. He drove over the rear wheel and drove off in a hurry. Luckily I wasn't hurt, but I was ****ed off. Bike was badly damaged too. There was at least 4 metres between where the bike was hit and the truck that was parked; so it seems to me it was deliberate. Why else would drive off?

[fjruple]

Well- Update from Friday. Open 12:00PM to 6:00PM King Murphy's hours. Troy A4 Others gone! Savage/Stevens MSR-15s Gone! 9mm hollow points Gone! All of the S&W 9mm pistols Gone! Half of the 12 gauge Black Aces Tactical Pump shotguns gone! Only ARs left are 300 Blackout and 6.5mm Grendals. Surprisingly we had two Ruger PC9 Carbines which did not sale. Go figure! Most of the folks are newbies who are looking for the classic Glock 19 or 17. In our area you have a better chance of being the Pope then getting a Glock 9mm. Today will be another bat *hit crazy day with people coming in a day late for stuff that was gone yesterday! Today was a bit odd in that people were buying multiple firearms, such as a pistol and shotgun/rifle. Price was no problem either. Still getting the odd old guy coming in looking for the $300.00 9mm pistol which has not been available since the early March when all of this crap started. Strangely I was able to purchase an 8lb keg of Hy-Skor 700X for $145.00 there are bargains out there. Cheers

PS-- I was too tired from the day to enjoy the bourbon! Had a quick bite to eat and went to bed to awake to another day of fun and games to the gunshop. Now I have to make all of the Savage MSR-15s NJ complaint.

[Gil Boyd]

Merle,
No faith in them from this callsign.......................Gullible is what I said which I stand by. There's more going on here than a World Wide Pandemic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Merle]

Merle,
No faith in them from this callsign.......................Gullible is what I said which I stand by. There's more going on here than a World Wide Pandemic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks - I'm glad to hear you were not taken in by the BS as so many have been....

[browningautorifle]

Gullible is what I said which I stand by. There's more going on here than a World Wide Pandemic!

You got THAT right. I'm just going to have to wait a couple years probably before I'll be able to figure out what...

[Ovidio]

In the meantime... Germany, just as an example, is starting to impose the quarantine for people coming from single regions or provinces of Europe again.
A few Swiss cantons, Vorarlberg in Austria, Vienna or Graz... The list is very long (as of yesterday) and getting longer by the day.
I'm curious to see what happens next.
Our government is already talking about the extension of the emergency state until January.
They say that unless they do it, lots of special regulations and provisions would cease to function, but that is crap.
They should change the basic rules and allow those regulations and provisions to work also in normal times by reducing the bureaucracy that creates the problem.
But bureaucracy has a capacity for self maintaining and survival that is astonishing.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

But bureaucracy has a capacity for self maintaining and survival that is astonishing.

Therein lies the problem. I would also add metastasize.