It has to be better than 2020 wherever you are!

Lucretia Borgia wrote:

> It has to be better than 2020 wherever you are!


HAPPY HAPPY to you, Lucretia...!!!

2020 has been okay for me, I have a decent job and my health is pretty decent...so no complaints really. I've become accustomed to remote working, and actually now prefer it. Also, I like being solitary anyways, so that is a plus...

Just now catching up with some long - time friends and acquaintances. One guy was in a bad out - of - state car wreck, his girlfriend died and he was badly injured, he is recovering. Two lost their spouses, so both are now widows. Another broke her femur, she is with family recovering. Some have lost jobs, they are at least getting unemployment benefits, etc. But the majority I know are doing okay or even well...

So, COUNT YER BLESSINGS, I say, and CHERISH each moment...time is one thing that no amount of money can buy, so use it wisely...

Tonight I am getting some resto carry - out, something I hardly ever do, except for a pizza. It is a "dinner for two", mains are salmon piccata and beef short ribs, sides are mash taters, bruxelles sprouts and focaccia...should all last me the weekend...

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Best
Greg

On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:58:06 -0400, Lucretia Borgia
> wrote:

>It has to be better than 2020 wherever you are!

It's 2021 here and covid's still not gone!

On 12/31/2020 1:01 PM, Master Bruce wrote:
> It's 2021 here and covid's still not gone!
>
You're like herpes, you never really leave.

On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 05:01:30 +1100, Master Bruce
> wrote:

>On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:58:06 -0400, Lucretia Borgia
> wrote:
>
>>It has to be better than 2020 wherever you are!
>
>It's 2021 here and covid's still not gone!

Get the shot and you'll be fine.

On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 16:41:50 -0400, Lucretia Borgia
> wrote:

>On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 05:01:30 +1100, Master Bruce
> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:58:06 -0400, Lucretia Borgia
> wrote:
>>
>>>It has to be better than 2020 wherever you are!
>>
>>It's 2021 here and covid's still not gone!
>
>Get the shot and you'll be fine.

I think they don't start until March here. I don't know why there so
slow, except that there's not much covid here.

On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 16:41:50 -0400, Lucretia Borgia
> wrote:

>On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 05:01:30 +1100, Master Bruce
> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:58:06 -0400, Lucretia Borgia
> wrote:
>>
>>>It has to be better than 2020 wherever you are!
>>
>>It's 2021 here and covid's still not gone!
>
>Get the shot and you'll be fine.

Have you already had it or when will you get it? You must be in a high
priority bracket after medical staff and people in nursing homes. (And
ever important politicians no doubt.)

On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 07:59:34 +1100, Master Bruce wrote:

> On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 16:41:50 -0400, Lucretia Borgia
> > wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 05:01:30 +1100, Master Bruce
> wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:58:06 -0400, Lucretia Borgia
> wrote:
>>>
>>>>It has to be better than 2020 wherever you are!
>>>
>>>It's 2021 here and covid's still not gone!
>>
>>Get the shot and you'll be fine.
>
> Have you already had it or when will you get it? You must be in a high
> priority bracket after medical staff and people in nursing homes. (And
> ever important politicians no doubt.)

After the high priority ones, over-75s are next in line.

On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 14:15:11 -0700, Graham > wrote:

>On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 07:59:34 +1100, Master Bruce wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 16:41:50 -0400, Lucretia Borgia
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 05:01:30 +1100, Master Bruce
> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:58:06 -0400, Lucretia Borgia
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>It has to be better than 2020 wherever you are!
>>>>
>>>>It's 2021 here and covid's still not gone!
>>>
>>>Get the shot and you'll be fine.
>>
>> Have you already had it or when will you get it? You must be in a high
>> priority bracket after medical staff and people in nursing homes. (And
>> ever important politicians no doubt.)
>
>After the high priority ones, over-75s are next in line.

Yes, that's what I thought.

On 12/31/2020 4:15 PM, Graham wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 07:59:34 +1100, Master Bruce wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 16:41:50 -0400, Lucretia Borgia
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 05:01:30 +1100, Master Bruce
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:58:06 -0400, Lucretia Borgia
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It has to be better than 2020 wherever you are!
>>>>
>>>> It's 2021 here and covid's still not gone!
>>>
>>> Get the shot and you'll be fine.
>>
>> Have you already had it or when will you get it? You must be in a high
>> priority bracket after medical staff and people in nursing homes. (And
>> ever important politicians no doubt.)
>
> After the high priority ones, over-75s are next in line.
>

In Florida it is 65 and over. In our county they have 3500 doses for
100,000 people so it will take some time. Reservations required.

On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 07:59:34 +1100, Master Bruce
> wrote:

>On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 16:41:50 -0400, Lucretia Borgia
> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 05:01:30 +1100, Master Bruce
> wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:58:06 -0400, Lucretia Borgia
> wrote:
>>>
>>>>It has to be better than 2020 wherever you are!
>>>
>>>It's 2021 here and covid's still not gone!
>>
>>Get the shot and you'll be fine.
>
>Have you already had it or when will you get it? You must be in a high
>priority bracket after medical staff and people in nursing homes. (And
>ever important politicians no doubt.)

Yes I will be but frankly I'd rather my turn went to someone younger
who has to go out to work etc. I'm not convinced the elderly should
take advantage of age, doesn't make financial sense either !

On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 17:56:06 -0400, Lucretia Borgia
> wrote:

>On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 07:59:34 +1100, Master Bruce
> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 16:41:50 -0400, Lucretia Borgia
> wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 05:01:30 +1100, Master Bruce
> wrote:
>>>
>>>>It's 2021 here and covid's still not gone!
>>>
>>>Get the shot and you'll be fine.
>>
>>Have you already had it or when will you get it? You must be in a high
>>priority bracket after medical staff and people in nursing homes. (And
>>ever important politicians no doubt.)
>
>Yes I will be but frankly I'd rather my turn went to someone younger
>who has to go out to work etc. I'm not convinced the elderly should
>take advantage of age, doesn't make financial sense either !

But the younger, the less risk. Let them go out and do what they have
to do, but when you meet them, you want to be protected.

On 12/31/2020 1:01 PM, Master Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:58:06 -0400, Lucretia Borgia
> > wrote:
>
>> It has to be better than 2020 wherever you are!
>
> It's 2021 here and covid's still not gone!
>
No matter how bad things get, don't ever think it can only get better.
There's always something worse that can happen.

On 2021-01-01 9:07 a.m., Gary wrote:

> No matter how bad things get, don't ever think it can only get better.
> There's always something worse that can happen.

That's true. There is always something worse. A few years back I was
listening to a radio show about miscarriages and one woman who called in
had had one and a friend commented that she was lucky that she already
had a couple children. The woman was really upset about that and said
that a person could not say anything worse to a woman who had just lost
a baby by miscarriage. Well, I have to admit that my mind often jumps
at the opportunity to consider all the possibilities. Luckily, the
filter sometimes works, but I can tell you that I immediately considered
dozens of things that would have been so much more offensive to someone
who was so sensitive that she took that well meaning remark so badly.

On Fri, 1 Jan 2021 10:30:46 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2021-01-01 9:07 a.m., Gary wrote:
>
>> No matter how bad things get, don't ever think it can only get better.
>> There's always something worse that can happen.
>
>That's true. There is always something worse. A few years back I

Here we go again.

On Fri, 1 Jan 2021 09:07:01 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>On 12/31/2020 1:01 PM, Master Bruce wrote:
>> On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:58:06 -0400, Lucretia Borgia
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> It has to be better than 2020 wherever you are!
>>
>> It's 2021 here and covid's still not gone!
>>
>No matter how bad things get, don't ever think it can only get better.
>There's always something worse that can happen.

A virus with a reproduction factor of 10!

On Thursday, December 31, 2020 at 10:58:12 AM UTC-6, Lucretia Borgia wrote:
>
> It has to be better than 2020 wherever you are!
>
HAPPY NEW YEAR, to you, too!!

I agree with Greg, 2020 has been alright for me as well. I've got my health
and although there have been tough times for many I suffered no tornado
damage, nor have I had Covid, and no bomb damage. Being retired, I lost
no income from the virus and wondering how I'm going to pay rent/mortgage.
For a lot of people they will be happy to see the end of this year.

On 2020-12-31 3:13 p.m., wrote:
> On Thursday, December 31, 2020 at 10:58:12 AM UTC-6, Lucretia Borgia wrote:
>>
>> It has to be better than 2020 wherever you are!
>>
> HAPPY NEW YEAR, to you, too!!
>
> I agree with Greg, 2020 has been alright for me as well. I've got my health
> and although there have been tough times for many I suffered no tornado
> damage, nor have I had Covid, and no bomb damage. Being retired, I lost
> no income from the virus and wondering how I'm going to pay rent/mortgage.
> For a lot of people they will be happy to see the end of this year.
>

It was a pretty shitty year for me. In February my 46 year old niece
dropped dead of a heart attack. The visitation/memorial service was
held in Ottawa on Feb.29/March 1. Less than two weeks later we were in
lock down. A couple of my favourite activities, kayaking and pickleball,
were cancelled. Another favourite is going out for motorcycle rides
with my friend and having a beer at a craft brewery. They all had to
close for a few months, so we did get a few brew rides before the cold
weather came. Restrictions eased and restaurants started to open up,.

When we took my wife out for a birthday dinner we had to dine outside.
Later on restaurants were able to do indoor service, and my son was
going to take me out for dinner on my birthday in November. Infection
rates were rising fast so there were restrictions on indoor dining and
everyone at a table had to live in the same house.

Over the last few weeks infection rates started to soar, so now we are
back in lockdown.

Meanwhile, I spent a week in cardiac intensive care. I am still in
recuperation mode. There was very little Christmas baking this year
because I can't eat that sort of stuff any more, and we weren't going
out or having people in to share the stuff with.

All in all, it has been a really shitty year. This Covid19 shit started
last winter. Here we are back in winter, and it looks like it is going
to be a hell of a lot worse before it gets better.

On Thursday, December 31, 2020 at 5:00:07 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-12-31 3:13 p.m., wrote:
> > On Thursday, December 31, 2020 at 10:58:12 AM UTC-6, Lucretia Borgia wrote:
> >>
> >> It has to be better than 2020 wherever you are!
> >>
> > HAPPY NEW YEAR, to you, too!!
> >
> > I agree with Greg, 2020 has been alright for me as well. I've got my health
> > and although there have been tough times for many I suffered no tornado
> > damage, nor have I had Covid, and no bomb damage. Being retired, I lost
> > no income from the virus and wondering how I'm going to pay rent/mortgage.
> > For a lot of people they will be happy to see the end of this year.
> >
> It was a pretty shitty year for me. In February my 46 year old niece
> dropped dead of a heart attack. The visitation/memorial service was
> held in Ottawa on Feb.29/March 1. Less than two weeks later we were in
> lock down. A couple of my favourite activities, kayaking and pickleball,
> were cancelled. Another favourite is going out for motorcycle rides
> with my friend and having a beer at a craft brewery. They all had to
> close for a few months, so we did get a few brew rides before the cold
> weather came. Restrictions eased and restaurants started to open up,.
>
> When we took my wife out for a birthday dinner we had to dine outside.
> Later on restaurants were able to do indoor service, and my son was
> going to take me out for dinner on my birthday in November. Infection
> rates were rising fast so there were restrictions on indoor dining and
> everyone at a table had to live in the same house.
>
> Over the last few weeks infection rates started to soar, so now we are
> back in lockdown.
>
> Meanwhile, I spent a week in cardiac intensive care. I am still in
> recuperation mode. There was very little Christmas baking this year
> because I can't eat that sort of stuff any more, and we weren't going
> out or having people in to share the stuff with.
>
> All in all, it has been a really shitty year. This Covid19 shit started
> last winter. Here we are back in winter, and it looks like it is going
> to be a hell of a lot worse before it gets better.


"First World Problems", lol...

--
Best
Greg