The COVID Blues

The sociological/psychological impact of COVID-19 has had

  • no impact on me

    Votes: 4 36.4%

  • A little impact on me

    Votes: 4 36.4%

  • A noticeable impact on me

    Votes: 2 18.2%

  • A moderate impact on me

    Votes: 1 9.1%

  • A large impact on me.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    11
  • Poll closed .
moon said:
Option three starts to approach comedy;- ' a noticeable impact on me '

Recipient of falling lunch-box realizes he's been hit.


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moon said:
You've got the nerve to call this crap ' sociological/psychological', Kaffer-kicker ?

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QED, sir.

That said, thank you for your replies. It's one thing for one member to call another names and label them, but it's always much better when that person proves they are those names and labels for all the forum to see. When a person shows their true face, others rarely forget seeing it.
 
Hey, Kaffer-kicker- how about Option 4- ' a moderate impact on me ' ?

The roofer keeps his hammer in his lunch-box.


Haw, haw, haw, haw, haw.......................................haw.
 
moon said:
Option two is equally stupid- ' a little impact on me '.

How about a coughing roofer accidentally dropping his lunch-box on your fool head ?


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I fit option 2. Nobody in my family lost their jobs. In fact, just the opposite. Short term pay boosts and OT. I eat better and cheaper because we don’t go out. Taking the time to exercise more. Saved money on haircuts by having my wife give them to me.

I haven’t seen my friends that I’d like to, however.

Minimal impact.
 
domer76 said:
I fit option 2. Nobody in my family lost their jobs. In fact, just the opposite. Short term pay boosts and OT. I eat better and cheaper because we don’t go out. Taking the time to exercise more. Saved money on haircuts by having my wife give them to me.

I haven’t seen my friends that I’d like to, however.

Minimal impact.
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An interesting side point since I've saved a ton of cash since last May when I took partial pay via early retirement. I'd been out for medical issues since September 2019, so, TBH, COVID worked out financially for me. OTOH, my sister and BIL took a major financial hit since both worked in service jobs; sister had a manager job and my BIL ran his own tattoo business. They are now both back to work with CDC procedures in play, but it was a tough past winter and spring for them.

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My doctor died from Corona. I have 3 relatives who have it now. We do not know how they will do. Two are in their 70s, the other about 45.
 
Nordberg said:
My doctor died from Corona. I have 3 relatives who have it now. We do not know how they will do. Two are in their 70s, the other about 45.
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It's silly to deny people are dying from a pandemic. The fucking morons who compare it to the flu or suicides forget that those deaths are still happening. COVID is just adding more bodies to the total death count.

Despite the personal losses, I was mainly interested in the sociological and psychological impact on the survivors...given we all survive until next Summer.
 
Dutch Uncle said:
Too much hold time.

No doubt JPP has seen an increase in activity over the past several months. They'll see that activity drop by late Spring. Whoever owns JPP should enjoy the profits why they can.

FWIW, there's a free CB app for those like you feeling a need to talk to someone. I tested it but prefer texting with family, facetime family and JPP.
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No one posts here more than you...just saying...;)
 
/MSG/ said:
Eh, what's a few million suicides? Boomers gotta survive, at literally any cost. Because dying is for old people, and Boomers aren't old.
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You're not even pretending to be honest or serious or adult. Death from alcohol and suicide have skyrocketed amongst boomers this stuff is easy to look up you know we have search engines now.
 
Except for the death of my sister(still not convinced it was the wu flu that killed her. She had a medical encyclopedia of co-morbidity), the stupid toilet paper crisis, and my favorite outdoor locations being closed, this whole thing has just been a relatively pleasant preview to my upcoming retirement. Helpful hint: find challenging, interesting things to do. Things that will take YEARS to master or better yet, things that can't be mastered at all. Now I know why retirees play golf.
 
Callinectes said:
Except for the death of my sister(still not convinced it was the wu flu that killed her. She had a medical encyclopedia of co-morbidity), the stupid toilet paper crisis, and my favorite outdoor locations being closed, this whole thing has just been a relatively pleasant preview to my upcoming retirement. Helpful hint: find challenging, interesting things to do. Things that will take YEARS to master or better yet, things that can't be mastered at all. Now I know why retirees play golf.
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Sorry about your sister. No disrespect, but dead is dead. Politics shouldn't enter into it unless it was a policy that killed her.

As for the Great TP Crisis of 2020, it's like the Great Ammo Crisis of 2013. People panic when they have shitty leadership they cannot trust.

No doubt you are like most Boomers, Xers, etc, and consider yourself first before the good of the nation. Yes, I hope the parks open soon, but I understand the reason and agree with the decision. YMMV
 
I am doing fine.

I think I was born with the gift of perspective. I sometimes think of my uncles and aunt's husband rounded up by NKVD and doing time in the Gulag. I still have the written stories about my grandfather & grandmother having their house confiscated by the Imperial Japanese Army. I still talk to my cousin about my aunt being harassed, driven to poverty, and ultimately exiled by Chinese communists.

What have I got to complain about?

On the flip side, it is unfortunate so many people have died this year, or been driven to financial collapse.

I am using the down time on self improvement projects, hiking, Netflix...and a fair amount of vodka!
 
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