Penguin

We’re all going to get it if you’re inclined to not hide in your basement at all times.

Rip the bandaid off and get it over with. This country could use a purge anyway.

Yeah we're talking 30 plus people in my aunt's small restaurant. 6 aunts/ uncles, their kids and their families.

 

I guess me going (or not) won't really make a difference as far as exposing the elderly...

 

Just seems irresponsible on their part.

I look at at as their choice.

The kids are basically at no risk of dying if they get it. Same most likely for their parents.

Grandpa and grandma are grown ass adults and by this point know the risks, it’s not like they lost all their cognitive ability and risk mitigation skills when they turned 65. If they show up, they know there’s a risk. If relatives show up with symptoms they should be asked to leave, but chances are they won’t show up if they are sick and care about everyone else.

No inquiry into their movements and exposures.

I can guess that they go to the grocery store etc, but masked up and maintained distance. They’re retired so no work exposure.

My wife’s sister and her family live nearby, and they probably have exposure to them. Their granddaughter is 12 or 13 and in school. So possibly an exposure there to an asymptomatic carrier?

Mother in law says she’s feeling better, father in law isn’t but is no worse. Neither are hospitalized at this time.

Nah they’re over in the Clarkston area.

They’re not torching anything, my father in law is an good old farm boy who did professional sales for a career and my mother in law wouldn’t say shit if she had a mouth full of it. They’re nice law abiding people, they don’t have a mean bone in their bodies.

Now my in-laws in Washington State have come down with Chinese Lung Herpes.

They’ve followed the lock down and mask wearing restrictions with almost religious zeal. They prostrated themselves and voted for Joe Biden, and preached the evils of not wearing masks and socially distancing this summer when we saw them.

Didn’t matter, they still got COVID. Chances are high that they will recover and be just fine.

All that ass pain and self flagellation, and it didn’t matter.

I look forward to their recovery so I can make fun of them properly in person next year.

Thanks. On the plus side my 88 year old grandma and her 2nd husband who is 84 both got COVID. She was up and around and never hospitalized and her husband has been discharged from the hospital.

The difference in outcome boils down to both of them not letting underlying medical conditions get totally out of control.

My aunt (mom’s sister) died a few days ago of COVID. She had a lot of underlying health issues and was so weak she had been in a nursing home for the past year. She had been hospitalized two or three times in the last year. Uncontrolled diabetes, overweight, and may have had an undiagnosed stroke.

My mom had a bad week last week, my dad died of a stroke or heart attack on Monday the 26th then her sister on the 30th.

Some dogs respond well to the collar, our girl just shrugged it off like it was nothing. The Rottweiler male is actually more “sensitive” to us being mad than she ever has been. He’s a quick study and wants to please. Fortunately he has no desire to get into it with other dogs, and he’s getting so big most other dogs are hesitant around him. He’s protective but not over the top, and knows we are in charge.

Your dog might think he’s protecting you from those big brutish dangerous looking other dogs. He needs to also understand that as the pack leader you don’t need to be protected from non threatening dogs, animals, or people.

Ah yes the evil and naughty vacuum cleaner. Also hated by our German Shepherd, she will leave it alone now but will gleefully attack it on command.

It’s an extra special pain in the ass when your dog is big enough and strong enough to pick the vacuum up off the floor.

Here he is, taking up almost the entire ottoman:

Our German Shepherd was not impressed with the shock collar and would take the hit and keep on keeping on. She didn’t like getting her ass beat, and learned from that. Particularly if she had prey to chase, like deer. Ass beatings solved that. Caught her chewing on trim in the house, ass beating, doesn’t do that anymore. Attacked the weed eater, gave it some throttle when she went after it and she decided it wasn’t fun to play with any more. She was a hard bitch and only really learned from praise or pain, she’s also very smart and wisely chose to be a very good girl after only one or two come to Jesus meetings.

The new male Rottweiler hasn’t been introduced to the shock collar, he’s had a few come to Jesus meetings with my fists and has also learned that praise and treats is much better than fists and feet. He’s turning out to be a very good well adjusted dog, likes people, likes other dogs, comes when called, sits, downs, and stays well. Pretty fast learner, which is good I enjoy praise and affection way way more than discipline!

You know what also works?

Kicking the shit out of them when they misbehave.

Another cure for dog aggression towards larger dogs is to let your uppity smaller dog get wrecked by picking a fight with a larger dog. See how much they spoil for a fight after that.

Once you start shitting outside it’s when it gets weird...or not?

I’ve shit outside several times in the last year at work.

I’d rather poop in the bushes than take a crap on my lead locomotive, and if there’s only one locomotive that means I’m pooping San Francisco style.

I don't think that's true. I've been working from home for 2-1/2 years, and I'm anything but an introvert. However, until March, I structured my life that I was meeting up with different groups 3-4 days a week after work. Running groups on Monday, Tuesday and Saturday usually (or skiing on Saturdays in winter), with occasional happy hour groups on Wednesdays or Thursdays, including the odd running group some Thursdays.

 

It is hard not seeing faces, but it's not too hard to do things like go get coffee before work, go out for lunch (or meet a friend for lunch), take a walk in the neighborhood. If you have a routine that puts you in front of people, it becomes easy.

 

I think the bigger challenge for many people is managing distractions at home. Piece of cake when I was single and living alone. Now that I'm living with my girlfriend and her kids, it's TOUGH to stay focused with a crying baby, home schooling, kids harassing the cats, etc.

Wait what?

You’re shacked up with a girl with kids? Instant family? You have one with her?

I haven’t seen any yet, but due to weight limits in USPSA being so high the guys I’ve seen so far tend to favor all steel guns like CZ’s and 2011’s. More weight equals less recoil, especially when the weight is in the muzzle area from a bull barrel and massive dust cover.

I’m sure that in IDPA the LTT guns will be more competitive, I think they actually try to govern their carry or production oriented divisions with rules more aligned with actual carry guns and duty guns. USPSA has gotten to the point that it’s pretty much all race guns all the time with variations in sighting equipment, comp or no comp, and magazine capacity, plus power factor for scoring. Otherwise it’s all 45oz+ full size pistols with very light triggers, and all the shoot fast gamer stuff the rules allow. Not exactly carry or duty guns!

If you favor something more sporting to flex nuts on your neighbors with nothing commands more respect in Nova Scotia than a C3 Corvette, leather jacket, and a Beretta 92 FS. Remember safety always off.

Another popular option is to get a classy older sedan or coupe and turn it into a convertible. Here are two Nova Scotians enjoying a nice sunny day and some open air motoring.

Here we see a common and popular mode of affordable family transportation in Nova Scotia, notice this resident is using a ubiquitous Canadian multi-tool, called a hockey stick, to clear debris before driving. Also works for snow removal.

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