Covid19
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Sept 19, 2020
Apart from that horrid experience at St. Hubert BBQ the other night with that revolting meal that cost a fortune, we managed to fit other more interesting things in between then and now.
For one, we finally got some clean clothes as I finally managed to find a day to do laundry. Then we went and got our tires on the car looked after and we wanted a tune-up and oil change done on it too, but the mechanic said everything was fine and we didn't need it done. Afterwards we went and did some of the errands we needed to do on the outside, before coming home.
As soon as we pulled into our driveway our next door neighbour met me at the fence between our properties and said she had something for me and asked me to go over. I said fine but I had to do something in the house first and so brought some of the stuff we got in the house and put it away and let our dog out in the backyard and then went over to see what she had to give me. When I got there though, she and her husband insisted I sit and have a beer with them in the backyard at their picnic table and just talk and catch up on stuff, since before we went into lockdown. I was saddened to hear about their various health problems and that her doctor is basically going to have her driver's license taken away from her at the end of this month due to her health issues. But we talked about lighter and funnier things too, so it wasn't all doom & gloom there was some levity and some laughter sprinkled in there as well. Good for the soul. No one could ask for better neighbours than they've been to us. In fact I think of her more as a friend than merely a neighbour, but our whole entire relationship has been maintained outside our houses in our yards, or over at the fence, or on the internet via email.
After I finished my beer and collected the stuff she wanted to give me, I came home to an awesome supper of BBQ T-bone steak, macaroni salad and a premade southwestern salad, that was waiting for me, because my husband cooked the steaks on the BBQ and got the salads out and put them on the table and set the table as well. So all I had to do was sit down and enjoy the sumptuous meal he put together for us. It was way, way, way better than anything offered in any restaurants around here, for any price you care to name.
Then I decided to take the evening and relax playing computer games and playing with our dog. She has some long fuzzy squeaky toys that she likes to squeak, but also use as tug of war toys when she plays with us. I just wanted a day of not thinking of the pandemic (well other than having to wear the masks when we went out earlier in the day to get the car looked after and take care of errands) at all. I wanted a day that felt more or less normal to me, for a change and it did. I think I needed that too.
We went out today and did a couple more errands, but we didn't have time to do everything we wanted to do (because some stores close at 5pm on Saturdays in QC) and so came home and had some BBQ ribs done the right way, because the ribs we had the other night didn't quell our cravings for them. What I made tonight, was an awesome supper even if I do say so myself. Way better than what we got at St. Hubert BBQ and it only literally cost maybe all of $4 each, whereas it cost us $50 for the 2 of us at St. Hubert's because mine was $20 (half rack of ribs) and my husband's was $30 (whole rack of ribs). Okay so we each had basically a half rack of ribs tonight for supper and not a whole rack along with french fries, asparagus, slices of avocado & celery sticks, at the restaurant we had the ribs, broccoli, fries, sauce & the bottom of a hamburger bun. We had way better quality food (asparagus vs broccoli with avocado slices & celery sticks vs sauce and a hamburger bun bottom), but it was still $4 each instead of $20 each and it was way more palatable too! Just to show you the difference in cost of home made and restaurant food along with quality too.
Anywho.... Back to the main subject of this blog.... Covid19 and all the headlines it's creating....
Are they sweeping it's origins under the rug and trying to hide it from the rest of the world? Do they honestly think we're all that stupid or what?
Trump says he's taking 'high road' by not meeting with Democrats on coronavirus relief I'm sorry, I don't follow.... How is not talking to the other side about something taking a high road? I always thought that in order to resolve differences or to come to an agreement with someone you needed to talk to them - in that case, have a meeting with them.
Sure feels like it's over here. We had to turn the bedroom heater on last night in order to not freeze, and to be able to get to sleep. In fact it's going down to 0C and -1C tonight and tomorrow night and it was pretty close to that last night as well. Today wasn't all that warm either. I had to wear a long sleeve pullover sweater and my jacket to go out and do errands today. Though, I'm sure somewhere on this continent it still seems like summer. In California, Nevada and Florida for sure, but I think the northern states are pretty much feeling in tune with the time of year it is.
Coronavirus spikes in Spain, France and U.K. raise specter of second wave Why can't these media types get it through their thick skulls that in order to have a 2nd, or any other subsequent wave, the first one needs to have basically petered out and disappeared for all intents and purposes and I'm sorry but there's very few places that can claim that.... NZ maybe, NS maybe and maybe 1 or 2 other spots around the world, but for the most part everywhere else there was a subsidence, but not a total disappearance of it, so where there were subsidences before we're seeing resurgences now, but it's still all the 1st wave. If NZ or NS gets clobbered with it again, they can claim to be in their 2nd wave, but for the most part the rest of the world is still dealing with wave #1.
That's a very beautiful scenic drive through Zion National Park. Unforgettable.
Covid Chronicles, Vol. 1: A nurse's anguish in the ICU A kind of comic book story about the COVID pandemic put together by NBC. It is done in segments/installments, at the bottom of each segment is the link to the following segment, so you can follow it to it's conclusion.
A bit of economic good news for Americans.
Oh well.... So much for my short lived optimism.
Russian COVID-19 vaccine: Early results show antibody response That's good news! Now let's hope there's no serious side-effects associated with it!
Biden says he would take COVID vaccine "tomorrow" So if that's the case, why are the democrats griping and moaning about vaccines being approved too early if Biden would take one tomorrow? Obviously he isn't worried about one being approved too soon if he'd take one tomorrow.
Crime and the COVID-19 pandemic: A look at the uptick in violence That's what my husband said, that if the virus didn't kill them all off, they'd take care of the rest themselves. Sometimes I wonder if he's not right.
Now that is scary! I went into a store today that has one of those automatic sanitizer dispensers and put my hand underneath quickly but nevertheless by the time I took it away I had so much sanitizer in my hand, that it was running up my arm inside my sleeves and I rubbed it on both hands but I still had a slimy sopping wet handful of it, and had to use some paper towel that was nearby to get the excess off my hands. It's good I don't smoke anymore, because I'd have gone up in flames the next time I lit a cigarette probably.
Bold hopes for virus antibody tests still unfulfilled I get the feeling that's because they don't want us to know for sure if we've had it or not, because if we had it, we'll be less likely to get the vaccine and it seems to me that one of the prime objectives of this plandemic is to get us all injected with whatever is in those vaccines - possibly chips of some kind maybe?
During pandemic, Brazilian horror park reopens as drive-thru Okay well that is definitely different.
3 tips to avoid puppy scams during the pandemic, according to Better Business Bureau investigator We all love puppies - or most of us anyhow and who wouldn't want an adorable lovable little mutt to keep us company during quarantine and lockdown? I think most of us would love one, if we don't already have one or more, but there are a lot of scam artists out there taking advantage of that fact, so beware.
This enterprising little girl put her lockdown time to good use and now stands to make a fortune on it.
Oh you mean they're showing off the vaccines they stole from us for the first time? Isn't that what you really mean?
Is that the one you stole from us? You bunch of thieving liars!
Canada’s current deficit level will be ‘unsustainable’ within 1 to 2 years: PBO We have Santa Trudeau to thank for that I think. Standing on his front steps every day doling out money to everyone who does not need it, while forgetting all about the ones who desperately need it. As per usual with that brain dead idiot.
Quebec to give $5M from COVID-19 fines to crime victim support groups So then they ought to be reimbursing the people that got gouged to death by their stupid fines, because as far as I'm concerned those fines ought to be criminal and the ones charging them ought to be behind bars. I mean hello, there braindead politicians, some of your fines you are imposing on some people are what they get in a whole entire year for income. Not everyone makes a half a million dollars a year for sitting in the National Assembly for 6 months (if that) a year. Most people make like 1/10th or even less than that a year and have to work an entire year to make that. I mean wake up you highway robbers and smell the same coffee the rest of us have to drink on a daily basis. One city charges $240 fines for not wearing a face mask and that's on all infractions of the same type no matter how many times you're busted for it. Here in QC it's a graduating fine going from I think $600 to the sky's the limit. So give some of that money back to the people you gouged it from as they're victims of crime too. Your crimes!
'We need to think of COVID as a ceremony': Parents, students talk about their back-to-school plans I don't know but I somehow can't get my mind into thinking of COVID as a ceremony. What's wrong with you people? Since when is a disease that causes a pandemic a "ceremony"? Seriously, get your heads screwed on straight, why don't you!?!
This is one of the sad aspects of this plandemic, in that even though a person doesn't get sick or lose a loved one because of COVID19, they are still prone to losing everything else from their life savings and jobs, to their homes and even their dignity.
I should all of them would, otherwise what is going to be getting injected into people's bodies, if the medicine isn't scientifically sound?
Salmon May Harbor Infectious Coronavirus For a Week, Study Shows Then cook it properly before eating and you shouldn't have a problem. I don't know of any viruses that can survive 450 F heat for 15-20 minutes (the time & temp you usually cook it for in the oven). If it can survive that and being frozen for over a week in a deep freezer, then we have one humdinger of a virus which I'm positive didn't come from bats, because while I don't know much about bats, I seriously doubt their body temperatures ever range from -40F all the way up to +450F. So it would be highly suspect if it can survive that huge temperature range, considering it's supposed original main host's body temperatures don't go through that extreme of a range.
Seriously???? What did they think he was going to do? Shoot them through the screen or what? I mean gawd some people can be pretty anal if you ask me. Other than the fact that the person who called may not have liked the kid very much, what did that accomplish? If I were the cops I'd be issuing the person who made the call a citation for making nuisance calls and potentially blocking the use of the 911 line from some real emergency occurring at the same time as they made their call.
178 mph on Ga. 400? Police don’t even try to stop motorcyclist. There's been so many of these crazy speeding and stunt stories since the pandemic started, it's unreal.
Did they think she was going to infect the sealife with COVID19 or what? I get that they don't want infected people near others, but if she's surfing, it's highly unlikely that anyone is within 2 meters of her and she should be a safe distance from anyone and everyone as long as she's surfing. So what's the point of that? I get people are supposed to be in quarantine, but I also get that sometimes they might be testing positive but not feeling sick. So if they do self quarantine at home and do activities outside away from others like say walk alone in the woods, or surf, or go for a nice drive to see the fall colours, what's the big deal? They're still "self-isolating" if they're not coming into contact with others. It's when they're positive with or without symptoms and on top of others, that's the problem, but surfing alone in the ocean???? How's that a problem? I think some authorities are a little over-zealous if you ask me.
Fauci says a coronavirus vaccine is ‘unlikely’ by U.S. election What he means that the one he & Gates are cooking up together is unlikely to be finished by then. Because so far as he's concern that/those are the only vaccine/s that will be viable at all, and should be the only ones approved of for use.
COVID-19 outbreaks in Quebec schools cause for concern Apparently not enough of a concern to close them and make everyone take their classes online.
What is with the vile disgusting pigs that calls themselves men over there in India anyhow? Why are there so many depraved vile rapists running rampant in that country anyhow? What they need is an automatic sentence that if they're arrested and charged for such a crime, they're automatically castrated. Not chemically castrated, but physically castrated, so they have nothing to rape anyone with ever again. Then thrown in a cell with the biggest baddest meanest horniest creeps to be found in that prison. Let the rapists get raped every night in their jail cells and see how they like it. Honestly. If they thought that that's what the rest of their lives would look like if they got caught, I think there wouldn't be so many rapes going on there anymore.
Really??? Well then what I want to know is who precisely told you to go have wild beach and house parties and illegal raves in the woods and in abandonned buildings???? Because that person ought to be shot.
Thousands of Burning Man fans violated social distancing laws to hold their own festivals in the Nevada desert and on California beaches A classic example of the point I was making in my statement directly above this one.
Still wiping down your grocery store purchases? Coronavirus risk is 'exceedingly small,' experts say
Still? We never did. We thought about doing it, but then we thought it was as stupid as it was impractical given that we'd have to wipe down not only the groceries, but the bags and the surfaces that bags were on and some groceries couldn't be wiped down with things like disinfectants - like fresh produce. And so given the futility of that, wiping down everything else except the fresh produce was like well why bother? If it's on everything else in the bags that touched the produce, then it's on the produce too and if that's the case, it's futile. Either don't bother wiping things down at all, or do but stick to canned fruits and veggies and forego all fresh foods from now on. That I can't and refuse to do. Just shoot me now and put me out of my misery if I have to not only go into house arrest but have to eat stuff I don't like too. There comes a point in what's going on here, where you wonder what's the point of living anyhow, and hope you get the virus and die just to get this long drawn out monotony over and done with. So, I'm sorry there are some things I won't give up on account of this virus and if that winds up being what did me in, well sobeit, at least I had a little bit of enjoyment out of whatever life this is passing for now, before I die.
I have to draw the line there for the night.... Until next time take care & stay well. Try to enjoy life a little without getting into trouble with the over zealous gestapo posing as Covid law enforcement officers.
