The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[donaldtoo]

Updated in 2020 for diversity training. Get with the program, man!

 

[donaldtoo]

Listen to DWifey!! I feel the same way -- I couldn't believe he cut it all off and looks like Yul Brenner now?!!

 

[donaldtoo]

Drum roll . . .

My sneakers just arrived!! TEN DAYS for Fedex to deliver from CA . . .

(Heck, if I knew that was going to be the case, I would have told them to hang on to the box. And I'd go out there to pick it up, and I could probably walk across country back here quicker than their delivery service?!)

Did the sneakers walk themselves to your place...!!!!!

 

[93boomer]

@MinnieM123 wanna guess how long it will take for me to get my disney pkg? I just ordered it today.

 

[93boomer]

Hi @donaldtoo how are you guys today?

 

[donaldtoo]

Sure, but I think there's also a difference between the idea of being on the front lines and the reality in an actual pandemic. Like....you can imagine a war zone from images on TV, and you know that it will be dangerous and loud and difficult. But I'm betting the reality of seeing it firsthand is way beyond anything you imagined. That can happen in any profession, really...that your idea of what it will be like is way different from the reality of it. If that's the case, then maybe it's not a good career for her anyway, but I can see how this is a huge wake up call. Most doctors probably didn't assume they'd deal with a pandemic like this when they became doctors. Sick people, of course...that comes with the territory. But on this scale, and where they can't get the PPE they need, and they are having to put their own health at risk...that's probably not something they counted on.
For an experienced doctor who has treated thousands of patients, it might not be a big deal, but for someone who was only imagining routine treatment of illnesses, it's probably pretty scary and would make them seriously consider what they are signing on for. It's like the difference between the idea in the abstract that you can't save everyone and then the reality of actually losing patients. It hits a lot harder, I'm sure, even though you always know it's a possibility. There's the routine/standard, and then there's the extreme. Most people don't really consider the extreme because what's the likelyhood that the extreme happens? If it happened a lot, it wouldn't be extreme. This is an extreme most of us never thought about.

This event will not only go down in the history of our time as a learning experience, and, for hopefully, many years to come, but, I guarantee it’ll also lead to better and more extensive training for docs, nurses, and healthcare workers in general.
A pandemic can happen. It’s not just a far-fetched movie plot...anymore.

 

[donaldtoo]

Hi @donaldtoo how are you guys today?

We’re doin’ fine all around, thanks for askin’...enjoyin’ a malted adult beverage right now...!!!
Hope y’all are doin’ good, as well...?!!!

 

[93boomer]

We’re doin’ fine all around, thanks for askin’...enjoyin’ a malted adult beverage right now...!!!
Hope y’all are doin’ good, as well...?!!!

Yes thank you. We’ve putting up shelves in the basement and just messing around.

 

[donaldtoo]

Look here @figmentfan423 and @donaldtoo
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Thanks, had not seen that yet...I wanna’ go...!!!!!

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Thanks, had not seen that yet...I wanna’ go...!!!!!

Me too!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

It was a beautiful Saturday here. I went for one walk with the dog and saw some Canada geese by the creek.


Then hubs and I took a longer walk about 4 miles on a state trail. We were going to order pizza from a local pizza and brewery that recently reopened but by the time we got through to order it was a two hour wait for pizza pick up so we went home and I made homemade pizza.






And Kapono watching the pizza making with her toy.

 

[donaldtoo]

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We’ve all wanted to do that with every cruise we’ve taken...I still love about the 3 “Golden Girls” we met and talked to while waitin’ for our debarkation time on our last cruise that we’re goin’ around again...a trip they had planned for 2 years...!!!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

I taught one of my favorite students today, Larry. He has been learning punctuation. He is such smart kid. We had 2 minutes left in class time. He had an assessment today and scored perfectly. I decided to play him a "School House Rock" cartoon. It is the one with interjections. Thought it would really drive home when to use them. He loved it. When he watched it he said "Oh, ok", when it was pointed out when to use the exclamation point. That made me happy. He got it! this was also my favorite School House Rock cartoon. I also loved "The Shot Heard Around the World". Who remembers that 245 years ago tomorrow the Revolutionary War began? Also tonight marks the infamous Paul Revere Ride.

Awesome, and glad it helped him...!!!
I loved all those Schoolhouse Rock bits from back in the day...!!!
BTW, my pops name is Larry (Lawrence), as well as my youngest bro...!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

If they don't have it out by the time I draw my blade, they won't have the chance to at all.

Seriously...?!?!?!
You said thugs, as in plural...what if they’re all packin’ heat...?!?!?! You’re gonna’ take ‘em all out in a flash with a “blade”, like in some Hollywood flick fantasy...?!?!?! And, what retail business allows an employee to carry a “blade” these days...?!?!?!
Sorry, but, you just sounded sooooooo friggin’ ridiculous with this post. No wonder you’re “Dead”... Get a grip, Mr. Seagal...!!!!!

 

[21stamps]

Perfect ending to a Perfect Day.

 

[donaldtoo]

Yes thank you. We’ve putting up shelves in the basement and just messing around.

You kids, now...!!!!!

 

[high plains drifter]

Perfect ending to a Perfect Day. ❤

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I had the same idea, but mine is propane .

 

[donaldtoo]

Fortunately, although all sad, still not doin’ too bad in our county of 546,000+ residents...
151 reported cases, and 4 deceased.

 

[donaldtoo]

 

[21stamps]

That's true Minnie. Some of the critics are the ones who don't think it's so bad and are not there in the impacted areas to really see real time situations.

MA is # 3 in the nation for cases and deaths. All our hospitals and convention center field hospital (1,000 beds) are in SURGE now, and have been for the past 2 weeks or so. I've kept in touch with a few people I used to work with at one of the larger hospitals in the city, and they are flat out, exhausted, stressed, you name it. Some hospital buildings have been retrofitted into complete ICUs. That's a staggering point, just in itself.

I don't think that (some) people who are outside of our area can comprehend the horror of the situation.

This time is horrible. People are dying. People are losing income. People are being laid off. Businesses have shuttered doors or running in half capacity.

I don’t think there is anyone on this planet who would sit here and say that this situation is easy or not a big deal. What people, like me, and others who have been following daily updates and models for some time now- is that we (the USA, including individual cities) never fulfilled the predictions of those models. Which is something to be thankful for, because it could have been a lot worse. We were told it would be a lot worse. Luckily, it wasn’t.
It’s entirely possible to recognize that the hospitalizations and deaths have come in far lower than projections, and be thankful for that.. while simultaneously realizing that the situation is not an unserious one.

The thing is, I don’t think a lot of people realize that both thoughts can exist at once. Regardless though, if you look at the past models (which all accounted for social distancing), and look at the real numbers, it should hopefully make everyone relieved that we never hit such a point where we ran out of beds and ventilators.