Love in the Time of COVID-19

ChickieD · April 24, 2020, 1:45am

People might get the crazy idea we are bunch of racists instead of freedom lovers

RAvery · April 24, 2020, 2:23am

I love that middle paragraph.

“Let’s try to look good in the eyes of people I can’t stand.”

RAvery · April 24, 2020, 2:24am

Lucy_Gothro1 · April 24, 2020, 2:34am

Lucy_Gothro1 · April 24, 2020, 2:35am

And that was his VERY first post!

I thought it was about states’ rights…TO BLOODY HAVE SLAVERY! sheesh.

RAvery · April 24, 2020, 4:21am

Wisconsin_Platt · April 24, 2020, 4:03pm

That’s the silent part that they usually don’t say outloud.

kxkvi · April 24, 2020, 4:23pm

That’s disappointing.

Lucy_Gothro1 · April 24, 2020, 4:51pm

So did the impeachment…can we enter a civil suit against the current POTUS?

Lucy_Gothro1 · April 24, 2020, 4:54pm

kxkvi · April 24, 2020, 5:45pm

I’d prefer getting a pest control company to rid the WH of vermin.

Lucy_Gothro1 · April 24, 2020, 7:40pm

So even though Michigan residents are required to wear masks when they go into retail stores, I saw plenty of folks not wearing them at my local Meijer today; even my cashier had hers down under her chin. It’s very discouraging. So is watching people shop by touching and dawdling over multiple items.

Lucy_Gothro1 · April 24, 2020, 8:12pm

She turned 80 last month.

Wisconsin_Platt · April 25, 2020, 2:11pm

Yesterday was the first day when I was out that masks were the majority.

Granted Illinois won’t require masks until May 1 (I think)

But prior to yesterday I was the outlier

chgoliz · April 25, 2020, 3:06pm

Not where I live. Mostly homemade, but people are taking it seriously. If you look at the maps, the south side is heavy hit. We’re not taking chances.

The Jewel-Osco in rural Indiana where I was last night, on the other hand…

But I give the cashier full credit: when she saw I was wearing a mask properly, she pulled hers up from her chin. And everyone stocking the aisles was wearing a mask, so they are being trained.

RAvery · April 25, 2020, 3:57pm

RatMan · April 25, 2020, 4:43pm

Completely the opposite here (near Bruges, Belgium.) Everyone has masks, and if you’re not wearing one you’ll get nagged incessantly. If you try to leave town without one, the town constable will hassle you. We’re beating this thing here, and no one wants a repeat of the last seven weeks.

Lucy_Gothro1 · April 25, 2020, 5:35pm

As an aside, John Oliver said some nasty things about Belgium, and I was offended. But he’s British, sooo…

When I landed in Antwerp in June 1983, it looked nice to ME (this is when I went to the Netherlands; I flew the Belgian airline whose name I can’t remember cos it was cheaper, and was picked up there and driven to Hilversum by my back-then pen-pal/boyfriend.)

Lucy_Gothro1 · April 25, 2020, 5:36pm

I couldn’t decide whether to post this here or on the OS-CPresident thread. shrug.

Sen. Schiff likes that Colonial deco, doesn’t he? Or someone does, lol.

RatMan · April 25, 2020, 8:56pm

I didn’t see it; what did he say? Europeans vs. the Brits is pretty complicated at the moment. Brexit and all, and the EU central government is based here in Brussels, as are many of the multinational corps… so yeah, it’s complicated.

As a place to live, it’s not perfect, but we like it a lot. We were considering our next move to Galway (Ireland.) We really want to do that but it may not happen at this point for various reasons. My sister has retired to Avignon, France, and we’re considering that as a possible next option.