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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,368
    When I travel and people find out I'm from NY they ask if I have ever watched the ball drop in Times Square?  I tell them hell no.  My idea of a good time is not standing in one place in the freezing cold w no bathrooms waiting to see a stupid ball drop...

    Just passed up a New Years BBQ.  What is wrong w people?
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,811
    tempo_n_groove said:
    When I travel and people find out I'm from NY they ask if I have ever watched the ball drop in Times Square?  I tell them hell no.  My idea of a good time is not standing in one place in the freezing cold w no bathrooms waiting to see a stupid ball drop...

    Just passed up a New Years BBQ.  What is wrong w people?

    They are frigging idiots.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,781
    New Year's Eve & St. Patrick's day are both amateur night, I can't remember the last time I got up for either. 

    You're better off staying home / off the roads. 
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    New Year’s Eve always smelled of desperation to me. Gotta do something, anything, as long as it’s a big to-do.

    Even prior to covid, we prefer to stay in. Plus there are always a bunch of drunk numbnuts who think they’re okay to drive.

    And yeah, screw Valentine’s Day too!
  • PJNB
    PJNB Posts: 13,890
    Boardgames/Cards with lots of food are the best New Years I have ever had with friends and family. Hope everyone is staying safe and the new year brings great news. 
  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,610
    edited December 2020
    I haven't enjoyed new year's even in over a decade. And even when I did enjoy it, I didn't really enjoy it.  Missing out on NYE isn't going to be in my top-50 disappointments about the virus.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    had i still been in my 20's during this, hell yeah i'd be pissed about NYE. it was probably the single biggest event in all my groups over the years. that and may long weekend. 

    now it's just another night. my wife will most likely be in bed well before midnight. :look_at_the_time:
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Coronavirus: Ontario ER nurse spends entire pregnancy working the COVID-19 front line | Globalnews.ca

    An amazing person as are all the front-line workers...
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  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    edited December 2020
    https://www.facebook.com/musiciswin/posts/3988292337870482


    app-facebook
    Music is Win
    on Saturday

    After 8 days in the ICU with COVID-19 Pneumonia, I’m finally home safe and breathing on my own. It was a frightening event, and I am so grateful to be on the other side of this. I think this picture (taken by a nurse prior to my discharge from the hospital) captures the fighting spirit I apparently have inside me. The thing is, that spirit would not exist without the people who were supporting me the whole time I was stuck in there. 

    To my friends and family across the globe, who shared so many motivational text and video messages of encouragement: thank you. Even though I was unable to respond, I saw everything. I needed all of it. When my morale was at its lowest, your words and thoughts were all I had to lean on. Even if you think it was a small, off-the-cuff greeting, I can’t overstate the importance of your well wishes, prayers, jokes, and love. 

    To my sis-n-law, Hannah, who cooked and delivered me food constantly since Bethany was sick at home with COVID-19, (for those of you who know me, I have a *slightly* unique appetite), I literally would have starved without your kindness. You gave me hope when I was weak and sustained my comeback effort with your delicious and thoughtful meals and decorations, and I can’t thank you enough.

    Finally, to my wife, Bethany… thank you. You were not only the liaison between my very worried and loving parents and myself, but also a problem-solver, smoothie-ordering aficionado, dog-watcher, and above all, my rock. I was never alone in that dark cave. You were the first and last person I communicated with every day. You gave me a reason to breathe when it felt like I might not any more. I’m here today because of the motivation I had to get home to you.

    I am just so thankful to be home with my little family and I look forward to getting back to reality and starting a new year strong, healthy, and with a fighting spirit. If any of you have stories to share, please do–I wish you all good health and a safe holiday season.

    Sincerely,
    Tyler

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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,811
    This is you?

    Very glad you are on the mend, scary stuff.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    Glad you made it out of the ICU, vaggar. I appreciate your contribution here with us.
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    New Years' for me this year will be me and the dog, some edibles, some joints...no alcohol...and music.  All the best in 2021.
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    A friend of mine who is in her 70's fell and badly broke her pelvis, requiring surgery, followed by having to spend a few weeks in a convalescent hospital.  She was tested regularly and release about 10 days ago.  She is now healing slowly but surely and is COVID free.  The scary thing is, I just heard that eleven people died of COVID in that same facility. 

    This is a real wake up call to be careful and not get injured.  Icy, snowy or wet streets and sidewalks, getting up at night and going out to the kitchen in the dark for a glass of water, driving, climbing up on ladders, you name it- there are a thousand or more ways to end up in a place you and I don't want to go to if we can help it.  Stay safe out there, friends! 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,896
    Some London hospitals are running low on oxygen.  This is now worse than the start and everyone is at home. I can see our health system on its knees


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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    lastexitlondon said:
    Some London hospitals are running low on oxygen.  This is now worse than the start and everyone is at home. I can see our health system on its knees

    Stay safe there, Rob.
    We have good friends who have a son and his wife and child living in London and they are quite concerned for them for good reason. 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,604
    This wave seems more intense! During the 1st wave we didn’t have any positive test in my office at work now we’ve had three this month.
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  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    F Me In The Brain said:
    This is you?

    Very glad you are on the mend, scary stuff.
    No, I apologize.  Should have been more clear.  His name is Tyler Larsen.  He has one of the biggest guitar based channels on Youtube. Met him earlier this year at NAMM in LA.  Seems like a lifetime ago now.
  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,076
    Bernie filibustering to try to get Americans $2000 relief checks.  Says senate won’t go home and military budget won’t be passed until there is a vote.
    Scio me nihil scire

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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,811
    vaggar99 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    This is you?

    Very glad you are on the mend, scary stuff.
    No, I apologize.  Should have been more clear.  His name is Tyler Larsen.  He has one of the biggest guitar based channels on Youtube. Met him earlier this year at NAMM in LA.  Seems like a lifetime ago now.

    Still scary nonetheless, but glad it wasn't you who went through that.
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    vaggar99 said:
    https://www.facebook.com/musiciswin/posts/3988292337870482


    app-facebook
    Music is Win
    on Saturday

    After 8 days in the ICU with COVID-19 Pneumonia, I’m finally home safe and breathing on my own. It was a frightening event, and I am so grateful to be on the other side of this. I think this picture (taken by a nurse prior to my discharge from the hospital) captures the fighting spirit I apparently have inside me. The thing is, that spirit would not exist without the people who were supporting me the whole time I was stuck in there. 

    To my friends and family across the globe, who shared so many motivational text and video messages of encouragement: thank you. Even though I was unable to respond, I saw everything. I needed all of it. When my morale was at its lowest, your words and thoughts were all I had to lean on. Even if you think it was a small, off-the-cuff greeting, I can’t overstate the importance of your well wishes, prayers, jokes, and love. 

    To my sis-n-law, Hannah, who cooked and delivered me food constantly since Bethany was sick at home with COVID-19, (for those of you who know me, I have a *slightly* unique appetite), I literally would have starved without your kindness. You gave me hope when I was weak and sustained my comeback effort with your delicious and thoughtful meals and decorations, and I can’t thank you enough.

    Finally, to my wife, Bethany… thank you. You were not only the liaison between my very worried and loving parents and myself, but also a problem-solver, smoothie-ordering aficionado, dog-watcher, and above all, my rock. I was never alone in that dark cave. You were the first and last person I communicated with every day. You gave me a reason to breathe when it felt like I might not any more. I’m here today because of the motivation I had to get home to you.

    I am just so thankful to be home with my little family and I look forward to getting back to reality and starting a new year strong, healthy, and with a fighting spirit. If any of you have stories to share, please do–I wish you all good health and a safe holiday season.

    Sincerely,
    Tyler

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    Sobering.

    If this is you, I wish you well. If not, there are many others in similar situations to whom I extend those good thoughts. 
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