WITHDRAWAL...

[ldubs]

1 minute ago, GTO-Girl said:

Some may disagree so if you do please  be kind.....LOL 😁😁

 

Since April I have:

Been back to the gym,

gotten my hair and nails done numerous times

Been shopping

been out to eat numerous times 

been to the beach at least three times this summer

And generally continue to live my life 

 

We are both around 70yrs old.  We wear our mask when required, wash our hands frequently, do not touch our faces and keep a 6ft buffer when possible.  I will not be reckless but I am not giving COVID a year of my life.  
 

As I said.....we do wear masks when required, but will not spend my life sitting at home...

 

 

In many of our counties those activities are happening.  We still don't have inside dining but a lot of places have take out or outside pavilions set up.  Barbers/Salons still are outside only around here.   Not sure what I could disagree with.  Be safe.  

 

Our county says they don't want Trick-or-Treat this year.   To me it seems like a pretty safe activity and anyone concerned can just keep their porch lights off.  I expect that there will be lots of little urchins out in the neighborhood.  Maybe they will dress up as essential workers with masks!  haha.  

[lenquixote66]

23 hours ago, ldubs said:

 

In many of our counties those activities are happening.  We still don't have inside dining but a lot of places have take out or outside pavilions set up.  Barbers/Salons still are outside only around here.   Not sure what I could disagree with.  Be safe.  

 

Our county says they don't want Trick-or-Treat this year.   To me it seems like a pretty safe activity and anyone concerned can just keep their porch lights off.  I expect that there will be lots of little urchins out in the neighborhood.  Maybe they will dress up as essential workers with masks!  haha.  

I live in a condo .There are many kids among the residents.However,over the past few years there has not been much interest in trick or treat.

[ldubs]

2 hours ago, lenquixote66 said:

I live in a condo .There are many kids among the residents.However,over the past few years there has not been much interest in trick or treat.

 

It is always a pretty big deal in our neighborhood.  I normally enjoy seeing the little tykes all dressed up.  This year is going to be weird because of the pandemic.  I still haven't made up my mind whether to pass out treats or turn the porch lights off.  Either way, I'm sure there will be lots of families out.  

[clo]

30 minutes ago, ldubs said:

 

It is always a pretty big deal in our neighborhood.  I normally enjoy seeing the little tykes all dressed up.  This year is going to be weird because of the pandemic.  I still haven't made up my mind whether to pass out treats or turn the porch lights off.  Either way, I'm sure there will be lots of families out.  

This has been discussed/argued here in Reno. One issue is six feet distancing.

Edited September 21, 2020 by clo

[lenquixote66]

14 hours ago, ldubs said:

 

It is always a pretty big deal in our neighborhood.  I normally enjoy seeing the little tykes all dressed up.  This year is going to be weird because of the pandemic.  I still haven't made up my mind whether to pass out treats or turn the porch lights off.  Either way, I'm sure there will be lots of families out.  

We buy candy every year to give out buy the last few years we have been eating most ourselves .Do you remember your very first Halloween costume ?

[lenquixote66]

13 hours ago, clo said:

This has been discussed/argued here in Reno. One issue is six feet distancing.

Where I live very few people seem to social distance or wear masks .

[clo]

11 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said:

Where I live very few people seem to social distance or wear masks .

Well, it's mandated here for the whole state.

[lenquixote66]

8 minutes ago, clo said:

Well, it's mandated here for the whole state.

 

8 minutes ago, clo said:

Well, it's mandated here for the whole state.

It is mandated here too but the police will not enforce it .

[clo]

45 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said:

 

It is mandated here too but the police will not enforce it .

Well, I don't know about getting the police involved, but store/restaurants/etc. simply won't let them in.

[lenquixote66]

14 minutes ago, clo said:

Well, I don't know about getting the police involved, but store/restaurants/etc. simply won't let them in.

I am referring to people I see walking from my terrace door.Stores and restaurants I am told do not let people enter without masks.

[clo]

1 minute ago, lenquixote66 said:

I am referring to people I see walking from my terrace door.Stores and restaurants I am told do not let people enter without masks.

If we're walking around outdoors and no one is within six feet then we don't need to put our masks on.

[lenquixote66]

1 minute ago, clo said:

If we're walking around outdoors and no one is within six feet then we don't need to put our masks on.

There are people walking in groups next to others as they walk but not wearing masks.

[SelectSys]

On 9/15/2020 at 9:06 AM, Realblonde474 said:

... What about y'all, are you doing sort of any travel until we can board our favorite mode of vacation? 

 

 

Simply focusing on what travel we can do.  Fortunately your options for domestic travel in the US are quite broad and you can find lots to do - assuming you have an interest in other forms of travel.

 

My current plan is another car trip in November.  If HI drops its quarantine requirement, I may go there instead depending on what it looks like.

 

I still don't have the nerve to go back to Mexico even though I know more and more people that are crossing again for tourism.

Edited September 21, 2020 by SelectSys

[ldubs]

3 hours ago, lenquixote66 said:

We buy candy every year to give out buy the last few years we have been eating most ourselves .Do you remember your very first Halloween costume ?

 

I don't remember the costume, but I remember those plastic masks with the elastic string that always pulled out of the staple.  And those rubber masks making us nauseous.  But we would endure that and more for a bag full of candy.  haha.  

[lenquixote66]

27 minutes ago, ldubs said:

 

I don't remember the costume, but I remember those plastic masks with the elastic string that always pulled out of the staple.  And those rubber masks making us nauseous.  But we would endure that and more for a bag full of candy.  haha.  

My first was Dick Tracy .

[ldubs]

18 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said:

My first was Dick Tracy .

 

And today, the two-way wrist radios are real!  

[lenquixote66]

13 minutes ago, ldubs said:

 

And today, the two-way wrist radios are real!  

Did you ever see the movie Things To Come ? It came out in 1936 and it is about the future,way into the future.It is remarkable as to how correct it was.

My parents went to the Worlds Fair in 1939 and bought something which I still have.It is a vision of what the world will look like in 2000.

[ldubs]

5 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said:

Did you ever see the movie Things To Come ? It came out in 1936 and it is about the future,way into the future.It is remarkable as to how correct it was.

My parents went to the Worlds Fair in 1939 and bought something which I still have.It is a vision of what the world will look like in 2000.

 

Never saw "Things to Come".  Your world fair comment reminds me of the Disneyland Carousel of Progress.   I presume they have updated it over the years.   

[lenquixote66]

3 minutes ago, ldubs said:

 

Never saw "Things to Come".  Your world fair comment reminds me of the Disneyland Carousel of Progress.   I presume they have updated it over the years.   

I have Things to Come on DVD.It should be on TV some where.You might want to check it out.

[iancal]

No issue whatsoever.  We do not anticipate taking another cruise until very late 2022 or 2023.  We just adapt and move forward with other plans, other activities.

 

No point in moping around feeling sorry for ourselves.  This is a first world problem that has little impact on us.

Edited September 21, 2020 by iancal

[Realblonde474]

This morning, I was "cruising" the Celebrity website looking at upcoming cruise schedules....

 

We had a lovely time at the beach and things were pretty "normal" in SC.  

 

We are very careful with hand sanitizers and where a mask when we feel it's appropriate.  

 

Prayers to ya'll!  Hopefully soon we will be cruising again!

Donna

[navybankerteacher]

On 9/21/2020 at 6:58 PM, lenquixote66 said:

Did you ever see the movie Things To Come ? It came out in 1936 and it is about the future,way into the future.It is remarkable as to how correct it was.

My parents went to the Worlds Fair in 1939 and bought something which I still have.It is a vision of what the world will look like in 2000.

Things To Come was a horribly depressing film.   Civilization was all but wiped out by decades of war followed by plagues and decades of near tribal, primitive, existence — finally a sort of socialist super-state evolved.  I recall thinking when I saw it at an “art house” (in my twenties) that I would be fortunate to not survive the first day of that war.

[lenquixote66]

49 minutes ago, navybankerteacher said:

Things To Come was a horribly depressing film.   Civilization was all but wiped out by decades of war followed by plagues and decades of near tribal, primitive, existence — finally a sort of socialist super-state evolved.  I recall thinking when I saw it at an “art house” (in my twenties) that I would be fortunate to not survive the first day of that war.

I was referring to a film released in 1936 accurately predicting the world of the future.I cannot recall the first time I saw it.I have a DVD copy but I know I saw it in a theater in Manhattan.

[navybankerteacher]

41 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said:

I was referring to a film released in 1936 accurately predicting the world of the future.I cannot recall the first time I saw it.I have a DVD copy but I know I saw it in a theater in Manhattan.

That’s the one - it eerily predicted a world war in which widespread bombing would destroy 20th Century civilization starting in 1940 (off by a year) —- of course, by 1936 Germany’s course was predictable to all but the most entrenched pacifists who were still reeling from their memories of 1914-1918 and were determined to avoid provoking Hitler at a time when he was not yet strong enough to go on his rampage.

[lenquixote66]

11 minutes ago, navybankerteacher said:

That’s the one - it eerily predicted a world war in which widespread bombing would destroy 20th Century civilization starting in 1940 (off by a year) —- of course, by 1936 Germany’s course was predictable to all but the most entrenched pacifists who were still reeling from their memories of 1914-1918 and were determined to avoid provoking Hitler at a time when he was not yet strong enough to go on his rampage.

The film was based on the book that was written in 1933