COVID-19 - Coronavirus 2019-nCoV

[Quillback]

6 minutes ago, N9BOW said:

Lived 4 years in Brooklyn (Bed-Stuy...Rough Hood)...and 2.5 Years across the River In Union City NJ... darn near on top the Entrance to the Holland.... WOULD NOT WANT TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR THERE!!!!!!

I don't have any future plans to visit that city again myself.  

[N9BOW]

38 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

            That is a very good question Jerry,

   I doubt it will be the same for me. I will be thinking about this question a bunch.

          There is a couple things I have noticed.

    When I go by strangers it is different. I mean before there may be a glance like eye contact. Now it is total avoidance a turn of the head in opposite directions. People are really scared I am beginning to get a little paranoid. Never felt that way before unless I sense danger. 

   Now to seeing friends in public.

         I feel a different sense of friendship now. I keep my distance as they do theirs but the time I spend with them feels a bit more important. Fished alongside two of my friends and we were all in different  boats but it was nice to visit as we all fished. Then a friend another day and he boated with me in my boat. Trust him fully and know how concerned he is about this so know he is taking this serous too. Social contact is important. All of these guys are OAF members. I don't think we are made to be hermits. I have told these guys thanks for just seeing them and having them around for a bit. I needed that.

    This morning went to a farmer friends place to get some of those supplement tubs. He was feeding a lot full of calves. Normally he is so busy its just a wave or a quick howdy. Today he stopped what he was doing and came over. We both aware of distance thing began to visit for a long time. Compared our thoughts on the current condition of what was going on. Like most of us he is scared and more scared than most as he is fighting colon cancer.  Again being around a friend helped me get through the day better. I needed that and I could tell our visit meant something to him. 

     One lady at the bank that works the drive in. I went through for some banking. Even being social through glass was good. I told her it was nice to talk to her. She said the same thing. Since things were so slow she now works a week on and then week off. Misses her customers. 

    Now to us on this Forum. It is getting to us all. We are getting pretty cranky. Pointing fingers and playing the blame game. This thing didn't start here it just invaded our part of the world. It will be with us for some time and like Jerry said will we go back to our normal life? One thing for sure I will be looking at everything different now for the rest of my life. 

      

I hear ya... I'm a hugger... learned that hugging my kids especially Andrew (youngest).. He went through lots..Problems started in utero and lots of time in children's hospitals from Indiana to Iowa..He still goes but no longer in the childrens wing.... His Hugging translated in Hugging my friends... This is now off the table and is a weird dichotomy .... Not sure when this comes back...but for my kids there is gonna be a point where I say screw this... Im pretty close now... But then I think...Crap...Andrew is away from Mom but I am not so that Hug could be a bad thing 

[N9BOW]

1 minute ago, Quillback said:

I don't have any future plans to visit that city again myself.  

I would love to go back just for a slice of Pizza... Honeymooned with my wife in Time Square... Stayed in the Edison Hotel (Thomas Fame) and was featured in the Godfather, Naked City, and Birdman.

Famous for the Rum Room and its Art Deco decor!!! (Big Fan)... Plus you can run outside at 3am and get a Dirty Water Dog!!!!

[BilletHead]

2 minutes ago, N9BOW said:

I hear ya... I'm a hugger... learned that hugging my kids especially Andrew (youngest).. He went through lots..Problems started in utero and lots of time in children's hospitals from Indiana to Iowa..He still goes but no longer in the childrens wing.... His Hugging translated in Hugging my friends... This is now off the table and is a weird dichotomy .... Not sure when this comes back...but for my kids there is gonna be a point where I say screw this... Im pretty close now... But then I think...Crap...Andrew is away from Mom but I am not so that Hug could be a bad thing 

                  Close family is another thing. I so want to break in the assisted living where my mom is and giver her a hug and gentle squeeze., I know she is safe, safer than we are who have to go out and about for things. My Son and his family too man how I want to see them.

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21 minutes ago, N9BOW said:

Lived 4 years in Brooklyn (Bed-Stuy...Rough Hood)...and 2.5 Years across the River In Union City NJ... darn near on top the Entrance to the Holland.... WOULD NOT WANT TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR THERE!!!!!!

I can say I sold somebody the Piling for a bridge in Brooklyn.  I wish it was the whole bridge.  Spent some time there.  Glad I did.  I enjoyed my time in the 5 borrows and was lucky enough to dine on the corporate dollar.   If you go there you've driven over bridges that our company made and delivered to piling for.  Actually here in STL too.  But Jersey?  No!  At least not the shore or Hoboken 😀   I can tolerate Elizabeth because I have associates there that I like.  Good food in Jersey too.

[Mitch f]

Folks, I’d like to introduce you to fishing at August A. Busch memorial wildlife area! 😂

[N9BOW]

6 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I can say I sold somebody the Piling for a bridge in Brooklyn.  I wish it was the whole bridge.  Spent some time there.  Glad I did.  I enjoyed my time in the 5 borrows and was lucky enough to dine on the corporate dollar.   If you go there you've driven over bridges that our company made and delivered to piling for.  Actually here in STL too.  But Jersey?  No!  At least not the shore or Hoboken 😀   I can tolerate Elizabeth because I have associates there that I like.  Good food in Jersey too.

Love me some Brooklyn Style Pizza also.. Went to college there... Illustration...PRATT Institute.. Big plans to get paid to hunt and fish and Illustrate it... Didn't quite work out  Whole Starving Artist Gig sucked... Learned Graphics and Puters.... Best decision ever.... That and raising my kids to not be jackasses!... Smartasses OK!... 

[N9BOW]

Couldn’t make a living I wanted... maybe in retirement. Couple from college.

If I make it 

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1 hour ago, Quillback said:

Not working makes it a lot easier for me to go back to life the way it was.  To me it is more about what will be the new normal as far as the rest of the world?

Not so bad for us semi-rural or rural types to adjust to.

Don't think much changes for me, either.  Would rather be in the woods or on the river than in the city with all those people. My wife is immunocompromised so I am already careful about what bugs I bring home.

It will be interesting to see the long lasting social implications to this.  The probable changes in our civil liberties will be facinating, possibly scary.  I think most people's memories are pretty short but I also think that this has already gone on long enough to cause some major ripples down the road.

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1 hour ago, N9BOW said:

My Mom moved from Fla, Brother Lives there and their stadium is awesome and when they play the organ the ceiling erupts in Lightning... SO There! 

Family thing... Personally I prefer the Rangers and second Detroit as I'm an East Coaster Born and Bred!

I lived in Greensboro when the Hurricanes came into the league. I really enjoyed watching their playoff run last year, especially how it all started. 😛

I wouldn't be much of a Blues fan if I didn't root for the Wings to lose. Rangers can't spend the money they used to before the cap.