Covid 19

[Floorist]

"CDC admitted they messed up COVID19 infection counts and intentionally misled the public and have apologized, clarifying that the amount of people truly infected is much lower than what was originally reported -- an error so egregious it made the director of the Harvard Global Health Institute say “how could the CDC make this mistake? This is a mess."

The American Coronavirus Task Force also admitted to fudging the National COVID19 death count when Dr. Birx said the deaths are people who died “with” COVID19 not “from” COVID19, thus making the real death count much lower than what is currently being reported.
Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted masks won’t help against the virus and mask manufacturers are now including warnings that their products do not deter COVID19.
Fauci also said that continuing to close the country could cause irreparable damage.
CDC backtracked their initial claim that led governors to shutdown their states & clarified that COVID19 does not spread easily on surfaces.
Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo confirmed a recent health study showing that 70% of new infections actually originate at home, thus making stay at home orders one of the most dangerous mandates currently in place.
Trump stopped funding the WHO and threatened to cut off money permanently until they can prove they are no longer corruptly influenced by communist China after they lied to our country about human to human transmission of COVID19 in January.
The curve is flattened, the CDC, WHO, Dr. Fauci, our governors, and many more were completely wrong about the potential threat of this virus.

 

[Jon]

I think you'd enjoy that Jon. Living close to the ocean all my life I have ventured into the bay just two times. Once on a sternwheeler party boat at Christmas time.... Temps well below freezing that night. Another time installing vinyl flooring on the local pilot boat, North Bend. We were invited to tag along to undock the ship, then follow it out and watch the pilot climb down the ladder from the ship onto the pilot boat. We were 2 miles offshore when the pilot came off the ship and "jumped" off the ladder onto the pilot boat. This was nice weather, I can't imagine this in the winter. Very neat seeing the land from the ocean and Bay view. Love to do that again...... but now there's a different owner. dagnamit!

But you only have water on your coast We are a skinny country with oceans all around us with lots of lakes and beaches very close from were ever you are


Take a look at this and if you are real keen try this one

Then see if you can understand this song. AIRNZ used to play it when arriving back n NZ

 

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...and our water is cold. Gets up to 60 or 62 at summers end.
The 17th and 36th best golf courses in the US are 20 miles away from me.
Actually 5 world class courses.
And this new course on the same location just opened.
https://www.golfadvisor.com/video/ginella-reports-on-the-future-of-the-sheep-ranchOK, I don't golf either.
We don't have snow capped mountains either, but you can't go 15 miles without seeing a lake of some kind.... but they aren't warm either till the later part of summer.
Ok, you win but do you have thousands of miles of logging roads to drive on?

 

[Floorist]

We have three lakes in town.

 

[highup]

We only have one in town that would qualify as a lake plus the local park.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/M...2!3m1!1s0x54c3842e35f70fc3:0x1b42c95cd0505ad8The water board has lakes too, but you can't use them.

 

[Jon]

...and our water is cold. Gets up to 60 or 62 at summers end.
The 17th and 36th best golf courses in the US are 20 miles away from me.
Actually 5 world class courses.
And this new course on the same location just opened.
https://www.golfadvisor.com/video/ginella-reports-on-the-future-of-the-sheep-ranchOK, I don't golf either.
We don't have snow capped mountains either, but you can't go 15 miles without seeing a lake of some kind.... but they aren't warm either till the later part of summer.
Ok, you win but do you have thousands of miles of logging roads to drive on?

I wasnt saying which country is better Just that I was trying to show you how much water, beaches, lakes etc are very close to us also I cant imagine taking a cruise around America in the same time span as we can sail around NZ
We do export about 4 billion dollars worth of timber a year but nothing much has shifted due to the virus as everything is shut down lately so in different parts of NZ there are lots of mainly Pine forests
https://www.mpi.govt.nz/exporting/forest-products/wood-and-wood-products/

 

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Even tho our country is better than yours, I wasn't assuming that you were bragging

 

[highup]

I'd love to have those high peaks near the coast like you have Jon. 20 miles from our 300+ mile coastline, we have 600 to 1600 foot peaks with one 4000 foot exception. Aside from that I need to travel inland 35 to 100 miles.
On the bright side it makes travel easier.
We don't have anything comparable to what you showed in those videos.

 

[Jon]

I suppose I was really replying to this
I think you'd enjoy that Jon. Living close to the ocean all my life I have ventured into the bay just two times. Once on a sternwheeler party boat at Christmas time..
Which kinda surprises me as is how much time us Kiwis spend in the ocean at beaches, lakes etc. From the video you might have seen that just about every Aucklander has a boat of some sorts, we can take the boat and just head to an island off our coast unlike a lot of other countries where you can only sail up and down the coast as there is nothing once you leave the main land. I actually used to have a 22ft 6 inch trailer boat with a 6 cylinder Volvo Penta motor. It bogged
Also you drive on the wrong side of the road

 

[highup]

I saw a lot of people ......I avoid people Jon. My weekends, my photography was self centered. People get in the way of things sometimes. Had I a girlfriend or wife during those times a camera would have been used for recording rather than enjoyment.
People have their place. Much rather have a mountain in my photo than a people in my photo.
I grew up wading small nearby streams in search of.... Pollywogs, salamanders, knewts, crayfish, periwinkles, and small trout catching them in small food strainers. Because of that early child
Experience, I guess I have been self isolating most of my life. Kicking over rocks and logs are life long educational experiences. Too many people look over the simple things.

 

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I said the words self isolating to keep the topic on track.

 

[Jon]

I saw a lot of people ......I avoid people Jon. My weekends, my photography was self centered. People get in the way of things sometimes. Had I a girlfriend or wife during those times a camera would have been used for recording rather than enjoyment.
People have their place. Much rather have a mountain in my photo than a people in my photo.
I grew up wading small nearby streams in search of.... Pollywogs, salamanders, knewts, crayfish, periwinkles, and small trout catching them in small food strainers. Because of that early child
Experience, I guess I have been self isolating most of my life. Kicking over rocks and logs are life long educational experiences. Too many people look over the simple things.

Remember that photo of the Hippy on the Rock I have always thought that described you

 

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It does pretty much. Same tiny circle of friends since about the time I graduated HS in '75. I wouldn't change a thing if I was to do it over.
I'm just not a social person.
I hear of people with 250 "friends" on social media and want to puke. I have gained true friends here and a Chevy website, so don't think you aren't one of them ...but I've only known you and the others here for 15 years.

 

[Floorist]

All of my close friends are dead. I don't feel like making more.

 

[DarisMulkin]

All of my close friends are dead. I don't feel like making more.

The more the merrier. I like people. I can watch them all day.

 

[highup]

The more the merrier. I like people. I can watch them all day.

Correction:
You can watch them work all day.
.....or just watch them mow lawns.

 

[highup]

All of my close friends are dead. I don't feel like making more.

Once a flooring friend of mine had a kid graduating from boot camp. His wife went to graduation out of state, he stayed home.
I had just worked 2 weeks straight and needed a weekend with absolutely nothing to do. No camping, photo excursions... just some down time.
They lived 30 miles away. He called me (almost begging) three times asking me to come down and have barbecue burgers with him. The couple was used to having BBQs bowling events and other mega social things all the time. Dinner here, dinner there, just non stop events with their friends.
Alone by himself he was going absolutely crazy.
....that's what socialism does to you.
Honestly, I absolutely love people, I just don't relish or require constant interaction. I'm sort of my own best company. I'm nice, polite and almost always agree with myself..... so why screw up a good day by adding more stuff? I'm blessed with the best/coolest/appreciative customers I could ever ask for. ...but when the work day is over.....quiet time is my 'zen' time.
My new book is out.
'ZEN and the Art of Accomplishing Absolutely Nothing'
(It's a short book to show how you can relax on weekends with zero guilt)
No mowing, no hedge trimming, no digging, painting, cleaning. Buy it today and I'll include the book No!No!No!
It's about things to say to your wife, children and friends on the weekend. The book is just a single page long, filled with power packed information you need to survive.

 

[Tom Picciani]

Correction:
You can watch them work all day.
.....or just watch them mow lawns.

more go camping. And watch all the people with new tents trying to set them up. Good for an entire day of comedy!

or get a beagle. Comedy all day long!

An old astronomer once said on an old tv show: Keep looking up!

 

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Kooky old Jack. Arc to Arcturus, then speed on to Spica...... Still can't get that out of my head. Taught that one to my old girlfriends daughter.

 

[Tom Picciani]

Kooky old Jack. Arc to Arcturus, then speed on to Spica...... Still can't get that out of my head. Taught that one to my old girlfriends daughter.

drove to Winter Star Party 2x 2010, 2012. Long drive from Lancaster, Pa to the keys. Went to Cape Canaveral in 2012. Walking under the Saturn V is indescribable! Great substitute if you can’t afford Disney.