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lol - Point taken
This is how the last one escalated as well. Just trying to head it off. As I said if you have an issue with the numbers then PM him. You can post your data as well but you don't have to attack anyone with the data. Just drop the information and let people decide for themselves.
Upstate of SC check-in...
Quiet (before the storm?) here. Not a lot of cases in our area yet. Our peak may be a few weeks after the big metro area's peak. Hopefully means all this separation will make our peak not as bad. There's a chance that the breakouts in Washington, NY, and other places - who will inevitably see a terrible result - moved the rest of us to act sooner and thus saved us from their fate. Again, I fear for places like Grady in the ATL... I don't want those scenes filmed for the first season of the Walking Dead down there to be prophetic.
On a much less important, much more selfish note: I am coming to the realization that my daughter - a senior in high school, has had her last day in school. I work with teenagers all day, and I didn't realize that when I got on my soapbox at times and told them not to take any of this for granted - it can be taken from you at any time - it would actually go down like this.
Great life lessons to be learned by all here. Thankful for hope and faith in a time like this - and makes me realize that I should ALWAYS be thankful for so much that I take for granted.
NH is great - Lake Winnipesaukee region is excellent year-round (Bill Murray's "What About Bob" and Adam Sandler's "Grown Ups" were filmed there if you're looking for a visual on the vibe). Boating, fishing, etc. in the Summer and snow machines, pond hockey and ice fishing in the winter. White Mountains (notable towns include Conway, Lincoln & Fraconia Notch) prime for skiing/snowboarding in the winter if you're into that; but also have nice trails & camping during the summer.
We have a small coastline compared to Maine and Massachusetts, but Portsmouth is a great coastal town which is just a 10 minute drive over the bridge to Kittery, Maine which has tons of retail outlets. Lots of harborside resturants and bars, shopping, etc. there...if you use it as a home base, the ride up the coast towards Portland, Maine through Kittery, York and Ogunquit is a great day trip (ie - drive through the towns on the way up, have dinner in Portland and then drive 90 mins on the highway back to Portsmouth).
If you ride, motorcycles are literally everywhere from April to October and no shortage of natural beauty to explore.
For those who aren't familiar- NH is Libertarianism Ground Zero...motto is "Live Free or Die" for a reason. No sales tax, no state income tax, no license required for loaded handguns in your vehicle and motorcycle helmets are optional. Many in the southern part of the state - myself included - work in Massachusetts but choose to live in NH. Great place to raise a family.
Thankfully - just 26 confirmed cases so far in NH thus far; the marjority linked to a faculty member at Dartmouth in Hanover (western part of the state near the VT border).
I'm definitely thankful, it's just a dose of reality, and I know many businesses are going to suffer from this.
I have been building and running my own business doing marketing and web design for restaurants for the last year, and something in my gut was telling me that the money just wasn't going to be there long term. So I started the job search about a month ago to get some steady income with the intention of moonlighting. I got my first interview like the day before all this coronavirus stuff hit the news. If that's not divine providence, I don't know what is.
listen to what the people of Italy have to say about the mistakes they made. The young, old changed nothing about their lives. They went to their friends, out to eat, the malls, hangouts changed nothing about their lives. Now it’s all over the country and on lock down. I was young and a lot of things went over my head . I tell my grand kids they closed the schools for a reason and they need to stay home. They don’t get it that they can carry the virus and have no symptoms but give it to someone else. The old sometimes don’t get it either that they have to stay in for on their own good. The Bible bares all this out “ Once a man twice a child.
"Once a man, twice a child" - Amen to this!
MAGA c0wards spent years on here ripping Obama for his response to everything and I get mod'd
If you can't post in here without making it about politics then don't comment at all.
This warning is for everyone out there. This issue is bigger then what political party you favor and touches everyone regardless of political beliefs. I will start putting folks in the timeout chair if you can't help but take a political shot with your posts. Now is not the time and this thread is certainly not the place.
Here are some positive updates...
First confirmed case in Houston County. I fully expect these numbers and locations to increase rapidly as testing becomes more readily available.
Maybe I'm selfish and it may be the Marine in me speaking, but I love carnage. life would be boring without a little dose every now and again lol. Adapt and overcome, I guess huntin season just opened back up. (insert evil smiling emoji here)
Yep. My daughter was recently accepted for a study abroad program in London, England. We were all so excited for her. It was cancelled. We are all heartbroken. Hopefully when this all blows over she can reapply and maybe go next year (she still has one more year left of college).
I love how you don't want it to be political.... now
Absolutely disgusting. You don’t represent our armed forces.