Standing_Tall#37 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 22 hours ago, Wilbur said: Even if the average college person won't die, it still means they'll most likely spread it. Oh well. What has anyone between 60-85 ever done that’s good anyways? They lived in the most prosperous and promising times and P***ed it away for all future generations... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wloutet Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 23 minutes ago, Standing_Tall#37 said: Oh well. What has anyone between 60-85 ever done that’s good anyways? They lived in the most prosperous and promising times and P***ed it away for all future generations... He used sarcasm..... An interesting thought along this line. The average retired person retires at about 60 after 40 or years of work after high school. Myself, I am still working at 72, but that's another story. So after a life time of work, raising children, curtailing their own wants in favour of the family's needs, they now have a chance to actually enjoy life, do some travelling (Pre-COVID times), do more around the house, help out the grandchildren, pick up a new hobby, etc. Point out to some of these "Boomer Bashers", that maybe they deserve their retirement years. I'm in no way referring to any of you guys, it's just a different way to look at the "retiree". 10Q 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 34 minutes ago, Standing_Tall#37 said: college heights and DP Todd were even worse. I wonder if anyone else actually remembers the old PG College. I played basketball there once in Jr High. Back then, the "College Heights" subdivision didn't really exist. It pretty much ended right around where the exit ramp to Wal-Mart is now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standing_Tall#37 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 5 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said: I wonder if anyone else actually remembers the old PG College. I played basketball there once in Jr High. Back then, the "College Heights" subdivision didn't really exist. It pretty much ended right around where the exit ramp to Wal-Mart is now.... Lol I’d be lying if I said that was in my time period. Although I do recall heading out west that way and Walmart not being there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standing_Tall#37 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 14 minutes ago, wloutet said: He used sarcasm..... An interesting thought along this line. The average retired person retires at about 60 after 40 or years of work after high school. Myself, I am still working at 72, but that's another story. So after a life time of work, raising children, curtailing their own wants in favour of the family's needs, they now have a chance to actually enjoy life, do some travelling (Pre-COVID times), do more around the house, help out the grandchildren, pick up a new hobby, etc. Point out to some of these "Boomer Bashers", that maybe they deserve their retirement years. I'm in no way referring to any of you guys, it's just a different way to look at the "retiree". 10Q It’s a sad state of affairs if you think about it. You sacrifice watching your own children growing up and your prime years just to have a few years when your body is breaking down and memory is starting to slip. It should work the other way.... you should work 2 days/week and get 5 off while raising children 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree2 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 48 minutes ago, Standing_Tall#37 said: Oh well. What has anyone between 60-85 ever done that’s good anyways? They lived in the most prosperous and promising times and P***ed it away for all future generations... are you for real. or is this some kind of joke in very bad taste!!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, Standing_Tall#37 said: Lol I’d be lying if I said that was in my time period. Although I do recall heading out west that way and Walmart not being there. There also used to be an outdoor rink there. I actually played a few league games there, before the Kin Centre and the rink out on the Hart were built. The old Colosseum was the only game in town back then and sometimes you had to make do..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standing_Tall#37 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Just now, RUPERTKBD said: There also used to be an outdoor rink there. I actually played a few league games there, before the Kin Centre and the rink out on the Hart were built. The old Colosseum was the only game in town back then and sometimes you had to make do..... Lol played a small sample size there. Only was ever in 1 game vs the Spruce Kings there. But my uncle has some Stories about that place and not being sure if they’d make it out alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wloutet Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 44 minutes ago, bree2 said: are you for real. or is this some kind of joke in very bad taste!!! NO, he was using sarcasm! Don't get upset. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree2 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 20 minutes ago, wloutet said: NO, he was using sarcasm! Don't get upset. ahh ok, sorry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 1 hour ago, RUPERTKBD said: I wonder if anyone else actually remembers the old PG College. I played basketball there once in Jr High. Back then, the "College Heights" subdivision didn't really exist. It pretty much ended right around where the exit ramp to Wal-Mart is now.... I do, played soccer there as a kid at the field in front of the school. I believe it had a dorm for the native students before they pulled out. I had a few friends that went there. Because of zoning I went to Peden Hill that was the outskirts for a while too - we used to motorbike, ski doo all around that area right up to Ginter's and then back to Starlane and Charella gardens. 10 year old kids riding motorbikes with no parental supervision. Shooting guns as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post -DLC- Posted May 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2020 7 hours ago, Jimmy McGill said: now that the seal is broken, whats the next reason for armed standoffs going to be? lowering taxes? stopping vaccinations? abortion clinics? disputing election results? I think we could be in for a real $&!# show in the US for a long time. I said no pickles on my triple Whopper! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86Viking Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 7 hours ago, bree2 said: overreacting? I have spent over 2 months in my home without seeing my kids and grandkids, I haven't even been to a store. I have a bad immune system like a lot of people. nobody is overreacting!!! some are like you thinking this is a joke and most don't want to DIE. i never said it was a joke, if people choose to fully self isolate that is their choice. I don't go running around and socializing with various people. I do my shopping at non busy times. I have gone to see my parents, that is the extent of the visiting. Since it is spring and been warm and mild here it has been easy to do that and socialize outside at a distance. There are no hugs or close contact, I do have a brain and realize this is a rare deadly virus but it hasn't stopped me from enjoying going outside, doing yard work, getting groceries, going for walks etc. I have adjusted my life but I am not going to sit inside for months on end, especially now with 15 or so cases across the ENTIRE province. 1 new case in the interior in what 3 or 4 days. So I personally believe it is quite safe to venture out but not back to pre covid. I will be going back to work where I have to drive all over the region entering pubs, restaurants etc...not overly thrilled with that idea but a proper pay cheque would be nice. The company better have sanitizer and gloves at bare minimum for us otherwise I don't feel like it would be all that safe to go back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wloutet Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 In between talking to you guys, I'm writing a course on the History of Math. So I'm reading Buckminster Fuller's Book "Synergetics" from 1975 and I have to show you this quote: "Although the polio virus is quite different from the common cold virus, and both are different from other viruses, all of them employ frequency to the second power times 10 plus 2 in producing those most powerful structural enclosures of all the biological regeneration of life. It is the structural power of these geodesic-sphere shells that makes so lethal those viruses unfriendly to man. They are almost indestructible." Now I'm not sure how that works with COVUD-19, but it was neat to see it in a math book from 1975. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 7 minutes ago, Canuckster86 said: i never said it was a joke, if people choose to fully self isolate that is their choice. I don't go running around and socializing with various people. I do my shopping at non busy times. I have gone to see my parents, that is the extent of the visiting. Since it is spring and been warm and mild here it has been easy to do that and socialize outside at a distance. There are no hugs or close contact, I do have a brain and realize this is a rare deadly virus but it hasn't stopped me from enjoying going outside, doing yard work, getting groceries, going for walks etc. I have adjusted my life but I am not going to sit inside for months on end, especially now with 15 or so cases across the ENTIRE province. 1 new case in the interior in what 3 or 4 days. So I personally believe it is quite safe to venture out but not back to pre covid. I will be going back to work where I have to drive all over the region entering pubs, restaurants etc...not overly thrilled with that idea but a proper pay cheque would be nice. The company better have sanitizer and gloves at bare minimum for us otherwise I don't feel like it would be all that safe to go back. That's a bit different tone though that your first "dig" at people still following the guidelines (which is what we're doing). Thing is, MOST have adjusted their lives and are easing into life outside our four walls with proper social distancing and sanitization in place. But understand that those "choosing" to self isolate for months on end aren't doing it because they're a joke...they're actually often being selfless. Some have vulnerabilities and it's about respecting that, as some of us DO have to protect at a higher level because loved ones have compromised health. 15 or so cases is with the measures in place....watch those numbers likely go up over the next while as people do resume "normal" daily activities. I think it's the way people are ridiculing those who are still being cautious that's the issue here. Showing a lack of respect just because your situation may be different than theirs. Consider yourself lucky. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skategal Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, wloutet said: In between talking to you guys, I'm writing a course on the History of Math. So I'm reading Buckminster Fuller's Book "Synergetics" from 1975 and I have to show you this quote: "Although the polio virus is quite different from the common cold virus, and both are different from other viruses, all of them employ frequency to the second power times 10 plus 2 in producing those most powerful structural enclosures of all the biological regeneration of life. It is the structural power of these geodesic-sphere shells that makes so lethal those viruses unfriendly to man. They are almost indestructible." Now I'm not sure how that works with COVUD-19, but it was neat to see it in a math book from 1975. Hey, you make 1975 seem like that is old! Careful! Just kidding of course, that sentence gives me flashbacks to all the struggles I had with math back in the day! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BPA Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 9 minutes ago, Canuckster86 said: i never said it was a joke, if people choose to fully self isolate that is their choice. I don't go running around and socializing with various people. I do my shopping at non busy times. I have gone to see my parents, that is the extent of the visiting. Since it is spring and been warm and mild here it has been easy to do that and socialize outside at a distance. There are no hugs or close contact, I do have a brain and realize this is a rare deadly virus but it hasn't stopped me from enjoying going outside, doing yard work, getting groceries, going for walks etc. I have adjusted my life but I am not going to sit inside for months on end, especially now with 15 or so cases across the ENTIRE province. 1 new case in the interior in what 3 or 4 days. So I personally believe it is quite safe to venture out but not back to pre covid. I will be going back to work where I have to drive all over the region entering pubs, restaurants etc...not overly thrilled with that idea but a proper pay cheque would be nice. The company better have sanitizer and gloves at bare minimum for us otherwise I don't feel like it would be all that safe to go back. You should ask your company what their procedures are for Covid-19. If PPE will be provided. Covid-19 questionnaires. Asking those place you will be visiting what Covid-19 policy they in place. All the good companies have that already done prior to having staff coming back to full return to work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, skategal said: Hey, you make 1975 seem like that is old! Careful! Just kidding of course, that sentence gives me flashbacks to all the struggles I had with math back in the day! some of the best writing you will find in any field is often before the 90s. A lot of really good academics dating back to the 1920s that are relevant have been forgotten. You can make a career out taking this forgotten work and recasting it as somewhat your own . Steven Pinker's widely selling The Better Angels of Our Nature is basically the same thesis as Norbet Elias's 1940 The Civilizing Process. The latter blows the former away in literary style and depth. It is a a grave mistake to think that older work is less quality than the up to date. Often it is the opposite. Edited May 15, 2020 by samurai 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skategal Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 24 minutes ago, BPA said: You should ask your company what their procedures are for Covid-19. If PPE will be provided. Covid-19 questionnaires. Asking those place you will be visiting what Covid-19 policy they in place. All the good companies have that already done prior to having staff coming back to full return to work. I think in BC in most instances in order for a business to resume operations, they have to have clear policies around sanitation and how they are going to keep employees and customers safe, in at least some instances that has to be posted. WorkSafe BC requirements. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsurrey Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 30 minutes ago, debluvscanucks said: 15 or so cases is with the measures in place....watch those numbers likely go up over the next while as people do resume "normal" daily activities. I think it's the way people are ridiculing those who are still being cautious that's the issue here. Showing a lack of respect just because your situation may be different than theirs. Consider yourself lucky. 15 cases with the very little testing being done here... means more like 150 to 200 cases in the province.... I think 90% of cases are not being tested due to mild symptoms / younger people getting it. You have to realize that to eliminate this virus we NEED much HIGHER rates of testing here in BC and in Canada. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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