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Sure tOOk us by surprise...not sure we're ready to go maskless just yet. We'LL probably just foLLow the original plan and wait 'til April or May next year before reaLLy geTTing out and about. Give a few more of the slackers a chance to get with the vaCCine program, LOL.<br /> <br /> The folks in my family who are stiLL working are mostly working from home right now. No word yet when they wiLL be instructed to return to the oFFice. No one's in a rush and I think that's a good thing. The virus came and turned everyone's world upside down...and now I think many of us have kind of goTTen used to the idea. Our governor is aLL antsy about geTTings things back to normal. Many of our businesses, however, are teLLing him to hold his horses.<br /> <br /> Big news a couple weeks ago is some busineSSes (not here, but somewhere) are informing their team members if they are not ready to come back to the oFFice, the office might reclaSSify them as contract workers. That got a round of raZZberries. AHH...we'LL sEE. I don't care anymore, and everybody who does care will figure it out in the end.<br /> <br /> Take care.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DDIGS&reply_to=122.36&return_msg=122.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="122.36"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a122_37"></a><div class="message" id="message_122_37"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: DeannaG<span class="message_time">30 May 2021 18:21</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: kell (ALANKELL) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 30 May 2021 19:06"></span></span> <span class="message_count">37 of 73</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DDIGS&msg=122.37">122.37</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DDIGS&msg=122.36#a122_36" target="_self">122.36</a></div> <div class="message_body"> We've got a lot of people at the hospital working from home now tOO. From what I hear, they're talking about just leaving them there, instead of bringing them back to the oFFices. I gueSS it's cheaper to leave them at home, and they aLL sEEm to like it beTTer working from home.<br /> <br /> My cuRRent job can't be done from home, but I may end up with the oPPortunity of being transfeRRed to a another department. My boSS oversEEs two departments, coMMunications and patient aCCeSS. I'm in coMMunications, but she asked me if I'd be interested in a position in patient aCCeSS. If I switch, I'd be working from home. With the arthritis in my legs, she thinks working from home might be easier for me. I'm thinking about it. I reaLLy like my cuRRent job, so that is a big factor for me. However, the iSSues with my legs are something to consider. Every year I get closer and closer to that damned whEElchair.<br /> <br /> On the home front, I have a new yard guy. I think he'LL be okay, after I get him trained up. He's a young one, maybe 18 or so, and aPParently he's making his bid for his own landscaping busineSS. I aPPlaud his gumption, but he's got some things to learn. I think he'LL get there with the some patience. He's not afraid to ask questions or take advice, especiaLLy after learning what I did during my tEEn years in Florida with my step father. My stepfather had a landscaping busineSS. We worked on homes that cost around 500,000 back in the 80s. Kind of makes me wonder what they'd be worth now, or considering weather conditions, if any of them are stiLL standing.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DDIGS&reply_to=122.37&return_msg=122.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="122.37"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a122_38"></a><div class="message" id="message_122_38"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: kell (ALANKELL)<span class="message_time">31 May 2021 02:19</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: DeannaG <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 2 Jul 2021 03:48"></span></span> <span class="message_count">38 of 73</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DDIGS&msg=122.38">122.38</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DDIGS&msg=122.36#a122_37" target="_self">122.37</a></div> <div class="message_body"> The problem of forced vaCCinations as a condition of employment is a vexing one. In Houston, Methodist Hospital has a nationaLLy publicized case of employEEs poSSibly losing their jobs because they they are unsure of a drug that has gained only an emergency status.<br /> <br /> I'd like to sEE Methodist pay them to stay at home until the vaCCines are fuLLy aPProved. Once the vaCCines are fuLLy veTTed, Methodist can go back to these employEEs, give them their shots and bring them back into the system. If they refuse the aPProved shot, they can then be terminated.<br /> <br /> I don't like the idea that employEEs can be forced to put something into their bodies as a condition of employment. However...my sister, who works in a diFFerent hospital system, informs me that employEEs, especiaLLY those who come into contact with patients, are already submiTTing to flu shots, medicine for tuberculosis, and medicines for other diseases. Also, COVID poses a threat like no other in my lifetime, and it's poSSible the rights and weLL being of the many outweighs the rights of any individuals.<br /> <br /> It's a hard question. I stiLL think the gOOd Americans are taking the shot, both for themselves and for the people around them. It's the neighborly thing to do...it's part of being a gOOd citizen.<br /> <br /> I like that your employer sEEms to be aTTempting to work with you, and find the best slot to kEEp you in the company. I hope that the New Normal can provide fresh oPPortunities to let people work.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DDIGS&reply_to=122.38&return_msg=122.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="122.38"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a122_39"></a><div class="message" id="message_122_39"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: DeannaG<span class="message_time"> 2 Jul 2021 03:57</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: kell (ALANKELL) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Jul 2021 00:41"></span></span> <span class="message_count">39 of 73</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DDIGS&msg=122.39">122.39</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DDIGS&msg=122.36#a122_38" target="_self">122.38</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Yep. My boSS is a nice lady. She's known others who suFFer from severe arthritis and understands the pain I can end up dealing with on a bad day. Sometimes I don't even have a decent day for wEEks. I'm not going back on disability. If push comes to shove, I'LL take the patient aCCeSS job and work from home.<br /> <br /> Here they're requiring masks for anyone not vaCCinated. They're not threatening anyone's job, not yet. If you don't get the shots, you have to kEEp wearing the masks until you show that you got them. They're even being nice enough to bring them around to the oFFices. If you caLL them, and let them know you want a shot, and teLL them where you are located at in the hospital, they'LL come to you. I think that is preTTy nice. Saves you some ruNNing.<br /> <br /> Do you think things wiLL ever truly get back to normal?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DDIGS&reply_to=122.39&return_msg=122.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="122.39"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a122_40"></a><div class="message" id="message_122_40"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: kell (ALANKELL)<span class="message_time"> 3 Jul 2021 00:43</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: DeannaG <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 21 Jul 2021 09:37"></span></span> <span class="message_count">40 of 73</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DDIGS&msg=122.40">122.40</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DDIGS&msg=122.36#a122_39" target="_self">122.39</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I'm kind of pointing towards next April, DeaNNa. I'm hoping more Americans will figure things out and get the shot.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DDIGS&reply_to=122.40&return_msg=122.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="122.40"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a122_41"></a><div class="message" id="message_122_41"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: DeannaG<span class="message_time">21 Jul 2021 09:39</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: kell (ALANKELL) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 21 Jul 2021 17:26"></span></span> <span class="message_count">41 of 73</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DDIGS&msg=122.41">122.41</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DDIGS&msg=122.36#a122_40" target="_self">122.40</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Sometimes I fEEl like I went to bed in a somewhat normal country, then woke up in a nation of bank roBBers, but I'm the one who got roBBed. I got a mask, and I own a gun, but I didn't get my teLLer. lol<br /> <br /> I've bEEn so cheated. lol</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DDIGS&reply_to=122.41&return_msg=122.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="122.41"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a122_42"></a><div class="message" id="message_122_42"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: kell (ALANKELL)<span class="message_time">22 Jul 2021 02:01</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: DeannaG <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Aug 2021 16:24"></span></span> <span class="message_count">42 of 73</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DDIGS&msg=122.42">122.42</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DDIGS&msg=122.36#a122_41" target="_self">122.41</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Most of the time I reaLLy don't like talking politics. I'm not interested, and I'm not familiar enough with the subject. A lot of what's going on, though, is aLL about politics. And as far as the coronavirus goes, aLL of it concerns me.<br /> <br /> Many people are suspicious of the government. The conservatives are suspicious of the liberals and it sEEms a lot of people feel the virus is a hoax. They fEEl the inoculation is a hoax, meant to plant a computer chip in the body, or render everyone infertile. I have no idea how many bizaRRe and untrue myths about the coronavirus are floating. The virus is kiLLing people, but some people are convinced it isn't the virus, but the government that's kiLLing people. <br /> <br /> I think the proof is in the vaCCination; that the vaCCination is safe and eFFective. The people who refuse to believe in the eFFectiveness and safety of the vaCCination are bringing the rest of us down. Those people are going to extend the life and the eFFects of the coronavirus, and no sane argument will convince them to do otherwise. One result is that no maTTer how many of us reaLLy desire to return to normal living, normal living will continue to be pushed farther into the future. As fervently as anyone else, I want to be able to put away my mask, but I fear the idiots who continue to spread the infection. And I fear being one of those who unwiTTingly paSSes the infection on to the unsuspecting.<br /> <br /> We've reached a sad point in our national and international history, where we can rightfuLLy refuse to do the right thing for ourselves and our neighbors. People are aPParently much haPPier casting blame than aCCepting an obvious solution. The drugs work. Let's protect ourselves and our neighbors, and aCCept the drugs.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DDIGS&reply_to=122.42&return_msg=122.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="122.42"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a122_43"></a><div class="message" id="message_122_43"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: DeannaG<span class="message_time">10 Aug 2021 16:29</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: kell (ALANKELL) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 12 Aug 2021 16:13"></span></span> <span class="message_count">43 of 73</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DDIGS&msg=122.43">122.43</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DDIGS&msg=122.36#a122_42" target="_self">122.42</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Well if they're suPPosed to be sterilizing us, then considering I'm post menopausal, they wasted both those shots on me. lol<br /> <br /> There wiLL always be idiots who think they know beTTer no maTTer what you teLL them. Sad, but true.<br /> <br /> Unfortunately, there are a lot of people, who if they don't have anything to bitch about, they'LL make something up, just because they can.<br /> <br /> How are things going down in your neck of the wOOds. It's geTTing kind of warm up here again, and I love it. It's tOO damn chiLLY for me lately.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DDIGS&reply_to=122.43&return_msg=122.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="122.43"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a122_44"></a><div class="message" id="message_122_44"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: kell (ALANKELL)<span class="message_time">12 Aug 2021 16:35</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: DeannaG <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 20 Aug 2021 23:40"></span></span> <span class="message_count">44 of 73</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DDIGS&msg=122.44">122.44</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DDIGS&msg=122.36#a122_43" target="_self">122.43</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Hot, hot and more hot in Gulf Coast Texas. It rains sometimes and that helps a liTTle, but when the rain stops it just gets steamy. Rain - sun - rain - sun...and the graSS loves it. Grows like friGGin' crazy.<br /> <br /> We're stiLL not geTTing out that much. Even vaCCinated, I don't trust that I won't get infected with the Delta strain. So - I just avoid people whenever poSSible. Some of these people will take the jab once the vaCCines are fuLLy aPProved. I think, though, there wiLL stiLL be tOO many citizens who are able to justify their anti-vax opinions.<br /> <br /> I figure by next spring we'LL know most of what we nEEd to know going forward. The doctors wiLL decide whether we nEEd bOOster shots (if the answer is yes, I'LL get mine) the FDA wiLL aPProve the vaCCines, and most everyone who's goNNa get the vaCCine will have goTTen it. I'm not reaLLy puTTing a date on it, but I figure I'LL be waiting at least that long before I hear the answers.<br /> <br /> But when the questions have all bEEn answered, we'LL have what we have and we can act aCCordingly. Can't wait to find out how our favorite restaurants are doing, whether I think I can start going to the gym again, doings things like normal again. Normal - but probably with a mask.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DDIGS&reply_to=122.44&return_msg=122.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="122.44"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a122_45"></a><div class="message" id="message_122_45"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: DeannaG<span class="message_time">21 Aug 2021 00:23</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: kell (ALANKELL) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 21 Aug 2021 02:55"></span></span> <span class="message_count">45 of 73</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DDIGS&msg=122.45">122.45</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DDIGS&msg=122.36#a122_44" target="_self">122.44</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Things warmed up up here a bit. Made me haPPy. ChiLLy weather can be painful for this old gal.<br /> <br /> Things are preTTy chiLL around these parts, but then we've never bEEn what you'd caLL a charged area for much of anything. Most of the people around this area are preTTy laid back. They do what is nEEded. We just don't have a lot of conspiracy people around these parts. I'm glad for that.<br /> <br /> Our restaurants have opened back up, but you nEEd a mask, and they have every other table shut down to aid in the social distancing thing. Their staFF also wears masks and gloves. Places for shoPPing are hit or miSS on the mask thing, but I wear one no maTTer if they require it or not.<br /> <br /> I don't go out a lot either. I was never one for the gym. Even before covid, I woRRied about what might be on those machines. So I'm puTTing a home gym in the extra rOOm in my basement. Even bought a portable two person sauna to set up in it as weLL. It's big enough I can put a small bench in it and just kind of kick back while I sweat it out. I'm puTTing peg board on one of the waLLs so I can hang items like my resistance bands, and other light weight stuFF, on the waLLs. That way, I won't have to use flOOr space for cabinets and such. I like the idea of having it aLL in my home and not having to woRRy about what someone else might have left on it. I'LL be the only one using it. <span class="emoticon e_smile" title=":)"><span class="e__">:)</span></span><br /> <br /> It's goNNa take some time to get it together the way I want, but I got time. No huRRy on the rOOm itself. I have frEE weights and a stationary recumbent bike in my livingrOOm, and a rowing machine I puLL out when I want to use it. Once the rOOm in the basement is ready, I'LL just move it aLL down into it. Until then, I can stiLL use it.<br /> <br /> If you've got some space in your place, maybe you could do up your own home gym tOO. I've talked to some people who have done it, and they aLL say they love having it. No fEEs. It's way convenient, and they love the privacy tOO. Might be something to consider. Depending on what you want to do, you may not nEEd much space. One guy just set up one of those bowflex type things in an empty corner of his bedrOOm and him and the wife love it.<br /> <br /> Might be worth lOOking into. <span class="emoticon e_smile" title=":)"><span class="e__">:)</span></span></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DDIGS&reply_to=122.45&return_msg=122.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="122.45"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DDIGS" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="122.46" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>