Holy cow Tazer - 1,000 a month???? I pay more in taxes every 2 weeks than that and I'm a bot. You must not live in Cali - btw your older than dirt to -
-------- Original Message -------- On Mar 3, 2020, 9:03 AM, Razer wrote: > On 3/2/20 11:03 PM, jim bell wrote: > >> The bad news is that I live in the state, Washington, that so far has had 6 >> COVID-19 deaths. The ONLY COVID-19 deaths in the entire US!!! >> >> The good news is that I live in Vancouver, Washington, kinda-sorta the 'ass >> end' of Washington, about 160 miles south of where the main COVID action is. >> >> The bad news is that a few days ago, I visited a friend temporarily in a >> care home very near Seattle (NOT the one that made the news over the last >> 2-3 days, connected to 5 of the 6 deaths.) This friend has numerous >> ailments, but generally dating from long before COVID existed. >> >> More bad news is that 5 days after I left, he got very ill with vomiting, >> and had to go to a hospital. He thinks it's conceivable he got this >> COVID-19, although I don't think he has been tested for that. Yet. He is >> also fairly close to the Chinese community in Seattle, which is about 4.5% >> of the population there. >> >> More bad news is that I hear that especially hard-hit are old men. In >> little more than 1 month, I turn 62. >> >> More bad news is that people with diabetes are hit harder. I have diabetes. >> >> So, anyone want to take bets on whether I fall ill in the next 2-3 weeks? >> >> Jim Bell > > I'm older than you by half-a-decade. Had the flu for Xmas (Just like the > CSN&Y song). Smoke. Live houseless, on a thousand dollars a month, therefore > not getting the best nutrition or a place to bed down and rest/recuperate all > day, and yet after four days of mid-grade fever and chills, and a few more > with a phlemy cough, I'm very much alive. > > Don't let your own fears snuff you. > > Rr
