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Post by mich64 on May 4, 2020 23:02:02 GMT
They have actually had to layoff some staff at our hospital. We have only had two Covid-19 patients admitted during the pandemic, and both have recovered and been discharged. Since they cancelled all elective surgeries, there is not much happening surgically or on the floors. Elective surgeries are supposed to return in a few weeks so everyone will be recalled.
Yesterday, however, we had our first case in one of our nursing homes. Last week, the Premier instructed all residents and staff to be tested and they found a positive, asymptomatic, he and his roommate were put in an isolation room. Now to track the source. We have had 17 cases.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 7, 2020 8:02:53 GMT
They should change the name of the international cable channel BBC Entertainment because there is never anything entertaining on it.
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Post by whatagain on May 8, 2020 9:33:14 GMT
My doctor (a friand not my wife) fils me we can expect overmortality because a lot of peuple will have waited before seeing their doctor. Myself for exemple have not had my blood tested for 3 months now. I should do it Every 6 week. If - if - something sent wrong we will see it with a délay of 2 months. Sometimes a killer...
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Post by casimira on May 8, 2020 11:30:40 GMT
I had an appointment for an annual physical scheduled for May 4th which was cancelled because my Primary Care Physician has left the medical group he practiced with.
Now, I have to go through the whole process of finding a new Dr. Not a process I am looking forward to. I have a couple of Drs. that have been referred to me by friends but, I have a feeling it's going to be a long time before I'll be able to get an appointment at this particular time.
Gratefully, I have no health issues at present that require seeing a Dr. If I had to, I could see a Nurse Practitioner.
Sigh...
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Post by kerouac2 on May 8, 2020 11:41:37 GMT
I have a blood test about once every 3 years. I had one last week and was the only customer at the lab.
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Post by htmb on May 8, 2020 14:11:54 GMT
When I went to the dermatologist the other day I was the only person in the waiting and saw just one other patient leaving. Typically, it’s packed with patients.I think people are putting off visiting their doctors. My last minute appointment was scheduled for the next day. In the past it’s taken me days/weeks to get in to see my dermatologist.
My next door neighbor, who works as a physical therapist, is scheduling her knee replacement for two weeks from now because she says things are eztremely slow for her orthopedic specialist and the area of the hospital where he works.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 11, 2020 15:59:01 GMT
I watched a news report about the reopening of Shanghai Disneyland today, and all of the rules and regulations were among the most depressing things that I have ever seen.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 12, 2020 10:02:52 GMT
I'm tired of people saying "the new normal" or "the new reality." I would prefer it if they said "the temporary situation."
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Post by patricklondon on May 12, 2020 10:46:54 GMT
The trouble is, it might not be that temporary. Some aspects of what we're doing - or not doing- now may have to continue in the longer term, or at least until there's a vaccine AND a broad enough take-up. My blog | My photos | My video clips | My Librivox recordings"too literate to be spam"
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Post by kerouac2 on May 12, 2020 10:58:32 GMT
I'm all in favour of jellyfish frolicking in the crystal clear waters of Venice or blue skies over Delhi if that is the new normal.
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Post by casimira on May 12, 2020 11:56:00 GMT
I'm tired of people saying "the new normal" or "the new reality." I would prefer it if they said "the temporary situation." This makes me cringe when I hear this. We went through all those catch phrases here in NOLA after Katrina. Ironically, there never has been anything "normal" here to begin with. We referred to the phases as "getting back to abnormal".
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Post by onlyMark on May 12, 2020 14:21:00 GMT
I'm tired of people saying "the new normal" or "the new reality." I would prefer it if they said "the temporary situation." I'm all in favour of jellyfish frolicking in the crystal clear waters of Venice or blue skies over Delhi if that is the new normal. It appears it takes 55mins 40secs for you to accept it though.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 12, 2020 14:24:35 GMT
We accept lots of things of which we are tired.
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Post by deyana on May 29, 2020 15:23:27 GMT
So I finally went on Facebook again after the longest time and read some very sad news...
Melanie had passes away. In October now. Most of us knew her back from when we were on the Refuge and then on The Meeting Pot...
Just made me feel very sad, even though we never met, she was such a bright light out there and shone like a star. Just hard to fathom, understand or come to terms how a person so full of life can be gone just like that. She was also a very beautiful woman, inside and out who had a heart of pure Gold.
RIP in dear Melanie.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 17, 2020 15:42:37 GMT
If the moderators (whoever they may be) here were to ban every member who constantly writes it's instead of its in the possessive mode, I don't think there would be very many members left.
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Post by onlyMark on Jun 17, 2020 17:02:10 GMT
Its wrong either way.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 26, 2020 11:55:19 GMT
I hope there is a huge festival the day all the plexiglas comes down.
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Post by bjd on Jun 26, 2020 15:07:44 GMT
I hope there is a huge festival the day all the plexiglas comes down. At the supermarket I usually go to, the cashiers don't wear masks but are behind plexiglass. It's certainly more comfortable for them.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 26, 2020 15:18:06 GMT
I am seeing more and more Plexiglas® in Paris, probably at the demand of the trade unions (and who were probably right to demand the addition). At the cinema this morning, the ticket takers verifiers were suddenly in plexiglas booths, and the cashiers at FNAC were also behind new shields. I had already noticed at Monoprix a couple of weeks ago that the cashiers, who were behind plexiglas barriers facing the customers at the beginning of covid, are now completely enclosed on every side and just slip your items beneath the bottom of their shields.
If this keeps everybody healthy and prevents a second wave, I am completely in favour of it, but I will be delighted when it finally disappears.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 2, 2020 19:45:43 GMT
Twice in my life, I have been driven to board a plane across the runway in a service vehicle. One time in Montréal and one time in Jeddah. For some reason, the staff don't really like this. It means that things have been done wrong and that you were incorrectly forgotten. Someone is going to be accused.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 12, 2020 11:49:41 GMT
I skinned my knee this morning falling off the bicycle. There's going to be a scab. It makes me feel so young, even without mercurochrome.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 17, 2020 10:39:01 GMT
I don't think that I have hit my "funny bone" in at least 40 years. This leads me to wonder if I have just become very careful or if it is something that you grow out of as an adult.
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Post by questa on Jul 21, 2020 6:36:49 GMT
Kids are bumbly creatures. Always tripping over things, walking or running into things (which are clearly obvious to older people) and misjudging distances.It is Nature's way of teaching us from babyhood to old age where our bodies are in space and in relation to objects around us.
As you grew up, Kerouac2, you often hit your "funny" bone. (The humerus as it is called in the anatomy books in an attempt to make a medical pun) It was an unpleasant feeling so your memory made a note "halfway down my arm is a hurty place...keep it away from bumps" Of course your consciousness wasn't aware of the safety lesson, but filed it away under "Learnt by experience" and you found you hardly ever hit that bone again.
We don't have enough time in a life to make all the mistakes ourselves, so we are taught by observation and example how to avoid things that might damage us. Adolescent males are caught up in rapid growth physically where they don't have time to learn the limits of their bodies.They are also fuelled with testosterone which clouds many decisions they have to make. This is why more males get admitted to hospital for "accidents" than females.
The current thought is to make the world 100% safe for kids growing up. This, I fear will just make a generation of people who are accident prone, because they never had to look out for themselves, but relied on everything having a "safety standard".. And the next generation of Kerouac2 s will still bang their "Funny bones"into old age.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 1, 2020 15:19:31 GMT
Ah, things feel better when we come back online after several hours of the angry bear!
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Post by fumobici on Aug 1, 2020 15:29:56 GMT
At least it was a PB error page and not a real 404 error.
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Post by onlyMark on Aug 12, 2020 8:01:33 GMT
A couple of years ago a man scammed one of my daughters regarding apartment rental. I found exactly who he was, his address, his place of work but even under pressure he didn't pay the money back. Yesterday my other daughter forwarded me information about an apartment rental to check if that was also a scam before she took it further. Yes, it was easy enough to find out it was. I advised her to stop.
If Sally Howard (not real name) ever contacts you with a passport scan for authenticity, it isn't real. I've sent her an email from a fake address I have to tell her I'm going to trace her and as an example of my 'prowess' I've given her the two middle names she has photoshopped out from the original passport and various other things like the colour of the door of a fake company she is supposed to be from.
I won't go any further like I did last time unless she contacts me back and I have have time to have some fun.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 12, 2020 8:39:44 GMT
I haven’t used my Barclaycard for over a year but on my statement yesterday were 2 purchases from Amazon. Barclaycard were quite happy to credit them. Card stopped.
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Post by onlyMark on Aug 12, 2020 11:38:43 GMT
I really must check my account more often.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 12, 2020 11:42:13 GMT
I have three cards and one of them has been hacked twice, always for online operations. My Accor Hotels account was also hacked once, and they tried to apply all of my points to a hotel in China.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 3, 2020 5:44:59 GMT
I wonder if he will proudly rename it the "Trump virus" instead of the "China virus."
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