[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by John_W

I went to Sam's Club yesterday, I wanted some new prescription sunglasses. I'm hitting my drives so far I can't see the ball anymore

That optical department was closed, so we looked around. It was biggest crowd I have seen in that store. Forget January the height of snowbird season. Every register was open and long lines and two lines all the way back to just get out the door. Every cart was filled to the top.

I think after seeing the riots, most people feel the virus thing is over and just want to get out and do something. I just spent three hours trimming my hedges and bushes in the back yard, raking the trimmings and peanut shells since we feed the squirrels, filling two big brown bags. Then I just washed my car out front. That was after I lifted weights this morning. Keep the body working and the brain will follow.

Last Saturday Sams was pretty empty and they were limiting people going in. Even had two types of TP. Still no yeast though.

[John_W]

Originally Posted by Stuart Zaikov

Last Saturday Sams was pretty empty and they were limiting people going in. Even had two types of TP. Still no yeast though.

No limit now. I went to check out glasses, and they two people working but they weren't selling glasses, couldn't even try on the frames. Why they were there I have no idea, they gave me a card and said call back in a week. Things have changed in a week in the rest of the store, it was Slammed! In fact the Neighborhood Walmart at Colony has had the toilet paper aisle filled with every brand and every size for two weeks now. The only areas not replenished were the hand sanitizers and some cleaning products, like Lysol spray and the Equate version that I buy.

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by Stuart Zaikov

Last Saturday Sams was pretty empty and they were limiting people going in. Even had two types of TP. Still no yeast though.

Yeast on Amazon. $14.99 for an LB. package. The Little packages were about a month away when I ordered the big package last week.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Nucky

Yeast on Amazon. $14.99 for an LB. package. The Little packages were about a month away when I ordered the big package last week.

I got a 3-pack of Fleischmann's Active Dry Yeast at Walmart just over a week ago. They had a few packs left. Made another batch of challah.

[mamamia54]

Originally Posted by Tennisbum

Hmmmm, just got done with three sets of tennis, watched the sunset last night at Ednas while drinking a nice cold one, have golf scheduled for Wednesday and Saturday, more tennis on Thursday, a little concert planned for neighborhood on Saturday evening.....Sorry your life is in such turmoil......Had stage 4 throat cancer 7 years ago, meet
many people in the chemo wards and radiation that are no longer with us......You might want to step back and see what the real problem is.....

God bless you! Sounds like you are living life to the fullest. So refreshing to hear instead of the usual I’ll stay inside until there is a vaccine. Good luck with waiting for that!

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by DeanFL

I've had it.

We have now lived over 3 months with the threat of severe illness and death from COVID-19. So far so good here in The Villages. Seems as if the worst is over for now. Still 'masking' and 'Soc-Dist-ing'. Glad to see our stores and restaurants opening to a degree. Life, as we knew it, is slowly returning and hopefully we will not have a serious rebound of COVID soon.

Now, we are living through the terrible racial division for over a week - with little chance of ending soon. All over a HORRIBLE incident by a few rotten apples in MN. As you know that sparked the protesting and horrific riots and looting and shooting all over the USA, and now other parts of the world. This has earmarks of escalating even more, with more loss of life. I will stop my commentary right there, attempting to simply report facts.

And, NOW! Hurricane season has just started and we will soon have the 3rd named storm.

C'mon!!! What's next? Murder Hornets? Asteroids hitting Lake Deaton? Dog poop raining down on us?

Please, can we simply skip past 2020 and go directly to 2021? I've had it.

🇯🇵 🐝 (murder Hornets) maybe closer that you think?

[jet10s]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I think we are all so near the end of the rope on staying in.

However, people are still catching Covid-19 and dying from it.

Last week we heard the sad news from a family we have long known in Cincinnati that their 81 year old father died in the hospital after trying all of the "new things" to save him. This morning our friends posted that their mother had died of this virus early this morning.

I wish we had a clear summary of how many are infected here and when was the last death. I do read that it being warmer is a factor in keeping it from "being".

I never felt that any government entity was doing a bad job with public statistics but now I am wondering. I do NOT want to become a conspiracy theorist. I have always kind of thought of myself of a woman very interested in science that taught little children. ( I enjoyed every minute of it. Well almost every minute of it)

dont you get it -- all the hype about Covid19 was just the news media looking for extreme ratings for their network -- the years of a bad flu were often just as bad -- but back then there were no headlines or hour-long shows -- now all that has stopped because the news media has a "hotter" even more controversial story to run with -- now all that scare mongering is forgotten -- go out and live your life as you should have been doing by now

[rmd2]

[QUOTE=DeanFL;1775692]I've had it.

We have now lived over 3 months with the threat of severe illness and death from COVID-19. So far so good here in The Villages. Seems as if the worst is over for now. Still 'masking' and 'Soc-Dist-ing'. Glad to see our stores and restaurants opening to a degree. Life, as we knew it, is slowly returning and hopefully we will not have a serious rebound of COVID soon.

Now, we are living through the terrible racial division for over a week - with little chance of ending soon. All over a HORRIBLE incident by a few rotten apples in MN. As you know that sparked the protesting and horrific riots and looting and shooting all over the USA, and now other parts of the world. This has earmarks of escalating even more, with more loss of life. I will stop my commentary right there, attempting to simply report facts.

And, NOW! Hurricane season has just started and we will soon have the 3rd named storm.

C'mon!!! What's next? Murder Hornets? Asteroids hitting Lake Deaton? Dog poop raining down on us?

Please, can we simply skip past 2020 and go directly to 2021? I've had it.


Me too!

[kendi]

Originally Posted by DeanFL

I've had it.

We have now lived over 3 months with the threat of severe illness and death from COVID-19. So far so good here in The Villages. Seems as if the worst is over for now. Still 'masking' and 'Soc-Dist-ing'. Glad to see our stores and restaurants opening to a degree. Life, as we knew it, is slowly returning and hopefully we will not have a serious rebound of COVID soon.

Now, we are living through the terrible racial division for over a week - with little chance of ending soon. All over a HORRIBLE incident by a few rotten apples in MN. As you know that sparked the protesting and horrific riots and looting and shooting all over the USA, and now other parts of the world. This has earmarks of escalating even more, with more loss of life. I will stop my commentary right there, attempting to simply report facts.

And, NOW! Hurricane season has just started and we will soon have the 3rd named storm.

C'mon!!! What's next? Murder Hornets? Asteroids hitting Lake Deaton? Dog poop raining down on us?

Please, can we simply skip past 2020 and go directly to 2021? I've had it.

Direct the focus elsewhere. Life is good in spite of its challenges.

[crash]

Originally Posted by DeanFL

I've had it.

We have now lived over 3 months with the threat of severe illness and death from COVID-19. So far so good here in The Villages. Seems as if the worst is over for now. Still 'masking' and 'Soc-Dist-ing'. Glad to see our stores and restaurants opening to a degree. Life, as we knew it, is slowly returning and hopefully we will not have a serious rebound of COVID soon.

Now, we are living through the terrible racial division for over a week - with little chance of ending soon. All over a HORRIBLE incident by a few rotten apples in MN. As you know that sparked the protesting and horrific riots and looting and shooting all over the USA, and now other parts of the world. This has earmarks of escalating even more, with more loss of life. I will stop my commentary right there, attempting to simply report facts.

And, NOW! Hurricane season has just started and we will soon have the 3rd named storm.

C'mon!!! What's next? Murder Hornets? Asteroids hitting Lake Deaton? Dog poop raining down on us?

Please, can we simply skip past 2020 and go directly to 2021? I've had it.

3 bad apples must be from the 60’s since that is how long the systemic raceidm has been going on really since the early days of this country. Floyd’s was just the spark that ignited the keg.

[Tracy Turnbull]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I think we are all so near the end of the rope on staying in.

However, people are still catching Covid-19 and dying from it.

Last week we heard the sad news from a family we have long known in Cincinnati that their 81 year old father died in the hospital after trying all of the "new things" to save him. This morning our friends posted that their mother had died of this virus early this morning.

I wish we had a clear summary of how many are infected here and when was the last death. I do read that it being warmer is a factor in keeping it from "being".

I never felt that any government entity was doing a bad job with public statistics but now I am wondering. I do NOT want to become a conspiracy theorist. I have always kind of thought of myself of a woman very interested in science that taught little children. ( I enjoyed every minute of it. Well almost every minute of it)

Do it GG...look for the hidden facts...please open your minds to it at least. No disrespect intended to anyone...but facts are not what you see on Television.
Business owners, beach goers and parents playing in parks are bring arrested...while looters and anarchists go free? These are paid actors in cities with Mayors that are turning their backs to the people of their states. These are Governors that put sick people in nursing homes, spreading the virus intentionally to create fear and dependency? Some say yes. Do you know that 81% of MN deaths were from nursing homes? That's right...our most vulnerable...( maybe we should check those numbers in other states?) Or about the piles of bricks showing up in these cities? Conveniently ready to toss into the front of people's hard earned business? Or, the ADS for 'crisis actors'...or hear of the loads of people arrested in MN (that were NOT from MN), being flown and bussed in just to create anarchy? These are ANTIFA thugs sponsored to do this to us. And their bailed out by the precious 'celebrities', put on pedestals by some, contributing to BAIL funds for these anarchists. It's all right there in front of you...look at the common zones/maps. Look at states not having issues. Find the information yourselves. Watch our brave citizen journalists...stop watching the MSM...they have a (very consistent) story to make you believe! Read the stories...open your mind and stop the trust for people that don't truly care about you. Where did Corona go?? All of a sudden? ...just move us on to the next way to divide us as people. Don't fall for it again! It's about votes folks...always has been.

[Bay Kid]

Evidently social distancing is over. Look at all the rioters together. Yeppy!

[Dlbonivich]

Florida is also the 3rd most populous state in the country. We were in the peak of tourist season when this broke out. I think we did amazingly well. Miami is different than here. They get a younger shorter term tourist. Not someone who comes for a month. Some just a long weekend. Much more chance of having someone bring it with them. Just my thoughts

[Annie66]

Originally Posted by billethkid

Easy cure.
Just stop watching any news telecasts by ANY network.

Instant attitude improvement.

Haven't watched TV news in over 10 weeks. I'm feeling just fine without it.

[ts12755]

The virus will be here until we all get it and it dies off. What part of that don't you underand? Do you think staying in and locking down businesses is going to get rid of the virus? We stayed in initially to get control of our Healthcare System.