minervadoe Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Dear Abby: My wife sent me an article on social distancing. Should I be concerned? https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/03/10/social-distancing-coronavirus/ Clueless, 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 After much in-depth research, I've calculated that the local bar is far enough away to keep from infecting the family. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPQer Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Concerned about what? I think it's a good idea until we get a better idea about how bad this could get. I had a dumbass at work sneeze into a hand full of parts he was about to hand me. Stupid bassturd. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rellik Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, minervadoe said: Dear Abby: My wife sent me an article on social distancing. Should I be concerned? https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/03/10/social-distancing-coronavirus/ Clueless, How bombproof is your pre-nup? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 As long as she is facing away from you during the 'deed'.......you're o.k. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted March 14, 2020 Author Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Rellik said: How bombproof is your pre-nup? Pre-nup? I was concerned she'd get me to start using the phrase "flattening the curve." She's an epidemiologist. Drat. Now I've used it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/tarahaelle/2020/03/13/why-everything-is-closing-for-coronavirus-its-called-flattening-the-curve/#2961898d6e2b Quote It’s called “flattening the curve.” And that’s exactly what it is when you see it visually. Here’s what is looks like in an illustration from Max Roser at Our World in Data, very similar to the figure in a recent Emerging Infectious Diseases study on social distancing to reduce pandemic influenza. Edited March 14, 2020 by minervadoe 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Just now, minervadoe said: Pre-nup? I was concerned she'd get me to start using the phrase "flattening the curve." She's an epidemiologist. Drat. Now I've used it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/tarahaelle/2020/03/13/why-everything-is-closing-for-coronavirus-its-called-flattening-the-curve/#2961898d6e2b The objective is to limit the spikes in new cases and spread them out over time so the public has little idea of what's going on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 48 minutes ago, janice6 said: The objective is to limit the spikes in new cases and spread them out over time so the public has little idea of what's going on. I figured out, all on my ownself, that the mass-cancellations are a good thing. It's basically a cold virus, and everyone will (or won't) get it, sooner or later. (I believe I had it. And now I'm stronger.) But the cancellations could prevent everyone from getting it all at once. Which could be a healthcare / hospital disaster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Huaco Kid said: I figured out, all on my ownself, that the mass-cancellations are a good thing. It's basically a cold virus, and everyone will (or won't) get it, sooner or later. (I believe I had it. And now I'm stronger.) But the cancellations could prevent everyone from getting it all at once. Which could be a healthcare / hospital disaster. True. But it's being sold as an avoidance and a prevention. The "bug" is goon'a getcha if you don't watch out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holyjohnson Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 the solution was though up in the early 90s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 3 hours ago, minervadoe said: My wife sent me an article on social distancing. Should I be concerned? Depending on how long you've been married this is directly proportional to the age of the relationship. I figure in another 20 years I'll be as celibate as the pope. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 It is odd that when a man gets to the age were he can relax, and the woman gets to the age where she has raised her children and sent them off knowing they are the best they could do, that now she wants her space and relief from physical obligations. At this time they both only have to answer to each other yet they drift away, figuratively. I used to dream of the days when I didn't have to go to work and my wife an I could just laz the mornings and evenings away, getting closer than ever before. As long as we have been married, my wife tells me how happy she is with her life. I spend my life trying to make her happy. She sometimes will ask me why I do the things I do for her. I tell her that maybe I hope she will do the same for me. Yet now, it seems that we have time for our own activities, we have less time for each other. I don't mean that we grow apart, but that we don't grow closer...…….I sometimes think that love means different things to a husband and wife. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 12 minutes ago, janice6 said: I used to dream of the days when I didn't have to go to work and my wife an I could just laz the mornings and evenings away, getting closer than ever before I look waaaaay better in real-life, than I do in a mirror. And, I suspect, she does too. So we have wine and vodka. And sometimes embarrass our ancestors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said: I look waaaaay better in real-life, than I do in a mirror. And, I suspect, she does too. So we have wine and vodka. And sometimes embarrass our ancestors. That is a sign that you two have found what many are missing. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted March 14, 2020 Author Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Historian said: Depending on how long you've been married this is directly proportional to the age of the relationship. I figure in another 20 years I'll be as celibate as the pope. We're coming up on our 22nd anniversary. The pope is celibate? At least he knows how to rock a hat. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 33 minutes ago, minervadoe said: We're coming up on our 22nd anniversary. The pope is celibate? At least he knows how to rock a hat. Give him some vodka and see what happens! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Huaco Kid said: And sometimes embarrass our ancestors. Not, like, our grandparents, or great-grandparents, our ancestors that were monkeys. We would make them blush. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) My Father-in-law was born over a bar. I don't know where he was conceived, but it was probably pretty good. He's an Irishman. Edited March 14, 2020 by Huaco Kid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 39 minutes ago, minervadoe said: We're coming up on our 22nd anniversary. The pope is celibate? At least he knows how to rock a hat. I'd bet that sumbitch has beat off as much as anyone. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 He said that they spent their honeymoon, in a room, over a bar (the same one? dunno.) But his best friends tied a cowbell under the bed, and they were all downstairs, howling all night long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 My wife, and I, had the penthouse at the best hotel in Pittsburgh, on our wedding night. It was as big as a football field, with a hot tub. And we never even went in it. Our friends had a one-room, with 400 people packed in. Non-normal things happened. Later, after noon, we went to our room and messed up the sheets, just so we didn't look bad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 FIL was Irish. MIL was German. My wife is dangerous. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said: FIL was Irish. MIL was German. They could both kill you. Right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted March 14, 2020 Author Share Posted March 14, 2020 29 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said: Give him some vodka and see what happens! There ought to be a mixed drink with the Pope mentioned in its name. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 I wouldnt've been the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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