Survival in the crisis

[Westside Steve]

Some businesses that will remain open during martial law.

https://www.beaconjournal.com/news/20200322/what-are-essential-businesses-under-ohiorsquos-stay-at-home-order-herersquos-list

[Westside Steve]

So basically nothing really new. I'm wondering if enough bribe money on its way to Columbus with a lot of places like TJ Maxx to stay open because, well, people need clothing and we do salt peanuts right up by the checkout.

Actually I have been somewhat fortunate in that I'm recording my new CD during the downtime and my studio is digital and within my home. So with the studio of my producer engineer so we can send large audio files back and forth without ever stepping into the sunshine. My concern is for the manufacturing plant who will make them.

WSS

[calfoxwc]

" Restaurants (for consumption off-premises.) "

Yesterday was our anniversary - we went and picked up our carry out order from Texas Roadhouse, Alliance.

A bit of a drive, but it's the best one around. They come out and wait on you in your car, they disinfect/clean the pen, and bring you your food. I would have tipped them ten bucks, but I only had a twenty, so, Wife said to tip them that.

We did - thanked them for staying open - they said business was great, under the circumstances.

Friends on the neighborhood street - we call each other to check on them, they are calling, just had a call this morning.

I wish the garden was in.....

[hammertime]

Congratulations on the anniversary.

[LogicIsForSquares]

1 hour ago, calfoxwc said:

" Restaurants (for consumption off-premises.) "

Yesterday was our anniversary - we went and picked up our carry out order from Texas Roadhouse, Alliance.

A bit of a drive, but it's the best one around. They come out and wait on you in your car, they disinfect/clean the pen, and bring you your food. I would have tipped them ten bucks, but I only had a twenty, so, Wife said to tip them that.

We did - thanked them for staying open - they said business was great, under the circumstances.

Friends on the neighborhood street - we call each other to check on them, they are calling, just had a call this morning.

I wish the garden was in.....

Congrats, Cal. How long have you guys been married?

[calfoxwc]

23 minutes ago, LogicIsForSquares said:

Congrats, Cal. How long have you guys been married?

 

35 minutes ago, hammertime said:

Congratulations on the anniversary.

Thanks !!! 28 wonderful, fun years. Yes, life happens to hit troubles, but we have always bounced back. We can't believe it's been so long ! I asked her if she was ever bored during all our years, she laughed and said that was impossible, we've had too much fun.

Ya know ya still got it when you get a hug after asking that.

I'm one of the luckiest guys ever.

[Vambo]

EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN SHOULD READ THIS AND REMEMBER THIS!!!! THIS RIGHT HERE..... IS SPOT ON!!!!!!

I talked to a man today

I talked with a man today, an 80+ year old man. I asked him if there was anything I can get him while this Coronavirus scare was gripping America.

He simply smiled, looked away and said:

"Let me tell you what I need! I need to believe, at some point, this country my generation fought for... I need to believe this nation we handed safely to our children and their children...

I need to know this generation will quit being a bunch of sissies...that they respect what they've been given...that they've earned what others sacrificed for."

I wasn't sure where the conversation was going or if it was going anywhere at all. So, I sat there, quietly observing.

"You know, I was a little boy during WWII. Those were scary days. We didn't know if we were going to be speaking English, German or Japanese at the end of the war. There was no certainty, no guarantees like Americans enjoy today.

And no home went without sacrifice or loss. Every house, up and down every street, had someone in harm's way. Maybe their Daddy was a soldier, maybe their son was a sailor, maybe it was an uncle. Sometimes it was the whole damn family...fathers, sons, uncles...

Having someone, you love, sent off to war...it wasn't less frightening than it is today. It was scary as Hell. If anything, it was more frightening. We didn't have battle front news. We didn't have email or cellphones. You sent them away and you hoped...you prayed. You may not hear from them for months, if ever. Sometimes a mother was getting her son's letters the same day Dad was comforting her over their child's death.

And we sacrificed. You couldn't buy things. Everything was rationed. You were only allowed so much milk per month, only so much bread, toilet paper. EVERYTHING was restricted for the war effort. And what you weren't using, what you didn't need, things you threw away, they were saved and sorted for the war effort. My generation was the original recycling movement in America.

And we had viruses back then...serious viruses. Things like polio, measles, and such. It was nothing to walk to school and pass a house or two that was quarantined. We didn't shut down our schools. We didn't shut down our cities. We carried on, without masks, without hand sanitizer. And do you know what? We persevered. We overcame. We didn't attack our President, we came together. We rallied around the flag for the war. Thick or thin, we were in it to win. And we would lose more boys in an hour of combat than we lose in entire wars today."

He slowly looked away again. Maybe I saw a small tear in the corner of his eye. Then he continued:

"Today's kids don't know sacrifice. They think a sacrifice is not having coverage on their phone while they freely drive across the country. Today's kids are selfish and spoiled. In my generation, we looked out for our elders. We helped out with single moms who's husbands were either at war or dead from war. Today's kids rush the store, buying everything they can...no concern for anyone but themselves. It's shameful the way Americans behave these days. None of them deserve the sacrifices their granddads made.

So, no I don't need anything. I appreciate your offer but, I know I've been through worse things than this virus. But maybe I should be asking you, what can I do to help you? Do you have enough pop to get through this, enough steak? Will you be able to survive with 113 channels on your tv?"

I smiled, fighting back a tear of my own...now humbled by a man in his 80's. All I could do was thank him for the history lesson, leave my number for emergency and leave with my ego firmly tucked in my rear.

I talked to a man today. A real man. An American man from an era long gone and forgotten. We will never understand the sacrifices. We will never fully earn their sacrifices. But we should work harder to learn about them..learn from them...to respect them.

*Borrowed, copied and pasted*

[MLD Woody]

 

[DieHardBrownsFan]

26 minutes ago, Vambo said:

EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN SHOULD READ THIS AND REMEMBER THIS!!!! THIS RIGHT HERE..... IS SPOT ON!!!!!!

I talked to a man today

I talked with a man today, an 80+ year old man. I asked him if there was anything I can get him while this Coronavirus scare was gripping America.

He simply smiled, looked away and said:

"Let me tell you what I need! I need to believe, at some point, this country my generation fought for... I need to believe this nation we handed safely to our children and their children...

I need to know this generation will quit being a bunch of sissies...that they respect what they've been given...that they've earned what others sacrificed for."

I wasn't sure where the conversation was going or if it was going anywhere at all. So, I sat there, quietly observing.

"You know, I was a little boy during WWII. Those were scary days. We didn't know if we were going to be speaking English, German or Japanese at the end of the war. There was no certainty, no guarantees like Americans enjoy today.

And no home went without sacrifice or loss. Every house, up and down every street, had someone in harm's way. Maybe their Daddy was a soldier, maybe their son was a sailor, maybe it was an uncle. Sometimes it was the whole damn family...fathers, sons, uncles...

Having someone, you love, sent off to war...it wasn't less frightening than it is today. It was scary as Hell. If anything, it was more frightening. We didn't have battle front news. We didn't have email or cellphones. You sent them away and you hoped...you prayed. You may not hear from them for months, if ever. Sometimes a mother was getting her son's letters the same day Dad was comforting her over their child's death.

And we sacrificed. You couldn't buy things. Everything was rationed. You were only allowed so much milk per month, only so much bread, toilet paper. EVERYTHING was restricted for the war effort. And what you weren't using, what you didn't need, things you threw away, they were saved and sorted for the war effort. My generation was the original recycling movement in America.

And we had viruses back then...serious viruses. Things like polio, measles, and such. It was nothing to walk to school and pass a house or two that was quarantined. We didn't shut down our schools. We didn't shut down our cities. We carried on, without masks, without hand sanitizer. And do you know what? We persevered. We overcame. We didn't attack our President, we came together. We rallied around the flag for the war. Thick or thin, we were in it to win. And we would lose more boys in an hour of combat than we lose in entire wars today."

He slowly looked away again. Maybe I saw a small tear in the corner of his eye. Then he continued:

"Today's kids don't know sacrifice. They think a sacrifice is not having coverage on their phone while they freely drive across the country. Today's kids are selfish and spoiled. In my generation, we looked out for our elders. We helped out with single moms who's husbands were either at war or dead from war. Today's kids rush the store, buying everything they can...no concern for anyone but themselves. It's shameful the way Americans behave these days. None of them deserve the sacrifices their granddads made.

So, no I don't need anything. I appreciate your offer but, I know I've been through worse things than this virus. But maybe I should be asking you, what can I do to help you? Do you have enough pop to get through this, enough steak? Will you be able to survive with 113 channels on your tv?"

I smiled, fighting back a tear of my own...now humbled by a man in his 80's. All I could do was thank him for the history lesson, leave my number for emergency and leave with my ego firmly tucked in my rear.

I talked to a man today. A real man. An American man from an era long gone and forgotten. We will never understand the sacrifices. We will never fully earn their sacrifices. But we should work harder to learn about them..learn from them...to respect them.

*Borrowed, copied and pasted*

You realize this is more than likely nothing but a facebook bullshit post.  

[Vambo]

2 hours ago, DieHardBrownsFan said:

You realize this is more than likely nothing but a facebook bullshit post.  

Could be...then again.

[MLD Woody]

11 hours ago, DieHardBrownsFan said:

You realize this is more than likely nothing but a facebook bullshit post.  

That meets the bar for this forum

[Vambo]

1 hour ago, MLD Woody said:

That meets the bar for this forum

 

[MLD Woody]

Thank you @LogicIsForSquares

I needed someone to get the meme haha

[Vambo]

24 minutes ago, MLD Woody said:

Thank you @LogicIsForSquares

I needed someone to get the meme haha

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