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Bill[_12_]

Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 5/18/2020 5:54 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 18 May 2020 17:29:56 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 5/18/2020 3:51 PM, wrote:

Since neither you or I are at risk for losing our jobs, we are in the
enviable position of only worrying about our way of life. That's a
real thing of course, and a year lost at this point of our lives is
never going to come back. We were suposed to be cruising Italy and
the Greek Islands right now and then taking the trawler north for the
summer. Neither of those is happening of course but I'm resigned to
it. I'd just like to get our deposit money back from the cruise ship
company before they go bankrupt. With any luck we'll be able to take
a road trip north in June or July.

Here's a question for you:

Would you trade a year of your remaining life for permanent immunity
to covid-19?

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Hopefully we won't have to make that choice. Even though our life has
been disrupted I can't really complain too much. We are well funded,
healthy, warm, dry, and have plenty of food. Compared to some we are
very blessed.

I came to a similar conclusion when my wife and I were talking about
this pandemic. At first she thought about it but then agreed with
me that we've done so much in our lives that there is really very
little that we are out to conquer. Watching our kids raise their
families and seeing the future generations making their way is
satisfying enough for us for the most part.

We would like to take the boat and kayaks and camper to the Sierras.
Lakes are open, most ocean ramps are closed, USFS is opening some
campgrounds next couple weeks.