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Big DJ said:
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Filled my truck this afternoon.
Ouch.
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I put an even 200$ of diesel in my 2500 last time I filled up. It really makes you think about if you really need to run in to town or not. And it really makes spending a few hundred bucks on a knife you can enjoy for the rest of your life seem like an even better deal than before.
 
sgt1372 said:
The data varies from just under to just over ONE MILLION deaths caused by or attributed to Covid-19 in the US as of this week and this milestone was hardly mentioned in the media -- at least the media sources that I read daily like the NYT and Google News. :(

Here's NBC's report from earlier this week to mark the event: One Million Deaths.
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hey, we want normal back! 🤪
 
sgt1372 said:
The data varies from just under to just over ONE MILLION deaths caused by or attributed to Covid-19 in the US as of this week and this milestone was hardly mentioned in the media -- at least the media sources that I read daily like the NYT and Google News. :(

Here's NBC's report from earlier this week to mark the event: One Million Deaths.
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Lorien said:
hey, we want normal back! 🤪
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We have become bred, fed, and kept 🐑.
 
sgt1372 said:
The data varies from just under to just over ONE MILLION deaths caused by or attributed to Covid-19 in the US as of this week and this milestone was hardly mentioned in the media -- at least the media sources that I read daily like the NYT and Google News. :(

Here's NBC's report from earlier this week to mark the event: One Million Deaths.
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Quoting myself from March 6th 2020 when the virus was a new thing and people didn't know what to make of it except there was a huge divide between one group of people and another group of people whether or not this thing was real and something to worry about:



Nathan the Machinist said:
Nathan the Machinist's take on COVID 19:


...I predict a million….
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I wonder if the people that were calling it a "scamdemic" and a big nothing burger and talking about how they don't know anybody who has it and it's not even real have altered their view on this without acknowledging that they were saying those things to begin with? Are those people now saying it really is a million deaths, or are they saying well, it was 10,000 cases of covid and about a million cases of the flu and other things? It became so politicized that I stopped following it or discussing it, so I honestly don't know where people have landed on this dichotomy - cognitive dissonance. I recall being irritated that people wouldn't take it seriously and now in retrospect I'm going to say that I more or less "called it." It was actually something to take seriously. And I'm annoyed by the people who didn't.

People would say things like, "I don't even know anybody who has ever had it, it isn't even real". Do y'all remember that? Now we all know of plenty of people who have died from it and most of us have lost somebody we know. It was real. And it did warrant taking it seriously. I'm sure those people have now done a bunch of mental acrobatics to justify how they were right all along and the current situation played out exactly like they thought it would but they're full of shit. It became politicized and people adopted the viewpoint of their herd rather than thinking for themselves. The same people that call everybody sheep were behaving like sheep. Still are. I hated the political divide in this country before then, but covid-19 brought my disgust of our current divide to a new level. People's entire belief systems fall along party lines now. It's like nobody can think for themselves.
 
I personally didn't worry about C19. I figured that if I did die from it, I would rather have my grandbabies last thoughts of me kissing and hugging them instead of grandpa was too scared to see us. I obviously turned out ok, but it was my decision, and mine alone. I believe that I did catch it at least once, but I didn't get tested.
 
benchrest308 said:
I have less years as a hockey fan, but it is more embarrassing to be a Leafs fan. They better win tonight or the K18 may find the TV.
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I don't know about "more"...but I'm sure glad that Messier and company gave me some moments I'll never forget (and probably never see again) in 1994.

I'm pulling for the Leafs to do well. (I have no use for the 'bolts.)
 
Blues said:
My wife had to hide everything with an edge on it...but I've been eyeing my sledgehammer.

I've been a hockey fan for more than 50 years and have never been so embarrassed by a team I follow.
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My friend has been a lifelong Lions fan, poor bastard. Him and his dad watched them almost make it to the SB in 1991. His dad made a smartass comment to him as they blew it in a playoff game and he knew it was over. He went outside and chopped down a small tree in the yard. His dad being a sports fan himself didn't get mad but only asked that they get everything squared away before his mom got home.
 
benchrest308 said:
I have less years as a hockey fan, but it is more embarrassing to be a Leafs fan. They better win tonight or the K18 may find the TV.
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I thought the worst fate in hockey was being a Buffalo Sabres fan, as the Maple Leafs (shouldn't it be "Maple Leaves?") have 13 Stanley Cups and the Sabres have zero.

Then again, the Sabres have only existed for 52 years, and it's been 55 years since the Leafs' last cup. With the Blues finally winning a Cup three years ago, I think that makes Leafs fans the most long-suffering.

But I have some good news for you! If your K18 does take out your TV and is damaged in the process, I believe that should be covered as an expected use under Nathan's warranty. 😂
 
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