tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post1901943755968842202..comments2024-03-27T11:44:15.723-04:00Comments on The Retrogrouch: We Have Identified the Virus - And It Is UsBrookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-33347537722297838792021-08-02T13:40:23.818-04:002021-08-02T13:40:23.818-04:00SAD!! :(
SAD!! :(<br />B.J. and JoLynn Ondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10705559333741947530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-82597938235372998072021-08-02T13:37:58.876-04:002021-08-02T13:37:58.876-04:00Totally agree, it seemed we had this virus on the ...Totally agree, it seemed we had this virus on the run but the folks that won't take the shots for whatever reason (medical exempted of course!) have made this thing stronger and coming back with a vengeance so it's looking like what ever was your "normal" pre-pandemic may NEVER return, it's just selfish and SAD, JMHO. have a excellent day, RIDE ON! :)B.J. and JoLynn Ondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10705559333741947530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-70364119341447494962021-07-22T23:41:23.687-04:002021-07-22T23:41:23.687-04:00I live in Vermont, which is one of the safest plac...I live in Vermont, which is one of the safest places in the country right now in terms of Covid transmission. I recently started masking up again when I go into stores. It's not out of fear, but out of concern that I might bring the virus home. My wife and I were both vaccinated months ago, but she is immune suppressed, and I don't think anyone knows the extent of the risks these folks face from the desease. I've already lost me father to the desease, and I feel it is only wise to do what I can to keep it from spreading.<br /><br />I don't write this as an excuse for why I decided to be one of the few who are wearing a mask in the store, just to point out that people make their own decisions and it's probably rare that the deciding factor is "fear". I'm ex-Army, and I mix it up with crazy, distracted, and inept drivers almost every day on my road bike. Don't talk to me sbout fear. These days, if I feel fear, it's probably because I'm about to miss a real deadline--that will keep me up at night. One thing you learn in the military is there is a huge difference between being afraid of danger and not inviting danger. Fear serves no purpose in terms of completing the mission, and neither does increasing risk.<br /><br />Lately, I've been thinking of how the pandemic galvanized the public into a common purpose in a way not seen since WW2. In wartime, there is always a lot of talk about the "Fifth Column", or those embedded within the society who are working against its wartime goals. It is ironic that in this modern equivalent of war, that we have such a strong and visible fifth column who are wrapping themselves in the flag and claiming they are the "patriots", while actively working to keep us from achieving victory.<br /><br />I guess I shouldn't be surprised. After all, i had a loud pickup roll coal as it went by, but not so thick that I couldn't see tha US flag on one side and the F___ Biden flag on the other. Obviously, this guy feels that it's the sign of a patriot to squander limited resources, while anti-patriotic to conserve them by cycling to work, or probably in doing anything else that might actually protect this beautiful country. I don't let these people bother me, and I don't find them worth engaging. On our annual Green Up Day, that will be me walking the ditch and picking up their discarded Budweiser cans and Skoal tins. I won't be picking up their discarded maks bacause, like seat belts, they don't wear them.Steve Barnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05141738452735566462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-72820421107165308922021-07-20T10:31:35.445-04:002021-07-20T10:31:35.445-04:00People have been trained to feel fearful and anti-...People have been trained to feel fearful and anti-social during this pandemic. They have also been conditioned to mistrust nature and the natural processes of design and healing. The virus is most definitely *not* us. Rather it may be found in those forces that have infected us with so much unreasoning fear, mistrust, and disregard of nature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-12778045156660881052021-07-17T10:47:50.159-04:002021-07-17T10:47:50.159-04:00I no longer wear a mask.
The benefits of living in...I no longer wear a mask.<br />The benefits of living in an upper-middle class neighborhood in the Socialist Paradise of the Cuty & County of DenverDave Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07355264650239868491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-50718193985441070802021-07-16T20:01:54.025-04:002021-07-16T20:01:54.025-04:00Selfishness is just a manifestation of the America...Selfishness is just a manifestation of the American ideal that the individual is everything. It was going on before the pandemic and it will keep going on long after you and I have moldered in our graves.RIP_Pantanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853372432069905535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-54924525108848162832021-07-16T19:26:06.057-04:002021-07-16T19:26:06.057-04:00Hear! Hear! I completely agree with you. I recen...Hear! Hear! I completely agree with you. I recently discovered a 67-year-old colleague at work (a community college) is refusing to get the vaccine. When students come back this fall, he's going to be a sitting duck. What is this world coming to? Drew Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08977764776656007532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-10677034889759876952021-07-16T18:05:36.052-04:002021-07-16T18:05:36.052-04:00Love the Pogo reference: "We have met the ene...Love the Pogo reference: "We have met the enemy, and he is us".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-81899600323025559082021-07-16T17:05:07.391-04:002021-07-16T17:05:07.391-04:00You next need to ponticate on cigarette butts. You next need to ponticate on cigarette butts. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00041605853806825481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-74279397194133609022021-07-16T11:50:50.312-04:002021-07-16T11:50:50.312-04:00Disposed masks in the gutter reminds me of car mou...Disposed masks in the gutter reminds me of car mounted American flags lying in the gutter months after 9/11. Nothing screams patriotism like an American flag lying in the gutter getting washed down the storm drain. Perhaps that is a metaphor to something... perhaps.Jim Van Curahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05900672232697952164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-7774674749244459792021-07-16T11:45:44.130-04:002021-07-16T11:45:44.130-04:00Saw a funny thing this week. Two store workers cam...Saw a funny thing this week. Two store workers came outside for a smoke break by the bike rack, one of them picked up a few bits of fast food wrapping and put them in the bin while he smoked, then dropped his butt on the ground, stubbed it out with his shoe and went back in.Keith Ayresnoreply@blogger.com