It is currently Mon Nov 25, 2024 10:52 am

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 3 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Covid then vs. covid now
PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 2:40 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:10 pm
Posts: 32067
pizza_Place: Milano's
Did not watch one second of the Covid coverage, and have not even been interested enough to click on any stories.

Covid used to be huge during my hapless youth, but thinking back, covid was a huge thing for me and my neighborhood cronies.

Would hurry home from school and catch the last seconds of Wolf Blitzer on CNN, then head out to play pretend whiffle ball while standing 6 feet apart, or tennis ball baseball like a loser , with a few chums, comb through the case rates and death stats in the newspaper (did not get access to the paper until the adults in the house were done), make sure to watch CBS News This Morning on weekend mornings, and always would watch MSNBC and then try to emulate the manipulation and coercion styles of the top stars. This was before cable or the internet, so the only Covid you could watch was highlights on the local news, so you only saw local players for the most part making covid coverage the only chance to see many of the top stars other than when everyone on the Sox got it .

We really loved the game back then, do not see anywhere near that level of interest ever being possible again, and expect Covid to slowly decline in the US as the guys my age continue to lose interest because it seems highly unlikely that the next generations will have it in their blood like we did growing up.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 3:19 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:56 pm
Posts: 37836
Location: ...
What about starting the extra inning with someone already in a hospital bed.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 3:21 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Wed Dec 23, 2015 1:05 am
Posts: 2953
Location: DuPage
pizza_Place: Rosati's
the accuracy of these tests is leaving a lot to be desired. never a clearly defined line. i think we should begin to explore options for an automated testing system

_________________
'Your AT&T Universal Card has arrived'? Oh God, Kick-fucking-ass, I got a Master Card! I don't believe it, man. Life is kinda cool sometimes.


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 3 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 15 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group