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Thanks! Are you now in Italy or Savannah? Italy didn't have any national beers (and why would it?) you really wanted to drink in the late 70s. We drank Heineken. Pretty amazing you didn't acquire at least one of those vices in the military! …

Paul I hope you can pull off one of those options! However, Dr. Fauci and supported by Dr. Sarah Cobey (Epidemiologist at the Department of Ecology & Evolution at the University of Chicago) do not think the world will return to a pre-pandemic …

Books.... Started "Profiles In Courage". Last read it ~1970.

Chris, I hope the test was Negative! When we went down to Charleston on Thursday, I'd say traffic felt about 75% compared to normal. SC does not have a "stay at home" order in effect; just non-essential businesses closed. Last weekend the boat …

I live off the beaten path, in a small coastal shrimping village. We are the only SC coastal zip code without a positive case of COVID-19. Probably because nobody is visiting (2 restaurants and boat landing are closed) and we only head south 32 …

People WILL return when this is over and/or we have a vaccine. Might be 12-18 months. I've been buying some of my long time favorite stocks in blocks of 100 on Wednesdays. The market is always cyclical and will continue to be unless we have a …

Nope... I do not offer my opinion on products or services in a large-public forum. Frankly, I no longer trust most proffered opinions. Reviewers flame a product/service for no reason at all. Vendors pay people to rate favorable reviews. Where's …

Science/medical research will solve this medical crisis, as in every other pandemic. NOT politicians or talking heads on the news. And I know professional researchers are working tirelessly. We had hoped to base out of Santa Fe this summer. …

A couple of things that take on special meaning for me which you pointed out Chris... 1. You are what you stuff in your cake hole. Tough statement but oh so very true. In 1965, my father had a near fatal heart attack at 39. My mother put the …

Exactly! 2 weeks to stop this thing! It's not a life time. But that's what is at risk otherwise, a life. We are only leaving the property about every 4th day to drive into town for groceries and other essential needs. Otherwise, I'm knocking out …

In an attempt to track back to Paul's conversation topic... I live a few miles from the trailhead of the Wambaw Cycle Trail in the Francis Marion National Forest. The trail is a 42 mile, closed loop, enduro trail in the NF. I drove my Land …

This is one of the very touchy Constitutional issues that I think only the imposition of martial law can deal with. Force responsible behavior and abiding by the rules through martial law. Or complete civil unrest may unfold if such is declared. …

Domestic pets may not be a source, currently...and hopefully it stays that way. But it appears their human companions can transmit the virus to them.

Thanks! Of all your threads, I was not aware of that one!

Paul... Thanks for sharing! Perhaps, if you have time and convenient, you could put together a small group of pictures you like from each country you've visited on your RTW trips. I've been fascinated by your stories and more so by your pictures …

On my news feed this morning... First global report of a domestic pet (a cat) testing positive for COVID-19; in Belgium. It was widely reported several weeks ago that COVID-19 is a zoonotic disease (a disease that can be transmitted from animals …

Pendleton and Seneca are small towns that aren't so small anymore. As well as Liberty, Pickens and Pumpkintown. All are no longer the little sleepy towns of the 70s. Head up to Lake Jocassee. Cross over into NC and spend the night at the Brook …

I'm certainly no infectious disease doc... Yet, I talked at length with my retired CDC infectious disease Doc friend a few minutes ago. I asked her your question... Her reply, if the virus is airborne and you inhale the live virus, you will have …

Thanks! Will do! You live near my old stomping grounds in the mid 70s, Clemson. We were torn between Travelers Rest and our little village on the coast. My wife is from the western NC (Waynesville). We met and married in Charleston, so we decided …

Welcome CRB! I'm relatively new here as well. This is a great community with folks wanting nothing more than to inspire or be inspired. I look forward to more of your contributions. Welcome to the Southeast! Care to give a general idea where you …

Well... I often say, "I'm 65yo, and trying to decide what I want to do when I grow up!" Hopefully, I never grow up...and why I need my wife's adult supervision (sometimes, yet will never, ever admit too)!

Paul...you are spot on in paragraph 3! I had been riding a bit in the national forest outside my back door...until a few days ago. A recently retired CDC Doc, living nearby, pointed out the very fact you penned. Why, if injured in a moto …

They both wear...Nike...could it be?

Chris... Fantastic chat with Lyndon! I thoroughly enjoyed the entire interview. I hope you only have a cold (caught from one of your grandkids). I hope your wife has nothing worse than a cold as well given her current lack of taste and …

The apocalypse... Awaiting the zombies. Sad on many different fronts.