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Hortensis

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9. :) Ha, ha, ho, ho, hee, hee. On the plus side,

Reply to bobnicewander (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 11, 2020, 10:11 AM

Aug 2020

if this had happened in 1966 - no internet, no chatting on line, no downloading books and music, no streaming movies.

We would have had TV stations, though, 3 of them where we were, lots of Gunsmoke and Father Knows Best reruns to fill in between eagerly awaited new episodes of Bonanza and I Dream of Jeannie, as long as the season lasted.

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Are you living under lockdown restrictions? [View all] canetoad Aug 2020 OP

We are at stage two, with slight easing of restrictions captain queeg Aug 2020 #1

I'm in New Mexico. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #2

Yes, I'm in New Mexico also and the word of the day here is "living", Alex... abqtommy Aug 2020 #6

Counting today 153 days. 1 more day will be 22 weeks UPDATE bobnicewander Aug 2020 #3

:) Ha, ha, ho, ho, hee, hee. On the plus side, Hortensis Aug 2020 #9

The restrictions aren't what they were between March and June malaise Aug 2020 #4

cases rising exponentially. county mayor is a mask-less fool. peacebuzzard Aug 2020 #5

Has anyone ever been in a real "lock down" in the US? SharonClark Aug 2020 #7

You bet. Read bobnicewander's post. My husband and I Hortensis Aug 2020 #10

I just got off a required quarantine after a workplace exposure to COVID. davsand Aug 2020 #11

In the USA for 2 more days DFW Aug 2020 #8

Only Modest ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #12