Traveling, cycling, dogs, scuba - I love the sound of ACTIVE I'm hearing here!
So what do you do when it's raining? Or when you've been stuck inside with Covid Quarantine?? Curious how the very active handle downtime when travel & outside is limited.
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Not bad hobbies to have right? I'm The Luckiest Guy I Know.
Rain kinda negates everything--dinner date, car ride, etc. especially bicycles. Just gotta wait the rain out, it's a pretty unforgiving nature.
We only had to Quarantine once. When we were in England, we were locked down (they're still locked down). So we left.
Stateside, its business as usual here--pubs, gyms, restaurants, bike trails, gun shows (we went to a gun show and shooting range yesterday) etc. everything is open over here--'quarantine shwarantine'.
Tough to have hobbies and stay active when the powers that be enforce their will on us. Fortunately, we haven't had to deal with any of it since they kicked my American passport tf outta Europe.
What about where you are, they still being weird about Covid in Thailand? Over here in the US, they've reopened NFL stadiums to maximum capacity and musicians have began touring again.
Is Thailand still being weird about Covid? Define weird. 😆 WE have no covid, very few places requiring masks and people getting on with life just fine. Borders remain pretty tightly enclosed unless you have a long term visa, money and are prepared to do the Q. Let's just politely say ain't no broke-ass digital nomads coming to the Land of Smiles anytime soon, and the US passport is at the almost-bottom of every immigration official's list. We've had only 60 deaths total out of 70 million and have first batches of bubble-country tourists starting: China, Finland, New Zealand, Vietnam and South Korea. It's as much about containing the negative western narrative as it is about any virus. Asia is becoming Asian again.
Uhm alright. I'd be lying if I didn't say:
I can feel the tension you have toward someone who has no control over the ground they're birthed on.
One of the sweetest people my wife and I had the pleasure of meeting while being broke-ass digital nomads was a young lady from Thailand. She was touring with another young woman from South Korea--likely another pair of broke-ass digital nomads (probably why we got along so well).
We were at a cooking class in Rome, thankfully.. you know, being so broke and all. She was real sweet, we got along great and exchanged emails and WhatsApp info--we still keep in touch regularly and they're planning on paying us a visit in this negative western narrative as soon as this (whatever 'this' is) goes away but we got along exceptionally well so our door is always open.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend @artemislives.
We (the US) notched over 100,000 cases yesterday and for several days in a row now. Our death rate is under 1% but that's still 1000 people that will die in the next three weeks. From yesterday. Sigh. It looks like the Feds are actually looking for herd immunity. It will take a minimum of 200,000 total deaths to get there.
So I understand why the US passport is the bottom. Makes perfect sense to me.
Cardinal Stadium isn't at full capacity. Last week they let 1200 in and this week it's 2500. Over 60,000 short.
We in Arizona casualed the first wave and got hit pretty hard. The state is being WAY more restrictive this time. Masks are required.
I haven't spent a fraction of a second indulging in NFL since the first quarter of the 2016 super bowl.
My buddy here in Tennessee just told me a few weeks ago the Dolphins opened their stadium to full capacity. I didn't think to fact check him.
It's hit and miss here depending which street corner you're facing--mask, no mask. On Halloween here they hosted a country concert at full capacity and the headliner was Trace Adkins.
I have my own opinions on the whole thing but to attempt justifying them would be equal to judging someone else's opinion when, at the end of the day, I'm as much of a scientist as I am a judge. 👍🏿
Nicely said. I wear a mask when I'm in public. I don't particularly want the virus but even more I don't want to pass it on. It's like holding a door for a stranger for me. Government mandates don't enter in for me.
The Dolphins are going to play in front of a lot less than capacity today :)
Thank you. I'm glad you think so. I hope you're enjoying your weekend dude. Go... Cardinals?! That's who plays in Phoenix, right? 🤔
Glad I stopped paying attention to NFL
You know what man? I've never passed a joint when I'm sick--won't even consider it. When I see someone I haven't seen in awhile and they want to hug me, if I'm sick, I'll say something.. "I don't wanna get you sick."
I'm a door opening fool too dude! Kinda hurts my heart when I hold a door now for someone and they look at me with concern as they stop in their tracks and I can tell they'd rather I close the door on them instead of coming near me. It's all good (no judgments), I believe things happen the way they're supposed to and, as far as I know, AIDS is still burning like California wild fires but I don't see condom signs posted on public entrances.
I'm the dumbest guy on the crew ,though, guess that's what I get for not having a TV. I really should stick to easier topics like 'I wonder if Subaru makes a roof rack amongst their gajillion accessories pre-equipped with a kayak roller?'
Speaking of rollers...... Where was I?