The Good NEWS Thread

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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,230
    Great News!!!

    In Chicago, the Coronavirus actually LOWERED the death rate!!!

    Okay, that may be completely false and made up but.....wait a minute. Is it true?

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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,420
    Quite possibly considering all the other ways to die in Chicago (driving fatalities for example).
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,902
    audioluvr wrote: »
    Quite possibly considering all the other ways to die in Chicago (driving fatalities for example).

    Gangs....getting shot. Once again, those deaths mean nothing. Probably the wrong people dieing to make anyone pay attention.
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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,066
    And I don't know if this is good news. A crime story from Atlanta this morning. No one was killed by the way.

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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited March 2020
    And I don't know if this is good news. A crime story from Atlanta this morning. No one was killed by the way.

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    What would be the good news in that story?
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Gas price in Cleveland! :smile:
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Wow! A good news channel! Love it! :smile:

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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,862
    verb wrote: »
    Gas price in Cleveland! :smile:
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    19$ to fill up half of the ILX and 20$ to fill a quarter of the MDX using premium. Not bad at all
  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,066
    BlueFox wrote: »
    And I don't know if this is good news. A crime story from Atlanta this morning. No one was killed by the way.

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    What would be the good news in that story?

    A man was unlucky enough to experience two of our current society's tragic killers at the same time; but still alive.
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  • vmaxer
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,230
    Ironic that it's that low and we can't go anywhere.

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,033
    Even more idiotic is that CA is still 3.50/gal
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,892
    Notice all those cheap gas signs posted from different retailers are all the same $.97gal? Not sure where you buy fuel that cheap.
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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    Gas was $1.71 here in Deltona FL yesterday. It's usually $0.10-0.15 cheaper in Sanford, but I didn't go that way so I don't know for sure.

    I did fill up my car though, I put in 3/4 of a tank for $25! Which would usually be about twice that.
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 32,922
    We were on a brief furlough two days ago -- gas in West Lebanon NH was $1.16.9 at BJs.
  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    edited April 2020
    butterbean wrote: »
    Difficult and strange week. I need to share. My wife’s family is large, close knit, and wonderful! We had a hell of a week. Saturday, my mother in law passed away from complications from dementia. Very well loved in our small community. 4 kids, 14 grand kids,30 beloved great grand kids’
    You can imagine with social restrictions how difficult a visitation/funeral would be. Well we made the best of it. It was not what we wanted but rarely in life we receive what we want. Without getting religious, our God gave us what we needed! My small branch of this clan hung out on our patio eating pizza, keeping our distance, shared great memories of mom! What we needed! My heart breaks for families that have lost loved ones due to coronavirus, that don’t get the closure they may need! I appreciate all of you! I enjoy your opinions and pictures of your insane rigs! Lol 😝 I hope you and your families stay healthy and safe! Crazy times we b in! Hopefully our county can put aside our differences and work together for the good of the people.
    God bless!

    Sorry to hear brother! Mom is now in Heaven, God Bless her soul.

    And, I'm inspired by your family, despite the challenges, were able to console each other! Well done! :smile:
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,707
    That's a drag, dude. Lost my grandma to dementia/Alzheimer's and another close friend of the family to the same. It's rough having to watch these once vibrant people slowly waste away. It's terrible. Sorry you didn't get to have an appropriate service but once this is all over, y'all can always have a memorial service with everyone there who should have been there for the funeral. I'm sure no one would fault you for having to do things the way you did at this time and I'd hope they'd appreciate the chance to gather with family and remember her together when they get the chance.
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  • jeremymarcinko
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,124
    edited April 2020
    Butterbean, my condolences....may she RIP, and good on you trying to look at the glass half full vs half empty.... :'(

    So I’m just hanging out in my Dallas rent house that I rented for my Bucees construction project

    I’m still traveling state wide surveying and serving up and coming projects. Wife’s down in Galveston county at our home, as we decided a few weeks ago to stay separate as I go on the road I can be compromised which could cripple our company as we are both owner/operators

    Taking it easy for the next couple days just watching some TV, grazing through channels and noticed I have extra channels....

    https://deadline.com/2020/03/att-offers-subscribers-free-hbo-premium-content-through-april-1202892448/

    I know it’s not much, and marketing at best, but...it’s the thought that counts

    Plus I miss my outdoor and hunting channels😁
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  • Milito
    Milito Posts: 1,907
    butterbean wrote: »
    Difficult and strange week. I need to share. My wife’s family is large, close knit, and wonderful! We had a hell of a week. Saturday, my mother in law passed away from complications from dementia. Very well loved in our small community. 4 kids, 14 grand kids,30 beloved great grand kids’
    You can imagine with social restrictions how difficult a visitation/funeral would be. Well we made the best of it. It was not what we wanted but rarely in life we receive what we want. Without getting religious, our God gave us what we needed! My small branch of this clan hung out on our patio eating pizza, keeping our distance, shared great memories of mom! What we needed! My heart breaks for families that have lost loved ones due to coronavirus, that don’t get the closure they may need! I appreciate all of you! I enjoy your opinions and pictures of your insane rigs! Lol 😝 I hope you and your families stay healthy and safe! Crazy times we b in! Hopefully our county can put aside our differences and work together for the good of the people.
    God bless!

    Sorry to hear about your mother in law.

    My mother in law passed away from complications from dementia in early March also. She's in a better place now.
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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,066
    A Peaceful and Loving Prayer sent for your family.
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    Great new tune from Jackson Browne

    https://youtu.be/obCEL088SJw
    Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,862
    Good news is..... I will hit
  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,033
    Now if we could just get you to post something meaningful once in a while. :p
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,862
    Now if we could just get you to post something meaningful once in a while. :p

    Why would I do that. It would confuse and baffle most of you.
  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,197
    Willow wrote: »
    10K posts Now!!!!

    Group hug ?
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  • TEAforONE
    TEAforONE Posts: 999
    Willow wrote: »
    10K posts Now!!!!

    Group hug ?

    Maybe with 6ft arms
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    edited April 2020
    Good News - Internet service has been restored in the Detroit area! Went down yesterday afternoon. 15 hours total. Looks like the construction crews along one of our major highways hit a fiber optic line. Most of SE Michigan was out for 15 hours.

    So the Mrs and I had to use our company phones as a Wi-Fi hotspot for the remainder of our work day. And the rest of the evening.

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