I don't think that means what you think it means.

Inconceivable!

Maybe. We had a good ride in spite of the cold and wet. I have a pair of Gore shoe covers which did a decent job keeping my feet dry and warm. Unlike last week’s ice fiasco, temps stayed a few degrees above freezing so no casualties. 99.9% fun.

We still think it’s not easily transmitted outdoors.

Having made the frame all ready for decalling, I went back and looked over the procedure and recommendations yet again. Turns out, you want to put the decals on at room temperature. That means I'll need to do it in the house, since the garage is currently in the 53-60 degree range. I'm not sure my lovely bride will be happy with this. Still, without all the components, the frame itself is pretty compact. But I think it will be easier to work with if it's on the stand, which takes up a bit of space. I'm also taking my time because even though I I have a number of extra decals, I don't want to mess up. The goal is to have them done as well as they'd have been when the bike was new.

OK. I have an occasional cough, but that may linger on for months. Also still feel my hip/buttocks. But, as usual, I would just HTFU and ride anyway. Except now we have a pipeline of rain coming from the Gulf of Mexico to the Tennessee Valley. Also I have a thick folder of bills to do.

So no riding.

But I'm not sick in bed.

I think the net time I was within 6 feet was under 10 minutes anyway. Usually I was ahead or beside while riding 20 mph.

same, It’s strange to me that I don’t even really know anyone who has died of it given the sheer volume of deaths.

I am the biller, not the billee. Not as bad.

This explains why I can read without glasses after a 4+ hour fever.

I'll be the biller on Jan. 2. Then I can let the good times roll!

Contrary to my earlier announcement, it appears I am no more alive today than I was yesterday. Perhaps I have long Astra Zeneca. My wife told me of a woman in Merida who was sick for a week, after her first dose.
Edit: This is technically incorrect. Yesterday I didn't have the strength to read, so I put on an audiobook. Today I could read, but I'm not feeling like moving around much. So there is progress.

My property tax payment is not due until the end of February, which helps, but I feel your pain. The first quarter really sucks for me. Auto insurance due mid-January. Then property tax. Then H.O. insurance around the end of March.

To make matters worse, payroll taxes start up again at the beginning of January. As a railroad worker, I pay not only the 6.2% equivalent of Social Security (for us, it's called Railroad Retirement Tier I), I pay an additional payroll tax (Railroad Retirement Tier II) up to a certain amount of income every year. For 2021 the rate was 4.9% up to $106K on earnings. The rate and/or the cap has been rising every year. That covers unemployment (I don't pay state unemployment tax), and I get a second Social Security-type benefit when I claim it. So it's like getting a 11.1% cut in pay starting 1/1.

I've known several who have died, but none that were particularly close. The last was a friend of my daughter's dad who was hospitalized for about a month. He was a scout for the Atlanta Braves, but knowing him I'm sure he was a strident anti-vaxxer even though his wife is a nurse.

It may be different if someone I'm close to were to die from the Cov, but everyone who I'm close to has been vaccinated.

I just have a hard time morning the loss of people who made stupid decisions when the risk is well known. Of course, I'm sure there is a place reserved in hell for me.

I had to do that for about 1.75 year when I was a contractor when I started working again after my two years off. No city wage tax, but I had to pay the city Business Privilege and Net Profit taxes.

When my Aunt was passing. One of the care givers told us how hard it was to have family members outside, literally outside watching family members die through a window. Without the comfort of family being able to be there with them. At least we could be there for my Aunt. A lot of people have died alone from this effing bug.

let him tell himself whatever he chooses to believe. It'll be easier that way.

What percentage alive are you?
You're not a real railroad worker.

Eylea injection completed. Dark room for the rest of the day...

Same here but it is in the realm of once removed. Guys brothers, uncle, guy at the station I used to work @, guy across the street @ the stock room, etc. Way to close for comfort. So far about half of my family has had one strain or the other. I don't know if I did or not because I couldn't get tested. None available. I plan on receiving the booster when I ho back to work. It's nothing to eff with for sure.

[insert Blazing Saddles Work Song clip] NSFW

You mean he has not been working on the railroad all the live-long day??

Prolly one of those ruthless scoundrels that fights off FELA claims all the live long day. :rolleyes:

Bald Eagle in flight sighted on today’s ride. No pics.

You just think you're reading.

This just blows my mind, two years in. My sister just reported that their whole family, including grandkids, spent the entire day together, on Sunday. Tuesday one son feels sick and tests positive. For the rest, there are no tests to be found, and a 4-5 day turn-around in case you somehow manage to break through.

I'm not sure what good the testing really does at this point. If you get sick, you are either going to recover or get to the point where you need medical care. If you need medical care, then testing would help with diagnosis. But, for the vast majority that sweat it out over a couple of days, the testing doesn't really tell you anything other than what you already likely know.

It would tell you whether or not to self-isolate.

It's so widespread that it will effectively become, if it is not already, like influenza.