TauntonBlizzard2013

I think the last part is key; if you don’t want the vaccine, fine, that’s your choice, but we shouldn’t be keeping restrictions in place because we have a bunch of people who are unwilling to get the vaccine. After everyone has had access to it, you are on your own. Im not going to keep wearing a mask or not having gatherings because joe blow doesn’t believe in vaccinating.

Looks like we Pfizer. Crank the mass production up, get the needles ready

I’ll take it... good chance it’s going to be required if you want to go to school, hospitals, large events, concerts, sporting events, etc etc. I guess if you’re okay avoiding all that stuff, it’s ultimately your choice

I’m also hearing stories of days and days for tests and results. Doesn’t that kind of defeat the purpose of testing? If I’m sick on Monday, but can’t get a test until Wednesday and then don’t get my results until the following Tuesday, what’s the point?

To be clear, I never supported the type of broadbrush lockdowns we had, and wouldn’t now, either. At the same time, that doesn’t mean I want to throw my hands up and say “oh well, the deaths are what they are” It’s not an either or proposition, I don’t think most folks can afford another lockdown, but we can do things better than we have recently. I’m not personally worried about getting the virus, I’m 26 years old, more than likely, I’ll be fine, but I do have older immune compromised parents

Just in time for everyone to lose their jobs for the holidays!

True, but it also isn’t going to be hard to pick out license plates in a parking lot. This is a little bit different than the summer I think

There has been several doctors ripping Charlie bakers new mask mandate as “pandemic theatre”. He’s now requiring masks at all times in public, even outdoors, which goes against the science that he preaches he’s following 24/7. Those doctors theorize people are going to be skeptical of future requests for compliance because these current measures are totally out to lunch. You aren’t going to get people to follow the rules when it really matters by doing this kind of stuff, which is sad

My outlook predicts a lot of straw grasping as the pig rolls in and the weeks go by.

94.5% efficacy is incredible, if it’s all on the up and up. That’s the type of number that could end this nightmare sooner rather than later if people will take the damn vaccine.

Horrific loss for the ravens

Make the Patriots great again 2020!

Lol what does that even mean? He’s butthurt and not posting anymore? Did Twitter give him a proper send off?

My wife usually wants to do it the weekend after Halloween but in the end we generally wait until around thanksgiving. I gave in this year because why not? Nothing wrong with a little holiday cheer earlier than usual

We Christmas lights today

Played Heather hills in Plainville today... absolutely covered in leaves.... barely an attempt to even keep greens clear... kind of disappointing for $50. Lost probably a half dozen balls in the middle of the fairway because of all the leaves. Not good

I’m the first of my friends to get married and own a home, at 26. They have pretty good jobs, but are more the partying type. I’m not, so we are a bit different in that regard.

My wife the other day said were running out of time, we’d need to have kids in the next year or two. We are 26 lol. I told her to get lost

The “zestimate” of my house has gone up over 50k since we bought it in March 2019... that’s not even counting the improvements we’ve made. We bought for 400k and no doubt we’d probably be listing at 500k at this point if we were to sell.

Yeah... like everything else, it’ll be geared to those that have the money. An example being people willing to walk up to the window and pay full price as opposed to looking for discounts on ski sites. Me thinks days of being able to easily find discounts on lift tickets if you are willing to take 5 minutes to look are gone

This pandemic has also been a fantastic excuse to scale back benefits for a lot of businesses. Consolidating time off perks, getting rid of fringe benefits, and especially retirement contributions. The average joe is taking a beating even if they still technically have their job. This is happening all over too.

This is going on in a lot of places. We voted to give up our raises and retirement matching this fiscal year (July to July) in hopes of saving jobs. Since doing that, we have all been worked like dogs and morale has never been lower (some guys have been there 25-30 years) so you know it’s bad if they agree. Our contract is up in July and negotiations are set to begin sometime after the new year. Pretty brutal time to be going in for negotiations. I’d be willing to bet we will be hit with the “ you are fortunate to still be employed” line.

I’ve come to see a lot of this stuff has been pushed by upper level union leadership, not individual teachers. Seems what the union is pushing is not how most teachers feel

Same.... there is speculation that it will be replacing something else though where I work. Not sure what that would be; or how true that is though .

Looks like a pretty good slug or rain going to move through tonight