hope Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 28 minutes ago, Bhpian Bali said: Maharashtra government introduces night curfew till 5th Jan. Guess it has been done to discourage Christmas and New Year Celebration. Official word is due to UK strain though. Good decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banz Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 19 hours ago, abhinit90 said: Yeah man, I've seen a lot of people end friendships during COVID-19 On the other hand, I have also called and reconciled with many friends whom I lost contact with over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 The one thing about this is I finally got around to deleting my FB, Whatsapp, Insta and realised only 3 people remembered my birthday, excluding my wife, kid, mom, pop and one out of two of my siblings. Its a sobering thought. Not sure how I feel about it really, but I will say its kind of maybe liberating to be free? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 1 minute ago, adity said: Honestly, I don't remember birthdays of most people. Doesn't mean I don't care about them just bad with remembering so many dates. Oh I mean birthday isn't it. I haven't spoken with any of them either. These are the people that would call or I would call every weekend types. Calls just went unanswered mostly, conversations were stunted when they were, and exiting whatsapp meant I just didn't exist anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigsaw Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 My maid’s finally returning since 3/22. No more daily dish washing and cleaning dread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonCore Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Ne0 said: basic biology question, why do cells have receptors if viruses (or foreign bodies in general) can gain entry and wreck havoc ? Also, what are viruses anyway ? Some leftover dna/rna strands floating the air for some weird reason ? They don't have anything beyond proteins and rna, so why on earth do they reproduce ? How will cells get nutrients and oxygen if they didn't have receptors? Viruses just exploit them to gain entrance and wreck havoc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigsaw Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 Just now, Walker said: Oh I mean birthday isn't it. I haven't spoken with any of them either. These are the people that would call or I would call every weekend types. Calls just went unanswered mostly, conversations were stunted when they were, and exiting whatsapp meant I just didn't exist anymore Tbh this year has taught me the value of holding onto relationships. Have called and received calls from so many “friends” who otherwise were just drinks-buddies and nothing more. The human contact or the need for one has been a revelation. I spend so much time talking to the one person apart from the wife (my team mate) that she actually asked me last week “Are you done?” ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerY2J Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 I don't believe in birthdays, don't really wish anyone and don't celebrate mine, not that anyone cares now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 Just now, Jigsaw said: Tbh this year has taught me the value of holding onto relationships. Have called and received calls from so many “friends” who otherwise were just drinks-buddies and nothing more. The human contact or the need for one has been a revelation. I spend so much time talking to the one person apart from the wife (my team mate) that she actually asked me last week “Are you done?” ??? Oh don't get me wrong. The people I thought were important were not, and the people I never expected turned out to be. Go figure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ne0 Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, CarbonCore said: How will cells get nutrients and oxygen if they didn't have receptors? Viruses just exploit them to gain entrance and wreck havoc. isn't the cell already manufacturing the energy inside and self sufficient in terms of nutrients ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigsaw Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 Just now, Walker said: Oh don't get me wrong. The people I thought were important were not, and the people I never expected turned out to be. Go figure True man. But times like these have an uncanny way of showing who the ones are that actually care and find time to stay in touch. Some of the people I never thought would be in touch... Anyways so glad we still find time to check on each other no matter the distance or years of no contact. I personally ended up getting reconnected with my childhood bestie on Twitter of all things. Thought the guy was dead ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 Side note for clarity : Seems like I should have been more specific about the birthday thing. It's not that they didn't remember my birthday. It's that birthdays are really important to some of them, the types that would take offence if you didn't remember their birthdays so I kind of inferred it was a one way street with them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigsaw Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, Walker said: Side note for clarity : Seems like I should have been more specific about the birthday thing. It's not that they didn't remember my birthday. It's that birthdays are really important to some of them, the types that would take offence if you didn't remember their birthdays so I kind of inferred it was a one way street with them. Haha yeah. The only way I remember birthdays is FB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazard12345 Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 (edited) 2020 could not get any worse 2020: Edited December 21, 2020 by hazard12345 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Bird Bird Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 2 hours ago, kunjanp said: Choose the stocks you have high conviction in and add more. 2 hours ago, kunjanp said: Was expecting a correction since couple of weeks and the virus woes presented it today. Added heavily to my portfolio. +1 for stock market thread. It's just the 1st day of correction. I am guessing more to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Bird Bird Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Ne0 said: basic biology question, why do cells have receptors if viruses (or foreign bodies in general) can gain entry and wreck havoc ? Also, what are viruses anyway ? Some leftover dna/rna strands floating the air for some weird reason ? They don't have anything beyond proteins and rna, so why on earth do they reproduce ? Such a philosophical question. Evolutionary remnants most likely: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-where-did-viruses-come-fr/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Bird Bird Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Ne0 said: Edited December 21, 2020 by Bird Bird Bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KunjanPSD Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 12 minutes ago, Bird Bird Bird said: It's just the 1st day of correction. I am guessing more to come. Yes, I am expecting the same but I think it will be range bound. Not expecting this kind of fall in coming days. I am not saying "Buy at dip" but I have some stocks in which I have deep conviction in and those are the ones I have added for 5-10yrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigsaw Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 25 minutes ago, Bird Bird Bird said: It's just the 1st day of correction. I am guessing more to come. As a doctor what’s your take on allowing household helps? Mine’s coming after almost 8 months so damn excited. I’ll of course make sure she sanitizes hands before and after leaving the house and wears a mask full time while she’s in. Anything else you suggest as a precautionary measure bro? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Bird Bird Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Jigsaw said: As a doctor what’s your take on allowing household helps? Mine’s coming after almost 8 months so damn excited. I’ll of course make sure she sanitizes hands before and after leaving the house and wears a mask full time while she’s in. Anything else you suggest as a precautionary measure bro? We also have our house help coming in. It's just impossible with 2 small kids and old parents and both of us working jobs to take care of things for so long without a help. We got her RTPCR done before she joined. We give her 1 N95 mask every week - and disinfect it daily via a UV oven (for 10 mins or more), and keep it in a bag. Sanitize her hands before she enters, and she is also pretty careful not to take off her mask anytime in the house (also make sure the mask gets a good fit - here the V4400 by Venus is pretty good. You have a metallic nose clip which can seal better). We also give her a pack of 100 3-ply masks for her and her family every month to ensure they wear it wherever they travel. Edited December 21, 2020 by Bird Bird Bird 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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