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WEEKLY CHAT (NON-OSPREY) SUNDAY JANUARY 3, 2021

Annette in SoCal
03/01/2021 01:07

Oh my, and I remember when we had to write 1950 on our school work   

Anyway, went for a walk on New Year's Day and here's a photo looking down on West Beach in Santa Barbara.

  

  • 07/01/2021 08:50
    Good Morning. Shocking events yesterday in USA. Hopefully now it will all calm down, and what has happened will have shocked the population sufficiently to see what a mess they've got into. All due to one selfish egotistical maniac <sigh>
    Another very frosty start here today. I must go out later to return to something I bought (shoes!!!!) And grab milk etc to last until weekend. We are going out as little as possible. My poor OH is missing his golf, and has a friend who is not allowed to sit on a riverbank, peaceably fishing, either, which seems pretty crazy.
  • 07/01/2021 09:58 in reply to Original Goldfinch and Eagle-eye
    OG Benson goes hysterical when he sees my friend arriving. She has an 11 year old boxer who is really living on borrowed time but is still enjoying life and a 7 year old cross something called Hippo!!!??? because she looked like a baby hippo when they first got her. One day when I was walking on my own a fellow walker stopped me to ask if friends dog was really called Hippo as she thought it was a joke....this made me chuckle.
  • 07/01/2021 11:32 in reply to Gardenbirder
    Annette and Gardenbirder: Yup. The U.S. Constitution specifies the exact date for every step in the transition to a new president, including the certification and the inauguration. The Constitution requires that Congress certify the election on January 6. The legal language is very clear. That's why I said that the process had to happen before midnight, because after midnight, it would be January 7. I'd have to research whether provisions exist under which the law can be violated, and I don't have my new modem-router yet for my PC. It's arriving tomorrow! But we are clearly no longer a nation of laws, anyway. Democracy has been in peril for a long time.
  • 07/01/2021 11:51 in reply to Diane in Indiana
    Legal scholars told The New York Times that because the certification process had begun and was in progress, a delay of 5 days can be constitutional. After that more restrictions apply. But this provision is only valid in this case because the process had begun. By the way, the box of actual electoral votes was saved from being destroyed by the insurrection mob yesterday by Senate floor staff who took the box and hid it.
  • 07/01/2021 11:53 in reply to Diane in Indiana
    Unknown said:
    By the way, the box of actual electoral votes was saved from being destroyed by the insurrection mob yesterday by Senate floor staff who took the box and hid it.

    Give those staffers a bonus!  Very quick thinking in terrible circumstances.

    Our herring gulls are red listed birds.  Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.

  • 07/01/2021 11:55
    Apart from all the stuff going on in DC, Diane, how are you? I can't help but notice you're on here at what is an uncivilised time of day for you.

    Our herring gulls are red listed birds.  Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.

  • 07/01/2021 15:09

    Can't help thinking a lot of this hoo ha could have been avoided if they had the same system here in the UK -- the removal vans wait around the corner virtually, to take out the losers stuff from No 10 as soon as the election result is declared. Then the very next day the winner meets with The Queen and then they're in. Done.

    It's now a grey day here after a very foggy start. Not many people in the town and plenty of cars parked up in the streets as presumably folks are working from home.

    Diane, I hope things get sorted out for you soon.

  • 07/01/2021 15:16
    Civil war - just as we predicted - all caused by one right-wing, narcissistic, deluded would-be dictator. Feeling for all true Americans today. I hope that red button is well removed from the hands of you-know-who!

    Woke to a thin layer of snow this morning and snowshowers have continued - together with sunshine from time to time bringing a partial thaw - will be nasty underfoot if it freezes tonight.

    J has gone to his doc appt. I failed to get one, so am awaiting some sort of reply to my "e-consult" submision to get consultant's advice followed re pain relief..
  • 07/01/2021 15:41
    I fled to my pruning chores yesterday then went for a walk later on so I wouldn't start on the wine too early. Can't add much more to what's been said. Still don't know why DT is still officially in office. I would love to see him arrested the day he's officially out. I wonder how the Republican party can ever recover from this but I'm sure they will.

    Diane: Good to see you and hope the hardware arrives soon.

    OH and I have stuff to do this morning; back later..
  • 07/01/2021 16:09 in reply to Lindybird
    Lindy, It is probably a good thing that your OH cannot go to his golf club. I phoned an old friend yesterday, and her OH picked up the phone, which is unusual, as he is always on the golf course. He did not sound good, and said he had caught The Virus at his golf club. One member called to tell him he had tested positive, and he was unwell the next day, and my friend the day after that. Ten members of the club had caught it, and passed it on to another ten relatives. He said that they had observed the distancing rules in the clubhouse. One person needed hospital treatment. He had been infected since 19th December, and starts to feel better, then his temp goes up again and he is back to square one.. This new strain is obviously very infectious.

    My OH received a phone call this morning to tell him he has a vaccination appt. tomorrow. He asked about me, but apparently only those 78 + at the moment. I am not (quite ) there yet. It is annoying though, as he is not well enough to go out on his own, and we have to take a taxi. I will need to make a second trip when my turn comes.
    I am thankful that OH will have his vaccination, as he would not come out well from an infection.