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CU Guru [1154]
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Going back to the bowling alley
Apr 23, 2020, 12:36 PM
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I am not yet an old-timer, but my dad is. 84 and relatively healthy. Grew up on a mill hill, cow in the back yard for milk, and chickens for eggs. He raised crops with his dad after his dad got home from the mill in the afternoon. He became the first one in the family to put himself through college via the Army and Navy. He has seen a lot and is well educated. He still doesn't quite know what to make of this...says Polio was scarier, but he was a boy, so his view now may be a little skewed.
He does say, though, for certain...once the Church and the bowling alley reopen, he is going back. Misses his friends and comradery. Is that smart? Probably not, but at some point, you risk losing touch. In South Carolina where the known infection rate is around 0.1%, headed back to crowds with some extra precautions is not an overwhelmingly dumb risk, but isolating yourself from loved ones for an indefinite amount of time (especially when that's something you are short on) may be.
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Oculus Spirit [90729]
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Yep, your Dad, like me is living in another scary world post scary polio..
Apr 23, 2020, 1:07 PM
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and at our advanced & seasoned ages (hellO Joe21 & kidtiger) it’s unreal to think that we can’t see our buddies in person..and maybe even bowl.
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Re: Going back to the bowling alley
Apr 23, 2020, 2:09 PM
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Where do you get .1%. According to the DHEC website today the infection rate today in SC is over 10%?
Bad information and bad decision making is not a good thing, much less publicizing it.
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Talk about bad information.
Apr 23, 2020, 2:16 PM
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SC has an estimated population of 5.2 million and a cumulative total number of confirmed cases at 4,761. And the vast majority (70+%) of those have already recovered.
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110%er [5082]
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bad math skills leading to insane results causing one to
Apr 23, 2020, 2:21 PM
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make irrational conclusions should also not be publicized
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Re: bad math skills leading to insane results causing one to
Apr 23, 2020, 2:47 PM
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Well said. I hope he doesn't have a job that involves counting or making decisions.
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CU Guru [1154]
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Re: Going back to the bowling alley
Apr 23, 2020, 2:23 PM
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Bparent....You need to move the decimal point. 5000÷5,000,000 is .001 or .1%. Sheez....
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