Hard to imagine what’s going through your head right now… sounds a bit like you’re in a hell hole atm but things will get better, they always do if you focus on a positive in life.
Take care man and reach out when you need to talk.
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Thanks for your honesty Doug.
We all have shitty days, weeks, months and sometimes years.
I have found that this is a place that can help distract from personal issues, or help with them too.
Stay strong 
I know it can be hard but I wouldn’t want you to leave either.
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@anon28032772, I get to come here, enjoy the conversations and people I think have inteligent ideas and thoughts without the name calling. after about 1/2 an hour the pain gets replaced by fun.
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Hang in there @Caped_Conspirathist, it is a tough time but as they say, tough times don’t last…can’t get fooled again 
I might have gotten that wrong, nah, who am I kidding, I am never wrong 
I can’t say I know what’s going on, haven’t had much time to be on the forum, just know that Doug is a good dude 
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@Sevencasper
It was a thought because I wondered if I should be doing more. I cant do more an chatting with all of you is more. So I decided to h@ll with it this morning. This is the place for me.
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@mjag
Sometimes when one of you post an idea that’s radical, I think about it all day in the back of my head. Even the jokes lol. I look forward to chatting.
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Sometimes picking ourselves up is the hardest thing to do.
well done
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@Sevencasper
I had a lot of help picking myself up last night. That’s why I want to stay. You don’t get that in the world today. Usually they like to kick you when you’re down.
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I think you’re weird, confounding, even nuts sometimes. But you belong here, and you’re in an odd way my brother. The brother I make sure acts like I don’t know him in public, but still…
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forgot to add…My gf left me too for someone else. That sorta send my head spinning. But there are others out there.
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Thank you everyone!!! now, let’s go get into some serious (or not so serious) posts!!!
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All good. Glad you enjoy the place.
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does anyone know if the government can draft a civilian for a civilian job under the Defense Production Act???
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HHAAAOOOWWWDEEEEE!!! hall ya’ll enjoin this shindig of a house arrest we have goin on? Well, I’ve been gone awhile. it’s all that “PPE” stuff we have to buy to fix your tv remotes!
I have a bona fide question… shouldn’t someone turn off the NSE switch now before it pancakes?
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It’s not easy finding information out about N100’s - P100s. N95’s are the craze of the world. Have you ever tried an N95 or N-P100 disposable? I made a comment about using a HEPA vacuum cleaner bag. I was told it would be difficult to breathe through. They’re actually about the same if flat.
I’m looking online now to find out why 1/2 mask respirators aren’t handed out? There capacity to inhale\exhale is an incredible amount easier. Is it style? The reusable respirators can be wiped off or simply worn. Besides, the reusable ones require about 35 seconds - 1 minute of training to use.
I still haven’t found anything out about that. Still looking though.
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Doug, why are you so absolutely centric around this damn microbe ? It seems that you have not been infected ? You fix printers in medical offices ? Man, the mind-screw out in the world seems enough to drive one totally nuts ? I hope that you get your head together, my friend. Don’t lose your life to dread !
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I’ve been asked to leave and return with proper PPE. That includes an N95 disposable mask. I had a Dr. blow up at me for wearing wrap around safety glasses. I’m not used to being treated like this to fix printers. It used to be low stress. Now I am turning hospital tickets away and getting called asking why.
I wonder it others might be having similar issues. Places where it didn’t matter before have flipped out. And the screwy part of it all is you have to be precise about it. I just want to do my job. I wear more than enough protection. Either I’m scaring the residents and patients or I’m not well enough protected.
I’m getting a little tired of getting scolded by people who haven’t had the safety training for the masks. That and my eye protection. It’s really nuts. It’s not going to go a way much when the state opens up either. I wish it was the microbe that was my problem. It’s more the humans that have no idea.
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Yes, people are becoming frenzied from all of the unsettling uncertainties. It’s only going to get worse. I am “retired” on a SSR pittance. Wish that you could get SSDI or SSI or something - but I am well aware that such takes an average of 3-4 years, 3-4 denials and appeals, and an attorney clearing ~33% or more of the dough when one finally collects (in 3-4 years). Keeping one’s head together is essential. Sadly, only those who completely “flip out” mentally (might) be expedited onto SSDI/SSI. So lame ! 
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I’m on SSDI for Parkinson’s and several other problems… some that were exasperated due to the system. I fix printers 4-6 hrs a week? (that’s heavy work). It’s Dr. ordered so I run my own business. I gave up on trying to please doctors with the paper masks. Ive gone to the 1/2 mask respirator. I expect them to balk about that. I’m trying to get a laminated card stating that for insurance purposes I’m required to wear it. I take my time to fix them and get to select when I work. The pressure doctors have put me under during this has been so much it starts my tremors if I’m not careful. The Clonazapam has 2 purposes. It’s an anticonvulsant and a tranquilizer.
I’d give one to the doctors that scold me if it would help back them off. I’ve wondered if people on this platform worry about it? All the hype of them. It’s more of a fashion statement anymore.
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