What ticks me off

Yes, the Depression was a very long slog. We CAN do this!

And no one watned to fiht the Vietname or even the Iraq war, sad..

This is what bugs me the most.

I forgot about that. Yeah, that too. Scary times. A friend of my mom's got polio and spent the rest of her life in an iron lung and weird rocking bed thing. I remember visiting her when I was little.

I guess it would have involved a LOT of reading. Definitely if you've got to be quarantined, this is the best time for it in the history of the world. You can even get whatever food you want delivered to your home. Last night I phoned in a take-out order for Thai at a local restaurant. It's a treat for me, and I want to do my part supporting our local small businesses however often I can. The coconut, lime juice, shrimp, mushroom soup was delicious!

I remember the long lines of people waiting to get the polio vaccine. I don't remember a full quarantine (but hey, I was very young - about five), but I do remember a summer of being unable to go the community swimming pool, the park, etc. Parents were too worried. I remember standing in line at school to get my sugar cube laced with the vaccine. How thankful we all were to get it - the cloud of worry over contracting the disease was lifted. I shudder and roll my eyes at the anti-vaxers we hear about today who just don't get it.

That's the thing, we're not even being asked to stay home! Unless we're sick.

We can go out for groceries and other essentials, we can go out for walks in nature (weather providing), we can pretty much do as we like, including reading to our heart's content, and watching endless movies and TV. We can call our friends and chat, even if they live thousands of miles away, and talk for hours. We can listen to any music we like. We can FaceTime.

We've got it good!

It's true. I hated school so much that I would have loved to be stuck at home! Of course, I don't actually envy kids in this era. Going to school was hard enough for me and others my age when it was the 90s. I don't want to think about how awful it is to go to school in the 2020s.

Hitler dindu nuthin' wrong!

Believe it or not, Mrs Neighbor, who is a school nurse, does not have a thermometer. She ended up borrowing one from her office at school because she couldn't find one at the stores that she checked. Yes, she'll return it after this is all over.

I don't know the answer to your question, but everyone wants this to go away so you've got loads of company there. Same here, don't have a thermometer and can't get one because they're sold out.

You'll have to fall back on the age-old back of the hand on forehead method. Usually you can tell if it's hotter than normal. Best of luck to you.