mention something good about 2020

[sirineou]

2020 has been a year we all would like to forget. but I am sure some positive thing has come out from all of this. 

How about instead of concentrating in all the negatives, we mention some of the Positives. 

For me Facemasks has been a major positive. For starters I don't have to look at any of you.  But more importantly it has allowed me the opportunity to go shopping incognito, and not have to say hello to anyone I know!!  I am thinking of making face mask wearing a permanent part of my wardrobe

What about you? what was positive about 2020 for you?

[surangw]

it might seem better than 2021 ?

[pgrahmm]

Made it through with just some minor inconveniences.....

Compared to other places, this Is a relatively good & safe place to be....

[sirineou]

12 minutes ago, pgrahmm said:

Made it through with just some minor inconveniences.....

Compared to other places, this Is a relatively good & safe place to be....

I Agree , we were in the US when covid Hit (me and the wife) and and we decided to stay a bit longer , see how covid played out in the safety of the US LOL, 

[bluebluewater]

Me and mine are all good but I'm sure not counting my chickens right now.  Tomorrow is a new day.  The stock market went up up up and I made a hellva lot of money.  And without a hint of a lie I would give it all back if this virus had never happened.  There is whole lot of folks in great pain right now.

[Patong2021]

I am alive. Many have suffered or will not be here. 

I am financially secure (If bank does not collapse and revolutions.) Many have nothing and in bad place.

Covid19 vaccine is on the way. yes, i know  it  will take time to  roll out but when we compare to where we were 8 months ago, sun will shine again soon.

Children were spared the worst. 

Less vehicle traffic makes my life better.

[sirineou]

17 minutes ago, bluebluewater said:

Me and mine are all good but I'm sure not counting my chickens right now. 

Good time for me t come over a take a couple then. LOL where do you keep your chickens, again? 

[sirineou]

Oh!! another good thing about 2020 is that with the loss of smell from Covid , I don't have to shower as often, saving money on both soap and water. Not to mention laundry of smelly clothes. 

Winning!!

[RichardColeman]

1 hour ago, sirineou said:

What about you? what was positive about 2020 for you?

I didn't die !

[Meat Pie 47]

1 hour ago, pgrahmm said:

Made it through with just some minor inconveniences.....

Compared to other places, this Is a relatively good & safe place to be....

I guess it was not a topic about countries but what about was good in 2020

[Bluespunk]

It’s nearly over. 

[sirineou]

20 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

I didn't die !

That's your opinion!! LOL

 

Only kidding , I  for one am glad you did not die. Lets home 2021 is as good also. 

[sirineou]

5 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

It’s nearly over. 

Oh come on there had to be something else that was good about it. How about the fact that RC didn't die?

I for one hate it when I die.

Edited December 25, 2020 by sirineou

[Meat Pie 47]

3 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

It’s nearly over. 

For me as was the same as any other year no lock downs 286 days without local infections

just travel restrictions

[Meat Pie 47]

1 minute ago, sirineou said:

Oh come on there had to be something else that was good about it. How about the fact that RC didn't die? I for one hate it when I die.

How would you know when you die in your sleep?

[sirineou]

1 minute ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

For me as was the same as any other year no lock downs 286 days without local infections

just travel restrictions

all the other years you only had 286 days with infections, what happened the other the other 79? 

[sirineou]

3 minutes ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

How would you know when you die in your sleep?

I know when I die I am going some place very warm, so when I get night sweats I get nervous. 

[Jingthing]

 

[Meat Pie 47]

2 minutes ago, sirineou said:

all the other years you only had 286 days with infections, what happened the other the other 79? 

get your facts right I live in WA not like Sydney or Melbourne

[sirineou]

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

 

That was my highlight of the year. ,second best was when trump got covid

[Meat Pie 47]

2 minutes ago, sirineou said:

That was my highlight of the year. ,second best was when trump got covid

unfortunately he is still alive 

[Bluespunk]

21 minutes ago, sirineou said:

Oh come on there had to be something else that was good about it. How about the fact that RC didn't die?

I for one hate it when I die.

Both professionally and personally this year has been a nightmare. The sooner it’s over the better as far as I am concerned 

 

To quote the Mountain Goats

 

“There will be feasting and dancing
In Jerusalem next year
I am going to make it through this year
If it kills me
I am going to make it though this year
If it kills me”

Edited December 25, 2020 by Bluespunk

[Jingthing]

About the masks, I haven't fallen for the facial hair trend and have always liked to be clean shaven when I go out. No longer an issue. My shaving gels sit expectantly on the shelf. 

 

About the surgical masks in particular, I wish my Mother could have lived to see that, she always wanted me to be a doctor!

Edited December 25, 2020 by Jingthing

[473geo]

Furlough 10 weeks off on 80% salary through the summer - out cycling every day

 

Returned to work on full salary, working from home not cycling to work in the cold dark winter, can't get to Thailand without a load of hassle anyway might as well be earning

 

Family safe and well in Thailand - 3 small projects paid for in the pipeline happening now

 

Two cows calved heifer for breeding and bull to sell later

 

Rice crop poor, but over all a really good year considering

 

 

[ThaIrish Sean]

The earth had a chance to recover to a small degree.

[sirineou]

1 minute ago, 473geo said:

Furlough 10 weeks off on 80% salary through the summer - out cycling every day

 

Returned to work on full salary, working from home not cycling to work in the cold dark winter, can't get to Thailand without a load of hassle anyway might as well be earning

 

Family safe and well in Thailand - 3 small projects paid for in the pipeline happening now

 

Two cows calved heifer for breeding and bull to sell later

 

Rice crop poor, but over all a really good year considering

 

 

That's another good thing that happened due to covid this year, many people started  telecommuting and for many of them it might become permanent. 

I think it is the feature with many jobs.  

No reason to go to the office and consume company resources when you can do the same jobe or even better from home. And in certain markets it could save you a lot of money. When I worked in Manhattan it cost my about $ 200 a week to commute, and 1:30 min of my time each way.  

[473geo]

18 minutes ago, sirineou said:

That's another good thing that happened due to covid this year, many people started  telecommuting and for many of them it might become permanent. 

I think it is the feature with many jobs.  

No reason to go to the office and consume company resources when you can do the same jobe or even better from home. And in certain markets it could save you a lot of money. When I worked in Manhattan it cost my about $ 200 a week to commute, and 1:30 min of my time each way.  

Winter of 2019 I had a few sick days which hit the red zone when I was knocked off my bike and injured, when confronted by my boss I suggested to lower my sick days, maybe as I cycled to work when the weather was really sh1tty, I could perhaps, work from home for a day or two. Not possible must come into the office, part of team.....roll in 2020 and covid!!!  close to 200 days working from home ???? Love it when people get caught out being ignorant cnuts

[Saraburi121]

Paying off the last bill from my American divorce!  F.............. yes!  Getting a new roof on our house, building a wall between us and an irritating neighbor, finding some cool new places to eat, surviving a close encounter with a cobras twice, vacation in Ko Chang and surviving the tequila shots at a restaurant there, good crop of cassava, jackfruit tree giving us sweet fruit, mango trees for producing,  my wife and her sisters for cooking the best Thai food and building a deck on the house. 

[Don Chance]

The Stock market!

[sirineou]

39 minutes ago, Don Chance said:

The Stock market!

I am still 7% from where I was before covid, I took a big 20% hit when covid hit, and clawed back 13% then in August I parked my portfolio in an interest only account to ride out what I thought would be a second wave. The second wave came but it does not seem to be affecting the stock market. I was thinking about going back in but now with the new covid strain I am afraid that if it makes the Vaccines ineffective, the market will tumble again.

What you think? 

 

PS: I hope like the guy above, you dont wake up after the party and have to reconsider you driving skills . LOL

Edited December 25, 2020 by sirineou