Subj : Re: Daily Life
To   : aLPHA
From : Avon
Date : Tue Feb 08 2022 16:03:35

On 07 Feb 2022 at 02:42p, aLPHA pondered and said...
 
 aL>  > celebrate Waitangi Day. It's a day that reflects the signing of a
 aL>  > document between indigenous Maori and the European settlers that
 aL>  > arrived by boat some 100+ years ago. Have a look for more info online
 aL>  > if interested.
 aL> 
 aL> That's fascinating. Read a bit more about this on Wikipedia, thanks for
 aL> pointing this out!

yeah it's mostly well embraced here by people and despite niggles of redress for wrongs from a long time ago, citizens celebrate the day and tend to look forward positively to further coming together of indigenous peoples and settlers... now, some 100+ years in, we're all mixed and intermingled with each other anyways. :) 

 aL> Bummed that D. Craig won't be bond anymore. Casino Royale is amongst my
 aL> fav. movies of all time. Looking forward to your review/thoughts.

Yeah same, I'll pull finger and write something up soon.

 aL> So sorry to hear this, Avon. My thoughts are with you and your family. I
 aL> can really empathize -- as I type this I am down with my parents --
 aL> received a call Saturday night that I'd better fly down immediately to LA
 aL> and see my father, as he is hospitalized with double pnemonia and stage 4
 aL> kidney failure and he is starting to lose lung/breathing function. Not
 aL> Covid, but essentially same symptoms of viral pnuemonia, so I wonder...
 aL> Docs don;t think he'd survive intubation, but he's an ex-US Marine and a
 aL> fighter, so holding out hope he can get trhough this. My mom is also
 aL> showing signs of dementia. 
 aL> 
 aL> Anyway, as children of aging parents, we're at "that stage" of life now
 aL> and it's really hard to deal with, especially when I realize my kids will
 aL> have to deal with this some day... 
 aL> 
 aL> Keeping a positive outlook - it's a beautiful day in S.Califonia, I saw
 aL> on the news it may get close to 90 F this week. Winter, ha!

Thank you and sorry to read of your families health issues too :( Yes I agree it's part of the journey of life we're all on, some bits are not so much fun, I agree this may be one of them. I also agree to keeping a positive outlook where and when able. Thank you for your empathy and kindness :)

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