In what ways do you believe this crisis will permanently alter businesses and education in America?

[Borgia_dude]

@occu

My moms family originated from Finland, we love our personal space and muted reactions! I hope to visit there sometime.

Another suomalainen!

[Sunovagun]

Want me to upload a couple photos?? Kidding. I was Just remembering and thinking out loud thru my fingers in my (too?) descriptive post.

[RTchoke]

@LucyLou

They’ll get their credits though, right? And continue with classes.

We are getting a pro-rated refund of what we paid for dorm. Yay for something, I guess.

Yes, they have transitioned to distance learning and will get their credits. They will not hold commencement ceremony for those graduating however.

[Borgia_dude]

@NJBob

Sounds like you’ve got some Finn in you.

The true test is if you like sauna.

Many of my relatives have saunas including my parents.

When I moved to the sweltering heat of Texas, I still sought a house with a sauna!

[LucyLou]

Yeah, my daughter is graduating too. Sadly anticlimactic.

[Borgia_dude]

@occu

That’s not even a question I grew with electric and wood burning, the real question is how you say it. Not “saw-na”, its “sow-na”, sow using the cattle pronunciation!

Wood. It must be wood. Preferably in a cedar shack.

[Borgia_dude]

@occu

No I didnt know this, I must admit my knowledge of Finland is limited to the prominent Finnish ancestry in the upper peninsula of michigan where I grew up. My mother and her brothers and sisters are 100% finnish and they are all voracious readers as are their children.

Yooper? Me too. Near Houghton.

[RTchoke]

@LucyLou

Yeah, my daughter is graduating too. Sadly anticlimactic.

Mine’s not graduating yet. Couple more years to go, but I feel for all those seniors in HS and college who don’t get the ceremony. It’s a big let down for them.

In the big picture though, if we miss a few of these non essential things in order to keep this at bay, I’m not going to complain. The world and our psyches will be fine if we miss some sports games and such. People need to refocus on the important things IMHO.

[Smyrna]

@Borgia_dude

Yooper? Me too. Near Houghton.

OMG…I was a Wildcat for 2.5 years in Marquette. I list it as the most fun during a 2.5 year period in my entire life. In fact, second place, isn’t even close.

[LucyLou]

@Borgia_dude

@occu

No I didnt know this, I must admit my knowledge of Finland is limited to the prominent Finnish ancestry in the upper peninsula of michigan where I grew up. My mother and her brothers and sisters are 100% finnish and they are all voracious readers as are their children.

Yooper? Me too. Near Houghton.

Some neighbors of mine moved to Houghton a few years back. Pretty town with lovely neighborhoods, they have loved it.

[NJBob]

@Borgia_dude

@occu

No I didnt know this, I must admit my knowledge of Finland is limited to the prominent Finnish ancestry in the upper peninsula of michigan where I grew up. My mother and her brothers and sisters are 100% finnish and they are all voracious readers as are their children.

Yooper? Me too. Near Houghton.

My parents are both Finnish but I was born and raised in the US.

[gooddad409]

@altair1013

@JayJay

They ask people to get the flu vaccine every damn year.

And hospitals are being overwhelmed because of the expoential spike of additional cases.

Medical facilities are sized to handle the seasonal outbreak of flu. They’re not sized to handle a disease 2-3x more contagious on top of their regular caseload…including the extra equipment and supplies they need for a very contagious disease

Round and round we go on this one too.

With respect, I think you missed the point here. Bigly. Keeping flu patients out of the hospital frees up more beds for COVID. It’s just basic math. Getting a flu shot helps everybody.

I got a shot and didn’t get the flu. But then i’ve only had the flu 3 times in nearly 67 years now.

[occu]

No kidding? Me too.

[hwyflier]

@Borgia_dude

Yooper? Me too. Near Houghton.

@Smyrna

OMG…I was a Wildcat for 2.5 years in Marquette

Have you guys seen “Joe Pera Talks With You.” ?

Joe Pera Talks With You

In which Joe Pera, a middle school choir teacher, presents to viewers the importance of Northern Michigan geology, especially iron. Also copper, azurite, tourmaline, and Lake Superior agate.

[occu]

Yes very soothing.

[gooddad409]

@NJBob

@Sunovagun

I took saunas in Russia — weird when you get gently whipped by a big burly guy with a bunch of freshly cut tree twigs before walking essentially naked thru snow to a literally ice cold swimming pool. Funny memories.

Good for you for trying. Did you enjoy it?

The switches are supposed to be birch, they get the blood flowing and helps you sweat out the toxins in your body.

Have to ask, does anyone ever have a heart attack when they hit that ice cold water?

[Sunovagun]

That’s not what worries the guys.

[Smyrna]

@hwyflier

Have you guys seen “Joe Pera Talks With You.” ?

Thank you. I wasn’t but I am now and he’s what I remember.

[hwyflier]

@Smyrna

Thank you. I wasn’t but I am now and he’s what I remember.

It’s an amazingly wholesome and feel-good show from Adult Swim. The second season just finished. All of it is great.

[Borgia_dude]

@Smyrna

@Borgia_dude

Yooper? Me too. Near Houghton.

OMG…I was a Wildcat for 2.5 years in Marquette. I list it as the most fun during a 2.5 year period in my entire life. In fact, second place, isn’t even close.

MTU here. I feel the same way!