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JayMysterio said:
I was wondering if you had seen or heard of this?

https://io9.gizmodo.com/updates-on-the-russo-brothers-battle-of-the-planets-mov-1842948267

Battle of the Planets

Joe Russo updated Collider on his planned live-action Battle of the Planets series.
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Yes, thank you very much.

I hope they do not change the science ninja team and their bird style. Whatever else they do with the villains and story are fine (and please ditch 7 Zark 7), but I absolutely adore the team as they are (and still love the whole birrrd go!/transmute thing.)

There have been a few attempts at home to revive, and/or update Gatchaman (I liked the 90s attempt); but my heart is with the ’70s version of the team, their personalities and abilities.

I pleaded with the Russos on Twitter not to ditch the bird style too.

Hope you and yours are well too.
 
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kazmac said:
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Yes, thank you very much.

I hope they do not change the science ninja team and their bird style. Whatever else they do with the villains and story are fine (and please ditch 7 Zark 7), but I absolutely adore the team as they are (and still love the whole birrrd go!/transmute thing.)

There have been a few attempts at home to revive, and/or update Gatchaman (I liked the 90s attempt); but my heart is with the ’70s version of the team, their personalities and abilities.

I pleaded with the Russos on Twitter not to ditch the bird style too.

Hope you and yours are well too.
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Thanks and you too.

I also appreciate the Jim Kelly sig. ;)
 
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Fun fact: Am here still awaiting my unemployment cheques. Status says, "Awaiting review..."
But, a friend of mine, that did NOT file for unemployment, has received a cheque in the mail.

I kid you not...! :mad:
 
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ivantwilliams said:
Fun fact: Am here still awaiting my unemployment cheques. Status says, "Awaiting review..."
But, a friend of mine, that did NOT file for unemployment, has received a cheque in the mail.

I kid you not...! :mad:
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Sorry to hear that. Hope you get the cheque soon and more importantly another job. But in this climate I can imagine how difficult that would be.
Fortunately we are only furloughing staff not laying them off. But if the government end that scheme then things might have to change.
Business wise we are doing around 50-60% of our normal sales so we are much better off than a lot of businesses are.
 
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I had the realization today that my birthday is in a few days. I legitimately hadn’t even noticed it. The only day of the week I’m mindful of is Sunday but all of the other days of the week blur together.

IC work is fun and all but I sincerely hope that new job opportunities pop up soon. I am very fortunate to have a college degree is something at least. A lot of folks work in the oil industry here so they’re hurting for sure.
 
Over the years, I have often been the one to check in on people. As time went on, when it was not reciprocated, I slowed, and in some cases stopped the process.

Being cooped up, I have spent time checking in on those said people. Let's see how this goes. No one can say I did not try...
 
Also, it alludes to all the fraud that is probably going on. And, the Government is not aware; well, except in this case. My friend contacted the local Government office to advise that she is still employed. Her employer did the same, too...

compwiz1202 said:
Wow so some Alice in Wonderland stuff where you file AFTER you get the payment?
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Septembersrain said:
It's my husband's birthday today and we can't go anywhere and he didn't want anything. It feels terrible but he's says it's okay.
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There are still good ways for a couple to celebrate and make it lots of fun, often much much better than actually going out.... 😊
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decafjava said:
Sorry to hear, mine was on Wednesday and I didn't celebrate, maybe later. Happy birthday to Mr. Septembersrain.
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Happy belated b-day!
 
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Septembersrain said:
It's my husband's birthday today and we can't go anywhere and he didn't want anything. It feels terrible but he's says it's okay.
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decafjava said:
Sorry to hear, mine was on Wednesday and I didn't celebrate, maybe later. Happy birthday to Mr. Septembersrain.
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Well, @Septembersrain, please convey happy birthday wishes to Mr Septembersrain, and belated happy birthday, @decafjava.

As @yaxomoxay so rightly remarks, you can still celebrate - and mark the special occasion that is a birthday; it doesn't mean that you have to go out, although it can be lovely to do so.
 
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Hah, my birthday is during the winter holidays and I'm long used to just celebrating the fact we all survived that hectic season one more time.

When I was a kid though, I could get annoyed in midsummer or autumn when one of my brothers would have a birthday that involved getting a special dinner, a cake and presents "out of the blue".. whereas I had one or two great aunts who in wintertime would offer me a single --usually quite nice-- present during the Christmas holidays with a tag that said, alas, "Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday!"

Our tradition was that one of the younger kids would play Santa, taking gifts from under the tree and reading the tags so to hand them to the proper recipient while we were opening presents. Once in awhile then, if someone visiting us at the holidays had brought me two gifts and both landed under the Christmas tree, there would sometimes be this gasp and utterance of "Oh no not that one today, child, that one's for her birthday later on" and the bro would --enthusiastically, of course 💥💥💥💥💥 -- grab the present back out of my hands even as I was trying to untie the ribbon.

Since my actual birthday was pretty low key --to overstate the natural level of enthusiasm for making a big deal of anything for awhile after Christmas-- I'd just as soon have opened the birthday gifts while everyone was still in a celebratory mood!

As the years go by one can tend to be grateful that not all one's acquaintances remark on the totting up of another year. I do figure it's way better to have my birthday show up on the calendar again than not to be around for it, but I don't mind any more that it still tends to fade into the Christmas season's celebrations.
 
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ivantwilliams said:
Weird why this particular thought sprang to mind.
But, why does doing nothing/little, make one feel so bloody tired?
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Not enough oxygen to the brain? Most of us are used to moving around more than we may end up doing while on lockdown. I laughed when a friend reminded me to eat less at breakfast on Mondays because our local paper has quit publishing a Monday edition... so I don't get that walk out to the roadside box that day.
 
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ivantwilliams said:
Weird why this particular thought sprang to mind.
But, why does doing nothing/little, make one feel so bloody tired?
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Depends - to some extent - on character and circumstances.

Some extroverts find the current conditions very trying, whereas introverts can barely mask their delight at how the world - for once - appears almost inexplicably to be in lockstep with their temperament.

I find myself almost always tired in winter, irrespective of whether I am active or not, but then, I loathe winter, and put this down to a suppressed desire to hibernate until late March.
 
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Thinking of a good friend of mine, whose lovely, wise and warm, (and fiercely intelligent) German mother (to whom he was very close) died two days ago (not from Covid-19, but from ovarian cancer) in the local hospice - fortunately, he was able to be with her - and who will now attend a limited memorial service - limited, due to current regulations - for her today.

In the normal course of events, I would have been able to have been there for him, as he was there for me when my mum died over Christmas the year before last.
 
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