Moderately positive things

[oursin]

Vaccine, vaccine, vacciiiinnnne! I have appointment to go and get mine at the walkable place next week!!!

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Also, I have finally managed to set up the Nest smoke alarm and connect it to the existing upstairs one, AND to turn off the motion-activated floodlight if one ventures towards the bathroom in the middle of the night.

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Plus, as previously mentioned, did managed to get a Waitrose slot for next week.

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Yesterday, with much cursing and screaming, I did manage to log in to a Zoom meeting with a potential research network Within My Sphere of Interest. I actually interacted with people! within the limitations of that format, and with the audio occasionally doing A Thing that was (something that is probably not even in the tables of memory for many dr rdrz) reminiscent of trying to tune in to a radio station, as it might be Radio Luxembourg or one of the pirate stations, in days of yore, and getting a very distorted signal.

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The delayed parcel has turned up a day early.

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And, of course, even though there are still 'all obstacles in the way' a feeling of

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Comments

[em_h]

Great news about the vaccine! Your government has done an appalling job in most ways, but they -- and the US -- are so greatly outdoing Ontario in getting vaccines to people.

[oursin]

I'm not sure how far they are - from a conversation yesterday during a Zoom research group meeting it's very haphazard and particularly bad in Wales - and partner has not yet been notified to make his appointment - but things do seem to be gradually moving.

[em_h]

We are many months away from vaccines being offered to any seniors in the community, so definitely much better in comparison.

[kore]

VACCINE!

One of the few rocks concerts I saw before becoming a total shut-in was Jimmy Cliff, and he was amazing. What a voice.

WoW!

[lsanderson]

Sweet! I'm still waiting to hear.

[rydra_wong]

Congrats on vaccine appointment!

[sara]

That is great news, both vaccine and groceries.

[oursin]

We can usually get A grocery delivery, but there are some things we like that we can only get from Waitrose, sigh (the problems of the North London Guardian-reader...)

[sara]

Oh, I hear you, we haven't been Trader Joe's in almost a year, ugh.

[rmc28]

Yay vaccine! (Multiple colleagues of mine report parents either vaccinated or due to be this week: the spread through our 1st and 2nd order contacts is really cheering.)

Also thank you for the video, I found it very cheering too.

[mirlacca]

Very interesting article on bbc.com about https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210114-covid-19-how-effective-is-a-single-vaccine-dose

I got my first dose Wednesday, but heaven knows when the next will be available.

[oracne]

Vacciiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!!!!!

[kathmandu]

Yay for the vaccine appointment!

[pameladean]

Yay vaccine!

I know exactly what you mean about the Zoom audio glitch. It made me feel thirteen again, unbearably frustrated because my favorite Dylan song finally came on and the radio went out of tune. It was more common in car radios, of course, but I had a cheapish transistor radio (SO SCIENCE-FICTIONAL) that was prone to such behavior. Sometimes you had to hold it in a weird position.

P.

[davidgillon]

Yay, vaccine!

I got a vaccine invite myself a couple of days ago, but for flu, not covid. Still, I'm not turning it down.

[themis1]

Yay! for vaccine. Suspect mine will be around March time.

But old enough for pirate radio/radio Luxembourg memories, many many. But find Zoom more like, as the internets suggest, holding a seance. "Is there anybody there? Can you hear me? Post something in chat if you can!" Best zoom incident to date was in the middle of a meeting that required a vote for which you had to be present for the whole meeting ... and we had a power cut!

[lokifan]

Hey, congrats on having the vaccine booked!