Has COVID made you think differently about life?

[WJ99mobile]

Now deciding to retire early?
Change of career?
New hobby?

Has it changed you in any way

[BLUETIT]

Don’t need any new clothes

[Moodybluebird]

Now deciding to retire early?
Change of career?
New hobby?

Has it changed you in any way

It's not changed me but it has reinforced how important family is.

Hobby wise, I've dusted off my classical guitar and am trying to learn a few new pieces. As with all my guitars, I wish I could afford to upgrade them.

[lisvaneblue]

Now deciding to retire early?
Change of career?
New hobby?

Has it changed you in any way

And people stayed at home
And read books
And listened
And they rested
And did exercises
And made art and played
And learned new ways of doing things
And stopped and listened more deeply
Some meditated, some prayed, and some met their shadow
And people began to think differently
And people healed
And in the absence of people who lived in ignorant ways, dangerous, meaningless and heartless the earth began to heal
And when the danger ended and people found themselves they grieved for the dead
And made new choices
And dreamed of new visions
And created new ways of living
And completely healed the earth just as they were healed


.......A popular poem in the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1920

20 Years later we are kicking the s... out of each other in WW2


No I don't think things will change post Covid

[Baloo]

And people stayed at home
And read books
And listened
And they rested
And did exercises
And made art and played
And learned new ways of doing things
And stopped and listened more deeply
Some meditated, some prayed, and some met their shadow
And people began to think differently
And people healed
And in the absence of people who lived in ignorant ways, dangerous, meaningless and heartless the earth began to heal
And when the danger ended and people found themselves they grieved for the dead
And made new choices
And dreamed of new visions
And created new ways of living
And completely healed the earth just as they were healed


.......A popular poem in the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1920

20 Years later we are kicking the s... out of each other in WW2


No I don't think things will change post Covid

Nice read that. If only eh?

[adz-a32]

Done some online courses, making music, relearning piano, getting into retro gaming too

[CCFCC3PO]

Don’t need any new clothes

I've seen your style, you haven't bought any new clothes since 1979.

[CCFCC3PO]

Done some online courses, making music, relearning piano, getting into retro gaming too

What games - I have a feeling your retro is not my retro

[Heisenberg]

What games - I have a feeling your retro is not my retro

FIFA 17

[CCFCC3PO]

I am now hell bent on getting rid of the only debt I have, and the one that could screw me over, my mortgage. If that then enables me to retire early, I will do exactly that - maybe go from the stresses of my job to a less stressful job.

[CCFCC3PO]

FIFA 17

I was hoping Emlyn Hughes' International Football.

[Mr Soul '68]

And people stayed at home
And read books
And listened
And they rested
And did exercises
And made art and played
And learned new ways of doing things
And stopped and listened more deeply
Some meditated, some prayed, and some met their shadow
And people began to think differently
And people healed
And in the absence of people who lived in ignorant ways, dangerous, meaningless and heartless the earth began to heal
And when the danger ended and people found themselves they grieved for the dead
And made new choices
And dreamed of new visions
And created new ways of living
And completely healed the earth just as they were healed


.......A popular poem in the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1920

20 Years later we are kicking the s... out of each other in WW2


No I don't think things will change post Covid

Lovely poem. Not sure if it's Spanish or not? Sadly 16 years later Spain was embroiled in a civil war, which was persecutor to the 2nd WW. General Franco and his fascist Falange party aided and abetted by the Nazis trampling all over the working class, socialists and anarchists. I can thoroughly recommend George Orwell's (surely the best ever British author?) take on the war, in his 'Homage To Catalonia'.

[Jordi Culé]

I was hoping Emlyn Hughes' International Football.

Peles Soccer Atari.

https://images.app.goo.gl/AkdHFezfcgNeR4KX7

Look at them graphics

[Eric the Half a Bee]

I was hoping Emlyn Hughes' International Football.

Now we're talking. Still play it occasionally on my Commodore 64 emulator. This was my prediction for the Reading playoff semi some years ago...reading prediction.jpg

[adz-a32]

What games - I have a feeling your retro is not my retro

Haha. Super Mario, Mike Tyson Punch Out, Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Crash Bandicoot, Tekken 3 and some childhood classics like Sonic Heroes and Simpsons: Road Rage


Edit: Pitfall too

[adz-a32]

FIFA 17

Loooooool

[CCFCC3PO]

Haha. Super Mario, Mike Tyson Punch Out, Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Crash Bandicoot, Tekken 3 and some childhood classics like Sonic Heroes and Simpsons: Road Rage


Edit: Pitfall too

Nothing 8-bit? preferably written by Jeff Minter in his bedroom.

[adz-a32]

Peles Soccer Atari.

https://images.app.goo.gl/AkdHFezfcgNeR4KX7

Look at them graphics

Tempted to get an Atari 2600 to try out the gameplay but I don’t have the space or TV

[adz-a32]

Nothing 8-bit? preferably written by Jeff Minter in his bedroom.

Mario on NES

[CCFCC3PO]

Mario on NES

This is the game that will blow your mind.

[adz-a32]

This is the game that will blow your mind.

Ooooh. I’ll try it out!

[CCFCC3PO]

Now we're talking. Still play it occasionally on my Commodore 64 emulator. This was my prediction for the Reading playoff semi some years ago...reading prediction.jpg

Love it.

[NYCBlue]

And people stayed at home
And read books
And listened
And they rested
And did exercises
And made art and played
And learned new ways of doing things
And stopped and listened more deeply
Some meditated, some prayed, and some met their shadow
And people began to think differently
And people healed
And in the absence of people who lived in ignorant ways, dangerous, meaningless and heartless the earth began to heal
And when the danger ended and people found themselves they grieved for the dead
And made new choices
And dreamed of new visions
And created new ways of living
And completely healed the earth just as they were healed


.......A popular poem in the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1920

20 Years later we are kicking the s... out of each other in WW2


No I don't think things will change post Covid

That poem was written in March.

[Heisenberg]

That poem was written in March.

[CCFCC3PO]

That poem was written in March.

That means WW2 in 2040? Shit.