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    • MattM
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      I’d miss my sense of smell.  I could get down with some hearing loss though.  Especially before and after school.

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      • mclaincauseyM
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        Yes @Alex that is so good to hear, unsurprising as it may be.

        Sense of smell/taste is one of the things that I get hung up on, which is pretty ridiculous given what else it can do. I just love food to a fault I suppose. It is one of the things that frustrates me the most about a cold or flu that stops me up.

        Between COVID, heat domes, fires, continued geopolitical strife, it feels apocalyptic out there. Hope everyone is hugging their loved ones and living their lives.

        Think it, be it.

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        • GilesG
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          @Giles:

          Just spoke to one of my closest friends.  He is a Bonefishing guide on Andros:

          https://www.northandrosflyfishing.com/

          You may see a pic of a very unhirsuite me in the gallery  🙂 🙂

          He has Covid (which I did not know until I called him), and I have never before spoken to someone who sounded so close to death…..

          FUCK, FUCK, FUCK.....

          Just phoned him back.  He sounded so poorly when I last spoke to him, I said I'd call back in a week or so. The phone was picked up by his brother, Phillip died 2 days after I spoke to him…..

          The consolation, I did speak to him, and he sent all his love to Paula, that was about all he said other than that he had Covid

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          • SKTS
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            Damnit [mention]Giles [/mention] I’m so sorry to hear this news. I’m glad you got to speak with him before he passed. Covid is such a monster.

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            • GilesG
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              Yeah, this one hit me hard.  He was a big strong Bahamian, his smile could light up the darkest recesses.

              Stalking bonefish in a skinny mangrove backwater opening (I christened the spot Bono, because The Edge was just around the corner  🙂 ), Phillip suddenly freezes and points, and then came out with one of his more memorable quotes…...  "Fuck me to tears, look at the size of dat Bone"...All me and my other friend could do, was piss ourselves laughing, no cast was made...

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              • neph93N
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                @Giles:

                Stalking bonefish in skinny a mangrove backwater opening (I christened the spot Bono, because The Edge was just around the corner  🙂 ), Phillip suddenly freezes and points, and then came out with one of his more memorable quotes…...  "Fuck me to tears, look at the size of dat Bone"...All me and my other friend could do, was piss ourselves laughing, no cast was made...

                Brilliant story. I will raise a glass tomorrow evening. Losing friends is awful, sorry mate.

                «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                • KasiK
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                  My condolences sorry for your loss Giles

                  Mo…

                  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                  The world's insane
                  While you drink champagne
                  And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                  • goosehdG
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                    I’m so sorry to hear this.  My deepest sympathies and condolences…

                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                    • S
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                      I’m so sorry, Giles. What a loss.

                      Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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                      • mclaincauseyM
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                        Oh gosh @Giles that is devastating. You have my sympathies.

                        Think it, be it.

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                        • GilesG
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                          Thanks all.

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          • J-IVJ
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                            Beautiful memory (sure it is not the only one) to remember him by.

                            Sending you my deepest condolences, Mr.G.

                            I'm as ugly as you

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                            • zhivagoZ
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                              Really sorry to hear that @Giles

                              Zhivago

                              MM: "we all got to start somewhere"

                              G: "Never once did he bitch, moan or complain.  He just motivated the team and got on with it"

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                              • motojoboboM
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                                Very sorry to hear about the loss of your fishing buddy @Giles .

                                The journey is the objective.

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                                • mclaincauseyM
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                                  https://scitechdaily.com/inescapable-covid-19-antibody-discovery-neutralizes-all-known-sars-cov-2-strains/

                                  Who knows what will come of this, but it sounds legit: this could neutralize the entire genus that COVID belongs to, meaning that the mutations we've seen to date and likely in the near future would be crippled. This is the kind of finding, should it become widely available, that I have been pushing back the inevitable infection as long as possible for.

                                  Think it, be it.

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                                  • steelworkerS
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                                    Our condolences Giles & Paula.

                                    Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                    Well, I have others.

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                                    • S
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                                      Seems like a promising treatment [mention]mclaincausey [/mention] . About time for a little more good news.

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                                      • motojoboboM
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                                        Today I got my third Covid vaccine. After my standard 1 & 2 doses of Astra Zeneca, I took the opportunity to get a ‘booster’ shot of Pfizer. My doctor thinks it is a good idea since they are different types/mechanisms between the two vaccines, and I don’t have access to mRna vaccines back in my country where I return tomorrow.

                                        Hope everybody here stays healthy!

                                        The journey is the objective.

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                                        • SKTS
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                                          [mention]motojobobo [/mention] Man, good for you being proactive. I actually didn’t know you could change which vaccine you got as the booster.

                                          [mention]mclaincausey [/mention] Thanks for posting that article. I keep hoping there will be a “scientific breakthrough “ type of silver lining to this pandemic.  Maybe this and the mRNA delivery system could be it.

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                                          • louisboscoL
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                                            my deepest condolences to you @Giles

                                            "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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