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A Big Thumbs Up and Chuckle To British Friends

Was really amazing to learn first about Trump's Covid news from our friends across the sea. Living in the U.S., I've pretty much stopped watching news media reporting because I find it upsetting.

I go to bed fairly early and awaken early so imagine my surprise to be catching up on "positive wellbeing daily news" to learn of this.

As a Texan, what made this more humorous for me was hearing a bit later in a daily post from a New York city friend who posted that she'd jut been informed of the news by her British scrabble playing friend.

See how your "little sisters" across the sea depend upon our British friends???

Now, I need to make this site my first of the morning to be kept abreast of what is happening in the U.S. too!

I regret reading that England is beginning to face more restrictions but only wish the U.S. would follow suit. Our CDC has issued letters of instruction to U.S. businesses that while they can post "Masks Required", there are no means of enforcing the policy and to offer masks but not try to oust those not complying.

The increasing contentions between the "mask wearers vs non-masker" has become a very hot potato here politically. Coupled with the growing controversy over mail-in ballots for our soon presidential election, I am again quarantining myself from media news so it will be up to you to inform me of other surprises in the U.S.

Best to all to stay safe and healthy going forward.

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4 years ago

Funny how that can happen FlowerPreciousLover!

I’ve experienced that in reverse myself when a US news agency has broken news first that’s happening just down the road from me! Often a royal story I find!

Who knew you’d be relying on good old PWB for your morning news. But of course we’re more than delighted that you do! 🌺🌺

FlowerPreciousLover• in reply to4 years ago

Ahh, glad it isn't totally one-sided, Callendersgal! Smile.

I do so enjoy and learn from this fine and creative group of folks. Glad I can rely on you all for both smiles and breakng U.S. news reports!

S11m4 years ago

You could hope that the lack of restrictions in the USA is giving you some degree of herd immunity - and you might be clear of Covid before the UK?

We are glad that we have local restrictions here - and not another country-wide lockdown. I am fortunate to live in an are that does not have any local restrictions.

Smiler534 years ago

Oh wow, fancy that! Your post did make me chuckle though. I can totally understand about not wanting to watch all the reports, sometimes you just don’t know what they are telling you is the truth! Stay safe 🤗

Gillyflower184 years ago

I’m in Michigan and the first news I check in the morning is the BBC. It’s more even handed in covering US news than our media outlets 👏👏👏👏

FlowerPreciousLover• in reply toGillyflower184 years ago

Hi, Spinner1916, In Texas, our PBS channel carries a BBC news report before the regular U.S. news report at 6pm. I watch the PBS channel for both news reports for that same reason...and also bec. the BBC better covers world events, imo, than our reg. nat'l channels.

If you are you watching morning BBC on tv, would you mind sharing name of the channel? ex; NBC, CNN, etc? Thank you for this info.

Gillyflower18• in reply toFlowerPreciousLover4 years ago

I don’t watch on tv. I downloaded the app on my phone. It’s free.

FlowerPreciousLover• in reply toGillyflower184 years ago

Thanks for responding, Spinner. My new smart phone is far smarter than me and I'm struggling to become friends with it! vbg

Gillyflower18• in reply toFlowerPreciousLover4 years ago

Just go to the App Store icon on your phone tap the search sign and type in BBC. It will come up. If I can do it and I’m a complete technophobe you can too!🤣🤣

bobbybobbAmbassador• in reply toFlowerPreciousLover4 years ago

I watch the PBS channel it has some great programming, it’s one of the free view channels here in the UK. 👍😊

CraftypersonReading Rabbits4 years ago

Strange how these things happen months back when trump was poo pooing covid and saying no need to shut things down a friend of mine asked me what it was really like as no reporting there and I said well according to our news your rising faster than anywhere else.

MMatta74 years ago

HI, as a student of mass media, this exchange is fascinating. I live in New York City, Manhattan. Our other boroughs, Brooklyn, where I grew up, and Queens, are having spikes of the virus, and are being shut down by mailing zip codes. They are starting with schools, and this may include the shut down of businesses, if the numbers don’t come down. Many of the religious communities in these areas, support Trump, and did not wear masks because he made fun of this. Now, they are losing family and friends. I’ll bet, they will still vote for him on November 3rd. Distressing situation, people risking the health of others because someone amoral managed to get elected President— because we have an outdated election system with our electoral college. Trump did not win the majority of votes, just like Bush in, 2000. I thought, our country would fix this. The republicans won’t do this, they are the minority and can only keep power through the outdated electoral college. It takes a 3/4’s majority to amend our constitution, this is why the equal rights amendment didn’t pass in the 1970’s. It is amazing, in 2020, The United States has a system that does not insure the election of the person who received the majority of votes. Very sad, manipulation, and dirty tricks prevail.

Big_Dee• in reply toMMatta74 years ago

Hello MMatta7

I think electoral college is great! I have no desire to live in New York or California.

FlowerPreciousLover• in reply toMMatta74 years ago

Yes, MMatta, I e-mail daily with a close friend living in Queens. She has kept me informed from the outset of the pandemic of what transpires in N.Y. and her neighborhood.

When Gov. Cuomo was giving daily briefings, I so hoped his early diplomatic but frequent pleas for gov't funding of ppe and other crucially needed help would receive immediate priority and that govs in our other states would follow his lead in taking the precautions he put in place for NY because the rest of us had more time to prepare.

That didn't happen and now each state is like a separate country, left to its own and very disparate devices to determine voting options and counting rules, handling virus mandates and spreads, school & business reopenings as well as a host of other issues affecting our citizenship individually and collectively.

Actions have consequences. This will be the single most important election of my lifetime and regardless of the outcome, through the actions and inactions of present federal leadership from the top, the U.S. will be paying dearly for years to come.

I hope our friends across the sea pay close attention to what is happening in the U.S. and remain actively vigilant to insure that nothing of this disintegration of values befalls them.

MMatta74 years ago

You believe majority vote is wrong? What does N.Y. Or California have to do with anything. Are you suggesting group think? Or projecting it, or something else. Who cares where anyone chooses to live? What is with this geographic prejudices? Stereotypes about people based on geography go right along with racism, sexism, and all the ugly prejudices.

MMatta7• in reply toMMatta74 years ago

I never posted before, and won’t again.

I did not want to get into politics on a list I joined for health reasons. Stress kills, and if what’s going on with a pandemic in America, and the world, fomented by the ignorance of not wearing masks, is not enough stress, what is? Good health has everything to do with this list, and our planet.

Simplicity, with no contextual thinking, the absence of cause and effect analysis, and science, is simply insane. The world is watching and Amercia is losing respect, for real reasons. Big Dee, your thinking could use some enlarging. We don’t need prejudices, and unfairness, based on a few lines of thinking that have great symbolic meaning to the minority. Majority should rule, that’s what is in the constitution, written when only horseback, and bicycles carried messages. We now have mass communications, in a very different world. The electoral college was written for a different time. It is no longer needed. We can use our thumbprints for voting, technology can give us accurate elections. My bias, I think voting, like taxes should be mandatory, the obligation of all citizens. Sorry, over and out, for good. I come to this list for good cheer, I am sorry I weighed in. It was a slip based on extreme stress. Covid is now spreading throughout our government and nation. Very sad, and very sorry. I wish no ill to anyone.

FlowerPreciousLover4 years ago

I sincerely apologize to all for posting anything that upset a single poster coming to this forum for a brief respite from the stressors affecting us all as a result of the pandemic.

This forum is a much counted upon "happy place" for me to look forward to each day. The photos, art, jokes,puzzles, lovely walks and trips posted along with the encouraging remarks of support and caring shared by members here are a true daily spirit booster for me.

I deeply regret that my own growing stress about events happening in the U.S. lead me to write my last post.

MMatta7, you are so right that stress kills. I hadn't realized that the events of the past few days had increased my stress to the level it has. I apologize and hope you will reconsider continuing to check out this forum.

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