Tag: pandemic
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The Contrast Between French and Swiss News
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs I struggled to find a neutral topic to write about I noticed the distinct difference between how the French and the Swiss media are speaking about the fifth wave. The swiss say that it is “pre-occupying” and that it “has won the French speaking part of Switzerland” and “no long term…
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A Distinct Change In Pandemic Attitude – Pandemic Travel
Reading Time: 2 minutesI am against travel during a pandemic. I am against venturing further than a two hour walk. To be more accurate I was against these things until the vaccines. My attitude since then has changed because of the indifference and incompetence governments have shown. Instead of having a primary and a backup…
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Hiking And Tea
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis morning, as I was doing laundry, I found that I couldn’t focus so I started to look at all the teas that are available at a local shop. I saw that they had herb teas, mint teas, nettle teas, weed tea and more. I also noticed that tea is cheap. You…
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Get Up – A Book Encouraging Us to Stand and Move More.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat do snails have to do with chairs, I wondered as I listened to a book speaking about our addiction to sitting and chairs. It turns out that snails and other animals are programmed to move, walk, slither or other in an individual way. He started, by discussing sleeping in class, and…
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A Flawed Approach To Ending A Pandemic
Reading Time: 2 minutesSwitzerland is currently following a flawed approach to ending a pandemic, because rather than taking a pro-active approach to preventing outbreaks in various communities across Switzerland they are doing the opposite. They are ignoring the problem until it flares up enough that they can no longer pretend to see it. Today the…
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Garmin Instinct Solar Run, With A Mask, And A Walk.
Reading Time: 2 minutesI tracked the run and walk with the Garmin Instinct Solar. It is very easy to use while wearing gloves. You can stop the activity, change sport, start the activity, do the second sport, and then stop the tracking of the second sport, without taking off your gloves. Now that we’re in…
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Zero Minutes Per Week on Facebook
Reading Time: 4 minutesI noticed that Facebook has a way of letting you know how badly you are addicted to their website. In the process I learned that I spent zero minutes on their website this week, and one minute last week. I do not spend time on their website because it fails to provide…
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Pacer And The Camino De Santiago
Reading Time: 2 minutesJust as I was thinking, “I have nothing to write about because I have been walking around in circles for three or four years I find that at least virtually I have almost achieved a big project. Walking 819 kilometres on the Camino De Santiago. I am now four kilometres from the…
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On Learning to Mark Unfinished Books as Read
Reading Time: 4 minutesOver the last three or four days I have marked two books as finished despite not finishing for a simple reason. I have plenty of books on Kindle, Audible and Kobo that I need to read, but that to read all these books, would take time. I started to read one book…
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More Cowbell
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTomorrow I will be driving for twelve hours and I hope that I find it as relaxing as the last drive but I doubt that I will be that lucky. We will see how traffic and other conditions are. I hope that I have a good two or three audiobooks to…