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    Summer - 2020

    Hope everyone is having a good summer despite all that is going on and still getting in some listening time.

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    Re: Summer - 2020

    Working, doing things around the house, reading, watching a little baseball, listening to music; that about sums it up.
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    Re: Summer - 2020

    Well i also just relax , some bicycle rides , listening to music , installing new oven , making small maintenance in my apartment.And enjoying some wine.
    Wish all a great summer with good health.
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    Re: Summer - 2020

    The summer is toast ( pits) in the sunshine state with one of the highest Covid rates around. Tourist coming in don't seem to care, crowd the bars, the beaches, no social distancing then they go into restaurants without mask so We just hang around the house, keep our distance and work at staying safe. But plenty of yard work and little projects around the house.
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    Re: Summer - 2020

    finally got back to shooting clays in June, back to the gym in July, attending grandsons baseball games. Life is great !
    Cheers ! …. Dave

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    Re: Summer - 2020

    Quote Originally Posted by CPP View Post
    The summer is toast ( pits) in the sunshine state with one of the highest Covid rates around. Tourist coming in don't seem to care, crowd the bars, the beaches, no social distancing then they go into restaurants without mask so We just hang around the house, keep our distance and work at staying safe. But plenty of yard work and little projects around the house.
    Tourists from where - F all planes in the air...

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    Re: Summer - 2020

    I have continued to work thru this whole mess so not as much free time as most. I was able to enjoy 2 weeks in Naples FLA and drove home thru the shutdowns.

    Continue to find and flip gear helping to fund my next pair of speakers I have been eyeing, Fyne Audio F503s.

    The garden pretty much sucks this year and now we are fighting off the Squirrels that decided after 10 years that they now like Tomatoes.

    Also fighting off the Spotted Lantern Flies and Cicada Killer Wasps.

    I was able to spend a week at our cabin last month and picked 25lbs of Blueberries from a farm.

    Watching lots of movies lately too as well as listening to music.
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    Brian, I hear 'ya on those damn spotted lantern flies. Seems like we just got through the stink bug mess and now these freakin things !
    Cheers ! …. Dave

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    Re: Summer - 2020

    Quote Originally Posted by Rob181 View Post
    Tourists from where - F all planes in the air...
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    Re: Summer - 2020

    Initially got a lot of listening in, now I am working from home.

    Our garden is not as good as past years either for some reason but beginning to get some veggies now. In my area summer fruit hasn't been that good either. Normally I like to pig out on peaches, plums and water melon.

    Brian, what did you all do with all those berries?
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    Re: Summer - 2020

    Initially got a lot of listening in, now I am working from home.

    Our garden is not as good as past years either for some reason but beginning to get some veggies now. In my area summer fruit hasn't been that good either. Normally I like to pig out on peaches, plums and water melon.

    Brian, what did you all do with all those berries?
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    Re: Summer - 2020

    We joined a Boat Club and we are having a blast on the weekends. Maybe one day we will get our own boat, but for now this is the best way to go for us.

    Our house is usually filled with 8-12 kids a day playing, swimming, etc. Our neighborhood has so many kids its not funny. All great to see, it was like that when I was a kid.

    My kids completed their summer school for extra credit. My wife is studying her various medical stuff (COPD education now). She’s an RN, RT, etc.

    We rented a cabin up in Georgia and it was so beautiful and peaceful on the lake.

    The kids are back to school next week (they begged us to let them go back 5 days a week). They are both straight A students. My son loves Math and my daughter loves science. Clearly they were brought here by aliens. My wife and I are both nervous. E-learning was such a disaster in the spring, that we just couldn’t consider it.

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    Re: Summer - 2020

    We had several trips planned for the late spring and summer time; all cancelled. We are on the same routine we've had since March; however, not complaining. We have what's important: health; happiness; great family and friends. Covid will pass and, hopefully, life will get back to some level of normalcy.

    My wife is working from home and i'm retired. Our days go by pretty quickly: workouts (walk, run, HIIT, swim); business news; reading; stuff around the house; clay shooting; maybe some boating; and cocktails at 5 pm or after. I put in a couple of hours of music here or there and, on the weekends, 4 or 5 hours of more music.
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    Re: Summer - 2020

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Peabody View Post

    Brian, what did you all do with all those berries?
    Muffins, Pancakes, gave some out. Then we clean and freeze the rest and eat them all year long if we can.
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    Re: Summer - 2020

    Quote Originally Posted by Ritmo View Post
    We had several trips planned for the late spring and summer time; all cancelled. We are on the same routine we've had since March; however, not complaining. We have what's important: health; happiness; great family and friends. Covid will pass and, hopefully, life will get back to some level of normalcy.

    My wife is working from home and i'm retired. Our days go by pretty quickly: workouts (walk, run, HIIT, swim); business news; reading; stuff around the house; clay shooting; maybe some boating; and cocktails at 5 pm or after. I put in a couple of hours of music here or there and, on the weekends, 4 or 5 hours of more music.
    Mike, what part of Florida do you reside. When I'm in Florida (month of March) I spend quite a bit of time @ the Sarasota Gun Club.
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    Re: Summer - 2020

    Quote Originally Posted by Mikado463 View Post
    Mike, what part of Florida do you reside. When I'm in Florida (month of March) I spend quite a bit of time @ the Sarasota Gun Club.
    He’s in Sarasota like me.


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    Re: Summer - 2020

    Staying home most of the time. Had some friends visit. Getting many things done around the home. Lots of things I normally would overlook. So a productive time.
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    Re: Summer - 2020

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    We joined a Boat Club and we are having a blast on the weekends. Maybe one day we will get our own boat, but for now this is the best way to go for us.

    Our house is usually filled with 8-12 kids a day playing, swimming, etc. Our neighborhood has so many kids its not funny. All great to see, it was like that when I was a kid.

    My kids completed their summer school for extra credit. My wife is studying her various medical stuff (COPD education now). She’s an RN, RT, etc.

    We rented a cabin up in Georgia and it was so beautiful and peaceful on the lake.

    The kids are back to school next week (they begged us to let them go back 5 days a week). They are both straight A students. My son loves Math and my daughter loves science. Clearly they were brought here by aliens. My wife and I are both nervous. E-learning was such a disaster in the spring, that we just couldn’t consider it.

    And of course, always amazing fun new toys in the store to play with!
    Since I got my news, the wife has mentioned going up into the mountains and renting a cabin on a lake or stream for a couple of weeks. Sounds like a plan.
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    Re: Summer - 2020

    Working from home...less time on the road, listening to music more

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    Re: Summer - 2020

    Quote Originally Posted by CPP View Post
    Since I got my news, the wife has mentioned going up into the mountains and renting a cabin on a lake or stream for a couple of weeks. Sounds like a plan.
    We did the Georgia mountains this year. Last year we did the Tennessee mountains. Both were lovely.


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    Re: Summer - 2020

    We have not had one of our better summers. We are retired in Thailand and came back to the US the end of February to help our aging parents for 2 months. Due to the infamous Covid 19 virus Thailand closed their borders and has not reopened them to retirees. With no home in the US we have been staying with relatives and friends. If no clear path to return to Thailand by October we will go house hunting in the Sarasota area. There is no way we can spend the winter in northern US. What I miss most is listening to music on my system. I have been getting by streaming Qobuz and Tidal on my iPad with a Cobalt DAC and old Grado RS-1 headphones I brought with me. It’s okay, but it’s just not the same.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr P View Post
    We have not had one of our better summers. We are retired in Thailand and came back to the US the end of February to help our aging parents for 2 months. Due to the infamous Covid 19 virus Thailand closed their borders and has not reopened them to retirees. With no home in the US we have been staying with relatives and friends. If no clear path to return to Thailand by October we will go house hunting in the Sarasota area. There is no way we can spend the winter in northern US. What I miss most is listening to music on my system. I have been getting by streaming Qobuz and Tidal on my iPad with a Cobalt DAC and old Grado RS-1 headphones I brought with me. It’s okay, but it’s just not the same.
    winters are great up North, go ride a snowmobile !
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikado463 View Post
    Mike, what part of Florida do you reside. When I'm in Florida (month of March) I spend quite a bit of time @ the Sarasota Gun Club.
    I’m in Sarasota. Indeed, let’s get together.
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