The Happy Thoughts Thread

[ER]

For a silver lining happy thought, I think the pandemic may have prevented World War Three. I truly do. Things were more volatile than I have come to see people at home apparently knew, and then the pandemic began and everything changed. It was terrifying for a couple weeks at the beginning of 2020, and even veteran military were saying, "This is the real deal." Suddenly priorities shifted and everyone got pulled back. It was so dramatic that one former co-worker of mine, intelligent, not normally into conspiracies, believes it's possible Covid was all about defusing what was going on. I won't say he is right but it says something about the timing and the effects that someone like him would entertain the idea. But whatever is true, I do think Covid may have prevented a major war.

[Trevor]

I drove on a road today that I haven't been on since I was a child. I was wondering why the road looked familiar and then I realized. 

[indianasmith]

For a silver lining happy thought, I think the pandemic may have prevented World War Three. I truly do. Things were more volatile than I have come to see people at home apparently knew, and then the pandemic began and everything changed. It was terrifying for a couple weeks at the beginning of 2020, and even veteran military were saying, "This is the real deal." Suddenly priorities shifted and everyone got pulled back. It was so dramatic that one former co-worker of mine, intelligent, not normally into conspiracies, believes it's possible Covid was all about defusing what was going on. I won't say he is right but it says something about the timing and the effects that someone like him would entertain the idea. But whatever is true, I do think Covid may have prevented a major war.

That's fascinating.

[indianasmith]

My latest novel is humming along towards its conclusion.

[ER]

Off to drive my youngest far into the verdant countryside for her long-faced assassin horseback riding, and it's just possible we might stop off at a farmers' market on the way back and surprise ourselves with some random nice item or two like honey with the comb inside, or an Appalachian shrunken apple doll. Never know!

Life is good.

[Alex]

Off to drive my youngest far into the verdant countryside for her long-faced assassin horseback riding, and it's just possible we might stop off at a farmers' market on the way back and surprise ourselves with some random nice item or two like honey with the comb inside, or an Appalachian shrunken apple doll. Never know!

Life is good.

You should get over your fear by organising a ride along the Appalachian trail next summer.

[RCMerchant]

For a silver lining happy thought, I think the pandemic may have prevented World War Three. I truly do. Things were more volatile than I have come to see people at home apparently knew, and then the pandemic began and everything changed. It was terrifying for a couple weeks at the beginning of 2020, and even veteran military were saying, "This is the real deal." Suddenly priorities shifted and everyone got pulled back. It was so dramatic that one former co-worker of mine, intelligent, not normally into conspiracies, believes it's possible Covid was all about defusing what was going on. I won't say he is right but it says something about the timing and the effects that someone like him would entertain the idea. But whatever is true, I do think Covid may have prevented a major war.

With who?

[indianasmith]

I FINISHED MY BOOK THIS MORNING!!!

[ER]

For a silver lining happy thought, I think the pandemic may have prevented World War Three. I truly do. Things were more volatile than I have come to see people at home apparently knew, and then the pandemic began and everything changed. It was terrifying for a couple weeks at the beginning of 2020, and even veteran military were saying, "This is the real deal." Suddenly priorities shifted and everyone got pulled back. It was so dramatic that one former co-worker of mine, intelligent, not normally into conspiracies, believes it's possible Covid was all about defusing what was going on. I won't say he is right but it says something about the timing and the effects that someone like him would entertain the idea. But whatever is true, I do think Covid may have prevented a major war.

With who?

Iran, with other nations likely to be pulled in. The US funneled troops into Turkey, IAFB was on highest alert, one morning everyone's phones, laptops, tablets were all confiscated, people were told they could have a brief call to their families and then communications were shut down. The feeling was Iranian retaliatory missiles were going to hit IAFB as they already had lesser targets in Turkey, including US installations, which according to treaties and NATO's charter would have been an act of war and officially treated like an attack on the US, requiring a military response. Things were a mess, soldiers were being deployed into the desert and forward outposts were being built and people whose jobs had nothing to do with military operations were sent in with them. Turkey was angry about being pulled in and did not seem willing to support the US, maybe even opposed it. Turkish soldiers surrounded one US outpost, I know that. ,During all this the Trump administration was proving itself woefully inadequate to the situation, chaos everywhere, mismanagement that coukd only be called amateurish, and apparently in the US this was little reported. COVID forced nations to respond to it and defused what was looking dire.

[RCMerchant]

^ If you say so.
I don't think covid or war is a "happy thought".
"Gee- I'm so glad folks died from Covid 19 and not in a war."
Don't worry! We still got war!  
Unless we luck out and have another viral pandemic!

[ER]

Someday the IRS won't exist.

[retrorussell]

Purring kitty.  Always so heart-melting.
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[RCMerchant]

Paid all my bills this morning! 

[ER]

The fur between my dog's toes feels like velvet.

[Alex]

The will has been confirmed. I can now go ahead and sort out selling the house and getting the money moved out of my aunt Gina's accounts and into my sisters.