The Corona saga
Viewing comments for Chapter 36 "The art of staying in line"to keep my sanity in time of pandemic
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Comment from Rosemary Everson1
I find this virus scary and will it ever get better? We may stand in lines, too, if we need a product or go home without it because it's not on the shelf. I seen where they waited for hours in some states to vote. I hope that doesn't happen everywhere.
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I find this virus scary and will it ever get better? We may stand in lines, too, if we need a product or go home without it because it's not on the shelf. I seen where they waited for hours in some states to vote. I hope that doesn't happen everywhere.
Comment Written 24-Jun-2020
Comment from Jannypan (Jan)
I enjoyed your post for the fact of your experience with the rationing from real life. Your did a great job expressing your thoughts and feelings. These are scary times and we all need to be patient and share (not goin' happen with some). Thanks for sharing your expertise. I enjoyed lerning more about your family life early on.
Respectfully, Jan
reply by the author on 13-May-2020
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I enjoyed your post for the fact of your experience with the rationing from real life. Your did a great job expressing your thoughts and feelings. These are scary times and we all need to be patient and share (not goin' happen with some). Thanks for sharing your expertise. I enjoyed lerning more about your family life early on.
Respectfully, Jan
Comment Written 12-May-2020
reply by the author on 13-May-2020
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Thank you so much, Jan, and to tell you the true, I just have to be grateful where I am is not so bad...
Comment from thaities, Rebecca V.
Great piece of writing!
Typo:
"I am a proud and trained survival and I have no problem to navigate your stupidity!" (survivalist) (have no problem navigating)
reply by the author on 13-May-2020
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Great piece of writing!
Typo:
"I am a proud and trained survival and I have no problem to navigate your stupidity!" (survivalist) (have no problem navigating)
Comment Written 12-May-2020
reply by the author on 13-May-2020
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Hi Rebecca, thank you so much for the corrections and for reading my little runt
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It is a pleasure to read your work.
Comment from estory
Told with that biting wit and sarcasm, I think you did a great job with this new chapter. Here you cast our current dilemma in the light of the past you lived in Romania; all the coupons, the rationing, that we are not used to here in the west. That loss of freedom inspires all kinds of ingenuity and it was interesting to see how you coped with rationing in Romania during the communist times. We could all learn some lessons from you. Some spag and you need to spend some time working out the grammar nits at times throughout this post. estory
reply by the author on 13-May-2020
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Told with that biting wit and sarcasm, I think you did a great job with this new chapter. Here you cast our current dilemma in the light of the past you lived in Romania; all the coupons, the rationing, that we are not used to here in the west. That loss of freedom inspires all kinds of ingenuity and it was interesting to see how you coped with rationing in Romania during the communist times. We could all learn some lessons from you. Some spag and you need to spend some time working out the grammar nits at times throughout this post. estory
Comment Written 12-May-2020
reply by the author on 13-May-2020
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Thank you:)
Comment from DeboraDyess
This may be my favorite chapter so far! I did learn a lot about growing up in a Communist country from you. I feel even more blessed to have lived in Texas my whole life...
Just a few thoughts, if I may...
talk about a new, that become>> talk about a new, that's become>>for that has
the game of staying in line aligned to do your>>do you mnean 'assigned'? The one you're told to be in...
grocery shopping, electronic and even clothing>> grocery, electronic and even clothing shopping.
this is new, for me >> this is new; for me
I got 44 years of >> I have 44 years of
In communism time, >>n Communist times
such as: meat, bread, milk, yogurt, exotic fruits>>such as meat, bread, milk, yogurt and exotic fruits>>Not every list needs a colon. This will read smoother without.
we had to use coupons that allowed us to get some daily and monthly ratios. >> I think 'rations' would work better. My dad used to tell me albt this during @@ll. They had a certain amount of sugar for the month. Grandma would divide the kids' allotment into baby food jars, one each. Dad and my uncle would immeditately juse theirs. Aunt Arlene would then use hers to get them to do her chores. A teaspoon of sugar for, say, making her bed all week or washing dishes for the week. lol. She was sly! ;)
you got your stuff they cut the day from that piece of paper>> I'm not sure what you mean here. You might want to redo the sentence.
Yup, it got that days and month on it.>>Yup, it had that day's date on it. OR Yup, it had the day and month on it.
address etc.>>address, etc.
We were a family of four, so we got the right to buy>> so we had the right to buy>>This isn't wrong, I just think it sounds smoother like this, so feel free to completely ignore me! lol
limit was of 4 yogurts, 2 bottles of milks>>limit was 4 yogurts, 2 bottles of milk>>Usually, spell out any number under ten. And no need to pluralize 'milk' because the bottles were plural.
Those were in theory available everyday,>> Those were, in theory, available every day>>Everyday (one word) is like 'everyday clothes or everyday chore. It means common or ordinary. Every day (two words) means each day that passes. Hope that helps! It's a confusing language, isn't it... :)
but if you were not among the first ones in the queue you could've said good bye to these nutritious products.>>I cannot even imagine, although the past month has been like that, so I guess I'm learning...Not a fun lesson!
The way it worked was: move your bottles and jars (for yogurts) brother. the dance of the bottles began. >>Cool wording!
I can't complain, my parents were leaving us to those lines and we as good kids were buying and bringing those products at home,>>I'd make a new sentence begin after 'complain'>>and we, as good kids, were
and then prepared to go to school.>>preparing
The exotic fruits such as grapefruit, bananas, limes, oranges and tangerines, were at the time as, the hand sanitizers, masks and the toilet paper in Coronella time, hot commodities.>> The exotic fruits (grapefruit, bananas, limes, oranges and tangerines) were hot commodities, like hand sanitizers, masks and toilet paper in Coronella time.
The exotic ones, we had them once a year at Christmas, and for them you had to wait like 3 days in a row to get them. >>Wow...HOw lucky I was and didn't even know it. We didn't have a lot when I was growing up, but we never had this situation. >>We had the exotic ones once a year at Christmas, and had to wait something like 3 days in a row to get
Meat for bread, oranges for sugar etc.>>oranges for sugar, etc.
chemical industry, we were lucky, he could give>> chemical industry. We were lucky; he could give
Again, I was lucky, my dad wa>>Again, I was lucky. My dad was our
family hero
family hero, we didn't miss>>family hero. We didn't
Since Coronella hit Canada, at the beginning I was amused seeing that>>When Coronella hit Canada, I was amused that
Then my smile disappeared when I saw the sign for certain food items with the sign only 2 items per person.>>Gave me chills, too. We are a family of seven, three generations in one household. Guess how long two of anything lasts here... Not long.
See you can get around and get more>>See, you can get around this and get more
Let's take a step back and judge: Coronella started in a communist country: people are used to obey the government and no problem with the lock down.>>What an observation!>>Let's take a step back and judge. Coronella started in a communist country. People there are used to obeying the government and have no problem with the lock-down.
It moved to the western world and here hit the disaster point: human rights!>>Darned tootin! Preach on!
I have the right to gather, the right to practice my religion, access to food and water supply etc.>>YES! But again, a comma before 'etc. :)
w the rules and screw your human>>I'd make 'Screw your human...' a separate sentence.
Do it in your own damn living room: the new sport is called jogging on the spot! >>LOL. Well worded! I'd make it two sentences, though.
Thank you Coronella, I really >>Thank you, Coronella; I really
appreciate
I am a proud and trained survival>>survivor
and I have no problem to navigate your stupidity!>>LOVE this line! Excellent!>>nd I have no problem navigating your stupidity
Blessings,
Deb
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This may be my favorite chapter so far! I did learn a lot about growing up in a Communist country from you. I feel even more blessed to have lived in Texas my whole life...
Just a few thoughts, if I may...
talk about a new, that become>> talk about a new, that's become>>for that has
the game of staying in line aligned to do your>>do you mnean 'assigned'? The one you're told to be in...
grocery shopping, electronic and even clothing>> grocery, electronic and even clothing shopping.
this is new, for me >> this is new; for me
I got 44 years of >> I have 44 years of
In communism time, >>n Communist times
such as: meat, bread, milk, yogurt, exotic fruits>>such as meat, bread, milk, yogurt and exotic fruits>>Not every list needs a colon. This will read smoother without.
we had to use coupons that allowed us to get some daily and monthly ratios. >> I think 'rations' would work better. My dad used to tell me albt this during @@ll. They had a certain amount of sugar for the month. Grandma would divide the kids' allotment into baby food jars, one each. Dad and my uncle would immeditately juse theirs. Aunt Arlene would then use hers to get them to do her chores. A teaspoon of sugar for, say, making her bed all week or washing dishes for the week. lol. She was sly! ;)
you got your stuff they cut the day from that piece of paper>> I'm not sure what you mean here. You might want to redo the sentence.
Yup, it got that days and month on it.>>Yup, it had that day's date on it. OR Yup, it had the day and month on it.
address etc.>>address, etc.
We were a family of four, so we got the right to buy>> so we had the right to buy>>This isn't wrong, I just think it sounds smoother like this, so feel free to completely ignore me! lol
limit was of 4 yogurts, 2 bottles of milks>>limit was 4 yogurts, 2 bottles of milk>>Usually, spell out any number under ten. And no need to pluralize 'milk' because the bottles were plural.
Those were in theory available everyday,>> Those were, in theory, available every day>>Everyday (one word) is like 'everyday clothes or everyday chore. It means common or ordinary. Every day (two words) means each day that passes. Hope that helps! It's a confusing language, isn't it... :)
but if you were not among the first ones in the queue you could've said good bye to these nutritious products.>>I cannot even imagine, although the past month has been like that, so I guess I'm learning...Not a fun lesson!
The way it worked was: move your bottles and jars (for yogurts) brother. the dance of the bottles began. >>Cool wording!
I can't complain, my parents were leaving us to those lines and we as good kids were buying and bringing those products at home,>>I'd make a new sentence begin after 'complain'>>and we, as good kids, were
and then prepared to go to school.>>preparing
The exotic fruits such as grapefruit, bananas, limes, oranges and tangerines, were at the time as, the hand sanitizers, masks and the toilet paper in Coronella time, hot commodities.>> The exotic fruits (grapefruit, bananas, limes, oranges and tangerines) were hot commodities, like hand sanitizers, masks and toilet paper in Coronella time.
The exotic ones, we had them once a year at Christmas, and for them you had to wait like 3 days in a row to get them. >>Wow...HOw lucky I was and didn't even know it. We didn't have a lot when I was growing up, but we never had this situation. >>We had the exotic ones once a year at Christmas, and had to wait something like 3 days in a row to get
Meat for bread, oranges for sugar etc.>>oranges for sugar, etc.
chemical industry, we were lucky, he could give>> chemical industry. We were lucky; he could give
Again, I was lucky, my dad wa>>Again, I was lucky. My dad was our
family hero
family hero, we didn't miss>>family hero. We didn't
Since Coronella hit Canada, at the beginning I was amused seeing that>>When Coronella hit Canada, I was amused that
Then my smile disappeared when I saw the sign for certain food items with the sign only 2 items per person.>>Gave me chills, too. We are a family of seven, three generations in one household. Guess how long two of anything lasts here... Not long.
See you can get around and get more>>See, you can get around this and get more
Let's take a step back and judge: Coronella started in a communist country: people are used to obey the government and no problem with the lock down.>>What an observation!>>Let's take a step back and judge. Coronella started in a communist country. People there are used to obeying the government and have no problem with the lock-down.
It moved to the western world and here hit the disaster point: human rights!>>Darned tootin! Preach on!
I have the right to gather, the right to practice my religion, access to food and water supply etc.>>YES! But again, a comma before 'etc. :)
w the rules and screw your human>>I'd make 'Screw your human...' a separate sentence.
Do it in your own damn living room: the new sport is called jogging on the spot! >>LOL. Well worded! I'd make it two sentences, though.
Thank you Coronella, I really >>Thank you, Coronella; I really
appreciate
I am a proud and trained survival>>survivor
and I have no problem to navigate your stupidity!>>LOVE this line! Excellent!>>nd I have no problem navigating your stupidity
Blessings,
Deb
Comment Written 11-May-2020
Comment from Katherine M. (k-11)
This is an interesting view on queuing in Communist countries. English people are also very strange and restrained. Even without Coronavirus (I give it its real name through respect) they queue happily and neatly (e.g. for a bus). They also really like being part of a queue, and only after a considerable time has passed do they ask what they are actually queuing for.
reply by the author on 13-May-2020
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This is an interesting view on queuing in Communist countries. English people are also very strange and restrained. Even without Coronavirus (I give it its real name through respect) they queue happily and neatly (e.g. for a bus). They also really like being part of a queue, and only after a considerable time has passed do they ask what they are actually queuing for.
Comment Written 11-May-2020
reply by the author on 13-May-2020
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Ha, Ha, Ha Katherine this is so funny:) but you are right , when i was in Paris in 2007 I was sitting aside in front of the Eifel Tower with my boyfriend, and people start line up behind us. I did' not understood why, but now I get it:)
Comment from lyenochka
I like your humorous take on how Coronella has brought back the communist way of doing things in the free world. Sigh.
" phenomena " (phenomenon) for the singular
" 1 litter of oil" (liter)
reply by the author on 13-May-2020
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I like your humorous take on how Coronella has brought back the communist way of doing things in the free world. Sigh.
" phenomena " (phenomenon) for the singular
" 1 litter of oil" (liter)
Comment Written 11-May-2020
reply by the author on 13-May-2020
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Thank you so much for correcting my litter box:) meow ,meow
Comment from royowen
We have friends that originated from Rumania Iza, and the came here in the fifties and have gone back for holidays, also from Hungary, they told us similar things, although there was rationing during the war, well done, entertaining, youre grammar is improving Iza, I think maybe you're clever, well done, blessings, Roy
Typo : One (lit(t)er of oil.
reply by the author on 13-May-2020
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We have friends that originated from Rumania Iza, and the came here in the fifties and have gone back for holidays, also from Hungary, they told us similar things, although there was rationing during the war, well done, entertaining, youre grammar is improving Iza, I think maybe you're clever, well done, blessings, Roy
Typo : One (lit(t)er of oil.
Comment Written 11-May-2020
reply by the author on 13-May-2020
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Thank you so much Mr. Roy
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Welcome Iza
Comment from Alcreator Litt Dear
The art of staying in line is known to many, stupid coronavirus cannot make everyone stupid; well said, well done; enjoyed the read; thanks for sharing this; keep posting. ALCREATOR
reply by the author on 13-May-2020
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The art of staying in line is known to many, stupid coronavirus cannot make everyone stupid; well said, well done; enjoyed the read; thanks for sharing this; keep posting. ALCREATOR
Comment Written 11-May-2020
reply by the author on 13-May-2020
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Thank you so much for reading and supporting this piece:)
