Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Rules For the rest of the Site also accessible on the sidebar.
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Same around my area lots of people are getting sick. But it’s normal this time of year. I remember when my daughter was in elementary and hand foot mouth virus was going around. I had never heard of it before then (mid 90s). Hoping your family stays well. So far my husband is the only one with serious virus. I’m seeing post on local Facebook groups and local news flu or flu like virus is going around. My daughter works at local clinic, she’s out on maternity leave. Her coworkers are saying the people with mild symptoms have Covid or flu. People with multiple symptoms are testing negative for everything. I’m pretty sure hubby caught it at work. My granddaughter had 101 temp & stuffy nose less than 24 hours. She’s not vaccinated and she normally doesn’t have the full blown virus like we get.