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In reply to the discussion: The country is shutting down [View all]Chainfire
(17,530 posts)I am shutting down too!
The state agency that my wife works for has decided to let anyone over age 60 or with other significant issues to work from home. (my wife qualifies on both points) My wife will have to go in on Monday, pick up a secure laptop and work from here. She retires in three weeks, so she will not go back to her office after Monday. On her retirement day, she will box up the laptop, send it back, and I am going to strongly suggest that she also change here cell phone number. I did that on my way home from my last day of work just to let the institution know, that while I was loyal as hell as long as I was on the payroll, that I no longer gave a damn about what happened at work.
It is my plan to not leave my property for at least the next three or four weeks, and I have provisions for eight weeks without having to make any dietary changes. I am changing the security code on my driveway gate and hanging a "No Trespassing" sign on it, and I will stay here and work on flower beds and fixing the roof on the barn, and building new fence. I am going to name my place The Hermitage and live up to it.
I am nearly 70, and I have heart issues; based on the proposition that it is better to be too cautious than too lax, I am going to let all of the heroes continue life as if everything was normal while I hide out......(I come from a long line of cowards with exceptionally long lifespans)