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My trip to Vegas has turned into an unfortunate thing apparently. I've shared my overly obsessive trips to Vegas before and the deals and bargains I find. It's become kind of a thing for me. But there is also a new challenge to this year's trip and that is covid-19. Which has become more a focus then my usual bargain hunting.
But since it's been brought up I would first like to explain my mindset concerning our current pandemic. As we all know I was the first to bring the pandemic to the attention of the forum. I was also the first to not only warn everyone that this could be a serious event but to also put my money where my mouth was and purchase things like face masks and PPE.
Also I have tried to focus on ways to help this forum community and the community I live in during this pandemic. While I have only mentioned it twice at the height of the pandemic and the beginning of the lockdown I made posts in this forum and in the Portland forum of reddit asking if anyone needed help. That led to me spending hundreds of hours volunteering my time and effort that included delivering groceries, prescriptions, taking people to doctor's appointments, I set up zoom conferences for funerals, loaded and showed old people how to use delivery apps on phones and computers, and even got someone into a battered women's shelter after they had tested positive for covid. I have also helped a few privately in the forum that have had problems caused by the pandemic.
I'm not saying to get any praise, I'm merely pointing this out to show that from the beginning and throughout I have taken this pandemic seriously and have tried to help others.
It has also made me very used to properly wearing PPE and effective sanitation which is very important during this.
My trip to Vegas has turned into an unfortunate thing apparently. I've shared my overly obsessive trips to Vegas before and the deals and bargains I find. It's become kind of a thing for me. But there is also a new challenge to this year's trip and that is covid-19. Which has become more a focus then my usual bargain hunting.
But since it's been brought up I would first like to explain my mindset concerning our current pandemic. As we all know I was the first to bring the pandemic to the attention of the forum. I was also the first to not only warn everyone that this could be a serious event but to also put my money where my mouth was and purchase things like face masks and PPE.
Also I have tried to focus on ways to help this forum community and the community I live in during this pandemic. While I have only mentioned it twice at the height of the pandemic and the beginning of the lockdown I made posts in this forum and in the Portland forum of reddit asking if anyone needed help. That led to me spending hundreds of hours volunteering my time and effort that included delivering groceries, prescriptions, taking people to doctor's appointments, I set up zoom conferences for funerals, loaded and showed old people how to use delivery apps on phones and computers, and even got someone into a battered women's shelter after they had tested positive for covid. I have also helped a few privately in the forum that have had problems caused by the pandemic.
I'm not saying to get any praise, I'm merely pointing this out to show that from the beginning and throughout I have taken this pandemic seriously and have tried to help others.
It has also made me very used to properly wearing PPE and effective sanitation which is very important during this.
