The Real Sentinel News, Meanwhile 200426

The Sentinel All the news that's fit to print and some that's not.
The Stay in Place Drags on As we enter year 3 of the stay in place order some folks are getting restless. They have rearranged furniture 16 times now. The internet is so over crowded it has slowed down to the old dial up speed we started with over the old AT&T landlines. Most 8 year-olds are now ready to enter college, having breezed through grade school and high school in record time. The government has gone bankrupt, mired in debt after sending out checks for such an extended time with no income taxes coming into the treasury. Grave yards across the country have long been filled and now Nevada has a new industry for all of those deserted sand flats. Some day the sun will come out; the weather will be warm and life will return to normal. That assumes that people will remember what normal was before it was no longer normal. My hope is there will be a period of time with people getting together and enjoying life again, before the zombie apocalypse. Think what you will, but it could happen.	New Neighbor Pete Pete is a nice man, retired army, kind and very interesting. He always has a story to share (at strict social distancing of course). He seems to know everybody around the place and is friendly to all. He is a great man. He has First cavalry division insignia's on his truck, but with his powers of observation I wonder if he was also in army intelligence, either way he is a good man. He has an American flag flying over our head every day and that is great to see. I joined the navy thinking I would see the world, but only saw south Asia in almost 11 years, while Pete and my Nephew Patrick saw the whole world. What is wrong with that picture?	Friction and Pain I remember reading a post from a doctor that said pain was God's greatest gift to mankind. It took years to understand that, but now I get it. Without pain a human being could walk his/her feet down to nothing and die before he/she even knew what happened. Without friction airplane throttles could slip into zero throttle and crash. Without friction, sex and orgasm would be impossible. Think about that for a minute and I am sure you will be thankful for friction, even though friction can can ruin your 300 horse power car, it's worth it for being able to have sex, am I wrong here?