May 31, 2020 . . .

On Friday, we were going to have lunch together at Ricardo’s in Amherstburg, but due to the virus outbreak and attendant restrictions, the luncheon had to be cancelled. Too bad, too: the food there is really good!
It’s getting a little hard to remember . . . 
Does anyone remember, just what life used to be like before the outbreak. I can remember, as a child, going from Cowboys and Indians to Buck Rodgers and Flash Gordon! Wow! Space travel before Nasa and the man on the moon! Buck was in the Saturday papers and Flash was in the Serials at the movies . . .
And, then, as a young man in High School, I discovered girls. Then, there was adulthood, with all the jobs. And then, the Lay off. I remember leaving Windsor on the train, in the fall of 1961, about to join the RCAF. I met another guy at the station who was going to join as well, and when we went to sit down on the train, we both met two girls, who were both going to join. We turned the seat around, and the four of us had a party – right through to Montreal . . .
And then the real bombshell went off! The month of October, 1962, when everyone in the world thought it would all end with a Russian A-bomb! - The Cuban Missile Crisis!
Pretty soon after that, I had started work again as a civilian in Ottawa, and I married Inge.
But I could go on, and on, and on . . .
I retired to Perth, and nine years later, moved back to Windsor, and rediscovered ‘Free on Friday’ or South Windsor Seniors, as its known today. And then, Covid-19 attacked.
What was it like, before the virus? Well, as I recall, it was pretty much normal, but I don’t think life will ever be the same again. Who knows what the ‘new normal’ will be like? 
Stay safe, stay well, get some fresh air if you can, and keep smiling . . .
‘til we meet again . . .