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Sep 1, 2021Liked by John Birmingham

Thanks to Supreme Leader for Life Mark McGowan I got the Pfiiiiiizer and got double jabbed sometime in July. You joked last year about citizens of the Independent Sovereign Nation of Westralia putting easterners heads on spike at the border, and if Morrison and Gladys keep insisting that the country has to "learn to live with COVID" I think SLFLMM might institute this in reality to keep the eastern plague hordes out while we enjoy our AFL grand final and going to pubs, restaurants, cinemas and the theatre in the hermit kingdom ☹

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I have wondered how he plans to hold an AFL grand final without letting at least _some_ of the plague-ridden eastern hordes in. Unless it's Eagles vs Fremantle. Footballers have shown themselves to be a bit ambivalent about quarantine rules in the past.

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The WA police commissioner has banned Eddie McGuire and his sons from attending, and SLFLMM has publicly stated that McGuire is "not essential to football" thereby ensuring, if he hadn't already, his status as Premier for Life.

I suspect that the plague ridden Eastern hordes are going to be subject to stringent quarantine and testing, and that their numbers will be kept at a minimum. I don't think the ISNoW cares who plays the grand final, if it's in Perth it'll be a sell out for the sheer novelty factor 😊

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Sep 1, 2021Liked by John Birmingham

Excercise is only allowed if and when you wear the "Vaxxed and waxed T-shirt" ;-)

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Sep 1, 2021Liked by John Birmingham

I got COVID in January and the Moderna vaccine in Feb/Mar. Since I also had a heart attack (March 2020, needed to be hit with the paddles in gym) I am assuming that God knows where I am if he wants me.

Therefore I am feeling pretty good about life and ready to start going on cruises in November out of Florida.

Good luck in the gym. One of my reactions to the pandemic was to put a full gym, including sauna, in the unfinished basement.

A healthy writer is a happy and productive writer.

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Jeez mate. I’ve seen those paddles at the gym. Didn’t know they’d ever been used

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I was/am the luckiest guy on the planet. There was a paramedic on a bench press 20 feet away when I hit the floor.

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Sep 1, 2021Liked by John Birmingham

I hear your 5G reception should be top notch now😁

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I had my second AZ shot a 28 July. Forget the gym now let see you take on the great challenge that is negotiating the government's Mygov immunization record and download the COVID vaccination certificate to your iphone.

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That site claimed that I could put mine on my Android too, but it didn't take. PDF looks legit though :-) No bar code or anything. I'm sure that's a magical unforgeable coat of arms that's securing it...

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Sigh: I've just realized that it isn't even correct any more, with AstraZeneca being renamed to Vaxzevria, for compatibility with Europe and Canada.

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As mentioned the 5G reception ought to be pretty good now. I've had the two vaccinations and find reception is great, although the broadcasts from Bill Gates and Xi Jinping get annoying (although his recommendation for the Szechuan Chicken was a good one). Attracting ferrous metals at random times does get annoying though.

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Funny enough, I had my second AZ jab 12 days ago too. No tentacles, and can barely get 4G in a strong gust. If it weren't for the invisible viro-shield, I'd feel ripped off.

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I got my second Pfizer shot Tuesday. And I had a sore arm, nausea and man flu like symptoms. Luckily it all wore off at 10pm last night. So I need to wait a few weeks until I can strut around.

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I thought Astra Zeneca was a new model Holden car, I'm discombobulted.

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