Once upon a time I truly believed the statement 'Getting people to do anything on radio during school holidays is a tall order.'
However I was happily corrected this morning. It all depends on what you ask..
YES IT'S SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
I know it's school holidays because my kids are at home burning through the
available entertainment options at record speed. And yet I still wondered (out
loud even) why one of my favourite cafe's in town had to stop taking coffee
orders all of a sudden, just to catch up on back orders. 'School Holidays of
course' said the boss, clever me.
And instantly I thought 'Welp,
this might be a slow week on the show then.' And before it had even started
this morning, I was still of that opinion based on the fact that the post I
put up overnight to get the topic of conversation started..
...failed miserably. Not a single like, share or comment. We're we all super bad at saving money right now when the price of just about everything was and still is rising?
So we changed it last minute and decided to see how many Covid Unicorns there were out there across the Border. We're talking people that still after two and a bit years, vaccinated or not, have managed to avoid this bastard thing so far.
And boy did that go nuts..
A SEA OF UNICORNS
There were about 30 comments when we finished up the show, people revealing that they hadn't had covid when others in their work places and family had. Some even knew of people who had it up to three times now and they still managed to avoid it like the plague (pun intended.) At the time of writing there's 92 comments and counting and undoubtedly that list will grow overnight and well into the next few days.
From some of the responses:
My partner and I haven’t had it and we work in customer service
I’m staying at a friends house. All of them caught it (5 people), while I didn’t catch it at all
Been to a handful of music events, my whole work place has had it, I'm still somehow clear
Neither my husband, son or I have had it. I am casual at my local hospital, husband does security work and my son goes to daycare. We've all been exposed to it but must be magic and still haven't got it
I still haven't had it. Work in construction and it's gone through the office but I still remain untouched. Even pregnant with a compromised immune system.
My entire family 
we own and operate an essential business serving customers face to
face and going into their homes.
My partner and I are both essential workers and haven’t caught it, neither has our toddler. Terrible flus though.
Missus had it 3 times Im still COVID free
There really has to be something to this or maybe (because I haven't had it
either yet) some people are luckier than others.
And with so many people
admitting they've dodged the covid bullet by mistake, maybe we should have
come up with something a little less rare than the fabled Unicorn?
THE DOCTOR IS IN BACK
Dr Michael Bonning from the NSW AMA joined us once again for a big chat about Flu season, the importance of getting a flu shot still if you haven't yet and Covid being Covid. Incredibly he even checked to make sure I followed his advice from last month and go and get my late Covid booster (which I did.)
It turns out, he's a Covid unicorn too! A fact that surprises him considering he runs a respiratory clinic daily when not talking on shows like ours. (Actually it's quite impressive how many people putting themselves on the Unicorn list are medical workers because they certainly don't get much of a chance to social distance..)
TWAS A GOOD DAY FOR BATTLE
Tomorrow marks the return of Fight For Your Flashback where it's song choice vs song choice once more (and given it's school holidays, both songs will be connected to school somehow) but yesterday afternoon it was a battle of a different kind as the wood came out to play and the kids and I ripped into a couple of games of Battle Blocks.
Introduced to us via the in laws, this is the classic game of Finska by another name and when the sun's out and you've got the space (or a great oval near by) it's a terrific way to spent half an hour. And since it's about $20 AUD for a set at K-Mart, it's very affordable school holiday entertainment.
In fact I may just set up another couple of rounds this afternoon. The sun is out again and it'd be a shame to waste this nice weather..
-Almigo
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