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THE BEST NETFLIX COOKING SERIES

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My day now is simple:  I eat three meals with no snacks in between, take a nap, do some exercising, watch TV and go to sleep.  I do go out once/week to shop for essential cuisine enhancement items and now and then try to walk 18 holes on a golf course. Sports programs have returned with the MBL playoffs, the NBA has their final and college sports have returned,  meaning my Netflix time will be reduced.  As it is, I"m watching so many series that I can't remember where I left off.  So today, to guide me in the future when I return to any program, I will identify what episode in which season is next for me.  Today I focus on cooking programs with Rotten Tomatoes ratings at 100%, or close. I consider the first one to be the most enjoyable, and sixth the least, in that order: Midnight Diner :  first season rated at 100% by reviewers.  Way back in June I reviewed this serie s.  I'm now at #9 of 10 episodes.  The simplicity of the cuisine, t...

HOW I'M SURVIVING THIS PANDEMIC

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 With 16% of the population, those 65 and older account for 80% of all COVID-19 deaths .  I wonder why there is so much difference, but here is a map showing the percentage of all country deaths occurring in assisted living communities: I live in one of these long-term centers, and I can point to two minor-miracles: So far, 15 Craigside has had no coronavirus cases.  No cases, no deaths.  At one time I was maybe a too pronounced critic of life here, but long ago came to a conclusion that, with the available funds and test kits, the administration was doing everything possible they could to protect us.  So I'm now mostly thankful as to how lucky we have been ( the pandemic is still around us ), for those asymptomatic staff cases of people working here has to be an unknown factor they can do nothing about.  Helps if everyone can get tested at least once/week, but who has that kind of budget, and only the White House, professional sport and college footba...