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years. Even locusts made a semblance of a reappearance with 2021 being the 17th year of the cicada (#5) reemergence, and many of us have had the eastern lubber grasshopper devour our gardens. They’re indestructible, except to a pair of loppers or a well-thrown brick. We Lubins had our own little minor plague of dry wood termites (#5a) and had to tent. A pain of biblical proportions (a little literary license there).
And there are some more “modernistic” plagues around. The cargo ship, Ever Given, stuck in the Suez Canal for 6 days, was just the tip of the iceberg in shipping delays, with hundreds of other cargo ships backed up in ports around the world, thus de- laying consumer items from reaching retail outlets. There was a shortage of everything from cars to toys to toilet paper, and even bottle caps (that’s why they’re out of varieties of Gatorade, according to Publix) resulting in the “Sorry, we’re out” plague (#7).
The misinformation plague (#8) based mainly on the Inter- net, with regards to COVID, elections, celebrities, TikTok chal- lenges, your ex brother-in-law, and now the Facebook allega- tions...good luck, Zuck!
And it doesn’t matter which side you’re on, Republi- can, Democrat, or Independent, or bipartisan, but a divided Congress (#9) is a plague in its own right.
And lastly, on my list anyway, but I’m sure there are others, is cable TV (#10). We all have our horror stories to tell. Mine recently involved Frontier Communications, HBOMax, and Google Play, all nicely assembled together for one Frankenstei- nian horror tale.
It’s been a helluva two years. Maybe this year, “It can only get better” has a chance. We’ve had positive things happen too. Some of us have had children, grandchildren, gotten married, attended weddings and other family events, been to a Super Bowl, a Stanley Cup, finally gotten to a concert, or even just eaten out at a restaurant.
Things might be looking up.
Let’s all hope!
Happy Holidays and a healthy and prosperous New Year to you all!
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