major-mark63

Hold on my COD5 buddy ,
ill send good positive thinking for you.
hope to klink you soon
Mark your favorite Major.

Hello every body ,
Im from Canada , here is my opinion and self experience about Coronavirus.
I was returning from a 16 days cruise on march 1st , to port of Los Angeles , three days after i was ill , slight fever headaches coughing a lot , and runny nose, two days after , i had to call ambulance to get me to hospital cause of difficulty breathing, bubble sound in my lung , impossible to stay abed or even sit too much coughing .
At my local hospital they isolate me in a special room , and they took special protocol to threat me and test me for different disease including covid-19 and flu .
The personnal of hospital thanked me because i told them all the good information and i didnt get in the emergency wiating area to possible infecting people there.
Thx god everything was negative , but they treated me for infection in the lungs with penicillin for 10 days and i has statex also for helping me sleep and not coughing.
Our government took it seriously and the put lock down mesures to slow down virus spread to insure the system is gonna be able to treat and have enough equipement to cure citizens.
They do not want to loose control like Italy who reacted too late and doctors had to choose who they gonna treat.
Here its easier beacuse everyone as free hospital and all of this. We are still limited by bed availiabilty and breathing equipement.
In US i read that over 35 millions people are not insured (including the illegals) . hope you not loosing control of the spread.
This virus gonna cost a lot of money and gonna put finances of most country to enormous deficits , and i say also lot enterprises gonna run bankrupt hope this not gonna put the world in big recession.
I think we should take this serious and think to save our elders and others with health bad conditon.
I hope 1'll never be responsible to infect another and possibly send im into death .
Take care evrybody.
Mark
 

Who let the door open and let him in ?! ... I'm just kidding legi, welcome to the forums ! Your English sounds good to me as well, so don't be shy about it ! English isn't my first language either; I speak French. 
I'll kill you again soon, hopefully ! lol
 

Here its the same i donno why people  they afraid of paper toilet miss, can we do it like old time , wash with water and a towel,  newspaper is not much and option now , not good to use ipad or iphone to clean lol.
This fear was taken from australia  cause the paper was coming from China mainly.
In US and Canada we produce are own paper .... i dont understand this panic.....
Mark

This is what the virus does to people....they use more toilet paper and paper towels
 

Thanks Tron. Good information.
Some are quick to dismiss this but I believe we're in a world of hurt. There is NO stopping an epidemic like this. There's no containing it. Most of the world is going to get sick and there are two things about that that really frighten me: that it could evolve faster than vaccines and that apparently, you can be reinfected. If these prove true, many of us are going to die.
Yes, flu has killed far more people because so many more people that coronavirus get flu. But that's going to change. And, coronavirus is far, far more deadlier.
While only one tenth of a percent of flu victims die, coronavirus is 34 times more deadly, killing 3.4 percent of victims. And the older you are, the far deadlier it is.
Flu kills only .8 percent of victims over age 65. With coronavirus, If you're under 50 about 1.3 percent of victims die. But if you're 50-59 that more than doubles to 3.6 percent. It doubles again over age 70 to 8 percent and if you're over 80, 15 percent of victims die.
Other factors also increase your risk of death from coronavirus. For instance, when coronavirus attacks, the body's immune system is completely overwhelmed. If your immune system is compromised as mine is you're at greater risk. Ground zero is the lungs and many patients develop pneumonia in both. Because I smoked for 50 years and have restrictive lung disease I'm at much greater risk. And, it leads to kidney failure. I have only about 30 percent of kidney function as is. If I get coronavirus, I'm toast. But I don't see how to prevent that unless I move to Antartica.
We'll see what happens. Wish all of you the best. Things are going to get very bad in every country as it spreads.

Greetings friends,
I would like to start this post by stating that my goal is not to instill panic, but to provide an analysis on this situation which I believe I am qualified to do and to perhaps prompt some of you to take this Covid-19 situation more seriously. I have an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry, a Doctor of Medicine degree and completed my residency training at the Mayo Clinic. I practiced medicine for 10 years. I have co-authored several scientific papers and know how to interpret scientific data. I have spent dozens of hours over the last 6 weeks combing through the available data surrounding this virus outbreak. This is not “just another flu”. The main reason for serious concern is the fact that our medical system is not prepared or equipped to deal with the surge in demand we are likely to see as this situation unfolds. While our government did eventually cut off travel arrivals from China, it was too little too late. Hundreds of thousands of people from China arrived in America before this ban went into effect, many of them likely infected and asymptomatic. Additionally, our CDC and FDA were asleep at the wheel, and in typical government bureaucratic fashion fucked the management of this up due to their desire to maintain total control of the testing procedure. This is now a situation of containment. It’s a numbers game. Yes, if you are under 65 and healthy you are not likely to become seriously ill if infected with Covid-19. However, do you have family, friends or neighbors that are older, or have pre-existing health problems? Are you willing to be so cavalier about this outbreak and be the reason one of these people ends up hospitalized? We do not have the capacity here in America to deal with tens of thousands of people that need an ICU bed. We have about 100k ICU beds here in the USA. At this very moment, approximately 75-80k of those beds are occupied with people sick from all sorts of regular ailments (yes, including some with “regular flu”) Below are some recently updated  numbers from Italy and Korea to hopefully wake you “it’s just the flu” bros the fuck up. 
 
Italy
-Total cases +25% 3089—->3858
-Death Toll +38% 107—->148
-ICU +19% 295—>351
-Hospitalized +33% 1346—->1790
 
Horrific data points out of Lombardy, Italy
9-10% cases in ICU
10% of doctors and nurses can’t work because they tested positive
South Korea
-Total cases 5766—>6284
-Death toll 35—>42
 
Almost all of the data coming out of China has been complete bullshit. Including all of the latest data showing that they have almost no new cases and most people have recovered.  At one point in China, 700 million people were locked down and forced to home quarantine. Do you honestly believe they would do that for “just another flu”? Here in America we have been behind the curve and have not been doing the appropriate amount of testing and social distancing needed to slow the spread enough to prevent eventually overwhelming our healthcare system. South Korea has done a much better job with this, and they still are dealing with a rapid increase in cases. If this doesn’t change soon, we are in big trouble here in America. We cannot build a hospital in 10 days like they did in China. We do not have excess ventilators and nursing staff. If you do not take this situation seriously, you are actually becoming part of the problem. I wish all of you the best. I consider all of you my friends, and I hope that none of you ultimately become sick, or have a family member who becomes sick. I’d recommend obvious common sense stuff such as frequent hand washing and using hand sanitizer, but I’d also suggest avoiding crowded situations if they are not necessary. It’s possible that if enough people change their behavior, and all of the large conferences and gatherings are canceled or postponed we can minimize the impact of this on our society. If not, we are going to have a similar situation to China and Italy very soon. It’s entirely possible it’s too late to stop that from occurring. Be prepared for school closures and travel disruptions. Ideally, be prepared to spend a minimum of two weeks (three-four better) without leaving your home. Have enough food, medicine, (alcohol) etc that you could hunker down and avoid contact with others and public places. Chances of needing to do this are not astronomical, but they are also not zero. 
 
Peace out and good luck.
 
 

I've been to Quebec now thats a country  

hi all here is a list of country i travelled for leisure since 2003 .
I live in east Canada with long winters so  i travelled  a lot to warm me off .
USA of course (many times most eastern part )
Mexico (west coast and riviera maya few times)
and mostly  Caribeean spots:
Cuba (3 times)
Bahamas (2 times)
Bermuda 2 (times)
Turk and Caicos
US Virgin island and Porto-Rico (before the big hurricanes)
Sint-Maarteen
Antigua
Dominica
Martinique (2 times) and Guadeloupe
St-Lucia (2 times)
Barbados
Grenada
Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela (margarita island  years ago when safer )
Columbia( main and SanAndres island
Roatan Island Honduras
Belize
Jamaica (2 times)
Cayman island
Dominican  republic (2times)
EUROPE:
Italy
Greece  (main and few islands on cruise)
Turkey ( west coast)
This feb im going on a 16 days cruise from Miami to LA  across Panama canal to celebrate my retirement so more vacations to come lol
thx
Mark
 
 

hi all here is a list of country i travelled for leisure since 2003 .
I live in east Canada with long winters so  i travelled  a lot to warm me off .
USA of course (many times most eastern part )
Mexico (west coast and riviera maya few times)
and mostly  Caribeean spots:
Cuba (3 times)
Bahamas (2 times)
Bermuda 2 (times)
Turk and Caicos
US Virgin island and Porto-Rico (before the big hurricanes)
Sint-Maarteen
Antigua
Dominica
Martinique (2 times) and Guadeloupe
St-Lucia (2 times)
Barbados
Grenada
Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela (margarita island  years ago when safer )
Columbia( main and SanAndres island
Roatan Island Honduras
Belize
Jamaica (2 times)
Cayman island
Dominican  republic (2times)
EUROPE:
Italy
Greece  (main and few islands on cruise)
Turkey ( west coast)
This feb im going on a 16 days cruise from Miami to LA  across Panama canal to celebrate my retirement so more vacations to come lol
thx
Mark
 
 

hi all here is a list of country i travelled for leisure since 2003 .
I live in east Canada with long winters so  i travelled  a lot to warm me off .
USA of course (many times most eastern part )
Mexico (west coast and riviera maya few times)
and mostly  Caribeean spots:
Cuba (3 times)
Bahamas (2 times)
Bermuda 2 (times)
Turk and Caicos
US Virgin island and Porto-Rico (before the big hurricanes)
Sint-Maarteen
Antigua
Dominica
Martinique (2 times) and Guadeloupe
St-Lucia (2 times)
Barbados
Grenada
Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela (margarita island  years ago when safer )
Columbia( main and SanAndres island
Roatan Island Honduras
Belize
Jamaica (2 times)
Cayman island
Dominican  republic (2times)
EUROPE:
Italy
Greece  (main and few islands on cruise)
Turkey ( west coast)
This feb im going on a 16 days cruise from Miami to LA  across Panama canal to celebrate my retirement so more vacations to come lol
thx
Mark
 
 

i made a post in their anniversary post that dadda made of his and Sandra's 39th. i had to think back many many years to the way i first heard, read & remembered this poem, the author was unknown, it was in the 70's when i learned/remembered it. so, here you go.
 
                                                                                                To Dadda, my only true XI friend!
 
 
Immortality


 
Do not stand over my grave and weep,

I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow,

I am the diamond glints on snow.

I am the sunshine on un-pined grain,

I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awake in the morning's hush,

I am the quite swift un-flinging rush of

birds in guiding flight,

I am the soft star shine at night.

Do not stand over my grave and cry,

I am not there, I did not die!


 
Author Unknown


I'll be seeing you man!

I didnt know Dadda personnally but only by reputation , dying at 59 so early  RIP for him and i send prayers to his family .
I am 56 now and i was hesitating to take my retirement , but in the last days a had a lot of signs saying thats the time to enjoy life fulfully cause it can stop very fast .
Hope there is a paradise special for gamers .
CYA Dadda
 

I wish i could be an american citizen to share theses meals and goodies wtih you.
I wish to my American neighbours and happy thx giving week-end and dont forget the ''Tums '' on monday morning lol

needed breakfast this morning

COD5 DM vs FT
 
Who is better in COD5??
 Freeze tag or Deathmatch players????
Join us on Sunday September 29th to find out!
This is open to everyone!! all level of players, dont be shy you have to be in it to win it!!!
The first part of the rumble will be the COD5 TDM server(162.248.95.150:28960) and be running the TDM mod. 2 DM maps will be played.
Then everyone will move to the COD5 FT server(162.248.95.175:28960) to play 2 FT maps.
Please be sure you have accessed these servers before hand to get the mods.
If a tie breaker is needed the total points from each round will be added for each team and last map will be played on that teams server.
The mod and server rules used for the tournament are the same as what you play by now .
No offensive names, language or behaviour towards admins or other players (in any language).
No glitching / going outside of the map.
All weapons and perks available allowed.
Spawncamping is allowed.
Teams
We want YOU !!!  Put your name down below this post to join.
Each team will consist of (to be determined) players, One of whom will be Team Captain. Players can register to play under this post.
 A team Captain can be choosen after the team is finalized. Screen shots are to be submitted for final tally of rumble by team captain to the XI forums.
I post will be made for this purpose.Each round must have a screen shot,so there maybe a few on the team and the captain will submit.So there should be 6
screenshots from the DM server and 6 from the FT server.Plus if overtime 3 more.
Team captain also make sure your team is all in Teamspeak. ts.xtremeidiots.com:9182
Schedule
The rumble  will be played on Sunday September 29th, 3pm EST
Atlantic Standard Time (AST),4pm
British Standard Time (BST) , 8pm
 Eastern Standard Time (EST), 3pm
Central Standard Time (CST), 1pm
Mountain Standard Time (MST),12pm
 Pacific Standard Time (PST)12 pm
Australian Central Daylight Savings Time 4:30am
Maps
This will be 2 maps on COD5 TDM server and 2 maps on COD5 FT server.
The maps to be played are predetermined. The maps  will not be made public before the match, so as to keep it fair between
the teams who have time to over-practice on a map and those who don't.
 A map is played until one team reaches 3 rounds won. All 2 maps are to be played.
Stock maps will be used 
Spectators
During  rumble no spectator can be allowed to watch the matches, so as to prevent unfair help from spectators to players with the exception of Blackrose and an admin.

Oh my god !!! no more excuses not to be better than me now LOL.
Have only 33mbps here , klink you soon!!!
Mark

View for today, note the island way in the back?
That's the famous seal island with the breaching Great white sharks.

Anyone wants some snow? its for sale as it looks today april 17th.2019
i sell it by cubic foot.
It's free shipping if you buy it all.
Whish i could mower my lawn grass.
If you found this bad you should see how much more they had in Eastern Quebec !!
Have a nice day LOL
 

Anyone wants some snow? its for sale as it looks today april 17th.2019
i sell it by cubic foot.
It's free shipping if you buy it all.
Whish i could mower my lawn grass.
If you found this bad you should see how much more they had in Eastern Quebec !!
Have a nice day LOL
 

Yes i indeed saw it , strange ...lol

No , but i was back from vacation and my brain was still in Cancun mode lol....

I congrats to you Harry , but im asking , can i still klink you even Head admin??? , never did it before??

Dont wanna a fun breaker but in my place winter is there since last november 17th, and today high was -21C or around -6F , damn f.. cold and tomorrow forecast is additionnal 15 inches of snow!!!!!!!!
Mark BRRRRRRRRR

Dont wanna a fun breaker but in my place winter is there since last november 17th, and today high was -21C or around -6F , damn f.. cold and tomorrow forecast is additionnal 15 inches of snow!!!!!!!!
Mark BRRRRRRRRR