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Post by Terra Incognita on Apr 11, 2020 21:14:27 GMT
Miles is right, Don. More power to you if you're one of those people who are doing exactly what needs to be done and can find at least a silver lining to this verifiably strange experience.
The government's making me work at home, so some days are good and some bad, as expected. Same for the five kids I have to feed (my oldest's girlfriend is stuck with us for the duration) and keep an eye on -- it has its ups and downs. I haven't had to go shopping for groceries for nearly 3 weeks, now, but the ever-lengthening waiting times and online unavailability of certain products and necessities are making it home deliveries more difficult and hit-and-miss; I may just have to put on my hazmat suit and go to the supermarket myself once in a while.
I'm trying to use whateve spare time I have to catch up on reading and movies, but I always find myself drifting back to Covid news for the latest national and international updates. It's constantly on my mind, at the forefront and in the background. I imagine it's the same for all the parents out there.
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Post by miles on Apr 11, 2020 22:15:32 GMT
"I'm trying to use whateve spare time I have to catch up on reading and movies, but I always find myself drifting back to Covid news for the latest national and international updates. It's constantly on my mind, at the forefront and in the background. I imagine it's the same for all the parents out there." I have a lot of reading material, but find my attention span shorter than I would like. Same for my work, hard to concentrate for long periods, but I keep at it. No kids, but the cat has been working both of us effectively
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Post by donavan on Apr 11, 2020 23:09:55 GMT
Covid news by politicians is very sketchy. And the journalists aren't asking the right questions. And the truth is being obstructed by politicians. Who are not telling the truth. And the truth is they cut everything to the bone in the name of austerity. And this came along and exposed it for what it is. But still they carry on pretending whilst people on the front line do all they can without the protection they need. And people die. And the sad thing is apart from the heartache, is that no lessons will be learnt. We will return to something like normal. And do it all again. And so it goes.
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Post by Mare on Apr 12, 2020 0:51:31 GMT
There is always a weak link, an individual who cracks and decides to face the menace directly, instead of remaining in relative safety. With crazed expression, they rush out the door, out of the trenches, or past the circled wagons. What you said made me flash on the Passengers of Flight 93...sometimes those that rush the cockpit door are more brave than an army of presidents/leaders...and they will be remembered for their heroic act that doubtless saved many others. He/she who hides behind the heroes is nuthin' but a chicken. I feel weird wearing a hanky over my face-some red and white Levi Strauss neckerchief that I got I keep wanting to say "Reach for the sky, Podner!"
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Post by Mare on Apr 12, 2020 0:57:11 GMT
Miles is right, Don. More power to you if you're one of those people who are doing exactly what needs to be done and can find at least a silver lining to this verifiably strange experience. The government's making me work at home, so some days are good and some bad, as expected. Same for the five kids I have to feed (my oldest's girlfriend is stuck with us for the duration) and keep an eye on -- it has its ups and downs. I haven't had to go shopping for groceries for nearly 3 weeks, now, but the ever-lengthening waiting times and online unavailability of certain products and necessities are making it home deliveries more difficult and hit-and-miss; I may just have to put on my hazmat suit and go to the supermarket myself once in a while. I'm trying to use whateve spare time I have to catch up on reading and movies, but I always find myself drifting back to Covid news for the latest national and international updates. It's constantly on my mind, at the forefront and in the background. I imagine it's the same for all the parents out there. "I find myself drifting back to Covid..." Yes, for sure, Terra. I hated grocery shopping a lot before, now I despise it completely. Not only is it a crap shoot whether what I need will be there, I feel bad about the store employees, the nurses and other healthcare professionals, the police, fire and EMT workers. I isolated before. I have been worried about germs for 30 years. I like it at home. I kinda feel like lots of people are catching up with me on the germ front. It is a really weird part of my life right now.
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Post by Mare on Apr 12, 2020 1:01:57 GMT
Covid news by politicians is very sketchy. And the journalists aren't asking the right questions. And the truth is being obstructed by politicians. Who are not telling the truth. And the truth is they cut everything to the bone in the name of austerity. And this came along and exposed it for what it is. But still they carry on pretending whilst people on the front line do all they can without the protection they need. And people die. And the sad thing is apart from the heartache, is that no lessons will be learnt. We will return to something like normal. And do it all again. And so it goes. Yeah, the journalist try at the White House press conferences-Trump even shoots down the scientists' answers now. The willfully ignorant irk me. History does repeat because the people in power were too busy winning popularity contests when they should have been reading all the history from around this world. (There are lots of different versions of the same events.) I am still wondering where the Russian figures on CoVID-19 are.
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Post by miles on Apr 12, 2020 1:09:52 GMT
They say impending doom focuses the mind. So I must be safe for now.
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Post by Finntrovertigo on Apr 12, 2020 1:52:30 GMT
My dad and stepmom made makeshift masks last night, so they made one for me. I was going to make one myself, but they beat me to it. Great minds think alike.
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Post by Terra Incognita on Apr 12, 2020 12:08:58 GMT
I've broken open my 500 bread recipe book and gone on a baking binge: regular bread, jam bread, country-style, cornbread, olive bread, no yeast bread, focaccia... I've only just begun! I use instant yeast, so it takes much less time for the dough to rise before I throw it in the oven. The children love the results and often join in the kneading. Stress relief, I guess.
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Post by Suzi on Apr 12, 2020 12:18:40 GMT
First issue are my non compliant neighbours. I live on a nice street in an area of town that is sought after for home owners. I have always liked most of these people until this COVID nonsense started. No social distancing plus friends and family in and out of their homes constantly. I've got two do-gooders currently ...one, a displaced high school teacher who has organized a food drive for the neighbourhood. She gets all kinds of love and gratitude heaped on her for what she's doing while she lets her kids outside to play basketball with other neighbour kids. Then, I've got another one up the street that came up with an idea to clean up garbage; again everyone loves that. But her son, from a different part of the province has been back and forth at their home twice now (same for my neighbour across the street but it's her daughter) but go online to Facebook and they're carrying on constantly about 'staying at home.'
What have I learned here? My neighbours, who I thought could follow rules can't and are utter hypocrites. I have one neighbour that has totally gone off the rails and I can't even talk to her anymore. We used to go out for social distance walks but I was always yelling at her to move when others approached and she just doesn't seem to get keeping her distance period.
Now, the bad part. Again my husband and son work in grocery. There is little in the way of PPE's for either. I'm not belittling front line health care workers and believe that they should be the first in line for these things, but what people don't realize is that in a grocery store during a regular 8 hour shift, my husband is around a rotating swarm of different people .... and more of them than any health care worker even in a busy emergency room hospital setting. Again, no PPE's. He washes his hands and certain things handled with gloves. No masks. My son, no different. So, the next time everyone thinks they're safe at home? You are unless you're my family. It's a constant worry.
We're like Don. Not finding the 'isolation' thing that isolating. We've never our whole married life lived where our family are so we've gone long periods of time not seeing them so this isn't a stretch. But, you have to watch who you say that to. They seem to take it as a slight. I'm finding that families that have been born, raised and continue to live all in the same place aren't doing well with this. Being close, either physically, mentally and geographically is great but they all just look at it as being 'kept' apart and not 'kept' safe.
Generally, we are fine. If anyone has some good advice on the non-compliance thing with neighbour's I'd really appreciate it. My current solution is a baseball bat to the head. Not so good.
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Post by Finntrovertigo on Apr 12, 2020 17:00:50 GMT
Generally, we are fine. If anyone has some good advice on the non-compliance thing with neighbour's I'd really appreciate it. My current solution is a baseball bat to the head. Not so good. This is a bad idea, Suzi. Way too much blood spatter with a baseball bat, thus increasing the risk of spreading coronavirus. You need to find a cleaner method of murder. I suggest poison.
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Post by Mare on Apr 12, 2020 17:04:13 GMT
I've broken open my 500 bread recipe book and gone on a baking binge: regular bread, jam bread, country-style, cornbread, olive bread, no yeast bread, focaccia... I've only just begun! I use instant yeast, so it takes much less time for the dough to rise before I throw it in the oven. The children love the results and often join in the kneading. Stress relief, I guess. Stress relief and family bonding! Good deal, Terra!
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Post by Mare on Apr 12, 2020 17:17:20 GMT
What have I learned here? My neighbours, who I thought could follow rules can't and are utter hypocrites. I have one neighbour that has totally gone off the rails and I can't even talk to her anymore. We used to go out for social distance walks but I was always yelling at her to move when others approached and she just doesn't seem to get keeping her distance period. Now, the bad part. Again my husband and son work in grocery. There is little in the way of PPE's for either. I'm not belittling front line health care workers and believe that they should be the first in line for these things, but what people don't realize is that in a grocery store during a regular 8 hour shift, my husband is around a rotating swarm of different people .... and more of them than any health care worker even in a busy emergency room hospital setting. Again, no PPE's. He washes his hands and certain things handled with gloves. No masks. My son, no different. So, the next time everyone thinks they're safe at home? You are unless you're my family. It's a constant worry. Suzi, thank you for adding to my knowledge of how this is affecting what I consider Front Line Family information. I think your guys should have PPE's and shields of some type when they are face to face with a ton of people and can't move away, in particular. I would be so worried about my family members, and truly, there is no "safe at home" when you have to deal with their shoes, clothing and other things that the germs can apparently live on for a couple days. It isn't like you can steam clean your people. I am thinking of you, your family, donavan and his family...I have the hope that all are safe and healthy and all stay that way. Bloody do-gooder neighbors that can't even get through to their own kids! Instead of less people out on the streets, there are many more out in my area.
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Post by miles on Apr 12, 2020 18:23:24 GMT
What have I learned here? My neighbours, who I thought could follow rules can't and are utter hypocrites. I have one neighbour that has totally gone off the rails and I can't even talk to her anymore. We used to go out for social distance walks but I was always yelling at her to move when others approached and she just doesn't seem to get keeping her distance period. Now, the bad part. Again my husband and son work in grocery. There is little in the way of PPE's for either. I'm not belittling front line health care workers and believe that they should be the first in line for these things, but what people don't realize is that in a grocery store during a regular 8 hour shift, my husband is around a rotating swarm of different people .... and more of them than any health care worker even in a busy emergency room hospital setting. Again, no PPE's. He washes his hands and certain things handled with gloves. No masks. My son, no different. So, the next time everyone thinks they're safe at home? You are unless you're my family. It's a constant worry. We're like Don. Not finding the 'isolation' thing that isolating. We've never our whole married life lived where our family are so we've gone long periods of time not seeing them so this isn't a stretch. But, you have to watch who you say that to. They seem to take it as a slight. I'm finding that families that have been born, raised and continue to live all in the same place aren't doing well with this. Being close, either physically, mentally and geographically is great but they all just look at it as being 'kept' apart and not 'kept' safe. Generally, we are fine. If anyone has some good advice on the non-compliance thing with neighbour's I'd really appreciate it. My current solution is a baseball bat to the head. Not so good. Suzi, I don't know how to get through to people like your neighbors. It seems to be human nature to either ignore the isolating rules or become totally paranoid. The mental health issues are getting more obvious and irrational behavior. Being a solitary sort, it is like nothing changed for me except no eating out and the ritual of food shopping is serious business. You forget something, too bad, you have to wait a week, and hope it is still there.
I hope your husband and son can get better protection. The lack of testing and supplies are making this 10 times worse.
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Post by donavan on Apr 12, 2020 22:33:18 GMT
Would guns help? You do seem to like them.
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