Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[electrycmonk]

Hmmmmm ... My preference was definitely Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Green Jeans! Still, an update... Holy Cow, what a mess that whole thing is/was/remains! It's been a trying, overly dramatic, draining month - and now summer is over and I missed the whole thing. We ALL missed the whole thing.
I'm just feeling very low at the moment ... and you did ask. Silly You!

Of course I did ask.
I much prefer Mr. green Jeans as well! The Cap't & 3,2,1 Contact were my morning memories before school! Alas I use the former as the very iconic imagery of the mirror we hold up to see "ourselves" as others see us. Yeah I do know the sad reality of her issues but, I like using the positive & metaphorical imagery of the *mirror*; alas I never saw the Cap't or Mr. Rogers or, or, or use like that spiralling effected "mirror".

I too have shared a couple times (in here) when my depression funk was either in full swing or I'd just rounded the corner and was coming out of it. As others before You & I had also shared (in here) & those in the future will also share. I too quietly walked past my birthday back in April (#50) and we sorta did something later in the month for the kiddos. This is a safe zone for our healthy *mental reboot* in a safe place!

Yes, silly me did ask. You can count on me to always ask. Even if it's belated.... You can also count on others to "ask in their own ways as well."

Yes 2020 has been ironically a harsh time for nearly the entire planet. And that's a modest admitted POV. But, I have *HOPE* that we will slog through this dumpster fire and survive through this fall and winter.... To "hopefully" start to thrive in the coming spring with the summer to be ...... A refreshing joy by comparison to what we all have been through.

I'm expecting a call/email update from two folks at the VA mental health office this month for starting things back up in the coming weeks..... Finally.

It's also wonderful to read your DD is having some positive little "blooms" of her own & yes I too agree they are worth enjoying as you said! Absolutely. So I shall close and try to go back to sleep for at least another hour or so.... I'll close with a iconic memory I hold onto. Comedian Richard Pryor had a "character" he used in his standup routine called "mud one". His was a scratchy ole jovial Grampa voice when he was in that *character*.... (Cue voice), "Jes' remember to..... To keep sum sunshine on yo' face, hmmm?"

 

[electrycmonk]

Your lucky. Try working on a vehicle around here. It's like they dump salt on the roads all winter. Rust is a understatement. Every nut and bolt not surface rust either. Like beat it off, scrape it, the size it was too loose. So figure out between standard and metric what will fit tight enough. And or figure out what socket you want to beat down onto it, and maybe you can get it without rounding it off, maybe you just snap it off, maybe you should have just torched it off Lol.
Have fun! Lol, I have done about everything on vehicles every part and in the worst of conditions so if you have any questions fire me one.
(and no I won't work on yours, I hate it, just hate paying someone else $$$ more)

Part 2.... I'm a gearheaded g33k. And I have seriously *leveled up* since my high school years in the 80's. I use this user ID in most of my forums (old school Subarus, honda & suzuki motorcycles, tractors, mowers, diesel trucks, RV'ing, toyota sienna, bmws, wvo, etal).... Okay I really should put the phone down now.

 

[FortCluck]

Fixing the brake hose

 

[reddogmaster2]

My recent COVID stories to relate to everyone;]

College Student Niece spent the summer with a family at their lakehouse as a Live In Nanny to the children. The Father of the family was away on business much of the summer and the Mother, my Niece and the 3 children stayed at the Lake with everyone healthy the entire the summer. Very little exposure to anyone as the local grocer did a delivery service.

Niece goes back to college and moves into her university housing and Day 2 University requires mandadory COVID tests. 70 of the girls test positive and they are forced to evacuate. Niece and 10 other close friends all feel fine and decide to hunker down at one of the girls homes for the mandatory 14 day period. None of the girls showed any symptoms and all are fine as of yesterday (Day 12)

Went to a State Government Building for some business. No mask. Upon arrival, told security of my Americans with Disabilities Status and he allowed me to enter. Approached the window to speak with tax payer funded attendent and was told to mask. Informed her of ADA and offerred my payment. Again, she told me to mask or leave. I refused and suggested she call Law Enforcement so that she could be educated. Meanwhile, I called State Attorney, who I had spoken to a few days earlier in anticipation of this BS.

Sheriff arrives about same time I get State Attorney on the phone, Sheriff informs Tax Payer Funded Ignorant Window Attendent that they do not enforce "mandates", only laws/statues and I had not committed a crime.

Put State Attorney on speaker, he informs Tax Payer Funded attendent that they must serve me and not ask about my disability and reason that I cannot wear a mask.

Tax Payer Funded nazi is pissed but services me!

We The People won that day.

PS Sheriff Deputy not wearing a mask either!

 

[sourland]

NJ opened up for indoor dining at 25% capacity yesterday. Not ready to do that yet - will wait a few weeks and see what happens. Went across the river to Pa. where a restaurant we know is set up for distanced outdoor dining. Still masking here out of respect for others.

 

[hispoptart]

Our stupid little town is holding it's annual Septemberfest this weekend. There are blow up water slides for kids, vendors, car show hundreds of people will be filling the park from here and out of towners. It's a 3 day thing filled with tons of events. I for one will not be attending.

 

[Folly's place]

Denial is a wonderful thing, and it's so very sad. The kindest thing I can say about it.
Who needs science and medical advice?
Mary

 

[FortCluck]

Our stupid little town is holding it's annual Septemberfest this weekend. There are blow up water slides for kids, vendors, car show hundreds of people will be filling the park from here and out of towners. It's a 3 day thing filled with tons of events. I for one will not be attending.

I’m sure there will be outbreaks all over the US from people celebrating the holiday

 

[reddogmaster2]

Our stupid little town is holding it's annual Septemberfest this weekend. There are blow up water slides for kids, vendors, car show hundreds of people will be filling the park from here and out of towners. It's a 3 day thing filled with tons of events. I for one will not be attending.

Prayers that everyone will have fun and a healthy gathering!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Good morming my chicken friends, I have been reading along now and then to your lovely and sometimes heartbreaking stories and occasionally adding a post here and there.
It has now been 6 months since I had Covid-19 myself. I got it early, as I work in the medical field and my exposure was high early on, before we were even recommending masks to the general population. At that time we only wore masks if a patient had a fever or a cough, it is what we knew at the time to do and what the CDC advised us.
My symptoms were dry cough, shortness of breath, stabbing headache, fever, incredible fatigue. It was very diifferent than any flu I have ever experienced. I did not have to be hospitalized, which I am grateful for.
Now six months later, I still struggle with fatigue and becoming easily short of breath, but I have to wonder how much of this is deconditioning from being home for 6 months? How much is age related as I am past my 5th decade here on earth? I do not know.
I can definitely tell my mind is not as sharp as before Covid. But this also likely has many causes.
My employer has been supportive and I have been allowed to work from home these past 6 month. I live in a state where if you leave, when you come back you have to quarantine for 14 days, every time. I work in a different state and was traveling back and forth every 2 weeks or so before the pandemic. This was not easy back then, being away from my family for work, but my work is rewarding and my employer is the best one I have ever had, so it worked for us.
It has been a blessing to be home. I am lucky and grateful. My 12 year old daughter was distance learning like eveyone else last Spring. She is now able to go back to school, only because she goes to a private school with very small class sizes. She wears a mask and either a face shield or goggles while at school. She has to stay 6 feet apart from everyone. They have very strict protocols and have been proactive, planning all summer on how they would go back to school. They have a distance learning model and a hybrid model all set to go at a moments notice. The public schools are still closed. I tell her how lucky she is that she gets to go to school in person when the rest of the country, including her cousins in California, are distance learning. The cases have spiked here the past few weeks. I am watching the numbers daily. Her in person schooling may be short lived.
My husband has been working the whole time at a big box hardware store as well. He wears a mask at work all day. He changes his clothes befores he come in the house. We wipe down the groceries still. even though new evidence shows you probably don't need to. My pragmatic daughter tells me as we wipe them down. "at least I will know what do the next time we have a pandemic". She already knows at this young age that there will be another one.
My elderly mother lives with us, her life has not changed much. She spends most of her day watching TV, Golden Girls reruns and soap operas. We do not let her go to the store anymore, she only leaves the house to go to medical and dental appointments.
Everyday has become "Today", who know what the future will bring. I have always tried to live in the moment and this pandemic has definetely made that a reality.
I will not get into politics, not the place, but I am flabbergasted that a public health issue has become a political issue. Why are will still on this merry-go-round? I am normally not a speechless person as you can read here on this long posting, but I am rendered speechless but what I continue to hear and see on a daily basis.
I too, am afraid what this holiday week-end will bring. Our mayor has closed the beaches for the next 2 weeks, we will see.
All in all I have been fortunate. I continue to work, my husband continues to work, my kid can go to school. I am not complaining.
I just sincerely do not understand why we are still in this mess, with no real light at the end of the tunnel.
So, my chickens make me happy. I enjoy spending time with them. My current small flock of 11 chickens are a young flock, the product of my pandemic project. If I was not working from home, I would not have them right now. I have had chickens before, but these seem more precious to me, maybe because of the circumstances. This forum gives me a reprieve from thinking about what is going on in the world. It has been therapeutic for me.
I have to keep up on the pandemic, cases, illness, it is part of my work, but I am happy to not think about it from time to time when I come on the forum and try to guess if someones chicken is a rooster or a hen or what breed thay got as their mystery chick.I love it!
I love that everyone here is always so supportive and helpful. I am grateful.
Stay safe everyone.