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

[ShrekDawg]

It's supposed to remain visible, if less spectacular, until Christmas, so don't give up!

Awesome! Thanks! I’ll keep trying then

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Oh wow that’s amazing!!! I wonder if we could have seen the space station! I didn’t look for it or notice. we are, unfortunately, having a very cloudy day today so I hope it clears up in time

And my birds have already begun to lay again this week

It goes over almost every night. Sometimes twice a night. It is very easy to see. It picks up a lot of light from the sun as long as the earth isn't blocking the light.
It is fairly bright, possibly the brightest thing in the sky and moving noticably rapidly.

Spot The Station | NASA

 

[ShrekDawg]

It goes over almost every night. Sometimes twice a night. It is very easy to see. It picks up a lot of light from the sun as long as the earth isn't blocking the light.
It is fairly bright, possibly the brightest thing in the sky and moving noticably rapidly.

Spot The Station | NASA

Awesome!! Thanks!! Will look for it sometime!! It says there’s a bunch of opportunities this week but they’re all between like 4am and 7am, mostly on the earlier end of that, and I’m not normally up that early but I’ll try to be! I do actually sometimes stay up late though so maybe I’ll do that.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Awesome!! Thanks!! Will look for it sometime!! It says there’s a bunch of opportunities this week but they’re all between like 4am and 7am, mostly on the earlier end of that, and I’m not normally up that early but I’ll try to be! I do actually sometimes stay up late though so maybe I’ll do that.

My sleep schedule is quite varied so I sometimes set my alarm for it. Most of the time I see it right before dawn or right after dusk.
It is weird to watch it go over and imagine the people in it from news reports showing the astronauts.
In orbit it is traveling 4.76 miles per second.

 

[ShrekDawg]

My sleep schedule is quite varied so I sometimes set my alarm for it. Most of the time I see it right before dawn or right after dusk.
It is weird to watch it go over and imagine the people in it from news reports showing the astronauts.
In orbit it is traveling 4.76 miles per second.

I might have to do that! Hahah and wow that’s amazing!! and they don’t get sick!?

 

[SnapdragonQ]

The NYT recommends knitting as a remedy to the stresses of potential illness and the claustrophobia of being housebound. They also say that if you plan to make something for someone else, you tend to think of them as you knit and that helps resolve feelings of loneliness and isolation.

I can do a lot of crafty things. I've never mastered knitting and my few attempts have been rather awful. But, ironically, when I was out at a craft store this morning I saw some very fluffy yard that looked like it was begging to be around and tickling someone's neck.

Merry Yule and Happy Solstice to you, CM and all who celebrate it. And don't forget about the celestial event tonight! Hope we all get a good chance to see it.

Rainey I tried knitting first and found I took to crochet much better! I can still knit, but I can crochet while doing other things and it just works in my brain better.
When I am making a quilt for someone I often think of them while I am sewing and it really helps me. Just in general. So I can imagine doing that while isolated is a pick me up.

And I saw the planets tonight! They played peek a boo with some patchy clouds, but very cool and very distinctive with the naked eye. Even my crappy cell phone was able to get them. I made kiddo go outside to see them too.

Yes. I won't be around for the next one. The great conjunction from my side yard past all the trees. We are luckily having a perfectly clear sky tonight. Best such event in 800 years.

Yesterday morning I had a great view of the space station from my front yard. It went directly overhead flying from southwest to northeast for six minutes.

All this combined with winter solstice. Ours was at 4:02 AM this morning, today is the shortest day of the year and tonight is the longest night of the year.
We can look forward to pullets/hens being photo stimulated soon.

At my latitude, tomorrow will be 3 seconds longer than today.
January 1st will be almost 4 minutes longer.
February 1st will be 49 minutes longer and by then each day will be 2 minutes longer than the day before and chickens in natural light should be detecting the change.

I don't pay much attention to the actual times or daylight lengths, but about the second week of Jan I visually notice and my body feels the longer days and I find it is such a nice winter boost and helps me look forward to the coming spring.

 

[MROO]

The NYT recommends knitting as a remedy to the stresses of potential illness and the claustrophobia of being housebound. They also say that if you plan to make something for someone else, you tend to think of them as you knit and that helps resolve feelings of loneliness and isolation.

I can do a lot of crafty things. I've never mastered knitting and my few attempts have been rather awful. But, ironically, when I was out at a craft store this morning I saw some very fluffy yard that looked like it was begging to be around and tickling someone's neck.

Merry Yule and Happy Solstice to you, CM and all who celebrate it. And don't forget about the celestial event tonight! Hope we all get a good chance to see it.

I am very, VERY disappointed, tonight. I've been hyped all week for my one and only chance to see The Christmas Star ... and possibly the meteor shower, to boot, but the sky is so overcast that we can barely see the moon! I'll check again tomorrow night, but they won't be perfectly aligned like they are tonight. I am SO ready for 2020 to end. I know it's just a number and really has nothing to do with what's gone in the world - both the world-at-large and my own little piece of it, but a New Year somehow implies a new start. I'm definitely ready for that, this year more than ever. {{{ sigh }}}

 

[aart]

And I saw the planets tonight! They played peek a boo with some patchy clouds, but very cool and very distinctive with the naked eye. Even my crappy cell phone was able to get them. I made kiddo go outside to see them too.

Weeeelll.....where's the pics?!

Raining here...and almost always cloudy.

 

[MROO]

Yes. I won't be around for the next one. The great conjunction from my side yard past all the trees. We are luckily having a perfectly clear sky tonight. Best such event in 800 years.

Yesterday morning I had a great view of the space station from my front yard. It went directly overhead flying from southwest to northeast for six minutes.

All this combined with winter solstice. Ours was at 4:02 AM this morning, today is the shortest day of the year and tonight is the longest night of the year.
We can look forward to pullets/hens being photo stimulated soon.

At my latitude, tomorrow will be 3 seconds longer than today.
January 1st will be almost 4 minutes longer.
February 1st will be 49 minutes longer and by then each day will be 2 minutes longer than the day before and chickens in natural light should be detecting the change.

My Dad loved numbers, and always kept the day's time changes in his head all year, On any given day, you could ask him how much longer or shorter today was than yesterday - and he'd have your answer immediately. It was a fun game for us. Never once, in all my years, was I ever able to stump him. It was cool!
He also used the sun to teach us how to count into triple digits and do quick calculations in our heads. As soon as someone asked when Spring was, he'd send one of us for the Farmer's Almanac to look up the Vernal Equinox. We would then sit down at the kitchen table and count back from the "First Day of Spring." We actually numbered the calendar blocks in tiny numbers penciled into the lower corner. Once the calendar was up, we were all fair game. He would constantly ask us how many days it was 'til Spring. More often than not, we'd have to think back a few days to the last time he'd asked or picture the larger number on the next Sunday's block and do the math quickly in our heads. It was a matter of pride to not get caught out unawares!
We started the same game with my children as soon as they learned their numbers. They're nearly grown, now, and still "play" the game with me and each other. Daddy's been gone for a few weeks, now, at the ripe old age of 84, but I'm sure the game will live on for generations.
Rest in Peace, Daddy, and in case you were wondering, it's 89 Days 'til Spring.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I am very, VERY disappointed, tonight. I've been hyped all week for my one and only chance to see The Christmas Star ... and possibly the meteor shower, to boot, but the sky is so overcast that we can barely see the moon! I'll check again tomorrow night, but they won't be perfectly aligned like they are tonight. I am SO ready for 2020 to end. I know it's just a number and really has nothing to do with what's gone in the world - both the world-at-large and my own little piece of it, but a New Year somehow implies a new start. I'm definitely ready for that, this year more than ever. {{{ sigh }}}

Same here!!! I was so excited but the sky is soooo cloudy and foggy too!! they say technically it will be visible until Christmas and apparently it was visible all week too BUT it will NOT be as close as it is tonight!! I was really wanting to see the historical super close one. even if it will technically still look really close for a few days or whatever, it won’t be the same and I’ll know it!! I do hope I at least get to see something though.