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

[Ninjasquirrel]

I would go to bec.

At 5pm? It gets dark around 5 here in the winters. I guess I've just been spoiled with tv my whole life. It's kinda nice because that type of life would cause people to talk more

 

[h2oratt]

At 5pm? It gets dark around 5 here in the winters. I guess I've just been spoiled with tv my whole life. It's kinda nice because that type of life would cause people to talk more

Yes

 

[Hayden Goseek]

At 5pm? It gets dark around 5 here in the winters. I guess I've just been spoiled with tv my whole life. It's kinda nice because that type of life would cause people to talk more

OMG. Talk to people vs be alone with my own thoughts without constant distraction.
THE HORROR!!! Not making fun of anyone, just how we have become.

 

[troyer]

I'm too nervous now um .. ok. What do you do when the sun goes down? Or at least what did you do because you're no longer practicing that religion.

In the summer we were often in bed before the sun went down. In the winter after supper was over and dishes were washed we would either bury our noses in an interesting book, sing together or play games. I come from a family of 14 children with 13 still living and the youngest now being 32 years old. I was number 8 and the first son after 7 daughters. I have 10 living sisters and 2 brothers so card games were often the game of choice because of how lively it often became. Dutch Blitz, Uno, Phase Ten and Rook were the favorite card games. Sorry!, (there is a board game named Sorry!) Monopoly, Farming, Yahtzee, Pictionary and various others I can't remember right now were also options. 500-1000 piece puzzles were often enjoyed as well. Puzzles were a favorite of our Mother and Carom was a favorite of our Father. Most of us children became highly competitive in every thing we did.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Man people love to talk about their ethnicity or whatever. The problem is media if they would just shut up everything would be great. They got it to where people are scared to say hi. Pretty disgusting what TV can do to the citizens.
Like myself for instance I love to talk about myself

I realize I'm 4 pages back, but I'm like sdm111, I love it when people ask me about my religion or whatever. If I wanted to ask an Amish person or a Mennonite or anyone about theirs and I didn't have a relationship with them (because how could you?), I'd start by asking them if I could ask them about their religion, and if they have a few minutes to visit with me. They can only say no, right? And if they did agree, I'd be very careful not to argue with them, but just to listen, because that's what they agreed to - to tell me about THEIR beliefs, not to be told how wrong or weird they are. Respect, that's so important.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I can hardly meet a stranger. That's how easy it is for me to talk to someone. I would not have an issue with anybody asking me anything they wanted to, but that's me and not everyone is like me. I'm not offended easily, ask whatever you want.

Same! ❤

 

[aart]

I can hardly meet a stranger. That's how easy it is for me to talk to someone. I would not have an issue with anybody asking me anything they wanted to, but that's me and not everyone is like me. I'm not offended easily, ask whatever you want.

Did your whole leave family the Amish clan, or just you?
Were you shunned after leaving?

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

In the summer we were often in bed before the sun went down. In the winter after supper was over and dishes were washed we would either bury our noses in an interesting book, sing together or play games. I come from a family of 14 children with 13 still living and the youngest now being 32 years old. I was number 8 and the first son after 7 daughters. I have 10 living sisters and 2 brothers so card games were often the game of choice because of how lively it often became. Dutch Blitz, Uno, Phase Ten and Rook were the favorite card games. Sorry!, (there is a board game named Sorry!) Monopoly, Farming, Yahtzee, Pictionary and various others I can't remember right now were also options. 500-1000 piece puzzles were often enjoyed as well. Puzzles were a favorite of our Mother and Carom was a favorite of our Father. Most of us children became highly competitive in every thing we did.

Holy crap. 14 children????! That's insane. My understanding also is that the Amish don't go to the ER to give birth instead relying on a midwife. Is that true? Do they cut the cord or just let it fall off naturally? I understand that you may not be able to answer this question though.

 

[Beer can]

Vaccines and Omicron mean Covid now less deadly than flu in England​

The lethality of Covid has decreased over the course of the pandemic. For every 100,000 Omicron infections, 35 will result in death, while the equivalent number of flu infections will lead to 40 fatalities
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...EQFnoECAMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0gCtH7yqYi3LDvB9jfEvk4

 

[sdm111]

Good morning so what is your nationality?