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

[Sapphire Sebright]

The hits just keep coming. I think I'm giving up on social distancing and isolation and just going straight to hibernation.
I am a substitute teacher with the public school system. School is out pretty much for the rest of the year, so I have no job.
I've been subbing for a looooong time, so I have a good following and work every day, but since sub hours are considered fluid, we get no unemployment benefits.
My summer job is closed indefinitely and could well go under from this. And ... big surprise ... nobody's hiring!
My ex just informed me that he's been laid off indefinitely. Now there will be no alimony or child support.
With no income, I'll lose my house.
I'd say, "I want my Mommy," but at this rate, I may just get what I ask for ... moving back in, kids, dogs, cats and all ... but no chickens. They're not allowed, there. I'm trying really, REALLY hard to stay positive ... but it's getting really, REALLY hard to do!
At least we're all fairly healthy ... for now.
Jesus, take the wheel. Please. ✝

I am so sorry to hear this. I will keep you in my prayers, MROO. Have faith -- have faith, keep it and never let it go. This will end. All bad things come to an end. It may take time, and may be painful and one heck of a struggle, but it will end.
Everybody out there who's struggling, who is sick with the virus or who knows someone who is -- best of luck to you, and hang in there.
Here -- this is something that I threw together a week or so ago:

Take a hug, everyone -- no charge!

 

[CapricornFarm]

I got this one, a little less expensive but still available through Amazon Prime. Now that we've decided to add the polypropylene fabric I'm struggling to find any readily available. We're also going to work out a nose piece.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LX50N4Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

They say vacuum bags filter really well, but are harder to breathe through than 2 layers of cotton.

 

[CapricornFarm]

The hits just keep coming. I think I'm giving up on social distancing and isolation and just going straight to hibernation.
I am a substitute teacher with the public school system. School is out pretty much for the rest of the year, so I have no job.
I've been subbing for a looooong time, so I have a good following and work every day, but since sub hours are considered fluid, we get no unemployment benefits.
My summer job is closed indefinitely and could well go under from this. And ... big surprise ... nobody's hiring!
My ex just informed me that he's been laid off indefinitely. Now there will be no alimony or child support.
With no income, I'll lose my house.
I'd say, "I want my Mommy," but at this rate, I may just get what I ask for ... moving back in, kids, dogs, cats and all ... but no chickens. They're not allowed, there. I'm trying really, REALLY hard to stay positive ... but it's getting really, REALLY hard to do!
At least we're all fairly healthy ... for now.
Jesus, take the wheel. Please. ✝

Amazon is hiring. Not sure where.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Question for any fishing people-

I have a creek that is about 5' to 8' wide and usually between 1' to 2' deep. I say usually because I can't remember the last time it wasn't high from flooding.
Anyway, it's always full of minnows, little fish, snails, and crayfish. (crawdads)
The flow is usually pretty good and I'm thinking a casting net would not work to catch the minnows, but am at a loss when I look at minnow nets for kids to play in creeks or the hard tubular nets/traps for small fish or prawns.

I'm thinking the flow is too strong for the traditional soft crab nets for pier fishing, where it lays flat that you put bait in the middle then pull up when you get a crab. And anything more elaborate left in place will get tossed around in the flow, though I have one quiet area before the bridge culverts.

Any advice for a sturdy net I can use while wading in the creek to catch fish?

Why am I asking? -Potential chicken food.

You could line a fishing dip net with a fine mesh.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

And I do think masks help drastically decrease the aerosolized droplets that a person breathes in.

Only problem with this theory is that it can infect you through your eyes. >_>; I'm not wearing lab goggles everywhere with a mask.

Small personal update; With D on spring break for two weeks cause uni shut down, G working unstable hours, and no weekly shopping, gatherings or events to keep me oriented my sense of days is completely shot. I have lost track of what day of the week it is. My understanding is that a sense of routine is critical right now to keep you grounded but I'm struggling to build one. I just feel weird like I'm floating through time with no sense for it at all.

I'm going to talk to the boys about establishing certain things to do on certain days of the week to help me find some semblance of keeping track of the days before they're also just kind of floating along from the quarantine. D has NO more in person classes for the rest of the semester.

 

[hysop]

Amazon is hiring. Not sure where.

yes, they need people I would imagine because my sister works as a stocker or something (shame on me for not knowing) and they upped their pay by $2 for the rest of the month and even til April.

 

[CapricornFarm]

NY State went from mandating all non essential work places from 50% to yesterday 25% to today 0%

My brother lives there. He almost never works anyways.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Only problem with this theory is that it can infect you through your eyes. >_>; I'm not wearing lab goggles everywhere with a mask.

Small personal update; With D on spring break for two weeks cause uni shut down, G working unstable hours, and no weekly shopping, gatherings or events to keep me oriented my sense of days is completely shot. I have lost track of what day of the week it is. My understanding is that a sense of routine is critical right now to keep you grounded but I'm struggling to build one. I just feel weird like I'm floating through time with no sense for it at all.

I'm going to talk to the boys about establishing certain things to do on certain days of the week to help me find some semblance of keeping track of the days before they're also just kind of floating along from the quarantine. D has NO more in person classes for the rest of the semester.

Well I wear glasses unless I am sleeping. Maybe that will help. Not going out unless I really need to.

 

[seminolewind]

From Kate Allen, science and technology reporter for the Toronto Star:

"Not sure we've communicated well enough that social distancing interventions will pay dividends in 1-3 weeks. Anything that happens in the next 10 days was already baked in prior to that. A surge in cases now would NOT mean that social distancing isn't working."

Please make sure you pass this information along so people don't get discouraged and move around again prematurely.

Yea maybe there should be a commercial about how this "social distancing " and shelter in place" work. I hear a lot of stuff backwards. We want to avoid too many people get sick at the same time because we do not have the medical equipment to take care of them all. It may save people, but inevitably we will all be exposed at some point in the future and people will get sick , but at a much much slower rate.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Smaller dogs live longer than large dogs. The larger dogs, like a Great Dane, usually only make it to 9-ish. Smaller dogs like Poms or Yorkies can often live past 16.
Though not an exact science, size usually dictates lifespan. My German Shepherd made it to 12, which is very old for that breed.