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

[21hens-incharge]

Yeah the ones I'm making aren't to protect the wearer, it's to protect the community from the wearer. Our healthcare providers are being exposed daily and then go home or out into the community, wearing a simple mask can help prevent them from spreading it (they may be asymptomatic)...

Yup. Never know who is walking around like typhoid Mary spreading it without knowing.

Not enough tests for even those with symptoms means protect yourself and those around you.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Yes I'm good. I actually had an emergency that wound me up in the OR on Thursday. The hospital was super secure and like a ghost town. Hospitals are probably the safest place you can be right now honestly from my experience at my hospital.

I had to have my Hickman line removed which required them cutting lots of scar tissue because I had my line in for 3 years. Lots of tugging and pulling. I asked for no sedation and they used a lot of lidocaine.

I was scared on Wednesday when I saw that my line was cracked because without my meds that are running through it, I wouldn't be here today. My Dr was great with helping me understand that the hospital allows zero visitors, they make you stay 6 feet apart, they check your temp without touching anything on you, most people in the hospital are employees, and they had hand washing stations everywhere.

Maybe not all hospitals are like this but I'm glad mine is.

This is a parking garage pic... Usually you can never find a spot

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Here's the drive into the big city and there's zero traffic. Usually you're either at a stand still or trying to avoid getting hit.

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Rent strike in the big city. Usually there's people walking on the streets, but we saw no one. So creepy like a ghost town.

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And I thought I was worried by Sourland's words.....you had to go and one up them. Now it' my turn to wag a finger at you too.
Seriously though...I'm glad you got in and out and took care of what needed taking care of.

Those pictures reminded me of the time I drove through Indianapolis on race day. I had no idea it was race day and kept wondering where everyone was because all the major highways were empty and looked like your picture heading in to the city. It was a little freaky actually.

Guess who has a sewing machine and doesn't know how to use it.


https://www.khou.com/mobile/article...read/285-c7d82c22-206f-4c70-8e0b-a74a69c03f94

Open box. Remove machine. Plug it in. Insert thread...
Actually, you won't know how to use it until you do. I used to not know how to sew so I looked up videos on YT. Lots of videos to watch and learn from. Now is a good time to learn. A lot less complicated than an incubator I'll bet.

They have been told there is no demand, nobody wants their milk....???

I wonder if the dumpers are dumping milk from grade A dairies or grade B dairies.
There is a difference...A is for direct consumption like drinking and B is for making into other products ONLY. You mention the plant makes products so I'm guessing you receive grade B dairy milk? I don't remember all the stipulations but as someone who has to know all the products that have a scintilla of an ounce of milk in them (for kiddo's safety) I can assure you (general you) that milk is in stuff you never even dreamed of.

The regulations are incredibly complex from A to B ...and B milk cannot be used for drinking. It could be that the demand for B milk for products or as an ingredient is down but for drinking A milk is fine/up and that's why there are limitations on bottled milk at stores, but not on things requiring milk as an ingredient and/or a dairy product.

No, I don't just randomly know this kind of stuff.....I'm nerdy bot not that nerdy...I used to have a small goat dairy and looked into getting my grade B license.

I remember hearing this story a few months ago. People just aren't interested in liquid milk. That's not about Covid "shortages". That's a change in the American diet that's been evolving for quite a while.

BUT people still buy cheese. ...and the higher end the more demand. Why isn't that milk going into cheese production?

There is a distinction between drinkable quality milk (grade A) and milk going into products (grade B)

On another note, I know a lot of people are getting away from drinking cow's milk in general, not having to do with events of late. And the demand for soy, coconut, almond, and rice milks are on the rise. As a whole, cow's milk is harder for human's to digest than other mammal milks, such as goat milk or camel milk, and since the prices of coconut milks, almond milks, etc...have come down to a reasonable level it's way easier for people to buy those now. They used to be quadruple the price, now it's a little less than double that of cow's milk.
My Kiddo was allergic to milk from birth. Just ask me some day about the evolution of the ability to find milk not from a cow in American stores.

Hopefully Grade A dairies are going strong because if people would take the time to look it up, plain milk can be used to make inexpensive foods that are fairly nourishing when times are tough. Like rice pudding and the like.
When I was still hand milking my goats and had too much milk I would put a gallon in the crockpot and make a rice pudding or other similar things. Excellent for breakfast.

Disclaimer- yes, if not handled properly goat milk does indeed taste funny. When thought is given to which breed one raises, and they handle the milk properly, the milk tastes fine.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Popping in no way I can catch up.

Wanted to share an easier mask pattern.

Please still practice safe distances even when wearing a mask.
I am running out of elastic so will do bias tape ties. I think running the bias tape all the way across leaves possibilities for adding a nose wire.
I am going to make mine removable for washing without the wire in there.
I will post how that turns out.

I used velcro I had on fabric straps I made. Works well.

 

[Molpet]

Don't think I posted this


A couple miles away from me .... Wife thought she had CV 19, waiting on test results... Husband killed her and himself... turns out she didn't have it
https://m.facebook.com/story.p...28316712731&id=255829231119332

 

[CapricornFarm]

It is probably a different distribution network, to schools and to grocery stores, another for bakeries, another to restaurants. More people are home, cooking and eating at home, so the grocery store is short. Schools, restaurants, coffee shops are closed, so those supply chains send back the message that no milk is wanted. It may even be that grocery chains buy all their milk in California, while Michigan supplies schools. I made those up, but the point is that because different buyers, bottlers and truckers are involved- and there are contracts all along the line, switching the destination from schools to grocery stores is not as easy as flipping a switch.

By the way- in the name of this thread, it should be “affected,” not “effected.” Yes, I am sure.

The name I originally had for this thread was changed, but not by me. Spelling and grammar are pet peeves of mine.

 

[seminolewind]

Q'est-ce que c'est this "MOL"?

More or Less

 

[CapricornFarm]

A man that lives in the small town nearest us died after traveling out of state. He fell ill on the way back and they stopped at a hospital. So now it's in our local area.

 

[seminolewind]

And I thought I was worried by Sourland's words.....you had to go and one up them. Now it' my turn to wag a finger at you too.
Seriously though...I'm glad you got in and out and took care of what needed taking care of.

Those pictures reminded me of the time I drove through Indianapolis on race day. I had no idea it was race day and kept wondering where everyone was because all the major highways were empty and looked like your picture heading in to the city. It was a little freaky actually.



Open box. Remove machine. Plug it in. Insert thread...
Actually, you won't know how to use it until you do. I used to not know how to sew so I looked up videos on YT. Lots of videos to watch and learn from. Now is a good time to learn. A lot less complicated than an incubator I'll bet.



I wonder if the dumpers are dumping milk from grade A dairies or grade B dairies.
There is a difference...A is for direct consumption like drinking and B is for making into other products ONLY. You mention the plant makes products so I'm guessing you receive grade B dairy milk? I don't remember all the stipulations but as someone who has to know all the products that have a scintilla of an ounce of milk in them (for kiddo's safety) I can assure you (general you) that milk is in stuff you never even dreamed of.

The regulations are incredibly complex from A to B ...and B milk cannot be used for drinking. It could be that the demand for B milk for products or as an ingredient is down but for drinking A milk is fine/up and that's why there are limitations on bottled milk at stores, but not on things requiring milk as an ingredient and/or a dairy product.

No, I don't just randomly know this kind of stuff.....I'm nerdy bot not that nerdy...I used to have a small goat dairy and looked into getting my grade B license.



There is a distinction between drinkable quality milk (grade A) and milk going into products (grade B)

On another note, I know a lot of people are getting away from drinking cow's milk in general, not having to do with events of late. And the demand for soy, coconut, almond, and rice milks are on the rise. As a whole, cow's milk is harder for human's to digest than other mammal milks, such as goat milk or camel milk, and since the prices of coconut milks, almond milks, etc...have come down to a reasonable level it's way easier for people to buy those now. They used to be quadruple the price, now it's a little less than double that of cow's milk.
My Kiddo was allergic to milk from birth. Just ask me some day about the evolution of the ability to find milk not from a cow in American stores.

Hopefully Grade A dairies are going strong because if people would take the time to look it up, plain milk can be used to make inexpensive foods that are fairly nourishing when times are tough. Like rice pudding and the like.
When I was still hand milking my goats and had too much milk I would put a gallon in the crockpot and make a rice pudding or other similar things. Excellent for breakfast.

Disclaimer- yes, if not handled properly goat milk does indeed taste funny. When thought is given to which breed one raises, and they handle the milk properly, the milk tastes fine.

However, there's nothing like a glass of ice cold milk with a few cookies in the evening.

 

[FortCluck]

And I thought I was worried by Sourland's words.....you had to go and one up them. Now it' my turn to wag a finger at you too.
Seriously though...I'm glad you got in and out and took care of what needed taking care of.

Those pictures reminded me of the time I drove through Indianapolis on race day. I had no idea it was race day and kept wondering where everyone was because all the major highways were empty and looked like your picture heading in to the city. It was a little freaky actually.



Open box. Remove machine. Plug it in. Insert thread...
Actually, you won't know how to use it until you do. I used to not know how to sew so I looked up videos on YT. Lots of videos to watch and learn from. Now is a good time to learn. A lot less complicated than an incubator I'll bet.



I wonder if the dumpers are dumping milk from grade A dairies or grade B dairies.
There is a difference...A is for direct consumption like drinking and B is for making into other products ONLY. You mention the plant makes products so I'm guessing you receive grade B dairy milk? I don't remember all the stipulations but as someone who has to know all the products that have a scintilla of an ounce of milk in them (for kiddo's safety) I can assure you (general you) that milk is in stuff you never even dreamed of.

The regulations are incredibly complex from A to B ...and B milk cannot be used for drinking. It could be that the demand for B milk for products or as an ingredient is down but for drinking A milk is fine/up and that's why there are limitations on bottled milk at stores, but not on things requiring milk as an ingredient and/or a dairy product.

No, I don't just randomly know this kind of stuff.....I'm nerdy bot not that nerdy...I used to have a small goat dairy and looked into getting my grade B license.



There is a distinction between drinkable quality milk (grade A) and milk going into products (grade B)

On another note, I know a lot of people are getting away from drinking cow's milk in general, not having to do with events of late. And the demand for soy, coconut, almond, and rice milks are on the rise. As a whole, cow's milk is harder for human's to digest than other mammal milks, such as goat milk or camel milk, and since the prices of coconut milks, almond milks, etc...have come down to a reasonable level it's way easier for people to buy those now. They used to be quadruple the price, now it's a little less than double that of cow's milk.
My Kiddo was allergic to milk from birth. Just ask me some day about the evolution of the ability to find milk not from a cow in American stores.

Hopefully Grade A dairies are going strong because if people would take the time to look it up, plain milk can be used to make inexpensive foods that are fairly nourishing when times are tough. Like rice pudding and the like.
When I was still hand milking my goats and had too much milk I would put a gallon in the crockpot and make a rice pudding or other similar things. Excellent for breakfast.

Disclaimer- yes, if not handled properly goat milk does indeed taste funny. When thought is given to which breed one raises, and they handle the milk properly, the milk tastes fine.

It was quite a "Seriously of all things" moment when I saw my line cracked. I was avoiding the hospital completely. At least no blood started pouring out this time. We got it all changed over and everything very quickly. I was in and out in 3 hours, I wasn't staying for longer than I had to. My Dr told the hospital that when I say I'm good to go, I'm good.

I'm not sick or anything at all I washed my hands a lot and I even went into the grocery store yesterday with a mask on and washed my hands good after.

I'm taking several Drs advice that the best way to prevent this is washing your hands because this virus is not spread airborne, it's through touch as far as they know.

 

[seminolewind]

I read this man in a grocery store in Mass. coughed and spit on some vegetables and was tackled by some shoppers and held down until the police came.