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

[ShrekDawg]

There is no such thing as beef too rare for me. Chicken and pork, that's gotta be cooked.

But... but.... raw beef is dangerous too

Especially from McDonalds.

 

[Molpet]

Here's an interesting article from Scientific American about the potential for habitat destruction to make pandemics more frequent.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/...perfect-conditions-for-coronavirus-to-emerge/
I've always contended that overpopulation is our biggest threat.

I agree

 

[Molpet]

I'm the odd ball out in this Corona virus lockdown. My life literally hasn't changed in the least. Since my boys all moved out of the house, I shop once a week. We are 30+ miles one way from town. So our town trips include Costco, Walmart, sprouts, the feed store & home depot. Once a month throw tractor supply in for a load of shavings. All my friends are having melt downs because they can't go do anything. They ask me how I cope with being home 24/7. I ask them how they can't! I am much happier to stay on the ranch with the animals than be in town around people. I think that is the country girl in me. I was raised in a barn, never been one for crowds or shopping. Unless it's a tack store...

There's a couple of us

The only thing that has changed for me is the fitness center I would go to a couple times a week in the winter or bad weather closed.

I usually go to the grocery store once a month anyway.... so I went 2x in March before the lockdown. Once the garden starts producing I will not go until winter

 

[casportpony]

But... but.... raw beef is dangerous too

I've been eating raw beef for over 50 years and never got sick doing it.

Especially from McDonalds.

They won't serve it rare, I know, 'cause I asked!

 

[featherhead007]

You’re gonna dieeeeeee!!!! All the germs get mixed to the center with ground meat!!

Burger is the one thing I WILL cook to death lol

Btw my brother eats extremely raw burgers too.

 

[Shadrach]

Here's an interesting article from Scientific American about the potential for habitat destruction to make pandemics more frequent.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/...perfect-conditions-for-coronavirus-to-emerge/
I've always contended that overpopulation is our biggest threat.

That's what the virus is trying to sort out though isn't it. We've killed off all the big predators so now the little ones are having a go.
I think they're in with a shout. Maybe not this one, or the next but they'll get it right eventually.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I've been eating raw beef for over 50 years and never got sick doing it.

They won't serve it rare, I know, 'cause I asked!

Maybe your stomach built up a tolerance to the germs. if I did that I’d be dead probably haha or at least really sick. I have bad luck with that stuff.

And I think you need to go to @Beer can McDonald’s then!!! He said he accidentally got it super rare once lol

 

[ShrekDawg]

Is this to the raw burger part or the fact that I cook mine? if the former, I agree.

 

[Legacy Farms]

There's a couple of us

The only thing that has changed for me is the fitness center I would go to a couple times a week in the winter or bad weather closed.

I usually go to the grocery store once a month anyway.... so I went 2x in March before the lockdown. Once the garden starts producing I will not go until winter

Happy to know that I am not alone! I wouldn't need to go to the store weekly if I had not let my garden go last summer. I lost one of my show horses unexpectedly and it damn near broke me. I had him 18 years and trained him. A couple weeks after I decided to try and salvage what was left of my garden. Ended up killing a diamondback in it. Needless to say, that was the end of that garden.

I grew tired of having to drive to the gym so I turned my formal living room into our gym, free weights, elliptical, treadmill, tv on the wall for workout videos. I really hate going to town!

 

[featherhead007]

I want to shop where you shop!!!!

London broil here is $6-7 a pound and ground beef (the cheap stuff) is $3.50 a pound.

When I was young, my family when broke, would eat hamburger for a week. Now i eat hamburger for a week, and i'm broke!