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

[ColoradoPip]

I wanted to yell to some of them "You have people in your house! I don't have anyone in my house! Do you have ANY idea how lonely that is?"

Meeeeeeeeee too! Aaaaaaaaaaaamen. It's not been easy at times. Unfortunately I also have several other major stress points I cannot seem to resolve which add to all of this.

I think if I had not had pets, I might have lost my sanity. I brought some ducks in the house. I walked the dog. I petted the cat. It helped a lit

I do not know where I would be without my animals. I remember that, spend time with them, and thank them daily. Even if I have other people, the animals only have me.

I ordered my chicks back in January before all of this and was very glad to have them keeping me busy and to look at new life growing and thriving.

So now life has improved a lot.

Super glad to hear you are feeling better. Remember you can always get on here and post any rants and tirades, I do and no one seems to mind. Some people even agree with them!!!

So I continue to act as if everything is fine, just like I've been doing all along. But it's a thin veneer.

Everybody wears a mask. You are not alone.

 

[MROO]

Missing three chickens. Was 5 but found two. Also found a super long feather trail from one of them, tons of feathers, in the yard, as well as a smaller pile of feathers in the woods from another one, so pretty sure those two and I’m sure the third are dead. still holding out hope though but it’s not looking good. I walked all over calling and found two. So the others should have come out by now. Thinking maybe pack of coyotes? We saw a huge one yesterday. Or fox. Or hawk? But hawk wouldn’t have taken three? Not sure what leaves giant super long feather trails though or piles. Last night I was just thinking Jack had too many girls to cover.

That's AWFUL! Three at once sounds like a mama teaching kits how to hunt. The little guys can't always carry a grown bird easily, so it'll drag & get tripped over. That would account for the loads of feathers.
I am SO sorry!

 

[MROO]

Yes I think so too!! No more free ranging for a while. They’ve been ranging too far lately. Although one pile was right behind the coop. But definitely gonna be locking them up for a while. We heard coyotes last night but they have never been interested in the chickens before.

And I know it’s probably crazy and not true but I feel like I jinxed them.

Nope ... the Happy Wanderers jinxed themselves. And if you heard coyotes, I'd lay money on them beIng the culprits!

 

[MROO]

Marbles, used to love them when we played them as kids. Marbles and Jacks, Legos, ever step on them when you get up in the morning? I hate them all now...

Ahhhh! A fellow mibster! I had a mean thumb as a kid ... and a pretty impressive collection of marbles ... until my Mom made me give 'em all back. Mothers. Sometimes they just don't understand the game ... but at least the other kids went back to playing with me again!

 

[MROO]

Thanks to all you quitting driving and all the businesses closed, global warming cancelled, we now have a polar vortex snow storm and 6-12" inches of snow, record low temperatures, in May.....

You're quite welcome! Now, keep that danged white stuff the heck UP THERE!

 

[ColoradoPip]

It’s not about your health.

It actually is, indirectly. If we all die then the rich people lose everything too If things plunge into complete anarchy they lose too. If they thought they could afford the loss of 20% of us, they wouldn't think twice about letting the virus run its' course. Problem is, I'm not sure they are willing to give that up, powerful people don't get power by giving things up.

When the State tells you...

Some governments instituted a complete lock down where everything was treated equally, as you seem to expect, if we are woke. Yoo would be on here all crazy up in arms if they tried this, wouldn't you? So they tried another route. You can't please everyone.

I think our govt is trying (they're bumbling idiots, not evil genius, remember?) to balance things. Many decisions could be questioned and many paths could bring us to many answers, but balance generally takes you where you need to be.

Be like water, my friend.

Is this perfect? Hell no!

WAKE UP PEOPLE… If you think any of this BS is about your health, you’re
a fool!! Please open your eyes & stop being lead like blind sheep.

Blind to what? What rights are being taken away? Sounds like you've been reading too much internet during the stay at home time.

Is anyone coming to take your chickens or guns? LoL...No! That makes you appear too tin foil hat like! Don't worry, I've got one too!

No one is coming to take your guns, chickens, or anything else away. You have the same rights you always had. You might have less privileges, but you have the same rights.


That's my one cent!

 

[Beer can]

It’s not about your health.


When the State tells you it’s safe to go to Home Depot to buy a sponge but
dangerous to go and buy a flower, it’s not about your health.


When the State shuts down millions of private businesses but doesn’t lay off
a single government employee, it’s not about your health.


When the State bans dentists because its unsafe, but deems an abortion visit
is safe, it’s not about your health.


When the State prevents you from buying cucumber seeds because it’s
dangerous, but allows personal lottery ticket sales, it’s not about your
health.


When the State tells you it’s dangerous to go golf alone, fish alone or be
in a motor boat alone, but the Governor can get his stage make-up done &
hair done for 5 TV appearances a week, it’s not about your health.


When the state puts you IN a jail cell for walking in a park with your child
because it’s too dangerous but lets criminals OUT of jail cells for their
health – it’s not about your health.


When the state tells you it’s too dangerous to get treated by a doctor for
chiropractic or physical therapy treatments yet deems a liquor store essential
– it’s not about your health.


When the State lets you go to the grocery store or hardware store but is
demanding mail-in voting – it’s not about your health.


WAKE UP PEOPLE… If you think any of this BS is about your health, you’re
a fool!! Please open your eyes & stop being lead like blind sheep.

Going to see a lot of lawsuits over this, few already.
I've said it many times much of this doesn't make any sense but too many put the blinders on and think whatever the government says is right. And the "expert's" are just like the weather man, might get a inch of snow or six feet...
I can't go to the local small florist to buy flowers for Mother's day, but I can go to a grocery store or big box store packed full of people to buy flowers.
Shut down small businesses, bankrupt them, ruin lives, under a disguise of fake quarantine, fake stay at home order.
Company I work for still working, many others still working, why can't small businesses?
When big Businesses/companies still running, Wal-Mart's , grocery stores, gas station convenience stores dollar stores Home Depot, hardware stores, ALL full of people, restaurants and fast food that can do takeout still open people going in and out.
There has been no shutdown, no quarantine, Govt just picking winners and losers.

 

[ColoradoPip]

Pretty soon it will be mandated by the gubment to wear Body Bubbles when we get our haircuts at Home Depot or take our wives out for a steak dinner at Walmart. But woe to them when they come to take my chickens or my guns...

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There are some people who should be placed in one of these regardless of the outcome of this situation!

 

[Slippy]

Amen Pip, Amen!

PS I'm buying Body Bubbles for most of my family...

Time for me to sign off of the Interwebs and get on the tractor then work on the roof of the new Coop! Have a great day y'all!

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Don’t get me started on your marbles

I know, right?

My kids are slipping and they are 15 and 11. I think the schoolwork they send isn’t even helping them and I can’t make up lessons when I don’t even know what they are working on. We haven’t received any type of plans or anything, it’s frustrating. Be nice if they sent lesson plans. We have no books or anything, they were told to leave them at school.

It's been the same here.
And minimal communications from the school district and minimal guidance from teachers.
Each teacher left to their own devices on how to connect with the kids and often overlapping one another. Meanwhile, the next county over the district site is littered with info, plans, computer schedules, happenings....all easily found.
Here, it's been crickets and no amount of searching or digging helps at all. There is no info to be found. Even local news is razor thin.

Our district did not want to shut down at all, has been hostile towards Northam for it in the communications, and it's like to be spiteful they decided not to be proactive about anything, even for the good of the kids, and instead just sit and wait for the next set of orders.
Frustrating.