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

[Beer can]

Near us, was shopping there every other to every few weeks until March, only been there three times since. Only place that has big box stores near us within a hr drive. Did have a Kmart near until just before covid it closed, now just gas stations a few local groceries, couple hardware stores, and dollar stores. Oneonta NY, SUNY College, they are up to just about 600 cases of positive covid. Shut down now. Darndest thing about it, they found out they had a case load, and then started testing, by monitoring the sewer treatment plant. Guess they can, have been testing the sewer for covid.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Near us, was shopping there every other to every few weeks until March, only been there three times since. Only place that has big box stores near us within a hr drive. Did have a Kmart near until just before covid it closed, now just gas stations a few local groceries, couple hardware stores, and dollar stores. Oneonta NY, SUNY College, they are up to just about 600 cases of positive covid. Shut down now. Darndest thing about it, they found out they had a case load, and then started testing, by monitoring the sewer treatment plant. Guess they can, have been testing the sewer for covid.

They can measure the virus in the sewage. Pretty ingenious!

 

[Ab1010]

I actually am extra busy at work due to covid and I also have decided I prefer my animals to people. I now have 30 chickens and 40 that im raising to sell and I keep adding animals to the farm. I honestly don't care if I sell any of them lol. They're so fun to watch. I've also greatly improved my building skills thanks to my many birds and my three new coops lol

 

[FortCluck]

Yuppers. I am far from a truck guru. I seek them out in the forums. /humbly bows

I have done a lot of mods to my trucks and cars.
My current truck is an upgrade because the supercab was not enough legroom for kiddos & I wanted a standard with 4wd.
It's been tuned & tweaked. It breaths a lot easier. A removable lift gate I scored from Craigslist a decade ago and kept when I sold the previous truck. I moved the batteries outta the engine bay to have a cooler life on the frame rail under the bed & finally got a gear vendors aux overdrive in Feb/March of this year.

Blah blah blah, torque wrench.
He said what & did that too?
Whatevah, next post.....

Have you done diesel though

 

[Molpet]

Near us, was shopping there every other to every few weeks until March, only been there three times since. Only place that has big box stores near us within a hr drive. Did have a Kmart near until just before covid it closed, now just gas stations a few local groceries, couple hardware stores, and dollar stores. Oneonta NY, SUNY College, they are up to just about 600 cases of positive covid. Shut down now. Darndest thing about it, they found out they had a case load, and then started testing, by monitoring the sewer treatment plant. Guess they can, have been testing the sewer for covid.

Not a good time to be a plumber

 

[MROO]

Stay safe and keep practicing social distancing guidelines. I am sure this pandemic has caused many people to get into chickens who had never thought about it before! When I posted extra chicks I hatched earlier this year on craigslist, I literally sold them within five minutes! I think many others on this forum have had the same experience. Difficult finding chick starter, fencing materials, chicken coops anything to do with chicken raising has been a hot item

I'll bet that, come colder weather, there will be lots of"started hens" available as the impulse buyers get back to reality. The issue will be that they'll want to recoup (recoop?) their investment ... and we all know the stories about getting into chickens for the "free eggs!"
It,s likely to get very interesting all over again!

 

[electrycmonk]

Have you done diesel though

Yes. Several times over.
2005 (bought '99 f350 w/7.3L diesel)
2007/08 (bought '04 diesel jetta)
***** During this time period met a VW guru from Fred's TDI forum who became our VW mechanic for stuff I couldn't do... Then he became a dear friend.
2011 (bought '03 Diesel beetle)
~2015 (bought '06 Diesel beetle & '04 diesel jetta #2)
2017/18 (sold my '99 f350 to friend & bought upgrade '99 f350) I can easily provide pics or links to threads on repairs, mod's & tweaks done to my trucks.
History tidbits....



This truck I used as a FEMA contractor for Katrina & kept doing RV & truck transport for a while after that....

 

[FortCluck]

Increasing the chicken run today probably another 10,000 sq ft. It’s finally cooled down. We went grocery shopping and got all the discounted fruits and veggies so we can start 2 compost piles in the chicken run

 

[Ab1010]

Increasing the chicken run today probably another 10,000 sq ft. It’s finally cooled down. We went grocery shopping and got all the discounted fruits and veggies so we can start 2 compost piles in the chicken run

Smart! I started a little compost in my big run but haven't had as much to add as I had thought! Guess we will see when I rip out the summer garden.

 

[FortCluck]

Smart! I started a little compost in my big run but haven't had as much to add as I had thought! Guess we will see when I rip out the summer garden.

Be careful adding old plants to compost... that’s how pests and diseases start in the spring. I burn all my old plants then put the ashes in the woods