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

[electrycmonk]

I've given up. Having covid totally FRIED my hair. I don't have split ends, the entire shaft is frizzed. All those lovely curls are dry, wiry and constantly snarling together. Deep conditioning and oil treatments aren't helping. Tonight, I'll give it Gramma's old-world mayonnaise treatment. If that doesn't work, I may just go ahead and dye it blue or turquoise or hot pink or some other radical color, "just because." I've always wanted to do it, but never had the nerve. If it's all got to be cut off when this is over, I might as well give it a shot. We'll see if I actually get the cojones to do it!

May I ask for a poll to offer color options?
My tech theatre background & years in the dorms with many who dyed their hair a rainbow of colors..... Plus over the last decade helping dye my Better-halfs hair too.....
Blues & purples.... But, not knowing your true skin tone those might not flatter your complexion effectively.

 

[electrycmonk]

OMG...we should totally do it. I've always wanted to dye my hair a wild color too. Teal or purple I think. And I have wild curls also. Been cutting my own hair for years because when it's curly one can hardly see the goof ups. For reals!

I'm probably a contender for that award. Half finished quilts, wall hangings, PJs, and UFOs (unfinished fabric objects) abound...

Did order some cute fabrics of animal faces and some pretty and small art quilt copies from Spoonflower to make into masks. Figured if I have to wear them it might as well be fun. I've gotten a few comments on the Star Wars one I made...

See my reply above?

 

[electrycmonk]

Covid-19 gave us all the time to devote to raising chicks and building basic tractors and coops from scraps that have been laying around for years. And for my area the "rona" is the least of our problems this year. We were hit with two major hurricanes weeks apart. It will be at least a decade before we start to see any semblance of normal around here again.

Our jobs also discovered that we can be just as effective working from home as we are at the office. It's made the option to work from home viable for all of us. So, not all Rona changes have been negative. Only most of them are poopie.

Hey there West LA gulf coast!
If you want to join a few of us WX nutters over in the Texas thread? We'll keep ya up-to-date on WX surrounding the gulf. There are at least 3 LA folks who have joined us during the last 6-7 months... We armchair quarterback hurricane season plus.....

Hang in there alright?

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Perfect!!

That's a lot of rabbits, eh?

Yes. Though fewer because we use our adult rabbits in it. We retired some breeders this month.

 

[aart]

Yes. Though fewer because we use our adult rabbits in it. We retired some breeders this month.

Do older buns get tough like older chickens...so better for sausage?

 

[MROO]

May I ask for a poll to offer color options?
My tech theatre background & years in the dorms with many who dyed their hair a rainbow of colors..... Plus over the last decade helping dye my Better-halfs hair too.....
Blues & purples.... But, not knowing your true skin tone those might not flatter your complexion effectively.

You pegged me spot-on, Monk! I'm a turquoise/aqua/purple kinda gal ... and that's where the color shades are leaning. It's either that or hot-fuchsia-pink tips on spikes ... totally not me, which would make it rather fun! .

 

[sourland]

You pegged me spot-on, Monk! I'm a turquoise/aqua/purple kinda gal ... and that's where the color shades are leaning. It's either that or hot-fuchsia-pink tips on spikes ... totally not me, which would make it rather fun! .

Purple/fuchsia with a lavender floral tattoo. Go for it.

 

[MROO]

Hey! I've got a bathtub sitting in my front yard.

More than a month ago my ancient washing machine broke when I tried to wash a heavy bathroom rug. We had babied those machines along for years because newer machines have gotten much larger and they don't fit in my tight laundry room. But it couldn't be done anymore. That machine was irretrievably fried.

So I've had a construction crew here for a couple weeks now re-configuring my whole laundry room so the new machines can be relocated to a different wall where they won't vibrate in front of the door and barricade the room closed forever.

Monday my new laundry machines come and I'll be able to wash clothes for the first time in a month. Guess what I'll be doing from then until Christmas...

Meanwhile, while we've got construction going, we bit the bullet and engaged to get a bathroom done as well. We suspected that black mold had developed inside the walls. Happily, it was all on the surface! But that room got -- and remains -- gutted too.

Today the bathtub arrived. It's too big to fit in the garage that's bursting to the gunnels with other building materials and various cabinets waiting to go back into the laundry room. It had to go somewhere until the floor and walls get re-tiled. So it's sitting in my front yard. I guess the worst thing that can happen is it will get all wet. But it should be up to water! I just hope the neighbors can cope for a week or so...

Maybe I should put a tree in it, add lights and call it a Christmas decoration.

NO! ... put SANTA in the tub! I'm sure you could rig up a head with a beard, then run some "fake snow" polyfil over some white lights around the edge. Oh What FUN!

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Do older buns get tough like older chickens...so better for sausage?

Yep, tho less pronounced. Easier to debone, too. Retired breeders make great sausage.

 

[MROO]

Spent the whole day today making rabbit sausage for my friends for Yule. :O So much work. We're making something like 15lbs.

That's a LOT of ground bunny!