The Old Folks Home

[Peep_Show]

All fine at our little corner of the world here in NM. Streets haven't much traffic, so folks in our neighborhood are avoiding going stir-crazy by walking down to the mailbox and taking their dogs on long walks. Social distancing is easy on a deserted street.

Funny and surreal watching all the pre-paid advertisements on television for events that aren't going to happen.

Anyway... Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Does everybody have their corned beef and cabbage lined up?

 

[ronott1]

 

[sourland]

All fine at our little corner of the world here in NM. Streets haven't much traffic, so folks in our neighborhood are avoiding going stir-crazy by walking down to the mailbox and taking their dogs on long walks. Social distancing is easy on a deserted street.

Funny and surreal watching all the pre-paid advertisements on television for events that aren't going to happen.

Anyway... Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Does everybody have their corned beef and cabbage lined up?

Corned beef is parboiling now - I will finish it off in the oven tonight. Little to no traffic on our rural road. People are staying home. Going to the park with the Princess for a nice walk this afternoon.

 

[Peep_Show]

Favorite meme of the day....

 

[NotAFarm]

All well here in north central Illinois.
Impatiently awaiting Spring.
Happy St. Paddy’s Day!!

 

[perchie.girl]

Good morning everyone from Macon county Missouri!

Everyone is fine here this morning.

ARRL, the big organization/membership club for HAM operators for want of a better way to explain it, made a suggestion yesterday for Net controllers. Usually nets are semi-formal get togethers where HAMS check in to discuss weather, traffic, radios, propagation etc. Our local club has three a week, one for emergency response, one just to check in and test your radios for propagation and a bigger Saturday Net where we discuss a subject connected with radio operation.

They suggested that the net controllers (my husband is one) use the opportunity to have everyone who can, check in and give a health report. If somebody checks in and says they are sick, advise them to get help and how to get help.

It's hard to do that here on BYC but we are a pretty close knit group, at least among those of us who have been here for any length of time.

Maybe we could just check in here at the home once a day. You don't have to make a lengthy post,.like I do..LOL...but just check in, say hopefully that you are fine (or God forbid, not) and go on from there.

Just an idea to throw out there for consideration.

Home made hand sanitizer. @chickisoup shared this on the Pond. She is a Cancer survivor.
91% Isopropyl alcohol and Glycol... all can be ordered on line.

Also you can get hand sanitizer in bulk. meaning 1 gallon jugs interesting site going to dive into that rabbit hole soon.

deb

 

[microchick]

Corn Beef sandwiches here today for lunch...that's as far as we go, LOL. apologies to my Irish Maternal Grandmother and half Irish Maternal Grandfather. I'll will wear green though!

 

[CapricornFarm]

All are well here in our area of VA, as far as I know. Bought 15 , 50 lb. bags of feed today. Had to wait for them to unload the truck, as they were out of layer pellets. Got T posts for $2.29 ! And a roll of garden fencing. Got hubby 3 cases of his favorite beer and 2 bottles of wine. My cart was very heavy by the time I got to my truck.

 

[perchie.girl]

I am doing well more house cleaning and packing. I am staying in ordering food delivered or doing take out. Lifestyle hasnt changed.

Got cleaning supplies for work up at the house. Going to be tedius because they recomment NOt vaccuuming mouse and rat Poo.

Got the Rat poison I wanted too its called RatX and its made of corn cob Salt egg fish oil and wheat. Its safe for wild life. So if a critter consumes it and a predatore eats the critter he or she wont be poisoned.

I also got TomCat which has anti coagulent. But the amount they eat is very tiny.. The recomment using it only indoors.

The RatX can be used out in the coop by the way as long as you put it in a chicken proof bait station. the pellets themselves are pretty benign but if eaten in large quantites could be lethal. Same goes for any livestock. Bait Stations only.

Oh and if I go up to the house I am smudging the house with sage and I am staying the night. Got to start sometime.

This whole Corona deal has me kind of ramping up to hysterical... and I need to detach from it.

deb

 

[microchick]

All are well here in our area of VA, as far as I know. Bought 15 , 50 lb. bags of feed today. Had to wait for them to unload the truck, as they were out of layer pellets. Got T posts for $2.29 ! And a roll of garden fencing. Got hubby 3 cases of his favorite beer and 2 bottles of wine. My cart was very heavy by the time I got to my truck.

Wait....you can buy beer and wine where you buy your feed? Dang, I gotta get the MFA on the ball!

DH got 250 pounds of layer pellets, 50 scratch, 100 pounds of dog food for the bottomless pits and a sack of cat food today. We are good for 2-3 months now and don't have to worry....at least about that.