2020: One Day At A Time, We Will Achieve!!
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Jean - I've done a little discretionary driving myself during this. Partly to see a slightly different part of the world and partly to make sure the van gets some exercise.
I don't envy you the yard work!!!0 -
I’ve done very little discretionary driving, if any, during this time. I think the last time we filled my car up with gas was more than 4 months ago, and I still have at least a quarter of a tank. DH does most of the errands and shopping in one of his vehicles, so mine mostly stays in the garage. I was just talking with my SIL and we both agreed that we are getting very stir-crazy at this point.0
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I got my first mani/pedi since I got home. I called for an appointment and they asked if I could come right over. Another woman was finishing up a mani so I had the place to myself most of the time. They had installed plexiglass panels to separate customers and staff and we all had masks. I was nearing the end of the mani when a woman came in. She wasn’t wearing a mask and they didn’t ask her to. It was obviously a regular. We were socially distant so I didn’t say anything to her. I think business has been slow and they probably appreciate any business. Joy probably felt safe because she was masked and behind the plexiglass. I’m probably set for a month now.0
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How long does it take gas to go bad? Something in the back of my mind says it does. But I'm SO not a car guru.0
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Believe it or not, there is information on how long a car should be started and run during the Covid-19 closures, etc.
https://www.torquenews.com/1083/how-often-and-how-long-run-vehicle-during-covid-19-pandemic-closures-keep-it-charged-and-running0 -
Believe it or not, there is information on how long a car should be started and run during the Covid-19 closures, etc.
https://www.torquenews.com/1083/how-often-and-how-long-run-vehicle-during-covid-19-pandemic-closures-keep-it-charged-and-running
Thanks! I've had two periods in my life when my vehicle sat for awhile. The first was when I broke my heel. We learned the hard way after that period that you can't just let a vehicle sit. So when I broke my wrist, DH drove my van at least once or twice every week.0 -
Debbie starts my the car we leave on the Cape when we’re in FL. She also drives it around the block so it’s not sitting on the same part of the tires while we’re away. She’s told me the tires can develop a soft spot if the car doesn’t move a bit. She probably starts it every week or two. Gas can go stale if not used. Before we hired someone to cut the grass, we had to run the mower dry in the fall and fill it with fresh gas in the spring. I think stale gas can gunk up the engine.0
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I brave the supermarket yesterday. I hadn’t been to my usual store in a couple of weeks. I went later in the afternoon and didn’t have to wait in line this time. The number of shoppers in the store was lower too. They reopened the deli counter so DH was able to get his ham and cheese thin sliced as he likes it. MA just went into phase 3 so the deli counter may have been part of that. I heard on the news that MA is holding steady on Covid infections. There were only 120 new cases yesterday. The governor’s slow and steady approach is paying off.0
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I brave the supermarket yesterday. I hadn’t been to my usual store in a couple of weeks. I went later in the afternoon and didn’t have to wait in line this time. The number of shoppers in the store was lower too. They reopened the deli counter so DH was able to get his ham and cheese thin sliced as he likes it. MA just went into phase 3 so the deli counter may have been part of that. I heard on the news that MA is holding steady on Covid infections. There were only 120 new cases yesterday. The governor’s slow and steady approach is paying off.
Slow and steady is going to win the race. As the scientists say, we know what to do. The will to do it is just missing in some states. I listen to the news reports and can't help thinking "my fellow Americans are idiots".
I just keep hoping my sister (in Arizona) doesn't get sick and need the hospital.0 -
Texas is a red state, and our governor is quite fond of tRump. I think he reopened our state much too quickly in his ongoing effort to stay in tRump’s good graces and now we are paying the price. My SIL in the Houston area reports that their hospitals are almost at capacity and that morgue trucks are being ordered as the area morgues and funeral homes are maxed out. Her DIL is a Director of nurses over a neuro ICU but she and 3 other DON’s are temporarily stepping back down to serving as Charge nurses over 4 units to free up more staff for bedside nursing. And yet, people are still refusing to wear masks and stay at home. The stupidity and selfishness is truly astounding.0
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My DH is a mechanical engineer. He says that there is a gas additive that you can pour into the gas tank that protects the fuel system when a car will be sitting for a long period of time. He’s used it for cars that he was doing restoration work on before.0
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MA residents seem to care about their neighbors. Almost everyone wears a mask in public. I saw an interesting post on FB the other day. It said Click it or ticket, Mask it or casket. Maybe that will make some of those people think more carefully about the choices. I saw on the news that Trump canceled a campaign event in NH tomorrow night. The Republican governor said he wouldn’t be attending because of Covid. Campaign staff said he was canceling because of the storm coming up the coast. That’s supposed to be over in the morning. More likely he doesn’t want another poorly attended event on the news.0
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"mask it or casket"
Good one!
I also like - If you don't like a mask, you'll HATE a ventilator!
The hospital reports in some states are starting to sound like New York. People are stacking up in the ER because they have no beds. They say they're adding beds but that you need more than beds - you need staff and equipment. And those states are reporting an upsurge of folks dying at home. What's sad is now that we know, these deaths were mostly preventable. They fall squarely on the head of the administration and state "leaders".
Let's undo the tax breaks for wealthy individuals and corporations and use that money to let ordinary workers stay home where we can. JMHO!0 -
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Those kitty ties are adorable! Two of my cats would have clawed anyone who tried to put one on them. The third cat was more mellow so she might have been the exception.0
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Nothing exciting here. Just watching the numbers increase, especially in a county neighboring PA and also home of our largest university. The increase there is exponential, so he is considering closing the bars and indoor dining in that county. People did not listen and casually went about their ways when we had a good situation and took things for granted, and got careless. It just took the right carriers to infect the right target areas, and zoom we went.
The governor had warned that if they didn't clean up their act, he would enact masks being required. He followed up on that, and it was amazing to see the number of masks suddenly being worn again. Of course, that hasn't stopped the anti-mask people from voicing their concerns. Now, we ar waiting to see what Monday brings and if the numbers will motivate him to shut things down again in that county.0 -
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DH has been wondering what was going on at "his" hospital (he ran the lab for decades). It is a no emergency room orthopedic hospital that mostly did elective surgeries and rehab. Well, we found out what's going on. It's been converted to a COVID-19 rehab facility. Makes perfect sense. It's part of the University of Maryland Medical System and the perfect place to offer COVID rehab.0
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Florida shatters single-day record of cases. Trump says the CDC is lying---and the beat goes on.
I'm off to PT. I have ortho surgeon follow-up appointment tomorrow. Saturday, I have hair cut appointment, and I scheduled a Walmart grocery pick up for that day.0 -
I’m glad we left FL when we did. The island where we winter is probably still safer than many places in FL but the news in general is very scary. We left about 5 weeks ago and have been very careful about going out here. We mask up every time and limit where we go. We were supposed to have dental appointments last week but they canceled us and rescheduled for mid August. We’ll see what happens then.0
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Florida shatters single-day record of cases. Trump says the CDC is lying---and the beat goes on.
I'm off to PT. I have ortho surgeon follow-up appointment tomorrow. Saturday, I have hair cut appointment, and I scheduled a Walmart grocery pick up for that day.
The cheeto's administration apparently sent false disparaging information to the Washington Post and some others regarding Dr. Fauci.0 -
I’m glad we left FL when we did. The island where we winter is probably still safer than many places in FL but the news in general is very scary. We left about 5 weeks ago and have been very careful about going out here. We mask up every time and limit where we go. We were supposed to have dental appointments last week but they canceled us and rescheduled for mid August. We’ll see what happens then.
I made a dental appointment in mid August. It's the one thing on my calendar I keep equivocating about.0 -
Part of the reason my appointment was canceled was that the office is limiting the number of staff that can work at the same time. My hygienist was not on the schedule that day. DH and I go on the same day because our dentist is in CT. He could have kept his appointment but we would have had to make another trip for me. We canceled his appointment and scheduled both of us for August. Their new procedure is to call from outside the office. They will let the patient in, check temperature and bring them to a treatment room. So it looks like they are taking a lot of precautions to keep staff and patients safe.0
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I think my state is headed for another shutdown. Our republican governor made some vague statements that if our numbers don’t improve this week, more restrictive measures will be necessary. That sounds like a shutdown to me. I plan to get a pedicure this week and maybe a manicure, although I could go another week for that. However, if we are going into another shutdown, I’d like to go into it with freshly done nails. Last time my manicure was ready for a refresh just as the shutdown was imposed. I waited as long as I could but eventually had to file off the dip powdered product then tried to preserve as much of my natural nail as I could. That worked for 2-3 weeks, then my nails began to split and break even though I kept them filed very short. I originally started wearing product on my nails because my nails were very thin and split easily, so that has not improved. I don’t have any other appointments that might be impacted by a shutdown unless it lasts several months again. We will see how it goes, I guess.0
