WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2020

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  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    @margaretturk i'm so sorry for your DH's sister.

    @JRsLateInLifeMom Amber, What are your 10 year plans? I think i like unrising brownies: more dense and gooey and chocolatey!

    @machka9 for group presentations if i teach classes of 20 or less or masters students i let students choose if the presentations/projects are individual or collective. in bachelor's classes of more than 20 i have to have collective cause there is a serious lack of time. i generally give the same grade to all the group but when there's great disparity (not rare) i give differentiated grades. when i give the option most students prefer individual projects: easier to organize and no risk of being dragged down by the nonworkers, plus just the interest in having their own project. I wonder if it's acceptable to ask your teacher if she or he will take into consideration your part in the project when deciding your overall grade. maybe who did what is opaque. in presentations it's USUALLY clear (though sometimes one student prepares work for others to read! or someone reads a part prepared by another!).
    I think you are the 1st person i've heard from that hopes COVID sticks around. Though i do have some friends who prefer not traveling/going to work. I don't have a bicycle! Ha, ha for the comics.

    @exermom Michele, thank you, it sounds like some adjusting going on with everyone there. it must not be easy.

    @Whidislander Rebecca, those look delicious.

    @Whidislander, @JRsLateInLifeMom, and others thanks for the netflix tips. i'll check some of them out. it looks like we have MANY of the same offers here but not all the same.

    @bwcetc Beth Thanks for explaining your son's major. It's nice that he's having a lesson online. What makes it hard to finish his studies? I don't know if the arts is necessarily much more risky than many other fields at present. Fields are so unpredictable. Can track writing be done at a distance?
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,043 Member
    <3 or have her
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,598 Member
    We've never made a successful vaccine for a coronavirus before. This is why it's so difficult

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2020-04-17/coronavirus-vaccine-ian-frazer/12146616

    "For those pinning their hopes on a COVID-19 vaccine to return life to normal, an Australian expert in vaccine development has a reality check — it probably won't happen soon."

    "It's hard to produce a successful vaccine if the virus isn't activating a strong immune response.

    And if a vaccine elicits an immune response that misses the target cells, the result could potentially be worse than if no vaccine was given.

    "One of the problems with corona vaccines in the past has been that when the immune response does cross over to where the virus-infected cells are it actually increases the pathology rather than reducing it," Professor Frazer said.

    "So that immunisation with SARS corona vaccine caused, in animals, inflammation in the lungs which wouldn't otherwise have been there if the vaccine hadn't been given.""



    M in Oz
  • trucker743
    trucker743 Posts: 394 Member
    JanetO in eastern MO, yes! Do take time to see not only Seattle but the lovely Northwest! So many things to enjoy outside the cities if you are a nature-lover. We have everything from temperate rainforest (a real rarity!) to semi-desert in eastern WA and OR, and many different sorts of seacoast and beaches. There are the volcanoes - St. Helens, Rainier, Mt. Hood, Crater Lake, Mt. Shasta and Lassen! I’ve spent a goodly portion of the last 40 years exploring here when we weren’t traveling elsewhere, and haven’t come near seeing it all.

    Heather, Edie’s efforts accentuate her father’s handsome face beautifully.

    Amber! i too was infuriated by that news item. Children’s lives are being disrupted enough between changes in child care arrangements.

    By the way, Amber, check into filing for injured (NOT innocent) spouse relief. You may be eligible to claim your share of the refund, since his prior tax debt is not yours.

    Barbara AHMOD, your tale reminds me of the time I sat straight up in bed and shook my husband and told him, “The President didn’t invite us!” My tone was heartbroken, although I had no clue as to what President Johnson didn’t invite us to.

    Rebecca, you look stunning and ready for spring! Love that we’ve been so fortunate with weather, but I’m afraid we’ll pay for it later! 🔥

    Oh, Machka! Purrs and breaking waves! Two of my four favorite sounds! The other two are hard rain and wind sweeping through the evergreens! I must admit - a large Huntsman spider in my bedroom would totally obliterate any feelings of peace and serenity those sounds evoked.

    Rita, you’re in a really tough bind right now. Are there any other residents left there at all? Just chatting from 8-10’ away helps me. I’m wondering if there’s a way to hunt for Zoom groups by theme, like overeating, Keto, depression, etc? I don’t see a way to do it but someone else might know. I’m involved with 3 different AA meetings on Zoom, so I’d think there would be other groups with eating focuses. And that chard looks absolutely mouth-watering!

    SuziQ, what delicious-looking dish was that that you posted above your other post?

    Luci! I love the mischievous expression on her face in the picture with the onesie that says no one sleeps until she says so!

    Sophie, Rosie’s mom! I nearly aspirated my diet soda due to that meme! I wish it were shareable somehow!

    Margaret, Im sorry to hear of your family’s loss. So many of us seem to be losing family members or friends, and yet not that many are COVID-19 related. I think so much stress has a great deal to do with it.

    Peace to you all, and wellness, I hope. I gained back 1# of what I lost only to lose 1.2 today. I know the main key is in the protein, but I dislike feeling stuffed all the time. Any ideas on high calorie and protein foods that are low density?

    Sharon Near Seattle
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,598 Member
    edited April 2020
    Good ride this afternoon ... on a trainer, on my trainer bicycle, with Zwift! Plus a walk on my treadmill. :)

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    Machka in Oz
  • wizzywig
    wizzywig Posts: 1,246 Member
    Margaret - so sorry for your loss - condolences to you and your DH.
  • SuziQ113
    SuziQ113 Posts: 1,520 Member
    @Lagopus
    Hi Penny.
    The herb between the cilantro and basil is tarragon. After reviewing my library after I planted it I found out it is a perennial. Weather permitting, rain is expected, I will be breaking up the planter to give the plants more room to stretch. All were starter plants a mere three weeks ago. Obviously all are very happy with the heat and sunshine we have been having.
    I roasted some corn with the tarragon - it was delicious. I am planning on making a salsa this weekend with some of the cilantro.
    Honestly I was not thinking of protecting the other plants. I was low on pots and had to make do with what was on hand.
    Wishing DH a very happy birthday. What a great day to have his celebration.
    Loving the landscapes. Such beauty surrounds you. Living vicariously through your posts makes me want to add to my bucket list.....the only challenge is I absolutely abhor flying.
  • SuziQ113
    SuziQ113 Posts: 1,520 Member
    Hello everyone.
    Oh, Friday. How I love you! I look forward to you all week in anticipation of the weekend ahead.

    Many things to be grateful for this morning.
    • I awakened to another healthy day.
    • It is Friday!
    • Commute time savings allowed me to organize the pantry, start a load of laundry, organizing the refrigerator, and clean the power room.
    • My job. I am able to continue working, collecting my salary and benefits, and look forward to the weekend.

    Wishing all a great day/evening/afternoon.
    Big hugs to all.
    SuziQ - SFL
  • SuziQ113
    SuziQ113 Posts: 1,520 Member
    Spiders - I love spiders. They eat other bugs and spin such artful webs. I do not like them in the house and typically catch and release before Smokey the Cat hunts and kills.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,255 Member
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  • SuziQ113
    SuziQ113 Posts: 1,520 Member
    Sharon - The dish was a stir fry made with the left over filet mignon I spoiled myself with on Easter. I seldom eat beef and had to find a way to use up and enjoy in a different dish. I also had some mini peppers on the verge of turning and did not want to waste them. I love stir fry dishes because little meat is needed and a great dish to bulk up on vegetables or use little bits of left over vegetables.

    Suggestion - beans, peanut butter, nuts, and eggs are some of my favorites.
    https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321522#high-protein-foods-for-weight-loss

    :smile:
  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
    Good morning all! Happy Friday! My new little family is working out well. Did I tell you I have a new family (again)? Little boy (2 1/2), little girl (8 mos). Mama is a nurse at the local hospital. Everyone in my family and my childcare families seem to be staying healthy (knock wood).
    Kylia- Very sorry to hear about your MIL. Sending love and hugs to you and your family!
    Margaret- also sorry to hear of your sister in law. Prayers for peace and comfort coming your way!
    SuzyQ- I too am loving your patio garden pics and am curious about the herb between the cilantro and basil. Is it thyme? The flower looks a bit like Jewelweed to me.
    Heather- I am loving your pics of the cruise that never was. lol But does posting the "would have beens" make it harder to endure the loss? or does it make you just want to go there even more?
    Penny- good to hear from you! Your bedstead landmark is a hoot! Will the constant ice keep it from rusting away? Or does it warm up enough to rust or make them deteriorate a little each year?
    Lisa- Your boss must be underestimating your computer abilities! Either that or she is new to zoom format and just doesn't realize what can be done on it? Most of my trainings the past year have been on Zoom; so I see powerpoints and watch videos, etc, all through these online trainings. It is a great site!

    Well, on I go. Last day of the week. Hoping to get some yardwork done this weekend and get my outdoor childcare equipment set up (playhouse, picnic table, little sandbox, and water table). I also need to get May and June planned. I currently have one opening, due to another family being laid off; but hopefully they won't be off work for long with the nation/state beginning to slowly open back up.

    Kids will be arriving soon, so I better scoot! ttfn xoxoxo KJ(Kelly)
  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
    SuzyQ- Just saw your response on the herb! Tarragon! Not one I use often.
    Machka- I am not typically afraid of spiders, but seeing them in my bedroom makes me NOT want to go to sleep...lol
  • SuziQ113
    SuziQ113 Posts: 1,520 Member
    KJ,
    I started experimenting with tarragon quite a few years ago. I had a jar and said, better use this up before it has to be tossed. I started using it when I roasted corn, graduated to using it in pasta sauce (gravy for the Italians), and then using it in poultry stuffing. When I have guests over they always rave about the taste and ask what I used to season.

    From WebMD:
    Tarragon is an herb. ... The parts of the tarragon plant that grow above the ground are used to make medicine. Tarragon is used to treat digestion problems, poor appetite, water retention, and toothache; to start menstruation; and to promote sleep. In foods and beverages, tarragon is used as a culinary herb.

    I guess I better start using more of it with my sleep issues! LOL.......
  • SuziQ113
    SuziQ113 Posts: 1,520 Member
    Karen - Call the difficult one first. :smile: The grapes look delicious!

    Captain Moore is an inspiration! If I live to that not so young age I certainly hope I can to continue to inspire as he has been doing.
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    KJ

    Ahhhhh, SO glad your business has settled back down and you have a nice new little family! They sound lovely. I hope your weather cooperates so you can get your outdoor play equipment set up as planned. I hope your daughter sends new photos soon.

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    Penny

    Lovely photo from your snowmobile excursion to Jernsenga "The Iron Bedsteads".

    Wow! I'm super impressed by your knowledge of Scientific Classification. I just had to see if Tarragon is in the Asteraceae Family. Indeed it is. This is for you:
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    OK I'm going to get going on my chores etc. Not working until this afternoon, so I have a number of "puttering projects" to work on. Plus going to call or write to my brothers.

    Karen in Virginia
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,598 Member
    Lagopus wrote: »
    Machka - I don't like spiders. :noway: I've never liked spiders. t3604.gif I have disliked spiders with special vehemence since the day my sister and I were walking somewhere in East Africa and I had an impulse to pick up a stick and poke it into a knothole on a nearby fencepost. t3607.gif Over half a century later my scalp still tingles when I remember the big hairy spider that jumped out of that hole. So I applaud your mighty hunter, but also worry about him. Are cats immune to the venom of the huntsman spider?

    Huntsman's aren't overly venomous, and apparently cat's skin is thick enough so that it's rare a huntsman would get a bite in.

    I looked it up right away!

    Then we had to take Rhody to the vet for a quick check on something else, and I asked about the huntsman spider. She figured it was OK. It's also fairly common.


    I don't mind spiders ... but I prefer that they remain outside. I don't like the idea of spiders in the bedroom.


    M in Oz

  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    @Machka9 i find the people dying side pretty major! but you make a good case for your point of view. Here in the city with 1h max going out per day for 2 months, and pressure to not even walk alone in the street (and possible danger of doing so at any time of day) and need for mask and gloves etc, has likely lead to depression, with all it's consequences for a large proportion of the population here. 2 years would presumably be very dark. I do have at least 3 friends in the city who are doing well (2 working nicely on research, 1 like you enjoying less commute and more couple time.) It doesn't seem to be the majority. People in spacious homes in country in nice couples without young kids seem to be doing the best.
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    edited April 2020
    Karen - so pleased for you for the job, while worrying about you because you're going out to a job. Take care, my friend.

    KJ     - wasn't my boss, but a potential grantor. :) Has zero idea what I can do, thank goodness!

    TL;DR - triumphs, trials and tribulations at work
    And speaking of what I do, got a call from our stalwart local United Way, and they not only awarded us our allocation to support our programs, but bumped it UP from last year, from $38,000 to $40,000. My favorites of the seven United Ways I work with across the state and the only ones who got PR cookies this year before the lockdown! :smiley: Gentle bribery is a given in my world B) every member of the grant committee also got a box or two when they came to meet with us back in February.

    Woke up with a way figured out (I hope) to smooth the hackles of the finance people, who do NOT want to disclose salaries to me or to the foundations I apply to... but the only way I can get a grantor to give us money for them is to know how much the salaries and benefits are.

    Slated a meeting with the chief financial officer this morning, and will propose that once a quarter, I get a median (or average, I don't care) salary for each position or class of position that we have. So, I'd get an average for our volunteer specialists, and I'd also have them lump all the C-level folks together as well, and give me that average. I'm hoping she'll say yes. I've got five major grants on my plate now, and all are offering some form of salary support except Cisco Systems. The other three are Walmart, Wells Fargo, Blue Cross Blue Shield and the largest United Way in the state. Unfortunately, they also all support them in differing formulas and ways.

    Busy day ahead, just cooling down from the elliptical, after skipping the last two days, and am running with sweat. While it wasn't prescient in any way, it was fortunate that we bought it before the lockdown--it's been a lifesaver to keep my weight at least steady, if not descending.

    Speaking of which, @bananasandoranges , there are under desk ellipticals which take up little space and some of them can be used standing, as long as you have a way to support your upper body. I have one under my desk right now which, unfortunately, I tend to use as a foot stool mostly. :blush:

    Love y'all,
    Happy Friday,
    Lisa in AR
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,598 Member
    edited April 2020
    bananasandoranges wrote: »
    @Machka9 i find the people dying side pretty major! but you make a good case for your point of view. Here in the city with 1h max going out per day for 2 months, and pressure to not even walk alone in the street (and possible danger of doing so at any time of day) and need for mask and gloves etc, has likely lead to depression, with all it's consequences for a large proportion of the population here. 2 years would presumably be very dark. I do have at least 3 friends in the city who are doing well (2 working nicely on research, 1 like you enjoying less commute and more couple time.) It doesn't seem to be the majority. People in spacious homes in country in nice couples without young kids seem to be doing the best.

    During the Great Flu of 2017, here in Tasmania we had 47 deaths and so many of us (me included) were very sick. So far, we've had 7 COVID-19 deaths, and I think we're up to 180 people diagnosed with it. Australia as a whole had 1255 deaths in 2017, compared with 65 COVID-19 deaths.

    Most of the COVID-19 deaths in Tasmania, and I think, Australia in general, are related to the cruise ship the Ruby Princess. If we had refused to let that cruise ship dock, our numbers would be really low. A homicide investigation is now underway.

    Note that I am well aware that COVID-19 is very contageous and we could potentially get a spike, but so far Australia is taking the precautions it should have taken during the 2017 flu. I thought then that we should have been "deep cleaning" and social distancing!! Hopefully we do that each flu season going forward.

    https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by Subject/3303.0~2017~Main Features~Deaths due to influenza~5


    Down here, we're allowed to be outside 24-hours a day if we want. We are just encouraged to remain in our own council areas. Exercise and being outdoors are emphasised as good ways to keep our spirits up. So I see a lot of people out walking and cycling. Not crowds ... just a couple here, a single there, maybe a family ... but a lot more than there used to be.

    If I were cycling like I was in early 2018 before my husband's accident, we'd be riding centuries (100 milers) every couple weeks! Unfortunately he's not up to that, and quite frankly, neither am I now, so we're doing shorter rides.


    We are not encourage to wear gloves and masks ... in fact, if anything, we're discouraged from doing so. I wouldn't even know where to get a mask. We are, however, encouraged to keep away from each other and to wash our hands well before we go out and when we get in.
    https://www.coronavirus.tas.gov.au/keeping-yourself-safe/what-you-can-do/facemasks


    I kind of miss travelling, but haven't been allowed to travel for 2 years ... so what's another 2 years. I actually feel freer now than I did before the "shutdown". :)


    This is our information site: https://www.coronavirus.tas.gov.au/

    And this was the front of one of our newspapers just a little while back.

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    BTW - I don't think we'll be in as strict a shutdown as we are now for a full 2 years. Instead, I'm hoping that governments, manufacturers, inventors, designers, etc. will come up with things from my list of potential developments ... and more!

    I think (I hope!) that gradually we'll move into a new way of doing things and that we do not return to what we knew as "normal".

    I hope that all public toilets will be automatic and automatically clean themselves. I know that technology exists.

    I hope that grocery stores and other stores will put up plexiglass (or whatever) barriers between the cashiers and customers and keep the barriers in place. I hope that shops will be designed so that customers have to leave spaces between each other at the tills ... or maybe we do need to go to self-checkouts, but we'd need someone there cleaning each one between uses.

    You probably don't know of Consumers Distributing. I suspect that only the Canadians will remember it. I remember it! I shopped there. :)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumers_Distributing

    "Consumers Distributing aimed to reduce costs for customers by stocking merchandise in a warehouse-type stocking system instead of displaying them in a costly showroom. Customers made their selections from a catalogue, filled out a form listing the items they wanted, then waited for stock staff to retrieve the items from the warehouse. The business model of Consumers Distributing has been described as "Internet shopping before the Internet"."

    I kind of hope that this style of shopping, or something similar, comes back. Shops could have a strong internet presence and a Consumers Distributing in-person presence. Of course, instead of going to the store, flipping through catalogues, and filling in a form, we'd make our selections online and go to the store to pick them up.

    I am excited to see the changes that could come of this pandemic ... and will be quite disappointed if nothing much materialises from it. We've been teetering on the brink of a technology revolution for years now. I'm hoping this will be the thing that pushes us over the edge. :) A whole new world! And one I've been dreaming about and writing little stories about since I was 8 or 9 years old.

    Machka in Oz
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