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Theoldguy1 wrote: »DancingMoosie wrote: »DancingMoosie wrote: »We just got some extra dry beans, rice, and gallon jugs of water. We aren't really afraid of the virus, but more of the panicked shoppers that might clear the shelves, lol.
I don’t get the stocking up in water for most folks. Since when does a potential quarantine come with a utility shut off?
I live in a rural area and we have a private company for our water supply that isn't always reliable. Having extra water isn't going to hurt anyone, especially if we wake up to the water being off or coming in off-color.
Where I live in the UK there is zero chance the water will get turned off and it is good quality, yet people are still panic buying bottles of the stuff. It seems to be a sort of madness where some people simply cannot help themselves.
Where do the chemicals that treat your water come from and how do they get there? Supply chain disruption?
Now the chances may be minimal, but my third grade teacher told us that if a test question said something "never or 0% chance" it could happen, false is the correct answer.
You are, if I may be so bold, being somewhat over dramatic and it is your sort of comments that are causing the ridiculous panic that is seeing toilet paper disappearing off shelves across the western world.
If I was not seeing it for myself I would never have believed people would behave like they are currently behaving, but there you are.
You apparently missed my response to someone else up thread, I'll repeat it below
If you read my response, I said the chances are MINIMAL. Can't say never, zero chance.
I'm personally not real worried. I go to a public gym and don't have a bottle of hand sanitizer on a cord around my neck or some other over reaction.2 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »I went to a party last night. Everyone was avoiding shaking hands or cheek kisses doing friendly waves instead. It was kinda good. Also before grabbing pizza people were washing hands. It was great.
I r.e.a.l.l.y. hope this starts to end all the touching between people in general.
Enough with your hugging, virtual strangers. Ick and ugh.
I love that your ick reaction to hugging virtual strangers is eliciting virtual hugs from Internet strangers.
I totally set that one up, didn't I?
Stahhhp hugging me!!!
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cmriverside wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »I went to a party last night. Everyone was avoiding shaking hands or cheek kisses doing friendly waves instead. It was kinda good. Also before grabbing pizza people were washing hands. It was great.
I r.e.a.l.l.y. hope this starts to end all the touching between people in general.
Enough with your hugging, virtual strangers. Ick and ugh.
I love that your ick reaction to hugging virtual strangers is eliciting virtual hugs from Internet strangers.
I totally set that one up, didn't I?
Stahhhp hugging me!!!
Hugged again, just to be sure you feel the love
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ladyreva78 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »I went to a party last night. Everyone was avoiding shaking hands or cheek kisses doing friendly waves instead. It was kinda good. Also before grabbing pizza people were washing hands. It was great.
I r.e.a.l.l.y. hope this starts to end all the touching between people in general.
Enough with your hugging, virtual strangers. Ick and ugh.
I love that your ick reaction to hugging virtual strangers is eliciting virtual hugs from Internet strangers.
I totally set that one up, didn't I?
Stahhhp hugging me!!!
Hugged again, just to be sure you feel the love
The final straw for me with stranger-hugs was this guy I see at the beach all the time.
I generally steer clear of him because he has boundary issues, and this one time...
He stops me to chat and as I'm trying to walk away he hugs me from the side - I never even saw it coming - with his beachy suntan oil and sweaty naked underarms.
Just. No.
That was the last time I got within six feet of him.8 -
cmriverside wrote: »ladyreva78 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »I went to a party last night. Everyone was avoiding shaking hands or cheek kisses doing friendly waves instead. It was kinda good. Also before grabbing pizza people were washing hands. It was great.
I r.e.a.l.l.y. hope this starts to end all the touching between people in general.
Enough with your hugging, virtual strangers. Ick and ugh.
I love that your ick reaction to hugging virtual strangers is eliciting virtual hugs from Internet strangers.
I totally set that one up, didn't I?
Stahhhp hugging me!!!
Hugged again, just to be sure you feel the love
The final straw for me with stranger-hugs was this guy I see at the beach all the time.
I generally steer clear of him because he has boundary issues, and this one time...
He stops me to chat and as I'm trying to walk away he hugs me from the side - I never even saw it coming - with his beachy suntan oil and sweaty naked underarms.
Just. No.
That was the last time I got within six feet of him.
Yuck! People like that just weird me out (and usually end up with a bruise after having warned them to keep their limbs to themselves)
Worse even than the guy telling me to smile cause I'd be prettier at the exit to the grocery store after having braved hoards of zombies panic buying 6 months worth of food. All I needed was a bottle of shampoo, some vitamin d and dad's favorite bbq sauce... nope. Not feeling the need to smile...3 -
ladyreva78 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »ladyreva78 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »I went to a party last night. Everyone was avoiding shaking hands or cheek kisses doing friendly waves instead. It was kinda good. Also before grabbing pizza people were washing hands. It was great.
I r.e.a.l.l.y. hope this starts to end all the touching between people in general.
Enough with your hugging, virtual strangers. Ick and ugh.
I love that your ick reaction to hugging virtual strangers is eliciting virtual hugs from Internet strangers.
I totally set that one up, didn't I?
Stahhhp hugging me!!!
Hugged again, just to be sure you feel the love
The final straw for me with stranger-hugs was this guy I see at the beach all the time.
I generally steer clear of him because he has boundary issues, and this one time...
He stops me to chat and as I'm trying to walk away he hugs me from the side - I never even saw it coming - with his beachy suntan oil and sweaty naked underarms.
Just. No.
That was the last time I got within six feet of him.
Yuck! People like that just weird me out (and usually end up with a bruise after having warned them to keep their limbs to themselves)
Worse even than the guy telling me to smile cause I'd be prettier at the exit to the grocery store after having braved hoards of zombies panic buying 6 months worth of food. All I needed was a bottle of shampoo, some vitamin d and dad's favorite bbq sauce... nope. Not feeling the need to smile...
I've been going to the store at 6AM when they first open. No one except shelf-stockers are there! It's pretty awesome.4 -
cmriverside wrote: »ladyreva78 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »ladyreva78 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »I went to a party last night. Everyone was avoiding shaking hands or cheek kisses doing friendly waves instead. It was kinda good. Also before grabbing pizza people were washing hands. It was great.
I r.e.a.l.l.y. hope this starts to end all the touching between people in general.
Enough with your hugging, virtual strangers. Ick and ugh.
I love that your ick reaction to hugging virtual strangers is eliciting virtual hugs from Internet strangers.
I totally set that one up, didn't I?
Stahhhp hugging me!!!
Hugged again, just to be sure you feel the love
The final straw for me with stranger-hugs was this guy I see at the beach all the time.
I generally steer clear of him because he has boundary issues, and this one time...
He stops me to chat and as I'm trying to walk away he hugs me from the side - I never even saw it coming - with his beachy suntan oil and sweaty naked underarms.
Just. No.
That was the last time I got within six feet of him.
Yuck! People like that just weird me out (and usually end up with a bruise after having warned them to keep their limbs to themselves)
Worse even than the guy telling me to smile cause I'd be prettier at the exit to the grocery store after having braved hoards of zombies panic buying 6 months worth of food. All I needed was a bottle of shampoo, some vitamin d and dad's favorite bbq sauce... nope. Not feeling the need to smile...
I've been going to the store at 6AM when they first open. No one except shelf-stockers are there! It's pretty awesome.
Ours open at 7am here, and it is the greatest time to go shopping, even when there aren't angry mobs hoarding TP.
I haven't been out in this much, but decided to pick up some ibuprofen the other night just after 11pm on my way home from work. It was nice and quiet, and the store seemed to still have supplies (although I didn't check for TP or hand sanitizer). That was the evening of our first announced presumptive case. We shall see what happens in the coming days.3 -
ladyreva78 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »ladyreva78 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »I went to a party last night. Everyone was avoiding shaking hands or cheek kisses doing friendly waves instead. It was kinda good. Also before grabbing pizza people were washing hands. It was great.
I r.e.a.l.l.y. hope this starts to end all the touching between people in general.
Enough with your hugging, virtual strangers. Ick and ugh.
I love that your ick reaction to hugging virtual strangers is eliciting virtual hugs from Internet strangers.
I totally set that one up, didn't I?
Stahhhp hugging me!!!
Hugged again, just to be sure you feel the love
The final straw for me with stranger-hugs was this guy I see at the beach all the time.
I generally steer clear of him because he has boundary issues, and this one time...
He stops me to chat and as I'm trying to walk away he hugs me from the side - I never even saw it coming - with his beachy suntan oil and sweaty naked underarms.
Just. No.
That was the last time I got within six feet of him.
Yuck! People like that just weird me out (and usually end up with a bruise after having warned them to keep their limbs to themselves)
Worse even than the guy telling me to smile cause I'd be prettier at the exit to the grocery store after having braved hoards of zombies panic buying 6 months worth of food. All I needed was a bottle of shampoo, some vitamin d and dad's favorite bbq sauce... nope. Not feeling the need to smile...
Next time say, "Kicking you in the gonads would give me a reason to smile." 2 -
I'm musing about what fraction of of the public panic may be related to reading comprehension and numerical skills (or their lack).
Even in this thread, there's been some small tendency to mistake minor quibbles for major claims, well-marked joking comments for serious points (at least I thought they were well-marked
), observations of public fact for signs the poster was fostering or feeling panic, etc.
For sure, poor grasp of science is part of the reason public panic happens, and also part of the reason (alongside, perhaps, self-centeredness) that some argue that no public policy action whatsoever is necessary anywhere ever, and that we should just let the whole thing run an unfettered natural course.10 -
ladyreva78 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »ladyreva78 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »I went to a party last night. Everyone was avoiding shaking hands or cheek kisses doing friendly waves instead. It was kinda good. Also before grabbing pizza people were washing hands. It was great.
I r.e.a.l.l.y. hope this starts to end all the touching between people in general.
Enough with your hugging, virtual strangers. Ick and ugh.
I love that your ick reaction to hugging virtual strangers is eliciting virtual hugs from Internet strangers.
I totally set that one up, didn't I?
Stahhhp hugging me!!!
Hugged again, just to be sure you feel the love
The final straw for me with stranger-hugs was this guy I see at the beach all the time.
I generally steer clear of him because he has boundary issues, and this one time...
He stops me to chat and as I'm trying to walk away he hugs me from the side - I never even saw it coming - with his beachy suntan oil and sweaty naked underarms.
Just. No.
That was the last time I got within six feet of him.
Yuck! People like that just weird me out (and usually end up with a bruise after having warned them to keep their limbs to themselves)
Worse even than the guy telling me to smile cause I'd be prettier at the exit to the grocery store after having braved hoards of zombies panic buying 6 months worth of food. All I needed was a bottle of shampoo, some vitamin d and dad's favorite bbq sauce... nope. Not feeling the need to smile...
UGH. I used to get that a lot when I was waitressing in the 80s. Not now that I'm older, rounder, and do not serve the public.1 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »ladyreva78 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »ladyreva78 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »I went to a party last night. Everyone was avoiding shaking hands or cheek kisses doing friendly waves instead. It was kinda good. Also before grabbing pizza people were washing hands. It was great.
I r.e.a.l.l.y. hope this starts to end all the touching between people in general.
Enough with your hugging, virtual strangers. Ick and ugh.
I love that your ick reaction to hugging virtual strangers is eliciting virtual hugs from Internet strangers.
I totally set that one up, didn't I?
Stahhhp hugging me!!!
Hugged again, just to be sure you feel the love
The final straw for me with stranger-hugs was this guy I see at the beach all the time.
I generally steer clear of him because he has boundary issues, and this one time...
He stops me to chat and as I'm trying to walk away he hugs me from the side - I never even saw it coming - with his beachy suntan oil and sweaty naked underarms.
Just. No.
That was the last time I got within six feet of him.
Yuck! People like that just weird me out (and usually end up with a bruise after having warned them to keep their limbs to themselves)
Worse even than the guy telling me to smile cause I'd be prettier at the exit to the grocery store after having braved hoards of zombies panic buying 6 months worth of food. All I needed was a bottle of shampoo, some vitamin d and dad's favorite bbq sauce... nope. Not feeling the need to smile...
Next time say, "Kicking you in the gonads would give me a reason to smile."
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kshama2001 wrote: »
Love it! Found the twitter thread and found this there:
I can attest that 20 minutes does NOT work after cutting a pint of jalapenos for home canned salsa, even soaking in vinegar afterwards does not work. Yes, it helps a little when taking them out but they absorb enough of the oil that it takes a week of soaking them while changing the solution 2x a day to make them wearable again. These days I wouldn't bother but back in the late 80's when special high power toric lenses cost $180 a pair you bet I made the effort.
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My brother is totally opposite me on the political spectrum and occasionally falls for doomsday woo. A couple of years ago he bought tubs of food for a family of 4 for 2 months (his family was 2 at the time. He has since added a wife but his daughter is attending college out of state so he is basically 2 with a maybe 3rd). The stuff is supposed to be good for 20 years.
I have been teasing him about it ever since. I am hoping I won't have to eat my words.
I actually ordered free samples from the company thinking it might not be a bad idea to get a 1 person, 1 month tub since I do live in an area that occasionally gets tornadoes and blizzards. I was also thinking the food would be handy for camping and/or backpacking. The stuff was so salty it made my mouth hurt so no thanks.2 -
Just caught up on this thread. I'll give you news from Rome. We're pretty much in quarantine. Closings: Gyms, pools, health centers, pubs, museums, archeological sites, masses (churches will be open for personal prayer only), restaurants and coffee bars will be closing at 6 in the evening, tours of any kind, marathons, sporting events, schools, universities, ...... the list is very long. I'm enjoying your comments, because that's what I thought a week or two ago. Things have changed radically. This is very serious--no joke. China did not build a huge new hospital in 10 days because of propaganda. Flights are not being cancelled on a whim. Northern Italy does not have enough hospital beds or equipment, or personal to handle this. An older immunologist said he had never seen anything like it. Am I panicking? No, we're in the soup now and will see it through. I got in a nice long swim this morning and it will be the last one for quite a while.
My advice. Panicking causes lots of problems. So don't do it. Follow the indications given by your government. This is not going to be over soon. We are assured that grocery stores will be replenished. Old and the infirm are asked to stay home as much as possible. There's nowhere to go right now anyway. Anyone with a fever and or cough is to call their doctor and not to go to the emergency room. Will keep you abreast of happenings in Italy. Is the economy going to hell--oh yes. Sigh. It wasn't that great to begin with.39 -
snowflake954 wrote: »Just caught up on this thread. I'll give you news from Rome. We're pretty much in quarantine. Closings: Gyms, pools, health centers, pubs, museums, archeological sites, masses (churches will be open for personal prayer only), restaurants and coffee bars will be closing at 6 in the evening, tours of any kind, marathons, sporting events, schools, universities, ...... the list is very long. I'm enjoying your comments, because that's what I thought a week or two ago. Things have changed radically. This is very serious--no joke. China did not build a huge new hospital in 10 days because of propaganda. Flights are not being cancelled on a whim. Northern Italy does not have enough hospital beds or equipment, or personal to handle this. An older immunologist said he had never seen anything like it. Am I panicking? No, we're in the soup now and will see it through. I got in a nice long swim this morning and it will be the last one for quite a while.
My advice. Panicking causes lots of problems. So don't do it. Follow the indications given by your government. This is not going to be over soon. We are assured that grocery stores will be replenished. Old and the infirm are asked to stay home as much as possible. There's nowhere to go right now anyway. Anyone with a fever and or cough is to call their doctor and not to go to the emergency room. Will keep you abreast of happenings in Italy. Is the economy going to hell--oh yes. Sigh. It wasn't that great to begin with.
Thank you for sharing this. I hope you able to stay safe and well.5 -
cmriverside wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »I went to a party last night. Everyone was avoiding shaking hands or cheek kisses doing friendly waves instead. It was kinda good. Also before grabbing pizza people were washing hands. It was great.
I r.e.a.l.l.y. hope this starts to end all the touching between people in general.
Enough with your hugging, virtual strangers. Ick and ugh.
I love that your ick reaction to hugging virtual strangers is eliciting virtual hugs from Internet strangers.
I totally set that one up, didn't I?
Stahhhp hugging me!!!
The hugging will continue until morale improves.6 -
snowflake954 wrote: »Just caught up on this thread. I'll give you news from Rome. We're pretty much in quarantine. Closings: Gyms, pools, health centers, pubs, museums, archeological sites, masses (churches will be open for personal prayer only), restaurants and coffee bars will be closing at 6 in the evening, tours of any kind, marathons, sporting events, schools, universities, ...... the list is very long. I'm enjoying your comments, because that's what I thought a week or two ago. Things have changed radically. This is very serious--no joke. China did not build a huge new hospital in 10 days because of propaganda. Flights are not being cancelled on a whim. Northern Italy does not have enough hospital beds or equipment, or personal to handle this. An older immunologist said he had never seen anything like it. Am I panicking? No, we're in the soup now and will see it through. I got in a nice long swim this morning and it will be the last one for quite a while.
My advice. Panicking causes lots of problems. So don't do it. Follow the indications given by your government. This is not going to be over soon. We are assured that grocery stores will be replenished. Old and the infirm are asked to stay home as much as possible. There's nowhere to go right now anyway. Anyone with a fever and or cough is to call their doctor and not to go to the emergency room. Will keep you abreast of happenings in Italy. Is the economy going to hell--oh yes. Sigh. It wasn't that great to begin with.
Hugs and well wishes from a northern neighbor (Switzerland)! We're waiting and hoping, but also knowing that the disease is already here and will probably soon become intractable.6 -
snowflake954 wrote: »Just caught up on this thread. I'll give you news from Rome. We're pretty much in quarantine. Closings: Gyms, pools, health centers, pubs, museums, archeological sites, masses (churches will be open for personal prayer only), restaurants and coffee bars will be closing at 6 in the evening, tours of any kind, marathons, sporting events, schools, universities, ...... the list is very long. I'm enjoying your comments, because that's what I thought a week or two ago. Things have changed radically. This is very serious--no joke. China did not build a huge new hospital in 10 days because of propaganda. Flights are not being cancelled on a whim. Northern Italy does not have enough hospital beds or equipment, or personal to handle this. An older immunologist said he had never seen anything like it. Am I panicking? No, we're in the soup now and will see it through. I got in a nice long swim this morning and it will be the last one for quite a while.
My advice. Panicking causes lots of problems. So don't do it. Follow the indications given by your government. This is not going to be over soon. We are assured that grocery stores will be replenished. Old and the infirm are asked to stay home as much as possible. There's nowhere to go right now anyway. Anyone with a fever and or cough is to call their doctor and not to go to the emergency room. Will keep you abreast of happenings in Italy. Is the economy going to hell--oh yes. Sigh. It wasn't that great to begin with.
Thanks for the report. Virtual hugs.6 -
After seeing the drama over hand sanitizer I started going through the house collecting all the little bottles I've bought and forgot about over the years, and let me tell you I could make a fortune on Ebay if I wasn't hoarding them for myself
Me too! I found them in old travel carryons, under bathroom sinks, under car seats. Yay! Found several in my grown kids rooms since they never would use it!6
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