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Post by Duragizer on Mar 8, 2020 20:07:28 GMT -5
The most interesting house I ever lived in was undoubtedly my second. I don't know how old I was when the family moved in, but I attended kindergarten while there. It was a two-storey house, with the stairwell leading upstairs concealed behind a hinged bookcase. It was also a very old house; it had no indoor plumbing, so to bathe and do our dirty business, we had to go out to an adjacent cabin which housed a bathtub and a few toilet stalls; birds had also made nests in holes bored through the exterior walls near the roof.
One of the few happy memories I have of my father was when we were living there. There were woods surrounding the neighbourhood, and one day he and I went for a walk. We found a broken hockey stick and a wicker box during our trek; the latter we took home with us and kept audio cassettes in. We also came across a car wreck wrapped around a tree; I couldn't say how long it had been there, but I'd venture quite a while.
The family lived there a couple years. Then we were forced to move by our landlord, who then demolished the aged property.
I really wish I could revisit that old house. Too bad there isn't a Wayback Machine for physical locations.
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Post by berkley on Mar 8, 2020 23:29:33 GMT -5
I do not understand, at all, the hoarding of Toilet paper. then again, after my trip to Japan last year, we bought a Tushy Bidet attachment. . so we don't use much toilet paper these days. he'll, we're only 1/2 way thru the 12 pack I bought before Thanksgiving. It might be due to my French ancestors, but I find the concept of the bidet far more hygienic and civilized than toilet paper. Cleanliness is next to godliness! I've never used one or been in a bathroom that had one, but it seems like they should be much more sanitary than toilet paper.
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Post by brianf on Mar 8, 2020 23:46:10 GMT -5
I live in Seattle and went to Safeway today to pick up a few things. I was able to buy an 8 pack of TP no problem. But then again, I avoided going to the store last week when all the Seattle yahoos were going out and buying everything up. We live in interesting times.
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Post by Cei-U! on Mar 10, 2020 9:03:46 GMT -5
I'm finally back online but I'm still in the process of moving so it'll still be a day or two before I have time to post anything of length. The short version: new apartment is nice (though smaller it is paradoxically roomier), doctor finally found a treatment that works on my leg pain, my family rocks, Coronavirus sucks, and I'm straining at the bit to get back to work on the book.
Cei-U! I summon my exile's end!
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Post by The Captain on Mar 10, 2020 15:53:56 GMT -5
I'm finally back online but I'm still in the process of moving so it'll still be a day or two before I have time to post anything of length. The short version: new apartment is nice ( though smaller it is paradoxically roomier), doctor finally found a treatment that works on my leg pain, my family rocks, Coronavirus sucks, and I'm straining at the bit to get back to work on the book. Cei-U! I summon my exile's end! Awww, they got Kurt his very own TARDIS. Glad things are looking up, my friend!
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Post by impulse on Mar 10, 2020 16:23:31 GMT -5
Well, this COVID-19 situation is interesting. With all the other stressors this year, talk about a wild card coming out of nowhere. Italy has shut down... Italy. All of it. If you had made a list of crazy crap to happen in 2020, global pandemic would not have even made my top 10.
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Post by Prince Hal on Mar 10, 2020 16:25:49 GMT -5
Well, this COVID-19 situation is interesting. With all the other stressors this year, talk about a wild card coming out of nowhere. Italy has shut down... Italy. All of it. If you had made a list of crazy crap to happen in 2020, global pandemic would not have even made my top 10. At least the Great Negotiator was ready for it.
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Post by Duragizer on Mar 10, 2020 21:43:48 GMT -5
Depression and stress has killed my ability to write.
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Post by beccabear67 on Mar 10, 2020 23:56:58 GMT -5
Taking around 1,000 IU of Vitamin D daily in the winter can help many with non-clinical depression. It's mostly the very elderly and people with weakened health that should truly fear the current virus and be given extra consideration. Really strange to have stories of young healthy people flipping out and panic buying etc., maybe they have this confused with the 1919 influenza or something?
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Post by EdoBosnar on Mar 11, 2020 4:10:11 GMT -5
Well, this COVID-19 situation is interesting. With all the other stressors this year, talk about a wild card coming out of nowhere. Italy has shut down... Italy. All of it. If you had made a list of crazy crap to happen in 2020, global pandemic would not have even made my top 10. It probably wouldn't have occurred to me, either, but honestly, given the immensity of the planet's human population, how well-connected we all are, and the relatively recent SARS, swine flu and ebola scares, epidemics/pandemics should probably be uppermost on everyone's list of priorities - and certainly for governments/political leaders if no one else.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Mar 11, 2020 6:19:54 GMT -5
Taking around 1,000 IU of Vitamin D daily in the winter can help many with non-clinical depression. It's mostly the very elderly and people with weakened health that should truly fear the current virus and be given extra consideration. Really strange to have stories of young healthy people flipping out and panic buying etc., maybe they have this confused with the 1919 influenza or something? I think they subconsciously confuse it with the zombie apocalypse.
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Post by The Captain on Mar 11, 2020 7:41:01 GMT -5
Taking around 1,000 IU of Vitamin D daily in the winter can help many with non-clinical depression. It's mostly the very elderly and people with weakened health that should truly fear the current virus and be given extra consideration. Really strange to have stories of young healthy people flipping out and panic buying etc., maybe they have this confused with the 1919 influenza or something? My response is going to be a little political in one part. First off, I think young people are doing that because they feel they should be doing SOMETHING, but they're not sure what. It's action born from a sense of uncertainty, and when others are doing it, it seems like a logical plan, even if there is no rational reason to be doing it. Now, the political part. I think their actions are also driven by distrust of the POTUS and his administration. There has been massive disinformation coming from the White House since Day One, not of this situation but the presidency itself. If Donald Trump got up and said that it was raining outside, I would still look out the window to see if it was, because he has no credibility. For all I know, he just bought stock in an umbrella manufacturer. In this instance, he and Mike Pence are saying the virus is contained and it isn't dangerous and there's no need to panic, and that signals, to a portion of the population, that the virus isn't contained and that it is dangerous and that there is need to panic because we've been living in Bizarro World for the past three years. Plus, who doesn't like a good Walmart run for granola bars, bottled water, and some TP?
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Post by impulse on Mar 11, 2020 10:30:15 GMT -5
Taking around 1,000 IU of Vitamin D daily in the winter can help many with non-clinical depression. It's mostly the very elderly and people with weakened health that should truly fear the current virus and be given extra consideration. Really strange to have stories of young healthy people flipping out and panic buying etc., maybe they have this confused with the 1919 influenza or something? Agreed on the panicking not helping, but I am by all accounts young and healthy, but my parents are in their 60s and 70s, and my kids are under 6, so I am taking this seriously although by all accounts I am most likely going to be fine myself. I imagine similar concerns are motivating some of the response.
Well, this COVID-19 situation is interesting. With all the other stressors this year, talk about a wild card coming out of nowhere. Italy has shut down... Italy. All of it. If you had made a list of crazy crap to happen in 2020, global pandemic would not have even made my top 10. It probably wouldn't have occurred to me, either, but honestly, given the immensity of the planet's human population, how well-connected we all are, and the relatively recent SARS, swine flu and ebola scares, epidemics/pandemics should probably be uppermost on everyone's list of priorities - and certainly for governments/political leaders if no one else.Yeah, something like this was probably inevitable, and it is something we should all learn from and be more prepared for. It's a good thing our leadership...crap. Taking around 1,000 IU of Vitamin D daily in the winter can help many with non-clinical depression. It's mostly the very elderly and people with weakened health that should truly fear the current virus and be given extra consideration. Really strange to have stories of young healthy people flipping out and panic buying etc., maybe they have this confused with the 1919 influenza or something? My response is going to be a little political in one part. First off, I think young people are doing that because they feel they should be doing SOMETHING, but they're not sure what. It's action born from a sense of uncertainty, and when others are doing it, it seems like a logical plan, even if there is no rational reason to be doing it. Now, the political part. I think their actions are also driven by distrust of the POTUS and his administration. There has been massive disinformation coming from the White House since Day One, not of this situation but the presidency itself. If Donald Trump got up and said that it was raining outside, I would still look out the window to see if it was, because he has no credibility. For all I know, he just bought stock in an umbrella manufacturer. In this instance, he and Mike Pence are saying the virus is contained and it isn't dangerous and there's no need to panic, and that signals, to a portion of the population, that the virus isn't contained and that it is dangerous and that there is need to panic because we've been living in Bizarro World for the past three years. Plus, who doesn't like a good Walmart run for granola bars, bottled water, and some TP? Seriously. It seems the president is more interested in the numbers than the actual disease, and it's become clear we are woefully unprepared for this and are severely under-reacting. He disbanded the pandemic response team for Pete's sake...
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Post by beccabear67 on Mar 11, 2020 13:50:49 GMT -5
In contrast I'm really happy with how Canada's governments federally and provincially have handled things. We are getting good information like children so far don't seem to be especially vulnerable and may be less vulnerable. Care homes and cruise ships with their high proportions of elderly passengers are all the main headlines for Canada, and we have had someone flat out telling the elderly and weak to not fly or go on cruise ships. No runs of TP etc. that I have seen, it's looking like normal stocked shelves where I've been, in fact one place had a big up front stock of hand sanitizers knowing people would be looking for it, and at the regular price, though they say washing with water is superior.
It looks like they are closing Seattle down, though almost all the cases and the deaths are across the floating bridge in Kirkland.
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Post by beccabear67 on Mar 11, 2020 13:54:04 GMT -5
He disbanded the pandemic response team for Pete's sake...
Oh but that was costing so much money (not like it doesn't go flying out for things he thinks up)... penny wise but pound foolish as my Grandmother used to say.
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