Any one else in quarantine?

[Shoeless Moe]

How do people in The Walking Dead wipe their asses?

The show has advanced about 10 years or so into the future on it since it began, yet its never come up.

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

How do people in The Walking Dead wipe their asses?

The show has advanced about 10 years or so into the future on it since it began, yet its never come up.

LOL. Much like the show 24. When exactly does Jack Bauer eat or go to the bathroom. Hmmmm.

[DHogan]

I live in the town of Winthrop, Mass. The first person to die from the virus in Massachusetts was from Winthrop. He was 86 or 87 with preexisting medical illness. I'm retired and I've just been staying home any way. Stop and Shop and a few other markets are offering early shopping hours for people 60 and over from 6:00am to 8:00. The store restock the shelves in the overnight. Two things I hate more are going food shopping and getting up early.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by mr2686

LOL. Much like the show 24. When exactly does Jack Bauer eat or go to the bathroom. Hmmmm.

TP isn't a difficult sort of paper to make. It is hard to make well, but 10 years into a zombie apocalypse the crazy guy with a blender and some window screens will be very popular.

[Runscott]

and the guy who grows extra corn.

[Corporal Lance Boil]

I think I have 5 days left. I'm off self-quarantine on Saturday. I cheated yesterday, when I took garbage to the transfer station "translate dump", but I waited until nobody else was there, got put of my car and threw it away, and left immediately.

I have found a few cool things in the interim.

The complete Strand magazine first editions of "The Hound of the Baskervilles", maybe 4-6 books.

A signed Bukowski book of "Women", in Swedish.

First edition of the soft-cover of "On the Road".

An original copy of the "Book of the Dead", with a Flexi-disc of Neil Cassady rapping.

And also a bunch of baseball autos, and stuff. But because this is "Off-topic" I will leave it there.

Hoping everyone is safe, secure, and wonderful tonight.

Tony

[Corporal Lance Boil]

Finally out of self-quarantine today. Very exciting. Ran 7 errands, my wife insisted I wear a mask at the grocery store, and we argued about if for a bit but I did.

Observations:

1) About 1 in 5 people were wearing "soft" masks. Most looked like something like an Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Bandito. Next time out I am wearing one of my wife's bras on my face.

2) The. liquor store is essential, and busier than the grocery store.

3) The sun rises in the east, and goes down in the west. It was nice to see other people out, and being polite and respectful after 2 weeks of not seeing anyone. I felt good about my interactions with people.

4) The McDonald's in town is on steroids. The line was really long, and I lit a cigarette (I know, I know) because I thought it would take forever. It was like 2 minutes until I was trying to stub it out because I had to pay and get my food.

5) All the trailheads I passed today were pretty packed. I think its' nice that people are getting outdoors. Perhaps this will be a silver lining.


Anyway, this site helped me pass the time, and I'm appreciative of that. All the best to you and your family.

Tony

[Runscott]

Our local Safeway is busier than usual, all day. People are all over each other, just like normal, almost no masks among shoppers and zero employees wearing masks. They closed the self-check stations and there are markers every six feet at the register lines, but the checkers aren't wearing masks or gloves.

I got tired of the ridiculous behavior at Safeway, so the last time out I went to a more upscale place. ALL store employees wore masks, as did about 75% of the shoppers, and there were not loads of shoppers. Different neighborhood, different behavior. In the lower income areas there is less adherence to the Governor's 'stay at home order'. This virus treats everyone equally, but if you go seek it out, it's more likely to give you the treatment.

Outdoors, I have never seen this many people walking around the neighborhood and I hear, like the poster above, the trailheads are packed, which is why I haven't been to any of the trails. A group of people gather at the intersection a block away, about once a week, music blaring. Some wear masks, some don't. We have only had two people die in Tacoma from COVID-19, so the young people really don't care. There is no police presence in Tacoma and our Mayor appears to be a deaf mute.

I had to spend a day in downtown Seattle last week, and it's a different attitude there. There are only 7 people in my Belltown zip who have tested positive, and that's out of around 20,000 residents. People are walking their dogs and some of the homeless are out, but that's mostly it. No one milling about, few joggers. You might consider this a bad thing, but you can either believe what the medical experts are saying, or you can rationalize it away to suit your immediate pleasure needs.

Tomorrow will be four weeks for me, and I'm finding I like it. Saving a lot of money and eating better than ever AND losing a little weight. The biggest problem is no more income, but I got an SBA disaster loan. If you are a small business, DO IT. it's easy once you get the initial application in, as they are stream-lining everything because of the huge demand. Mine just about equals the amount of income I'll lose through July.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Corporal Lance Boil

Finally out of self-quarantine today. Very exciting. Ran 7 errands, my wife insisted I wear a mask at the grocery store, and we argued about if for a bit but I did.

Observations:

1) About 1 in 5 people were wearing "soft" masks. Most looked like something like an Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Bandito. Next time out I am wearing one of my wife's bras on my face.

2) The. liquor store is essential, and busier than the grocery store.

3) The sun rises in the east, and goes down in the west. It was nice to see other people out, and being polite and respectful after 2 weeks of not seeing anyone. I felt good about my interactions with people.

4) The McDonald's in town is on steroids. The line was really long, and I lit a cigarette (I know, I know) because I thought it would take forever. It was like 2 minutes until I was trying to stub it out because I had to pay and get my food.

5) All the trailheads I passed today were pretty packed. I think its' nice that people are getting outdoors. Perhaps this will be a silver lining.


Anyway, this site helped me pass the time, and I'm appreciative of that. All the best to you and your family.

Tony

Same to you, Tony. My wife is a bit of a germaphobe so anytime I go out, I get the 3rd degree about being prepared for it. Same when I get home, its wash your hands, wash your hands!!

Speaking of face coverings, I am hoping your wife isn't large chested!