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Post by bretf on Apr 4, 2020 7:52:09 GMT -6
Will; I like your taste. I went to WINCO the morning mass panic buying hit here for hash browns and sausage. The meat cases were nearly wiped out, but they did have a pile of gizzards. I love them, but no one else in my household does. I don’t get it! I ventured out for the first time on Thursday, hitting the bank drive-thru and dropping off a package at the UPS Store. The counter man didn’t seem to mind customers getting close to him, as the man ahead of me leaned on the counter across from him. I kept my distance and the woman who came in behind me did as well. Friday, I donned mask and gloves and went to WINCO for the first time in two weeks. Most everyone was following the social distancing guidelines. Several wore masks, more wore gloves. I saw a couple of people with TP, but it was gone by the time I made it to that aisle. Produce was well stocked. Plenty of potatoes, and no signs on limits. Meds aisle was sporadic, with none of the sinus pills I use. The cleaning aisle had a lot of empty shelves, but bleach has returned. Baking supplies also limited; accompanied by posts limiting amounts. They had a lot of dry yeast, which is what I needed. I think I’ll follow PP2’s lead and bake when I get time. I also had to get some brownie mix. During the earthquake, our single box of mix fell over and the family felt it had to be used up. Comfort food was nice in the crazy situation we’re in. Processed meat and cheese cases were well stocked, but out of the cheddar dogs my son loves. Another comfort food purchase: hot dogs, which I grilled for supper. Plenty of raw meat, but the only burger was the 27% fat, but I got a 10# tube. Well stocked with hams leading to Easter so I got one. They didn’t have plain ribs, but a lot of pre-seasoned St. Louis style. There were many open shelves in the pet food aisle, and my brand of cat food was non-existent. Canned products were spotty, especially soups. I use cream of mushroom in cooking but had to go for the WINCO brand, on Campbell’s to be had. Canned meats had limits, but fair stock. Some rice so I was able to restock. Milk and eggs is stock, but limits posted. I didn’t check price of eggs as my girls have hit their high production. I’ve read about coating them with coconut oil to preserve them. I may give that a try one of these days. In the past, the checkout person asked if I found everything I needed. She didn’t ask this trip, but I managed to fill a cart and spent more than I’d planned. At home, my work has really picked up, so I’ve been spending most of my time bent over the laptop, and looking at the beautiful sunshine through the window. After work Friday, I did manage to finish filling the new raised backyard bed and set up some Wall-o-waters. Then with perfect timing, I got my seed order in the mail from Jackie Clay (Backwoods Home Magazine writer.) I should be able to get more seeds in the dirt today. The news reports increased cases of virus every day, but I read a social media post by a hospital worker who says the stay home and distance efforts are helping. They are now seeing manageable numbers. Meanwhile, in another part of the state, we have elected official defying the governor’s orders because he is infringing on their rights and misleading the populace. I saw this that reminds me of them: linkI received an email from the boss that we will probably return to work on the 15th. Darn, I have a lot more stuff to do at home. We’ll see, I suppose. Stay safe everyone!
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Post by willc453 on Apr 4, 2020 18:04:47 GMT -6
The Virus: 30 days staying at home Day 3 & 4: Spent most of the day assembling my square foot garden beds, then adding the mulch, manure, marking the beds with twine, then hosing everything down. Will plant seeds once I know the weather isn't going to go to sh*t like it has with either snow or some-times, hail. And as for Daryll, he said he had enough toilet paper, but when he talked with Lynn and she told him she'd gotten some toilet paper at Dollar Tree, he was outta here in a flash. Not that he got any of course. Told him I got 16 rolls in the bathroom still left from the 24 pack I bought late last year. And 2 rolls of paper towels, but then I don't use 'em that much anyway. The $1 gallon jugs of water are hard to find, but did pick up another 24 pack of the smaller bottles, which gives me 8 in the smaller shed, along with 50, 2 liter ex-soda pop bottles filled with water. As for Daryll, he's been tossing 'em in the recycle bin when Waste Management picks this stuff up every 2 weeks. He doesn't know I've been taking them, washing 'em out and filling them with water to store in the small shed. Generator is out of the truck and assembled. Ticked off that Harbor Freight charged extra for the battery and wheel set. Anyway, added gas and oil to it, with it firing right up both ways...by electric ignition and pulling the cord. It's a little noisy, but back to Home Depot for a sheet of plywood. After some measuring, made a 3 side box which greatly reduced the machines noise. With winter still lingering, ordered 80 gallons of kerosene to put in that tank Mom had installed for her kerosene heater years ago. It'll be delivered tomorrow. Then made sure I had all 4 of my 5 gallon G.I./NATO gas cans filled with gas, along with the trucks fuel tank. Well, after working hard all day long and spending money I DIDN'T want to spend, decided to play Halo Wars.....and I get the red ring of death on my 360?! Yeah, God REALLY hates me. Decided to h*ll with it. Tomorrow will get it swapped out at Game Stop as it's still under a 2 year warranty, but figure I'd hit Scheel's for nightcrawlers as it's right down the street from Game Stop, but also take my gear and hit the cooling ponds for bass.
Well, this virus thing isn't a bad thing after all. At least for me. Had to wait until Game Stop would open at 09:00, so hit Scheel's first for nightcrawlers and just like Walmart and Cabela's, ended up buying a few extra odds & ends for fishing. Was surprised Game Stop was open and maybe 15 minutes later, had a “new' 360 in my grubby, not so little hands. Wrapped it in a towel, laying it on the floorboard, covering it with a couple of shop towels because I decided to check out Sparks Marina. Basically NO ONE was there except in the dog park area. Thought about doing some fishing, but wanted to hit the cooling ponds.....and again, not only no one was around, there weren't any people camping or fishing on the Truckee river as I went by that area to the cooling ponds. Sweet. Had my usual double cotto salami and American cheese sandwiches w/mayo and lettuce that I'd made up last night, along with 2 bottles of watermelon/kiwi powder mix in those quart size bottles from Dollar Tree. I worked the shore where the water pumps are, eventually getting to the area where it's really deep. Getting hits, but the bass were a bit too small along the shore, but in the area of the deep end on the shore, got 5 good bass, one being maybe 3 pounds? Boy, talk about satisfaction....just sitting on my a$$, munching on sammiches, while guzzling that strawberry/kiwi mix and reading the latest Dresden File book. Then having a couple of satisfying smokes on top of everything. Before I knew it, 6 hours had passed. It was a GOOD day. Get home, get everything out and then it was fish cleaning time. With the fish being on ice from my cooler, the bass were easy enough to clean. As far as guts went, left everything on a paper plate for the neighborhood cats to munch on, that that there's ever been any leftovers when I do this. But with Daryll now feeding the birds (including quail), they went into a kind of feeding frenzy, something I'd never seen before. A few hours later, I'm munching on bass I cooked over coals while wrapped in aluminum foil and a light coating of mayo on them. A few drops of lemon juice....oh God, it was SO good that I didn't miss having fries with them. With my new 360 already hooked up, played Halo Wars for about 2 hours, then checked the net to see what was going on with that virus. Navy carrier and some people at Nellis have it, not good. The carrier's going to remain in port somewhere and figure before too long, Nellis might be shut down/closed. More people have died, some in Nevada, but most in the southern part, meaning Las Vegas area. Wouldn't mind going down there just to take photos, but don't want to spend the money. Figure downtown Reno/Sparks will do. And once again, it's funnier than h*ll how they're finding the money and resources to “help” the homeless when before, it simply wasn't there. And see Washington D.C. Has been hit.....can only hope a lot of the politicians get/die from it. But no doubt they're going to the top of the food chain health care while the rest of us.....
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Post by willc453 on Apr 4, 2020 18:18:22 GMT -6
Only reason I got so many eggs (partial 12 count & 2, 18 pack) is me wanting to make deviled eggs to munch on. And yes, Daryll doesn't mind taking half a dozen when offered. And gotta have Ruffles, along with crunchy Cheeto's. And yeah, my dogs loved them too. Don't eat that much hamburger except as cheeseburgers, many times without the bread and slices of raw, white onions. Other wise, I use it in Hamburger Helper and after it's cooked, lots of shredded cheese and I've ALWAYS got at least 2 blocks of it and American cheese in the fridge. Can't stand that pasteurized imitation cheese bleep. I like WinCo's cream of mushroom soup, but can't stand Dollar Tree's version because it's TOO salty and I like my salt. To get off the chips a bit, picking up 2 stalks of celery now, along with whipped Philadelphia cream cheese which I also dip Ruffles in. Figure I'll hit WinCo Monday morning, Walmart Tuesday in hopes not many will be up that early. Had gizzards last night w/buttermilk ranch dressing and a couple of tomatoes. Will eat the other package later today as I want to make sure it doesn't go bad. !-) Things are cranking up in Nevada w/Nellis closed except for essential personnel and some kids hospital is now infected with the virus. People are now being checked going into Florida and Louisiana is suppose to be the new hot spot. Morgues/funeral homes stuffed with dead bodies and now 42 reefers (refrigerated trailers) are holding these bodies. And downloaded a Youtube video about the 1918 Spanish flu and what it did world wide. REALLY scary sh*t and this was BEFORE the mass transport we have today. Been sending flu videos/new articles to brother in Florida....he's not saying much now and think he's realizing how deep it can get in his state now.
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Post by eyeseetwo on Apr 4, 2020 18:45:03 GMT -6
Our area has been like living in the Twilight Zone.
I teach in a tiny rural area. Only two teachers and a total jerk accountant/administrator and a handful of low paid high quality para professionals and cook.
The administrator has a burr up her arse, hates the staff, is nuts, dies not pay the bills on time and micro manages and does not share vital information to us peons.
Sigh. I clued in to CV in early January. Did not go on the two hour drive each way for supplies as I waited to see how things would shape up.
Dear boss and multiple students had been off and on ill since mid December with bronchial infections, colds, seasonal flu. Boss hacking on all of us. She decided to go long distance to her college age child playing in an international softball tournament. Sigh. She comes back sicker.
Hacking and spewing her crud onto all.
In February I made the long journey each weekend to top off supplies.
Tried to clue family and friends as to the high potential that CV was something to be aware of and concerned over.
Met with a lot of resistance. Boss lied to staff about our school’s emergency planning. I upset her by printing out and distributing to staff and parents prep articles from FEMA and CDC. I began encouraging parents to SIP.
The state follows with a SIP order. Boss is unable to order PPE for staff. No guidance on cleaning the facility except, “We have a gallon of bleach”.
In early February I am hit with three straight weeks of diarrhea, sore throat, low grade fever. Lost seventeen pounds. No appetite.
Mid February hubby gets on board. Goes from it is just the flu to “Hon, how we doing on food?”
Pushing my students on proper hand washing, change our morning routine to not include high fives or sitting in a circle.
I start prepping paper work packets since our students do not have 1:1 devices in school let alone at home. Most have no internet.
March 13, I decide to finally go to urgent care for the sore throat, diarrhea, dark urine and pain in my lower tight back. They refuse to see me. Go to ER, diagnosed with nonspecific viral lung disease, X-ray showed lower lobe lung congestion, urine test showed moderate blood in the urine, no testing for influenza A or B, no Strep test, no COVID test.
School is called off for two weeks. Co-teacher and I call the county superintendent. I upset my co-teacher because I brought up how incompetent our boss appears to be. I go to work the 16th and 17th. Finally get a hold of my primary doc. She urged me to come right in. See the doc, have blood tests and stool test. Wait at a friends house for eight days to get test results. All turn out clear. So I had ten days isolation at my friends house (it is their vacation house). Hubby missing me. Go home, next day have to go into work.
Now every day I go to work it is day one of a new clock for exposure. I have been masking and gloving up at work.
Crazy times we are in. Boss says we are all “Will Call” and have to be available for work. She wants me to make work for my para. Nope, I want my para to stay home and safe. The state guaranteed full funding for schools. I am trying to find out workers rights for our staff. My boss is an arse.
School is officially over for in school classes. Now tasked with creating easy to do highly rigorous packets of work for students.
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Post by papaof2 on Apr 4, 2020 20:34:10 GMT -6
Nothing like working for an idiot. Been there once or twice :-(
Our current boss is time. We're in the "You gonna die" age range (70+) so we're doing very limited trips for anything other than groceries - we could do basic from-scratch cooking but sometimes you want bananas or something someone else cooked. I mentioned today that Longhorn (not the greatest place but it is the closest steak place and they do know the difference between medium rare and medium well) has 15%^ off an online order with curbside pickup and got an "Any day you want to!" response ;-)
We've done takeout twice in 30 days so maybe it's again time for mask and gloves and a circuit to Lowe's, grocery and Longhorn.
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Post by texican on Apr 5, 2020 2:21:34 GMT -6
BretF, Don't let WillC's and Texican's eating habits corrupt you now. For we need you to also write. Going back to work on the 15th will be a chore after being off. Being semi-retired does have it perks. WillC, How do you find time to work and write with eating all of the time, fishing, playing video games and working in the garden, not to mention doing some work. Eyeseetoo, It is good that you are back healthy. Bad bosses are definitely a pain the arse. Take care of yourself and family. Being rural helps except when you have to travel to get supplies. PP2, Not yet in the 70 plus crowd, just one year to go. Definitely dress out to go out anywhere any more. Lots more folks communicating by internet which is slowing it down at times. Now where is that new story? Y'all be careful out there. Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Apr 5, 2020 22:56:36 GMT -6
Texican: WillC, How do you find time to work and write with eating all of the time, fishing, playing video games and working in the garden, not to mention doing some work. ----------- It ain't easy, but someone's gotta do it. As for eating, I only have 2 meals a day and more than once would only eat once, but gotta take food with the pills I have to take twice a day. I do snack, usually celery w/Philadelphia cream cheese. Just ordered more pills from VA, several weeks in advance just in case the VA pharmacy people get hit with the flu. More scary news: a household cat was found to have the virus yesterday? Today, it's a tiger at the Bronx zoo. Amazing similarities between this flu and the Spanish Flu of 1918. That sob mutated THREE times before really coming to town and cleaning everyone's clock, world wide. Youtube video link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDY5COg2P2c&t=4sThink brother in Florida is now becoming aware of the dangers of the flu and checking out various websites such as CDC. He's now going to buy extra canned food, with me reminding him to remember his oldest boy, his wife and their 3 kids, with their latest being born last week. (it was a girl) He thinks this thing may last till July...I'm hoping so. As it is, hospitals are now putting dead bodies in reefers as their/city morgues and funeral homes are now stuffed with dead. And because of paperwork confusion between everyone, it's taking a week to two weeks to claim the body for burial. England talked about MANDATORY cremation of infected bodies a couple of weeks ago. That govt. backed off a day or so later after the Muslims & Jews protested. But now, some Muslim clerics are saying the same thing. And again in England, there WAS talk of no more jury trials until this flu thing was over. That got dropped REALLY quick. Again, all this from Youtube or news services. As far as writing, just stared on part 5 of the 30 day story. When I get bored, there's my new affected story and having fun with that. And yes, giving thought of bringing in the flu as part of his story so it'd be more current. Also added to telling the truth about Pinocchio (Hollywood gigolo and Snow White, Dwarven party animal) stories. With casino's now closed, nephew is sucking wind/unemployed as a cook, something he's been doing for 10+ years. And yes, he's damn good at it too. His wife works at home, but with income now in half, no longer are they eating out once a week, buying this or that. They just found out better to have cash stashed and NOT use it for ANYTHING unless it's a totally unexpected emergency. As for me, will stock up on canned stuff...cream of mushroom, chicken noodle and tomato soup. Now, I'm not big into tomato soup, but nephew is. Shelves have been bare of spaghetti, etc. kind of stuff, but I've got 300+ pounds of rice and maybe 50 pounds of different kinds of pasta and sauces. And a few cases of peanut butter and jelly, along with other things. As for as hand sanitizer goes, yeah, LOTS of those bottles. But I was looking at starting fires with them. If brother in Florida needs 'em, along with latex gloves, he'll get 'em. Of course, being the loving brother I am, will send him something a little extra as a morale booster. Empty toilet paper rolls, with a note saying they're actually toilet paper seeds! And yes, I do have extras...use them occasionally when building models and also when Halloween comes around. Cut out some scary eyes on them and paper towel rolls, then put some glow in the dark sticks in them and post them in the trees and bushes around my place at night. Gave more than one kid/adult the creeps as they walked by at night. With reefers at hospitals now, looking at buying a couple more model kits of them and semi's to use in a diorama. People go to put the dead inside, but when the doors are opened, the dead are coming out for a quick snack. Yeah, I know, I know....you're sick, sick, sick like Luthor's girlfriend said to Lex in that first Superman movie. Anyway, that's it for now.
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Post by papaof2 on Apr 6, 2020 0:07:22 GMT -6
Our county stopped jury trials several weeks ago.
I think the "drunk and disorderly" level of "court appearance" might be running via video (I know some places use video for bail setting, etc, but I haven't needed bail in this county in the almost 50 years we've been here so I don't know how they handle that - there is some knowledge I'd rather not have firsthand ;-) When you enter the County Courthouse, the Deputy handling security (just one, not the 3-4 they had last Fall) will ask your business at the Courthouse and very possibly tell you that department is closed. I noticed a number of closed doors and dark offices (such as the department where you apply for concealed carry and the fingerprint office) on my masked and gloved way just one floor away from the entrance to an officially witnessed signature they had to have - maybe in the building 15 minutes that day? There was one other person entering when I did - also in mask and gloves - and there were three people (no masks or gloves) at the entrance when I left. No one (other than the Deputy) in the lobby or in the halls. Definitely had a "spooky movie" feel to it.
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Post by willc453 on Apr 6, 2020 0:59:37 GMT -6
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Post by texican on Apr 6, 2020 15:34:58 GMT -6
Pretty hard to practice social distancing at any of the houses. Wonder if they are still open? Texican....
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Post by papaof2 on Apr 6, 2020 17:37:41 GMT -6
Wouldn't they still be in business as long as they wear masks and wash their hands? ;-) As far as I'm aware, Covid-19 hasn't (yet?) been classified as an STD.
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Post by eyeseetwo on Apr 6, 2020 19:44:55 GMT -6
papaof2, Our school got a memo to share with our junior high students on the need to not participate in oral or anal sex due to COVID and how to not spread COVID when a male ejaculates (proper disposal of body fluids).
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Post by texican on Apr 6, 2020 22:58:36 GMT -6
Wouldn't they still be in business as long as they wear masks and wash their hands? ;-) As far as I'm aware, Covid-19 hasn't (yet?) been classified as an STD. PP2, The CCP Virus appears to be transferred by sexual activity which would be worse that any STD. The guys and gals that have been HIV infected do not live good lives as many of those that survive the CCP Virus may not be immune. From data being developed, it appears that the CCP Virus does not completely die, but goes into remission to rise it's deadly presence later. EST2, This should wake a lot of parents up. There is more not known about the CCP Virus than is known. Here is a article of about the iron ion being ripped from the hemoglobin so oxygen is not transferred and the body goes thru oxygen starvation and fails. Covid-19 had us all fooled, but now we might have finally found its secret.libertymavenstock Apr 5 · 8 min read In the last 3–5 days, a mountain of anecdotal evidence has come out of NYC, Italy, Spain, etc. about COVID-19 and characteristics of patients who get seriously ill. It’s not only piling up but now leading to a general field-level consensus backed up by a few previously little-known studies that we’ve had it all wrong the whole time. Well, a few had some things eerily correct (cough Trump cough), especially with Hydroxychloroquine with Azithromicin, but we’ll get to that in a minute. There is no ‘pneumonia’ nor ARDS. At least not the ARDS with established treatment protocols and procedures we’re familiar with. Ventilators are not only the wrong solution, but high pressure intubation can actually wind up causing more damage than without, not to mention complications from tracheal scarring and ulcers given the duration of intubation often required… They may still have a use in the immediate future for patients too far to bring back with this newfound knowledge, but moving forward a new treatment protocol needs to be established so we stop treating patients for the wrong disease. Here’s the breakdown of the whole process, including some ELI5-level cliff notes. Much has been simplified just to keep it digestible and layman-friendly. Your red blood cells carry oxygen from your lungs to all your organs and the rest of your body. Red blood cells can do this thanks to hemoglobin, which is a protein consisting of four “hemes”. Hemes have a special kind of iron ion, which is normally quite toxic in its free form, locked away in its center with a porphyrin acting as it’s ‘container’. In this way, the iron ion can be ‘caged’ and carried around safely by the hemoglobin, but used to bind to oxygen when it gets to your lungs. When the red blood cell gets to the alveoli, or the little sacs in your lungs where all the gas exchange happens, that special little iron ion can flip between FE2+ and FE3+ states with electron exchange and bond to some oxygen, then it goes off on its little merry way to deliver o2 elsewhere. Here’s where COVID-19 comes in. Its glycoproteins bond to the heme, and in doing so that special and toxic oxidative iron ion is “disassociated” (released). It’s basically let out of the cage and now freely roaming around on its own. This is bad for two reasons: 1) Without the iron ion, hemoglobin can no longer bind to oxygen. Once all the hemoglobin is impaired, the red blood cell is essentially turned into a Freightliner truck cab with no trailer and no ability to store its cargo.. it is useless and just running around with COVID-19 virus attached to its porphyrin. All these useless trucks running around not delivering oxygen is what starts to lead to desaturation, or watching the patient’s spo2 levels drop. It is INCORRECT to assume traditional ARDS and in doing so, you’re treating the WRONG DISEASE. Think of it a lot like carbon monoxide poisoning, in which CO is bound to the hemoglobin, making it unable to carry oxygen. In those cases, ventilators aren’t treating the root cause; the patient’s lungs aren’t ‘tiring out’, they’re pumping just fine. The red blood cells just can’t carry o2, end of story. Only in this case, unlike CO poisoning in which eventually the CO can break off, the affected hemoglobin is permanently stripped of its ability to carry o2 because it has lost its iron ion. The body compensates for this lack of o2 carrying capacity and deliveries by having your kidneys release hormones like erythropoietin, which tell your bone marrow factories to ramp up production on new red blood cells with freshly made and fully functioning hemoglobin. This is the reason you find elevated hemoglobin and decreased blood oxygen saturation as one of the 3 primary indicators of whether the shit is about to hit the fan for a particular patient or not. 2) That little iron ion, along with millions of its friends released from other hemes, are now floating through your blood freely. As I mentioned before, this type of iron ion is highly reactive and causes oxidative damage. It turns out that this happens to a limited extent naturally in our bodies and we have cleanup & defense mechanisms to keep the balance. The lungs, in particular, have 3 primary defenses to maintain “iron homeostasis”, 2 of which are in the alveoli, those little sacs in your lungs we talked about earlier. The first of the two are little macrophages that roam around and scavenge up any free radicals like this oxidative iron. The second is a lining on the walls (called the epithelial surface) which has a thin layer of fluid packed with high levels of antioxidant molecules.. things like abscorbic acid (AKA Vitamin C) among others. Well, this is usually good enough for naturally occurring rogue iron ions but with COVID-19 running rampant your body is now basically like a progressive state letting out all the prisoners out of the prisons… it’s just too much iron and it begins to overwhelm your lungs’ countermeasures, and thus begins the process of pulmonary oxidative stress. This leads to damage and inflammation, which leads to all that nasty stuff and damage you see in CT scans of COVID-19 patient lungs. Ever noticed how it’s always bilateral? (both lungs at the same time) Pneumonia rarely ever does that, but COVID-19 does… EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. — — — — — — — — — — — — - Once your body is now running out of control, with all your oxygen trucks running around without any freight, and tons of this toxic form of iron floating around in your bloodstream, other defenses kick in. While your lungs are busy with all this oxidative stress they can’t handle, and your organs are being starved of o2 without their constant stream of deliveries from red blood cell’s hemoglobin, and your liver is attempting to do its best to remove the iron and store it in its ‘iron vault’. Only its getting overwhelmed too. It’s starved for oxygen and fighting a losing battle from all your hemoglobin letting its iron free, and starts crying out “help, I’m taking damage!” by releasing an enzyme called alanine aminotransferase (ALT). BOOM, there is your second of 3 primary indicators of whether the shit is about to hit the fan for a particular patient or not. Eventually, if the patient’s immune system doesn’t fight off the virus in time before their blood oxygen saturation drops too low, ventilator or no ventilator, organs start shutting down. No fuel, no work. The only way to even try to keep them going is max oxygen, even a hyperbaric chamber if one is available on 100% oxygen at multiple atmospheres of pressure, just to give what’s left of their functioning hemoglobin a chance to carry enough o2 to the organs and keep them alive. Yeah we don’t have nearly enough of those chambers, so some fresh red blood cells with normal hemoglobin in the form of a transfusion will have to do. The core point being, treating patients with the iron ions stripped from their hemoglobin (rendering it abnormally nonfunctional) with ventilator intubation is futile, unless you’re just hoping the patient’s immune system will work its magic in time. The root of the illness needs to be addressed. Best case scenario? Treatment regimen early, before symptoms progress too far. Hydroxychloroquine (more on that in a minute, I promise) with Azithromicin has shown fantastic, albeit critics keep mentioning ‘anecdotal’ to describe the mountain, promise and I’ll explain why it does so well next. But forget straight-up plasma with antibodies, that might work early but if the patient is too far gone they’ll need more. They’ll need all the blood: antibodies and red blood cells. No help in sending over a detachment of ammunition to a soldier already unconscious and bleeding out on the battlefield, you need to send that ammo along with some hemoglobin-stimulant-magic so that he can wake up and fire those shots at the enemy. The story with HydroxychloroquineAll that hilariously misguided and counterproductive criticism the media piled on chloroquine (purely for political reasons) as a viable treatment will now go down as the biggest Fake News blunder to rule them all. The media actively engaged their activism to fight ‘bad orange man’ at the cost of thousands of lives. Shame on them. How does chloroquine work? Same way as it does for malaria. You see, malaria is this little parasite that enters the red blood cells and starts eating hemoglobin as its food source. The reason chloroquine works for malaria is the same reason it works for COVID-19 — while not fully understood, it is suspected to bind to DNA and interfere with the ability to work magic on hemoglobin. The same mechanism that stops malaria from getting its hands on hemoglobin and gobbling it up seems to do the same to COVID-19 (essentially little snippets of DNA in an envelope) from binding to it. On top of that, Hydroxychloroquine (an advanced descendant of regular old chloroquine) lowers the pH which can interfere with the replication of the virus. Again, while the full details are not known, the entire premise of this potentially ‘game changing’ treatment is to prevent hemoglobin from being interfered with, whether due to malaria or COVID-19. No longer can the media and armchair pseudo-physicians sit in their little ivory towers, proclaiming “DUR so stoopid, malaria is bacteria, COVID-19 is virus, anti-bacteria drug no work on virus!”. They never got the memo that a drug doesn’t need to directly act on the pathogen to be effective. Sometimes it’s enough just to stop it from doing what it does to hemoglobin, regardless of the means it uses to do so. Anyway, enough of the rant. What’s the end result here? First, the ventilator emergency needs to be re-examined. If you’re putting a patient on a ventilator because they’re going into a coma and need mechanical breathing to stay alive, okay we get it. Give ’em time for their immune systems to pull through. But if they’re conscious, alert, compliant — keep them on O2. Max it if you have to. If you HAVE to inevitably ventilate, do it at low pressure but max O2. Don’t tear up their lungs with max PEEP, you’re doing more harm to the patient because you’re treating the wrong disease. Ideally, some form of treatment needs to happen to: Inhibit viral growth and replication. Here plays CHQ+ZPAK+ZINC or other retroviral therapies being studies. Less virus, less hemoglobin losing its iron, less severity and damage. Therapies used for anyone with abnormal hemoglobin or malfunctioning red blood cells. Blood transfusions. Whatever, I don’t know the full breadth and scope because I’m not a physician. But think along those lines, and treat the real disease. If you’re thinking about giving them plasma with antibodies, maybe if they’re already in bad shape think again and give them BLOOD with antibodies, or at least blood followed by plasma with antibodies. Don’t trust China. China is ASSHOE. (disclaimer: not talking about the people, just talking about the regime). They covered this up and have caused all kinds of death and carnage, both literal and economic. The ripples of this pandemic will be felt for decades. Fini. archive.is/ONUmi#selection-183.0-381.5-------------------------------------- Here is a video about the CCP Virus block the transfer to oxygen and CO2 and potential problems with iron poisoning of the body. ----------------------------------------------------- Another theory has risen that 5G also breaks down the hemoglobin bond with oxygen. ------------------------------------------ There are thousand of individuals working on the CCP Virus spending tens of thousands of hours to determine how the virus attacks the human body. Some of the vaccines appear to be positive, but may take up to 18 months before an actual vaccine is available. Will the virus burn out or will it become active again as shown by new cases in China who have lied all along about the virus. The CCP Virus is changing the way the whole world will lives now and in the future. May God help us. Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Apr 7, 2020 14:32:09 GMT -6
The Virus: 30 days staying at home Days 5, 6 and 7
Worked on raised garden beds some more, but with me adding dirt/sand from the drainage ditch out front. Took a lot from there, then working it in the mulch and manure. From Craigslist, got a reply about the free horse manure in Silver Springs area, so called and was told to come on out. Not only that, the guy had a bobcat that he'd use to load my truck with! Called Daniel hoping he'd give me a hand shoveling it out and he said okay. I'd stop by his place on the way back. Took the owner maybe 30 minutes to load me up and was happy when I told him I could use at least 2 more loads. I'd be back for at least one more load today, it just depended on how long with would take me to get it unloaded. Had to put the jack, etc. stuff in the cab and toss the spare tire on top of the horse sh*t because the way God was doing His thing with me lately, I'd get a flat tire. And even though I got triple A, it would be a b*tch waiting for a tow truck to come out and take me home to where I'd have to change the tire. Dan had no trouble with the change of plans that is, getting more manure because of the casino's closing, including their restaurants unless they offered take out. Then there was the “fun” of shoveling sh*t out of the truck, but we got 4 loads done which ended up taking us basically all day. After washing up, hit Del Taco's drive thru and ate our meal in the parking lot so it was still hot before returning to my place. After that, he got a good look at my square foot gardening beds, then asking if we could hit Home Depot for enough lumber to make 3 of them. Of course I said okay, along with us returning to that guy for more sh*t. After that, I was showing him how I was progressing on some of my zombie/apocalypse dioramas and what I was learning on how to make things in 3D. At least Amazon and Ebay are still open for business. If they close, you know there's some serious sh*t going down.
First thing was taking my wheelbarrow over to Dan's the next day as a good part of his backyard is cluttered with crap left behind by his brother. Then to Home Depot of the lumber and screws which we left at his place, then off to that horse guy. Got him FIVE loads of horse sh*t, so that guy out was now VERY happy reducing his “load” if you will quite a bit. Last night on Craigslist, saw someone giving away 80 feet of chainlink fencing along with posts, BUT we had to remove the posts from the ground. Asked Dan this morning if he'd be interested in it because this way he could fence off more of his yard, giving his 2 dogs a bit more running room. He was. As to those 5 loads, all we did was get, then dump 'em in one area of his yard, making a BIG pile of it. We returned home briefly to grab my wheelbarrow after hitting Home Depot to help him move the sh*t once he got the boards cut and assembled. Jessica came out during one of her breaks letting us know where she wanted her square foot gardening beds to go. Then it was him cutting down weeds that had started returning with his lawnmower, while I used my weedeater to take care of those around the trees along his property. At my suggestion, he bought a couple of bags of grass seeds, while I did the same as I had plans for the front and backyards. Figure once the grass has been given time to really grow, he then could let the dogs out as we both knew they'd be tearing thru it and rolling in it in sheer estacy. Drank lots of ice water that day instead of soda as I knew if I drank soda during this, it'd make me even more thirstier. After we were done, Dan barbecued some legs & thighs and that boy can cook. After returning home, took a shower then to bed with no trouble falling asleep until I woke up having to p**.
Next morning, put some tools, my hi-lift jack and some chain in the truck, then over to Dans. I was aching muscle and back wise, but a couple of smokes and my usual truckers coffee cup filled with coffee and International Delight French Vanilla coffee creamer, I ALMOST felt human. Called Dan, telling to meet me out in the street in 5 minutes and he was there when I arrived along with his pick, shovel and some tools. With my gps, found the place with no problem, Dan knocking on the people's front door, introductions were made, then shown the section of free fencing. Eighty feet of chainlink is a BIG roll of fencing, taking us maybe an hour to cut the fencing wire which held the chainlink to the posts, then rolling it up. Heavy and awkward son of a b*tch to carry and get in the truck bed. As to removing the 10, metal fence posts, that took somewhere between one and two hours. But the hi-lift jack and chain made short work of 'em. Dan wondered how I knew this and told him I saw it done on Youtube a year or so ago. The first two posts got a little bent, but still quite useable. Then hit Home Depot for concrete and a quick stop at my place to get my post hole digger. No way I was going to help him dig his holes. Then showed him how on of the beds was to be prepared.
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Post by texican on Apr 7, 2020 19:31:07 GMT -6
WiilC, Keeping your tush busy. How is that social distance going? Haven't mentioned raised beds to the wife, but when I do, it will go build them yesterday. At least she does not read most of what I post. May use CMU block when I get around to it. Bought CMU block at an auction a couple of years ago and it is stacked behind one of our shipping containers. The garden has been tilled three times incorporating more goat poop that has aged. The wife reminded me we need more t-posts so the garden can be fenced in. Do have lots of 6' chain link, but will probably go with goat fencing for it is a lot easier to use. On a site that I post on about what is happening in America, I have noted that the amount being posted on the CCP Virus is a little slower probably do to overload since posting has been going on since January. Most of what is happening in America, we watched and posted about what was happening in China in January thru March and now into April. More people are talking about oxygen starvation in body due to the CCP Virus. Some of the great minds in America will finally find a treatment that works instead of allowing those that are critically ill either survive or die. Did I mention that the wife and I have a new healthy grandbaby who will be two weeks old tomorrow. Grandbabies are a lot more fun since you do not have to take care of them, especially when they live 182 miles away. Be careful out there. Pray and pray often. God bless all. Texican....
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Post by eyeseetwo on Apr 7, 2020 23:17:13 GMT -6
A dear family just went home after two weeks in the hospital for COVID. Eight days on a ventilator. He is a youngster at age 33. He is a drummer and was on tour in Europe. Their last gig was in Italy. Two days before Italy announced that COVID was a danger there. He and is band had already flown back to the USA. Within four days all the band were severely ill. Had exposed their families to the virus. After he was awakened from his induced coma the doctor told him that he was flabbergasted that Tom had survived. Tom is one of the eleven per cent to make it after being on a ventilator.
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Post by gipsy on Apr 8, 2020 7:02:52 GMT -6
I am a new step uncle. One of the youngsters had a baby girl, their first, by C section.. Of course no one has seen her except in pictures yet.
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Post by texican on Apr 8, 2020 21:28:40 GMT -6
I am a new step uncle. One of the youngsters had a baby girl, their first, by C section.. Of course no one has seen her except in pictures yet. G, Know how you fell. New grandbaby is two weeks old today and we only have photos. One day, God willing, we will be able to hold her. Texican.
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Post by bretf on Apr 9, 2020 14:11:49 GMT -6
April 9, 2020
When I started this thread, I had full intentions to write something for it every day. That sure hasn’t worked out. Thank you, Will, Eyes, Papa, Texican for your contributions and keeping this thread going.
Will, I sure know what you mean about weather. The day I completed my backyard raised bed, the forecast said it would snow that night and the next morning. Surprisingly (NOT) it was wrong and I was glad of it. I put in Wall-O-Waters hoping for the best.
As I’ve been working on gardening and planting, I’ve found something I hope doesn’t bite me in the hiney. The past few years, I’ve tapered back in my gardening and haven’t purchased or saved many seeds. I’ve had many packets for several years. I keep them all in my shop – egg refrigerator, so hopefully they’ll germinate.
An “aargh” in this situation is my daughter didn’t return from college alone. Her BF is now staying with us. My wife’s van (minus most of the stain I splattered on it) returned from the road trip with the contents of not one, but two dorm rooms. Finding room in our modest home for an extra person and two rooms of furnishings would be challenging. My wife and daughter decided cleaning and rearranging the attic storage was the answer. I escaped outside as soon as was acceptable and looked around for alternatives.
My son and I put an overhead storage shelf in the garage to put the things they wouldn’t need. In a day that grated on me, it was a pleasure working with my son. He was a great help, requiring little input, and we made a good team. For so long, he’s appeared disconnected, only interested in his video games, but evidently he was absorbing some of what I’ve been sharing with him.
I heard in a news conference, the Labor department had simplified the unemployment signup website due to COVID-19. If that was simpler, I’d hate to work through the hard one. I got a notice I’m not eligible for benefits. Well then, hopefully the old seeds germinate and I won’t need to get more. And I really don’t know how that all works with the hours I work from home. Oh well.
While juggling my time, I’ve been working in the garden. It’s a month early for tender plants but I want to get as much in as I can now. I put up two tunnels, using clear(ish) plastic sheeting over poly pipe hoops and planting under them. I also planted peas and will do kohlrabi next.
I’ve almost finished what I can in the garden until things start growing. I guess it’;l;l be fine to go back to work next week – if I do.
Stay safe everyone!
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Post by pbbrown0 on Apr 9, 2020 18:10:57 GMT -6
Dear friends,
Many of you are familiar with those nagging feelings when you are trying to stay informed about real issues and too much of what you are hearing just doesn't "ring true". I have heard many statements and opinions about what is and is not being done "correctly" to address this pandemic. I try to avoid accepting opinions of others without examining what is behind them. I do sometimes dig a little deeper to find what I consider significant facts. A fact I stumbled upon today was startling to me and I offer it here. What I am offering here is not an opinion. This came directly from the official website of the World Health Organization. I will let you draw your own conclusions.
I just read an official public advisory statement released by the World Health Organization dated April 1, 2020, that repeatedly recommended against and ridiculed any efforts to impose ANY travel restriction on people coming FROM areas where there are active outbreaks of COVID-19.
'Just sayin'.'
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Post by papaof2 on Apr 9, 2020 18:46:04 GMT -6
Dear friends, Many of you are familiar with those nagging feelings when you are trying to stay informed about real issues and too much of what you are hearing just doesn't "ring true". I have heard many statements and opinions about what is and is not being done "correctly" to address this pandemic. I try to avoid accepting opinions of others without examining what is behind them. I do sometimes dig a little deeper to find what I consider significant facts. A fact I stumbled upon today was startling to me and I offer it here. What I am offering here is not an opinion. This came directly from the official website of the World Health Organization. I will let you draw your own conclusions. I just read an official public advisory statement released by the World Health Organization dated April 1, 2020, that repeatedly recommended against and ridiculed any efforts to impose ANY travel restriction on people coming FROM areas where there are active outbreaks of COVID-19. 'Just sayin'.' WHO might be more correctly referred to as the CHO - "Chinese Health Organization" and you need to check the political history of its current leadership. One source that I found identified him as a particularly virulent Communist. I have 100lbs of salt and a 1 cup measure to ensure I can take the words of WHO with enough grains of salt.
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Post by papaof2 on Apr 9, 2020 19:00:02 GMT -6
We're tired of our own cooking and didn't want to drive for takeout so supper tonight is "prepper convenience food" - a Mountain House pouch of Rice & Chicken. Unlike some other things we've tried, my better half said "This is good."
If I didn't tell you the source but just filled your plate from a pot on the stove, LTS probably wouldn't be your first guess.
Definitely on my list for future purchase after the hysteria has died down - maybe in November?
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Post by willc453 on Apr 9, 2020 20:04:19 GMT -6
Tried their biscuits & gravy...s.o.b., didn't realize it at the time, but it's a meal for TWO people. Delicious though and picked up a few before all this started. Brother (Florida) checked Dads place the other day, finding a busted outdoor light that's on a pole and a cigarette butt in the garage....he doesn't smoke and Dad hasn't in 20+ years. Youngest boy who works as manager at Dollar General will be spending some time there now. And yeah, he's armed. Brother kicking out a woman who's been helping his wife out since his wife got hurt real bad about 15-20 years ago. She's gotten mouthy and acting like it's her place. Final straw came when she told nephew she wanted him to stash some toilet paper for her, her family and friends?! Kind of reminds me of the ammo shortage with more than Walmart employee telling everyone they didn't have any, buying it and then selling it for a healthy profit. Which REALLY p*ssed me off as I'd bought my first Ruger 9mm at Cabela's and they couldn't even kick in a complimentary box of ammo?! TWO months later, I finally started getting some even though you could only buy 1 or 2 boxes at a time. Think this WAS the same lady and her sister brother was rebuilding 2 motorized bicycles for. I'm figuring this bleep is going to last at least till May, maybe as far as June simply because the economy will come crashing down. But brother now understands why it's better to be prepared and not need it. He's been able to pick up limited supplies of tp, but since he has enough for his family, he's selling it to friends for what it cost him, the same way I did when buying ammo at Walmart so long ago. And thanks bretf for letting us use your thread for our stories. And now, everyone's passing on what's happening to/around them. And Yahoo news had an article where the govt. is now TAKING supplies/equipment from hospitals to be used elsewhere....and it's not saying where this stuff went. Sent article to brother and hopefully he'll email me a short note about the news articles I sent him today. This way I can post a link to the article. As to social distancing, I try and notice a lot of people also do the same, however.... then there's the looney tunes, one of which I met today at Dollar Tree. Went there today as they were to get a truck in, but was told it was late due to driver shortage and it'd be in tomorrow. Anyway, go down this aisle for some sos & scrubbing pads and this woman tells me to keep my distance, keep my distance and she's all put wetting her panties. She's got her mask on, then tells me she's susceptible to this virus. If so, why the bleep are you even outside? Anyway, kept 20 feet from her and when she got her stuff, hauled a$$ away from me quick as possible. And no, the cashier wasn't wearing a mask. Which brings up another point. Civilians have NO sense of humor or imagination. IF I go to wearing a mask (whether bought or home made), by God, I'm going to not only put a shark or tigers mouth on it, but get some red food dye splatters on it. Walk up to a line, with a shop towel covering my mask/mouth, cough a few times, then let everyone see the "blood" on the mask. This SHOULD shorten the line to get into a store quite a bit, right? Scolari's ripping people off. Yeah, they got tp, but individual rolls at 79 cents each?! However, it did have 8 packages of gizzards and being the nice person I am, I only bought 6. Working on chapter 9 of the stay at home story, but also started ANOTHER Effected story. Checking the news, downloading movies/anima, gardening/how to videos. Everything's good at this end, but hitting Walmart tomorrow for family packs of wings and kiwi/strawberry powder mix that you add water to. Bottles are half filled with water, then frozen. Add powder & fill bottle (1/2 gallon) with water, shake, wait to get cold. Cuts WAY down on soda pop. And yesterday, thought VA hospital was closed down except for emergencies. Called back again, but instead of taking automated refill line, took to waiting to talk with pharmacist. So meds have been refilled, but still trying to get them to give me 60 days of meds instead of 30. Anyway, take care and be safe. Enjoy the meme's....I'll drop them in a few days and add others.
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Post by willc453 on Apr 9, 2020 21:11:15 GMT -6
The Virus: 30 days staying at home Days 8 and 9 This morning, went to the big shed for a 10 pound bag of rice and packets of instant gravy. Had hot rice with cinnamon, sugar and milk for breakfast, something I haven't had in a LONG time. And it tasted great as in 2 cups of it? Must of been more tired than I thought, but it's been a long time since I've actually done any real physical work since retiring. After breakfast, thought of going to WinCo or Walmart, but figured there'd be another long a$$ line at either place, so will hit WinCo tomorrow 30 minutes before it opens to make sure I can get to any toilet paper/paper towels if they have any in stock for Aunt Artie & her tenant. And spiced apple cider which I've gotten to really liking and maybe a couple more containers of Folgers coffee along with a couple boxes of tea. Got 8 coffee in my shed stash along with 2 in the trailer, but still.....The day after that, do the same at Walmart as I'd like to get another 2 packs of wings and 8 packs of gizzards, along with veggies at WinCo.
Was working on assembling more square foot garden beds when I decided to take a break and check out YouTube where I downloaded a video on a guy showing how to make enclosed beds. They're hinged so you can get access to the bed and with them closed, keep any possible snow/hail off the bed. Figured this might also give me a head start on my plants growing earlier than normal. Then there was one on growing strawberries vertically and horizontally using pvc piping. Figure on making 4 of them, each 6 feet long and placing them on the lumber which supports the galvanized metal sheets which covers the patio area between our 2 trailers. After making my list of material needed, back to Home Depot which killed over an hour between getting the stuff and driving to/from the place. Lots of people there getting stuff for home improvement projects. Figure best for me to get everything now because what if the governor decides Home Depot/Lowe's don't need to be open? So bought even more lumber, etc. for any possible future garden beds and growing strawberries in tubes I want to make in the future. Also got 8 of those metal stakes used to hold chicken wire along with a dozen each blue and raspberry plants. Figure on planting some inside the patio area, then some on the backyard fence. Figure 12 beds total is more than enough for veggies and 6 of strawberries. Unload everything down a bit to my side of the property where I never planted flowers like I wanted to over the years. At least Daryll won't b*tch about how cluttered the patio area is with all my stuff....not that he even uses it for anything. Then a nice, hot nutritious late lunch of wings, fries, a cuke, 2 roma tomatoes, 3 dr peppers and a small bowl of hidden valley buttermilk ranch dressing. Boy, I was stuffed but got it all down. After taking my diabetic/heart medication, heard someone said it was nap time and I said yep, DEFINETLY nap time. I always listen to myself because my advice is always so good.
Well, it must have been around 15:30 when I woke up and though I wanted more sleep, knew better than that as I'd end up waking up around 01:00/02:00 unable to sleep unless I had to p**. And with it getting dark soon, didn't want to do start cutting any lumber and assembling everything together. So after checking that strawberry Youtube video a 2nd time, went to work on my first strawberry planter. Now this was something I hadn't planned on gardening wise, so dug out some dirt/sand from the drainage ditch in front of the property, then shoveled horse sh*t from the pile in my front yard, then mixed every-thing up in the wheelbarrow. Tried using the shovel to put it in the pvc pipe, but the cr*p (no pun intended) mainly spilt out of it instead into it. Hello hand shovel which was a major paint in the a$$. Then watering the mixture every couple of feet before adding more cr*p and dirt/sand mixture. Wanted to make sure everything was soaked water wise. Took some of the strawberries from the fridge and after cutting them up, placed them in the individual tubes just like the video guy did. Thing is, where the h*ll was that someone that should have been giving me good advice? NOWHERE within hearing distance. If I had thought about it ahead of time, I'd of screwed in the horizontal boards to the patio boards, then after filling the tubes half way, attached it to the boards. Heavy s.o.b. trying to lift that tube to the screws I'd placed in the boards to hold the tubes in place due to the water I had added. The 2nd tube went up a lot easier and quicker. After it was all said and done, said screw it, let's go back to working on my 1/32nd scale VW bus for one of my zombie apocalypse dioramas. At least with 3 of them being worked on, if I get bored or stuck on one of 'em, I can simply go to another or work on modifying military figures so they look like civilians. Late supper with me not only eating 3 wings w/the buttermilk ranch dressing, but 2 cukes and 2 roma tomatoes. Surf the net to check on virus news locally, nation, then world wide. Not good, with many countries already having shut down non-essential businesses. Then checking out Youtube on the same thing, but this time wondered how those who live the RV life. Still find it hard to believe so many of these people are so insecure in that they actually believe they live a care free life, but insist on using those paid for camp grounds. F*ck that sh*t....I get a class A motorhome, LAST thing I want to be doing is living in some mobile ghetto no matter how pretty it might be. And expensive.
Next day cutting up and assembling more square foot garden beds, filling the beds with more ditch dirt/sand and horse cr*p, then after measuring out everything out, putting in the twine so I had the bed now marked out in 1 foot squares. It was at this time I realized I had forgotten to get the pvc pipe for the bed hoops, plastic sheeting and those clamps. Son of a b*tch, God does hate me giving me these wedgies. Gotta wonder though....does God wear Fruit of the Looms under his gown or does he simply doesn't wear any? After sitting down and watching that video again, made my materials list, not just for the made beds, but the others I hadn't even built yet. Another hour plus to/from/at Home Depot and I made sure I had EVERYTHING this time, including another box of small nails for the twine. Stopped at Dollar Tree on the way back getting more cotto salami, bologna ring 2 of those chocolate chip mint ice cream containers along with another loaf of bread, 2 bologna rings and 3 bottles of orange juice as I thought I might be coming down with the sniffles, though I put that on pollen's door step.
------ working on a chapter 9, which are days 17 thru 22
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Post by texican on Apr 10, 2020 0:43:07 GMT -6
We're tired of our own cooking and didn't want to drive for takeout so supper tonight is "prepper convenience food" - a Mountain House pouch of Rice & Chicken. Unlike some other things we've tried, my better half said "This is good." If I didn't tell you the source but just filled your plate from a pot on the stove, LTS probably wouldn't be your first guess. Definitely on my list for future purchase after the hysteria has died down - maybe in November? PP2, Sounds like your dear wife also knows how to cook. Two days ago, the dear wife and I cooked and there is beef soup with okra, tomatoes, spinach, broccoli, pasta and cauliflower in the fridge, plus fried cabbage with bacon (which I had a snack just after midnight) and green bean casserole with sausage sprinkled with Parmesan cheese. All of it good eating. Last night, the dear wife chicken fried pork steak, a skillet full of fried potatoes, black eyed peas and gravy. The dear wife definitely knows how to please the old man. Did I mention that I really really like gravy. Staying isolated is not hard to do when your closest neighbor is a 1/4 mile away. Will have to go to the little town either on today or Sunday to fill all of the gas and diesel cans. Be careful out there. Texican....
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