Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #46

[Deleted member 158085]

I did not ever thinking of freezing milk. That is good to know. Can you also freeze Almond Milk?

I don’t know but I just discovered I make a mean vanilla soy mocha. I can’t believe it. I could probably give up milk entirely now. Lattes were the only reason I kept it around.

 

[Sundog]

8 Ways to Use Dryer Lint in Your Backyard and Garden

Think I'll start saving my dryer lint. Enough of it can be spread out to kill weeds. I know people who collect their dryer lint and use it when making quilts.

 

[Tillicum]

Ok, so y’all told me I could freeze my milk and let it thaw in the fridge. It’s been in the fridge 3 days now and is still full of ice. How long is this going to take?

We used to have a dairy farm and froze milk pretty often. Once one gallon had thawed I'd take another from the freezer and it would be thawed by the time the first one was used up. Usually about a week. You can also thaw it in ice cold water in your sink. I found the best way to preserve was to can it though. I also made cheese with our surplus milk and froze it.

 

[Deleted member 158085]

Think I'll start saving my dryer lint. Enough of it can be spread out to kill weeds. I know people who collect their dryer lint and use it when making quilts.

I keep a grocery bag on a hook in my laundry room as a trash bag for the lint. I never put anything else in it so this would be easy for me.

 

[jjenny]

So which is less risky?
Having a neighbor with no symptoms leave groceries at the doorstep?
Or mask up and go to the store?

It sounds to me that she actually came out and met this woman who delivered groceries. She says she didn't touch her, but that suggest that there was some sort of non physical contact, such as she either came out or let the woman in to bring groceries. So if you go for delivery, use no contact delivery, where delivery person leaves grocery under the door and leaves.

 

[SassynOz]

Kansas Supreme Court sides with Gov. Laura Kelly in fight over church crowds

TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court on Saturday re-instated Gov. Laura Kelly’s ban on large church crowds by determining a Republican-led panel doesn’t have the power to overrule an executive order.​

The unanimous decision means Kelly’s order limiting religious gatherings to no more than 10 individuals will be in effect for Easter Sunday services. ​

As a Kansas citizen my entire life. I’m really proud of our governor she’s a bad A@@.

 

[Sundog]

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[Deleted member 158085]

My mom canceled our family Easter, of course. Yesterday, she told me she would make her famous rolls and I could pick some up at her door. Since I want to take more masks to my brother’s family, I told her I could deliver some to him, too. I don’t know if she’s going to call the other two to tell them they can pick up or not, but at least some of us will still be getting her traditional rolls and it’s a way for her to share her love for us.

 

[SugarQueen]

We're having ham, green beans, deviled eggs, homemade yeast rolls and blackberries with whipped cream.

what time are you leaving my plate on the porch??

 

[Hatfield]

O/T thanks to those that mentioned ESALON. I just placed an order and hopefully it will be
super easy. I am regretting big time that I cancelled my last hair appointment in late February, thinking I can go a few more weeks. A few weeks has turned into a few months.

O/T - I started cutting my own hair on the sides
and in front and let my wife do the back. It wasnt bad until after many weeks of doing that, I lost all the layering it had and ended up looking like Moe in the 3 stooges. In fact I sort of looked like this person from one of the cases here on WS who also obviously did home haircuts.

Perris torture defendant David Turpin charged with 8 counts of perjury – Press Enterprise

 

[margarita25]

Download the hymn sheet and sing along here: https://AndreaBocelli.lnk.to/Hymnsheet

Oh man just saw this, I’ll have to rewatch it with the hymn sheet. I was singing random syllables since I don’t know Italian. Dog was getting all rawled up lol.

Concert just ended. That was a wonderful and much needed conduit for unity and grace, I am very emotional and teary eyed. Thank you Mr. Bocelli. Beautiful photography as well. I was picturing all the Italians in their homes...

I really want to visit Italy one day. And stand in that very spot from where AB was outside the chapel and look back on this one day.

 

[musicaljoke]

They are covered by publicly funded health care if they are given temporary immigrant status, otherwise Canada doesn't cover people. And I assume they will pay into the system from their pay checks, as most Canadians do? I am only asking this because there are some people who think that Canadian health care is free, and I know that when I lived in Canada about 35 years ago that health care was deducted from my pay check to pay into the health care system.

That's changed in the last 35 yrs. I don't know of any workers who have health care benefits deducted from their pay cheques.

"If you are hired as a temporary foreign worker in a low-wage position or under the Agricultural Stream, your employer must:

• pay for all your transportation costs to and from Canada
• provide you with private health insurance until you are eligible for the provincial or territorial health insurance plan, so that you will not have to pay to see a doctor or to go to the hospital if you are sick or injured; and
• ensure you have a place to live"
• etc at link

Temporary foreign workers – Your rights are protected - Canada.ca

 

[dotr]

I really don’t see any way it’s going to happen. I was shocked she sent out the invites about 2 weeks ago. I thought maybe I was crazy. LOL

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Couple says 'I do' with no guests after cancelled wedding
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[NuttMegg]

We used to have a dairy farm and froze milk pretty often. Once one gallon had thawed I'd take another from the freezer and it would be thawed by the time the first one was used up. Usually about a week. You can also thaw it in ice cold water in your sink. I found the best way to preserve was to can it though. I also made cheese with our surplus milk and froze it.

When I was little we didn't have homogenized milk, the cream would rise to the top, and if the milk was left on the step in freezing weather the cap would push up off the bottle at an angle as the milk expanded and froze.

 

[margarita25]

Do any of you remember the date when you personally became aware of this virus, at first vaguely in the news, and not yet in your area?

In So. California, I know I was already aware of the virus but as only a distant threat.

On Jan. 23--I saw a disgusting video of a woman eating Bat Soup and mentioned it in an email.

On Feb. 9-- around the Chinese New Year celebration here, I got on an elevator after a bunch of Chinese people got off on their way to the celebration, and it crossed my mind. I was hearing things and beginning to worry.

By Feb. 14th-- I was starting to feel cautious. I went to a gathering and it crossed my mind again.

By Feb 22nd-- I wondered if it was safe to babysit my granddaughter.

By March 3rd-- I finally was convinced I should be careful, but I never imagined this full-blown Pandemic. Still seems unreal.

When did you become aware of something happening elsewhere and then in your backyard?

Hi I’m still emotional from the concert but I looked at this earlier so I could respond. I may elaborate more later, but it seems my first post in here was Jan. 24. I was alerted to the situation via @Amonet starting this thread.

 

[squareandrabbet]

That's an interesting question, @Curious Me, and does justice to your screen name.

For some reason, every time I think of first becoming aware of Coronavirus, I think of Kobe Bryant. I had to go back to my calendar now to see why.
I had lunch with a friend on Jan. 26, and when I got home I got a call about Kobe's death. The media coverage was endless, so that stayed in my mind. But that day was Lunar New Year, I think.
Every week for years I have gone to my favorite salon for hair and nails. It's owned and run by immigrants from China. I think JFK airport had already started screening for people coming here from China, so something was starting to bubble up in the back of my mind. I went to my salon as usual, wished everyone a Happy New Year, and I think I asked if anyone had relatives flying in. But it was only a very vague concern.
By February concern in NYC was growing, but looking at my calendar I was still attending all the retiree and social activities that I normally do. Art class, yoga class, dinner out. I still saw the guy I've been seeing on Valentine's Day. Still carried on with my usual agenda. People were starting to be wary of going to Chinese-owned businesses, so I made it a point to continue going to the salon. My heart broke for them, because business had fallen off dramatically. Even so, I think I just had my hair done, not my nails, because I already was squeamish about holding hands (with anyone, not just people from China).
I was hearing a lot of talk that since Wuhan was on lockdown, supplies of medications were going to get scarce, because they are manufactured there. I called my pulmonologist to get an early refill of my COPD meds. The receptionist said to her colleague, "oh this is going to be a big deal. This is the third call this morning of people wanting their prescriptions early." She sounded annoyed.
By the first week of March I still went out with friends, still saw family, still had my taxes done on March 5th and had lunch with my cousin on March 6th, which was a Friday. I also went to the supermarket and stocked up on food and toilet paper. I already had hand sanitizer and that was starting to be a big deal.
I must have heard some news that weekend, because I had a film studies class that was going to start on March 9th, but I called to cancel. Then
I think two days later, all of the classes and programs I attend shut down. I visited with friends on March 10th, and that's the last time I've been out of the house. I cancelled Atlantic City where I had reservations for March 25th and 26th, cancelled plans for Vegas in May.
We started talking to my parents about the very dramatic possibility that they may not be able to fly up for Passover. They did have to cancel, of course, as they are 86 and 87.
I know I'm leaving out some things, but of course everything here has been closed for awhile now. I'm grateful to be retired from teaching, but very concerned that my grandchildren aren't getting a proper education.

Oh, a couple days ago I walked past an independent nail salon on 8th Avenue... they had a handwritten sign in the window saying they are now out of business because they can't survive without it (paraphrase).

Also I read a few scant days ago, that the Cheesecake Factory already told their landlords they don't have enough $$ to pay April (!) rent. .

That was really alarming to me, considering that you generally don't think good-sized chain businesses cannot survive a month out of business. I promptly started secondhand flipping gift cards like no tomorrow, starting with my leftover $9.75 from their Christmas Slice of Joy promo.

 

[Sundog]

That's changed in the last 35 yrs. I don't know of any workers who have health care benefits deducted from their pay cheques.

"If you are hired as a temporary foreign worker in a low-wage position or under the Agricultural Stream, your employer must:

• pay for all your transportation costs to and from Canada
• provide you with private health insurance until you are eligible for the provincial or territorial health insurance plan, so that you will not have to pay to see a doctor or to go to the hospital if you are sick or injured; and
• ensure you have a place to live"
• etc at link

Temporary foreign workers – Your rights are protected - Canada.ca

Thanks, glad to know how it works now. If there aren't payroll deductions for health care, how do you pay for it - in other taxes such as income tax or in provincial or federal taxes or other? Curious.

 

[NuttMegg]

Oh man just saw this, I’ll have to rewatch it with the hymn sheet. I was singing random syllables since I don’t know Italian. Dog was getting all rawled up lol.

Concert just ended. That was a wonderful and much needed conduit for unity and grace, I am very emotional and teary eyed. Thank you Mr. Bocelli. Beautiful photography as well. I was picturing all the Italians in their homes...

I really want to visit Italy one day. And stand in that spot from where AB was outside the chapel.

Can you imagine being blind from age 12, and developing a career and voice like that. Well there are a couple of others I can think of too, in the USA. The concert was too short, but it couldn't be long enough anyway. He has a lot of music on youtube.

I kind of lost it with Amazing Grace, felt the same as when Obama sang it at the AME church after that massacre.

 

[NuttMegg]

Coming up soon.
Music For Hope LIVE - April 12th 10am LA | 1pm NYC | 6pm UK | 7pm CET
bad kink see below

oops, bad LINK I meant. ha ha

 

[margarita25]

So which is less risky?
Having a neighbor with no symptoms leave groceries at the doorstep?
Or mask up and go to the store?

Anything is less risky than going to the store moo. If they leave the items at the door and if you can let some sit and meticulously clean the items that’s waaaay better than going to the store. Not even a question moo.

I have a full system. Took me a few hours.