dad4
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Hot sauce. Do you have hot sauce?
Hillary has some in her pocketbook!
Hot sauce. Do you have hot sauce?
Not always easy to put hookers and blow on the AMEX card...
I'm also concerned about the long-term mental health of some after we get this virus under control (maybe with an assist from the seasonal change).
Second, in our lifetime, the only collective event that was maybe comparable is 9/11. We all will remember this one and be affected by it. Moreover people are being forced to isolate themselves from others. Interacting with other humans on a daily basis can be frustrating at times but it's also stabilizing for many. Some might have social media or a web forum as an escape, but being at home other than for walks, and interacting less with society may create issues for some (combined with the whole stress of whether one might get infected, what the outcome will be, etc). There are videos folks in Italy made, pretending they time traveled and could talk to themselves 14 days earlier, to warn them what to expect. They were grim in what they told their earlier selves. You could see the toll on their faces.
Mrs PJS and I talked about this too. One of the reasons we still live here is our connection to family and friends. We are very social; the good thing is we live in a condo building in a tight knit neighborhood. But we really miss seeing our friends, even after just a couple of weeks. We did a virtual happy hour via webinar on Saturday. But physical contact is important to humans - we need to hug. Couple that with immense stress over economics, and I hope this part doesn't last very long.
Not always easy to put hookers and blow on the AMEX card...
Ahem...
Portland strip club forced to close, so dancers now do delivery
https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavi...rced-to-close-so-dancers-now-do-delivery.html
I don’t know about all of you, but I always feel like there’s always room to improve or become more efficient with how I do things. The Coronavirus situation got me thinking: we’ve been doing supply/grocery store runs since late January and a final one last week and we should’ve gotten everything in one trip back in late January when I had a feeling that this thing could become big.
I’m creating a list of everything I did and should’ve done, such as checking OTC medications, fish antibiotics for the goldfish, filling gas/propane tanks, etc... Aside from purchasing provisions, there’s also a decent amount of time at night taking inventory of what exactly we have already.
Another example, I always knew that if SHTF the first thing I would need to do is put Stabil in the car gas tanks to preserve the fuel. Of course I only had a small bottle of Stabil for the lawn equipment, so back to the store I went. It’s trips like this I am trying to avoid, so I thought a list would be helpful.
If this ever happens again, I’ll be able to check off everything in an orderly fashion instead of “I forgot frozen juice concentrate for the kids (because we never use concentrate), and I might as well get some frozen vegetables while I’m at it.” We should’ve picked these up on our first food run.
What all are you doing to learn from this event? Is there anything you would’ve done differently to prepare for Coronavirus?
Mrs PJS and I talked about this too. One of the reasons we still live here is our connection to family and friends. We are very social; the good thing is we live in a condo building in a tight knit neighborhood. But we really miss seeing our friends, even after just a couple of weeks. We did a virtual happy hour via webinar on Saturday. But physical contact is important to humans - we need to hug. Couple that with immense stress over economics, and I hope this part doesn't last very long.
This has been an eye opening event. I always thought in the back of my mind something may cause SHTF type event. I even thought that a pandemic would be the one thing that would cause it. Unfortunately, I never overtly prepped, but did some minor prepping. We always do “big” shopping trips monthly. This includes the bulk purchases at BJs. I will be ok on TP and paper towels for another couple weeks, but then I will have to venture out and hope I get lucky finding some. We always have stocked pantries. My wife will always question me when I come home with ten boxes of pasta when we already have ten boxes on hand. I tell her it was on sale for 88 cents a box, better to stock up now.
The only thing I can really say I NEED to do is stock up on some food for my extra picky son. I have always said I need to can some hot dogs to have on hand. Now I need to act on those thoughts. Guess I need to buy a pressure canner and learn how to use it.