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Does anybody here personally know of anybody that has the virus?  I'm just curious.  I don't know a single person who's been infected or know a friend of a friend of a friend who's got it.  Our town is on a "Stay at Home" order, but we can still go out and do essential stuff, as long as we keep 6' away from other people, don't gather in groups, etc.  Non-essential businesses that are indoors are closed, food places still cook food, but it has to be pick up or take out with some places also having limited menus.  Gyms are closed so I have to walk outside, but the weather has been shit and I don't do well in wind and snow, so Red Box is my new best friend along with potato chips.  I am proud to say that I am doing my part by working from home doing 3d modeling and making art.  Wait I minute, that's my life every day, lol.

The basics are all gone, toilet paper, hand sanitizer, staple foods like rice, box dinners, most meats are hard to come by, otherwise things seem normal. My town is doing pretty well with the social distancing other than people at the stores you just can't avoid.

My girlfriend works at a hospital doing housekeeping, so there is a little "ehhhhhh.... wash your hands good and if it goes in my mouth, it has to clean" mentality going on.

And how is your week?

Davo

I live more smaller town rural so there are less cases in surrounding areas so far, fingers crossed. I don't personally know anyone. Though i am not taking it lightly, at the grocery stores here a lot of people are not following the safe distance. Especially younger ones. Pretty frustrating walking down a narrow isle and someone walking straight at you with a "i dare you" look.

Well I live in the south of California, Less than 25 Minutes from the Mexican border if you catch my drift..

Not only do we have a decent Governor with a good head on his shoulders,  We have a pretty good Mayor for the City of San Diego

Stay home is in place and except for the Dentist Appointment I had yesterday, followed by a foodie run, we are set for the next 3-4 weeks

Store are getting restocked as they are placing limits on how many of a certain item you can buy.. I did find an 18 count Carton of eggs as they had just come in.. Bout only one as they seemed to have gotten maybe 100 containers. also got Milk and some frozen dinners as there seems to be a lot of that stuff at least they are good for lunches

Many of the stores  like Costco, Wall, Mart, Sam Club have senior hours starting from 8AM  must show ID and anyone 60+ gets in

Medical facilities are pushing back nom essential  DR appointments  and two of the meds I take cannot be refilled at this time.. One is a suppliment but I need a RX script and the other is a pain killer and the mildest non addition opiod on the market. 

We ;live on a cul de sac so no one comes down the street unless they live here.  Neighbors are all fine and we pop out at dusk and have a small conversation and we keep our distance

as for entertainment.. what are you folks doing to keep from going stark raving mad???

I do some rendering, play some slots on line,and the wife does surveys for Amazon points  On the weekend they have Horse racing  tracks may be empty for horses have to exercise..

we also have a vast Movie collection of some 3000 DVDs and that does not include TV series like Buffy and Angel and there is always Prime Video and Netflix

so I think we have to keep from going bonkers.. as I think we are looking into early Autum to get some idea how hard we were hit from the Virus' that might have been contained better if they had just not been so secretive

Oopps time for dinner  tonights features are Fast and Furious 5 and 6  in Surround sound. .

Stay well and safe

Regards  Shado

Yes Retirement does have it's advantages..  But one does need to get out, Our Mayor has closed the local beaches as on a warm day,  thousand of people came to bathe in the sun and infect each other.. Our parks stay open as once can better perform social distancing. Personally I would not go to the local parks..

stay well and safe everyone and for those who can..  Happy Rendering

Shado

I live in a rural area also - so less affected though plenty of conspiratorial hotheads raving stuff.

Hiding indoors and working on projects.

My father lives in "The People's Republik of Glorious Kalifornia" and he thinks he's been exposed to the Virus but no symptoms yet.  It's certainly real.

Note we just had Juan Gimenez die of the virus...  Anyone who's read "Heavy Metal" or Jodorowkys's Metabaron works knows him...

Originally Posted by: simontemplar

Being an independent IT guy, I am still legally allowed to go out for work if repairs are needed but so far I haven't had to do so, save for a pharmacy run (diabetes still means I need insulin).
I can't say that being confined has taken any toll on me; in fact, I couldn't care less, as I am very much a stay-at-home guy when nothing forces me to do otherwise. I live in a small and very
quiet countryside village and if I really need some air, we have a big garden. If anyone is having trouble lately with being stuck inside, it's our two cats: some asshole has been putting out a
nasty poison somewhere in the neighborhood and one of our pets already got a very close call. Even in case of a zombie apocalypse, evil never rests.

The wife has diabetes and I need to run to the Pharmacy once a quarter to get her insuline .and her pain meds as she uses a controled substance.  Everything else is shipped to the house as is my VA scripts and CPAP gear..  Her HMO used to mail her insulin bit they would put a simple cold pack in the carton and if the stuff landed in the post office late Saturday,  then it stayed there an extra day and would arrive warm.. So now we go to the pharmacy for it and get it nice and chilled.  We pay a few dollars mor e but it's worth it.

 Juan Gimenez   he was a gifted artist..  Over the last few months I have noticed Musical entertainers dying of the virus.. this is the first artist I heard about.

Stay safe and well everyone

Shado

Personally this whole thing is great for me, so long as myself and people I care about don't get sick or die. I love staying home, reading books, watching blu-rays and doing general tomfoolery. That being said, let's hope it doesn't turn out like that Twilight Zone episode where Burgess Meredith breaks his glasses.

I know of one person that I used to see when I went out drinking that died (and he was generally healthy, built and was a go-go dancer at huge rave parties) and friends and family that either have it or have been under quarantine. My facebook friends have been posting people that they know that have died as well.  Our company shifted to working remotely so I've been at home for the last few weeks. It's getting nasty out there and just because your area isn't hit hard yet doesn't mean it's not coming. It's moving towards the rural areas now, so you should definitely be washing hands and practice social distancing to keep down the effects. Since people are still coming and going and some areas don't have their containment/testing plans in place, it doesn't take much for the virus to be passed and get into your areas if you aren't protecting yourself now... if it isn't there are ready. We're already weeks past proper testing so just about anyone could have it while not showing systems then weeks down the line the cases will start showing up.

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Originally Posted by: simontemplar

Originally Posted by: Velshtein

Personally this whole thing is great for me, so long as myself and people I care about don't get sick or die. I love staying home, reading books, watching blu-rays and doing general tomfoolery. That being said, let's hope it doesn't turn out like that Twilight Zone episode where Burgess Meredith breaks his glasses.

People are dying out there in droves, there is nothing "great" about it and that "as long as me and my own are ok, it's fine" is the straw that broke the camel's back.
Way to go, Captain Selfish.

Seems like I hit a nerve. That wasn’t my intention. Am I a selfish asshole? Probably. But I’ve been up for a really long time and was trying to inject a little humor into a dire situation. Poor choice of words I guess.

Unfortunately Stephen Kings version of Captain Trips is now a reality.  There will be survivors but if this is Gods Will, well I am not amused and this is not funny. Not putting down the poster who just had a poor choice of words..

In San Diego we are laying to rest a couple police officers and a Sheriffs Deputy  who must stay out on the lines I do not think in the long haul it will be as drastic as The Novel suggested and no one will take the side of Good Verses Evil, but this could be a pre-coursor to what Bio terrorism could look like.

Instead of hiding their numbers and censoring Doctors who knew weeks before it would break open, a country chose not to open it's channels of communications and admit this was far more nasty than the last bug they sent across the globe. Then you have global leaders who fail to shut their borders and quaranteen till it's too fucking late.. and stupid upon stupid.  Hold open Concerts, Football game etc..

As a state with the 2nd or 3rd highest level of cases,  I feel for those folks in NY You guys had a bomb dropped on you. Thn you have those who just had to cellebrate Maudi Gras  I  lay that blame solely on the Mayor of New Orleans for being a total cluster-fuck of a leader.

Yesterday I say footage of college kids not shelter in place bu out on spring berk, sitting side by side drinking beer and drinks, playing tug of war on the beach.. they just do not get it.  Maybe they will not carry it but the could be A-symptomatic and spread it to others Obviously Maudi Gras rate of Crovid-19 infections fell on deft ears and this is supposed to be the next generation of people who will graduate and enter our work.force. God help us

To all those who browse this site.. Stay Well and Safe

Shado