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I had to catch up on the thread. The governor of Colorado has asked everyone to wear a mask to protect themselves from others, who may be out and about, unknownly, with the virus. Starting today. And not to use the medical masks but homemade ones, or scraves; and then, when you get home, it goes into the wash or a hot handwash. And a warning to continue washing hands and not touch the face. I was initially ticked off, but he also mentioned 'rubber bands' to hold them on. When I first looked up making masks, elastic was sold out on-line and fabric stores in the area had just closed down. I found out a few days ago Hobby Lobby kept their doors open, no controls, amongst others. Well they are closed now and will be seeing a judge soon.
A program I rarely watch 'DBL' that is broadcast by NBC from Denver's studios had a segment about what they are doing. One of the guys mentioned his mom had handwritten pages of his favorite recipes, gathered together into a book. He was going to have her send it to him, and he was going to make the recipes himself while at home. They also talked about the joys of receiving a handwritten letter, rather than a typed one, (or an email today, or text). I had one letter from my dad when I was in Germany, dictated to his secretay, delivered to my mother to mail. He signed it. I read it, and threw it in the trash. I have every handwritten letter and a compilation of recipes my mother sent me before she died.
How about writing to family, old friends that you know their addresses (even if across town), gather up your favorite recipes to share with family and friends, or old ones you were given by prior generations? Pass on stories about the people behind the recipes. Sometimes, all we have to give our children or friends are memories. Make them good ones.
@FSCMDesigns, I pick up my flatmate from Target five days a week to spare him the walk back to the apartment. He is at the point of exhaustion. So, I hope you have a way to relax, rest, and find a little bit of peace and joy in your off-duty hours. And as I tell him everyday, his smile, his work, his caring, makes others feel better and it will lift his spirits as well. Keep up your work.
I will send the ferret hit squad to take care of the litterers outside. No one will ever know. Stealth...
Mary
the shops are actually closer than the nearest letterbox
Wierd. Our letterbox is in our front door. If it was further than the shops from home, then there's be quite a draft through the open doorway. And we'd be looking for whoever nicked the door.
I somehow think Wendy means this sort of letter box
yeah I forget some places only call the ones by people's houses letterboxes
the term is used for both your own and the Australia Post ones here
LOL, thanks Mary, might have to take you and the ferret hit squad up on that offer one day. Appreciate the well wishes also. While it might be trying at times, the one thing that keeps my stress in check is knowing it will affect my immune system and I am determined to keep that in check. There are lots of positives also even though this is going on. Many of the customers seem to be appreciative of what our employees are going thru to allow them access to the products they need and have voiced it to many of us.
give your flatmate my best and stay safe!
I thought some have to go to a post office because they have no personal mailbox for whatever reason.
Hmm, I'm in Dallas and haven't noticed a shortage on eggs, maybe it's a store to store deal. I got 3 dz delivered from Amazon 3 days ago. Instant rice has been my hard to find item, LOL
stupid question what do you actually call them in America?
looking on DAZ apparently Pillarbox a term I have never heard in my life
what I meant
postboxes?
@WendyLuvsCats Postboxes or Mailboxes, depends on region.
@FSCMDesign, Thanks. The dog, Bugsy has me on the 'Bugsy Diet Plan' and takes me on walks during the day. I am lucky to be in an area with a creek and walk area near it. And exercise is very encouraged here in Denver.
If anyone has had their car parked for weeks, you may want to turn on the engine and make sure the battery still works. Two guys had to have theirs jumpstarted this afternoon. Of course, temperatures in the teens and a light snowfall didn't help this morning.
Mary
thats so puzzling as postbox and mailbox can also be the ones at your houses
looking online it seems Post is obviously one you post into but oddly a Post office box is one you own to recieve mail
it's rather inconsistent
I do call the ones you post into mailboxes too
letterbox was to me just a general term for all of them for sending and recieving, maybe I had odd parents
growing up, any box you put mail into was a mailbox, so that is what I always called them, no matter what they looked like. Don't see many of them around these days, going the way of the phonebooth I guess, LOL
There is one in walking distance to my place, but for some odd reason I am not allowed to walk anywhere other than in the yard.
We're all about the Instant Pot rice...best rice ever...and all you have to do is hit the "multigrain" button and boom perfect rice. I can't imagine going through this without our Instant Pot, lol.
...sounds like the old corner grocery in the neighbourhood where I grew up, a real "mom & pop" place run by old man Romanoff and his wife who both worked the store. What was nice, it had a butcher and deli counter. so meats were always fresh. The penny candy selection was "kid heaven". Until the Sentry Supermart opened up near where My mum worked, this was the source for all our shopping (we could also pre order items). It was also the hangout on weekends and when we finished the after school paper route. Nothing like a 10¢ bottle of Granapa Graf's Draft Root Beer (including 2¢ deposit), a fist full of candy, and 10¢ bag of Geiser's (a local brand) Garlic & Onion potato crisps. after a "long" day.
The building has since been converted into a single family home still with the tall cellar (that was the store room) and was last on the market for 185,000$ (here in Portland, it would have easily gone for 4 to 5 times that). Originally it had a wide front stone and concrete staircase that led straight out from then inset front door to a paved font area. The glass block window on bottom used to be the delivery chute. through which a roller belt was set up from the street into the cellar.on delivery days.
.."postbox" when a box is claimed by the cat as its throne or bed.
We also call them dropboxes.
The US Centers for Disease Control are now recommending masks when you go out in public. (More instruction and information at the Washington Post. Their coronavirus coverage should be freely available. Another article on the topic from the Post, which also may have links to research.) A homemade mask, as long as it covers your nose and mouth and fits snugly around the edges, should provide at least some protection from larger drops, and it protects others from you. The (currently very fast moving) science indicates that the majority of people who catch this either don't have symptoms, or have such minor symptoms that they don't recognize it for what it is, and it's during that period that people seem to be most contagious.
A Czech (I think) person on Facebook has a video on how to make them out of t-shirts. It's very short, and you don't need Czech to follow along.
If you make a homemade mask for yourself, you should wash your hands IMMEDIATELY after taking them off, and if you only have one mask, wash that frequently as well. (Ideally, you probably should have two or three of them, so that you can wash one and let it dry out while having one to use.
I'm big on Instant Pot and then for Christmas this year got a Breville Convection/AirFryer oven which makes bread-y things crisp on the outside, soft on the inside. I've been making gluten free pizza (Namaste mix) and they've been wonderful. And yes, does make food prep during this time much better.
We have an air fryer and it does make some really good homemade jerky. It's defintely not as easy to clean as the Instant Pot, though.
That's a Post Box
(ex postman 
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Thanks for clarification about who "they" are.
Here in Germany the Robert Koch Institut (kinda like the German version of the US CDC) now also states that wearing a mask might (!) help against spreading and/or catching the virus, but that there still is too little data available to confirm it. So they advise to wear one - homemade preferred, as the better ones should rather be available for people in hospitals or for others who have to deal with infected persons - but don't put too much trust in it's ability to keep you healthy. It's still better to avoid contact with other people by following the guidelines.
The Robert Koch Institut also stated that here in Germany the spread rate for the virus has been lowered to 1 - meaning that an infected person statistically infects only one other person - now, when a couple of days ago that number was between 5 and 7. So staying at home as much as possible and avoiding close contact when outside seems to achieve the wanted results here. That spread rate would have to go down to 0.5 or lower to see a decline in new infections though, which still might be a bit in the future.
When my wife and I went shopping as usual yesterday, the only shortage we faced was yeast, Seems yeast is the new toilet paper around here, as I've heard from a friend I called who lives near Frankfurt, that in their local supermarket there's also no yeast and only little flour left. Seems I have to drop my plans to do some homemade pizza, at least for a while...
Toilet paper was back in the shop though, even if it only was one brand instead of the usual assortment of five (or so...)
My wife, who has to go to the city to work each day, told me that the few people on the streets she meets seem to be smiling at each other a lot more than usual. Kinda like "Oh, so You're also one of those who have to go out" empathy.
There was me trying to be comically obtuse. Obviously failed miserably
. And I have always thought of those as post boxes.
A pillarbox in the UK is a letter box in a pillar or column, like the image, rather than one in a wall or on a (wooden) post.
Well, the state of Georgia is now under a shelter in place order. We are allowed to buy food and as needed. People tried to stock up and left the shelves bare even though its still going to be there tomarrow. We thought they's be out of cash by now, but I guess they are not.
My family's buisness are three rent to own stores in the rural south in different small towns. My husband runs the company. All though we could stay open, we made a deal with our local warrenty repair appliance service center to help serve our customers incase a refrigorator or freezer or washer/dryer went down. They are going to fix things during the shut down so we can shut down. We gave everyone a two week extension and we are shutting down for two weeks, maybe more and no one is racking up a bill with us during that time. We are paying all our employees to stay home during this two weeks as well. Its costing us quite a bit but we are going to be okay and able to reopen as long as it does not go on too long. Rent to own has a bad reputation with many people who have credit and don't need it. For us it is about turning bad customers into good customers who can rebuild their credit and have options. We understand its going to be hard on people to be out of work and we actually care about our customers and employees.
On a side note, many rural hospitals have closed. Our hospital serves multiple counties and I have heard rumors we only have 10 ICU rooms. We are trying to stay home and stay healthy. Our state did not expand medicaid. My husband has a catastrophic policy but many middle class people are without affordable insurance so they are without insurance. Me, for instance.
I took a break from Daz3d when Generation 8 came out. I have fixed up my house, put together a capsule closet for myself, started a nice tarot card collection. We were doing well. Since we are homebound, I upgraded to Generation 8 and got everything to fit clothing from previous generations to the Gen 8 Female. So I will attempt to sort my stuff collection so I can make some art again.
Same here... we live in a small village near forest and fields in Germany, but have two markets here. People seem to be more patient to each other. And... more and more People wearing selfmade masks. Great!
I finally found the link from the Colorado government for homemade masks. It is a bit more detailed than the previous one. A pocket for a removable filter is provided. I just looked at it last night, have to buy the filter material (I hope I can find it.) But, I thought I would post the link here for anyone who might be interested to make their own masks. It was recommended to have enough to wash each one after you use it, and if you needed to go out after you returned home, you might be at risk. Also, what if you sneezed into it while using it? I am suffering from hayfever right now. I have to keep tissues close to me at all times.
You can drill down to the bottom of the page and there are different links with downloads for patterns and a video.
https://www.coloradomaskproject.com/resources-partners
All Shelter in Place and Stay at Home orders
https://www.finra.org/rules-guidance/key-topics/covid-19/shelter-in-place
They just extended our stay-at-home order to the end of April (Louisiana). Some areas are being put under curfews because folks are just not staying home. Painful but necessary.