How are you greeting the end of the world?

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  • MelissaGTMelissaGT Posts: 2,611
    Gordig said:

    yea afraid they will panic buy my vitamin D next

    I actually need it as blood tests have been around 8 sometimes and doctor very concerned 

    I don't take it as much as I should

    isolation will see a surge in issues too hope no post boom babies born with rickets

    It wouldn't surprise me in the least if after this is over, they start making us use our driver's license or some kind of ID card when we shop to prevent the hoarding of certain things. They've already done this with certain over-the-counter medications, so it would just be a matter of expanding it to other products...

    Like seriously, is crystal meth even still a thing? 

    Do people still want to get high?

    Considering the plight of every person who has smoked weed ever...in getting The Cannabis legaized across the board in the US, I'd say yes, lol. But that has nothing to do with crystal meth. 

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,565

    I tried CBD lotion and thought it was overpriced, underwhelming, and stupid with an odd smell to it.

  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165
    Gordig said:

    yea afraid they will panic buy my vitamin D next

    I actually need it as blood tests have been around 8 sometimes and doctor very concerned 

    I don't take it as much as I should

    isolation will see a surge in issues too hope no post boom babies born with rickets

    It wouldn't surprise me in the least if after this is over, they start making us use our driver's license or some kind of ID card when we shop to prevent the hoarding of certain things. They've already done this with certain over-the-counter medications, so it would just be a matter of expanding it to other products...

    Like seriously, is crystal meth even still a thing? 

    Do people still want to get high?

    is its good weed ?

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,565
    Ivy said:
    Gordig said:

    yea afraid they will panic buy my vitamin D next

    I actually need it as blood tests have been around 8 sometimes and doctor very concerned 

    I don't take it as much as I should

    isolation will see a surge in issues too hope no post boom babies born with rickets

    It wouldn't surprise me in the least if after this is over, they start making us use our driver's license or some kind of ID card when we shop to prevent the hoarding of certain things. They've already done this with certain over-the-counter medications, so it would just be a matter of expanding it to other products...

    Like seriously, is crystal meth even still a thing? 

    Do people still want to get high?

    is its good weed ?

    And not real weeds? (Not cannabis but the any weeds around the yard?)

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,622
    edited April 2020
    Ivy said:
    Gordig said:

    yea afraid they will panic buy my vitamin D next

    I actually need it as blood tests have been around 8 sometimes and doctor very concerned 

    I don't take it as much as I should

    isolation will see a surge in issues too hope no post boom babies born with rickets

    It wouldn't surprise me in the least if after this is over, they start making us use our driver's license or some kind of ID card when we shop to prevent the hoarding of certain things. They've already done this with certain over-the-counter medications, so it would just be a matter of expanding it to other products...

    Like seriously, is crystal meth even still a thing? 

    Do people still want to get high?

    is its good weed ?

    And not real weeds? (Not cannabis but the any weeds around the yard?)

    most other weeds also run the risk of poisoning and painful death

    Morning Glory, those certain mushrooms, golden trumpet etc

    mouldy wheat already been discussed cheeky

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  • MelissaGTMelissaGT Posts: 2,611
    edited April 2020

    I tried CBD lotion and thought it was overpriced, underwhelming, and stupid with an odd smell to it.

    There's no doubt CBD and cannabis in general smells like rotten skunk pattoo. Which is why I've never tried it and likely never will...though my husband loves it and I don't begrudge him that...provided he does it where I can't smell it, lol. 

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,260

    I tried CBD lotion and thought it was overpriced, underwhelming, and stupid with an odd smell to it.

    ...works fine for my painful arthritic joints (particularity my nearly crippled right hand).  Much better and lasts longer than popping Advil every 4 hours or so. 

  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165
    edited April 2020
    Ivy said:
    Gordig said:

    yea afraid they will panic buy my vitamin D next

    I actually need it as blood tests have been around 8 sometimes and doctor very concerned 

    I don't take it as much as I should

    isolation will see a surge in issues too hope no post boom babies born with rickets

    It wouldn't surprise me in the least if after this is over, they start making us use our driver's license or some kind of ID card when we shop to prevent the hoarding of certain things. They've already done this with certain over-the-counter medications, so it would just be a matter of expanding it to other products...

    Like seriously, is crystal meth even still a thing? 

    Do people still want to get high?

    is its good weed ?

    And not real weeds? (Not cannabis but the any weeds around the yard?)

    Ah  a good cannabis or psilocybin mushrooms you never can go wrong. once ina  while we go to the cherokee reservation and pick up a sack of peyote that's a relaxing trip .  It all depend on who do you trust?  god grown grass, or man made chemicals either way choose your poison

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  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165
    edited April 2020

    A old hippy saying . "Give us coffee to change the things we can, & give us weed to accept those that we cannot "

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,866

    Can we drop the drug dscussion please.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,681
    Ivy said:
    Gordig said:

    yea afraid they will panic buy my vitamin D next

    I actually need it as blood tests have been around 8 sometimes and doctor very concerned 

    I don't take it as much as I should

    isolation will see a surge in issues too hope no post boom babies born with rickets

    It wouldn't surprise me in the least if after this is over, they start making us use our driver's license or some kind of ID card when we shop to prevent the hoarding of certain things. They've already done this with certain over-the-counter medications, so it would just be a matter of expanding it to other products...

    Like seriously, is crystal meth even still a thing? 

    Do people still want to get high?

    is its good weed ?

    And not real weeds? (Not cannabis but the any weeds around the yard?)

    most other weeds also run the risk of poisoning and painful death

    Morning Glory, those certain mushrooms, golden trumpet etc

    mouldy wheat already been discussed cheeky

    I thought Ergot came from mouldy rye.

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,565

    Can we drop the drug dscussion please.

    Okay sounds good!  Can we instead of a dscussion about Richard who is the great guy who lives in a mill.  Wait?  Does Richard live in a mill?  I do not know where he lives but I think he can be a great guy, I guess.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,622
    edited April 2020

    a flour mill or a gunpowder mill devil

    maybe a sawmill

    Post edited by WendyLuvsCatz on
  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,565
    edited April 2020

    a flour mill or a gunpowder mill devil

    maybe a sawmill

    Probably a flour mill as Richard might like the mice. angel
    edit Richard is probably against violence so not the gunpowder mill, I think.

    Post edited by Sfariah D on
  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 7,056
    edited April 2020
    RAMWolff said:

    My arsenal...

    Honey, you need to add in 5,000 IU's of D3 to that.  While D3 hasn't been proven to help against the Corona the science behind it states that it does help boost the immune system.  D3 in a liquid gel cap is VERY small so should go down easily.  I take allot of NAC every day.  Astragulus is wonderful and powerful.  Licorice just makes me jumpy but I do take a small amount a day.  Being an HIV POZ person I have to really be careful in general so now I've somehow learned to be even MORE careful.  

    One silver lining is that my rent this month has been forgiven.  Clients have been reaching out to offer money to me.  Luckily the Safeway near me is fairly well stocked on most things I eat.  Most of the services I use (Wave Broadband, PG&E and others) have been very good about delaying payment in case it gets really tight but then all that will come back to bite all of us when this clears and we  can return to work. 

    I'm a hairdresser by trade so my business is considered "Non Essential".  I do have my kitchen set up as a temporary work station in case some clients can not wait but the rule is bring a mask and gloves (non latex as I'm allergic).  I have a set up for the sink to wash hair and replaced my kitchen table (very small table 20"X20", moved to my room mates room for a desk) with a Sauder cabinet that looks like a station and made use of the drawer and the double cabinet tot store my hairdressing tools.  Sort of looks like a replication of my station at Opus Salon, which we were in the middle of closing after 30 years in business, so now I'm sort of "homeless" as the new salon I was going to go to, the owner lives down in San Jose and the business is in Menlo Park so he's not coming up to have us sign contracts or exchange keys until this blows over, so at least both rents are nonexistent this month, next month I'll have to pay home rent again. 

    Hope everyone is staying safe and adhering to the rules and regulaions.  Keep in mind if your naturally immune to the virus or it's effects you may be a carrier if you get it and then can spread it to others like the elderly or immune compromised.  So please keep that in mind and be careful out there

    Hugs,
    Richard 

     

    Yes!  D3! Already done! Plus all this and waiting for echinacea reiki mix from Amazon!  I have asthma so have to be careful.

    You really shouldn't be around ANYBODY! Especially with a compromised immune system. There are people who have it who are asymptomatic. 
     

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  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 7,056

    in spite of tonsillitis every year growing up and utterly no days off sick because I was not allowed to get sick I also have mine yes

    eventually stopped getting tonsillitis and don't think I have had it for 30 years

    I still have my tonsils and never had tonsillitis but had strep throat in college a LOT! Almost every time midterms came up, I had suddenly had strep throat and got a note from the campus doctor and got an extension lol. 

  • SlimerJSpudSlimerJSpud Posts: 1,453

    PSA for people who still smoke during this pandemic: If you get sick and end up in the hospital, they sure as H*ll aren't going to let you smoke (or even vape) in the hospital. That means you'll have the stress of smokers' withdrawl to deal with on top of whatever put you in the hospital, coronavirus or not. Bottom line? Now might be a really good time to quit. Do it while you're still (somewhat) healthy. Now back to our regularly scheduled drivel...

  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,256
    McGyver said:
    RAMWolff said:

    Oh, I had tonsilitis all the time when I was a boy but as a 59 year old man, knock on wood, never have that problem any more!  

    I still have mine... and a couple of other peoples' too... I probably should have labeled them in case they want them back... I also probably should have stored them in formaldehyde or something and not an old cigar box... ah, well... you live, you learn... sometimes you don't learn... 

    EWWWWWWWWW  LOL 

  • namffuaknamffuak Posts: 4,192

    On the original topic - for starters, I play the percentages; the local infection count is below .001 and I'm not leaving the local area. In addition, I only make one trip out per week - not that I've wanted to, but the last three involved medical and dental excursions, with side trips to a local chain grocery on the way home. I'm prepared to go up to five weeks without leaving the house with the exception of TP (around 3 weeks, then I gotta get creative; current thought is strip before/shower after frown).

    And I've a fatalistic attitude toward the whole end-of-life thing ever since one of my father's friends died as a result of a lightning strike on a golf course back when I was twelve. The foursome he was in sheltered under some trees at first, but made a run for the club house when the first flash of lightning appeared. Louie was the last to get there, and just as he reached the door lightning hit the clubhouse chimney - and he was killed by falling bricks. So - you play by the rules, you do what you can - but when your number is up, it's up.

  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,256
    Ivy said:
    Gordig said:

    yea afraid they will panic buy my vitamin D next

    I actually need it as blood tests have been around 8 sometimes and doctor very concerned 

    I don't take it as much as I should

    isolation will see a surge in issues too hope no post boom babies born with rickets

    It wouldn't surprise me in the least if after this is over, they start making us use our driver's license or some kind of ID card when we shop to prevent the hoarding of certain things. They've already done this with certain over-the-counter medications, so it would just be a matter of expanding it to other products...

    Like seriously, is crystal meth even still a thing? 

    Do people still want to get high?

    is its good weed ?

    And not real weeds? (Not cannabis but the any weeds around the yard?)

    There are no such thing as weeds.  Only misplaced plants!  cheeky

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,565
    RAMWolff said:
    Ivy said:
    Gordig said:

    yea afraid they will panic buy my vitamin D next

    I actually need it as blood tests have been around 8 sometimes and doctor very concerned 

    I don't take it as much as I should

    isolation will see a surge in issues too hope no post boom babies born with rickets

    It wouldn't surprise me in the least if after this is over, they start making us use our driver's license or some kind of ID card when we shop to prevent the hoarding of certain things. They've already done this with certain over-the-counter medications, so it would just be a matter of expanding it to other products...

    Like seriously, is crystal meth even still a thing? 

    Do people still want to get high?

    is its good weed ?

    And not real weeds? (Not cannabis but the any weeds around the yard?)

    There are no such thing as weeds.  Only misplaced plants!  cheeky

    Correction; two words; poison ivy!

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,565

    Why does Richard live in a flour mill when he is not a miller?

    a flour mill or a gunpowder mill devil

    maybe a sawmill

    Probably a flour mill as Richard might like the mice. angel
    edit Richard is probably against violence so not the gunpowder mill, I think.

    Richard does not work for the mill right?  He just lives there?

     

     

    back on topic, I saw there was a YouTube video that asked what if this thing lasts 18 months.  0.o I did not watch it though.

  • SlimerJSpudSlimerJSpud Posts: 1,453
    RAMWolff said:
    Ivy said:
    Gordig said:

    yea afraid they will panic buy my vitamin D next

    I actually need it as blood tests have been around 8 sometimes and doctor very concerned 

    I don't take it as much as I should

    isolation will see a surge in issues too hope no post boom babies born with rickets

    It wouldn't surprise me in the least if after this is over, they start making us use our driver's license or some kind of ID card when we shop to prevent the hoarding of certain things. They've already done this with certain over-the-counter medications, so it would just be a matter of expanding it to other products...

    Like seriously, is crystal meth even still a thing? 

    Do people still want to get high?

    is its good weed ?

    And not real weeds? (Not cannabis but the any weeds around the yard?)

    There are no such thing as weeds.  Only misplaced plants!  cheeky

    Correction; two words; poison ivy!

    "A weed is just a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 4,321

    Okay, the mystery of the disappearing toilet paper is solved.

    MSNBC just had this story. Reporter called manufacturers. Apparently there are two supply chains for toilet paper, with totally different manufacturers and customer bases.

    One for stores, schools, institutions, businesses, airports, so commercial use. it is made of recycled paper, 1-ply.

    The other is for home use. It is fluffy, stamped with pretty logos, and sold in small packages. (Relatively)

    We just had a shift of population from using said schools, institutions, businesses, airports, stores, to homes. Some for work at home, online schooling, and others to binge watch TV or 3D render to death and put on the Covid-15 pounds of weight. So your home toilets are getting 40 more hours of use a week than they were getting before. 

    Case Solved.

     

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,260
    edited April 2020

     

    I just don't get necking down all of these vitamins/supplements. I can see if someone has been diagnosed with a deficiency or recommended to take x-amount of this or that supplement by a doctor. However, with the way some of this stuff is flying off the shelf, you would think it was a vaccine or cure. Must be more peckerheads out there trying to cash in on the pandemic by hoarding & reselling or a lot of silly people.

    The fact of the matter is, the body can only absorb so much at a given time and throwing a full daily dose at it in a tablet day in & day out isn't necessarily a good thing; especially if you're taking many supplements. Sure, popping pills is more convenient, but its always better to get what you need from eating meals if possible.

     

    ...yes

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  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,256
    RAMWolff said:
    Ivy said:
    Gordig said:

    yea afraid they will panic buy my vitamin D next

    I actually need it as blood tests have been around 8 sometimes and doctor very concerned 

    I don't take it as much as I should

    isolation will see a surge in issues too hope no post boom babies born with rickets

    It wouldn't surprise me in the least if after this is over, they start making us use our driver's license or some kind of ID card when we shop to prevent the hoarding of certain things. They've already done this with certain over-the-counter medications, so it would just be a matter of expanding it to other products...

    Like seriously, is crystal meth even still a thing? 

    Do people still want to get high?

    is its good weed ?

    And not real weeds? (Not cannabis but the any weeds around the yard?)

    There are no such thing as weeds.  Only misplaced plants!  cheeky

    Correction; two words; poison ivy!

    YIKES!  surprise

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,260

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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,681
    edited April 2020
    namffuak said:

    On the original topic - for starters, I play the percentages; the local infection count is below .001 and I'm not leaving the local area. In addition, I only make one trip out per week - not that I've wanted to, but the last three involved medical and dental excursions, with side trips to a local chain grocery on the way home. I'm prepared to go up to five weeks without leaving the house with the exception of TP (around 3 weeks, then I gotta get creative; current thought is strip before/shower after frown).

    And I've a fatalistic attitude toward the whole end-of-life thing ever since one of my father's friends died as a result of a lightning strike on a golf course back when I was twelve. The foursome he was in sheltered under some trees at first, but made a run for the club house when the first flash of lightning appeared. Louie was the last to get there, and just as he reached the door lightning hit the clubhouse chimney - and he was killed by falling bricks. So - you play by the rules, you do what you can - but when your number is up, it's up.

    yes  Yeah, this westernmost county in NY State is almost untouched by the virus.  As of today it was, I believe, just 10 cases and they were all 40 miles east of us in the small cities (Dunkirk and Westfield) on the shore of Lake Erie.  The county to the west of us is closer and is even more rural than this county but has more cases, but the infections seem to be mostly on the Indian reservation.  Their go-to city is Olean, NY farther east.  The county north of us is pretty rural too, but they go to Buffalo rather than come south to Jamestown.  The county south of us is in Pennsylvania and they don't speak the same language (just kidding) but they go west to Erie, PA  instead of north to Jamestown. (The little town I live in  (Kennedy) looks dead, nobody on the street.  But that's the way it always looks so...  The only indication of a problem is that the local bars are closed, the postoffice has a plastic sheet covering the teller window, and the Bread and TP supply in the grocery store is sparse.

    I've been self isolating for the last 11 years.  My pantry is full.  I don't have a car.  Nobody ever visits me.  I haven't had a guest in this house in a couple years.  I've cancelled or postponed all my recent medical appointments.  I get essential deliveries via postal mail from Amazon or the pharmacy.  The local grocery provides consumables like milk, bread, fruit & vegetables weekly.  I wash my hands properly and often.  People I do run into stay a healthy distance away.  There's only so much paranoia I can muster in my situation.

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  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165
    edited April 2020

    !

    kyoto kid said:

    ...

    laugh

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  • maikdeckermaikdecker Posts: 2,990
    back on topic, I saw there was a YouTube video that asked what if this thing lasts 18 months.  0.o I did not watch it though.

    Virusses don't just "go away" - they keep lurking in the background for their next chance. Or they mutate a bit and start again...

    It will take a while to get proper medication. It will take a while longer to get a vaccine - if it's possible, what I expect it to be - but like measles, the flu or The Plague it will not really go away ever.

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