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Post by nybuckeye on Jun 16, 2020 9:58:42 GMT
This is a thread devoted to those in their 50s & 60s and beyond who don't have children or grandchildren but live rich, full lives. Please feel free to join our stroll thru life and come back often for support and to share.
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Post by nybuckeye on Jun 16, 2020 12:02:29 GMT
Kathy, I remember my aunts talking in the phone every day. They would ring once, hang up and then ring again, so they knew it was a sister calling. Way before caller ID, of course. My DF was a twin a d they always lived in the same neighborhood bit when I was small they lived in the same bldg and would whistle loudly when they wanted to get together. They had a special whistle. Ah, the pre-digital era. Yikes, on the rude awakening. I would have been freaking out. I hope the rest of your day got better.
Karen, I found some Clorox disinfectant wipes at Kroger. Score! If our market had a lot of people without masks we wouldnât go either. The post office had the plexiglass up bit the machine where you sign did not have it a d the clerk was right there in your face. The one I had was not wearing a mask. I am glad I donât go there often. I am glad all our festivals have been cancelled. People here arenât very diligent but the public officials are. I overheard a woman in scrubs talking on her phone in Kroger saying she wasnât wearing a mask because she had to wear one all day at work. What the heck! How are the allergies today? One good thing about having the retiree is that he is looking for things to do since we really canât travel. He weeded a huge section yesterday and is going for mulch today. How did the MG meeting go?
Linda, yes, running errands, getting groceries all takes more time. We were hoping when Iggy retired to take a lot of road trips but we are postponing all that except for maybe a trip to Kokomo to âvisitâ DM and put some flowers by her headstone. Ohio has opened up the rest areas and are regularly disinfecting. I have to check out Indiana before we go.
Denise, I havenât been to the casino in Toledo but have been to the one in Columbus and Dayton. I hope all goes well with your neighbor returning to work. How was work last night? Do you pack a lunch or do you have a good cafeteria? I know the hospital where we go has a bad cafeteria but a good deli. I spent a lot of time there a few years ago when Iggy had his heart attack and surgery.
Becky, I found everything I needed yesterday even disinfectant wipes. Yay! You are doing so well with rehab. Healthy living! Any news on further PT being approved?
Liz, I hear your Guv is thinking of shutting down Manhattan again over social distancing and the mayor is not having it. I hope you are from from the maddening crowds.
Enjoy your Tuesday.
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Post by moonriver on Jun 16, 2020 13:45:04 GMT
nybuckeye, I had a quiet night at work I usually pack a lunch cause they don't have food service at night.Ive been to the jack casino in Cleveland I went on the senior bus they give you plenty of time to gamble
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Post by lizzyr092 on Jun 16, 2020 18:42:51 GMT
The hermit surfaces for a quick hello to all you lovely ladies!
Chele - hope the weather improves and that Iggy is learning about the ease of transmission when not kept in check. How's the feeder doing? Have the squirrels taken over yet?
Kathy - you've had some terrible storms down there, hope you are all well and safe! How are things with your positive Covid numbers flying upward?
Linda - yep, your numbers are pretty intimidating as well right now. It never fails to amaze me why people won't listen and learn! Hope you, Bob, and Micki are staying safe!
Becky - I guess your state is part of the upwardly bad numbers as well right now. Please be safe and take good care; hope the knees are doing well.
Denise - glad work is going well for you; we are in "squeeze mode" after enduring so much during the surge from the pandemic. Now we wait to see how things go with another wavelet. The numbers starting taking a rise today for the first time.
Karen - I may have found a rheumatologist so now I just need to make the appointment (HA!). I hope all is well with you, Arya and Dale. I just can't imagine living through another surge here. The guv was down right PO'D. People are just simply selfish idiots; can't deal with it and have no patience for it.
Alright most lovely ladies; I am off to another Zoom meeting and then a 2 hour WebEx (oh joy). Be well and take good care; ciao for now~
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Post by retiredinaz on Jun 16, 2020 21:33:13 GMT
Liz, glad you found a doctor and hope it helps.
Denise, Bob had surgery two years ago later in the day and the cafeteria was closed at supper time. Big hospital with lots who could have used it! I must have walked three miles into the basement back to find employee small one and it was awful...can see why you bring food!
Someone on another thread is shocked at older women not wearing masks at Hobby Lobby or grocery store. Same at TJs and Sprouts for me...only two but even young people were wearing them. I am mystified by older women avoiding masks ...is it fogging glasses? Make up? Do they think they will not infect others? They do not care if they die a horrible death? The mask does somewhat protect the person wearing?
I am starting the day with Sudafed to get past the on a plane and ears won't pop thing and So I do not end up with infection clog. my right ear has never been the same since ear infection 39 years ago.
worked on my archive clippings..good grief, the June folder is two inches thick. Considering the newspaper us smaller these days and was full of protest, now fires, that says a lot. governor is ignoring it saying hospitals can cope. You are in your own. Pence is telling the party to say it is just more testing, so kets keep business happy. The experts say heck no...it is too many people not following guidelines and spreading it.
While I clip for people in the future who will use the archives for research, I wonder what they will be saying years from now.
not doing much else, except tried to get Screws out of old fountain to disassemble so I can do piece a week in garbage...two are so tight neither of us can move them. WD40 is empty so I out a little seeing machine oil on the edges. We shall see. If not , it can go to the curb for city pick up End of July.
Think it is time to straighten up dresser drawers and get something useful done today.
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Post by retiredinaz on Jun 16, 2020 21:40:00 GMT
From the Walk Street Journal
Six months into the coronavirus crisis, thereâs a growing consensus about a central question: How do people become infected?
Itâs not common to contract Covid-19 from a contaminated surface, scientists say. And fleeting encounters with people outdoors are unlikely to spread the coronavirus.
Instead, the major culprit is close-up, person-to-person interactions for extended periods. Crowded events, poorly ventilated areas and places where people are talking loudlyâor singing, in one famous caseâmaximize the risk.
These emerging findings are helping businesses and governments devise reopening strategies to protect public health while getting economies going again. That includes tactics like installing plexiglass barriers, requiring people to wear masks in stores and other venues, using good ventilation systems and keeping windows open when possible.
Two recent large studies showed that wide-scale lockdownsâstay-at-home orders, bans on large gatherings and business closuresâprevented millions of infections and deaths around the world. Now, with more knowledge in hand, cities and states can deploy targeted interventions to keep the virus from taking off again, scientists and public-health experts said.
That means better protections for nursing-home residents and multigenerational families living in crowded conditions, they said. It also means stressing physical distancing and masks, and reducing the number of gatherings in enclosed spaces.
âWe should not be thinking of a lockdown, but of ways to increase physical distance,â said Tom Frieden, chief executive of Resolve to Save Lives, a nonprofit public-health initiative. âThis can include allowing outside activities, allowing walking or cycling to an office with people all physically distant, curbside pickup from stores, and other innovative methods that can facilitate resumption of economic activity without a rekindling of the outbreak.â
The groupâs reopening recommendations include widespread testing, contact tracing and isolation of people who are infected or exposed.
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Post by texasless91 on Jun 16, 2020 23:21:13 GMT
Thanks for the start, Chele. Congrats on the Clorox wipes! Not long ago that would not have been particularly exciting. Did you see TP while you were there? Dale said Food City had a ton of their generic yesterday but not much in the way of name brands. I'm surprised the PO hasn't mandated masks for employees. Every time I've been in a PO, everyone has them. Guess I've just been lucky. Rolling my eyes at the phone conversation you overheard at Kroger. I guess there are no positive cases outside of where she works. Hope she doesn't find out the hard way. Iggy seems to be settling into retired life. I hope he keeps searching for things to keep himself busy. Weeding and mulching should keep him out of trouble for a little while. We have stellar weather today and it would be a great day to work outside but for my allergies. I hope you have the same weather. Allergies are marginally better than yesterday but I think I irritated the throat with all the talking during the meeting. It went well for our first attempt but I really thought, with the convenience, that more people would "attend". We had about the same number of people we have at an in-person meeting. It was good to see the folks who showed up. I remember those days of no caller ID. No telemarketers or robo calls, and no answering machines, so most of us answered the phone when it rang. Remember party lines? That wouldn't work today. Do we all still have landlines in addition to our cell phones? We do only because when we moved here cell service was pretty spotty. We've cut back to basic service plus long distance, but have considered totally getting ride of the landline. Don't blame you for postponing your travel plans for now. You would probably be ok going to "visit" DM and you might even be fine stopping at a restaurant with outdoor seating. Good plan to check on rest area availability.
Linda, your numbers definitely don't look good. Our local postives are 15% more today than yesterday. The non-mask wearers seem to fall mainly into two categories: the ones who don't think anyone should tell them what to do and the ones who think they are immortal. There are also a handful who still believe the BS claim from one discredited virologist who claimed blocking your own germs from getting out makes you sicker. Did your ears finally pop? I'm sure that will be a very thick folder by the time you finish this project. I have a feeling I know what the future people will say about us in this time but I don't dare post it on a thread. It won't be kind. Were you able to disassemble the old fountain? Yes, as Dr. Frieden said, "Test. Trace. Isolate." I heard today that they are expecting a second wave in China that is a different strain that is much more transmissible and is centered in Beijing, which only has a population 2.5 times that of Wuhan. I hope they can get it contained quickly so it doesn't leave China.
I'll bet your neighbor was really ready to go back to work, Denise. My stylist told me last week that she had to pull money out of her retirement to make ends meet while she was off. She's the owner of the salon so she had other expenses beyond personal ones.
Becky, I'm sorry Travis County is such a mess right now. I can see how they would not be fond of social distancing with all the activity that typically goes on there. It's a shame they have't been smarter. We hadn't heard of Red Rock before and Dale originally thought it was Round Rock, which of course we all know well. Did the PT give you some IT band stretches to do at home? Enjoy those cucumbers!
Great to hear from you, Liz! Hope people start behaving themselves and the wavelet will dissipate quickly. I saw Times Square this afternoon and it was still pretty deserted--a few people and less than half a dozen vehicles at the time of the video. TN keeps going up and our county went from 248 cases yesterday to 285 today. People just don't seem to care and, short of themself or someone in their family getting sick from the virus, think we are back to business as usual now. But then we have all these tourists who think they can come here and misbehave without consequences. I hope you'll be able to get into the rheumatologist soon. Did you get out of work before dark, given all the online meetings you had to endure? Did the protest curfew get lifted?
Kathy, are you and DM pretty much getting everything without substitutions on your grocery orders now? Is your weather any cooler? We feel like spring finally. We've been in the low 70s all day and we've been able to have the windows open. It's cooling down and we had to close them or the heat is going to kick on. I guess your cases are continuing to rise like ours are. Did I hear something about a bunch of employees and customers from a Jacksonville bar testing positive? Guess their numbers will be catching up soon.
Heard from DB today. They were thinking about going home from visiting their kids and coming this direction. I recommended they get through TN as quickly as possible because of the way people are flaunting the rules here. It would have been nice to see them but not worth the risk for any of us. They decided to go straight through. Sometimes my little brother still listens to me. We got our new wifi unit today and it works great. Dale visited his parents and all is well there. He did a little overstock and Goodwill shopping and found both of us some workout clothes.
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Post by kaycee on Jun 17, 2020 0:29:28 GMT
Chele, too funny on the ring codes. I was sound asleep, so the loud door knocking really startled me and it took awhile to calm down. It didn't help that I went into the bathroom and the power went out! The rest of the day was much better. Yay on finding Clorox wipes! I wonder if they're coming back in stock everywhere or if they just found some in their inventory. Still none here, but I have quite a few left. I was hoping to do some trips this year too, but I don't think it's happening.
Liz, good to see you resurface! Downtown Orlando had some damage from the tornado, but we just got some wind and rain here. Today has been nice and tomorrow is supposed to be the same before more rain comes. The local news had some details on our Covid numbers. They've gone up dramatically, but mainly in the younger age groups. Hospitalizations haven't spiked up, at least not yet. They think it's due to increased testing and they are testing about 10x more people daily than they were in April. Hope NYC can contain the new wave of cases. Glad you found a doctor. Have things calmed down any with the protests? I hope your commute isn't affected too much.
There was a big kerfuffle in the state govt. because they fired the woman that headed up the data analysis for the state website. She has put her own website up now and says they are counting each negative test when they calculate the overall % of positive tests. So, if someone gets tested on a regular basis, each negative test counts. They don't count multiple positive tests for the same person, so it skews the numbers. She also claims they were asking her to change things on the website to make things look better. Her data showed only 2 counties met the reopening criteria and they made her take that down.
Denise, I'm sure your meals from home are better than what the hospital would have anyway. I didn't realize Ohio had casinos until you and Chele mentioned them.
Karen, the grocery orders definitely have less substitutions. Frozen foods still seem a bit low, but the selection changes every week. I've been able to get most of the Publix Greenwise frozen veggies I've ordered and just had one of the Capri bags this week. They've had lots of name brand TP lately and have increased the limits from 1 per person to 2 of each type. We got 4 packages on Monday! I think I did hear something about the bar in Jacksonville. Yay on the wifi working! That's a shame your DB couldn't visit, but probably for the best for now.
Linda, thanks for the info. It's frustrating on the masks and I don't know what those older women were thinking. A lot of people still think it's all a hoax or overblown.
Becky, that's great on the progress with the knee. We only got up to 89 today and there was a nice breeze, so it wasn't too bad.
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Post by borntexan on Jun 17, 2020 0:51:03 GMT
Thanks for the start Chele.At least the retiree is handy.Yea on finding the wipes.I go for my eval tomorrow then they will have to contact insurance if they think I would benefit for more.The doctor said 2-3 times a week for 6 weeks but since insurance only initially okayed 12 visits with 2 being evals I had to just do twice a week.
Liz It's good to hear from you.Yes our state numbers are still climbing but the guv thinks as long as there are plenty of hospital beds open it's fine.Local governments can't enforce face masks.The knee has been stiff this week for some reason.Glad you found a doctor if and when you can take off to go.
Linda Unless the mask is a N95 mask I don't think the mask protects the person wearing it so much as it protects other people from them.
Karen We no longer have a landline.No stretches for IT band.They normally massage the tighter muscles.Those cucumbers are so good in my salads.It was 95 here again today.I'm not sure our Goodwill stores have started back up around here.Our local thrift shop is still closed.
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Post by retiredinaz on Jun 17, 2020 3:40:00 GMT
yes, your mask helps a little ...keeps out bigger droplets according to DB a nurse, but is mainly to contain your germs.
Karen, happy wifi works.
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