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Post by comicsans on Mar 2, 2020 17:53:45 GMT
I feel like January and February were really tough for a lot of you. Cheers to a better March.
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Post by comicsans on Mar 2, 2020 18:00:01 GMT
Back to school for DD. As I was making her lunch this morning I thought, buying hot lunch today would have been a good move, especially since she has a half day on Friday when I normally buy her lunch. Turns out that wasn’t the first time I had that thought, and actually had bought hot lunch for today. 🤦♀️
I stocked up on some extra canned goods. My mil seems very freaked out by coronavirus. They’re supposed to come for Easter. So I figure it best to be a bit prepared lest I need to quarantine with my in-laws 😂 We have no cases in the state, and I believe one confirmed in MA. Apparently Costco was a madhouse - even more so than normal - over the weekend and there was a run on the bottled water.
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Post by scotty on Mar 2, 2020 19:24:32 GMT
Back to school for DD. As I was making her lunch this morning I thought, buying hot lunch today would have been a good move, especially since she has a half day on Friday when I normally buy her lunch. Turns out that wasn’t the first time I had that thought, and actually had bought hot lunch for today. 🤦♀️ I stocked up on some extra canned goods. My mil seems very freaked out by coronavirus. They’re supposed to come for Easter. So I figure it best to be a bit prepared lest I need to quarantine with my in-laws 😂 We have no cases in the state, and I believe one confirmed in MA. Apparently Costco was a madhouse - even more so than normal - over the weekend and there was a run on the bottled water. I'm torn on how much we should prepare. This time of year we start to run out of our canned food. I went shopping this morning and just bought our usual weeks worth of groceries but I was tempted to stock up. My mom is in full prepper mode, stocking up on medicine, food, and water for 6 months. I honestly just need enough coffee to get me through. 😂
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Post by athena on Mar 2, 2020 19:33:13 GMT
Back to school for DD. As I was making her lunch this morning I thought, buying hot lunch today would have been a good move, especially since she has a half day on Friday when I normally buy her lunch. Turns out that wasn’t the first time I had that thought, and actually had bought hot lunch for today. 🤦♀️ I stocked up on some extra canned goods. My mil seems very freaked out by coronavirus. They’re supposed to come for Easter. So I figure it best to be a bit prepared lest I need to quarantine with my in-laws 😂 We have no cases in the state, and I believe one confirmed in MA. Apparently Costco was a madhouse - even more so than normal - over the weekend and there was a run on the bottled water. I've heard that a few stores in places are even out of toilet paper. People are panicking. It is a bad outbreak, and likely to be a pandemic, but it's not necessary to go full prepper mode on this. I've heard just have enough for two weeks if you're really worried.
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Post by rainbowsockmonkey on Mar 2, 2020 20:03:07 GMT
I just snapped the underwire in my bra. ![](https://media2.giphy.com/media/UTX8UTKmpjQgo/giphy.gif?cid=790b7611f0135d9eaad859b1b170a82e46eae0c0b5aea050&rid=giphy.gif)
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Post by rainbowsockmonkey on Mar 2, 2020 20:11:00 GMT
Other than the above mentioned bra incident I've had a pretty good day so far. I got an email over the weekend form the guy that did our mortgage saying that rates have gone done enough that we could possibly save 1%+ interest. After a few questions Dh and I decided to go for. It will cost us 3k which will be rolled into the mortgage, and we will be saving at least $150/month. Our plan is to keep paying the same amount, and then when we have a month where something breaks, we can still just make the regular payment amount.
I also got the contract from the state for the CPST certification class that I'm teaching in April. One of the other instructors recommend I apply for state funding to pay my fee since registrations are coming in slow and she is worried we might not fill the class. I got the contract today and while quickly skimming it I noticed 2 errors. They had the city for the class wrong, and didn't state the amount they would repay me for mileage and food expenses. I called the person that handles it, and they are re-issuing the contract after correcting it.
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Post by lrmrtn on Mar 2, 2020 20:22:39 GMT
Back to school for DD. As I was making her lunch this morning I thought, buying hot lunch today would have been a good move, especially since she has a half day on Friday when I normally buy her lunch. Turns out that wasn’t the first time I had that thought, and actually had bought hot lunch for today. 🤦♀️ I stocked up on some extra canned goods. My mil seems very freaked out by coronavirus. They’re supposed to come for Easter. So I figure it best to be a bit prepared lest I need to quarantine with my in-laws 😂 We have no cases in the state, and I believe one confirmed in MA. Apparently Costco was a madhouse - even more so than normal - over the weekend and there was a run on the bottled water. I've heard that a few stores in places are even out of toilet paper. People are panicking. It is a bad outbreak, and likely to be a pandemic, but it's not necessary to go full prepper mode on this. I've heard just have enough for two weeks if you're really worried. I'm not prepping. There's always Amazon Prime.
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Post by lrmrtn on Mar 2, 2020 20:23:11 GMT
DH started his new job today. Hopefully it goes well.
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Post by athena on Mar 2, 2020 20:28:48 GMT
I've heard that a few stores in places are even out of toilet paper. People are panicking. It is a bad outbreak, and likely to be a pandemic, but it's not necessary to go full prepper mode on this. I've heard just have enough for two weeks if you're really worried. I'm not prepping. There's always Amazon Prime. This is where I'm at.
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Post by mrscheese on Mar 2, 2020 20:31:32 GMT
Hello from the land of coffee and coronavirus. They just announced more people here have died. Schools are closing left and right, an entire building in downtown is closed today. At Costco’s here the lines were all the way to the back of the store and grocery stores have been ravaged. Last night I went to get a hair drier at 9pm and the lines were deep.
I know we shouldn’t panic but this is so close to home and scary. I’m kinda at my limit with the anxiety.
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Post by comicsans on Mar 2, 2020 20:31:47 GMT
Back to school for DD. As I was making her lunch this morning I thought, buying hot lunch today would have been a good move, especially since she has a half day on Friday when I normally buy her lunch. Turns out that wasn’t the first time I had that thought, and actually had bought hot lunch for today. 🤦♀️ I stocked up on some extra canned goods. My mil seems very freaked out by coronavirus. They’re supposed to come for Easter. So I figure it best to be a bit prepared lest I need to quarantine with my in-laws 😂 We have no cases in the state, and I believe one confirmed in MA. Apparently Costco was a madhouse - even more so than normal - over the weekend and there was a run on the bottled water. I'm torn on how much we should prepare. This time of year we start to run out of our canned food. I went shopping this morning and just bought our usual weeks worth of groceries but I was tempted to stock up. My mom is in full prepper mode, stocking up on medicine, food, and water for 6 months. I honestly just need enough coffee to get me through. 😂 She had asked dh if we were stocking things, and I was like whaaaaat that’s nuts. Then I thought about it and read up a bit and thought, ok, not bad idea to have a few things. But, this is not the zombie apocalypse. If anything, we will quarantine or shelter at home...where we have running water and electricity. So canned or frozen things that are easy to make when you don’t feel well, and some cold medicine. NH now has one confirmed case as of this afternoon. Someone who travelled to Italy.
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Post by mrscheese on Mar 2, 2020 20:32:24 GMT
I've heard that a few stores in places are even out of toilet paper. People are panicking. It is a bad outbreak, and likely to be a pandemic, but it's not necessary to go full prepper mode on this. I've heard just have enough for two weeks if you're really worried. I'm not prepping. There's always Amazon Prime. Last night amazon stopped accepting new prime now orders here. The soonest you could get a delivery was today at noon. That has never happened. Plus they’re out of everything anyway.
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Post by comicsans on Mar 2, 2020 20:33:32 GMT
I'm not prepping. There's always Amazon Prime. This is where I'm at. Unless everyone at Amazon gets sick and they can’t ship. ETA: I see mrscheese has addressed this is happening...
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Post by comicsans on Mar 2, 2020 20:39:52 GMT
Hello from the land of coffee and coronavirus. They just announced more people here have died. Schools are closing left and right, an entire building in downtown is closed today. At Costco’s here the lines were all the way to the back of the store and grocery stores have been ravaged. Last night I went to get a hair drier at 9pm and the lines were deep. I know we shouldn’t panic but this is so close to home and scary. I’m kinda at my limit with the anxiety. A packed Costco just seems like the worst place to be when trying to avoid a virus. Sorry this is happening in your neighborhood. You have every right to be worried and assessing your options for avoiding people. People local to me prepping for 6 months of nuclear fallout are way over the top.
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Post by rainbowsockmonkey on Mar 2, 2020 20:39:54 GMT
I'm torn on how much we should prepare. This time of year we start to run out of our canned food. I went shopping this morning and just bought our usual weeks worth of groceries but I was tempted to stock up. My mom is in full prepper mode, stocking up on medicine, food, and water for 6 months. I honestly just need enough coffee to get me through. 😂 She had asked dh if we were stocking things, and I was like whaaaaat that’s nuts. Then I thought about it and read up a bit and thought, ok, not bad idea to have a few things. But, this is not the zombie apocalypse. If anything, we will quarantine or shelter at home...where we have running water and electricity. So canned or frozen things that are easy to make when you don’t feel well, and some cold medicine. NH now has one confirmed case as of this afternoon. Someone who travelled to Italy. And even if this is how the zombie apocalypse starts, the plan is for all of us to head to scotty's place.
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Post by comicsans on Mar 2, 2020 20:41:09 GMT
She had asked dh if we were stocking things, and I was like whaaaaat that’s nuts. Then I thought about it and read up a bit and thought, ok, not bad idea to have a few things. But, this is not the zombie apocalypse. If anything, we will quarantine or shelter at home...where we have running water and electricity. So canned or frozen things that are easy to make when you don’t feel well, and some cold medicine. NH now has one confirmed case as of this afternoon. Someone who travelled to Italy. And even if this is how the zombie apocalypse starts, the plan is for all of us to head to scotty's place. So you’re saying scotty needs to prep for all of us...just in case.
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Post by mrscheese on Mar 2, 2020 20:43:54 GMT
Hello from the land of coffee and coronavirus. They just announced more people here have died. Schools are closing left and right, an entire building in downtown is closed today. At Costco’s here the lines were all the way to the back of the store and grocery stores have been ravaged. Last night I went to get a hair drier at 9pm and the lines were deep. I know we shouldn’t panic but this is so close to home and scary. I’m kinda at my limit with the anxiety. A packed Costco just seems like the worst place to be when trying to avoid a virus. Sorry this is happening in your neighborhood. You have every right to be worried and assessing your options for avoiding people. People local to me prepping for 6 months of nuclear fallout are way over the top. The Costco thing baffles me. My friend said they were still handing out samples which is like 🤯. Don’t spread germs, wash your hands, but here, eat this food a million people may have coughed on.
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Post by comicsans on Mar 2, 2020 21:02:53 GMT
A packed Costco just seems like the worst place to be when trying to avoid a virus. Sorry this is happening in your neighborhood. You have every right to be worried and assessing your options for avoiding people. People local to me prepping for 6 months of nuclear fallout are way over the top. The Costco thing baffles me. My friend said they were still handing out samples which is like 🤯. Don’t spread germs, wash your hands, but here, eat this food a million people may have coughed on. 🤢
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Post by lecky on Mar 2, 2020 21:03:30 GMT
A packed Costco just seems like the worst place to be when trying to avoid a virus. Sorry this is happening in your neighborhood. You have every right to be worried and assessing your options for avoiding people. People local to me prepping for 6 months of nuclear fallout are way over the top. The Costco thing baffles me. My friend said they were still handing out samples which is like 🤯. Don’t spread germs, wash your hands, but here, eat this food a million people may have coughed on. One of the attorneys here is talking about her prep plans. She got generators in case we lose power. (I'm not sure why power would be affected). Then ended her conversation by saying she would be out next week because she is going on a cruise 🤔
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Post by lecky on Mar 2, 2020 21:05:39 GMT
Nothing like spirit weeks to make you realize how inadequate your kids' wardrobes are. G had nothing green to wear today and A has no animal print for later in the week.
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Post by comicsans on Mar 2, 2020 21:06:01 GMT
DD is saying her friend’s mom helped someone with coronavirus last night, had to wear a special suit and all.
I happened to know that friend’s mom is a respiratory therapist at the closest to us hospital. So possible there’s a local suspected case.
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Post by scotty on Mar 2, 2020 21:17:04 GMT
I'll start prepping for a M14 get together. 😂 We honestly would be fine for a quarantine right now but I am more worried about other people panicking enough to empty the stores or retailers seeing an opportunity to raise prices considerably. It makes me think we should just get a little extra toilet paper, frozen and canned foods, childrens tylenol, etc before panic hits here.
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Post by mrscheese on Mar 2, 2020 22:27:48 GMT
I just went and got more children’s Advil and Tylenol. I also got some all purpose cleaner, a cookie, a Reese’s peanut cup, licorice, and a bag of popcorn. I eat my feelings sometimes and I’m ok with that.
Also, my hands are soooooo damn dry from all the washing and sanitizing. I look like a scaly lizard.
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Post by lulu on Mar 2, 2020 22:41:46 GMT
I'm torn on how much we should prepare. This time of year we start to run out of our canned food. I went shopping this morning and just bought our usual weeks worth of groceries but I was tempted to stock up. My mom is in full prepper mode, stocking up on medicine, food, and water for 6 months. I honestly just need enough coffee to get me through. 😂 She had asked dh if we were stocking things, and I was like whaaaaat that’s nuts. Then I thought about it and read up a bit and thought, ok, not bad idea to have a few things. But, this is not the zombie apocalypse. If anything, we will quarantine or shelter at home...where we have running water and electricity. So canned or frozen things that are easy to make when you don’t feel well, and some cold medicine. NH now has one confirmed case as of this afternoon. Someone who travelled to Italy. That’s like our nearest town (9 miles away) - one confirmed case from someone returning from Italy. I’m ok about it - I don’t socialise anyway and the only company I have are my kids 😂 However - DD1 mentioned her maths teacher said not to worry if they don’t complete homework by next Monday as the schools may be closing...then she panicked for speaking out of turn. If schools close, it will be me who’s panicking 😂😂
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Post by lulu on Mar 2, 2020 22:42:52 GMT
The Costco thing baffles me. My friend said they were still handing out samples which is like 🤯. Don’t spread germs, wash your hands, but here, eat this food a million people may have coughed on. One of the attorneys here is talking about her prep plans. She got generators in case we lose power. (I'm not sure why power would be affected). Then ended her conversation by saying she would be out next week because she is going on a cruise 🤔 😂😂 that made me laugh!
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Post by spins on Mar 2, 2020 22:56:56 GMT
I've heard that a few stores in places are even out of toilet paper. People are panicking. It is a bad outbreak, and likely to be a pandemic, but it's not necessary to go full prepper mode on this. I've heard just have enough for two weeks if you're really worried. I'm not prepping. There's always Amazon Prime. Not if they quarantine you and tell people not to leave their homes, like in Italy. I’m having a 20lb bag of rice and toilet paper delivered tomorrow
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Post by scout251 on Mar 2, 2020 23:04:58 GMT
I was not really nervous about the virus but my mom does make me nervous. I’m honestly not even sure what I would/should prepare in case of quarantine. What am I supposed to have?? The thought of being trapped in my house with my family for 2 weeks is quite frightening 😱
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Post by lulu on Mar 2, 2020 23:07:27 GMT
I’m speechless....watching bbc news and Emily Matis is interviewing an American journalist called Scottie Neil Hughes (?)
To summarise: Coronavirus is pretty much fake news, there’s no point in widespread testing because only 9 people so far have it and actually, if the borders were even tighter and no foreign folk allowed in at all, then there wouldn’t even be coronavirus.
So the actual policy is to not test anyone for it, so the president can say there’s no issue and no coronavirus threat in the USA?
Matis challenged her logic and she said “listen - we’re not China or Italy, this is the United States of America.
Emily Matis looked like she wanted to hit her head off a brick wall - and pointed out that’s not really how disease works 🙄😳
Is Scottie Neil Hughes a real journalist? I’ve never heard of her before and I don’t think I’ll ever forget her now!
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Post by comicsans on Mar 2, 2020 23:10:34 GMT
I was not really nervous about the virus but my mom does make me nervous. I’m honestly not even sure what I would/should prepare in case of quarantine. What am I supposed to have?? The thought of being trapped in my house with my family for 2 weeks is quite frightening 😱 Wine for sure.
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Post by athena on Mar 2, 2020 23:10:46 GMT
Hello from the land of coffee and coronavirus. They just announced more people here have died. Schools are closing left and right, an entire building in downtown is closed today. At Costco’s here the lines were all the way to the back of the store and grocery stores have been ravaged. Last night I went to get a hair drier at 9pm and the lines were deep. I know we shouldn’t panic but this is so close to home and scary. I’m kinda at my limit with the anxiety. You're a lot closer to it than we are, so I totally get your worry. I'll pray for you and your family that you're able to get through this safely and for help easing your anxiety.
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