I thought of the sanitizer thing after an appointment where a woman was complaining about how drying it was and saying that, by the time THIS crisis ends, we'll all have infections in our cracked hands.
I don't fancy spending the next month trying to get librarian out of the carpet.
Spike ,'Chosen'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Toddson - Mar 18, 2020 7:26:15 am PDT #18059 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 18, 2020 7:30:00 am PDT #18060 of 30019
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Ha! I tempered my hands in turpentine and linseed oil long ago; the increase in handwashing frequency actually seems to be improving the skin on them.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 18, 2020 7:36:17 am PDT #18061 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I am allergic to the hand sanitizer and the new soap at work. So my hands are fin, but I am a sneezy, Ronny nose mess. I think I have to buy soap and bring it in.
Cashmere - Mar 18, 2020 7:49:05 am PDT #18062 of 30019
Now tagless for your comfort.
Great news! That whole Buffista cohort is going to high school next year or the year after.
Right! Great news, billytea!
Owen is DRIVING. Let me repeat: DRIVING in a CAR.
Amy - Mar 18, 2020 8:05:47 am PDT #18063 of 30019
Because books.
Owen is NOT driving in a car! (Is he? Ohmygod.)
sj - Mar 18, 2020 8:08:12 am PDT #18064 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Nope. Owen was sitting in a high chair during the Ohio trip, which was at the most 10 years ago! How does time keep speeding up.
Shir - Mar 18, 2020 8:25:45 am PDT #18065 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
There was something I can't-even-begin-to-comprehend-nor-explain in Israeli Parliament today ( [link] and [link] ), and Israelis found a perfect way to protest without violating the health ban against gathering (up to 10), keep distance of at least 2 meters from one another, and still count as a protest: protest, but in cars. 1-2 in each car (2 if from the same household), no violation of health ban! (Unless the government will order a full quarantine starting from tomorrow).
I have no idea what to say about the news and I do not like the angle of the protest, but I love creative thinking and thinking that what's happening is chaotic disgrace.
askye - Mar 18, 2020 8:36:10 am PDT #18066 of 30019
Thrive to spite them
It's Day 1 and I'm already wishing I could go back to work.
I did go for a long walk and tripped and skinned my hand and knee badly. Came home and the news is blaring and then I'm trying to clean up my hand and knee and go to the bathroom and my phone rang and suddenly 2 ppl are yelling for me to get it. When I finally did answer Matthew asks is if I want to sit on the couch and talk to my mom , 3 feet from where the TV is so loud .
I came into the bedroom and closed the door and could still hear the damn tv.
Mom went and saw the place she had decided to move to. And she's having second thoughts. It's tiny. She doesn't have pictures but she is so disappointed. Supposedly it has 3 bedrooms but one of the rooms is more of an office size and the "eat in kitchen" is if you have a half table and at most 2 chairs. And there I no real outdoor space .
So she is trying to decide what to do because she had already made up her mind and was so excited and now she isn't sure she can get rid of enough of her stuff to move by the 1st. If she will even be able to because of the virus etc.
DXMachina - Mar 18, 2020 8:46:11 am PDT #18067 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Connecticut just announced we are doing online classes for the rest of the semester. Joy.
Someone at our school set up an online petition demanding that classes be marked pass or fail this semester because of the stress on the students.
Toddson - Mar 18, 2020 9:02:05 am PDT #18068 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
In regard to the fathers (any mothers?) who are not taking precautions, I saw a story about an older couple - in their 70s, I believe - who announced to their adult daughters that they'd booked and were still planning on taking a cruise this month. Leaving from a virus hotspot. Both daughters called them up and yelled at them until they decided that maybe they should cancel.