That's great, msbelle!
I'm semi-obsessively watching Gardener's World. It's a British gardening show, and it's so soothing.
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.
Calli - May 07, 2020 2:23:21 pm PDT #20975 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Theodosia - May 07, 2020 2:25:33 pm PDT #20976 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
My staycation/isolation was extended to Monday. The CDC changed their guidelines to 10 days instead of 7. I'm not going to be able to find my workplace if this goes on much longer.
This time last year I was routinely driving over 100 miles a day for Lyft.
PS: Go Mac!
NoiseDesign - May 07, 2020 2:25:40 pm PDT #20977 of 30019
Our wings are not tired
That's really wonderful news msbelle
DXMachina - May 07, 2020 2:26:06 pm PDT #20978 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Meanwhile, as the semester winds down and I finally have some time to consider my online summer course, I just got a call from my coordinator to let me know that the home lab kits we'd been hoping to deploy for the course are no longer on the table because the the state university system is apparently broke, at least as far as getting equipment goes. Bother.
Time for plan B.
-t - May 07, 2020 2:30:37 pm PDT #20979 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sorry to hear that, DX
DXMachina - May 07, 2020 2:40:06 pm PDT #20980 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Well, OTOH, my summer contract just showed up in my inbox, so apparently they at least have enough to pay me. I can handle Plan B if my checks keep coming in.
Jesse - May 07, 2020 3:10:03 pm PDT #20981 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
-t, was it the Indigo Girls?
Jesse - May 07, 2020 3:10:56 pm PDT #20982 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Meanwhile, as the semester winds down and I finally have some time to consider my online summer course, I just got a call from my coordinator to let me know that the home lab kits we'd been hoping to deploy for the course are no longer on the table because the the state university system is apparently broke, at least as far as getting equipment goes. Bother.
It's such a cluster, with revenue way down AND expenses way up!
Topic!Cindy - May 07, 2020 3:38:38 pm PDT #20983 of 30019
What is even happening?
Theo, did you get results from your most recent test?
Theodosia - May 07, 2020 3:47:44 pm PDT #20984 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Cindy, not yet. This is the longest it's taken -- it's been two days for the first two, and they finished on Tuesday this week, so I expected to hear today.
This is a special program -- I can understand if the lab is backed up for people who have a higher chance of being positive. The testing for the nursing homes, etc., is for everyone with no regard to symptoms, so it's testing rather a lot of people who will hopefully be found negative.
If we could ramp up the testing to the point where everyone got tested once a week, even, we could do a lot more with isolation and quarantining and get things back to where some of the lock down could be be safely lifted.