COVID-19 - Coronavirus 2019-nCoV

[fishinwrench]

6 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

You sure they aren't throwing away all YOUR stuff?😂

No I don't think so.  

Wow what a day! 

I hired 2 of the laid-off mechanics from a local marina so I have some good help now, until the end of Corona at least.....Thank God.    😌 

Once they see what a cool boss I am, they'll never wanna leave. 😉

[Seth]

18 minutes ago, jdmidwest said:

Ethanol free gas right now should be whatever the gas tax is plus about 20 cents a gallon.  Wonder when they are going to stop putting corn in the gas and save more money??

I just paid 1.67 here at the nearest station for 87 e10. The 91 octane ethanol free was 2.37.

[MOPanfisher]

We go through a lot of eggs too.  One of the things mom can and will eat for breakfast, so at least gets some protein. Get them locally good dark yellow/orange ones from chickens out earing bugs and such, even have a rooster, so says the bullseye in them. 

[jdmidwest]

I paid 2.49 at Casey's two weeks ago for Ethanol Free hi octane on the boat.  Regular corn gas was still 2.09 then.

There has to be a point where they stop putting corn in the gas, Bush said it was around 1.70 a gallon back when he put it in effect.

[jdmidwest]

1 minute ago, MOPanfisher said:

We go through a lot of eggs too.  One of the things mom can and will eat for breakfast, so at least gets some protein. Get them locally good dark yellow/orange ones from chickens out earing bugs and such, even have a rooster, so says the bullseye in them. 

Nothing like free range chickens eating the corn out of the hog poop.

I always love the feller that will not eat a pig, but loves chicken.  Chickens are nasty animals, even more so when in cages.  They stink bad when you clean them and get tough when they get a year old.

But a pig that has been fattened on a farm, marinated in its own wallow, is a tasty SOB.  I miss the pork we raised on our farm.  We used to butcher pigs, smoked our own bacon and hams.  Best tasting meat I have had.

[Al Agnew]

22 hours ago, Mitch f said:

A few observations for lockdown:

1. Pre Schools are worth their weight in gold.

2. Dishwashers and trash cans are  working overtime.

3. Husbands and wives argue over who does the most work around the house.

4. A trip to the gas station feels like a vacation.

5. You can only watch Frozen 2 so many times.

1.  Really happy at this point that we never had kids.  Don't know what we'd do if we were both working and had school age or pre-school kids at home.  We have nieces who have little kids, and they are having to hire college age baby-sitters, which is fine except how far can you trust college age kids to not do stupid stuff occasionally and expose themselves?

2.  Yup, dishwasher is getting more work.  Mainly because we are cooking every meal instead of going out to eat or picking up smoked meat from the local meat shop.  Trash cans not so much for some reason.

3.  Mary and I are pretty good about dividing up household chores.  Haven't had our housecleaner in since this thing started, so we clean the house once a week ourselves...I do all the vacuuming and floor moping, Mary does dusting and other stuff. Whoever cooks supper, the other one cleans up afterward.  Mary not so gently reminds me if something needs doing, like folding laundry or sweeping off the back deck.  I don't argue

4.  Trips anywhere feel more like a trip to the dentist's office, lots of stress when we get anywhere close to other people.  Just as stressful are the trips to the mailbox, or when the UPS guy shows up with a package.  How far do you go decontaminating deliveries?

5.  I've now gone through ALL the bass tournament shows on Youtube, have watched every video on Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and Michael Jordan ever made, every old Mizzou football and basketball game that I can find on the internet, most of the old NBA playoff games from the 1980s and 90s, and a thousand other videos on Youtube.  Just about finished watching the whole first season of Picard on CBS All Access.  Ear plugs are DEFINITELY a must item, since Mary doesn't like to hear sports.  If the internet ever goes out we're screwed.

6.  Somehow the days just go by so fast, though.  I've built a set of bedside tables for the cabin and am working on a headboard, all of it made of old barn wood and twisty cedar limbs.  Have done a LOT of yard work.  Wrote one article for my blog and am about finished with another.  Cleaned out rooms of the house and basement.  Mary has spent the last week making multiple masks for everybody in the family, and she has a BIG family.

That's my report.

[jdmidwest]

20 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

No I don't think so.  

Wow what a day! 

I hired 2 of the laid-off mechanics from a local marina so I have some good help now, until the end of Corona at least.....Thank God.    😌 

Once they see what a cool boss I am, they'll never wanna leave. 😉

You are going to need a bigger shop. 

Still drinking that funky Crown Royal?

[MOPanfisher]

Have raised a LOT of chickens and there are no nastier, dumber, or stinker critter alive.  Good thing they are also tasty.  Haven't raised them in several years and don't miss them things one bit.

[MOPanfisher]

1 minute ago, jdmidwest said:

You are going to need a bigger shop. 

Still drinking that funky Crown Royal?

I support the Crown Royal, but Diet Coke, communist!

[Al Agnew]

Just now, MOPanfisher said:

Have raised a LOT of chickens and there are no nastier, dumber, or stinker critter alive.  Good thing they are also tasty.  Haven't raised them in several years and don't miss them things one bit.

We used to raise them for the eggs.  Not so bad if you can let them out to roam around all day, until the coyotes discover them and start picking them off.  Butchering chickens is no fun at all, though...been there, done that.