Corona Virus #6

[5030]

Since we are on a septic tank I do not have bleach on hand and I had not been able to find it in the store, shelves were bare, every time. Wife was in a panic without bleach given the situation.

Memory chip floated up and I recalled setting some detergents aside after clearing out a rental...... bingo. Two gallons of bleach in the garage.

Why on earth would you put bleach in a septic tank?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Exactly. That's what I explained to my wife. "Ohhhh."

She should know better, she's a retired budget analyst who used Excel spreadsheets ever since Excel was invented. Somehow none of that familiarity with computers transferred over to Internet use.

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[rekees4300]

Sir,
Ask one of your neighbors to pick up essential items. Leave money on your porch and they can leave the irems on the porch

I am committed to helping one of my neighbors in that way. He has COPD, amongst other issues.

Rural people are the best

Be safe!

Thank you for the suggestion. Lived by our neighbor for 20 years. We both believe that good fences make good neighbors. We have a waving relationship but are not friends. I plan to get essentials (aka food) from Krogers using their parking lot pick up service. Not 100% safe but safer than entering the store with other customers and high risk cashiers.

 

[rswyan]

Your assessment isn't optimistic but I agree with it. The worst is yet to come. How "worst" transpires depends on counter measures we perform.

You can figure another 10 days or so before it becomes readily apparent just how bad it really is (we're roughly two weeks behind Italy)

It's already starting to happen ... ran across this picture earlier today of a line that had formed waiting to get into an ER in NYC:

It sounds as though you are being very prudent (in light of you and your spouses health conditions) by isolating ... continue to do that and limit contact with others as much as you can.

 

[Diggin It]

Why on earth would you put bleach in a septic tank?

I read it as they don't use (or have) bleach because of the tank.

 

[goeduck]

Why on earth would you put bleach in a septic tank?

?? We do not, that is why we do not have it on hand.

I found the gallons of bleach in the corner of the garage set there after a rental cleanup (that was not on a septic).

 

[rswyan]

The March US new case curve towers above all other countries, although very hard to interpret due to recent big surge in tests after 2 months of no testing (see today's @COVID19Tracking graph at right)

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[Diggin It]

All in the distant past of course, but I guess I am partly to blame....

Way long back ago when I was a youngin' with a new mortgage and desperate to have a job ... any job to pay the bills, I took a spot in a boiler room hawking some kind of fake charity (that I didn't know was fake at the time). They handed us a page out of a telephone book and we sat at a touch tone phone and manually dialed each number, progressing down the page.

 

[Diggin It]

...

Can you quit with the charts and graphs?

They don't mean a bloomin' thing.

 

[ruffdog]

Interesting trend the US has going. How long will they keep it up? We will see what happens when spring break is over.

 

[rekees4300]

We never had caller ID on our home phone until recently. All those years, I always let it go to the answering machine. Anyone that knew us would leave a message, we'd hear who was talking, and pick it up if we knew them. . We had a lot of hang ups that would never leave a message. Decades of this procedure. Just recently my sister-in-law commented that we never answer the phone. I told her we screen all of our calls. She said she figured if we didn't answer, we weren't home, so as soon as she heard the answering machine message, she'd hang up! 20 years she never knew we screened our calls. :laughing:

Dealing with scammer calls is a complex subject. Many variables involved. We have a Panasonic wireless system. It has the capability to ring up to 7 times before going to answering machine. Each time it rings the Caller ID is announced. That gives us time to listen to determine if it's a whitelist (friends/family/doctor/etc) caller or a scammer. If whitelist we answer but all scammers go to answering machine. 99% of all scammers never leave a message. They want a human to answer so our phone number can be sold to other scammers. Rule #1 when dealing with scammers is to NEVER have a human answer the phone.

 

[rswyan]

Can you quit with the charts and graphs?

No.

They don't mean a bloomin' thing.

That word doesn't mean what you think it means ...

 

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Septic Tanks and Bleach | Clorox(R)

 

[ruffdog]

Can you quit with the charts and graphs?

They don't mean a bloomin' thing.

They are very interesting if you chose to learn.

 

[RSR]

Can you quit with the charts and graphs?

They don't mean a bloomin' thing.

I actually find the charts very helpful. They portray a LOT of information if you know what to look for.

 

[rswyan]

Interesting trend the US has going. How long will they keep it up? We will see what happens when spring break is over.

So many variables that will effect the ultimate outcome ...

Resumption of large gatherings, cruise ship services, returning substantial portions of the population to work too early, etc.

 

[Diggin It]

I see them as sensationalistic and attempting to spread drama.

 

[txdon]

I actually find the charts very helpful. They portray a LOT of information if you know what to look for.

The chart assumes each county has the same area and population.

 

[rswyan]

The chart assumes each county has the same area and population.

Incorrect.