Good morning!!!!

[check]

Made it back from rest of the world. At gas station people were talking to each other and not keeping distance. TSC is across street from gas station. Ran in there and got 2 hydraulic hoses. Not one person wearing protection. Person behind me at register did keep distance. I used one mask, 1 pair of gloves, 2 small garbage bags and sprayed and wiped everything down with disinfectant. Washed face and hands with soap and water. Threw coat and clothes in washing machine. Then took a shower.
Am I paranoid? :confused3:
Or don't people understand what is going on? :confused2:

Good for you, Ron! If everybody was as careful as you, this whole virus pandemic will disappear in two weeks.

 

[txdon]

Good for you, Ron! If everybody was as careful as you, this whole virus pandemic will disappear in two weeks.

 

[kenmbz]

39 and sunny here. Put out a new bird house yesterday and today need to reshuffle some gravel. Hope to get the tractor out to move some stone. Finished painting the skid plate, will try to attach before I go out for the rocks.
Phil, I used to be up in Savoy and pass through Holyoke every now and then, I hope the folks in that home make it through ok.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 61,cloudy. Off to a rough start. Almost stepped on snake in the garage then realized it was a present from Gray2. Put ground cloves on oatmeal instead of cinnamon. Posted my good morning post on the Coronavirus thread.

 

[PJSprog]

Am I paranoid? :confused3:
Or don't people understand what is going on? :confused2:

Like most things, I think it varies greatly from person to person. I stopped at a UPS Store on the way home from work yesterday to return a wrong Amazon shipment. As I was walking from my car up to the door, an employee came out and wiped the door handle. When I got inside there were a couple people in line and two at the counter, all spaced apart about six feet. The store had installed plastic shields across the front of each register station, leaving openings for packages to be placed on the scales. No contact with the girl behind the counter at all; I put the box on the scale, she scanned the paperwork while I held it, then passed me the receipt.

 

[jbrumberg]

A breezy mixed sun/clouds 33ºF for today's low temperature; conditions unchanged and 37ºF presently; and I anticipate increasing clouds and maybe winds later today with an afternoon high in the low to mid 40ºF's and rain later. An impressive looking retrograding low pressure system off the coast today. I really have to take a look at all the tree work done here today, and figure out as to how I am going to process and stack the new cordwood.

Randy- Good luck.

Phil- I had a couple of cases at the Holyoke Veterans Home years ago. There have been occasional complaints about the quality of care provided residents for many years. I remember smelling urine there which is a very bad signal of what's going on or more importantly not.

"... Eric....you are a brave man. No way I would go in that muck."- Mike I agree. Ever since I saw the leech scene with Humphrey Bogart I've have 2nd and 3rd thoughts about entering muck.

"... Thanks for your masterful recaps, Mostly. It's a Herculean task trying to keep up with GM these days; maybe I'll just read your daily contribution instead?"- RNG Bruce does us all a favor.

RonJH- I really do not think that you are being paranoid or excessive with your "Universal Precaution" routine.

Paul- Good luck with your road trip. I think those sneeze guards shields at customer service and checkout is a great idea.

Ken- We were almost neighbors.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[Bird]

Made it back from rest of the world. At gas station people were talking to each other and not keeping distance. TSC is across street from gas station. Ran in there and got 2 hydraulic hoses. Not one person wearing protection. Person behind me at register did keep distance. I used one mask, 1 pair of gloves, 2 small garbage bags and sprayed and wiped everything down with disinfectant. Washed face and hands with soap and water. Threw coat and clothes in washing machine. Then took a shower.
Am I paranoid? :confused3:
Or don't people understand what is going on? :confused2:

Having been in charge of the safety section in the police department many years ago, I don't fault anyone for taking all the precautions he can. Unfortunately, I have no masks, disposable gloves, or much disinfectant, but I AM trying to stay away from other people.

I just got a shower and a load of laundry going. 59 degrees this morning, going for a high of 73 with a southerly breeze; only about 16 mph at present. But there's supposedly a 20% chance of rain today and a much greater chance the next few days, so I got an early start and mowed, edged, and trimmed the yard while we didn't have a heavy dew today as we've been having.

 

[daugen]

went out and mowed a little up and down the lane, mostly to pull the leaf blower behind me and blow off
all the junk that came down in last night's wind.
I was outside the door all of five minutes before I started sneezing.
Came back in a half hour later, eyes itching, tearing, had to wash my face carefully to get the pollen off me.

The house looks as nice as I can get it for pictures, took a lot of piles of paper and stuff and put them in plastic bins, temporarily.
Replaced one light bulb in storage room, it's only been out for a year...

I think I'm wearing my mask while the realtors and camera man are here.
Now if I could get one with the Nike logo, I'd be extra hip...

 

[kenmbz]

Phil,
We used to go fishing on Cheshire lake and swimming in Mohawk park off route 2. Lots of great people up there, miss the maple syrup, used to get it from the neighbors. Our place was right up against the State forest and we used to hike the trails all the time.
One of the reasons I live in eastern PA, get a bit of mountain but close to family and cities.

 

[pennwalk]

Greetings morning guys. Here is a link to instructions for homemade masks. Might be better than nothing.

ragmask

Chris