COVID-19 - lifestyle and activity thread (1 Viewer)

I think the idea is that Facebook is real in that people are actually doing the stuff they are posting, but its not a major representation of society.


Yeah. That's what I'm saying. I suppose some of it is just bullshirt, but overall, people are doing what they say, it's just not a true reflection of what the majority of people are doing. Sure there are people out there doing the stuff Brennan hates, and I don't disagree that they are dumb, but I don't really think that's the majority of people anymore than the folks running around with AR-15s yelling open up or shooting people who ask them to wear a mask are the majority of people. Common courtesy common sense, and respect for our fellow man are not at an all time high in our society.

And yeah, Saints Report tends to do that too. It's an echo chamber and people being people, they get caught up in the specifics of an argument and lose some perspective. I know I'm as guilty of it as anyone.
 
Kind of like Saintsreport?

Seriously, you'd have to define real. The calls to the cops are real enough. The driving around the neighborhood with cell phones out in order to publicly shame and share with the city is real enough. Closing the flipping field at the park is real. So what's the threshold from not real to real?

But I do get your point. There's online existence and then there's going back to work and quickly forgetting about whatever the hell else is going on because you have a job to do. There's being up all night with a newborn and then trying to cater to the 2 year old who isn't dealing well with no longer being the baby. There's making it back to mass. And there's finding the 900th korok seed in Breath of the Wild.

There's a reason I don't visit the main covid thread much except to drop a line or two. It moves too quickly for me and I probably shouldn't try to participate at all. I honestly wonder how 'real' it is and whether allowing myself to get involved is a good use of time and energy.

Anyway, back to the thread. One thing I hope sticks around after all of this clears is curbside pickup at Chickfila as well as from fine dining restaurants. The first is hyper convenient. The second is awesome when it hits right.
Not sure if you have one but if not move an air fryer up your list of things to get. It reheats things so nice....especially chicken and french fries. We use the mess out of ours. I never thought I would like having one as much as I do....the wife and I both say all the time it's now our favorite appliance. Haha
 
You need to go hangout in Ocean Beach. I know it has reputation for being a hippy beach but I had some of my best times out there. Good people. It’s just a pain to find a parking spot sometimes but worth it. Well at least that’s how it was when i lived out there 15 years ago and visited a couple of years ago.
OB is alright. If I go to the beach, that’s generally where I go because it’s the closest to me. Coronado may be a tad closer but that’s a different vibe.
 
Mississippi casinos reopened yesterday at 8 am.
Today, my wife and I went to lunch at the Island View Casino, Gulfport, one of our old favorites.
For you good folks in the restaurant business, here's what the Island View has changed:

1. We arrived at 11:00 and there were no people in line at the buffet. None.
2. Instead of cramming as many people into one section as possible before opening another section, they had all sections open. The waiter escorted us to a table at the far edge of the dining area. The closest other customers were two table rows away. There were roughly 20 people scattered around in an area that normally seats 200+.
3. All the staff were wearing masks and gloves. Perhaps half the patrons wore masks.
4. Clear panels were installed on the serving line with a 12-inch gap at the bottom. Everything had switched from serve-yourself to cafeteria-style, with servers placing portions on our plates for entrees.
5. For various vegetables, fruits, salads and sauces, the portions were presented in covered plastic containers or glass bowls.
6. One of my usual favorites, sliced to order rare roast beef was gone. Less expensive roast turkey, ham and Joe Horn sausage were offered.
7. My wife grumbled a bit. She likes to pick her portions herself, but as the meal went on, she warmed to it. When she went back for seconds on shrimp, she returned with a heaping plateful. "I told him that he overdid it, and he said that I didn't tell him to stop, so he kept going."
8. The gelato counter was still open, but the row of gumball type dispensers for different topping was gone. You want toppings, you ask for them and the masked and gloved server adds them for you.
9. My wife's favorite thing used to be cheesecake with rum sauce. The rum sauce was for bread pudding, of course, but that never stopped her. Now, the bread pudding and rum sauce are together, sealed in a plastic container. While she pouted, I grabbed a cheesecake and the bread pudding, went back to our table and combined them, keeping the bread pudding for myself. Hooray!
9. After lunch, before entering the gaming area, we had to stop at a checkpoint with a big sign and state for the record that we did not have any symptoms listed on the sign.
10. For every grouping of four machines, the middle two machines were closed and the stools were removed. I wasted $1 on nickle video poker and we left.

Overall, I felt like the casino took reasonable precautions. In some ways, the serve-yourself mayhem of casino buffets has always been cringe-worthy for germ-a-phobics. I have a relative or two that won't set foot in a buffet of any kind under any circumstances. Horror stories about little kids mouthing food and putting it back aren't hard to find . . . we're looking at you, Cici's.
 
Mississippi casinos reopened yesterday at 8 am.
Today, my wife and I went to lunch at the Island View Casino, Gulfport, one of our old favorites.
For you good folks in the restaurant business, here's what the Island View has changed:

1. We arrived at 11:00 and there were no people in line at the buffet. None.
2. Instead of cramming as many people into one section as possible before opening another section, they had all sections open. The waiter escorted us to a table at the far edge of the dining area. The closest other customers were two table rows away. There were roughly 20 people scattered around in an area that normally seats 200+.
3. All the staff were wearing masks and gloves. Perhaps half the patrons wore masks.
4. Clear panels were installed on the serving line with a 12-inch gap at the bottom. Everything had switched from serve-yourself to cafeteria-style, with servers placing portions on our plates for entrees.
5. For various vegetables, fruits, salads and sauces, the portions were presented in covered plastic containers or glass bowls.
6. One of my usual favorites, sliced to order rare roast beef was gone. Less expensive roast turkey, ham and Joe Horn sausage were offered.
7. My wife grumbled a bit. She likes to pick her portions herself, but as the meal went on, she warmed to it. When she went back for seconds on shrimp, she returned with a heaping plateful. "I told him that he overdid it, and he said that I didn't tell him to stop, so he kept going."
8. The gelato counter was still open, but the row of gumball type dispensers for different topping was gone. You want toppings, you ask for them and the masked and gloved server adds them for you.
9. My wife's favorite thing used to be cheesecake with rum sauce. The rum sauce was for bread pudding, of course, but that never stopped her. Now, the bread pudding and rum sauce are together, sealed in a plastic container. While she pouted, I grabbed a cheesecake and the bread pudding, went back to our table and combined them, keeping the bread pudding for myself. Hooray!
9. After lunch, before entering the gaming area, we had to stop at a checkpoint with a big sign and state for the record that we did not have any symptoms listed on the sign.
10. For every grouping of four machines, the middle two machines were closed and the stools were removed. I wasted $1 on nickle video poker and we left.

Overall, I felt like the casino took reasonable precautions. In some ways, the serve-yourself mayhem of casino buffets has always been cringe-worthy for germ-a-phobics. I have a relative or two that won't set foot in a buffet of any kind under any circumstances. Horror stories about little kids mouthing food and putting it back aren't hard to find . . . we're looking at you, Cici's.
that actually sounds pretty well organized/run - you got me nervous when i first read 'buffet'
 
I’ve figured out how to take perfect care of my cacti
 

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