Over 60 dopers, are you staying home??

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Nearly 63 with chronic bronchitis. Staying home almost exclusively. Today the exception was using an outdoor ATM wearing a rubber glove and holding all the stuff with a paper towel; it’s aging in the next room now and I figure I will time out 48 hours and then incinerate all the cash and my card.

But I am going out hiking, by myself or with a friend. We drive separately, stay at least 6’ apart and wave our hiking sticks around at each other to establish our “mucus bubbles”. It sucks but it sucks less than not going. Last I heard, the woods are still safe.

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My ATM “get cash” button on the touch screen would not respond to my gloved finger, what kind of rubber gloves?? I had on a pair of rubber kitchen gloves.

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Within reason. Last Sunday a buddy of mine texted, asking if he could come over and take a hike in our woods. He’s done it before, but always with us, and we were doing yard work.

He was out in the woods for hours. At some point I noticed his car was gone. He later texted a thank you and mentioned that he used his vape pen while in the woods. He had a minor panic attack when he was certain he was lost and would eventually die in the woods, but then he saw a landmark and realized he was being silly.

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I’m 60. As of yesterday, I’m working from home.

Despite my age, I have three small children. New York City schools closed last week. They will remain closed until April 20, supposedly, although I’m fairly certain they won’t reopen then. So the oldest child (six) was home all day.

And then our local day care place closed. So the middle girl (three) was home too.

My wife was already working from home. She’s a lawyer, and unless she has a court appearance or a deposition scheduled, she can do everything anywhere she can get an internet connection. She has access to her firm’s document management and storage system, billing system, and Lexis/Nexis. All that good stuff, all cloud-based.

I was able to keep going into the office through last week. Working at home would have been impossible, all five of us (there’s a baby, too) in a not overly large NYC apartment.

But my wife, with my whole-hearted approval, has decided that it’s best for her and the kids to sit this thing out for a while in her hometown in Newfoundland, Canada. There’s an empty house available where she and the kids can self-isolate until it’s safe for her to come out. There are no reported cases in the town where she’ll be, and no one in her family has had contact with anyone from outside the town in quite a while, I’m told.

Someone in the family arranged for the electricity to be turned on at the house, and for internet access, and stocked the place with food and supplies.

So they should be good. I’m relieved. And now there’s room for me to work at home.

Miss them, of course, but I think they’re better off where they are.

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I am updating from what I posted 3/13 because I sounded like (or was) a clueless a-hole back then. The day after I typed ‘well, I’m going about my business as usual’ - I did one huge shopping run for my family and two other people. Went to the drive-thru bank and got a bundle of cash. And I am in, have been in for almost 2 weeks except for two emergency runs to the grocery. I have a can of lysol and disinfectant wipes in the car and wipe off my purse strap, car door handles, steering wheel, and gear shift. Door knobs to the house, and I wash my hands immediately after coming in. Still worry worry worry over everything and everyone, but I’m not out just strolling around Walmart or Target out of boredom and being as disinfected as I can be. I have wipes and bleach and a couple of hand sanitizers, and I use the sanitizing foam and disinfectant wipes provided at the grocery store cart area. Push the cart with a wet wipe over the handle, and get out of there asap.

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Been a busy week. Hawaii is on lockdown now, but I am still out and about every day, as I am in the Essential category. Quieter in the streets but hardly deserted.

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Good advice from a songwriter (Bob E. Kelley). Spoilered due to creative language (NSFW):Stay…at Home!

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Insofar as my workplace has mandated that we work from home, no I’m not staying home, though I am stringently social-distancing.

My wife (62) and I (61 in a month) go for a lot of walks and run errands when necessary. Back in the pre-crisis days I usually biked to work (approx only 3 miles) but would do a 20 mile detour on my rides home.

So I think, for 60, I’m reasonably healthy & fit, but my wife has a weakened immune system resulting from a brutal cancer battle 9 yrs ago.

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Mr VOW is 70, I’m 67. We are in SCal, cocooned-at-home, at The Daughter’s house with her family.

I talked to a friend today who bitched about being cooped up.

I told her I have no problems with it.

Why?

Well, January 17th, Mr VOW had a “Widowmaker” heart attack. He’s got four stents, and he “graduated” from the Home Health Care. The nurse, the physical therapist, and the dietitian were all very pleased with the progress he made.

So, being cooped up in the house? No problem! Because I can look over to see my husband, and he is ALIVE!
~VOW

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I’m trying to find work, not going to be easy.

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Glad to hear that heart attack didn’t make a widow out of you!!

Yeah, that’s the sort of thing that would put the milder difficulties of home confinement in perspective. And tell Mr. VOW for me that he’d better stick around, and not give you a scare like that for a loooooong time! :slight_smile:

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I’m retired, so no need to work, but we’re only going out for necessities and as little as possible, with liberal use of sanitizer while out and handwashing as soon as I get home. I was out today to get cat food at the vet (ordered and paid over the phone by credit card, called when I arrived, and brought out and left on a table for me to pick up), and drop off some embroidery kits on her porch for my daughter, who is finishing her university semester on line, while her part-time work is closed (but still getting paid for now).

Most businesses are closed, restaurants are takeout or drive through only, and gatherings of more than 5 will likely see a police car arrive to send everyone home (no hardline enforcement yet, but a house party across the river in Quebec earned the host $1,200 in fines).

My gaming group, which has been playing every week for 44 years, agreed to temporarily shut down 3 weeks ago. This is the longest break in play ever for us, and certain to be a lot longer. My modelling club has shut down, and several upcoming contests are cancelled. Luckily I have enough unbuilt models in my stash, and unplayed games to learn the rules for, to keep me occupied for months.

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:frowning:

That makes me sad…

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My fella, extremely high risk, wants to get out so badly, he’s volunteered for senior hour duty at the grocery hoping to get TP and kleenex. No use fighting him and I get it, but worry

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I actually have to go in to school sometime this week to pick up materials. We are shifting to Distance Learning for the rest of the school year (at least!) and I’ll need my texts. Otherwise a grocery run every 10 days or so are the only times either of us leaves the house. As long as Chewie keeps us stocked with cat fud and litter we’re all set to isolate through the summer if we have to.

I expect next school year to be wonderfully free of meetings.