How has the current "situation" changed your life?

[hpshooter]

"leaving the body to bloat in the sun isn't sanitary."

Lime is your friend

 

[Falfan2017]

Didn’t realize how socially distant I already was until it became a focus!

 

[butchlambert]

For the better for me.

Since we retired 10 years ago, wife mostly cooked once a week or maybe twice. We eat out the rest. Now, I am getting all the home cooking I used to get like when we were first married 46 years ago.

Nez, have Bona call Charlotte!

 

[jsn]

Other than someone needlessly closing the county shooting range, no major changes.

Since I already listened to all of the available survival and pocky-clips audiobooks on YouTube some time ago, I'm ready for anything.

 

[Bamban]

Nez, have Bona call Charlotte!

No problem....

 

[praveen]

Not a whole lot has changed. I had been working from home since the last 2-3 years so I’m pretty used to it. My wife is not used to working from home so she’s a bit antsy. I’m walking a lot. Trails are pretty much empty. Not having a place to shoot made me realize I should finish all the other pending projects. So last weekend wifey and I topsoiled and reseeded the lawn. And I’ve been keeping busy building a new reloading area/setup.



I got a new 12x14 shed built last summer. Then paneled all the walls with plywood. It was way too much work. Finally, the presses are mounted and I’m ready to prep some brass.

Living in Kirkland did impact mentally a little bit with lots of deaths happening close to home. I was passing by a lot of news vans and press conferences on a daily basis. It feels good that things have stabilized around this area at least.

 

[GSPV]

So, I was potentially exposed at work before we were told to telework. Guy tested positive sat about 50’ from me. Used the same security keypad, same doors, same bathroom. Tuesday will be 14 days. Thank goodness. My job is secure. My wife was on forced vacation this past week and unpaid leave this coming week. My DIL is an ER nurse. She is the designated triage person for her shift at her hospital. The biggest deal is that I haven’t been able to regularly talk to my father who is in a nursing home with end stage Parkinson’s.

It’s a crazy world right now. Hang in there and be responsible.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

So, I was potentially exposed at work before we were told to telework. Guy tested positive sat about 50’ from me. Used the same security keypad, same doors, same bathroom. Tuesday will be 14 days. Thank goodness. My job is secure. My wife was on forced vacation this past week and unpaid leave this coming week. My DIL is an ER nurse. She is the designated triage person for her shift at her hospital. The biggest deal is that I haven’t been able to regularly talk to my father who is in a nursing home with end stage Parkinson’s.

It’s a crazy world right now. Hang in there and be responsible.

You hang in there too, Greg! Praying all goes well for you and the family. It's the best time(if there is one) to not visit with your dad for a while. I'm sure he, like many in nursing homes, are wondering what's going on, to some degree, but it's best for everyone at this point.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

Not a whole lot has changed. I had been working from home since the last 2-3 years so I’m pretty used to it. My wife is not used to working from home so she’s a bit antsy. I’m walking a lot. Trails are pretty much empty. Not having a place to shoot made me realize I should finish all the other pending projects. So last weekend wifey and I topsoiled and reseeded the lawn. And I’ve been keeping busy building a new reloading area/setup.

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I got a new 12x14 shed built last summer. Then paneled all the walls with plywood. It was way too much work. Finally, the pressed are mounted and I’m ready to prep some brass.

Living in Kirkland did impact mentally a little bit with lots of deaths happening close to home. I was passing by a lot of news vans and press conferences on a daily bases. It feels good that things have stabilized around this area at least.

Very nice! My baby sister lives near Port Angeles, across the bay from you. Hang in there!

 

[miningshawn]

I am a surveyor for a mine in far north Alaska. I normally work a 2 week balanced schedule - the operation is fly in/fly out. I have to quarantine for two weeks (in Anchorage) before going to site. This all came down in a hurry.
What started as a two week rotation has morphed into a 2 month rotation - 2 weeks quarantine and 6 weeks on site. I don't know what happens after that. The operation is really trying hard not to see an outbreak in the camp, and I can't blame them.
But I am getting really bored being shacked up away from my reloading room.

 

[jonbearman]

View attachment 1167098 Don't have time to get bored. Got the donated barrels from Shilen for our TX St Junior Team. Doing the barrels for the juniors is my community service.

Got a brand new lathe to break in, give the other lathes a break.
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I see you have a precision Matthews. My best friend just got his in January. It is truly a nice lathe. He is on his 4th barrel chambering.

 

[jonbearman]

Today has become anneal Saturday for me. Tomorrow is shopping and risking my life. I am actually afraid to go in.

 

[ronsatspokane]

Not a whole lot has changed. I had been working from home since the last 2-3 years so I’m pretty used to it. My wife is not used to working from home so she’s a bit antsy. I’m walking a lot. Trails are pretty much empty. Not having a place to shoot made me realize I should finish all the other pending projects. So last weekend wifey and I topsoiled and reseeded the lawn. And I’ve been keeping busy building a new reloading area/setup.

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I got a new 12x14 shed built last summer. Then paneled all the walls with plywood. It was way too much work. Finally, the pressed are mounted and I’m ready to prep some brass.

Living in Kirkland did impact mentally a little bit with lots of deaths happening close to home. I was passing by a lot of news vans and press conferences on a daily bases. It feels good that things have stabilized around this area at least.

Looking good. I have a solution to the bored wife syndrome. Give her a shovel and have her dig a trench between the house and that shed. When the home improvement stores reopen you can grab a little direct burial electrical wire and power that puppy up.

P.S. Don't tell her it was my suggestion. I would not want her to carry the guilt of kicking an old mans ass.

 

[GSPV]

You hang in there too, Greg! Praying all goes well for you and the family. It's the best time(if there is one) to not visit with your dad for a while. I'm sure he, like many in nursing homes, are wondering what's going on, to some degree, but it's best for everyone at this point.

All the nursing homes are locked down. Since he can’t pick up the phone, it really complicates things. He’s on his last legs and I can’t be there with him. I’ll communicate with him some tomorrow through the window on a dry erase board.

 

[ben lurkin]

I am a surveyor for a mine in far north Alaska. I normally work a 2 week balanced schedule - the operation is fly in/fly out. I have to quarantine for two weeks (in Anchorage) before going to site. This all came down in a hurry.
What started as a two week rotation has morphed into a 2 month rotation - 2 weeks quarantine and 6 weeks on site. I don't know what happens after that. The operation is really trying hard not to see an outbreak in the camp, and I can't blame them.
But I am getting really bored being shacked up away from my reloading room.

Which mine are you at? We do a bit of work at Kinross Ft Knox. We service the large shovels. Just finished one there in January.

As contractors, we saw all our April work evaporate last week unless a customer has a machine go down unplanned. We had to decline a job in Ft McMurray b/c in order to do it, we would have had to quarantine two four man crews. The mine, understandably, wont pay to have eight guys sit around for two weeks doing nothing and we can’t absorb that kind of a cost either. Starting Next week, I’m supposed to work 4 days a week instead of five. Fortunately, we are pretty secure financially, but if this continues into May, we might all be looking for new jobs.

 

[GT1]

I was an introvert already, so all good.

I am not afraid, and while I fully expect most people I know, and the family in my house to contract the virus sooner or later I hope the timing is not bad in case we get really sick. Two of us are older, and T1/2D, another is T2D, and the last has had health issues from birth, so yep. If one of us gets this thing the logistics block any chance of the rest of us from isolating, not going to happen.

Fate, destiny, what can you do, be careful and take reasonable precautions and try to not be outright stupid. Running to the store is the danger, and I carry a little pump spray pen of sanitizer, but really, that isn't a wall or any real barrier.

 

[miningshawn]

Which mine are you at? We do a bit of work at Kinross Ft Knox. We service the large shovels. Just finished one there in January.

As contractors, we saw all our April work evaporate last week unless a customer has a machine go down unplanned. We had to decline a job in Ft McMurray b/c in order to do it, we would have had to quarantine two four man crews. The mine, understandably, wont pay to have eight guys sit around for two weeks doing nothing and we can’t absorb that kind of a cost either. Starting Next week, I’m supposed to work 4 days a week instead of five. Fortunately, we are pretty secure financially, but if this continues into May, we might all be looking for new jobs.

Red Dog.

 

[Just Say Moe]

Not a whole lot has changed. I had been working from home since the last 2-3 years so I’m pretty used to it. My wife is not used to working from home so she’s a bit antsy. I’m walking a lot. Trails are pretty much empty. Not having a place to shoot made me realize I should finish all the other pending projects. So last weekend wifey and I topsoiled and reseeded the lawn. And I’ve been keeping busy building a new reloading area/setup.

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I got a new 12x14 shed built last summer. Then paneled all the walls with plywood. It was way too much work. Finally, the pressed are mounted and I’m ready to prep some brass.

Living in Kirkland did impact mentally a little bit with lots of deaths happening close to home. I was passing by a lot of news vans and press conferences on a daily bases. It feels good that things have stabilized around this area at least.

I like the Gladiator cabinets, I have several.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

All the nursing homes are locked down. Since he can’t pick up the phone, it really complicates things. He’s on his last legs and I can’t be there with him. I’ll communicate with him some tomorrow through the window on a dry erase board.

I'm sorry to hear that.

 

[Just Say Moe]

I have been mostly retired from Hospital pharmacy since 2016. After going through the H1N1 scare and its associated drug shortages, I sure don't miss the BS red tape and regulations associated with it- I feel for those involved now.

I have been working on my household "fix" list but it is running short. May have to hold my breath and go to Lowes for more supplies. Also have been working on a walnut dining table. I'm 75% done but miscalculated and need to go back to the walnut mart for more lumber! When that is done I'll move to the set of chairs. I have been making doo-dads with the walnut scraps in the meantime.