York1While working, I got used to stopping at the grocery store on the way home. Because of this, we did not keep a lot of food at the house.
Same here. When I had my kitchen remodeled, we did away with the pantry because we never had any food in it. Our refrigerator was always at least half empty, and the freezer was just for frozen foods, not cold storage.
I had to buy a shelf unit at Home Depot to hold all my Coronavirus Food Supply.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Being retired, the home isolation is not a huge change.
What is a change is shopping.
While working, I got used to stopping at the grocery store on the way home. Because of this, we did not keep a lot of food at the house. In retirement, I still visited the grocery store almost daily.
Now we have bought weeks' worth of some foods.
I don't know why (there could be a psychological study here), but with all the food in the house, we are eating more. Not snack foods, but complete dinners.
For the first time in a long time, I am having to consciously eat less.
We also ate out at least once a week, and usually two or three times a week. That's out.
Outside of food, the biggest change in our lives has to do with travel. We had several trips planned to see grandchildren, but those trips were canceled. That hurts.
York1 John
SeeYou190 I have not been eating much, and I have been working vary hard on the house. Plenty of physical activity for hours on end.
I have not been eating much, and I have been working vary hard on the house. Plenty of physical activity for hours on end.
Rich
Alton Junction
Well it's pretty obvious to me that the virus had a direct effect on a brake line on my 2002 Ranger... along with the new tires I'm getting!
When will this end!
Mike.
My You Tube
I thought I would not be gaining weight at home, but when I put my jeans on today they felt a bit tight. Surprisingly, I have gained 4 pounds in the past two weeks.
Bummer.
Getting back "on-topic" (meat is off topic so I'll look for a reply over at the Diner)
The pandemic hasn't really affected my modeling much at all, other than it takes longer to get some supplies from a few vendors. I still have to work my 40 hours and my wife being off has house projects going so what little extra time I may have due to not having to commute gets eaten up with working deck rehab, garden planting and other house projects.
Over the weekend I did get most of the peninsula benchwork leg braces installed (and some additional open grid cross pieces and sides installed.)
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
Folks,
While this is technically an off-topic thread, this thread does have a topic... how the coronavirus pandemic has affected your modeling.
Posts that are off that topic belong in the Diner.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
We also have a small specialty grocery that has a board in the butcher shop area with the age of the steaks listed. Most are at least 60 days some 90. I always thought one of the keys to great beef was the aging.
So many years in the past, I was at a standard of living I couldn't afford such luxuries regularly so I've never really learned the finer points about steaks. Intuitively, I've always though aging is bad for most foods except maybe red wine and some cheeses. You know, bacteria and experation dates seem to apply to mean foods. Does steak meat have a much longer shelf life?
In principle, organic matter breaks down over time during the decaying process. I suppose a steak that has sat for 2 or 3 months will have gone through that process and be more tender. Being ignorant of the organic and biologic properties of meats, how does steak remain safe to eat after so long while others meats and foots might be considered unsafe or bumping up against expiration dates? Edumcacate me plz.
LazersToday I had to cadge some Timber from my neighbour,
I learned a new word today. My wife is from the UK and I've been married to her 9 years and every now and then she pulls a new word out that I've never heard, but cadge is a new one; I don't think I've heard her use that word yet.
I had to look it up:
BigDaddyThey change from Microsoft calling to tell you your computer is "causing problems on our server" to the IRS is going to arrest you, to duct cleaning, home renovation, zero credit card interest rates and many more.
I often get these calls that come up as 800 service on the caller ID. They claim that their purpose is to clean up the computer and make it run better.
One time when I had a lot of time to kill I told them that I agreed to do as they asked. First they asked that I connect to a specific web site. I kept typing in the website (or pretending to) and then kept telling them I was getting a website not found message. The gave me another website and I did the same thing.
Then they told me to hit one of those keys at the bottom of the keyboard that has the Microsoft flag on it. I told them my keyboard didn't have one of those on it. I must have had them on the phone for over an hour before they went away frustrated.
The last time they called I told them that I was more than willing to do as they asked, except that the police had confiscated the computer. Total silence at their end.
gmpullman BigDaddy Reagent seems to be Denatured Alcohol. The ACS Reagent grade designation indicates compliance with specifications found in the most recent edition of Reagent Chemicals published by the American Chemical Society. Currently, that designation applies to 430 reagents. Each of these reagents must meet all of the specifications described in the reagent monograph in order to be labeled ACS Reagent grade. I have the understanding that Reagent Grade is a level of purity of a group of chemicals approved by the ACS. Yes, I'll wear gloves. Inflammable, yes that term does seem to fly in the face of reason BigDaddy They change from Microsoft calling to tell you your computer is "causing problems on our server" to the IRS is going to arrest you, to duct cleaning, home renovation, zero credit card interest rates and many more. A fellow I know had his computer locked by the "red screen of death" and he called some phone number to get the "unlock code" or whatever. He said he was talking to Microsoft because when they answered the phone they said it was Microsoft! So he sent them $350.00 worth of Apple iTunes cards! He was proud of the fact that he outsmarted them by not giving them his credit card number. To this day I haven't convinced him that he was a victim of a scam. He wound up taking his PC to a Microcenter store and they debugged it for him. Cheers, Ed
BigDaddy Reagent seems to be Denatured Alcohol.
The ACS Reagent grade designation indicates compliance with specifications found in the most recent edition of Reagent Chemicals published by the American Chemical Society. Currently, that designation applies to 430 reagents. Each of these reagents must meet all of the specifications described in the reagent monograph in order to be labeled ACS Reagent grade.
I have the understanding that Reagent Grade is a level of purity of a group of chemicals approved by the ACS.
Yes, I'll wear gloves.
Inflammable, yes that term does seem to fly in the face of reason
BigDaddy They change from Microsoft calling to tell you your computer is "causing problems on our server" to the IRS is going to arrest you, to duct cleaning, home renovation, zero credit card interest rates and many more.
A fellow I know had his computer locked by the "red screen of death" and he called some phone number to get the "unlock code" or whatever.
He said he was talking to Microsoft because when they answered the phone they said it was Microsoft!
So he sent them $350.00 worth of Apple iTunes cards! He was proud of the fact that he outsmarted them by not giving them his credit card number.
To this day I haven't convinced him that he was a victim of a scam. He wound up taking his PC to a Microcenter store and they debugged it for him.
Cheers, Ed
I'll go with that one
Thanks for that Ed
TF
The things that people buy into
BigDaddyReagent seems to be Denatured Alcohol.
BigDaddy
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Mother should I build the wall"
PF
Weekend Update:
Delicious dinner. Home-grilled filet mignon, baked potato with butter and local bacon, local asparagus and home grown salad, plus a fine bottle of California wine. Finding two new sources of food in one day s a true bright spot.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Reagent seems to be Denatured Alcohol. The methanol can be adsorbed through the skin. Wear gloves.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
gmpullman A couple of the boxes were four-liter jugs of 99.5% reagent-grade alcohol. I asked the lab manager if I could save the company some money by taking a box or two off their hands? "Take all you want, we can't use it, expiration date has passed".
A couple of the boxes were four-liter jugs of 99.5% reagent-grade alcohol. I asked the lab manager if I could save the company some money by taking a box or two off their hands? "Take all you want, we can't use it, expiration date has passed".
Remember the days when we couldn't decide if flammable or inflammable meant the same thing?
richhotrainSame here. Why exactly is that?
Maybe Coronavirus scams are more lucrative? There is a site that logs comments on spam calls, 800notes.com There are spam calls from the same number that have been happening for years. They change from Microsoft calling to tell you your computer is "causing problems on our server" to the IRS is going to arrest you, to duct cleaning, home renovation, zero credit card interest rates and many more.
I'm enjoying the lack of jet travel, living 15 miles from BWI. I saw 1 commercial jet and one C 130 all day long. In normal times they start flying over my home at 4 am.
BigDaddy I will admit that it is true this week. Spam calls have decreased. Just got one, but it might have been the first in 2 days.
I will admit that it is true this week. Spam calls have decreased. Just got one, but it might have been the first in 2 days.
mbinsewiHere ya'go Rich. Up in Ringwood. Although, it is the 99%.
Back in my GE days I got a request to help clear out some lab storerooms. They were hauling chemicals out and paying Chemtron to haul the stuff away.
Alcohol_VWR by Edmund, on Flickr
Well, sixteen years later it seems the stuff is just fine for layout use . Wow! I just looked at the VWR site and this stuff is $120 for the 4L jug!
https://us.vwr.com/store/catalog/product.jsp?product_id=4542435
Sometimes I miss that place
Pork spare ribs for us tonight.
I have some 200 proof silver rum that I use for medicinal, not railroad, situations. The third run can be interesting----I use the front end for fire starter. Fried up some backstraps last night, took two rump steaks out for tonight, donated by a nice 4 pointer. Along with baked sweet potato, and mixed veggies, some good!
herrinchoker
We have gotten tired of the way the supermarket near us has decided to enforce their version of social distancing on everyone. Too many lines, restrictions on the number of people at one time, and even telling us which way to walk down the aisles.
So, today the GF drove to a farm stand some distance away, and I went to a butcher shop a couple of towns over. The meat was better quality for a lower price, and the vegetables were fresh and not all picked over. This could become the new normal. We are really looking forward to dinner tonight.
richhotrainI'll bet that Kevin probably has a tank in his back yard loaded with isopropyl alcohol. Hey, how 'bout it, Kevin!
Actually, no I don't. I do not use alcohol on the layout.
I use Kodak Photo-Flo for a wetting agent.
When local camera shops and home darkrooms went out of favor to digital photography a decade ago, I bought out all the supply from Harmon's Photo, I have about 1.5 gallons of it. That should be enough.
richhotrain How has the virus affected my modeling efforts, you ask? Well, I am in the middle of ballasting and landscaping my new layout, and I am running out of 70% isopropyl alcohol. It is out of stock everywhere, what with people hoarding it for disinfectant purposes. I'll bet that Kevin probably has a tank in his back yard loaded with isopropyl alcohol. Hey, how 'bout it, Kevin! Rich
How has the virus affected my modeling efforts, you ask?
Well, I am in the middle of ballasting and landscaping my new layout, and I am running out of 70% isopropyl alcohol. It is out of stock everywhere, what with people hoarding it for disinfectant purposes.
I'll bet that Kevin probably has a tank in his back yard loaded with isopropyl alcohol. Hey, how 'bout it, Kevin!
gmpullman rrebell Funny thing about steak houses. Out here they have a chain called Black Angus. In my fathers day they were fantastic but had gone way downhill. Around here it was Ponderosa Steakhouse. My dad loved it. To me it was like the K-Mart of Meat I think they all closed up or were bought out and renamed in the late '70s. Whatever kind of meat they were serving, they used SO much tenderizer on it that you were running to the head about ten-minutes after eating it. No thanks. Sure, there were some good steakhouses around, Brown Derby was one, Delmonico's another. We buy a side of beef from a local farm about once a year and have a meat packing house nearby butcher it to our specs. Outstanding Regards, Ed
rrebell Funny thing about steak houses. Out here they have a chain called Black Angus. In my fathers day they were fantastic but had gone way downhill.
Around here it was Ponderosa Steakhouse. My dad loved it. To me it was like the K-Mart of Meat I think they all closed up or were bought out and renamed in the late '70s.
Whatever kind of meat they were serving, they used SO much tenderizer on it that you were running to the head about ten-minutes after eating it.
No thanks. Sure, there were some good steakhouses around, Brown Derby was one, Delmonico's another.
We buy a side of beef from a local farm about once a year and have a meat packing house nearby butcher it to our specs. Outstanding
Regards, Ed
What really hurts is that when supply was available, I could get a 32 ounce bottle at Walgreens for $1.49.
Here ya'go Rich. Up in Ringwood. Although, it is the 99%.
https://www.cqconcepts.com/product-category/isopropyl-alcohol-99/
Pick what size container you want.
I won't tell Kevin!
The ETERR has some SS motor cars.
Mouse over "HOME", slide down to "About", a menu opens to the right, go down to "Car Roster".
The first column is the car number, click on that for a photo.
I've seen that "Little train that could" decal before.
The ETERR runs on a 5 mile section of the former T.M.E.R.&L.Co. from East Troy to Mukwonago.
In Mukwonago, there is a connection to the CN (former WC, former SOO)
Cheers for that, Ed. The old South Shore footage on Youtube is something to behold, that we just don't do, here in the UK and you are lucky to have had experience of it. At the moment I am watching Switching at Arcelor Mittal, East Chicago (c/o SkyhawkACE123) on my other PC. Again UK Railways can't hold a candle to it. Best regards, Paul
"It's the South Shore Line, Jim - but not as we know it".