Coronavirus complaint/commiseration thread.

Small potatoes compared to others but after working my previous job for the past six years I got a new one and was planning on taking two weeks off in between to road trip, fish and mountain bike. Now all the local bike trails are closed, fishing is banned and I'm sure not taking a road trip. Washington's self isolation started my last day at my old job. Now my new job start date has been bumped back due to no HR support and I can't do shit outside.

At least I've got a good amount of savings, a wife that still works and my health, but I was bumming for a few days there.

One thing I've done that has helped is have been doing a couple different core/general strength workout circuits daily. It's been nice doing that and getting our for

Here they are if that helps anyone out.
https://www.uphillathlete.com/scotts...e-routine-pdf/

https://www.uphillathlete.com/general-strength-routine/

There's plenty I could bitch about, but I'm not going to because I'm in a pretty good place overall to ride this out. Definitely have some survivor's guilt knowing things are basically fine with me, but shitloads of people are experiencing horrible physical, emotional, and financial suffering.

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Originally Posted by bobz

I was really down for a good week and a half. I'd spent weeks watching for The Storm (that would be like nothing else since December; this is California), watching it materialize on the forecast, lining up my clearance to get away for most of a week, pin-pointing the optimal days and where I'd be skiing. And then realizing that it wouldn't happen.

And then: Stuck inside with wife (no problem there) and a stir-crazy middle-schooler (yeah, that's been annoying). Catching a cold (sniffles etc, no cough or temp) and recovering. And realizing that the big picture is going to get worse, much worse.

Then, I had an attitude readjustment, along the lines of what Core Shot said.

So I put a coat of end-of-season wax on my powder skis (and the others), did major adjustments to my workout schedule, watched some bad movies (Avalanche Sharks, now streaming on Hoopla, struck me as a perfect metaphor for my would-be powder week experience), and I'm now being grateful for having a home with a full fridge, not being sick, and feeling bad for all the others who are now, or will be, in much worse shape than us even if they don't get, ahem, it's now the AMERICAN rat flu.

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Sounds like my past two weeks. Except my kid is 8. And took up trail biking again. My old bike was is such shape I busted the chain the their day. Now I’m learning how to work on my bike.

At least I have time to deal with the rats that just found a way into my ground level storage room. Battle is on motherfuckers.

Are you parents allowing your kids some time with other neighborhood kids outside, 6’ apart?

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Originally Posted by Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo

My job has been super busy the last 2 weeks since we closed all our huts and are still dealing with all those cancellations, refund requests, etc.

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You guys are processing refunds? I was told by my trip leader that we weren't getting a refund, just a hut credit that seems fairly useless (expires in a year, but the lottery has already ended so can't use it for our lottery submission).

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Originally Posted by The SnowShow

Are you parents allowing your kids some time with other neighborhood kids outside, 6’ apart?

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My neighborhood is split 50/50. Along with our family there are two other families(only children so no surprise they’re desperate for other kiddos to play with) that have been letting the kids out to ride bikes together as long as they stay spaced out. But there’s a couple other families that are way more paranoid and we’ve barely seen those kids for the last 2 weeks. One of them is my oldest daughters best friend and it’s pretty sad to see them waving from the windows or playing outside but at the opposite end of the neighborhood from the other kids riding bikes. We have a pretty tight group of families all with kids the same age and it’s been interesting to see where everyone falls on this kind of stuff.


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Originally Posted by Dantheman

There's plenty I could bitch about, but I'm not going to because I'm in a pretty good place overall to ride this out. Definitely have some survivor's guilt knowing things are basically fine with me, but shitloads of people are experiencing horrible physical, emotional, and financial suffering.

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I should print this out and paste it on the wall in every room in the house. Thanks for the reality check.

my life is also crazy busy. Wednesday was my my first day off in 16 days straight of work. my last timesheet had over 60 hours on it. i snapped at one of my bosses on Friday (FUCK!). I also took Saturday off, where i did my first length strenuous exercise in over 2 weeks, followed by several hours of running my chainsaw and stacking slash (that all felt good). we also bought take-out pizza from one of the shops in town that are trying to stay open. that felt good too, we rarely get food from restaurants, and i'm working again today (Sunday). my wife is also trying to work. we have 3 school-aged kids, two of which are very resistant to most of their new at-home school assigned. a leisurely/recreation weekend feels like a true thing of the past.

but, i'm most commiserating about how this all will effect my local friends and the local economy. We know families that own local hotels, campgrounds, restaurants, and the movie theatres. only a few of the restaurants have shuttered, and i see desperation on FB for the friends that are trying to keep their restaurants open. all these businesses are run on a shoestring, and they all took a BIG hit after the week-long power outages last fall. one of the restaurant owners have sold their most valuable car (gen3 4runner) to have some cash on-hand, and luckily the husband was taken in by one of the markets to fill in hours at their meat counter.

and then there's the clear and present danger from the racism towards asian-americans. i have asian-american friends across the country that are now running their minimal errands with mace at hand in their purses or pockets out of fear of racist random violence. Many are not running errands at night. Several are healthcare providers and have no choice. it's pretty upsetting.

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Originally Posted by Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo

it’s been interesting to see where everyone falls on this kind of stuff.

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^^This. We let our kids hike and bike with friends. It's trickier when they want to hang out inside after hiking or biking. Previously we were allowing them to hang out inside with ONE friend if the other parents agree. Now that we are under new shelter in place guidelines as of yesterday, I guess they should not do that? But damn, they have both lost a lot to this and kept a pretty good attitude. If both families agree to the risk, should we let them hang out with one friend? We're talking teenagers who are smart enough to not swap germs like little kids do. I'm struggling with where to draw the line here.

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Originally Posted by Dantheman

There's plenty I could bitch about, but I'm not going to because I'm in a pretty good place overall to ride this out. Definitely have some survivor's guilt knowing things are basically fine with me, but shitloads of people are experiencing horrible physical, emotional, and financial suffering.

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Man, I drive around town and look at the closed storefronts and my heart sinks. So many people living on the thin edge already. My kids in their early twenties just trying to get their feet under them.

John Prine on a ventilator:(

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Originally Posted by hikesalot

John Prine on a ventilator:(

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Fuck.

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We were out driving RC cars today, and my 7 to sent it big time. Landing... Not so good.
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sent from Utah.

Ugh come on John P. You can do this.

sent from Utah.

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Originally Posted by up an down

The people buying guns may be the ones spreading the virus now.. guns shops are considered necessary for some reason..

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And the weed shops and sporting goods stores don’t?
Yes I’m being a dick. My wife just told me her hospital will be issuing homemade masks this week. One of the largest hospital systems in the country and they will walk around like fucking bad guys in a bad western.

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Originally Posted by hikesalot

John Prine on a ventilator:(

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Fuck. Shits unreal.

The singing mailman. Fuck.

Vodka and ginger ale on me

But I don’t have nine mile long cigarette

https://youtu.be/l0EiV423j0M

Bummer

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Originally Posted by Core Shot

No. I can go bankrupt.

But my wife is going to get this. And I hope she doesn’t leave two motherless children.

Her colleague spent 25 minutes today trying to intubate a frothing, spewing, bloody, clogged lung covid patient. In an n95 mask. He finally got the airway.
Then he stripped naked to take a hot shower, as did the assisting tech.

This shit is nasty. And yes, cops and emt workers have exposure. But wtf. Intubating someone with gurgle gargling lungs spitting and spewing a bloody virus mixture in your face is fucking next level nasty.

And yet, our local hospital gave PAPR respirators to the drive up testing bullshit so all you snowflakes can get nasal swabbed to find out if you have it, after a five day delay. And once you know, what does it matter. Distance. Shelter in place fucktard.

Save the full garb goggle ppe and PAPR respirators for the full on frontline workers.

And don’t get “tested”
Fuck that shit. If you have trouble breathing, go to the ER.
If you feel sick, stay home stay hydrated, take Tylenol, not Advil

/endRant

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I found a n95 in the tool room I think it was a 2 pack its in the plastic and I didn't open it
I found the used one which is good enough for me

if ya want it pm and ill send it with some seeds to git the kids out digging in the dirt or watchin stuff grow in the window sill
attempt to stay safe and positive

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Originally Posted by TBS

Cross post from prepper thread, for a bit of levity
I'm sure you parents with small kids can relate
https://www.instagram.com/tv/B99hVUX...d=1oy21s2fob00

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^^ thank you!

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Originally Posted by getoutside

^^ thank you!

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:D

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Originally Posted by The SnowShow

Are you parents allowing your kids some time with other neighborhood kids outside, 6’ apart?

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We shut that down last weekend...as others did in our neighborhood.

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Originally Posted by I've seen black diamonds!

Fuck.

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That sucks. He's been touring so much. Didn't he have to because he lost money to bad financial management? Like Leonard Cohen? Totally sucks.

im just gonna leave this for mr. prine
fished today
aint got no text that we shut down so me and the god will be rollin in ~ 4:20 for another nofunday again
the mount bench radio will be john prine cranked
and ill be whistling along

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Originally Posted by iceman

The chain of shit that has happened to me since early October would take long paragraphs to detail. I've been pretty badly hurt, then very sick, then quite badly hurt again, and then I had a hip replacement. Finally I rallied from the hip pretty much and now I've been locked down for coronavirus for 2 solid weeks. 15 days actually. Except for a brief trip to Austin in January (which is when I got really sick, with symptoms very much like coronavirus, but it was probably just a flu), I've been here in this house pretty much 24/7. Well with a day in the hospital for the hip.

I've basically been in the house since October. It's a nice house. My whole family and the dogs are here and there's plenty to eat. But man am I sick of it. Not very big problems in the scale of things but these walls are closing in, man.

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this was the first year I didn't ski with you since you walked into club solitude woke me up and introduced yourself
were gonna fish it may be the end of summer could be fall
itll happen

6 day Retallack trip was canceled 2 weeks ago. All of my mountain biking buddies are freaked the fuck out and don't want to ride anything fun, so we're all confined to xc or gravel. Riding 10' apart from each other.

I'm fortunate that a lot of my work in the construction industry is Hospital, University, and Biotech. The rest of my coworkers that do a lot of large office space are gonna take a major hit.

Guess this is the place to go to unload some self pity and move on right. Broken knee has had me non weight bearing for over three weeks with another five and half to go until partial weight bearing and then another month and a half until full and hopefully the road can begin back to recovery. Basically can’t do anything. No help around the house and wife is doing everything. She is a nurse in a hospital where two doctors just tested positive. Watching my leg shrink sucks. Not getting the exercise release sucks. But feeling useless and that I am going to be that way for a long time when I really need/want to step up sucks the most. Worried how I will be able to care for her if she gets sick.

Anyway both our parents are gone so no need to worry about that. First grandchild is due in two months, but keeping social distance so visits happen from the car.

No need for vibes or anything, just needed a moment on the pity potty. Lots of folks have it way worse and I am thankful for what I have.

I'm trying to drink away the part of the day that I cannot sleep away.- Modest Mouse

Drinking more frequently is making me fat. Considering taking up smoking cigs again to balance it out.

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Originally Posted by zartagen

My girlfriend of 5 years decided we were done 3 weeks ago, leaving me homeless and heartbroken. Thankfully, my friends have a spare room I'm staying in now. I'm thankful I don't have to be alone. These are the darkest days of my life. Skiing, climbing, and paragliding, the things I lived for during the last 10 years, my mental escapes, are all basically shut down. On top of that, not being able to date for the foreseeable future is soul crushing. There is nothing I want more right now than some intimate human contact.

BUT, I have an essential government job that is not going away, I have no debt and a bunch of savings to lean on. Yeah, my 401k took a big hit, but at least I have one. I have friends to pass the time with during the shelter in place. I get to go to work with zero traffic, and I still get paid every 2 weeks. Bike rides are nice with so little car traffic. I'm in my early 30s, so my chances of dying of covid are lower than those older than me. And someday, this will be over and I will have pushed through adversity, coming out a attributed, better person. I'm trying to keep perspective, because even though my shit sucks right now, I will be fine in the end.

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Originally Posted by Self Jupiter

Drinking more frequently is making me fat. Considering taking up smoking cigs again to balance it out.

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Make it a cigarette nine miles long

https://youtu.be/l0EiV423j0M

I think the singing mailman is done. Hospital Thursday. Intubated Saturday. Already had lung cancer.

The news that the odds are good and getting better that there will be a respirator for me fails to be comforting.

I would rather be a fat fuck than smoke tobacco. YRMV

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Originally Posted by Ottime

Sounds like my past two weeks. Except my kid is 8. And took up trail biking again. My old bike was is such shape I busted the chain the their day. Now I’m learning how to work on my bike.

At least I have time to deal with the rats that just found a way into my ground level storage room. Battle is on motherfuckers.

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if they are digging tunnels, I had success with Giant Destroyer Smoke Bombs a few years ago when I had an infestation in my chicken pen. Very effective AND fun as hell.

If you get COVID, just cough on the rats.

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Originally Posted by liv2ski

I would rather be a fat fuck than smoke tobacco. YRMV

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Ball kick with a hint of smug superiority. Sounds presidential.

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Originally Posted by The SnowShow

Are you parents allowing your kids some time with other neighborhood kids outside, 6’ apart?

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No, though part of that is due to age; our oldest is 4.5, and we frankly don't trust her to stay away from people. It's been tough on her though, since she's an extrovert like me.

I did have a 6' happy hour with a neighbor the other day. He brought his own drink and camp chair and setup 8-10' away from me, on the other side of the sidewalk, for a chat. There are articles out there talking about how even that much contact/proximity isn't 'social distancing,' but I figure the suuuuper minor additional transmission risk was worth the mental health boost.

I could use a solid vent so here goes. Dealing with kids 15, 13, 4, I am a step dad to the two older, which means shared parenting time with a Cluster B fuck, the type that makes simple things a nightmare. That has been our normal for the last 7 years, add in Covid = fucking parenting disaster. These kids can't turn 18 fast enough. Our kids hate us because at dad's house they can see friends, at our house they can't. We are stuck on the court ordered weekly schedule that is setting us all up to get infected from the movement of the kids and there is nothing we can do to stop it. (spent 5 years in court with the fucker and got no where).

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I could use a solid vent so here goes. Dealing with kids 15, 13, 4, I am a step dad to the two older, which means shared parenting time with a Cluster B fuck, the type that makes simple things a nightmare. That has been our normal for the last 7 years, add in Covid = fucking parenting disaster. These kids can't turn 18 fast enough. Our kids hate us because at dad's house they can see friends, at our house they can't. We are stuck on the court ordered weekly schedule that is setting us all up to get infected from the movement of the kids and there is nothing we can do to stop it. (spent 5 years in court with the fucker and got no where).

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I've been wondering how this sort of thing is working for some families. Is it really social distancing to bounce between two homes like that? How can you control what the other half of the equation is doing? Doesn't that invite potential for bringing something back to your house or visa versa for him? Not saying kids shouldn't see both parents, but that's got to be tricky, especially if the ex's aren't on good terms.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Mike

if they are digging tunnels, I had success with Giant Destroyer Smoke Bombs a few years ago when I had an infestation in my chicken pen. Very effective AND fun as hell.

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Tried some of these the other day for Moles.......light, cover w dirt etc....

Next morning the moles had pushed all of the now-spent cartridges back up and completely out of the tunnels...completely out. fuckin moles schoolin me....damn