Coping with Coronavirus

More good new for some local restaurants, and something I assume might be happening in a lot of cities.

Schnucks to sell food from Crispy Edge, Revel Kitchen and Seoul Taco

Schnucks Markets on Wednesday will start selling food from three local restaurants as many fight to survive

amid stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus.

The grocer said offerings will include "grab and go" options.

This will help keep some of our favorite restaurants afloat as we figure this stuff out. My wife is pretty excited about Seoul Taco. While it is a restaurant, she hits there food truck downtown for lunch when they are in.

Well, Apple, I wish I had the thumbprint available in my phone now. Trying to open my phone to check my list in the grocery store was a pain, over and over.

iPhone SE 2 finally coming this month.

Sold! Only when my iPhone SE finally kicks it though. Still going strong.

Mr GT Chris wrote:

Sold! Only when my iPhone SE finally kicks it though. Still going strong.

My wife got a replacement a couple years ago when her battery started flaking out. But yeah, she's had the SE since a few months after it released.

Jayhawker wrote:

Well, Apple, I wish I had the thumbprint available in my phone now. Trying to open my phone to check my list in the grocery store was a pain, over and over.

I haven’t gone shopping in a while, but I keep telling myself I’ll print my list when I go. Hopefully I remember to do that on the day I shop.

Stele wrote:

iPhone SE 2 finally coming this month.

It looks really nice. I know a few people who will miss the old form factor, though.

Oh, and I just realised, no headphone jack! Yikes...

For me, the old form factor is THE reason to use the SE. My ideal iPhone would be the old SE shape and size with a full-face screen like the X and 11. But no, everybody else wants a phone that's a reasonable price instead...

DSGamer wrote:
Jayhawker wrote:

Well, Apple, I wish I had the thumbprint available in my phone now. Trying to open my phone to check my list in the grocery store was a pain, over and over.

I haven’t gone shopping in a while, but I keep telling myself I’ll print my list when I go. Hopefully I remember to do that on the day I shop.

To be fair, it was not that big of a pain. But it really hit home how much I use my face to open my phone. It should be obvious, but often I just forget about it.

But also, just wearing a mask really eased some of the stress. At the very least, people treat you like you care about social distancing, and do so right away. And that makes a load of difference.

I do nitrile gloves, covering mask (as of the CDC change in stance), and isopropyl wipes on cart with a written list on our weekly runs. Using and touching a mobile phone seems like a terrible idea while in a grocery store to me. We're getting groceries for a couple higher risk families. Trying to do our best. Try to then disinfect and rebag everything before it then goes out.

I maybe should be more careful but currently I use an alcoholic tissue to wipe down my phone, wallet, glasses and key when I get home.

You can use one part rubbing alcohol and one part distilled water in a small spray bottle for electronics. Then use a microfiber cloth or something that wont leave lint behind. Spray the cloth not the surface.

Need some crowdsourcing help. My wife and some friends started a Zoom book club, and they want to name it based on an anagram if the letters of their first names.

T-H-L-P-E-A-L-T-S

If it helps, the S can be optional.

They have one name, but are looking for other ideas.

How about the "P.T. Lethals". PT stands for part-time, because they've still gotta work from home.

Jayhawker wrote:

Need some crowdsourcing help. My wife and some friends started a Zoom book club, and they want to name it based on an anagram if the letters of their first names.

T-H-L-P-E-A-L-T-S

If it helps, the S can be optional.

They have one name, but are looking for other ideas.

Anagram solvers are a thing...

7 Letter Word(s)
lethals pallets peltast stealth tallest

LETHAL TPS
STEALTH LP
TALLEST HP
PATH TELLS
HALT PELTS

muttonchop wrote:

LETHAL TPS
STEALTH LP
TALLEST HP
PATH TELLS
HALT PELTS

Path Tells seems a good choice for a book club.

Those are good!

Hearing that people are, for the most part, following the social distancing rules, seeing the graphs that the UK is indeed flattening the curve and doing the clap of appreciation tonight, seeing and hearing others doing the same, has done me a lot of good today.

Similarly, seeing the White House's official plan for reopening the economy and it being mostly sane gives me hope as well.

ColdForged wrote:

Similarly, seeing the White House's official plan for reopening the economy and it being mostly sane gives me hope as well.

Yeah, I've been trying to explain to locals on Facebook that Trump's plan is basically our governor's plan but without the accountability.
For some reason, I can't stop myself from arguing with people who have no intention of having a discussion.

10 hours of a Daft Punk medley is serving me well this morning.

Jamie Oliver is doing some straightforward recipes some of them emulating fast food. It's definitely inspiring me to try a few of these things. His fried rice also looks fantastic.

https://www.stltoday.com/entertainme...

Just saw this in the local paper. Some restaurants are beginning to sell some groceries curbside along with their meals. For some that includes even some non-food stuff like TP.

It’s an interesting solution to the grocery store problem. Restaurants have a ton of unused space, and probably room in their coolers and freezers since their sales are down.

It’s the reverse of supermarkets offering cafes and diners. This markets to those that need supplies but need to reduce their grocery store exposure.

It's a small thing in the scope of everything else, but I'm dreading having to tell my daughter that she won't be going back to school this year. She's in kindergarten and loves her class, her friends, and her teachers. She's broken down a few times crying about being home and away from everyone, but she's always circled back to the idea that she'll see everyone again no matter how much we've warned her that it was unlikely. It's one of the key comforts she's held on to, but we got the official word today that her school will be doing online learning only for the remainder of the year. She's going to be so upset, and I'm so sad for her.

Sorry to hear that Clocky, that's a hard thing for a kid to be dealing with.

I feel that. My daughter has been talking about her birthday party since her last birthday (she’s turning 4). Not sure how I’ll be able to break her little heart in two months.

My daughter’s 7th birthday is in a month. She already knows it can’t be anything like what she wants. Its hard to watch her struggle to come to terms with it. The problems are just so much bigger than a 6 year old can work with but she tries.

Antichulius wrote:

My daughter’s 7th birthday is in a month. She already knows it can’t be anything like what she wants. Its hard to watch her struggle to come to terms with it. The problems are just so much bigger than a 6 year old can work with but she tries.

It's harder to see our kids trying to be brave and wrap their heads around it, then just seeing them vent and lash out at times

Our eldest (4y) is doing okay, she had a super adorable Skype call with her BFF yesterday and was glowing through the entire thing. Our youngest (3y) is okay most of the time, but really misses her teacher, class and just being around other kids. At one point without any specific reason she started crying that "Corina [SIC] is boring, and dumb and that she wants her teacher back". And anytime we videocall with our grandparents she cries that she wants a sleepover (at which point we whisper in her ear "for 2 weeks honey, ask for 2 weeks").

Our boys (11 and 14) have been having virtual sleepovers the last few Friday nights. Usually it’s our boys and 2 to 3 others. They start with a 2 to 3 hour session of Magic the Gathering (with an iPad and iPhone on a setup they put together that point down to their boards. Then they move on to playing video games.

It turns out that none of their friends has an Xbox or pays for online Switch play, so mostly they chat over FaceTime while they all play their own games. Usually they have the cameras pointing at their screens, just to capture the magic, I guess.

At any rate, they’ve really loved it, and they connect to their friends at least a bit. It almost certainly depends on the interests and sensibilities of the kids involved, but if you have kids that are a bit older, this has helped my family.