Random things you have accomplished during Covid/Quarantine?

[Johnny Hammersticks]

On 7/20/2020 at 11:13 AM, KD in CA said:

I’m sleeping an hour later.

 

I’ve been sleeping until 10:00-10:30 every day.  Especially on weekends.  My eyes usually fly open at around 8:00-8:30 if I don’t have to wake up for work.  I need to break that habit.

[KD in CA]

23 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

 

I’ve been sleeping until 10:00-10:30 every day.  Especially on weekends.  My eyes usually fly open at around 8:00-8:30 if I don’t have to wake up for work.  I need to break that habit.

 

Or not.....I doubt I'll be back in the office until next summer at the earliest.

[Golden Goat]

I've been wanting the business to go paperless for years. Last week, we did just that. Everything's now database-driven and accessible from anywhere.

[Seasons1992]

On 7/13/2020 at 8:40 PM, Teddy KGB said:

Been working 10-12 hour days 7 days a week since April.  

Pay that myan his myoney.

[ChevyVanMiller]

I started a thread on it, but I finished a novel just as Covid was shutting things down in March. I used the first month to edit and ready it for publication. It went live at the end of April.

 

Needless to say, buy a copy today if you haven't done so already. ?

 

https://www.amazon.com/Niagara-Falls-Darkness-Thomas-Croisdale/dp/B087SD5CZT/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2H8T9NWAFKNE8&dchild=1&keywords=niagara+falls+into+darkness&qid=1595353364&sprefix=niagara+falls+i%2Caps%2C225&sr=8-1

[Punching Bag]

No random things just things my wife wanted done and would not have time if she went to school.

 

I have cut a lot of trees, put up a new gazebo (our third but all my fault since I suggested it to replace home made deck cover) and orders for new lawn (mostly) equipment.

[Augie]

On 7/13/2020 at 11:38 AM, Buffalo_Gal said:

I worked through a lot of my wine cellar.  The stuff was gettin' old anyway. 

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Our house in Sarasota had a walk-in wine closet. My wife is hard to shop for, so on any special occasion I’d get her a bottle of Silver Oak Cabernet reminding her of a great trip to wine country years ago (roughly $100/bottle, for those unfamiliar). If she wants it, she already bought it most likely, making holidays tough, so it’s something. 

 

So........one evening I’m watching the nightly news. There is a report that most wines are consumed within a few days of purchase and don’t save as they used to. We have a closet full of Silver Oak, and I get nervous. We open a bottle, and sure enough it had gone bad! I’m pissed! We declare open season on the Silver Oak, opening bottles every night. The only bad bottle was the first bottle, but it was a glorious run after that! 

 

As for my accomplishments during Covid quarantine.........I’ve been off the couch several time since March. Does that count? 

 

I kid! Since the weather turned warm I’ve been focused on being more active. I (or my iPhone) count steps since my sister’s quadruple bypass and she was told a minimum of 10k steps daily.  I walk and throw in some jogging at a nice park by us. I’m almost 14k steps for today so far. Sometimes I’ll join the gang and add some tennis. I feel better for the activity and wish summer could be forever, just like @plenzmd1.   

 

[Buffalo_Gal]

3 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

Our house in Sarasota had a walk-in wine closet. My wife is hard to shop for, so on any special occasion I’d get her a bottle of Silver Oak Cabernet reminding her of a great trip to wine country years ago (roughly $100/bottle, for those unfamiliar). If she wants it, she already bought it most likely, making holidays tough, so it’s something. 

 

So........one evening I’m watching the nightly news. There is a report that most wines are consumed within a few days of purchase and don’t save as they used to. We have a closet full of Silver Oak, and I get nervous. We open a bottle, and sure enough it had gone bad! I’m pissed! We declare open season on the Silver Oak, opening bottles every night. The only bad bottle was the first bottle, but it was a glorious run after that! 

 

As for my accomplishments during Covid quarantine.........I’ve been off the couch several time since March. Does that count? 

 

I kid! Since the weather turned warm I’ve been focused on being more active. I (or my iPhone) count steps since my sister’s quadruple bypass and she was told a minimum of 10k steps daily.  I walk and throw in some jogging at a nice park by us. I’m almost 14k steps for today so far. Sometimes I’ll join the gang and add some tennis. I feel better for the activity and wish summer could be forever, just like @plenzmd1.   

 

 Mmmmmm Silver Oak Cabernet. ? You just reminded me I have it bookmarked to order some ...
 

Sounds like you had a great time going through those “bad” bottles!

[Lurker]

I've grown a beard and hope to get my hair long enough for a ponytail.    I want to shock my younger colleagues who think I'm a straight laced old man when we come back to the office...

[Punching Bag]

47 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

Our house in Sarasota had a walk-in wine closet. My wife is hard to shop for, so on any special occasion I’d get her a bottle of Silver Oak Cabernet reminding her of a great trip to wine country years ago (roughly $100/bottle, for those unfamiliar). If she wants it, she already bought it most likely, making holidays tough, so it’s something. 

 

So........one evening I’m watching the nightly news. There is a report that most wines are consumed within a few days of purchase and don’t save as they used to. We have a closet full of Silver Oak, and I get nervous. We open a bottle, and sure enough it had gone bad! I’m pissed! We declare open season on the Silver Oak, opening bottles every night. The only bad bottle was the first bottle, but it was a glorious run after that! 

 

 

You are not a cheap date....

32 minutes ago, Lurker said:

I've grown a beard and hope to get my hair long enough for a ponytail.    I want to shock my younger colleagues who think I'm a straight laced old man when we come back to the office...

 

Make sure you dye it.

[KD in CA]

1 hour ago, Augie said:

 

Our house in Sarasota had a walk-in wine closet. My wife is hard to shop for, so on any special occasion I’d get her a bottle of Silver Oak Cabernet reminding her of a great trip to wine country years ago (roughly $100/bottle, for those unfamiliar). If she wants it, she already bought it most likely, making holidays tough, so it’s something. 

 

So........one evening I’m watching the nightly news. There is a report that most wines are consumed within a few days of purchase and don’t save as they used to. We have a closet full of Silver Oak, and I get nervous. We open a bottle, and sure enough it had gone bad! I’m pissed! We declare open season on the Silver Oak, opening bottles every night. The only bad bottle was the first bottle, but it was a glorious run after that! 

 

As for my accomplishments during Covid quarantine.........I’ve been off the couch several time since March. Does that count? 

 

I kid! Since the weather turned warm I’ve been focused on being more active. I (or my iPhone) count steps since my sister’s quadruple bypass and she was told a minimum of 10k steps daily.  I walk and throw in some jogging at a nice park by us. I’m almost 14k steps for today so far. Sometimes I’ll join the gang and add some tennis. I feel better for the activity and wish summer could be forever, just like @plenzmd1.   

 

 

Always consult your vintage chart.  In general, the 2012-2015 are in peak form now!

 

https://www.winemag.com/wine-vintage-chart/

[Augie]

14 minutes ago, Limeaid said:

 

You are not a cheap date....

 

 

 

 

It’s not me!

 

The wife is picky and she rarely drinks.  When she does, she’s more quality over quantity. That was a great little run opening those bottles every night. Buying them for her was mostly a gesture, but when we realized they could go bad, even in the climate controlled wine storage....... We ATTACKED! 

9 minutes ago, KD in CA said:

 

Always consult your vintage chart.  In general, the 2012-2015 are in peak form now!

 

https://www.winemag.com/wine-vintage-chart/

 

I buy more for me now. Does the size of the box matter much? 

 

[Augie]

1 hour ago, plenzmd1 said:

that to me is the number one issue why people will not wear one. we are what..98 days into the 15 days to slow the spread. We were told flatten the curve so heatlcare could keep up, we did it, even in the massive spike states, and yet not good enough.

 

Give some clear guidance when wearing a face covering goes away, people will do it , no doubt in  my mind

 

One of the things that might last from this mess is wearing the masks in retirement homes in public situations. More like Asia. There is no harm in that, and you have a LOT of scared people who are more likely to comply than the cavalier grocery shopper who has no concern for you, me or the cashiers. 

[Augie]

On 7/13/2020 at 10:01 AM, plenzmd1 said:

My reward points from Total Wine have skyrocketed!

 

They have been forced to revisit their ordering protocols. I’m not trying to be a trouble maker, but KEEP UP PEOPLE! 

[plenzmd1]

8 hours ago, Augie said:

 

One of the things that might last from this mess is wearing the masks in retirement homes in public situations. More like Asia. There is no harm in that, and you have a LOT of scared people who are more likely to comply than the cavalier grocery shopper who has no concern for you, me or the cashiers. 

have no idea how my original post ended up here...meant for another thread

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

9 hours ago, KD in CA said:

 

Always consult your vintage chart.  In general, the 2012-2015 are in peak form now!

 

9 hours ago, Augie said:

I buy more for me now. Does the size of the box matter much? 

The labels on the bottles of whiskey in the old Three Stooges comedies come to mind:

'OLD PANTHER – bottled yesterday'

[TBBills]

I gained some weight... Is that an accomplishment? Probably not...

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

does unfriending my brother count because he refused to stop sending me his crap conspiracy theories? 

 

[Seasons1992]

1 hour ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

 

The labels on the bottles of whiskey in the old Three Stooges comedies come to mind:

'OLD PANTHER – bottled yesterday'

 

I prefer this type of Panther........

 

 

[Augie]

On 7/13/2020 at 10:01 AM, plenzmd1 said:

My reward points from Total Wine have skyrocketed!

 

I was at Total Wine yesterday and they have a sign up saying it’s a national policy to require masks on everyone in every store. There is a local knock off a half mile up the road called “Local Vine” which I tried to support (think McDowell’s in Coming To America). The owner was proud that they were trying to sue him! I’ll always try to give my business to small, local businesses over huge national chains, especially in restaurants. 

 

Unfortunately, Local Vine not only doesn’t require masks on customers, but on multiple trips I noticed not a single member of the staff wears a mask. They are friendlier (is it a bad sign if the wine store greets you by name?), better organized, have some selections I like I can’t find elsewhere and similarly priced. BUT, if they can’t at least try to get with the program, I have to take my business to the big national chain.