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Those look ready for some beef broth, toast & cheese - for a good French onion soup. ;-)
made a trench onion and Apple soup with a caramelized onion, apple and prosciutto grilled cheese. Was delish.
Those look ready for some beef broth, toast & cheese - for a good French onion soup. ;-)
Some people do not get this. The guy who lives across the street from me got the virus and was on a ventilator.
He spent some time in a nursing home and now is home. He looks like he has aged 20 years and his heart and lungs are damaged for life.
Some people do not get this. The guy who lives across the street from me got the virus and was on a ventilator.
He spent some time in a nursing home and now is home. He looks like he has aged 20 years and his heart and lungs are damaged for life.
I believe this statement is incorrect.See I think most people do get this. And being good friends with a number of doctors who work in local hospitals (Boston area), the overwhelming majority of people who test positive for this either never knew they had it or shake it off like a cold.
There are obviously way too many people with underlying conditions hit particularly hard by this, and that sucks, but I do think people understand that. There's no reason that perfectly healthy people need to lose a second's sleep over this, other than to do their best not to transmit it. And I don't understand why that isn't a way bigger story, instead of all this "hey did you know this could be really bad?" stuff the news insists on. A little context. I acknowledge it varies by area, of course, but seems like it's badly lacking where I live.
Its basically 1 hour of school work. 6 hours of zoning out on zoom. poor kids. Ive had to burn 2 days off to witness this garbage. The work couldve have easily been done at different times.Trying to juggle distance learning with twin 5 year olds on speech IEP’s, each with their own ipad. Between getting onto google meets, adjusting fidgety kids and camera angles, mute buttons and feedback with two close range devices, I’m spent. Already.
but a highlight when introducing our dog, Zdeno, which no teacher has ever pronounced correctly, one of my boys yells out “he old and he can’t see so he bonk he head every time”
the mouths of babes
See I think most people do get this. And being good friends with a number of doctors who work in local hospitals (Boston area), the overwhelming majority of people who test positive for this either never knew they had it or shake it off like a cold.
There are obviously way too many people with underlying conditions hit particularly hard by this, and that sucks, but I do think people understand that. There's no reason that perfectly healthy people need to lose a second's sleep over this, other than to do their best not to transmit it. And I don't understand why that isn't a way bigger story, instead of all this "hey did you know this could be really bad?" stuff the news insists on. A little context. I acknowledge it varies by area, of course, but seems like it's badly lacking where I live.
Its basically 1 hour of school work. 6 hours of zoning out on zoom. poor kids. Ive had to burn 2 days off to witness this garbage. The work couldve have easily been done at different times.
The NFL didn't have one positive after last week....no bubble...no lockdown....2500 plus players and coaches and not one case. Like you said for many it is no big deal except in rare instances (like all things)... The news is in a doomsday cycle...they continually bring up the mass outbreak in Maine when in reality thousands and thousands of those same gatherings took place without one case.
Yep. I hate it already. A 5 year old can't be expected to focus on school like this, it's just not feasible. They see laptop and immediately they think "Games. Youtube." Then add the fact that they are home, and it's "Where are my toys and stuffed animals?"
My 8 year old is coping, emphasis on the coping. Even that upsets me. Kids are being forced into growing up WAY TOO FAST and forced to grasp adult concepts and concerns. They're not allowed to be kids right now
I think this is an interesting point at first blush, but when you dig into it, you can see how it varies from real life. The players may not all collectively be in a bubble like the NHL and NBA did, but they are in their own team like bubble. They also travel on charter flights that are not commercial, so the exposure risks are minimal there. The only real exposure risks they face are the staff at the facility, the airplane, the opposing teams, and their families.
As I lay that out there, the risk factor is higher than I expected, so it will only be a matter of time before someone trips a positive test. Not saying it will shut things down, but merely that it's the law of averages coming into play. MLB had it rough earlier, but really hasn't had much of a problem since, which I think the NFL can use as a template for handling it if it happens. I also think that it will get worse as we get colder, and as they decide to let fans back in to attend games. Either way, it should be a very interesting fall.
My soon to be 12 year olds struggled with remote, but my 8 year old had no issues. She'd log in every morning, do her assignments and then play with her friends online. Probably took her about 2 hours of work a day and the rest was fun time. My oldest, it was like pulling teeth to get her to log in. Even when she did, each teacher assigned their work in a very inconsistent manner, and arbitrarily. Some would do it weekly, others would do it last second. So your kid would check, do whatever works was there, and log off, only to have a teacher go in an throw up a random homework assignment on Friday afternoon. I think it's going to be a little more consistent this time around, but not nearly streamlined enough at this point. They've had 3 delays already and my kids don't start remote learning until the 28th.
yup. its pretty much just filler zoom time to justify their jobs as a full school day. My daughter is 7 and they zoom for everything. They even have to zoom for music. That involves trying to find the music zoom link and then zooming for music. The 40 minutes they had for music The danced for 2 minutes and then rhe music teacher had them draw pictures with the friggin mouse pad of a chromebook. pathrtic.Yep. I hate it already. A 5 year old can't be expected to focus on school like this, it's just not feasible. They see laptop and immediately they think "Games. Youtube." Then add the fact that they are home, and it's "Where are my toys and stuffed animals?"
My 8 year old is coping, emphasis on the coping. Even that upsets me. Kids are being forced into growing up WAY TOO FAST and forced to grasp adult concepts and concerns. They're not allowed to be kids right now
I put my heat on too. I am old . I also know that when I am tired I get cold more easily. I am old and tired.I caved and put the heat on. I was shivering even in a long sleeve tshirt sweat pants and a hoodie.
I've got a mild concussion from a fall over a week ago and the shivering was only making the headaches worse.
I'm not ready for the cold.
Slow Cooker Caramelized Onions | Gimme Some Oven.How is it a short cut if it takes longer than in a frying pan?
....or is it faster? You have me intrigued by this.....
I put my heat on too. I am old . I also know that when I am tired I get cold more easily. I am old and tired.
I tried to hold out until October 1 like I usually do but it has been unusually cold at night here, so on went the heat last night.
Monday morning it was 34F at my house, way too cold for this time of year
i cleaned out the woodstove and chimney sunday.I've been tempted to turn our pellet stove on because it's been so cold, but I can't. It's too early and it's going to warm back up starting tomorrow. Plus, I really don't want to deal with the dryness that the stove brings because I have to get a new filter for the humidifier and the stove without the humidifier is miserable.
I assume that was outside the house??
Where in NH ?I ditched Cambridge for good and now officially live kinda in the country in New Hampshire. Life is slow as hell up here.