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I'm limiting my time out to an hour a day (I work from home anyway), have canceled a trip to see my new grandchild and her brother :'( and am shooting with my 20mm Mir lens to make people appear farther away.
http://www.filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=10020.0 (http://www.filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=10020.0)
How about you?
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Mostly by ignoring the news. As a hard-core introvert and mild germophobe, this really isn't changing my life a whole lot. Went for a hike a couple days ago, saw zero people. Unfortunately ended up with two deer ticks wandering around my body, but at least that gave me a different disease to think about for a while. Going away next week (road trip, no mass transit), no plans to change that.
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I am starting a youtube channel dedicated to toilet roll art projects you can do at home with children no longer allowed to school or kindergarden and within a month become the worlds most successful influencer.
No, seriously. We were out on a bicycle tour today. As long as you stay away from crowds, there is not reason to not go outside. From tomorrow onwards the kindergarden is closed and our little daughter is staying home with us for the next 5 weeks. This will be a challange as she is too young to entertain herself for an extended period of time. I will discuss with my boss, if I can take some half days off every week so we can manage.
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Working in hospitals, you could say I'm in the line of fire. But I find coughing loudly and pretending to mop sweat away from my face keeps people at a distance.
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I teach test prep classes, and my wife works as a membership coordinator for a museum. My company has moved all our classes online, so I'm continuing to work without having to commute. The museum has closed, and my wife can do the non-member-interaction part of her job from home, so she is doing just that. We are both very capable cooks, and get a lot of our food from CSA (produce delivery) boxes, so we haven't been terribly impacted by hoarders. Honestly, save for the scariness of the actual disease, I rather like this way of life; I get to spend quality time at home with my family, and I can still go hiking in the redwoods when I need to get out.
I also picked up an Epson Stylus Pro 4000 last week, and am entertaining myself by putting it through its paces. It was a bear to get it to work, since Epson doesn't even make Mac drivers for it anymore (I actually had to dedicate an old MacBook to the cause just to get things up and running, after several frustrating calls to the worse-than-useless Epson customer support line), but now that I've figured things out, it's a lot of fun; I haven't shot a ton of color film, but I am revisiting my archive now that I have an easy way to make color prints and am finding it a rewarding experience!
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I live in King County, Washington State, the Wuhan of the West. I’m just a few miles from the nursing home that was hit hard by the virus. While I was in Hawaii my corporate office sent out notices about the virus telling us, among other things to avoid travel. I replied back that maybe I should stay in Hawaii and wait for things to blow over. At the time there were no reported cases in Hawaii but the outbreak in Washington was going strong. They didn’t go for that, though one person suggested they all go to Hawaii until things blow over.
My wife was visiting me when things got bad back home. She had to go back to commuting into Seattle on a bus. She’s a technical designer for a clothing company, she has to go in to fit garments on models, can’t do that from home. The buses into Seattle are nearly empty now and traffic is greatly reduced. Unfortunately the restaurants are shutting down, a lot of people are losing work from this.
After over 7 weeks in Hawaii I flew home on Thursday on a packed flight, so much for less people traveling. When I left Hawaii they had 2 known cases, one from a cruise ship and the second was someone that traveled to Washington State.
Yesterday I went shopping for groceries, there was no toilet paper or hand sanitizer after trying 3 stores. I asked the cashier at a grocery store if they expected more toilet paper, he said they just got a shipment but it won’t be out on the shelves until the next day. I got up early this morning and was able to get a pack, I've never been so excited about buying toilet paper. There’s a lot of talk around here about getting bidets, not a common thing around here.
When I got home I really wanted to eat something other than Asian food so we went out for Mexican food last night, hardly anyone in the restaurant. We went early for happy hour margaritas. I want to support our local businesses but I need to balance that with reducing my exposure. Many of the restaurants are doing takeout and delivery now. In Honolulu I was staying next to China town, I was hitting the restaurants there because they were suffering the most out of irrational fear. Plus I love Chinese food.
I’m mostly worried about my father, he’s 80 so he’s in the most vulnerable age group. He is the healthiest 80 year old I know, he ran a full marathon when he was 79. He’s still going to the gym but he said it’s almost empty. He said he wipes everything down before using equipment there. He is concerned and is taking precautions, he also lives in King County where the outbreak is the worst. I had planned to to see him as soon as I got back but I’m going to hold off on visiting him until I’m sure I didn’t pick anything up from my travels.
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So far I'm good. But I had something happen to me that I didn't like a bit.
Wednesday I was at the doctor's to renew my meds. The appointment was scheduled months in advance. While I was there, I saw a man and a lady come in to see a doctor at the emergency. Since all the signs are written in French, I quickly found out that they only spoke a bit of English and Arabic when I saw them ignoring every sign there was in the clinic that gave safety procedures. When they came out of the office, the doctor that saw them rushed out and told the secretaries "If I'm not back in 2 weeks, you'll know what to do." It turns out that the two patients had the Covid-19... And I was there waiting for my turn in the same waiting room, in the same clinic, they weren't wearing any mask, they didn't use the hand sanitizer pumps...
So now, I want to be careful. I don't have it so far, I don't want to get it.
So I'm really trying to restrict my social interactions. I avoid places where there are lots of people. Try and keep myself busy doing things that don't have any risk in them as I don't want to end-up at an emergency clinic or the hospital for stitches waiting in those germ infested places.
I'm happy that I didn't give in to that toilet paper zombi madness. If there are more people that get the virus, it's going to be those people that were waiting in line at Costco and fighting over packs of 48 rolls. They obviously weren't afraid of the virus. But it seems they were afraid of brown pants! So when they get sick, the doctors will be able to say that their lungs are suffering but their butt is the cleanest one they've ever seen! There was one lady that was on the news that had filled her car with TP rolls and said to the reporter that she'd be back tomorrow for more. Now what the heck is she going to do with so many rolls of TP? If you need that many rolls for a 2 week quarantine, you definitely have a problem and it's not with your lungs!
Mom went to a small grocery store to get some milk and bananas. She looked at the parking lot to see if there were many customers inside before going in. The shelves were almost all empty. No more cookies in the entire isle. Only one box of alphabet noodles was left. No more eggs. It looked like people were preparing for the apocalypse...
Right now the government is recommending that all seniors that are over 70 stay at home as much as possible. Kindergardens, schools, universities and museums are closed.
Maybe I should do some still life pictures to pass the time...
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Since my school has moved to “remote learning”, I am feeling the pressure of organizing the content of my lectures on the history of jazz into something that can be transmitted through the ether. I have been spending my Monday mornings and afternoons preparing for Tuesday morning lectures and now I will need more time to pack the preparation into Zoom© This is my little sob-story. I feel lucky, so far, not to have greater challenges. We’ll see what happens. No one seems to know what to expect.
I was thinking of setting the focus on my camera to 1.5 meters and asking people on the street to let me take their portrait.
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I'm 50~60 miles south of Bryan in Lacey Washington. People are going nuts down here, large stores like Winco and Wallmart and Costco are mobbed for toilet
paper, bottled water, and you name it, it's out. I'm just using the opportunity to catch up on several camera projects, and, I have a backlog of B&W developing to do. I'm 70, the missus is 62 so we are being a bit more careful than younger folks.
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Badly.
The company I work for exports almost 100% of sales, which is why I (was) lucky enough to go to such photographic cities a few times a year. That has all stopped. All conferences have been cancelled too (I live in the UK, but sell into Europe and China). Fortunately, our timelines are extremely long (which allows me to look at photos in 'work' time), so we are OK for the rest of the year. But we need to be talking to folk now for next year's business. Fortunately, most of it is repeat business, so people are happy to chat on the phone.
Personally, my April long haul holiday was cancelled over the weekend due to border closures. The darkroom I use is closed, due to the owner being in self isolation.
With regards my 'practice' as curators like to describe the work of dedicated snappers, I think that will change a great deal. I tend to shoot abroad, to explore the differences of place. Now I better look closer to home. But I rarely photograph London, because I don't want to take 'tourist' snaps - yet I don't consider the snaps I take in, say, Paris, to be tourist snaps. I have no idea why my brain differentiates.
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New developments here this morning.
The government now recommends everyone 65 and up, the people under 65 who live with elderly people and people with weak immune systems to stay home.
Since I live with mom and dad, I'm now officially stuck here. Lucky for us we have a decent sized yard to get some flesh air.
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There was one lady that was on the news that had filled her car with TP rolls and said to the reporter that she'd be back tomorrow for more. Now what the heck is she going to do with so many rolls of TP?
This...
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If it had been a teenager, I would have thought about something else ;D
Maybe she wants a starring role in the next sequel to The Mummy? :P
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I just need to keep my dog away from the toilet paper, she eats it like candy.
We had a bit of a scare at work, a co-worker's husband got sick last week, luckily he tested negative for Covid-19. Regardless, they just shut down my office so I'll be working from home for a while. In my business of cleaning up hazardous waste this is when things happen. A factory shuts down, someone forgets to close a valve, we get an emergency call. Also happens around holidays.
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Still, this bug is a real pain in the wahzoo.
Today I have to figure out how to get the groceries prepared so I don't have to go in the store.
But in the meantime I'm going to start the spring cleaning around the house.
Yesterday my dad's employer told him that they'd rather see him stay home for the safety of the entire staff. They have 5 employees in the same situation.
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I have been off work due to being on holiday and have been decorating up the house so have limited contact with the outside world but back to work on thursday.
Due to the govt now saying that they don't want people to go out to restaurants/pubs /clubs etc, I am wondering what will there be for me if the establishments close down I am employed so hopefully a bit of a safety net there. I'm not so worried for me catching it but my wife has cardiomyopathy so I don't want to bring any nasties home plus the son still living at home, is a teacher, so he is exposed to the best part of a 1000 kids daily. Just hoping hand washing good practice is going to be enough to keep it at bay.
Has anyone been tested? Even health workers are finding hard to get a test but celebs and sportsmen can-surprising eh!
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NYC might impose a "shelter in place" order, like 6 Bay Area counties just did. I have laundry I need to do. You can go out to do your laundry in the Bay Area, hopefully in NYC as well.
The Bay Area rules
https://www.mercurynews.com/read-shelter-in-place-order-from-six-bay-area-counties (https://www.mercurynews.com/read-shelter-in-place-order-from-six-bay-area-counties)
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the son still living at home, is a teacher, so he is exposed to the best part of a 1000 kids daily. Just hoping hand washing good practice is going to be enough to keep it at bay.
Reading this makes me feel lucky to live in Quebec. Here all the schools are closed. So are all the colleges and universities.
Today the government said it would push back the income tax deadline to June and make it easier for people to get unemployment insurance for the duration of the epidemic.
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I'm spending some time downtown in our city with my F5 and P3200 for some street work...and an iPhone XR for some time exposures. The downtown core has perhaps 1/8 the normal traffic...so should prove interesting.
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We should start these posts with our city/country to give some context.
Queens, NYC, USA.
As Peter mentioned, we're close to a shelter in place. As a musician with a dayjob, all of my musical gigs have been canceled. If I were just a musician, I would be 100% unemployed without any remedy to collect unemployment (freelancer, innit?), and would still have to pay for health insurance. However, I'm lucky enough to have this dayjob (which, incidentally, I was about to quit a month ago. kinda glad I didn't), so I'm going to stick with it until this whole thing blows over. I'm vegan, and have enough rice and beans to survive an apocalypse, but still need to venture out every once in a while for fresh vegetables (and beer. don't forget the beer). Anyways, I feel the worst for musicians without dayjobs, actors, dancers, restaurant workers, bartenders, and all the illegal workers in NYC without whom the city would not function. Buy restaurant gift cards, buy records, pay for your Broadway tickets that got canceled ... and we'll see what happens when we're allowed to go out and suddenly everyone needs a gig :o
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For groceries, some big chain supermarkets offer an order preparation service, that way you can just go and pickup the order without any interaction. Our local Walmart does it.
There are other chains that waive the collection fees, it's worth checking out.
Here the list of closed businesses is rapidly growing. Even Ikea has closed, so that's pretty big.
Indofunk: maybe you can call your favorite grocery store and have them prepare your order ahead of time, that way you won't have to spend too much time in there with other potentially contaminated people.
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Tijeras, New Mexico..which is south of Santa Fe and East of Albuquerque
It's been cloudy here so not much interested in making photos...
We live in a small community, so there is a local Kroger store and there 'was' a Super Walmart not far way, and I say was because it had a fire a couple of days ago and is closed until further notice.
I bought toilet paper and hand sanitizer three weeks ago when the first hint of this craziness came to light. Also I'm stocked with rice and beans, which is good because I was raised in a not too well to do family and have always scrimped, except for toy cameras and I'm kind of ashamed for having so many at this point.
anyway, going forward...I'm staying home unless there is a real need for something. I've been reading more this year, but started that well before the virus came.
Lots of restaurants and bars have closed and the casinos have as well. School is out for three weeks and may be out until the end of semester...they're still talking about that.
We have not been told to shelter in place, but the mayor of ABQ has considered a curfew...nothing so far though.
My Dad, who is 93 is staying inside at his home near Dallas and reports similar to what everyone else is saying about large cities.
I have anxiety for him, but will keep riding my stationary bicycle for now to get rid of the worry.
Stay well everyone.
hugs from afar.
Beck
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I'm in Santa Clara, California (just north of San Jose, and about 50 minutes south of San Francisco by car); since I last posted, we have been ordered by the county to shelter in place. Normally, my wife and I have opposite schedules: she is at her office 8 to 5 and I am in the classroom 6:30-9:30 PM plus all day Sunday. We have, in the past, both joked that not seeing each other very often is what keeps our relationship humming, but we are now pleased to find that that is not the case: we are stuck together and we still enjoy each other's company (well now that I think about it, as to whether she enjoys my company I'm only making an inference, albeit with a reasonable level of confidence).
One thing I am a little bummed about; I was going to take an Advanced Photography course at our local community college in April, but it looks now like the class may be canceled. In lieu of what I had planned for the course, I'm now starting to brainstorm photo projects that don't involve leaving the house.
Also, we're running a little low on all-purpose flour, which is one of the ingredients that keeps our home kitchen humming but is now increasingly hard to find. Most other ingredients though (meat/cheese/produce etc.) are still fairly available, and many restaurants are still delivering or cooking for take-out. We do have a good supply of rice, beans, canned tomatoes, etc. to keep us going for a little while. We're not prepared for a total apocalypse, but we are figuring it out as we go.
Here's a photo of a pizza from chez Grit. We really like pepperoni.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49672704903_1995d3e63f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iFpAAB)
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South Wales, in a big village on the edge of countryside.
I haven't been out for a week, but that's not so unusual given that it rains so much here.
Most of what I'm seeing is news reports, and mostly that's through Twitter.
Last trip to the supermarket was a week ago and with gloves.
I guess most people who work with chemicals from time to time will have a stock of latex gloves, and it makes it handy (sorry) not to have to touch other people's stuff with bare skin.
Another trip out maybe the day after tomorrow as I believe the sun is due to shine for a couple of hours.
But it's a terrible contrast to see the fatality figures climbing in Northern Italy where maybe half of my friends live.
Over a thousand in just the past four days.
Over a thousand in just the past four days, yes that's right.
And the peak is still a long way off.
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many restaurants are still delivering or cooking for take-out.
You see, ordering take-out is one thing I wouldn't do as I can't be sure that the people in the kitchen don't have the asymptomatic version of the virus.
And since you can't torch the food to get rid of the bug, you can't get a more direct infection path than putting the virus straight in your mouth yourself.
I did the groceries online this morning and it was pretty sad. A lot of the foods we eat were not available anymore. Lots of stuff is missing and the stores ration the orders. Like we were only allowed to order 6 jars of yogurt per order at Walmart. Bread is getting rare, at least online. Kleenex? Just forget it. Bottled water is also getting scarce. No more canned tomatoes at one place. I had to put orders at two stores in order to get all that I usually buy at one.
And we're not guaranteed that all what we ordered will be available as our order will be ready only Friday morning...
It's feeling a lot like wartime, except without war.
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But it's a terrible contrast to see the fatality figures climbing in Northern Italy where maybe half of my friends live.
Over a thousand in just the past four days.
Over a thousand in just the past four days, yes that's right.
And the peak is still a long way off.
I believe that in some places it's going to look like when the Spanish Influenza epidemic struck...
I found a good video that explains the science of pandemics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgBla7RepXU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgBla7RepXU)
It's made by PBS, so it's good.
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South London.....
I went out to get some shopping at the supermarket today and even though I had seen many a photo on Twitter, I was surprised at how empty the shelves were. I know that the shops are setting time out for the pensioner to get their shopping now but there are still people who are over filling the trolley and I can foresee half of it getting thrown away because they wont eat it before it goes off, then they will be back for more. Hopefully they will start rationing soon.
Off to work tomorrow so will see what it is like in the big wide world of S.E. England before we get a total ban of going out here. Like grit I have been thinking of projects to shoot around the house and home and maybe I'll get the time to get into the darkroom
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Anyways, I feel the worst for musicians without dayjobs, actors, dancers, restaurant workers, bartenders, and all the illegal workers in NYC without whom the city would not function. Buy restaurant gift cards, buy records, pay for your Broadway tickets that got canceled ... and we'll see what happens when we're allowed to go out and suddenly everyone needs a gig :o
That worries me, too. Being an artist must suck right now. I've started bluegrass mandolin lessons via internet conferencing with a teacher in Oregon (I live in Germany where there're hardly any bluegrass pickers, let alone teachers) and Zak (my teacher) told me that he's glad that he concentrated on internet lessons recently so he's lucky to be able to keep teaching. I hope that there'll be some service like twitch or youtube that will allow "virtual concerts" with stereo sound so that musicians can play concerts in a safe place which can be watched by a paying audience via the internet.
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Also, we're running a little low on all-purpose flour, which is one of the ingredients that keeps our home kitchen humming but is now increasingly hard to find. Most other ingredients though (meat/cheese/produce etc.) are still fairly available, and many restaurants are still delivering or cooking for take-out. We do have a good supply of rice, beans, canned tomatoes, etc. to keep us going for a little while. We're not prepared for a total apocalypse, but we are figuring it out as we go.
Here's a photo of a pizza from chez Grit. We really like pepperoni.
That Pizza looks delicious, Pepperoni is my favorite. I found bread flour at the grocery store but they were out of yeast, I finally found some on Amazon. I also ordered supplies to make a few batches beer, I like to use the spent grains in my bread. I will have some beer yeast left over but that doesn't work well for making bread, from what I've read it comes out quite dense.
My wife is still having to commute into Seattle for work, she's pretty pissed about it. She said she was the only person on her bus this morning, besides the driver. I guess maybe the bus is a good way to avoid people now. She does come in contact with people at work though, they need to do something about that.
My dogs are pretty happy I'm home all day. I took them for a walk around the neighborhood today, surprising how many people were out for walks. The weather is quite nice here right now.
On the bright side there will be some great buying opportunities in the stock marked if you like to gamble with your money that way.
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I'm in NY - far enough upstate that people from the city think I'm a hick, but close enough to the city that real hicks think I'm probably city folk. Stores are getting restocked, traffic is really light. My school's gone online for the rest of the semester, so I'll be teaching from home (I've taught online before - I can do it, but I don't like it). I went for another hike today, far enough away that I didn't see too many people.
Not really too bothered by the whole thing - in the grand scheme of pandemics it's not particularly virulent or deadly by historical standards. Gives me time to work on some car and house projects. Got most of what I need to survive. And besides, if the shit hits the fan the only supply that really counts is ammunition.
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Somehow I don't find it reassuring that it's not as bad as the Black Death of the 14th century (75-200 million killed) or the 1918 flu (50-100 million killed).
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Don't tell everyone, but while the local supermarkets have been ransacked, the local independent shops - greengrocer, butcher, Co-Op, cornershops - have plenty of stock, at least the one's near me in SE London do. Try those first before joining the masses.
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One of the problems with being a historian is that you tend to see everything in comparison with historical events. The raw numbers don't tell the whole story. The mortality rate of the Black Death was far higher what we're seeing now; as a percentage of affected population it was far, far worse than even the worst clusters of COVID-19. See here: http://www.jlgh.org/JLGH/media/Journal-LGH-Media-Library/Past%20Issues/Volume%204%20-%20Issue%201/v4_i1_Eastman.pdf (http://www.jlgh.org/JLGH/media/Journal-LGH-Media-Library/Past%20Issues/Volume%204%20-%20Issue%201/v4_i1_Eastman.pdf)
The effects of the Spanish Influenza of 1918-19 were made considerably worse by the unusually high movement of people around the world as WWI ended and forces demobilized and returned to their home countries, the weakening of some populations by the direct or indirect effects of four years of war, and the lack of action to limit large gatherings of people (Philadelphia's St. Patrick's Day parade being one of the more notorious examples). It also had a strange W-shaped mortality curve that's still not quite fully understood. And with all that working against it mortality was still 0.6% in the US.
These events happen - history is full of plagues. It's only in comparison to the dramatically lowered chance of contracting a debilitating or deadly illness that's become the norm in the last ~70 years that it seems particularly dangerous. Put another way, if basically every adult knew someone who died of rheumatic fever or whooping cough or measles or whatever the local serious disease was (as was the case for most of human history), the idea of a slight spike in mortality would not have been particularly unusual. Only new, very high mortality diseases or very unusual circumstances sparked panic.
And besides, the Black Death brought the end of feudalism and (eventually) the Renaissance, and within two years of the Spanish Influenza outbreak the Roaring 20s were, well, roaring.
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Anyways, I feel the worst for musicians without dayjobs, actors, dancers, restaurant workers, bartenders, and all the illegal workers in NYC without whom the city would not function. Buy restaurant gift cards, buy records, pay for your Broadway tickets that got canceled ... and we'll see what happens when we're allowed to go out and suddenly everyone needs a gig :o
That worries me, too. Being an artist must suck right now. I've started bluegrass mandolin lessons via internet conferencing with a teacher in Oregon (I live in Germany where there're hardly any bluegrass pickers, let alone teachers) and Zak (my teacher) told me that he's glad that he concentrated on internet lessons recently so he's lucky to be able to keep teaching. I hope that there'll be some service like twitch or youtube that will allow "virtual concerts" with stereo sound so that musicians can play concerts in a safe place which can be watched by a paying audience via the internet.
I'm planning on doing this! Just gotta figure out logistics. My avant-noise trio has already said we could get together at the practice space and livvestream a rehearsal/concert, but that would involve venturing out into the world, and riding the subway from Queens to Brooklyn. I do have the capability to livestream from my home studio, and have been talking to other musicians about doing a remote concert, but it's tough getting around the latency of web conferencing platforms. I'll figure something out, or I'll livestream alone...
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Just staying put. There are confirmed cases within two blocks of my house so we're being careful. Stay safe everyone.
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After reading my belly-aching about switching to remote lecturing via Zoom, a colleague (who is currently stranded in California on a research trip) sent this video:
https://youtu.be/CCe5PaeAeew
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You gotta keep busy with something...
This morning I made a replacement sticker for all the logos for the Vari-Program function on my Nikon F-90x.
Then I removed all the sticky gunk on the back of it (rubberized paint that aged badly), the reminder labels went with it. So I printed a new one on my Label Writer.
Looks pretty good to me so I'm quite proud of that :)
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I'm planning on doing this! Just gotta figure out logistics. My avant-noise trio has already said we could get together at the practice space and livvestream a rehearsal/concert, but that would involve venturing out into the world, and riding the subway from Queens to Brooklyn. I do have the capability to livestream from my home studio, and have been talking to other musicians about doing a remote concert, but it's tough getting around the latency of web conferencing platforms. I'll figure something out, or I'll livestream alone...
Yes, this will probably only work if the band is in the same or adjacent rooms (bad idea right now -- unless you're family and together anyhow ;) ). The lag of most web conferencing systems will spoil all timing that you need as a band. The only way to do this is (other than to get in the same room, which you shouldn't) is to do a semi-live performance with video tracks of the other recorded with a click track and have one person play live with the recorded others. Could be fun if you round-robin the live players.
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Or the other option is to use wireless transmitters and have people play far enough from each others to be safe...
Long extensions maybe?
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I'm planning on doing this! Just gotta figure out logistics. My avant-noise trio has already said we could get together at the practice space and livvestream a rehearsal/concert, but that would involve venturing out into the world, and riding the subway from Queens to Brooklyn. I do have the capability to livestream from my home studio, and have been talking to other musicians about doing a remote concert, but it's tough getting around the latency of web conferencing platforms. I'll figure something out, or I'll livestream alone...
Yes, this will probably only work if the band is in the same or adjacent rooms (bad idea right now -- unless you're family and together anyhow ;) ). The lag of most web conferencing systems will spoil all timing that you need as a band. The only way to do this is (other than to get in the same room, which you shouldn't) is to do a semi-live performance with video tracks of the other recorded with a click track and have one person play live with the recorded others. Could be fun if you round-robin the live players.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLhGKHIvEdzeGkX61LXlCun_TWKy9FufXQ&time_continue=9&v=YHUg7Kroepc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLhGKHIvEdzeGkX61LXlCun_TWKy9FufXQ&time_continue=9&v=YHUg7Kroepc)
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I'm planning on doing this! Just gotta figure out logistics. My avant-noise trio has already said we could get together at the practice space and livvestream a rehearsal/concert, but that would involve venturing out into the world, and riding the subway from Queens to Brooklyn. I do have the capability to livestream from my home studio, and have been talking to other musicians about doing a remote concert, but it's tough getting around the latency of web conferencing platforms. I'll figure something out, or I'll livestream alone...
Yes, this will probably only work if the band is in the same or adjacent rooms (bad idea right now -- unless you're family and together anyhow ;) ). The lag of most web conferencing systems will spoil all timing that you need as a band. The only way to do this is (other than to get in the same room, which you shouldn't) is to do a semi-live performance with video tracks of the other recorded with a click track and have one person play live with the recorded others. Could be fun if you round-robin the live players.
My main worry is not being in a room with 2 other people - I'm pretty sure I can avoid contact and wash my hands often enough - but rather the journey to get there, on multiple subways which even on a non-coronavirus day I don't feel comfortable touching anything ;D I'm gonna try a Zoom session or something to see how bad the latency would be.
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We do a lot of web conferencing at work and the connections are really bad at the moment. Half the meetings have to be stopped because people break off so much that you can't understand anything. All the people at home seem to bring the internet to its limits. You will probably have to find a good off peak time to make this work.
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The main problem is with the conferencing providers themselves. Most Internet providers have enough capacity that the bandwidths are normally fully available (at least in most European countries). But the conferencing providers haven't anticipated the raise in usage. We use an on-premise conferencing system at work and can easily do conferences with ten people without lag or sync problems with all participants connecting from their home offices via VPN. I think that if there was a startup offering a low latency streaming service for musicians that would really be cool.
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You might try OBS Studio (https://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/obs-studio-portable)
It's an open source live streaming that supports most major providers. It also supports VST plugins and does a bunch of stuff.
Best of all, the portableapps version doesn't install anything on your computer!
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You gotta keep busy with something...
This morning I made a replacement sticker
Good job! :-)
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Thanks!
And for some odd reason I like the sticker better than the original printing that was on there.
If anyone needs the file I used, just let me know.
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Work is still open so just having to take the necessary precautions and get on with it. Some colleagues are moving towards home working, which I may have to do too, but that would severely limit my effectiveness...
Mrs Cob is in private school catering, so needs to continue to work as the school currently remains open to the children of "key workers."
I'm concerned, but optimistic at this point. The kids (17 & 20) are both home and safe, and understand the importance of the restrictions, and I've oft been thought as "socially distant" so not difficult to maintain a degree of isolation, and I have a stack of books to read, and a backlog of films to develop.
A fairly small number of confirmed cases in the area, but none closer than around 12 miles at last count, so that's some comfort at least.
My best wishes and hopes to you all and your families.
We'll have a photowalk and a couple of beers when we come out the other side.
I expect I'll soon be turning to this for inspiration:
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I know this thing is starting to scare me a bit, but not for my own or my parent's safety. I'm more concerned with the people who work at grocery stores, drugstores and the medical personnel. Yesterday I took the car around a bunch of shopping centers and grocery stores out of curiosity and what I saw scared the s*** out of me. The parking lots were full to the brim and there were a ton of elderly people coming out of the stores with just a jar of pickles and things like that. People simply don't get the message, and they're going to be the first ones to fill-up the medical system and spread the disease.
And it's not only the old people that are a problem. In Sherbrooke yesterday there was a young woman with the Covid-19 who was refusing to go into isolation and refusing to go to the hospital. It took a bunch of policemen with facemasks and full protection to get her out of her house... More people unnecessarily at risk.
I might be bored solid today but that's no reason to put people at risk.
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Boredom is not a problem for me, after being gone two months my wife has a honey-do list a mile long. On top of that she keeps adding stuff faster than I can get it done.
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What actually bores me the most is that I restrain myself from using power tools in case of an accident. Last thing I want is to be at the clinic for stitches. And since I sometimes tend to be mishaps prone, I have to be extra careful.
Last time I used my belt sander I managed to grind off a fingertip, and I always thought that it was the safest tool in the shop.... This was a couple of weeks ago and I am still missing a bit of skin on my finger.
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If I stopped using potentially dangerous tools I'd be in bad shape.
One of my cars decided to burn an exhaust valve a few weeks ago, so as soon as my parts arrive I'll be rebuilding the head and bolting it all back together. Fun little project to pass the time, but I had to put all my weight on a 4ft cheater on the breaker bar to get the head bolts loose - if that had gone wrong some silly virus would have been the least of my concerns. Once that's done there's some welding (and then the inevitable grinding and painting) to do, and then basic maintenance and getting the toy out of winter storage and back in service.
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If I stopped using potentially dangerous tools I'd be in bad shape.
One of my cars decided to burn an exhaust valve a few weeks ago, so as soon as my parts arrive I'll be rebuilding the head and bolting it all back together. Fun little project to pass the time, but I had to put all my weight on a 4ft cheater on the breaker bar to get the head bolts loose - if that had gone wrong some silly virus would have been the least of my concerns. Once that's done there's some welding (and then the inevitable grinding and painting) to do, and then basic maintenance and getting the toy out of winter storage and back in service.
I look at this post the same way some people look at film photography: magic ;D
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What actually bores me the most is that I restrain myself from using power tools in case of an accident. Last thing I want is to be at the clinic for stitches. And since I sometimes tend to be mishaps prone, I have to be extra careful.
Last time I used my belt sander I managed to grind off a fingertip, and I always thought that it was the safest tool in the shop.... This was a couple of weeks ago and I am still missing a bit of skin on my finger.
I actually told my wife I’m not going in the attic to fix anything because it could send me to the Emergency Room. Our attic is very difficult to get in and out of, that will have to wait until the virus blows over. Things like painting a few walls and repairing a clock are no big deal.
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This might be of interest. This site has statistics and graphs for every country, new cases, cumulative cases, and deaths.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-death-toll/ (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-death-toll/)
Even though deaths is a lagging indicator, it's probably a bit more indicative of the trajectory of infection since confirmed cases are subject to delays and regional variation of doing tests.
Spoiler alert: it looks pretty bad.
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If I stopped using potentially dangerous tools I'd be in bad shape.
One of my cars decided to burn an exhaust valve a few weeks ago, so as soon as my parts arrive I'll be rebuilding the head and bolting it all back together. Fun little project to pass the time, but I had to put all my weight on a 4ft cheater on the breaker bar to get the head bolts loose - if that had gone wrong some silly virus would have been the least of my concerns. Once that's done there's some welding (and then the inevitable grinding and painting) to do, and then basic maintenance and getting the toy out of winter storage and back in service.
I look at this post the same way some people look at film photography: magic ;D
Mechanics is mechanics. Think of it like fixing a big broken camera. With an internal combustion engine.
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If I stopped using potentially dangerous tools I'd be in bad shape.
One of my cars decided to burn an exhaust valve a few weeks ago, so as soon as my parts arrive I'll be rebuilding the head and bolting it all back together. Fun little project to pass the time, but I had to put all my weight on a 4ft cheater on the breaker bar to get the head bolts loose - if that had gone wrong some silly virus would have been the least of my concerns. Once that's done there's some welding (and then the inevitable grinding and painting) to do, and then basic maintenance and getting the toy out of winter storage and back in service.
I look at this post the same way some people look at film photography: magic ;D
Mechanics is mechanics. Think of it like fixing a big broken camera. With an internal combustion engine.
I think that's exactly what freaks him out.
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If I stopped using potentially dangerous tools I'd be in bad shape.
One of my cars decided to burn an exhaust valve a few weeks ago, so as soon as my parts arrive I'll be rebuilding the head and bolting it all back together. Fun little project to pass the time, but I had to put all my weight on a 4ft cheater on the breaker bar to get the head bolts loose - if that had gone wrong some silly virus would have been the least of my concerns. Once that's done there's some welding (and then the inevitable grinding and painting) to do, and then basic maintenance and getting the toy out of winter storage and back in service.
I look at this post the same way some people look at film photography: magic ;D
Mechanics is mechanics. Think of it like fixing a big broken camera. With an internal combustion engine.
I think that's exactly what freaks him out.
I feel the same way about electronics. All I know is that they're powered by some sort of magic voodoo smoke, and when it comes out they stop working.
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If I stopped using potentially dangerous tools I'd be in bad shape.
One of my cars decided to burn an exhaust valve a few weeks ago, so as soon as my parts arrive I'll be rebuilding the head and bolting it all back together. Fun little project to pass the time, but I had to put all my weight on a 4ft cheater on the breaker bar to get the head bolts loose - if that had gone wrong some silly virus would have been the least of my concerns. Once that's done there's some welding (and then the inevitable grinding and painting) to do, and then basic maintenance and getting the toy out of winter storage and back in service.
I look at this post the same way some people look at film photography: magic ;D
Mechanics is mechanics. Think of it like fixing a big broken camera. With an internal combustion engine.
I think that's exactly what freaks him out.
^^^^^^ ;D ;D ;D
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If I stopped using potentially dangerous tools I'd be in bad shape.
One of my cars decided to burn an exhaust valve a few weeks ago, so as soon as my parts arrive I'll be rebuilding the head and bolting it all back together. Fun little project to pass the time, but I had to put all my weight on a 4ft cheater on the breaker bar to get the head bolts loose - if that had gone wrong some silly virus would have been the least of my concerns. Once that's done there's some welding (and then the inevitable grinding and painting) to do, and then basic maintenance and getting the toy out of winter storage and back in service.
I look at this post the same way some people look at film photography: magic ;D
Mechanics is mechanics. Think of it like fixing a big broken camera. With an internal combustion engine.
I think that's exactly what freaks him out.
I feel the same way about electronics. All I know is that they're powered by some sort of magic voodoo smoke, and when it comes out they stop working.
Electronics I can do. I can't read a schematic, but I know that if I solder two things together, then the magic smoke will flow through them ;D I've built quite a few pedals and rewired guitars with that limited knowledge ;D
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It always depends. If you manage to summon the magic blue smoke when repairing electronics, it always means you have to start again from scratch ;D
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Oh I thought he was talking about the magic solder smoke, which is fine the first few times you inhale it but then eventually you die ;D
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Oh I thought he was talking about the magic solder smoke, which is fine the first few times you inhale it but then eventually you die ;D
But I heard that if you breathe it in deeply it kills the coronavirus before it kills you.
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Oh I thought he was talking about the magic solder smoke, which is fine the first few times you inhale it but then eventually you die ;D
But I heard that if you breathe it in deeply it kills the coronavirus before it kills you.
That is 100% true. You'll be coronavirus-free for exactly 12 seconds.
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Soldering smoke is nothing compared to welding smoke. It's like standing next to a car fire. In the summer. In Jersey.
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Soldering smoke is nothing compared to welding smoke. It's like standing next to a car fire. In the summer. In Jersey.
I'm already dead from breathing air from New Jersey :(
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Charlotte, NC
The large healthcare system that I work for had started an enormous project that involved many of us having to travel for training. Two weeks ago, they still hadn't restricted all travel so off I went to Wisconsin. Spent three days in a hotel and in a classroom then flew back to Charlotte. As soon as we got back all travel was halted. I have been a bit concerned about exposure, largely due to travel, but I have been super-diligent about face touching, hand cleaning, social distancing. Then the word came down that our department (Information and Analytic Services) would start telecommuting where possible. My position can be performed remotely, for the most part, so for the past week I have been working from home, as has my wife. Schools closed last week as well, with plans for lessons and assignments to be given online. I don't see any of that changing in the near future. Except for grocery trips, pharmacy pickups and dog walks, we have been staying in. The dog is thrilled that we're home, but the cats have drawn up a list of demands that include more frequent feedings, access to the computer keyboards and that we stop screwing up their nap schedule. We've been streaming movies at night and playing board games to pass the time together when not working. 1917, Ford vs Ferrari and Jojo Rabbit were all worth watching. I've also ordered a new audio interface for my computer so that I can start recording again. I am eyeing my stash of packfilm and home for a possible photo project. Also, wondering if the oldish bottles of Rodinal and HC-110 are still good. Also, I see that Caskers delivers booze. Never tried them before, but may give them a try.
The healthcare system I work for, which has multiple hospitals in the area/region, is one of the few in the nation that has in-house corona virus testing capabilities, and I hope that quick turnaround capability will help limit transmission in the area by getting people who test positive into quarantine, whether at home or as inpatients. I do fear that people are not taking social limiting seriously enough. And I worry about my elderly relatives.
I hope you all fare well through all of this. Keep safe.
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I do fear that people are not taking social limiting seriously enough. And I worry about my elderly relatives.
I do too. And one thing that worries me about the USA is that so many people don't have proper medical insurance. These people will usually do everything in their power to avoid going to hospital simply to avoid raising a bill. There's the risk that contaminated people will be going around spreading the virus even if they know they might have it.
Here, even with our universal healthcare, the provincial government had to force closed all the shopping malls because elderly people would still congregate there to waste some time and then land in hospital with infections...
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Started a new Coronavirus series over in Photo Essays
http://www.filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=10020.0 (http://www.filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=10020.0)
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I do fear that people are not taking social limiting seriously enough.
There's the risk that contaminated people will be going around spreading the virus even if they know they might have it.
Judging from the number of flights still happening in the US, compared to everywhere else, I think they are doing just that.
From flight radar...
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This might be of interest. This site has statistics and graphs for every country, new cases, cumulative cases, and deaths.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-death-toll/ (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-death-toll/)
Even though deaths is a lagging indicator, it's probably a bit more indicative of the trajectory of infection since confirmed cases are subject to delays and regional variation of doing tests.
Spoiler alert: it looks pretty bad.
I like that site for giving a general feel for the gravity of the situation but I'd sure like to see a similar tool that gives specific info that we can use, like in my town (whatever that town may be) do the hospitals have beds and ventilators? And in what towns are there unused ventilators, and how many?
Right now NYC is getting hammered and could probably use some spare ventilators from Albuquerque or some other city that has a light load currently. Later when the wave heads toward Albuquerque NYC could return the favor. It would be tragic for one municipality to sit on unused equipment while people die in others.
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Judging from the number of flights still happening in the US, compared to everywhere else, I think they are doing just that.
From flight radar...
Now I'm really scared... :(
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I feel for these people in India, this is going to make their situation so much worse. This is going to quickly spread it across the countryside. The next few weeks could get very ugly there.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-india-52093574/coronavirus-huge-crowds-as-india-lockdown-sparks-mass-migration (https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-india-52093574/coronavirus-huge-crowds-as-india-lockdown-sparks-mass-migration)
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India is the worst situation. It has an insane population density, as well as a huge population way below poverty level for whom not being able to work for a couple of pennies a week is literally the difference between life and death. The villages are actually the safest places in the country, there's less pollution and a lot more space, not to mention more people caring about people. But you're right that people bringing the virus from cities to the village is going to be really bad. I do not look forward to seeing how this plays out.
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We were doing good until we got this news. Our friends son decided to sneak out from self isolation to play basketball with a friend last weekend. In the process of being robbed he got shot. The bullet severed his spine and damaged his lungs. They can’t operate on him until he’s more stable so in the meantime he’s in a hospital full of people with the virus with damaged lungs. His mother has only been able to visit him once this week because they don’t want unnecessary people in the hospital, that’s driving her nuts. He will likely be paralyzed to some extent if he survives. He was supposed to come visit us for his birthday in about a month. :'(
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/crime/2020/04/03/stayton-men-arrest-charged-salem-police-shooting-swat/5116070002/] [url]https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/crime/2020/04/03/stayton-men-arrest-charged-salem-police-shooting-swat/5116070002/ (http://[url)[/url]
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Bryan,
So sorry to learn of this. How awful.
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That's definitely bad news. And the worst timing possible....
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It's hard to find a starting place for a reply, but here goes.
We are fine and still sheltering in place. Hubby is working from home. We go out for groceries once a week since we are rural and there is no delivery service available for us. We are also shopping for an elderly couple where the wife is in later stages of Alzheimers and suffers from pneumonia often. Right now they are fine.
New Mexico has seen a recent spike in cases and we are at 495 and 10 deaths. Most are in the Albuquerque area since it is the most densely populated.
Our governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham is doing a great job of keeping everyone informed and is stern about staying home. she does a press conference every day which keeps everyone up to date on the virus and what the state is doing.
She's the former Health secretary of NM, so I feel like she has a good grip on the situation...even though the news every day is not so good.
As far as air traffic....I live under the flight path to the Albuquerque airport, so I see most planes coming or going...even though I'm 30 miles from town. There do seem to be more planes than what I would think 'safe".....some of these planes are UPS.
I have not noticed any jets or Ospreys flying from Kirtland AFB as I sometimes do...but I'm not outside all the time to look. when the Osprys fly over, they shake the house.
The airport and Kirtland AFB share runways.
I've been able to find most things I've looked for in the grocery store...except last night there were no white onions or avocados. there has always been bread and milk. No toilet paper except at Wally World which I avoid.
Oh, and earlier this week I was going to build a simple wooden pinhole camera but instead opted to build a spice rack. I'll try to post a photo of it on the weekend thread.
That's all from the desert southwest.
Stay safe and healthy y'all.
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As far as air traffic....I live under the flight path to the Albuquerque airport, so I see most planes coming or going...even though I'm 30 miles from town. There do seem to be more planes than what I would think 'safe".....some of these planes are UPS.
I have not noticed any jets or Ospreys flying from Kirtland AFB as I sometimes do...but I'm not outside all the time to look. when the Osprys fly over, they shake the house.
Though I'm far from the airport their flight path often takes them over my house. Every time I see a commercial plane fly over I can't help to think what those people are thinking, might as well get on a cruise ship while you're at it. We also get a lot of air traffic from freight and Boeing manufacturing, that's understandable.
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Somehow it reminds me of an XKCD comic https://xkcd.com/2284/
When you hover your cursor over the image it says "So excited to see everyone after my luxury cruise home from the World Handshake Championships!"
But yeah, even if our prime minister gives a press conference everyday too, people still don't get it. There are still people waiting in line outside at the grocery stores. Granted that most leave some space between themselves, it's not always the case.
When we go pick-up the groceries, I have to be extra careful and I keep telling people to not stand so close as they have a tendency to approach.
And getting your order is pretty much hit or miss as the people at the stores that prepare the orders are rushed beyond belief.
I have a friend who's 80 and he's going around like if there was nothing going on. He worries me a lot.
Right now, the hospitals are running out of medication, respirators and masks.
And things could still take a turn for the worst as 3M have been officially summoned to stop selling masks and other safety equipment to Canada.
There's also a ship containing protection gear that left China for Canada but never arrived, its contents were diverted elsewhere because somebody offered to buy all that was on that ship at a higher price than what our government had paid for it. There are serious rumors going around about who is behind this but I don't want to open up the rumor mill.
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Somehow it reminds me of an XKCD comic https://xkcd.com/2284/
When you hover your cursor over the image it says "So excited to see everyone after my luxury cruise home from the World Handshake Championships!"
I'm going to joke-post a gig announcement on Facebook, because that's the best way to make people come up with excuses as to why they need to stay home that night and can't make it out ;D
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I've been able to find most things I've looked for in the grocery store...except last night there were no white onions or avocados. there has always been bread and milk. No toilet paper except at Wally World which I avoid.
Oddly, the one thing I've noticed my local grocery store is NEVER out of is avocados. Mexican avocados at that. Odd given NYC's distance from Mexico, but understandable given the large population of Mexicans (specifically, from Puebla) here.
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I guess that living on guacamole for the next few weeks would put you off for the rest of your life...
I'm quite happy though as I managed to grab some frozen raspberries in the last order.
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Pretty sure that even if I ate nothing but avocados for the next 2 months, I'd still crave avocados when we're allowed back into the world ;D
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Guacamole I can handle, but aubergine dip, baba ganoush, is a turn-off for me.
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You're crazy. Baba ganoush is the best :D
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At least we can still avoid anything that has turnip in it...
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An old friend of mine wants to get back into photography during these coronavirus days and asked me what camera she should get (Olympus Trip). It got me to thinking about all the cheap cameras I've acquired recently and the test shots I've done. I wanted to share them with her to help her decide. They're not full reviews but they're a start. Actually, most reviews frustrate me because they often lack decent test shots.
So I decided to create a page on my website dedicated to these "Old Cameras / Fresh Film" test shots. And figured it was a good way to kill an hour or so.
https://www.hookstrapped.com/old-cameras-fresh-film (https://www.hookstrapped.com/old-cameras-fresh-film)
Good news! It actually took more than an hour. Just 10-15 months to go...
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One thing to consider about those flights is how full they are. I keep seeing in cabin photos taken by the passengers and at least some flights have only 3 or 4 passengers. Don't know why they would even run a flight with so few customers. Or, at least only fly 50 passenger regional jets and medium range turboprops.
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The missus and I have been strict on self isolating. We only converse with friends or the kids and grandkids with facetime or the phone. Fortunately we had a family of three move in with us just before this whole thing blew up. They had to move out of their rental on short notice and were between homes. Now at least we have some good company. My wife and I live mostly inside our heads and are both solid introverts but these friends are extroverts so it balances out.
Going out to walk the dog and yard work is my exercise and others in our neighborhood out walking give a wide distance when passing even if we stop to chat for a moment. So far Thurston county has about 50 confirmed cases but I don't know how many have to go to hospital. I'm 70, type 2 with hypertension so understandably want to avoid people.
The gang here at Filmwasters has also been good company, but that was always true, even before the pandemic.
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So I decided to create a page on my website dedicated to these "Old Cameras / Fresh Film" test shots. And figured it was a good way to kill an hour or so.
https://www.hookstrapped.com/old-cameras-fresh-film (https://www.hookstrapped.com/old-cameras-fresh-film)
Good news! It actually took more than an hour. Just 10-15 months to go...
Going through these shots, many of which are street scenes full of people, made me nostalgic already. It's so quiet out now. Just birds and sirens.
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Going through these shots, many of which are street scenes full of people, made me nostalgic already. It's so quiet out now. Just birds and sirens.
Made me think of The Omega Man (1971). Full movie here if you want some dystopian 70s sci-fi: https://archive.org/details/TheOmegaMan1971 (https://archive.org/details/TheOmegaMan1971)
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Eating.
Just...eating...
sigh.
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Debbie: yesterday I got bored and started cutting up the few ads we still get through the mail to do some collages.
It took surprisingly long and kept me busy. It was one of the first times I actually had fun in a while. Jimi Hendrix was playing on the radio. it was actually nice to do. I now have a small pile of pieces ready to paste.
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Eating.
Just...eating...
sigh.
COVID-19lbs
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I just hope not.
All I know is that at the end of this, everybody will have long hair, some will have a shoddy hairdo because they tried cutting it themselves, a lot of people will have gained weight and everybody will know what cabin fever really is.
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I just hope not.
All I know is that at the end of this, everybody will have long hair, some will have a shoddy hairdo because they tried cutting it themselves, a lot of people will have gained weight and everybody will know what cabin fever really is.
My wife and I cut each other’s hair last week. My hair was easy, not much to cut. I was stressed about cutting hers but she was happy with it, just took an inch off the length, nothing fancy. My hair hadn’t been cut since before I went to Hawaii in January so I needed it pretty bad.
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Mom did my hair the other day. She did an OK job at it. But when I asked her if she wanted me to take off a bit of it, she told me "maybe some other time"... I guess she was afraid that I'd get "artistic" with it ;D
It's funny because there's a local radio host who has a lot of hair who says he's totally lost all control over it... https://fr-fr.facebook.com/toutunmatin/photos/a.1406770846202842/2586278541585394/?type=3&theater
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While most people are growing a coronavirus beard, I'm growing coronavirus hair :D I basically had a choice of growing out my hair and revealing my ever-growing bald spot, or growing out my beard and revealing all the grays (I'm about 70% gray in my beard). I chose the former because I've been shaving my head so long, I wondered how much my bald spot had grown. Spoiler alert: a LOT :o
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You could grow a cool heavy metal beard like Scott Ian from the band Anthrax ;)
I can just imagine a heavy metal Indofunk... ;D
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My wife and I were watching a movie tonight when I put her on notice: "Can you please cut my hair this weekend?" This will be a first in almost 27 years of marriage.
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I went on a "virtual photowalk" with a guy I got to know on the Sunny 16 Podcast Discord server. He lives a few hundred kilometers from where I live and I called him on his mobile phone and we each went to shoot some film in our area while talking for more than 2h. It was great fun. All social distancing rules were observed. The weather was nice, too, so I'm freshly "recharged" and ready for another week of working at home.
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That's pretty darn cool.
My only virtual photography these days is through traffic cams, webcams, google earth... Maybe I should re-install Grand Theft Auto San Andrea...
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That's pretty darn cool.
My only virtual photography these days is through traffic cams, webcams, google earth... Maybe I should re-install Grand Theft Auto San Andrea...
When I was working in Honolulu one of those street view camera cars came down the road we were working on, I think it was Apple. I had to turn them away because we had the road closed. I'm going to have to look into that later and see if I got in the photo.
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Just popping in for an update.
Everyone is still healthy here at home. We only venture out once a week for groceries.
I found a tin can at the dump a week ago when I hauled off the trash. ( going to the dump was a highlight I should add, it meant getting out of the house)
I've added a photo of it below and will convert it to pinhole for Sunday. If anyone reads greek, I think it says Greek Honey is the best!
Also I've been baking. I made my own sourdough starter a few weeks ago and have made a few loaves so far.
I've baked in the past, so it's not a new thing. It's just with all this free time at home, there is time to baby sit dough. My grandmother used to make bread every other day, so I feel very close to her now carrying on baking.
And finally, I started writing haiku again and am putting them on a blog at:
https://haikudrivethru.blogspot.com/
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I'm baking too. Still haven't cracked the sour dough starter. About five attempts have been flushed so far... Yeast was in short supply for a time here but I've now got plenty and my local mill opened their website for 10 minutes and I was able to get 30Kg flour so no shortage of bread in our house.
(https://i.imgur.com/5uW1HcDl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/STHpjO9l.jpg)
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wow! Pete, those look amazing! I love fresh hot bread...maybe too much.
I've found my tummy is more tolerant of sourdough, so I stick with it. Yeast is unheard of around here, but tomorrow when I make my foraging trip to town, I'm going to ask at the supermarket bakery if they have any yeast they're willing to sell
There seem to be a lot of filmwasting bakers here. Very cool!
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This seems appropriate to the current discussion.
(https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sourdough_starter.png)
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I usually bake once a week but with the current situation, and being at home all the time, I'm baking twice a week now. The white loaf is becoming my midweek choice with granary (with seeds and grains) at the weekend. The white loaf I do in a cast iron casserole - a guaranteed way to get a good rise in the oven.
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I've been brewing a lot of beer, having trouble keeping up with demand lately. I use the spent grains from brewing to make bread, it's delicious. I'm not an expert bread maker, I do the no-kneed bread with packaged yeast I managed to get before they ran out. I just substitute some of the flour with the beer grains. With grains from a stout or porter I make a dark rye by blending the grains with the rye flour. I'll be making a loaf today or tomorrow using grains from a robust porter I brewed a few weeks ago. Like Peter I use a cast iron Dutch Oven to bake the bread.
Update on our friends son that got shot when he snuck out of self isolation to play basketball. He has been on a ventilator for 3 weeks now, he has a fever and an infection in his lungs that wont go away. The doctors don't understand why it wont go away. He's just starting to breath a little bit on his own, they may take him off the ventilator and give him a trachea. They have tested him for the Coronavirus, so far he hasn't caught it in the hospital. The doctors decided that they won't operate, the bullet fragments will have to stay in him. He has been able to use at least one arm, tried to pull his ventilator out when he woke up. He will be paralyzed at least from the waist down they just don't know exactly how bad it is yet.
He just turned 18 a few days ago, we sent a video for his birthday, he enjoyed getting all the messages from friends and family. His mother is now able to visit him almost every day, he's communicating to her by blinking his eyes for yes and no.
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thanks for the update on your friends son. It's tough to read and heartbreaking.
I really don't have words, no words will help. I wish the family strength.
stay safe y'all, and keep baking and brewing.
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Seems bread making is a popular pastime.
Yeast is as rare as rocking horse poo round here, but flour is slowly making it’s way back into the shops.
In anticipation that I will need to make pizza dough next week without yeast, I made a loaf yesterday using raisin water yeast.
1st rise took 8 hours (until tripled in size) and 2nd rise was about 2.5 hours.
Which made a nice loaf, given this was a first attempt. (Helped by previous sourdough experiences.)
I currently have a jar of levain in the fridge waiting for next week.
Mike
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Seems bread making is a popular pastime.
Yeast is as rare as rocking horse poo round here, but flour is slowly making it’s way back into the shops.
In anticipation that I will need to make pizza dough next week without yeast, I made a loaf yesterday using raisin water yeast.
1st rise took 8 hours (until tripled in size) and 2nd rise was about 2.5 hours.
Which made a nice loaf, given this was a first attempt. (Helped by previous sourdough experiences.)
I currently have a jar of levain in the fridge waiting for next week.
Mike
I had never heard of raisin water yeast before. I looked into using beer yeast, I have plenty of that but from what I read the bread wouldn't rise much. They seem to have plenty of flour in the stores again around here. I always have trouble finding dark rye flour locally, just got a bag on Amazon.
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Well... flour is still pretty rare here. Managed to put my hands on two 2lbs bags of all purpose flour. Yeast is nowhere to be found. Baking powder is also pretty rare.
So... who wants some fresh glue?
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Been making bread for years now, but I just bought an ice cream machine ... and Oh SWEET JESUS, the first plum sorbet I made today was FAVOLOSO.
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Breadwasters!
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Breadwasters indeed! I've only been baking bread for about a year, and always been using commercial yeast. But now apparently yeast is scarce everywhere, so I've jumped on the homemade sourdough bandwagon. My first loaf I overproofed, my own damn fault. Second loaf is first proofing now, so I'll be more careful with this one ;)
Bryan: please tell me more about using spent wort as flour! I've always wanted to homebrew, and if I can use the spent wort to make bread with my new sourdough starter, then that's a win-win!
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Breadwasters indeed! I've only been baking bread for about a year, and always been using commercial yeast. But now apparently yeast is scarce everywhere, so I've jumped on the homemade sourdough bandwagon. My first loaf I overproofed, my own damn fault. Second loaf is first proofing now, so I'll be more careful with this one ;)
Bryan: please tell me more about using spent wort as flour! I've always wanted to homebrew, and if I can use the spent wort to make bread with my new sourdough starter, then that's a win-win!
You have to brew with grains, some home brew kits just use a malt extract. After I brew I spread the grains on a baking sheet and dehydrate them in the oven for about 2 hours at 250F. After that I can freeze them for use later. Most of the bread recipes I use call for 4 cups of flour. I take 2 cups of the grain which is very loose with a lot of voids. I mix in flour to fill all those voids. Depending on your taste you could start with a little less grain and add flour to get it up to 2 cups. Add that to the other 2 cups of flour. When I do the dark rye my recipe calls for 2 cups of bread flour and 2 cups of rye flour. I mix the grains with the rye flour. I’ll probably make a loaf this weekend so I’ll try to remember to take some pictures.
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Been making bread for years now, but I just bought an ice cream machine ... and Oh SWEET JESUS, the first plum sorbet I made today was FAVOLOSO.
They must grow some very early plums up in the valleys.
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Well... flour is still pretty rare here. Managed to put my hands on two 2lbs bags of all purpose flour. Yeast is nowhere to be found. Baking powder is also pretty rare.
So... who wants some fresh glue?
Or pastry or pasta.
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Been making bread for years now, but I just bought an ice cream machine ... and Oh SWEET JESUS, the first plum sorbet I made today was FAVOLOSO.
They must grow some very early plums up in the valleys.
Tbh, I didn't check but I'm guessing they were from Spain. :)
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I used to make sorbets by putting it in the freezer in a tub and giving it a stir occasionally. Probably not as smooth as an ice cream maker would do but it worked. Haven't made any for years. But I eat loads of ice cream so maybe I should get one. I suspect, once you've tried homemade ice cream, you would never eat the commercial stuff again. Same as with bread.
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Well... flour is still pretty rare here. Managed to put my hands on two 2lbs bags of all purpose flour. Yeast is nowhere to be found. Baking powder is also pretty rare.
So... who wants some fresh glue?
Or pastry or pasta.
Or maybe pancakes... Though I've never made any without the help of Aunt Jemima.
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And if you made English pancakes (https://www.lylesgoldensyrup.com/recipe/classic-pancakes) instead of those puffy things you have over there, you wouldn't need bicarb or baking powder. Just flour, milk and eggs plus lashings of golden syrup to drizzle over them.
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Yep, that's the way we make pancakes around here. And if they're not made from rubber like at McDonald's, the better they are.
And with a light coat of maple syrup it's delicious.
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And if you made English pancakes (https://www.lylesgoldensyrup.com/recipe/classic-pancakes) instead of those puffy things you have over there, you wouldn't need bicarb or baking powder. Just flour, milk and eggs plus lashings of golden syrup to drizzle over them.
Hard to tell by the photos on the Lyles site, but are they almost as thin as crepes? Also, I'm sure golden syrup must be great on pancakes, but I can't see forgoing real grade B maple syrup.
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Yes, English pancakes = crêpes
I've never acquired the taste for maple syrup. Guess it's a marmite (https://www.creativereview.co.uk/you-either-love-it-or-hate-it/) thing.
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I must admit that you really need to have a sweet tooth to appreciate.
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I used to make sorbets by putting it in the freezer in a tub and giving it a stir occasionally. Probably not as smooth as an ice cream maker would do but it worked. Haven't made any for years. But I eat loads of ice cream so maybe I should get one. I suspect, once you've tried homemade ice cream, you would never eat the commercial stuff again. Same as with bread.
As a general truth, yes. Though anything home-made is going to have a short freezer shelf-life compared with Ben & Jerry's, which is probably 'best before' the year after next. :)
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a question for the breadwasters...
since I've just bought a 25 pound sack of flour, I need a good tip on storage.
I have glass jars that I've used for my smaller amounts...but now I've got this big ol bag and need a better thing than just the paper bag to keep it in.
What's an easy good way to store a LOT of flour? My preference would to have it in one container and not ten smaller jars strung around the pantry...
Thanks!
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You can freeze flour if you have the space and wrap it air-tight.
But otherwise paper is not a bad material as long as it's in the driest place you can find.
And consider the best-by date - it can lose flavour if you store too much of it.
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Also, insects like flour a lot. It's even a problem at flour mills.
So keeping it dry is a must to avoid fungus growing in it. And not stockpiling it for en excessive duration like preppers do.
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Thanks. It's very dry here so it's unlikely to mold. Freezing is a great idea!
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This is the bread I made this weekend with bear grain, it turned out great. The grain is from a robust porter I brewed a few weeks ago. I blended over a cup of rye flour into the grain without increasing the volume.
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So you don't even powder/mill the grains? That must make for a pretty dense loaf...
And to Becky, one other thing to take into consideration is that flour has a good amount of fat in it, so it will go rancid after a while, which is why fridge/freezer is definitely recommended for long term storage. There seems to be a shortage of consumer-packaged bread flour (ie, less than 25lbs), so I've been reduced to using AP flour :'(
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So you don't even powder/mill the grains? That must make for a pretty dense loaf...
That would ruin it for me, I like crunchy grainy bread with a hard crust. The loaf is a little dense but not too bad. I kind of followed what was recommended on a beer brewing forum but adapted it to a no kneed bread recipe I liked.
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Thanks. It's very dry here so it's unlikely to mold. Freezing is a great idea!
If you have room to freeze it long term it's the best way. But even if you don't have room to leave it in the freezer permanently, it's a good idea to freeze it for a couple of days to kill any weevils or eggs that are in it (and there will be).
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I was reading something in the paper this morning and it's made me wonder about something.
The reporters here just invented a new word to describe people who don't believe that Covid-19 exists or people that don't respect the new social distancing norms (or just do something stupid that endangers people). They now call these people "Covidiots". I'm wondering if that word has also been coined in your part of the world?
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That, and ... the leader of the free world has been infected with MORONAVIRUS.
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I just hope that this new strain isn't contagious ;D
What I find interesting these days is that we constantly learn new things about how the world works.
Like I learned why we have such a hard time getting our hands on yeast. It happens that Fleischman has only one factory for all of Canada... And they have been seeing a 400% increase in sales.
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Funny! I just received a bottle of Fleischmann's yeast that I ordered about 4-5 weeks ago when I panicked because I was running out of yeast. In the meantime, I created my own sourdough starter and just today baked my second loaf of sourdough bread which came out AMAZING! I'm never going to need commercial yeast ever again!! ;D
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This guys family brought a starter when they crossed the US on the Oregon trail in 1845. They kept it going ever since. You can order it but even they are having trouble keeping up with demand right now.
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Got my own, thanks! ;D Although it's not as musty as other sourdough starters I've smelled ... I've moved it into the fridge now, it's at that stage where it's very active and ready to bake at any point ... but maybe I should culture it more ... bring it to some jazz shows and maybe even some avant-garde noise shows (though it's definitely gotten enough of that with me playing in the apartment ;D )
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There seems to be a shortage of consumer-packaged bread flour (ie, less than 25lbs), so I've been reduced to using AP flour :'(
I can't even get all purpose flour here. I'll be using the tiny amount of flour that I do have to keep my starter alive. Ah well.
Does anyone know of an online source that will ship bread flour? (Long shot I know)
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Apart from Walmart and Amazon, I don't think there is.
Here one of the big problems we have is due to the railway strike we had in January followed by the First Nation Indians who, to protest against the construction of a natural gas pipeline, decided to block the railroad tracks across the country. The grain from the prairies wasn't delivered to the flour mills for a few months. So the flour mills are now doing "just in time" processing of the grain. What they get in the morning is already sold in the afternoon. Anything that goes wrong can affect their production and the availability of flour based products...
That and the fact that many flour mills are running out of bags.
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There seems to be a shortage of consumer-packaged bread flour (ie, less than 25lbs), so I've been reduced to using AP flour :'(
I can't even get all purpose flour here. I'll be using the tiny amount of flour that I do have to keep my starter alive. Ah well.
Does anyone know of an online source that will ship bread flour? (Long shot I know)
I suspect you've tried the normal sources, but if not:
Bob's Red Mill https://www.bobsredmill.com/shop/flours-and-meals.html?p=3 (https://www.bobsredmill.com/shop/flours-and-meals.html?p=3)
King Arthur Flour https://shop.kingarthurflour.com/flours (https://shop.kingarthurflour.com/flours)
Both have experienced rapid sell-through and are often out of stock. In the retail sector (at least in my neck of Southern California), Target had a good supply of King Arthur when we shopped last week; and Trader Joes had a small but reasonable supply of their flour brand.
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I'm not much of a bread baker, but sweet baking I can do. We used the shelter-in-place order as an excuse to buy ourselves a stand mixer. Here are the cakes of quarantine (clockwise from top left - apple upside-down cake, banana-coconut layer cake with milk chocolate frosting, black and white banana bread, chocolate chiffon cake with lemon cream cheese frosting and rhubarb syrup):
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Those look delicious Grit!
Speaking of runs on toilet paper and yeast, next week Cinco de Mayo is on Taco Tuesday. Expect a rush on taco shells and tequila since all the Mexican restaurants are closed. I have enough Tequila to kill a horse so I may have enough to get through this.
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Definitely looks yummy even though they aren't my kind of cakes...
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Got another update on our friends son that was shot, they took him off the ventilator, he's breathing on his own through the trachea tube. His fever has also come down a little so he's finally showing some signs of improvement.
The person that shot him is trying to get out of jail claiming it puts him at risk of getting the virus. Our friend is extremely upset about this. I don't think they will let him out, he didn't seem to care much about the virus when he was out shooting people. Plus, they may be letting prisoners out but not violent offenders.
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Bryan, good to hear your friend's son is doing a little better! Hope he will continue to improve.
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Definitely looks yummy even though they aren't my kind of cakes...
So what's your kind of cakes?
I'm more of a spiced fruit cake sort of person.
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Years ago there was a small Filmwasters baking group that stayed in touch via email. (Remember email?) Maybe there can be an off topic thread somewhere on Filmwasters where we can share recipes and techniques? I mean after I can get some good flour. :-)
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Years ago there was a small Filmwasters baking group that stayed in touch via email. (Remember email?) Maybe there can be an off topic thread somewhere on Filmwasters where we can share recipes and techniques? I mean after I can get some good flour. :-)
Don't see why not. We have a music room, maybe we need a bakery.
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Definitely looks yummy even though they aren't my kind of cakes...
So what's your kind of cakes?
I'm more of a spiced fruit cake sort of person.
I'm more the vanilla or chocolate type. Though I have a very weak spot for Gâteau Basque.
I also sometimes make cinnamon and brown sugar cupcakes. Welfare Pudding is also a favorite.
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Another update on our friends son that got shot. He's out of the hospital and into rehabilitation! He is paralyzed and will need to learn how to deal with that. His parents are scrambling to build him a handicap accessible apartment at their house but probably won't have it completed before he gets out. It's going to be quite difficult for him going forward but he is lucky to have survived this.
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The main thing now is that he gets some quality of life.
And lets hope that one day doctors figure out how to repair nerve tissues.
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It's now official, today is one of the scariest moments in this whole pandemic!
The provincial government has lifted the mandatory quarantine in Montreal. Shops are reopening even if our prime minister still comes on TV every day saying "good news! Yesterday we had only 83 deaths, things are going well. My sympathies to the families. Montreal is still a problematic hot spot but we see no reason to keep people confined any longer."...
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Years ago there was a small Filmwasters baking group that stayed in touch via email. (Remember email?) Maybe there can be an off topic thread somewhere on Filmwasters where we can share recipes and techniques? I mean after I can get some good flour. :-)
Jeff, what kind of flour are you looking for. I have some bread flour and also organic AP...be happy to send some your way.
Let me know.