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Chemguy is now banished. Hoping not necessary but decided to do the safe thing. I do hope the test comes back within the shorter timeframe. His mini office was set up in the bedroom after he got back from testing.
 
Agreed. We can tell that there is more in the communities by how many people that i know are having to be tested due to possible exposure.
 
I had a chilly but pleasant properly distanced visit with an old friend of mine today. We sat in her driveway, appropriately distanced, covered in blankets and drinking our own tea (mine from my thermos into my own china cup, lol). I only found out today that she was diagnosed with Covid in September, the second of the local college employees. Managed not to give it to hubby, didn't have a terrible case, a little intestinal upset, and no appetite for much besides clear soup and crackers and eggs for a couple of weeks. Like me, she has almost no sense of smell to start with, so she doesn't know if that was affected. It's made her quite vigilant. One of of her son's roommates in Toronto (a 20 something year old woman), came very close to being hospitalized due to the severity of her cough.
 
Pinga said:
Agreed. We can tell that there is more in the communities by how many people that i know are having to be tested due to possible exposure.
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Well here's a great example. The person we through triggered all of this has tested negative, and I don't think it's a case of tested too soon as the area where he is doesn't even have the option to get tested daily. So the positive case doesn't know where he contracted it from. I wonder if he even would have picked up on his symptoms so soon as being enough to get tested, they were mild and didn't last long - assuming of course that it's over with.
 
That is the concerning thing about this. It clearly targets the elderly, but the long-term side effects on others is unknown at yet, but there's clear evidence of an "after-Covid" syndrome, also no clear indication that infection equals later immunity.
 
I also had outdoor tea with a friend today, and with a former colleague last evening :-) It's a thing now! We put up a clear vinyl windbreak at one end of our porch & it's now reasonably comfy out there much of the time. I put cushions on the seat & back of the chairs so that keeps warmth close & have blankets for the lap & legs. A candle for ambience ... and there you go! It was so good to see & chat with people other than my mate.
 
You know, we have a fire table. Maybe time to talk about putting it out on the deck and putting cozy furniture out there.
Nice for sitting on, can take the cushions out when people are over.

hmmmmm

pondering.

of course, have to wait until after the test results come back, presuming negative for all.
 
This aft was damp and chilly, and although we had an overhang, not well protected (although better than her back deck due to exposure, etc.) We had warm drinks, lap blankets to bury hands in. An hour is fine, much longer, you need more. It was about 5 degrees F.
 
Good morning, good morning. Our skiff of snow vanished in the recent rain and milder temperatures. High for the day is predicted to be +6. But it's damp and overcast. I think I'll start just a small fire in the fireplace to warm and cheer people as they drop in.

I'm thinking of those of you who are living in areas where the Covid 19 is bad. It must be stressful.

I think maybe those of us living in the Maritimes have been a bit smug about our numbers. But we've had the reminder – it can happen here.

I'm not good at living in isolation. Fortunately, after our own initial lockdown, we had a time of respite in the yellow zone. From early September until Thursday, I was able to enjoy some contact beyond my immediate family – a single friend over for a game of Scrabble and dinner, the brief visit with a neighbour, some good meetings at church, volunteering, and worship. I actually got to the mall shopping twice since February. And now – now we are back in the orange zone. The few plans that I had made for Christmas are on hold. It's discouraging – especially at my age and health condition. Things I don't do now, I probably won't be doing again. And Seelerboy won't be home anytime soon.

Seelerman and I go through the motions. We've got of our outside lights and yesterday we put up our tree. We're getting a bit of home cooking done. And we will see our daughter today. Life goes on.

And I think I hear the coffee cart. Good morning to all.
 
Good morning, all! Happy weekend! As we wait for test results, and take all wise precautions, let us gather around the coffee cart foe warming beverages.

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I will cut my Christmas tree tomorrow. Tradition to go with a friend and junior anteater and GF. Freshly cut trees last so long that it is worth putting it up on the first of Advent. In Germany, traditionally, you put you tree up on Christmas eve morning, but still it will have lost most of the needles on NewYears.
Surprisingly, the cat doesn’t climb the tree, only takes off the bottom ornaments, which will be wooden or plastic.
 
Good morning all. Happy saturday


I expect we will skip a tree this year. We do theEuropean tradition of putting it up Christmas eve. for The last ten years or so, we go cut a tree around noon on the 24th, put it up in the afternoon, early evening. Have oysters and cheese. We put on string lights but also candles. We light them Christmas Eve as we sit around and nibble and play games.

looked hard for the candles but found them on line German store. I think I bought twenty boxes of candles to last
 
It's already busy in town. Despite the fact that we're in the orange phase, it looks just like any other Christmas frenzy.
Dreary November day. A little weak blue in the sky.
I'm already at my caffeine limit so I have some wild river mint tea from Ontario to share if anyone's interested.
 
Lastpointe said:
Good morning all. Happy saturday


I expect we will skip a tree this year. We do theEuropean tradition of putting it up Christmas eve. for The last ten years or so, we go cut a tree around noon on the 24th, put it up in the afternoon, early evening. Have oysters and cheese. We put on string lights but also candles. We light them Christmas Eve as we sit around and nibble and play games.

looked hard for the candles but found them on line German store. I think I bought twenty boxes of candles to last
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Friends of ours used to have real candles on the tree. Very pretty, but then, our french teacher had his tree go up in flames- the story he told was really scary.
And anybody in Canada who lives in a wooden framed house should probably not consider real candles on the tree.
 
ninj said:
It's already busy in town. Despite the fact that we're in the orange phase, it looks just like any other Christmas frenzy.
Dreary November day. A little weak blue in the sky.
I'm already at my caffeine limit so I have some wild river mint tea from Ontario to share if anyone's interested.
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I am surprised to hear you are at Orange. I thought cases in NB are in Moncton and St. John. Anything going on in Fredercton?
 
Mrs.Anteater said:
Friends of ours used to have real candles on the tree. Very pretty, but then, our french teacher had his tree go up in flames- the story he told was really scary.
And anybody in Canada who lives in a wooden framed house should probably not consider real candles on the tree.
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It is definitely something we keep a close eye on. Partly the tree is about three hours cut when we light the candles. I have actually held a candle to a branch with no catching. But we do watch it carefully. I always blow them out about half way down because I like the look of the candles in the tree the rest of the time

and lol. we live in a log house
 
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