Stay inside [twitter.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

That is great!! I don't wanna stay inside, spring is here! I wanna garden.

Good morning to everyone in the group.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

Our @Admin was brilliant when he suggested I start this group. I seriously don't know what I'd have done without all you WONDERFUL people here, keeping our spirits up and the fight going. I am so glad to have all of you participating and posting all our wonderful bashing and blasphemy of Der Donnie. I love the camaraderie, the bashing, the discussions, the news. And Thank you @silverotter11 for your kind words.

Was already in a depression, now I’m getting numb.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

I feel your pain. I feel my anxiety rising every day. I can't work at home yet, and when we can work from home it won't be full time, some days we will have to be in the office. Luckily I live alone so I am not affecting anyone else. Sadly I won't see the babies or 2 of the kids until this is all over. These are hard times, and we just gotta keep on keeping on. Oy, Keep reaching out, we will get through together, K?

What it’s like being a New York ER doctor during this pandemic - The Washington Post

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

By Craig Spencer March 24, 2020 at 12:27 p.m. CDT Craig Spencer is director of global health in emergency medicine at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. NEW YORK — Wake up at 6:30 a.m. Priority is making a big pot of coffee for the whole day, because the place by the hospital is closed. The Starbucks, too. It’s all closed. On the walk, it feels like Sunday. No one is out. Might be the freezing rain. Or it’s early. Regardless, that’s good. Walk in for your 8 a.m. shift: Struck by how the calm of the early morning city streets is immediately transformed. The bright fluorescent lights of the ER reflect off everyone’s protective goggles. There is a cacophony of coughing. You stop. Mask up. Walk in. You take sign-out from the previous team, but nearly every patient is the same, young and old: cough, shortness of breath, fever. The staff is really worried about one patient. Very short of breath, on the maximum amount of oxygen we can give, but still breathing fast. You immediately assess this patient. It’s clear what this is and what needs to happen. You have a long and honest discussion with the patient, and with her family over the phone. It’s best to put her on life support now, before things get much worse. You’re getting set up for that when you’re notified of another really sick patient coming in. You rush over. He’s also extremely sick, vomiting. He needs to be put on life support as well. You bring them back. Two patients, in rooms right next to each other, both getting a breathing tube. It's not even 10 a.m. For the rest of your 12-hour shift, nearly every hour, you get paged: Stat notification: Very sick patient, short of breath, fever. Oxygen 88 percent. Stat notification: Low blood pressure, short of breath, low oxygen. Stat notification: Low oxygen, can’t breathe. Fever. All day ... Sometime in the afternoon, you recognize you haven’t drunk any water. You’re afraid to take off the mask. It’s the only thing that protects you. Surely you can last a little longer — in West Africa during Ebola, you spent hours in a hot suit without water. One more patient ... By late afternoon, you need to eat. The restaurant across the street is closed. Right, everything is closed. But thankfully the hospital cafeteria is open. You grab something, wash your hands (twice), cautiously take off your mask and eat as fast as you can. Go back. Mask up. Walk in. Nearly everyone you see today is the same. We assume everyone is infected. We wear gowns, goggles and masks at every encounter. All day. It’s the only way to be safe. Where did all the heart attacks and appendicitis patients go? It’s all covid-19. When your shift ends, you sign out to the oncoming team. It’s all covid-19....

impecunious (adjective) having little money; poor; penniless Origin of impecunious 1) ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

I am hoping that I don't end up impecunious.

Trump is killing people.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

If they were Drumpf supporters.... I hope they hadn't reproduced.

saw a bumper sticker on an old pick up truck.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

LOL, OMG YES YES YES!!!

You think life is hard?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

And this is a primary reason I cannot get behind the concept of a god.

Schlep verb (used with object) To carry; lug: to schlep an umbrella on a sunny day.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

I love schlep, I schlep stuff to too many places. Or used to :(

Something weird is going on.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

I haven't been outside after dark in ages. When the alarm goes off at 5ish....

Very informative [twitter.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

That is good stuff, thanks for posting!

The USA is going up the listings FAST Two days ago it was below Spain, now it is well above, and on...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

I feel like we're being punished.

Hypermnesia noun The condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

How does that fit with an eidetic memory such as Sheldon Cooper is supposed to have?

It's that simple

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

And remember, the first is temporary, the second is forever.

Normal world news is being swamped by the virus.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

Wow, tragedies upon tragedies.

How long can coronavirus last on surfaces?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

Good info!

This is crazy and really scary! [news.yahoo.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

I do think the neo nazis are not fully human.

Thinking about planting a veggie garden that will make you and your family more food independent on ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

I don't think I have that much level surface in my yard. It is a small yard on a slope. I have two 3X3 raised beds, and they're partly shaded. I love my tomatoes.

Fucking idiot.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

I think I love Joe Lockhart.

My state currently has 165 confirmed cases of covid-19.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

I doubt Donnie has anything under control anymore, including his bladder.

While I’m working from home and doing my best to stay inside since I’m in the at risk group ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

My cats have starting asking if I am ever going to leave again and to please do so; I think I may have interrupted some naps. I'm not usually home all day every day on the weekends, and I will be from here going forward. However, I still have to go to the office Monday through Friday, I also work in medical billing. We're trying to figure out what can be done at home and how, but I don't have a land line for the phone. My Humanist book club met today over Zoom. It beats not having book club. Our group has started to do our other meetings on Zoom as we are able. I will be using Zoom or Skype this week with my kids and grands. #2 daughter is fetching my groceries weekly as needed. She is NOT pleased I cannot work from home. She is 32 and has turned into my mommy. I got some work done on some of my projects, did some reading and spent lots of time online. And yes, I did the regular weekend chores; breakfasts and lunches are made for next week, laundry is done, some cleaning got done. I am making a quilt for the grandson as he moves out of the crib to a twin bed. I have all the blocks cut now, I just have to make sure I have enough blocks and don't need another trip to the fabric store. #2 would not be happy with me....

[considerable.com] 10 Apps for people over fifty. Some good ideas even if you are younger.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

I use Map My Walk and highly recommend it. Yes, I do get lost in my own neighborhood. I also use CALM and highly recommend it. I need to use it more often, and I will starting now. When I used it regularly I could tell a difference, my resting heart rate would drop. Lets just say prior to CALM I was in a very bad place. I use the magnifier and the flashlight. Because of my hearing aids the recommended hearing apps won't do me much good, but I have an app for mine!

[bloomberg.com] Angela Merkel in quarantine at home after contact with infected doctor.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

She's one of the good guys, we need her healthy.

[fivewishes.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

I'm 62, my mom died at 45. I've been having this conversation with my kids for a long time. We aren't guaranteed tomorrow, or even to finish today. I make a distinct difference between living and being kept alive by a machine. Everyone should have that conversation all the time! It IS that important.

I remember using mine every now and then as a teenager:

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

I remember using ours, and I've seen them back in the stores. One day I will give one to SamSam and Austin.

Good Morning Everyone! Its sunny all day in the Saratoga region of New York State.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

I just had a Zoom conference with my Humanist Book Club. Granted the food here is not up to the level of the restaurant we usually meet at, but felt much more protected and I feel much better for the great discussion.

If you want a better idea of what is going on all over the world instead of just your own area, then...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

I read Al Jazeera fairly often, it is an great perspective compared to US outlets.

Please, when on your walk practice 2 metre’s or 6 feet of separation from other people.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

Beautiful!!

Got masks ? You can HELP ! [masksfordocs.com] [mask-match.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

What I am reading is that the virus measures 1 micron. In most hospital masks the pores are 3 micron. Homemade masks of regular fabric.... I am sure it is so much larger. Soooo, they will help but not completely. And as I see in the previous discussion - petrol pumps. YES, those are prime places for contamination. You block that sneeze with your hand and then don't wash and grab the petrol pump handle. You have just spread your germies there. So when I next use that handle I'm going to pick up those germies and then touch my face. BOOM, I have whatever is in your sneeze. From my reading - I am NOT a doctor but I work for a hospital and they are trying to educate us daily- the virus will stay airborne for about an hour. It will live on most surfaces for up to 3 days. Soooo wash, wash, wash your hands, and if a mask makes you feel better - go for it. My office tells us to wipe down our desks first thing in the morning and last thing at night. I am first in and last out on M, T, W, and Friday. I haven't seen anyone do it yet, not that I'm watching, but I also haven't incorporated it into my daily routine either.

So my days are: check email, FB, Agnostic, Twitter, Instagram, Snap Chat, Messenger, Reuters, Tik ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 21, 2020:

I check my bank, credit cards, pintrest if I am bored.

❗️ MENTAL HEALTH CHECK-IN ❗️ ❤️ I’m doing great 💙 I’m okay 💛 I’m ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 21, 2020:

I'm OK. It's funny, I don't mind being alone, but I mind not having the choice. And when I look to the future I'm sad. I am isolating from the grands, and those babies are my life. The uncertainty is hard.

How horrible for the family. A New Jersey re-union led to four deaths. [bbc.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 21, 2020:

How tragic!

Well, with everyone thinking about illness, here is the longest word for any medical condition.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 21, 2020:

Actually it is pretty easy to pronounce, it is a med term and they're pretty regular, made of latin and greek. Pneumono (new mo no) meaning of the lungs. Ultra microscopic are common words. Silico that is the sand. Volcano is common. Coniosis is more difficult, but pronounced Con E o sis, means the disease caused by inhaling the volcanic silica. I LOVE med terms.

Well its a beautiful Saturday in the Capital Region of NY.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 21, 2020:

I haven't purchased toilet paper in years, since I made an alternative, which I have washed a load of today so I am set for about a month, maybe less if I end up working from home. One of my children is now shopping for me, I'm not sure what time she is delivering, but I'll be home. I didn't need much as I have been stocking up, but I am sure in the next few weeks will need more. My book club and my other Humanist activities have now moved to the Zoom platform, tomorrow we will have our book club meeting. I am keeping busy with my hobbies and online time. I have a FB friend that was doing an internet fast for Lent, that sure ended. But she is a nurse and has contributed some good stuff to some forums. I will likely see my gas consumption drop with limiting social contacts. I still have to go to work, but no other travels for me.

Warning, following donald trump's advice can lead to sudden death.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 21, 2020:

The man is a menace, a toxic crap pot of menace and meanness.

Happy equinox, to both my followers.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 21, 2020:

It's cold here, I don' t care what the calendar or the stars say, it's still winter in Nebraska. However... I am washing the heavy sweaters in preparation to tucking them away until late next fall. I am hoping to see more spring like weather next week and beyond. I feel a need to dig in the dirt.

I used to be proud to be from Indiana ...[thedailybeast.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 21, 2020:

Yeah, I'd want no association with that tool. I don't like his last name either.

[youtube.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 21, 2020:

That is awesome!

A most productive day in the shops today.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 21, 2020:

Sadly, because my kid is now ordering my groceries... I don't want her scolding me about the chocolate I'm eating as well, and I know I need to break my sugar addiction... again, so I'm on the wagon at least for the duration. Unless I go nuts and stop by the grocery on the way too or from work. And there are vending machines in our building.

While everything is taken place in the world right now, how many of you have starting talking to ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 21, 2020:

Ohhhhh F--K NO. I did "tell" god if he carried off McConnell, Pence, Trump, Pat Robertson, Franklin Graham, and most of the Republican party and Xian Coalition I might start to tithe. I didn't say where I'd send those tithes.

Tallamy - let your yard go wild! [smithsonianmag.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 21, 2020:

That would cause my HOA to clutch their pearls.

I have a thought I would like to discuss.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 21, 2020:

First of all, most Xians have NOT read their bibles, they have NO idea what the signs are of the end times. There are as many fake signs as there are idiots who hope for it. What the BuyBull does say plainly is that it is going to be unannounced, and you are supposed to live as usual.

New definition of an atheist: a person with no invisible means of support! :-D

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 20, 2020:

Perfect!!

I remember going to our neighbors and playing this game, it was a lot of fun.😁

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 20, 2020:

My sister had the game, we had a blast with it.

To the millions of Californians, Welcome to the world of being under house-arrest

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 20, 2020:

I am wondering how soon for the rest of us.

In the midst of this shit...SMILE!!!!!

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 20, 2020:

I want a baby kitty! I wonder if my kids would freak if I did that....

Walmart to Hire 150,000 and Give $550 Million in Cash Bonuses Walmart, the nation’s largest ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 20, 2020:

WM just moved my daughter's job to California. Luckily she also got a sweet severance deal. She didn't start out working for WM, she worked for an Internet retailer here in Omaha that WM purchased a few years ago. Since then the culture has gone to hell, and now they have closed the Omaha office. What timing right. With her severance she does not have to scramble for a new job, and she can take care of her mama. Three is NO way in Omaha that I would choose to work for WM.

[msn.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 20, 2020:

I am O+, however I lived in Germany in the early 80's so could be a carrier of Kreutzfeldt Jacobs disease (mad cow). The Red Cross will not allow me to give blood in the US. However it is really cool that I may have resistance to infection and Covid-19.

So. With everything going on right now: how have you been?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

I still have a job, so that part is good. However lots of uncertainty. My kid (age 32) has just become my mommy. I am amused. She does not want me going shopping or out anywhere. Not even work if we could avoid that. She "yelled" at me over text when I mused about needing to get my nails done. I won't be getting them done, the shop is closed. She's doing my shopping so I can't complain too much.

I really don't know what to say about his sub human attitude. [msn.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Rich and entitled, we need to start eating the rich.

In these times of stress:

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Fer sure, especially now!

Why are the people staying home all day?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

I have just started a new schedule, this is my second Thursday afternoon that I am home. My ginger girl seems unsettled that I am home, but only on the Thursdays. She doesn't pay much attention to me the rest of the time. Or her food bowl is empty because I don't usually fill that until supper time..... hmmmmm

Quote of the day: "People are dying who have never died before.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Trump needs to step down and let some grown-ups do their jobs.

Don't forget!!!!

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

I am under orders from my 32 year old daughter (who seems to think she is the boss of me, but in a good way) that I am not to go to the grocery store any longer. She will go for me. I need to remember to tell her to get kitty treats. I am not letting her go to the fabric store for me. She is just not qualified for that :) Kitty treats she can handle, she has cats.

Trump Invokes Defense Production Act At a White House press conference, President Trump claimed...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

You gotta wonder who is pulling the strings now, Drumpfie isn't thinking this up on his own.

How I feel. [youtube.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

LOL, very true!! Get the f--k away from me.

Dick and Jane and Coronavirus. PLEASE READ!!!!!!!

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Yes, he was a good son, visiting his parents. But he was an AWFUL son for potentially exposing them to a disease that might well do away with them. How is that for filial piety? Stupid mean Dick.

Trump voter trying a creative approach to the toilet paper shortage...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 18, 2020:

I grew an avocado that way, why not TP?

I know I'm bow legged, but these new pyjama bottoms don't exactly help!!

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 18, 2020:

And now I remember why I am so happy to be single.

Happy St Gertrude Day! [learnreligions.com] (Patron Saint of Cats).

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 18, 2020:

I love ginger kitties. I love all kitties but I'm slightly more partial to gingers.

[agnostic.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 18, 2020:

And he is NOT AVAILABLE!! We do such good work.

The coronavirus has closed my gym.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Take a walk in the park.

Hi, I'm a new member.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Are you familiar with the American Humanist Association? I found my people when I found my local chapter. Check for yours here: https://americanhumanist.org/get-involved/find-or-start-a-chapter/ Welcome to Ag.com. I'm also a crocheter, crafter, reader, etc, and grandmother. That is THE BEST TITLE EVERl.

Evangelical Gullibility Proves Costly A collection of supposedly valuable Dead Sea Scroll fragments...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 17, 2020:

I think this is great news!

My Redbuds trees came in bloom this past week.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 17, 2020:

I love redbud trees.

Do you think the Corono-virus will hurt or help religion?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Right now many churches are closed, and that will give many folks alternative ideas of what to do on Sunday morning. I can see it both helping and hurting.

certainly a good use for for such a waste of trees

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 16, 2020:

Bibles work well also.

Well I went out shopping to get a few necessities and while I was in Aldis shoppers told me the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 16, 2020:

My office is still open, they're looking at having us work from home, but I don't have a landline and my job is to take calls. They did talk about how we might divide the work up so some can be done at home that excludes taking calls, and rotating on days in the office. We will see. I did my shopping last week. I could use a few things, but they will wait. At work I had two callers who wanted to bring some paperwork TO the office. I told them given the current climate that we were closed to visitors. We don't even encourage visitors in normal times. I swear people turn off critical thinking skills. If you can email or fax it to me great, but I don't want to see you.

Are you tired of everytime you're looking a profile or talking to a person that you have interests ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 16, 2020:

I have never had that happen.

Important Corona Virus preventative measures announced

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 15, 2020:

That would work for me.... or not. I might want to break a nose or two. Nah, it would work, I'm too afraid of hurting my hands.

Tucker Carlson Met With Donald Trump At Mar-a-Lago & Urged Him To Take Coronavirus Seriously, Report...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 15, 2020:

We are living in interesting times. Have we fallen down Alice's rabbit hole?

[youtube.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Welcome back!! Hope all is well.

The longer I spend my time without a partner, the less I want one.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Yes, I decided better alone than settling. I have adult kids and grands so never truly alone. I will not settle for just anyone to avoid being alone. I like being alone much of the time.

Ark Encounter and the Creation Museum Refuse to Close During Coronavirus Scare | Hemant Mehta | ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Stupid is as stupid does. If they could keep it amongst themselves it would be better, but... Forking morons.

Good Morning Everyone! Happy Sunday! Planned on sleeping late -had trouble falling asleep last ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 15, 2020:

The good part of more people working from home and schools being shut is my commute is actually enjoyable. On the flip side, our office has started to check into what is needed for us to work at home. IMHO, this should have been explored long before now. I don't have a landline and not the fastest computer. I don't "want" to work at home, but I do want to stay employed and healthy. I work in medical billing so there is the HIPAA issue that has to be dealt with. And then the telephone issue, our lines are recorded and I am not willing to have the calls come in on my cell phone. Details, details.

PATOIS (Fr.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 15, 2020:

I work with a translator service quite frequently. I have had a couple of calls where they interpreter has had difficulty because the caller (usually a parent of a patient in the hospital I work for) does not speak the "standard" dialect. In another job I had a doctor's secretary translating for the parent, she told me the family came from deep in South America deep in the forests, and she described the language as a patois. And down in Louisiana some of the population speaks a patois of French that is very limited to them. I am thinking that particular patois is going to die out one of these days.

Dinara667 [agnostic.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

What a sweet young thing. I don't necessarily think she is a scammer, but most likely trying to find the next sugar daddy. I don't know if I was ever that young.

This Cat Has A Majestic Fluffy Tail Just Like A Squirrel!

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

pretty, but I prefer lower maintenance pets, and people

Well I just got 24 hours in Facebook jail for posing that a bunch of white tRump supporters were ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

Good for you! Keep it out there!

Old ad... remember this?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

I used to buy colored toilet paper, I love pastels. My ex was not so amused by it, it might have cost more.

Smart cat! .

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

That is awesome! And one smart kitty.

King Pinhead!

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

Perfect.

Trump's statements on COVID-19 January 22: “We have it totally under control.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

He doesn't think, he just spouts and it is like bloody diarrhea, just goes all over, smells horrible, and is incredibly toxic. I so wish there was a word stronger than moron, but I think we have exhausted our supply. When do we hit rock bottom?

Good Evening Everyone! Well this Cornavirus Pandemic is starting to affect our lives.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

I AM the older member of the family. 2nd daughter who has no offspring now has my SSN and my extra insurance card. And she now has the code to get into my phone. If I am incapacitated in any way she will be the one stepping in. She will also be getting the list of all my accounts and other financial stuff.

[wsj.com] The Coronavirus and your job. Can my boss make me do that?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

My office is considering having everyone work from home for the duration, however, I don't see it happening. We are bound by HIPAA regulations so more precautions have to be taken. I take credit card payments at work, do we see a possibility for abuse? I work with protected health information. Plus I don't have a land line, and I have one dinky laptop. It is sufficient for what I do at home, but not for work I do at the office. Plus we are a very corroborative environment, I'm frequently asking for advice of the best way to do something or who I send something to to be reviewed. We have OMG lots of moving parts. I think the logistics of employees working at home should have been discussed LONG ago, by the time they get the infrastructure set up the crisis will have passed. Two of my kids and their partners have worked from home so they are set up and two of them now have no choice but to work from home. The other child and her spouse are carpenters... no option for working at home, at least paid work at home. That type of work doesn't have the proximity issue that office workers have.

Welcome to the weekend, all you fine folk on the Western bank of the Atlantic pond.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 13, 2020:

All my usual social activities are cancelled, except for a family birthday party. We're supposed to have wet sloppy snow tonight, so I'm planning to stay in and sleep as much as possible.

Real News...Here we go folks: [youtube.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 13, 2020:

I'm glad American's aren't the only ones who are screwed up.

Poll Shows Nearly Two-Thirds Of White Evangelicals See Donald Trump As ‘Honest’ And ‘Morally ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 13, 2020:

There are none so blind as those who will not see.

Why grandma's soap kills viruses. [theguardian.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 13, 2020:

I have made soap before, it is a fascinating process. You melt a variety of fats together, each fat has certain properties when mixed with lye, such a creaminess, soapiness, harness, check it out here: http://www.soapcalc.net/calc/soapcalcwp.asp then you mix liquid (usually water) and lye and let it cool. When the lye and the fats are the same temperature you mix them together and stir, stir, stir, and stir more. I use a stick blender. The lye mixed with fats causes a process called saponification. When it starts to look/feel like pudding you can put it in mold, cover it with waxed paper and then put it in a lined box and let it age for several days. Then you can unmold it, cut into bars if you need to, and then let it age another few weeks. I have used almost exclusively my own homemade soap for about 5 years, mostly because I have enough to last another 5 to 20 years.

Per·va·sive (especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect) spreading widely ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 13, 2020:

Drumpf's ugliness is pervasive.

Hannity Claims Deep State May Be Using Coronavirus to Hurt Economy Fox News host and unofficial...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 13, 2020:

He has NO credibility.

My niece in Rome has just sent me today's Coronavirus figures.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 12, 2020:

The twilight zone stuff is really getting out of hand. I need to wake up from this horrible, horrible dream.

I had a peeping Tom in the bathroom! 😱

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 12, 2020:

To be owned by kitties is to never again be alone. You might be eating something they want a piece of.... or all of!

Punctilio noun A fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 12, 2020:

It's all small print!

Pan·dem·ic (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world. uh oh!

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 12, 2020:

LOL, timely for sure. As well as Panepidemic

Does anyone else use their own compost for their soil?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 12, 2020:

I got one like this about 5 years ago. https://www.envirocycle.com/product/mini-composter/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwu6fzBRC6ARIsAJUwa2SNLvI74gUoMT_X73W3EAwkOaYDL1oVCOncZra62EvIjZnypgmjSk0aAjHoEALw_wcB

Breaking news! Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 23 years! Woohoo! Is it enough!? I think so...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 12, 2020:

Harv is 67 so 23 years is going to put him at 90 if he makes it. If he spends the rest of his life in prison I'd be satisfied, whether it is 23 years or 5 months.

Here's an article that the donald should read, and so should we all ...[medium.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 12, 2020:

Good article!

Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in Woodburn, Oregon. I think I'll make a visit this year!

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 12, 2020:

I visited the Keukenhof https://keukenhof.nl/en/ in Holland when I was living in Germany. Must have been 33 years ago, before we had the second child. Ex was active duty Army. It was a great trip, beautiful place. I used to plant tulips every time I moved. They used to mail full color catalogs twice a year, I called it flower porn.

Using the Fear - With a global pandemic sweeping across the globe, now is the time to look hard at ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 11, 2020:

My mom died at 45, I was 14. So I've known most of my life that old age is not guaranteed.My kids know I love them and how proud I am of them, I tell them all the time. I can't say I've had an easy life, but it has been a good one, I've done some stuff most people never get to do. I've raised some strong, independent, smart, fabulous daughters, and I have two amazing grands. I have stuff that will last beyond my time that says I was here. If I die tonight I know everyone will be OK. I better not die, I have a quilt to make for the grandson, and an afghan for one of the girls, and a birthday party on Sunday.