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  • jerparker20
    jerparker20 St. Paul, MN Posts: 2,529


    My my home gym setup. The dreadmill is housed in the four season porch.

    Another nice thing is that I don’t have to deal with the sweathogs who never wipe shit down after they use it. Just gross.
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,114
    That is an awesome setup!
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,610
    edited March 2020
    rgambs said:
    I've been working out at home instead of going to the gym.  That sounds like nothing, I'm sure, but it suuuuucks.
    What are you doing at home?  Considering the same.  NVM....saw your photos.  I wanna do some cardio.  Too bad I don’t have Sweating to the Oldies.
    Post edited by OnWis97 on
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    OnWis97 said:
    rgambs said:
    I've been working out at home instead of going to the gym.  That sounds like nothing, I'm sure, but it suuuuucks.
    What are you doing at home?  Considering the same.  NVM....saw your photos.  I wanna do some cardio.  Too bad I don’t have Sweating to the Oldies.
    I believe that's been recently added to Amazon or Netflix...so sweat away!
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    edited March 2020
    Ugghh, I have an exercise bike I found by the dumpster. What's a bit more mold to add to the mix!


    I've been skiing though and staying out of the chalets. 

    The gym has alot of boomers, so I've been avoiding that except to swim.
    Post edited by Spunkie on
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    I'm feeling hopeless and doomed.  My wife wants to keep working at the bookstore.  We don't need the money- we're already semi-retired  can get by without it until this things settles down.  She has kept some engagements like going out to lunch with a friend yesterday and again out to breakfast with a friend this morning.  I keep trying to explain to her that being in our late 60's we are more at risk and that it makes sense for us to be more strict in social distancing.  She thinks we are not at risk.  Right.  I feel like I have a gun with 10 chambers to my head and all but one is loaded.  Spin the cylinder.  See if I get lucky.  What a life.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    OnWis97 said:
    rgambs said:
    I've been working out at home instead of going to the gym.  That sounds like nothing, I'm sure, but it suuuuucks.
    What are you doing at home?  Considering the same.  NVM....saw your photos.  I wanna do some cardio.  Too bad I don’t have Sweating to the Oldies.
    My setup sucks, I've got a rickety little bench with an easy curl bar and 150lbs in plates.  I don't have the money or the space for an upgrade right now.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,159
    mcgruff10 said:
    I ve been working out the past few weeks at home since my surgery in October.   I have dumbbells 5-50
    pounds and a bench. I ve gotten used to it. I blast some pj on my old school iPod. But my eyes definitely don’t get the same work out. 
    Just set up your laptop for porn in your work out room. You'll be fine. 
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,964
    brianlux said:
    I'm feeling hopeless and doomed.  My wife wants to keep working at the bookstore.  We don't need the money- we're already semi-retired  can get by without it until this things settles down.  She has kept some engagements like going out to lunch with a friend yesterday and again out to breakfast with a friend this morning.  I keep trying to explain to her that being in our late 60's we are more at risk and that it makes sense for us to be more strict in social distancing.  She thinks we are not at risk.  Right.  I feel like I have a gun with 10 chambers to my head and all but one is loaded.  Spin the cylinder.  See if I get lucky.  What a life.
    That’s a bummer, Brian. Hopefully you guys can find a common ground approach. I think this thing has a lot of people confused on what behaviors and measures should be taken and it becomes even tougher when there are two adults in a household that view it differently. I’m going through some of that at home as well. It’s not fun. Keep your head up, stay healthy and this too shall pass. 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,808
    Yeah if you are not on the same page you need to make her stay in the guest house.
    Jk.  ;)
    That sucks but I am sure this is happening a lot.
    Hope you can both work to get on the same pages with your sos.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    bbiggs said:
    brianlux said:
    I'm feeling hopeless and doomed.  My wife wants to keep working at the bookstore.  We don't need the money- we're already semi-retired  can get by without it until this things settles down.  She has kept some engagements like going out to lunch with a friend yesterday and again out to breakfast with a friend this morning.  I keep trying to explain to her that being in our late 60's we are more at risk and that it makes sense for us to be more strict in social distancing.  She thinks we are not at risk.  Right.  I feel like I have a gun with 10 chambers to my head and all but one is loaded.  Spin the cylinder.  See if I get lucky.  What a life.
    That’s a bummer, Brian. Hopefully you guys can find a common ground approach. I think this thing has a lot of people confused on what behaviors and measures should be taken and it becomes even tougher when there are two adults in a household that view it differently. I’m going through some of that at home as well. It’s not fun. Keep your head up, stay healthy and this too shall pass. 

    F Me In The Brain said:
    Yeah if you are not on the same page you need to make her stay in the guest house.
    Jk.  ;)
    That sucks but I am sure this is happening a lot.
    Hope you can both work to get on the same pages with your sos.

    Thanks guys.  I'm chilling at home today.  I usually work Saturdays but not today, no fuckin' way.  Maybe not anymore at all unless it's after hours to tidy up the place a bit.  Maybe not even then.  It might be time for me to say, "Fuck work", haha.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,964
    brianlux said:
    bbiggs said:
    brianlux said:
    I'm feeling hopeless and doomed.  My wife wants to keep working at the bookstore.  We don't need the money- we're already semi-retired  can get by without it until this things settles down.  She has kept some engagements like going out to lunch with a friend yesterday and again out to breakfast with a friend this morning.  I keep trying to explain to her that being in our late 60's we are more at risk and that it makes sense for us to be more strict in social distancing.  She thinks we are not at risk.  Right.  I feel like I have a gun with 10 chambers to my head and all but one is loaded.  Spin the cylinder.  See if I get lucky.  What a life.
    That’s a bummer, Brian. Hopefully you guys can find a common ground approach. I think this thing has a lot of people confused on what behaviors and measures should be taken and it becomes even tougher when there are two adults in a household that view it differently. I’m going through some of that at home as well. It’s not fun. Keep your head up, stay healthy and this too shall pass. 

    F Me In The Brain said:
    Yeah if you are not on the same page you need to make her stay in the guest house.
    Jk.  ;)
    That sucks but I am sure this is happening a lot.
    Hope you can both work to get on the same pages with your sos.

    Thanks guys.  I'm chilling at home today.  I usually work Saturdays but not today, no fuckin' way.  Maybe not anymore at all unless it's after hours to tidy up the place a bit.  Maybe not even then.  It might be time for me to say, "Fuck work", haha.
    Haha. That’s the ticket! I can’t hang ‘em up just yet, but luckily I can work from home until this passes. Now I just need to reel my wife in or I might as well be out and about right along with her. 
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,895
    brianlux said:
    bbiggs said:
    brianlux said:
    I'm feeling hopeless and doomed.  My wife wants to keep working at the bookstore.  We don't need the money- we're already semi-retired  can get by without it until this things settles down.  She has kept some engagements like going out to lunch with a friend yesterday and again out to breakfast with a friend this morning.  I keep trying to explain to her that being in our late 60's we are more at risk and that it makes sense for us to be more strict in social distancing.  She thinks we are not at risk.  Right.  I feel like I have a gun with 10 chambers to my head and all but one is loaded.  Spin the cylinder.  See if I get lucky.  What a life.
    That’s a bummer, Brian. Hopefully you guys can find a common ground approach. I think this thing has a lot of people confused on what behaviors and measures should be taken and it becomes even tougher when there are two adults in a household that view it differently. I’m going through some of that at home as well. It’s not fun. Keep your head up, stay healthy and this too shall pass. 

    F Me In The Brain said:
    Yeah if you are not on the same page you need to make her stay in the guest house.
    Jk.  ;)
    That sucks but I am sure this is happening a lot.
    Hope you can both work to get on the same pages with your sos.

    Thanks guys.  I'm chilling at home today.  I usually work Saturdays but not today, no fuckin' way.  Maybe not anymore at all unless it's after hours to tidy up the place a bit.  Maybe not even then.  It might be time for me to say, "Fuck work", haha.
    Stay home brian. We all are  here .  Its a very scary unprecedented times.  This is opening up in high speed . The situation is changing  by the day for the worst here. Cases in my vilage now and we are unwell and waiting to see if this is it! Love to you bri. 


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  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    edited March 2020
    Mr.Lux  

    Maybe you could DM matt from the porches closed thread. He has fantastic prevention tips, including on how to use plastic to make a "safe" room. Getting a squirt bottle with 1 part bleach to 9 part waters and spraying down common, often touched items frequently. Separate bathrooms if possible. Wash, wash, wash and tissues easily accessible if she gets a cough.

    Sorry.

    Maybe there is someone asides from you she would listen to?


    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • EdsonNascimento
    EdsonNascimento Posts: 5,531
    mrussel1 said:
    EdsonNascimento said:
    Saltzy23 said:
    EdsonNascimento said:
    Wow. A bunch of business people who have done things solving problems rather the bureaucrats who have done nothing stumbling about worried about saying the right thing. What a breath of fresh air.  
    Everything he does is the most basic, bottom of the barrel shit any jerkoff on the street could think of, which in his mind he thinks is genius level stuff.

    Get CEO's from major companies talk about how they got this for 15-20 seconds each.

    Absolute brilliance.

    This man is one of the greats.
    Having worked with HHS, CMS and other Government Agencies, the competency of the people is 10 times what the previous Administration was.  They have a clue what health is as opposed to the prior administration (which I 'm sure was common with most administrations) had a bunch of bureaucrats that were just learning and had no clue how to get anything done.

    I'm not talking about the figure heads. I'm talking about the people actually doing the work.

    So, feel free being happy and wishing illness and death. You will be proven wrong. Sorry to make you unhappy.
    No offense, you're full of crap. The 'people who actually doing the work' are career employees not appointments, therefore they rarely change from administration to administration.  
    Leadership matters. You are correct.  I should have been more specific. But, I've seen the same people acting and reacting completely different freed up from the prior bureaucratic think tank leaders and more business minded, get it done attitude rather than worrying about making people feel better or themselves look better.     

    Leadership matters. Same workers, different guidance.   So, your point is correct, and I was remiss in being more specific in my comments. Thank you for helping me out there.
    Sorry. The world doesn't work the way you tell it to.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    tish said:
    Mr.Lux  

    Maybe you could DM matt from the porches closed thread. He has fantastic prevention tips, including on how to use plastic to make a "safe" room. Getting a squirt bottle with 1 part bleach to 9 part waters and spraying down common, often touched items frequently. Separate bathrooms if possible. Wash, wash, wash and tissues easily accessible if she gets a cough.

    Sorry.

    Maybe there is someone asides from you she would listen to?



    Thanks, Tish.

    I don't think she will listen to anyone else.  Maybe God in a burning bush, but I haven't seen him (or her) around lately.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    edited March 2020
    brianlux said:
    tish said:
    Mr.Lux  

    Maybe you could DM matt from the porches closed thread. He has fantastic prevention tips, including on how to use plastic to make a "safe" room. Getting a squirt bottle with 1 part bleach to 9 part waters and spraying down common, often touched items frequently. Separate bathrooms if possible. Wash, wash, wash and tissues easily accessible if she gets a cough.

    Sorry.

    Maybe there is someone asides from you she would listen to?



    Thanks, Tish.

    I don't think she will listen to anyone else.  Maybe God in a burning bush, but I haven't seen him (or her) around lately.
    You're not alone. Me and my wife also have different risk assessments, but we're managing through open communication.

    I'm not a paranoid person at all, but I have gotten a few "are you serious" responses from her these past few days.

    But generally most of what I have predicted (based on listening to experts) has come to pass. So she listens.

    Our major problem is we have two young kids to entertain. And those kids need to get out and about for everyones sanity.

  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478

    Infected people without symptoms might be driving the spread of coronavirus more than we realized

    By Elizabeth Cohen, Senior Medical Correspondent

    Updated 3:32 PM ET, Sat March 14, 2020


    https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/14/health/coronavirus-asymptomatic-spread/index.html


    Smart virus.



  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478

    U.S. Virus Response Marred by Overconfidence and Delays

     

    Despite reassurances, testing has been limited and health officials are contradicting White House statements.

    By 
    Margaret Newkirk



    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-12/u-s-coronavirus-response-was-marked-by-overconfidence-delays
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    dignin said:
    brianlux said:
    tish said:
    Mr.Lux  

    Maybe you could DM matt from the porches closed thread. He has fantastic prevention tips, including on how to use plastic to make a "safe" room. Getting a squirt bottle with 1 part bleach to 9 part waters and spraying down common, often touched items frequently. Separate bathrooms if possible. Wash, wash, wash and tissues easily accessible if she gets a cough.

    Sorry.

    Maybe there is someone asides from you she would listen to?



    Thanks, Tish.

    I don't think she will listen to anyone else.  Maybe God in a burning bush, but I haven't seen him (or her) around lately.
    You're not alone. Me and my wife also have different risk assessments, but we're managing through open communication.

    I'm not a paranoid person at all, but I have gotten a few "are you serious" responses from her these past few days.

    But generally most of what I have predicted (based on listening to experts) has come to pass. So she listens.

    Our major problem is we have two young kids to entertain. And those kids need to get out and about for everyones sanity.


    Getting them (and you and your wife) for fresh air is probably a good idea.  I should probably do the same!

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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