OT: OT Thread, Winter Edition(2nd Fall for Georgians)

[oldunclehue]

How long is your walk? When ever you have to change your facial expression to go outside you know its cold.

About 2 KM's, not bad. Really have to remember the long johns because the legs freeze a bit.

 

[ps241]

24-72hrs i should get results.

I’m going to be coming out of Quarantine tomorrow and haven’t got my results yet. I had initially taken a rapid test which was positive on day 4 after catching it. I new I had it so I isolated and booked an appointment over the phone. I was tested Christmas Eve and am waiting to get the official word.

I guess it’s been about 5 days but I understand. The testing system has been overwhelmed with people. The line ups have been hours in the freezing cold.

I couldn’t believe how patient and friendly the people were that swabbed me. They must be exhausted and yet there we were laughing and joking.

I thanked them all for the hard work they are doing through the holidays. It’s humbling to see people grind their way through those relentless line ups.

 

[ps241]

About 2 KM's, not bad. Really have to remember the long johns because the legs freeze a bit.

Wow 2 K yesterdays would have been a hell of a walk.

 

[SensibleGuy]

for a 2k walk in these temps, I'd be so over-dressed I could pretty much roll the whole way like a beach ball...

 

[Gm0ney]

About 2 KM's, not bad. Really have to remember the long johns because the legs freeze a bit.

The worst is the post-freeze leg itch!

 

[Gm0ney]

I’m going to be coming out of Quarantine tomorrow and haven’t got my results yet. I had initially taken a rapid test which was positive on day 4 after catching it. I new I had it so I isolated and booked an appointment over the phone. I was tested Christmas Eve and am waiting to get the official word.

I guess it’s been about 5 days but I understand. The testing system has been overwhelmed with people. The line ups have been hours in the freezing cold.

I couldn’t believe how patient and friendly the people were that swabbed me. They must be exhausted and yet there we were laughing and joking.

I thanked them all for the hard work they are doing through the holidays. It’s humbling to see people grind their way through those relentless line ups.

My daughter started feeling sick around 8pm on Tuesday, December 21. I took her to the UofM walk-in testing site on Research Road on Wednesday, December 22nd at around Noon (took about 30 minutes total in-and-out...it was pretty pleasant outside at the time). Aaaand we got her results back yesterday, 7 days later (positive).

So when you hear 1,123 new cases today in Manitoba (764 in Winnipeg), realize a lot of those cases are actually from tests done before Christmas. And with a TP% of 27.3% (!) we're missing a lot more. I mean A LOT...between capacity issues and asymptomatic infections, there could be 10,000+ new cases per day in Winnipeg right now.

Anyway, this is why Omicron seems to burn itself out fairly quickly. Let's hope it doesn't burn our health care system to the ground in the meantime.

BTW: No one else in the house has had any symptoms. Knock on wood. Everyone's double-vaccinated, and my son, my wife and I all had boosters shortly before my daughter reported feeling ill. We've got some windows open (the furnace never shuts off and the humidity in here is 8%). Daughter has access to a bathroom no one else is using right now.

 

[ps241]

My daughter started feeling sick around 8pm on Tuesday, December 21. I took her to the UofM walk-in testing site on Research Road on Wednesday, December 22nd at around Noon (took about 30 minutes total in-and-out...it was pretty pleasant outside at the time). Aaaand we got her results back yesterday, 7 days later (positive).

So when you hear 1,123 new cases today in Manitoba (764 in Winnipeg), realize a lot of those cases are actually from tests done before Christmas. And with a TP% of 27.3% (!) we're missing a lot more. I mean A LOT...between capacity issues and asymptomatic infections, there could be 10,000+ new cases per day in Winnipeg right now.

Anyway, this is why Omicron seems to burn itself out fairly quickly. Let's hope it doesn't burn our health care system to the ground in the meantime.

BTW: No one else in the house has had any symptoms. Knock on wood. Everyone's double-vaccinated, and my son, my wife and I all had boosters shortly before my daughter reported feeling ill. We've got some windows open (the furnace never shuts off and the humidity in here is 8%). Daughter has access to a bathroom no one else is using right now.

Neither of my kids got it.

When I was still asymptomatic and before I had any awareness (2days after contact) I gave it to at least two people that I know of. Fricken Omicron is so infectious.

The other Under reported stat will be people who just don’t get the test but know they are sick. If you have all the symptoms, get a positive rapid test, and you have family members who are positive do people bother going to a facility or do you just quarantine?

I know people who are skipping the line ups and going strait to quarantine.

I knew I had it but got tested to be sure.

 

[nobody imp0rtant]

The worst is the post-freeze leg itch!

I think post-freeze amputation would be worse.

 

[RetroWinnipeg]

And thus ends another year.

 

[FonRiesen]

My daughter started feeling sick around 8pm on Tuesday, December 21. I took her to the UofM walk-in testing site on Research Road on Wednesday, December 22nd at around Noon (took about 30 minutes total in-and-out...it was pretty pleasant outside at the time). Aaaand we got her results back yesterday, 7 days later (positive).

So when you hear 1,123 new cases today in Manitoba (764 in Winnipeg), realize a lot of those cases are actually from tests done before Christmas. And with a TP% of 27.3% (!) we're missing a lot more. I mean A LOT...between capacity issues and asymptomatic infections, there could be 10,000+ new cases per day in Winnipeg right now.

Anyway, this is why Omicron seems to burn itself out fairly quickly. Let's hope it doesn't burn our health care system to the ground in the meantime.

BTW: No one else in the house has had any symptoms. Knock on wood. Everyone's double-vaccinated, and my son, my wife and I all had boosters shortly before my daughter reported feeling ill. We've got some windows open (the furnace never shuts off and the humidity in here is 8%). Daughter has access to a bathroom no one else is using right now.

Woah, that's really dry air. Scientifically speaking, the ideal level should be 45-55% - both too low or too high humidity can increase the spread of viruses in particular, and that dry air can wreak havoc on skin. We have 2 portable humidifiers running 24/7 and a built-in humidifier in our furnace and can barely keep our Rh at 40-45%, but we're doing our best. I miss my floor heat from my old house... NG forced air heat is terrible for humidity.

 

[Jets 31]

Happy New Year to all you crazy Jets fans, hopefully we can have a celebration dance like this later on in 2022 .

 

[Puckatron 3000]

Happy new year. Here's to the Jets storming back in 2022 and an end to this fricken plague.

 

[ps241]

Tie game Bengals have the ball on the goal line with 45 seconds left vs the Chiefs and instead of taking the field goal to go up by 3 they gamble and get stuffed??? Saved by a penalty. What a bizarre sequence of events.

 

[Gabe Kupari]

Antonio Brown lost his mind today

 

[ps241]

Specialty pizza choices -- "Chicken Alfredo" and "Mexican". Two 12-inches were $33 plus tax, tip, and delivery.

Just eating the “Mexican” from The St Anne’s location and I’m really really enjoying it. Thanks for the recommendation Alpha!!

 

[Guardian17]

40 years ago today, Canada wins its first gold medal at the World Junior Championship!

 

[AlphaLackey]

Just eating the “Mexican” from The St Anne’s location and I’m really really enjoying it. Thanks for the recommendation Alpha!!

Hey, glad you liked it! I know some of their 'specialty' pizzas are a bit off the beaten track, but by and large they're all tasty. Have had both the Mac & Cheese and the Breakfast Pizza and the Jerk Chicken -- all are amazing.

 

[ps241]

Hey, glad you liked it! I know some of their 'specialty' pizzas are a bit off the beaten track, but by and large they're all tasty. Have had both the Mac & Cheese and the Breakfast Pizza and the Jerk Chicken -- all are amazing.

I will be working my way through the menu. Very clean place and good staff which is tough to pull off these days.

 

[ps241]

Hey, glad you liked it! I know some of their 'specialty' pizzas are a bit off the beaten track, but by and large they're all tasty. Have had both the Mac & Cheese and the Breakfast Pizza and the Jerk Chicken -- all are amazing.

One quick follow up. I had saved two pieces and ate them last night and its probably the best day after pizza I have had. Usually crust on almost all pizza doesn't do well on the quick microwave reheat but their crust really holds up well.

 

[nobody imp0rtant]

One quick follow up. I had saved two pieces and ate them last night and its probably the best day after pizza I have had. Usually crust on almost all pizza doesn't do well on the quick microwave reheat but their crust really holds up well.

Like revenge, day old pizza is a dish best served cold.

 

[buggs]

One quick follow up. I had saved two pieces and ate them last night and its probably the best day after pizza I have had. Usually crust on almost all pizza doesn't do well on the quick microwave reheat but their crust really holds up well.

You re-heat left over pizza?

 

[ps241]

You re-heat left over pizza?

I don't like Pizza cold out of the fridge. I do a mild reheat to take the cold edge off in the Microwave. Seems like I am in the minority

 

[nobody imp0rtant]

I don't like Pizza cold out of the fridge. I do a mild reheat to take the cold edge off in the Microwave. Seems like I am in the minority

Well, now I see the problem. You put it in the fridge. Just leave it sitting out on the coffee table like normal people.

 

[ps241]

Well, now I see the problem. You put it in the fridge. Just leave it sitting out on the coffee table like normal people.

My wife believes everything eventually leads to death so I think its either fridge or I get the electric chair. When I get a chance I will try that though it sounds way better.

 

[kanadalainen]

Antonio Brown lost his mind today

Poor dude, the mental fragmentation began a few years ago.