How are you keeping occupied in this period of 'social distancing'

I made some beer from a kit that I've not gotten to in almost 2 years.

My office is in my home so I still get to work although Delta might think I'm dead for the lack of air miles they see. I am catching up on projects that I thought would take me into May. Also checking and repairing gear for this upcoming whitewater season. Three big trips planned and putting names to the people who will go. (Still have room for about 12 on August 1). And today I assembled an "office" for my bride who's team is now all working from home.

Yes, we really like all of those.  We're on our third time through the Poirot episodes.  We copied all of them from DVDs that we got from the library.  We also have copied all of the Miss Marple shows with Geraldine McEwan, all of the Foyle's War episodes, all of the old Star Trek shows, and a number of the BBC nature series and Ken Burns historical series.

Love Morse. Have you checked out Shetland? DI Jimmy Perez is great. Gritty British  crime drama set in the Shetland islands. Broadchurch is good but a little dark and it gets intense. Also like Line of Duty

Indeed, we watch all of those, as well as The Bridge (Danish-Swedish), Commissario Brunetti, The Crown, Fortitude, Grantchester, Hinterland, Marcella, Prime Suspect, Silent Witness, Spring Tide, Stranger Things, Unforgotten, and Westworld.

OK, I've got some good suggestions for viewing.  Have you checked out Occupied?  Its good

Working from home, playing guitar, and desperately hoping my risk-factored boomer parents will start taking this **** seriously.

We're taking it seriously - not sure about your parents but remember, us boomers grew up under the constant threat of mutually assured nuclear destruction.  It takes a lot to shake us.

Love Morse. Have you checked out Shetland? DI Jimmy Perez is great. Gritty British  crime drama set in the Shetland islands. Broadchurch is good but a little dark and it gets intense. Also like Line of Duty

Indeed, we watch all of those, as well as The Bridge (Danish-Swedish), Commissario Brunetti, The Crown, Fortitude, Grantchester, Hinterland, Marcella, Prime Suspect, Silent Witness, Spring Tide, Stranger Things, Unforgotten, and Westworld.

OK, I've got some good suggestions for viewing.  Have you checked out Occupied?  Its good

No, we haven't seen Occupied. Reading a synopsis of it, it sounds a bit too political for my wife; as she says, "We like the ones where a little girl is drowned in a tub while apple bobbing on Halloween."

Indeed, we watch all of those, as well as The Bridge (Danish-Swedish), Commissario Brunetti, The Crown, Fortitude, Grantchester, Hinterland, Marcella, Prime Suspect, Silent Witness, Spring Tide, Stranger Things, Unforgotten, and Westworld.

OK, I've got some good suggestions for viewing.  Have you checked out Occupied?  Its good

No, we haven't seen Occupied.  Reading a synopsis of it, it sounds a bit too political for my wife; as she says, "We like the ones where a little girl is drowned in a tub while apple bobbing on Halloween."

Fair enough - its very well done.  I also recommend Fauda but watch it in its original Hebrew/Arabic with subtitles to get the right mood.  There are two seasons on Netflix and a third is currently running in Israel so will be on Netflix soon.  Its political too, about an Israeli counter terrorist team in the West Bank I think.

If, in these times, you need nothing but joy, try this because it put a smile on my face and the fact that this young man would think to do this gives me hope: https://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio...goes-viral

Working from home, playing guitar, and desperately hoping my risk-factored boomer parents will start taking this **** seriously.

We're taking it seriously - not sure about your parents but remember, us boomers grew up under the constant threat of mutually assured nuclear destruction.  It takes a lot to shake us.

My parents are not.

They let my sister have a birthday party (she's sig younger than I am) with 10+ kids at some place that was all hard surfaces a day after a case was announced at the University that funds my dad's research lab. They are not forcing her to change her behavior at all. They are barely modifying their own behavior and most of that's been due to their employers. There was a going away party for another doctor in my dad's lab; all of the boomer doctors went. There were like 20 of them there. They all seem to think theyre going to get it anyway. Certainly with that attitude they will.

A combination of factors makes it such that Covid-19 would be between a 1 in 5 on the bad side to 1 in 10 on the good side for either of them to straight up die.

Im probably one of the younger members on this forum in my very early 30s. I am not ready to say goodbye to one of my parents for no good ****ing reason.

I just lost my last grandparent. He had pneumonia, and his last two weeks were horrific. I melted down and told my dad if he didnt stay the f home that could be him within a month. He was unhappy about it but it at least moved the needle a little bit.

Working from home, playing guitar, and desperately hoping my risk-factored boomer parents will start taking this **** seriously.

We're taking it seriously - not sure about your parents but remember, us boomers grew up under the constant threat of mutually assured nuclear destruction.  It takes a lot to shake us.

My parents are not.

They let my sister have a birthday party (she's sig younger than I am) with 10+ kids at some place that was all hard surfaces a day after a case was announced at the University that funds my dad's research lab. They are not forcing her to change her behavior at all. They are barely modifying their own behavior and most of that's been due to their employers. There was a going away party for another doctor in my dad's lab; all of the boomer doctors went. There were like 20 of them there. They all seem to think theyre going to get it anyway. Certainly with that attitude they will.

A combination of factors makes it such that Covid-19 would be between a 1 in 5 on the bad side to 1 in 10 on the good side for either of them to straight up die.

Im probably one of the younger members on this forum in my very early 30s. I am not ready to say goodbye to one of my parents for no good ****ing reason.

I just lost my last grandparent. He had pneumonia, and his last two weeks were horrific. I melted down and told my dad if he didnt stay the f home that could be him within a month. He was unhappy about it but it at least moved the needle a little bit.

I hear ya. As an almost 64 year-old boomer, with an 85 year-old dad with "health conditions," I'm taking this very seriously. My dad hasn't left his home in Austin for ten days. I haven't left my home in Seattle (except for frequent walks) for 2-1/2 weeks. Much of the reason for my "social distancing" comes from my eldest son, age 30. Who is pounding me with good advice about how to take care of myself. Thank God, the old white men (like me) in power will soon turn over the reigns to young folks with sense, equanimity, generosity and grace. (Yes, I believe my generation has failed to create a platform for success for those younger folks.) I'm optimistic, even though I'm holed up with a "stay in place" order.

Walking around the neighborhood (it's not dense & the nearby YMCA is closed, so there hasn't been a lot of foot traffic). Board games (a fair amount of "Ticket to Ride" & "Sagrada" lately). TV is problematical, because my wife would rather watch something new & mediocre & I'd prefer something good that we saw 10 years ago. Reading technical books to expand my skillset, if my brain isn't too fried.