Quarantine

[Boltlady]

My last quarantine was in the summer of '49. Since I was only 9 yrs old I don't remember the particulars but it was only for kids. We weren't allowed to go out of our yards or get close to any other kids. Its was a polio quarantine because it really was affecting quite a few kids. We were all shown pictures of iron lungs and told we didn't want to be in one and that's why we had to stay in our yards.

There was one house and yard between mine and a small apartment house where I had a close friend. She lived on the 2nd floor so my dad rigged a pulley system from our attic window to her window so that we could send messages and small things back and forth. It made the whole thing kind of fun for us. We didn't have smart phones in those days.

A year or so later there was one kid that I knew who did get polio and it seemed weird to me to see her confined to a wheel chair. Its was a real thing then.

 

[Bernard_Fokke]

My last quarantine was in the summer of '49. Since I was only 9 yrs old I don't remember the particulars but it was only for kids. We weren't allowed to go out of our yards or get close to any other kids. Its was a polio quarantine because it really was affecting quite a few kids. We were all shown pictures of iron lungs and told we didn't want to be in one and that's why we had to stay in our yards.

There was one house and yard between mine and a small apartment house where I had a close friend. She lived on the 2nd floor so my dad rigged a pulley system from our attic window to her window so that we could send messages and small things back and forth. It made the whole thing kind of fun for us. We didn't have smart phones in those days.

A year or so later there was one kid that I knew who did get polio and it seemed weird to me to see her confined to a wheel chair. Its was a real thing then.

I remember back in the day when I was quite young we had some childhood disease, mumps, measles or something contagious and the county came by and put a "Quarantined" sign on the door and we all had to stay in, that was back in"54..'56 maybe.

I masked up and gloved up and hit walmart at 0700 when they opened took care of the shopping and got out. Saw a lot of other folks wearing masks and a few with gloves Shelves were still pretty picked over I was able to get 99% of what I wanted so we're good for another ten days or so.

Produce is a hard one to stock up on as it expires quick.

Just a thought here, If you could gather up all the nuts out there for your bolts you'd be a rich very lady

 

[Boltlady]

I remember back in the day when I was quite young we had some childhood disease, mumps, measles or something contagious and the county came by and put a "Quara

I masked up and gloved up and hit walmart at 0700 when they opened took care of the shopping and got out. Saw a lot of other folks wearing masks and a few with gloves Shelves were still pretty picked over I was able to get 99% of what I wanted so we're good for another ten days or so.

Produce is a hard one to stock up on as it expires quick.

Just a thought here, If you could gather up all the nuts out there for your bolts you'd be a rich very lady

You might be pleased to know that we have a sign on our building that says "Home of the Loose Screws". The customers love it.

Although I know that we're not supposed to recommend particular products here I will break the rule due to the circumstances. I like to buy things from HSN and they carry a product called green boxes by a lady named Debbie Meyers. The boxes are designed to keep your produce fresh for a couple of weeks or so longer than it will stay in the store packaging. I've had them for a couple of years now and they really work. If you go to the HSN website and search green boxes you will get lots of options on them and you can watch a video of them being demonstrated. It shows how they work. It can be a real help in stockpiling some produce.

I'm sorry about breaking any rules but since we're supposed to stay put for a couple of weeks I thought it might prove to be useful to some folks.

 

[Bernard_Fokke]

You might be pleased to know that we have a sign on our building that says "Home of the Loose Screws". The customers love it.

Although I know that we're not supposed to recommend particular products here I will break the rule due to the circumstances. I like to buy things from HSN and they carry a product called green boxes by a lady named Debbie Meyers. The boxes are designed to keep your produce fresh for a couple of weeks or so longer than it will stay in the store packaging. I've had them for a couple of years now and they really work. If you go to the HSN website and search green boxes you will get lots of options on them and you can watch a video of them being demonstrated. It shows how they work. It can be a real help in stockpiling some produce.

I'm sorry about breaking any rules but since we're supposed to stay put for a couple of weeks I thought it might prove to be useful to some folks.

Thanks BL I'll look into them.