Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Mike CHS]

I avoid those things like the plague (no pun intended). We carry wet wipes that we even take into restaurants to wipe our hands after handling one of the biggest germ carriers of them all, Menus...

 

[Bruce]

Good point Mike, obvious, though I've never thought about it.

 

[Baymule]

It's a wonder we aren't all dead. Didn't know that about the air dryers. Gross. Never thought about menus either. Yuck. Handle the dirty menu, then eat. Or go to the bathroom and get 254 bacteria strains blown onto your hands by the "clean" air dryers. Think we'll just stay home and eat our coconut/almond flour imitation baked goods, home raised meat and veggies. LOL

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Kids often dry their hands on my jeans as I know where they’ve been. I’ve been known to just let DS pee by the vehicle. DD2 gets cathed in the vehicle. I won’t use a baby station for nothing! DD1 is 7 and perfecting her hover! I carry wipes and hand sanitizer everywhere I go.

 

[greybeard]

Never thought about menus either.

My wife worked as a waitress years back and they had to use disinfectant spray cleaner on all the plastic sleeved menus at least once/shift. I don't know if that was sector wide practice or not and don't know what a place would do with paper menus.
I'm really not much of a germaphobe...or any other kind of phobe and I very very very rarely ever come down with any kind of illness. I've worked under tractors, laying in cow poop, had all manner of nasty stuff spit or otherwise spattered on me by both people and animals. I don't think I've ever used one of those sani-wipe things, never bothered wiping down a shopping cart or any of the rest of the stuff I keep reading we're 'supposed' to do. I might die tomorrow but I ain't scared of it and all things considered, it's been a good run anyway.

 

[farmerjan]

There is something to be said about trying to avoid some germs. Especially things like the flu germs and such ..... but there is also some merit to being exposed to germs and the body building a resistance to them. I waitressed for years and we also tried to wipe down the menus with some regularity. And I know that you can pick up some nasty stuff. But again, there have recently been several studies that show that children that are exposed to pets, and "dirt" at early ages are at least 5 times less likely to develop allergies. Do you realize all the allergies that kids have nowadays that many of us never had? I am not saying to not be careful, and kids that have special needs or health issues, the parents need to guard against exposures that can lead to infections or serious health problems.. but we are to a place where we are "guarding our health to death". I don't get hysterical about germs on shopping carts. I don't like the air blowers in restrooms for one reason... Usually if there are air dryers, then there aren't paper towels. I like a wet paper towel to wipe my face if I need to, I like a paper towel to be able to dry my hands without them getting the air which feels cold at first, then hot and "drying" out my skin.
I try to cover my mouth when I sneeze or cough as I know that germs get spread that way. Many people don't. It is again about teaching kids basic sanitary procedures. There are alot of diseases and germs that we come in contact with nowadays that come from other places/countries etc. And we don't have resistance to things we have never been exposed to. But sometimes I think we are hurting ourselves by not ever getting exposed to some things so we build up a healthy resistance.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

I’ll say that farm and home germs don’t bother me. Germs at work and public places do.

 

[Bruce]

It does seem that the "away from home" germs are the worst. Probably a higher concentration of them with a ton of people passing through, all with various bacteria and viruses at the ready.

 

[Mike CHS]

The small church that Teresa goes to seems to be the center of the cold season here as they keep passing cold bugs back and forth.

 

[Latestarter]

Thanks all. rough day today. not staying long, too many posts to try and catch up... Not feeling up to it. Hands, wrists, elbows and shoulders, along with ankles and feet are giving me issues. Walking like an old man... a really old man... Can't don't want pain killers as the guts aren't right yet. Need to refill feed barrel but hands etc too sore to do so tonight. Hope they are a little better tomorrow. Guess I'll have to find a way... Sore throat has calmed down a bit, but still there. Feeling queasy, light headed, drank a lot of water... trying to NOT get dehydrated. no renal issues this time. Still dealing with the diarrhea, but no where near as often and it's no longer pure liquid. Nice change.

Shivering after chores so turned heat from 65 to 74. Once warmed up, will turn back down and head for blanket once again. weather has been OK past few days. Was able to do night chores in shorts again. Around 60°. Looks to be the same, ~60 tomorrow then poss rain and temp drop. Have been leaving the goat pen open at night. No issues yet. Mel doesn't seem interested in sleeping inside. Will see what happens when it starts raining. Hard a$$ isn't letting him in the back yard this time. Perfectly good shelter for him down there.

Seriously tired of feeling this way. Seriously considering a major life style re-evaluation... No real thrill in life when restricted to a recliner every waking hour except when hurting, trying to do animal chores.