Corona virus etc. and handwash.

[thecroweater]

Use foreshots for shavin? Gawd your likker must be mighty hot to get ya whiskers to fall out

[Eire Whiskey]

I use my 12ga.to kill viruses on others. It kills 99.9% of the infected, but does little for viruses or germs.

[The Baker]

Dunny isn't a who , its a what......this here is a Dunny https://browse.startpage.com/do/show_pi ... &t=default
Dunny paper years ago was just sheets of newspaper hanging on a hook, spoze the world wont end if we need to go back to that again for a while.

But the pipes will clog.
In the good old days of newspaper bum wipes the disposal system consisted of a can under the dunny seat;
you dug a hole when you needed to empty the can.

Geoff

[cranky]

The other day one of the guys I work with showed me a little bottle of Purell and said he and his wife got the last 2 bottles at the drug store.

I asked him why he didn't just go get a plastic bottle from our stores department and fill it from one of the many half gallon bottles we have around work

He hadn't thought of that

I also saw a thing on the news this morning about a small distillery that is making hand sanitizer out of it's heads and giving it away

[Single Malt Yinzer]

And if you don't have a mask here's a great improvised idea: https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/cjaysa ... underwear/

[Eire Whiskey]

And if you don't have a mask here's a great improvised idea: https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/cjaysa ... underwear/

LOL
These will work better.

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[Yummyrum]

Awesome ,
Thats two less dumb shits around .

[Eire Whiskey]

Awesome ,
Thats two less dumb shits around .

Yep,
Need some duct tape also.

[Expat]

Couldn't help but laugh this afternoon while reading an article about NOT making your own hand sanitizer. Total scare piece and dumb to boot!

Reason 1 - You don't have the tools to proof the alcohol. lol
Reason 2 - You wouldn't calculate dilution properly. LOL
Reason 3 is the kicker. You might contaminate the mixture with bacteria. ROFL

I think I'll take my chances if it comes down to that.

[Avo]

I've noticed on a lot of web forums / FB hobby pages etc, that some folk are advocating the use of 'foreshots' as a handwash to use against 'Coronavirus'; Not necessarily disregarding 'Sugar washes' that have little Methanol content, - Other types of wash will have. It must be pointed out that 'Methanol' is extremely toxic, and will be detrimental to health if absorbed (systemically) by the skin, also if the fumes are inhaled in excess.
https://www.biodiesel.org/docs/default- ... z21sie1Aok

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_m ... gtOzjAA4yU

[pope]

People need more hobbies - I always have n95 masks and a blue barrel of water lying around just because, and azeo neutral is never more than a few hours' work away ...and I always have lots of toilet paper around because I hate going to Costco.

People should just buy bidet attachments, they're like $100 on Amazon.

[Expat]

I've noticed on a lot of web forums / FB hobby pages etc, that some folk are advocating the use of 'foreshots' as a handwash to use against 'Coronavirus'; Not necessarily disregarding 'Sugar washes' that have little Methanol content, - Other types of wash will have. It must be pointed out that 'Methanol' is extremely toxic, and will be detrimental to health if absorbed (systemically) by the skin, also if the fumes are inhaled in excess.
https://www.biodiesel.org/docs/default- ... z21sie1Aok

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_m ... gtOzjAA4yU

Might be toxic, but there isn't enough in fores to worth worrying about.
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[Saltbush Bill]

From what I've been reading the whole hand sanitizer thing is a bit of a scam. Hands washed well with a good old fashion bar of soap and water are just as clean, germ and virus free, if not cleaner. There have been several things on the radio here this week about this subject which is what prompted me to research further.

[cranky]

One thing I find funny is people who are afraid of Covid-19 are running down to costco en masse and getting into fights over toilet paper thereby risking exposure to the virus by being in large groups in confined space rather than just ordering it on Amazon

Although I did hear about one lady why accidentally spent $3,000 on toilet paper from Amazon and now has a 12 year supply filling up her garage

With Amazon and various grocery / food delivery options there really isn't much need to leave your house in most places these days.

[Expat]

From what I've been reading the whole hand sanitizer thing is a bit of a scam. Hands washed well with a good old fashion bar of soap and water are just as clean, germ and virus free, if not cleaner. There have been several things on the radio here this week about this subject which is what prompted me to research further.

Soap and water do indeed dislodge the majority of bacteria and viruses from your hands, but its far less portable than alcohol hand sanitizer.

One of the most important things to remember is to stop touching your face; Many mucosal membranes for germs to enter by.

[HDNB]

One thing I find funny is people who are afraid of Covid-19 are running down to costco en masse and getting into fights over toilet paper thereby risking exposure to the virus by being in large groups in confined space rather than just ordering it on Amazon

Although I did hear about one lady why accidentally spent $3,000 on toilet paper from Amazon and now has a 12 year supply filling up her garage

With Amazon and various grocery / food delivery options there really isn't much need to leave your house in most places these days.

my wife buys/sells a freeze dried food lineup that's really good. it gets delivered to the door. A lot of my friends kinda poo-pooed the idea and teased me about being a prepper...i've been building an inventory for the last few years mostly because i'm a cheap bastard...and i like the idea of buying food at today's prices that i can be eating in 10 or 20 years (if i live that long).
Now i got friends asking how can they buy the stuff...now that the company has been hit with a ground swell of orders and is basically all but sold out of the good stuff...like fruit and meat...
supply and demand...like good capitalists they are raising the prices to quell the demand they can't supply.

this panic buying is pissing me off, i can't keep collecting at the same low prices until this covid thing wears off. On the bright side they will likely ramp production and have an oversupply at some point in the future and have to put it on sale to normalize the inventory....then... it will be time to buy again!

[Saltbush Bill]

[Truckinbutch]

Local WalleyWorld , Giant Eagle , And Sam's are out of sanitizer and rubbing alcohol today according to SOH .
She told me to get to cookin before our supply runs out .
Headed to TSC tomorrow .

[Yummyrum]

Hee hee TB , you better be stock’n up on Sugar , yeast and gas bottles . Got yo keep her happy

Bloody sugars nearly dried up in one of our local supermarkets WTF .

[NZChris]

I've done a run from my feints jars with my Bokakob to make azeo for sanitizer. It produced some very fine gin base spirit as well as azeo heads and tails for hand sanitizer

50ml bottles and atomizer tops are cheap where we buy our preserving jars from, so we bought enough that we have plenty to spare to give away to any friends that can't get any ... I hope. They arrived yesterday and work very well.

My newly made sanitizer would probably make a nice 35% abv shot at 1 to 1 with water, but I suspect the plastic atomizers will break down fairly quickly and spoil it for drinking.

[Yummyrum]

At work we have always used good O’l Methylated spirits diluted to 70% in a spray bottle to sterilise all benches and surfaces when making up Agar plates. Guess it kills Bacteria ... Viruses ... who knows . Iff’n it does , Metho os cheap and plentiful .

[Saltbush Bill]

At work we have always used good O’l Methylated spirits diluted to 70% in a spray bottle to sterilise all benches and surfaces when making up Agar plates. Guess it kills Bacteria ... Viruses ... who knows . Iff’n it does , Metho os cheap and plentiful .

Funny you say that Yummy , I was reluctant to waste good Neutral rubbing it on the outside. First thing I thought was that Metho is cheap and easy to get, so went to Bunnings today to get some and the shelf was bare, Luckily a Fella was just turning up with a couple of fresh boxes of bottles to refresh the shelves. He mentioned that they seem to be going through heaps of it ATM. Grabbed 8 liters of the stuff as I go through a lot of it anyway, if it doesn't get used for one thing it will get used for another.

[cranky]

You know, come to think of it I have an entire gallon of 95% from a couple years ago that has a slight amount of flavor that I rejected for neutral and was saving for gin that I could easily turn into sanitizer ...or... I could just go get a bottle and fill it from one of the several half gallon ones around my work

[BourbonStreet]

I read an article about people trying to make their own sanitizer. They interviewed a doctor that said nobody has the correct equipment at home, and wouldn’t know how...

[Expat]

I read an article about people trying to make their own sanitizer. They interviewed a doctor that said nobody has the correct equipment at home, and wouldn’t know how...

Sounds like the article I mentioned reading LoL

We're not an average bunch here.

[Durhommer]

So where I live only two confirmed cases but everyone is freaking out like it's the damned zombie apocalypse. My wife works at the orange big box store and a school came in and bought EVERY cleaner/sanitizer on the shelf yesterday. St.paddys day is canceled...wtf is it really that bad or is this a media driven deal

[jonnys_spirit]

St. Paddy’s day ain’t cancelled at my place!

Cheers,
-jonny

[KSpirits75]

9 cases in my state and all school sports cancelled. Rumor is that the schools will be closed for 3 weeks soon as well. We were out of toilet paper. People were standing around waiting for walmart employees to open new boxes. I went to Lowe's Home Improvement to get some screws and they had boxes of TP at the entrance. Never thought I'd be buying TP from Lowe's. No Ramen or hot dogs left at Walmart either.

[cranky]

Today the governor of Wa cancelled all school in the most affected counties until late April. He also banned all gatherings, including church, of 250 people or more and on the news they said "If you see a gathering of more than 200 people call 911"

Why the hell would you call 911? So the cops can come out and count the people? I can see it now...

Cop "You have 249 people so your gathering is OK"

but down the street

Cop "THIS GROUP HAS 251 PEOPLE!!! I NEED FULL CONTAINMENT PERIMETER SET UP AND EVERYBODY DISINFECTED AND QUARANTINED FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS!!!!"

Hell there are planes flying in out out of the airport with 300 people in them, should we call 911 each time one loads up for takeoff

There is one good thing that has come from this...
I used to be called a germophobe because I never touch food before washing my hands and wash my hands often, especially after using the restroom (and sometimes before) and use a paper towel after washing them to open the door and if possible only use my pinkie finger to open doors when I don't have a paper towel...ETC but now everybody is doing it. So it turns out I was just ahead of my time

[Truckinbutch]

Hee hee TB , you better be stock’n up on Sugar , yeast and gas bottles . Got yo keep her happy

Bloody sugars nearly dried up in one of our local supermarkets WTF .

She told me it's got to be AG . They out of sugar , too . No nemmermind . Once the folks here shamed me into AG I prefer it .
I'll step up to the plate .