General Social/Chatter Thread

[The Rock Doctor]

Currently rocking and wobbling aboard MV Fundy Rose in the Bay of Fundy.

I should sim her when I get home.

[Kaiser Kirk]

neat :)

Hope you're having Fun(dy)

[Jefgte]

...Bay of Fundy...

Originally: "Baye Francoise" in 1603.

"Fundy Bay" in 1720.

[The Rock Doctor]

Well, the vacation is over but the COVID is beginning.  Mrs. Rock has it, I'm sure I'll get it.

But maybe I'll find a bit of time in the next few days to post a bit.

[Kaiser Kirk]

Sorry to hear that.
For me it was very mild, was mainly just sleeping a great deal.
Hopefully you two will be asymptomatic or just at that mild level.

The thing I did not expect is I kept testing positive.
At day 11 ...positive, by day 14 negative.
Felt good after day 2, an 'well' after day 4...
So I worked from home and kept isolating.

Groceries and basics for that time period started running low,
and friends offered to help.

[The Rock Doctor]

We're good for a lot of basics but junk food is in short supply.  I suppose we could set up an Amazon delivery for some stuff.

More problematic is that Mrs. Rock is supposed to be matron of honor at a wedding in ten days, so the bride has been notified.

[Desertfox]

The big problem is how widely varying the recovery period is. I had symptoms for 2 weeks, while my wife only had them for 1. Hopefully ya'll recover quickly!

[Jefgte]

The big problem is how widely varying the recovery period is. I had symptoms for 2 weeks, while my wife only had them for 1. Hopefully ya'll recover quickly!

This is unfortunately true, 100% recovery can be spread over several weeks. I hope yours will be very quick.

[Kaiser Kirk]

More problematic is that Mrs. Rock is supposed to be matron of honor at a wedding in ten days, so the bride has been notified.

Well, I suppose a 'special sort of gift' would probably not be appreciated.

I lucked out at the beginning of the Pandemic.
A friend had a wedding...superbowl weekend...and a pair of guests missed with the flu....which later turned out
to be an early case of Covid.

[The Rock Doctor]

Looking at the calendar and our trip, my uneducated guess is that last Tuesday's two hour ferry ride was our problem. 

The Missus had a really rough day yesterday and I was pretty close to hauling her off to the hospital given her difficulty breathing, but today is less terrible.  I'm developing a sore throat, which tells me how my impending long weekend is likely to go.  I'll do some extra farm chores today in case I have to flake out over the next few days.

On a different note, I learned that the Maritime Museum of Quebec is about six hours from our home, just off the main highway.  We skipped it on account of the ships being closed for COVID precautions (ironic) but they have a small icebreaker and Canada's experimental ASW hydrofoil there normally available for tours.  Maybe next year.

[Kaiser Kirk]

Glad to hear she's improving, may your sore throat be a mild whatever at worst.

The hydrofoil would be neat to see.

[The Rock Doctor]

Spending some awake time adding the appropriate .sship files to my encyclopedia.  Gives me a little insurance against computer failures.

[The Rock Doctor]

Looks like I'm good back to around 1913-14, then stuff is lost on the old computer.  Stuff before that exists if I've rebuilt the sim for refurbishment planning.  But that's probably fine.  Not a lot of old hulls likely to get reworked.

[TacCovert4]

I know that feeling.  My older stuff, unless I re-sim it all, is just going to be FC upgrades and then scrap.

[The Rock Doctor]

I popped my head into Wesworld and apparently Bruce Duncan passed away last year, so that's sad.