When they announced the restaurant and bar closures in Ohio a big stat cited for keeping a delivery pickup option was that 50% of meals in Columbus come from a restaurant.
Coronavirus Coronavirus: In-Iowa General Discussion (Not Limited)
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When they announced the restaurant and bar closures in Ohio a big stat cited for keeping a delivery pickup option was that 50% of meals in Columbus come from a restaurant.
I just can't get past the image of a women running by me in the store with her arms completely full of Totinos pizzas, throwing them in a cart totally loaded with other crap and thinking the way some are reacting is silly. I guess time will tell. If I'm stuck at home and having a hard time getting food I'll be the one looking silly.
Meanwhile I'll be eating my Totino's pizzas thinking about you and have a good laugh.
I'm the same way whenever they run the 10/$10 deal on those Totino's. So it may not have been Corvid related. Some people are just that passionate about their party pizzas.
Food volume at home is probably a function of environment. I was raised on a farm and we only went to town for groceries, at most, once a week. Lots off canned stuff and staples. We did get a freezer when I was a young boy so would buy bread and sale meats in volume after that, etc. We ate out maybe once a month and usually fast food. So it was a normal life to have lots and lots of food on hand. To a certain extent this practice carried over for me just because it seemed normal.
My roommate lived in the city and he buys only enough for a week. Had no extras of anything laying around. Because his family had more immediate access to foods at any time. He really never buys canned or rarely frozen vegetables.
My roommate lived in the city and he buys only enough for a week. Had no extras of anything laying around. Because his family had more immediate access to foods at any time. He really never buys canned or rarely frozen vegetables.
A full 50% of meals: I wouldn't doubt that either. Look at how many options there are in Ames that can apparently turn a profit?
Same: we also had to have enough freezer space for when we slaughtered a steer once a year.
Yeah it's crazy--we'd have all sorts of canned stuff in the pantry at my home and my Grandma's home.
I don't do that now but I didn't find it difficult to figure out what rations will be like for 2-3 weeks.
I was wanting to do this anyway before this whole thing started but I’m definitely expanding my garden past what I did last year and focus a good chunk of it in items that I know how to successfully can. Also going to grow some potatoes for the first time in a long time.
Not gonna lie, when I saw the heard of deer walking past my kitchen window this morning it was nice to know I had options!
I have a family member who has been hospitalized for several months. It sounds like they are trying to have him moved home by this weekend. That tells me they know what's coming and need beds available, and that they think he might be safer at home than at the hospital. That's pretty alarming.
honestly i'd always feel safer at home than the hospital. besides the fact of having doctors around 24/7.. hospitals are disgusting and filled with bacteria.
you have 100 other people hacking and coughing in your home?
I'm shocked we aren't hearing more about problems in India. With their proximity to China and population density, I would think they would be getting hit harder than anyone. Is just no one reporting on it? Or is it possible warmer weather does help mitigate the virus somewhat? Yes, I know many doctors have said they don't think that warmer weather effect this virus, but I don't think anyone really knows that for sure yet.
"Among hastily passed measures was one waiving the requirement for Iowa schools to reschedule days canceled following Gov. Kim Reynolds’ recommendation to recess for four weeks."
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They've reported 125 cases. There's hope...might be something to warmer climate but it's also warm in Italy but India was also first to take some drastic measures. Maybe they saw what was happening elsewhere, and acted based on stuff like evidence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/world/asia/india-coronavirus.html
I was at the north Ames Fareway and had no issues finding what I wanted yesterday (but that was mid-day). They had even restocked things from the time I was there to the time my mom went an hour or two later. Driving by the parking lot at 5:30pm it seemed like there were still a lot of people there.
Ames is always quieter during spring break, but you could really tell at the restaurants last night. We did Hickory Park curbside pickup (celebrating my dad’s birthday). The parking lot was pretty sparse. We drove up Duff and it was the same at Applebee’s and Red Lobster. Perkins and Panera parking lots were almost empty. We normally don’t eat out a lot as it is, but will still try to do takeout from places now occasionally.
We just go through a lot of food in our house with six people, and now all six of us will be home for every meal (older kids would eat lunch at school).
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