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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat do y'all miss doing from the good old days before the virus.
I miss going into Whataburger and ordering a #1 meal
I need to eat it inside.
Whataburger has great ice tea
Bev54
(10,039 posts)playing pickleball and going to the gym.
safeinOhio
(32,641 posts)Sitting at home isnt much fun for me. Its not about fun any more.
Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)The garden will be huge
Nothing else to do.
safeinOhio
(32,641 posts)projects done we have been putting off.
EarthFirst
(2,899 posts)Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)The best years ever.
CanonRay
(14,085 posts)Botany
(70,447 posts)n/t
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Ilsa
(61,690 posts)Botany
(70,447 posts)Final 4 .... no but a good chance @ sweet sixteen
hlthe2b
(102,138 posts)stores and not seeing empty shelves, which is very nerve-wracking.
BigmanPigman
(51,568 posts)Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)I'm never bored, so I can always find some project to do.
Skittles
(153,113 posts)nothing like seeing a movie on the big screen
FM123
(10,053 posts)femmedem
(8,197 posts)GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)marlakay
(11,428 posts)My dance class, but we did start online one on zoom today, not the same though.
I think I miss going out to eat and drink the most. That is our treat 1-2 times per week.
A Brand New World
(1,119 posts)greymattermom
(5,751 posts)Buford highway ethnic spots or neighborhood places. Just once a week, usually Sunday when traffic wasn't bad. Now, nothing is open and there's not much traffic. I brought them take out pizza. Not the same, but better than nothing.
renate
(13,776 posts)Its not just Trump, but everything seems so shitty. I miss worrying about just day-to-day things like the kids homework not getting done instead of financial collapse, a Russian takeover of our country, and pandemics.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)Last edited Fri Mar 20, 2020, 12:04 AM - Edit history (1)
And he started infect us in 2015/2016. 2020 is just the worst of that virus.
And hence the name The Trump Virus: let's remember the "man" that singlehandedly brought our country to ruin healthwise and economically because of his gross failures/omissions to act.
I miss the pre-Trump Virus days.
onecaliberal
(32,784 posts)Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)I am fine but my friend is still frail.
Another two months would have made a big difference.
onecaliberal
(32,784 posts)PJMcK
(21,998 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Funtatlaguy
(10,862 posts)Niagara
(7,565 posts)Funtatlaguy
(10,862 posts)Niagara
(7,565 posts)It wouldn't be the same, you and your neighbors could still play with Skype.
beaglelover
(3,460 posts)Marrah_Goodman
(1,586 posts)Greybnk48
(10,162 posts)My dil is a nursing student and part time healthcare worker and we're social distancing because my husband and I are 72 and 71 respectively. It's really boring here without them several days a week. (ages 5 and 2)
MissB
(15,804 posts)Contemplating which flavors to try, knowing that Id be getting a chocolate cone anyway.
Solid 30 minute line with 40 people in front of me every time we went there. Id marvel at their efficiency of moving the line along by keeping three or four scoopers constantly working. A scooper would help a group (like a group of family members standing in line) with samples and then scoop them all up their ice cream while the next scooper jumped to the next group and so on.
Seems quaint now, standing in a crowded line.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Who although a super healthy looking, active 58 yo, has had 2 bouts of pneumonia in the past 7 years.
All the social shit I used to do pale to that.
ooky
(8,908 posts)doing the homework and all before her daddy picks her up at night. It's actually all I really enjoyed anymore.
She's about to turn 7.
This really sucks.
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)I miss Whataburger..
Best damn fast food restaurant chain since the demise of Doggie Diner...
Aquaria
(1,076 posts)But because it's one of the worst about slathering its food in sodium.
I can't eat there at all because even something as simple as my typical order of a #1 with onion rings and Diet Dr Pepper has 1760 mg of sodium, which exceeds my allowance for the day, and the sugar content (14g) is ridiculous, too. If you get their A-1 Thick and Hearty meal, we're talking almost 3000 mg of sodium a day, which exceeds the daily allowance for healthy people!
Unacceptable.
The healthiest fast food flagship burger is the Burger King Whopper, as long as you don't put cheese, mayo and ketchup on it, which I didn't do, even before I had to cut back on sodium.
Aquaria
(1,076 posts)To the grocery store and the post office.
Other than that, my life is the same as it's been for the past 10 years, save for those couple of years I went to community college.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)Music Man
(1,184 posts)Choir is hard to do by yourself.
I picture their faces, especially seniors I've had for years and whom I may not see for a while, and that's enough to get me emotional about the whole situation.
Jspur
(578 posts)games in the evening time in the park. This is the time of year where I play a lot of basketball after work. It's my favorite time of year. I feel that's been taken away from me.
Olafjoy
(937 posts)Who are calling me afraid they have COVID19 and I tell them all sorry there are no tests.
(I am a telemedicine doctor)
Dem2theMax
(9,641 posts)OnDoutside
(19,948 posts)WestLosAngelesGal
(268 posts)I miss that.
MyNameGoesHere
(7,638 posts)Only TV voices.
LuvLoogie
(6,935 posts)Then as the virus took hold, it became more of a survival issue and trying to shore up my immune system.
I intend to go ahead and roast a leg of lamb for Easter, and turn the leftovers into (something) shwarma (like). Freeze for later.
Going forward my intention is to reduce my meat intake. In my freezer, I also have some frozen guisado de chicharon that I couldn't get to before Lent. I hope I can get to that some time in late April or early May.
tinrobot
(10,887 posts)We would have been on the mountain full of fresh snow today.
Just bought a new pair of skis for my wife. Now she's gotta wait until next year to use them.
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)csziggy
(34,131 posts)For decades he's had a bridge group - at Whataburger, LOL - on Thursday nights and AD&D on Saturdays at friends. For the last year or so he's had a second AD&D game at the home of a friend's daughter.
The bridge game is now out since Whataburger is closed, The Wednesday night game is suspended. I am not sure about the weekend game. Given that all the participants are at the very least in their 60s and some are in poor health, I think they should stop it, but they don't listen to me.
But for the nights that have been stopped, I miss the time to myself. I've been used to planning to feed my husband only four nights a week and being able to just take it easy the other nights. Now I have to reconfigure my whole cooking schedule. Not that my husband insists on fresh meals - he's perfectly happy with leftovers - but I was used to saving the leftovers for me.
Plus I could just skip cooking altogether and just much on celery or whatever. With him here, I feel obligated to have actual meals.