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I have been mostly just staying in my pj's, when I take the dog out, I just put on jeans over them. I can say without anything to do, each day is harder to stay active.

Based on the notes the strata keeps sending out, if they had it their way, sounds like they would just make everyone stay inside their units, their notes highly encourage people to stay inside their units, and to limit leaving their units to once per week for essentials.

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I find it best to get showered, get dressed and try to look like I would normally do. If I slouch around the house, I would feel like crap and it would get me down.

that’s what everyone is being told here. Stay home, go out once a week for groceries and meds if necessary...but stay home.

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Are door-to-door Mormons considered as an Essential Service where you are?

Our doorbell rang a couple of hours ago (I was expecting a delivery) and saw through the glass door my 'usual' POSTNL (border controls, yay!) person who pointed at the package he'd just put on the step.

I gave him the thumbs-up, but I maybe opened the door too soon for his liking, as he shot off like the urban-mythical rat up a drainpipe.

Or he was possibly on a cross-border delivery bonus. The truth will out in a few months.

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Reminds me of something

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Health orders haven't gotten that strict here yet, the orders are more focused on maintaining social distance rather than telling people to stay home.

I shower and such still as per usual, but I don't feel any different based on what I am wearing, I am just cutting down on laundry by not wearing pj's + daytime clothes, so ends up being less laundry.

But I am not going to stores, or such, my outings involve taking the dog around the neighborhood and if we see someone a head we cross the street so we don't pass anyone, and most others out and about are doing the same pretty much, or we get in the car and drive around for 1/2 hour, everyone in the building seems to be following the don't get in the elevator with others rule, so that is good. I use a tooth pick to press the buttons on the elevator, so limiting what I touch directly.

With a dog really have no choice but to go outside, but I am not socializing with anyone or anywhere close to others, and health people say going outside is allowed, to enjoy the outdoors just maintain distance from others.

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Ha ha.

Sometimes living in an apartment/condo does feel like a cell of sorts.... Now maybe if it was a 1,500 sq foot condo, it would be different, 550-600 sq feet is really pretty small for 2 adults.

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if we must we can go outside too, but that is a little vague imo. No more than groups of 2, unless you live together. I wish they would say you can go for a walk only. Groups of joggers and cyclists can be seen. People throwing balls and frisbees, lifting weights etc. why is all that necessary...a quick walk is all that’s needed at times like these. The police are out moving people on this weekend.

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Things seem to be worse in ON so suppose you need to have stricter rules.

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I think testing is so far behind the possible spread it's impossible to tell how well things are going. A week ago I said we'll see in two weeks, and now I think we'll see in 3 weeks. We knew it was probably going to be a long haul thing.

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Yeah 2020 is for the most part a year to write off for just about everything else at this point.

We are going on 2 weeks almost in BC without a testing back log, so these numbers coming out now should be from tests done pretty recently.

Governor in California was asked if he though the NFL games would start on schedule this fall, his answer was he doesn't anticipate games starting on schedule in California, which likely means they will be keeping theme parks and such closed and things there will be a lot longer than people think.

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Who would have thought getting groceries would be so difficult to obtain.

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The only way my son has been able to get any groceries was by ordering through Instacart as he's self isolating having been in contact with someone who tested positive.... all the local stores that deliver were booked up for the foreseeable future. It's a bit more expensive though :(

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It's didn't help here that majority of the grocery stores didn't do delivery, Save On is about it but they don't deliver from every store so still a bit limited.

Even instacart here has been difficult to get delivery slots, finally did get one today, although only ending up getting 30% or so of what was ordered as the store was out of everything else. The shopper even texted photos of the empty shelves, so the government keeps saying the supply chain is strong, but the store shelves are not building confidence in people.

Instacart was 3.99 base charge + tip but I only tipped the 5% the system defaulted to which was like $6 something, we would just go ourselves but I am showing symptoms and so neither of us can go out. I have an awful cough that is nothing like I have had before, which is leading to a sore throat, and I can feel heavy congestion feeling in my lungs, and slight shortness of breath if I try to do anything, but otherwise breathing is fine, no fever though so maybe its something else, but my body is achy like the flu but worse, but no fever, but maybe its too soon or maybe its something else entirely, who knows, but doctor said to stay home and don't go out so we are scrambling trying to find ways to obtain what we need which is has proven difficult, Amazon is pretty much out of everything still as well.

Hopefully its just a run of the mill cold or something, time will tell but wont be going out anytime soon.

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Instacart is really the only choice here for delivery. Bearing in mind that most prices are a bit more than the in store prices you also lose the opportunity to substitute Cauli for Broccoli; pears for apples, water melon for grapes (and vice versa) and miss in store specials as well the cheap stuff still a couple of days from the best before dates it's already a fair bit more expensive before the delivery charge and the almost hidden service fee of 5% are added.

Probably just have to swallow it, if one wants to keep going out to a minimum. I shall have another look at the 'membership' option and see if that works out better value.

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My son used the Instacart phone App and he said his 'shopper' was in constant contact with him, texting to ask if he wanted some of this as they didn't have any of that.. and even asking if he was ok for loo roll / water .. he was quite impressed. :)
I may have to bite the bullet.

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I use Loblaws mostly...I think they use their own/independent shoppers. They keep you up to date via text as they go through the store. I have used Instacart via Longos. I have been pleased with both.

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Something similar happened with SD on a previous order - it was live text on the website which she happened to be on at the time. There's also a preference to select phone call too.

For $9.99 a month (Express membership or something) you can shop without the delivery charge (normally $3.99 here) but the service fee is still there. It's unclear whether it's still 5%. It's not very specific.
So if you use it more than twice a month it's worth paying. There's another advantage to express too...you can shop at different places in one go. So if you didn't sign up and you wanted stuff from more than one store you'd have to pay the delivery charge multiple times.

Instacart here shops at Shoppers Drug Mart, Atlantic Superstore, the Wholesale version of Superstore, Walmart groceries and M&Ms and, bizarrely, Staples.

I've 'sampled' a few prices across the range and there can be surprising differences. And the Wholesale place has stuff that Superstore doesn't. I bought a bag of goat meat :thumbup:

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Once our order was assigned to a shopper same experience, texting and asking and showing photos of shelves to show they are sold out.

Was pretty okay, just gets expensive between the tip and service charge. $3.99 delivery charge + 5% tip which was around $6.44.

And the store was out of most of what we needed so we have to try again this week.

The store shopped at was Super Store which is a Loblaws brand, they don't seem to offer delivery in house.

Save On has the best system for delivery, flat fee, no tip driver system, all done in house by Save On employees, but very hard to get a delivery slot.

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If this is true, then I feel bad for the store owner. Customers mad that packages of toilet paper were $34.99, store says the supplier billed them $31.65 per pack, if the store was indeed charged $31.65 and only marked it up to $34.99, I don't see the store at fault, they can't be expected to sell things at a loss, seems Loblaws worked out a deal with the store so they can sell it for $18.49.

https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/04...rice-covid-19/

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Online grocery shop envy here a bit.
There is no way to get groceries here except for just one of us to do a supermarket shop. That's it.

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It's not working that great here in Vancouver area, the demand far exceeds supply.

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In one article pretty much sums up landlords in BC well. Renting in BC is awful in general. One of the landlords mentioned in the article lost a human right tribunal case against her for harassing one of her tenants and has a history apparently of treating tenants poorly.

https://pressprogress.ca/throw-their...cebook-groups/

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A heartwarming story

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I rather feel that himself will have chopped enough kindling for more than one winter.

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Easter Bunny on security cam last night.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...833a894bc7.jpg

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Ran out of dog treats so ordered a package on Amazon, they sent 5 bags of them. Contacted Amazon, they don't want them back, so Charlee got a nice surprise....

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I just got in bed...what a simple but delightful pleasure to be in cotton sheets, just ironed (yes I iron my sheets) and dried outside in the sunshine...lots of snow on the ground but a great drying day...the smell is of a time gone by ...

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Iron your sheets...!!!! let me guess..you iron your socks and 'undergarments' :) Do you make serviettes into animal shapes for every meal :)

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There's no shame in that, we don't all have a maid and, in this era of social distancing, a trip to the laundry to have them ironed is, arguably, not essential.

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Is it a blanket policy?

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It isn't considered a pressing need.

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16:51 in the UK even though still early here, and this is a British website so that's close enough.

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It is the same here, BEV. No delivery although you can place the list, they will pick and bag and deliver to your car. This would save you from going into the market.

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Not at all...I’ve never had a ‘serviette’ near my table in life, and might be judged as a bit of household slut...however...the sheet thing just feels, and smells, sooo good. It’s mostly a pure tactile pleasure...you sleep so much better...in a horrid tense time, when we are meant to be focusing on the positives of all our senses, I’d certainly be be voting for upping your bedtime pleasure...:thumbup:

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Please...this is a family forum. :eek:

:rofl:

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I laughed out-loud over this comment on reddit.



It's a discussion the risk of Vancouver going bankrupt. There are a few good ones there.

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