Thanksgiving?

[GilpinGuy]

LMAO

[RblDiver]

First year in a while I won't be going with my family to my aunt's place. They're still going, but since I'm in contact with my gf and her daughter, and my mom is absolutely paranoid about it all (she is in the age bracket and has potential comorbidities, but even so, overly paranoid imo), I won't be joining 'em. (To be fair, my aunt and her neighbors are also very up there, so the only one not too vulnerable going is my sis, but she's been holed up with my parents for a while so is considered safe).

So, with only three of us, we're going to attempt something. I did a Thanksgiving dinner back in college about, oh, 16 years ago, and we got all the dishes...just not at the same time :P I have a feeling this year'll be the same. I'm planning on doing a ham instead of a turkey, but will be trying mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, croissants, stuffing, and the gf's going to do green bean something.

[ray1970]

We typically gather at my in laws but they?ve cancelled that so the kids and their significant others will be coming to our house for food and fun. We?ll have the traditional turkey and a ham and all of the fixings. Should be a nice day considering everything going on in 2020.

[bellavite1]

Thankful we don't have to see my wife's fucking liberal family (yeah, every single one of them), especially this year...
And the wife will be making home made pizza!

[BladesNBarrels]

Thanksgiving 2020

[Ramsker]

Posted in the 'Rona thread, but . . . son, wife and I all got our test results back tonight and we were all negative!

So, the really tame "symptoms" I've had (little runny/stuffy but has lessened quickly) must be something else. I started having those on Wed and was tested Fri. Can't imagine there'd be a false-negative PCR test with some actual junk up there.

[ChickNorris]

Posted in the 'Rona thread, but . . . son, wife and I all got our test results back tonight and we were all negative!

So, the really tame "symptoms" I've had (little runny/stuffy but has lessened quickly) must be something else. I started having those on Wed and was tested Fri. Can't imagine there'd be a false-negative PCR test with some actual junk up there.

Genuine question here... are you disappointed? I think I would be

[Ramsker]

Genuine question here... are you disappointed? I think I would be

I have to admit (and I told my wife as much) . . . I was a little torn as to what I was "hoping" for. On the one hand, I sorta just wanted to check the box, be positive and be over the damn thing and know that I was probably covered for at least some period of time. Also that my immune system could beat it. But at my age (52--albeit in pretty solid shape) I wasn't in a hurry to press my luck.

I've been totally OCD with masking and sanitizing outside the house. N95 on when I'm at stores and the gym and hand sanitizer in my pocket. When our daughter tested positive and was at home, I had a lot of people say it was inevitable that the rest of us would get it. We all masked up at home immediately upon having a suspicion that my daughter was exposed and we regularly sanitized like fiends. So I guess the other part of me is pretty happy that we had it in the house and avoided it in the end.

[FoxtArt]

it's not impossible that because you were careful you had a small enough viral load to not get it full-blown. I'm not sure if that is possible with covid, but it may be. That wouldn't necessarily make you immune now either, kind of like the Germans didn't win the war at dunkirk... just the battle. But it did mean that we had to bring a lot more shit the next time we invaded so it doesn't hurt!

[Ramsker]

it's not impossible that because you were careful you had a small enough viral load to not get it full-blown. I'm not sure if that is possible with covid, but it may be. That wouldn't necessarily make you immune now either, kind of like the Germans didn't win the war at dunkirk... just the battle. But it did mean that we had to bring a lot more shit the next time we invaded so it doesn't hurt!

Yeah, I mean in the end . . . it's a good result for sure. We're all happy and relieved. It's very weird times. Does sort of give me some confidence that N95s and being careful/consistent with hand sanitizing can maybe be an effective barrier.