Do you wash your oranges now?

[NCC1701A]

I was in Makro buying some oranges and tangerines and other produce.

I ordered hand sanitizer weeks ago and have it in my scooter so my hands are clean going in but what about other people? they where  checking temperatures but no hand sanitizer at the entrance that day so potentially many virus latent hands entering the store. 

 

of course everything now is virus 24/7. amazing how just a few weeks ago i would forget what i was shopping for because i was so distracted trying to figure out how much that guy over there pays his girlfriend a month. not now. this is a military operation and i have to stay on mission.  

 

so as I was picking up and examining a tangerine looking thing I was thinking how many people have touched this tangerine? Did someone else just touch it? Wait, this is a communist Chinese tangerine. Anyway, then I put my selection into a plastic bag and that bag has now come into contact with my hands. Then I went to the man who weights and labels your produce. I put my bags down on the conveyor belt and then the man picked up my bags, tied the bags off and labeled them. of course he does this all day long. So he has handled hundred of bags that have just been handled by someone else. Hundreds of people. I reached over from as far away as possible to pick up my bags. 

 

Ok I leave the store and do hand sanitizer again at exit door.

 

I get home and wash my hands at my decon station i have setup.

 

then i start to unload my groceries and of course i realize i have to touch all the bags again including bags from the meat department man who is going the same thing all day.

 

then i am thinking anything that is in a plastic bag handled by anyone has to be transferred to another new clean bag. or maybe i could wash down the plastic bag full of raw chicken.      

 

ok no problem. now i am looking at the tangerine looking things and oranges out of their filthy bags and i realize i have to wash them all, everything needs to be washed. of course in the past before the communist Chinese destroyed the world i would wash apples, grapes, anything that you did not peel. in fact i have a very elaborate procedure for washing stuff since i got really sick from filthy produce and filthy water here in Thailand.

 

anyway, i am thinking do i need to wash each piece of fruit for 20 seconds like you do your hands?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 2, 2020 by NCC1701A

[cmsally]

Keep it simple ! Just wash the damn oranges !

[cornishcarlos]

Washed my plums last night... 

Actually do most mornings too ????

[Nyezhov]

Im with Uncle NCC on this: the bottom line is that I am spending more time washing than I am doing getting dirty.

[colinneil]

3 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

Washed my plums last night... 

Actually do most mornings too ????

Well you will have to wash them yourself, no wifey to do it for you.

[Logosone]

The safest thing to do is to put a face mask on the orange.

 

I will shortly be releasing a range of face masks for all kind of fruits, plums, oranges, apples, grapefruit, tangerines

 

Only 35 Baht each. Check Lazada for details.

[cornishcarlos]

6 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Well you will have to wash them yourself, no wifey to do it for you.

 

Stop reminding me !!! Aaaggghhhhhhhhhhhhh... Could be another 2 or 3 months at this rate......

[Olmate]

I,m guessing you didn’t eat dirt as a kid!

[Saltire]

This may help you.

 

 

 

[NCC1701A]

6 minutes ago, Olmate said:

I,m guessing you didn’t eat dirt as a kid!

i ate a lot of dirt. i played outside in the yard and all around my hood. chasing lizards and snakes and wondering why all these girls where loitering in front of my house.  

 

i breathed air before catalytic converters.

 

i had a radioactive wristwatch dial. i played with liquid mercury. 

 

but this is different. this could kill you.

 

this is a serious topic. i want to know are you washing your fruit that you did not wash in the past and what procedures have you setup to decon your food as it enters your kitchen. 

[Logosone]

For our American friends who are especially concerned I am working with an Italian designer to produce a range of full body velcro armour. These will be available for oranges, bananas, apples, plums, tangerines and cantaloupe melons.

 

These "Over Armour" fruit protection products will be 100% made in the USA, not China.

 

Of course Over Armour will be more expensive than the fruit face masks made in China, but if you want full protection you have to pay a price.

[colinneil]

18 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

Stop reminding me !!! Aaaggghhhhhhhhhhhhh... Could be another 2 or 3 months at this rate......

Have a chat with ms palmer.

[cornishcarlos]

1 minute ago, colinneil said:

Have a chat with ms palmer.

 

She's been involved in the whole plum washing scenario for a while.. When I eventually get home I'm sure there will be questions asked about my ridiculously clean plums !! 

[mike787]

No.

[sirocco]

[ThailandRyan]

How about the on-line food orders which include bags of all fruit and veggies.  Do you wear gloves, and ensure they are sanitized. Just washing the inner contents doesnot keep you from possibly the same as whomever toughed the fruit and veggies before they got to you.  I would venture to say the same goes for all food ordered and delivered.  Here we are virtually shut in, except to go to essential locations which are visited by the many....Oh well, guess if its my time its my time, only way to ensure your safe is to walk around in a PPE and have a system in front of your residence that can decontaminate you....but then thats just craziness.....

[spidermike007]

20 minutes ago, Saltire said:

This may help you.

 

Don't buy much fruit as it's safe off the trees, but we do launder money now.

 

 

That is one of the most bizarre videos I have ever seen. I mean everything he says is logical. But, it is such an extreme reaction to all of this. Who is actually going to do everything he suggests? It is just crazy.

[JimmyTheMook]

anything that other people touch should be disinfected - simple math 

[Bert got kinky]

 

Do you wash your oranges now?

Quite the opposite, I use my orange for cleaning.

 

 

 

Edited April 2, 2020 by Bert got kinky

[userabcd]

Since being in Asia, always washed fruit before eating it including oranges.

[Saltire]

14 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

That is one of the most bizarre videos I have ever seen. I mean everything he says is logical. But, it is such an extreme reaction to all of this. Who is actually going to do everything he suggests? It is just crazy.

I think the problem is no one knows for sure how long the virus stays active on different materials. it varies from hours to 17 days. Better safe than sorry.

 

I'd hate to think i'd been taken out by an orange ????

[chickenslegs]

1 hour ago, NCC1701A said:

... in the past before the communist Chinese destroyed the world i would wash apples, grapes, anything that you did not peel ...

I always imagined that you had a team of half naked girls to peel your grapes.

[Logosone]

16 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

That is one of the most bizarre videos I have ever seen. I mean everything he says is logical. But, it is such an extreme reaction to all of this. Who is actually going to do everything he suggests? It is just crazy.

Hahahahahaha, leave your groceries on the porch or in the garage....that's priceless.

 

That's a funny video. 

 

 

[NCC1701A]

4 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

I always imagined that you had a team of half naked girls to peel your grapes.

yes that was before the apocalypse. 

no way am now i going to delegate sarscov2 decon duty. 

[potless]

You could drive yourself mad just by thinking about all the variables. I have wondered how this situation is affecting people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Is it absolute heaven getting immersed in a never ending cleaningfest. Or absolute hell?  

[JimmyJ]

I wash all fruit and always have.

 

 

People wth colds, flu, etc.

Edited April 2, 2020 by JimmyJ

[Logosone]

1 minute ago, potless said:

You could drive yourself mad just by thinking about all the variables. I have wondered how this situation is affecting people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. 

Or indeed Americans.

Edited April 2, 2020 by Logosone

[bkk6060]

44 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

i want to know are you washing your fruit that you did not wash in the past and what procedures have you setup to decon your food as it enters your kitchen. 

 

I just throw it all into a sink and let it sit with lite soap.

 

On the bagged and packaged stuff, I will reach way to the back to grab a ketchup or jar of peanut butter thinking the one up front was handled more then the others.  I spray my hands a lot.

 

The other items just do the best to get them into the frig, clean hands before and after.

 

None of any of this now is 100% absolute.  And, could make one insane if they worry too much.

Just try the best to take reasonable precautions.

 

[Logosone]

My company will shortly be releasing a robotic fishing rod that will enable the owner to open and retrieve grocery items from the porch. No need to bring foods into the house ever again!

 

It is a long plastic tube with a fishing line which has hooks, mini-knives and magnets attached that are controlled electronically.

 

Based on the common teddy bear angling machines this technology has been refined to such an extent you can even open cornflakes packets, retrieve each cornflake individually and shower each one with disinfectant before you put it in your mouth.

 

The disinfectant shower add-on is sold separately.

 

This product will only be relseased in the USA, but is made in China. If you would like to contribute to the funding of this game changing and life-saving device please send your funding to the bank account details I will send you in reply to your private message.

[toofarnorth]

33 minutes ago, JimmyTheMook said:

anything that other people touch should be disinfected - simple math 

Back to my plums I guess.  I have a bottle of body wash from Lotus , was 195 B which is why I bought it for 59 B. Only thing is it contains wasabi ,this gives a glow in the dark feel.  My wife considers this to be as good as disinfectant.