What do you do to pass the time during covid?

[DBath]

These are no doubt very, very difficult times for all of us. What do you do to take your mind off all the chaos and escape the whole topic of covid?

Edited September 11, 2021 by DBath

[tonray]

I spend most of my time on ThaiVisa, learning from erudite membership. Just this week I've learned that Ivermectin can keep me free from Covid and kill those worms I get from those fermented paddy crabs in my SomTam. 

[ThailandRyan]

Spent the day at Icon Siam today, shopping and spending all of the money the GF has saved for the past month of not being able to go to a mall.....

[Boomer6969]

Scratching one of my sphincters, most of the time. Old age onanism, in other words,

[2long]

Jogging & cycling,

plus... fighting with my kids,

and practising Adobe Premier Pro/Photoshop and now making GIFs.

There's SOME good to be acknowledged from this damn virus.

[zzaa09]

2 minutes ago, Boomer6969 said:

Scratching one of my sphincters, most of the time. Old age onanism, in other words,

Sphincter lice...?

[mfd101]

Reading, reading, reading ...

 

After 40 minutes gym in the morning (3 or 4 times a week, always aiming for 5 but haven't yet managed that since we arrived back from Oz in late 2015).

 

Making lists of things to do - both at the family farm and here around the house. Unless I push, nothing here gets done. All at the farm. (Funny that.)

 

Modifying the lists of things to do, pushing back the dates. Endlessly.

 

Currently: Beginning to gather my strength for the annual renewal horrors, and saving my shekels for the mandatory health insurance. B/f always needs more cash for the 3rd house we're building at the farm ...

[1FinickyOne]

I make food for my niece who is home from school, then I nap... then I watch movies, and nap, swim a little and nap... and if I am not too tired from all the naps, I clean the dishes as my niece forgets to do them.. 

[StayinThailand2much]

Binge-watching "30 Rock" and "Frasier" for the 10th time, checking "Asean Now" every three minutes for the latest news, checking Covid news every two minutes, planning my 2022 holidays in Australia and New Zealand in detail, in between having 13 meals a day (not counting snacks)...

Edited September 11, 2021 by StayinThailand2much

[papa al]

39 minutes ago, tonray said:

I spend most of my time on ThaiVisa, learning from erudite membership. Just this week I've learned that Ivermectin can keep me free from Covid and kill those worms I get from those fermented paddy crabs in my SomTam. 

papa (old & fat) got covid July 23.

Took 20mg Ivermectin right away.

Enjoyed very speedy recovery.

Back to riding dirt bike in 1 week.

Ivermectin is the real deal people.

 

Edited September 11, 2021 by papa al

[tonray]

8 minutes ago, papa al said:

papa (old & fat) got covid July 23.

Took 20mg Ivermectin right away.

Enjoyed very speedy recovery.

Back to riding dirt bike in 1 week.

Ivermectin is the real deal people.

 

Stop the presses ! Breaking news ! An old fat guy in Thailand has definitive proof that he has the cure for Covid.

[Kwasaki]

48 minutes ago, DBath said:

These are no doubt very, very difficult times for all of us.

Hasn't been difficult at all being retired.

There's only been a few things that I can't do but no big deal.

[papa al]

7 minutes ago, tonray said:

Stop the presses ! Breaking news ! An old fat guy in Thailand has definitive proof that he has the cure for Covid.

You sound dumb bro.

[rabas]

47 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Spent the day at Icon Siam today, shopping and spending all of the money the GF has saved for the past month of not being able to go to a mall.....

You mean she doesn't know about live Facebook clothing auctions 24/7?  I live with my wife and two nieces. It's non stop. I spend all my time digging up extra cash to pay for the steady stream of arriving packages.

[Greenwich Boy]

Have trained the rub n tug lady to bring a carton of beer when she visits so all bases covered really????

[DBath]

11 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Hasn't been difficult at all being retired.

There's only been a few things that I can't do but no big deal.

I'm with you there @Kwasaki

[DBath]

1 hour ago, tonray said:

I spend most of my time on ThaiVisa, learning from erudite membership. Just this week I've learned that Ivermectin can keep me free from Covid and kill those worms I get from those fermented paddy crabs in my SomTam. 

I feel you, I moved to Spain a month ago, but I still can't seem to shake free from TVF.

 

BTW, have you seen that the whole Ivermectin scam was just that - a scam. Perhaps you should follow another news source.

Edited September 11, 2021 by DBath

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, rabas said:

You mean she doesn't know about live Facebook clothing auctions 24/7?  I live with my wife and two nieces. It's non stop. I spend all my time digging up extra cash to pay for the steady stream of arriving packages.

Nope she will not buy the cheap stuff or knockoffs, she makes her own money and either saves it until she has enough to buy what she wants, like today, or she just leaves it in one of her bank accounts.

[connda]

What do you do to pass the time during covid?

I do the same things I did before Covid.  Not much has changed other than having to don a mask to make others feel safe when I enter a Big-Box hypermart for bi-monthly shopping.  Of course I have other activities my life revolves around other than shopping at the mall, going to restaurants, and getting drunk at bars.  I have a nice, boring, "retiree living in the rural boondocks of a third-world country" type of life - tend to your garden, enjoy your family and the beauty of nature in Northern Thailand. 
So not much has changed.  If people are depressed because they feel the activities that they used to love are no longer available to them - perhaps they should use this time to reflect on what is really important in life and reprioritize their lives.
I don't dwell on it or worry about the things I can't change.  I leave the fear and worry to others.  I have friends, family, and acquaintances who are doing double duty in the New Normal fear and depression realm.  They generate enough fear and worry for themselves as well as me.  Why should I add to it?
I feel for them all - I'm glad I'm not them. 

[DBath]

I’m beginning to regret I started this SHlT SHOW????

[DBath]

1 hour ago, tonray said:

I spend most of my time on ThaiVisa, learning from erudite membership. Just this week I've learned that Ivermectin can keep me free from Covid and kill those worms I get from those fermented paddy crabs in my SomTam. 

Damn, I thought I was sarcastic

[DBath]

5 minutes ago, connda said:

What do you do to pass the time during covid?

I do the same things I did before Covid.  Not much has changed other than having to don a mask to make others feel safe when I enter a Big-Box hypermart for bi-monthly shopping.  Of course I have other activities my life revolves around other than shopping at the mall, going to restaurants, and getting drunk at bars.  I have a nice, boring, "retiree living in the rural boondocks of a third-world country" type of life - tend to your garden, enjoy your family and the beauty of nature in Northern Thailand. 
So not much has changed.  If people are depressed because they feel the activities that they used to love are no longer available to them - perhaps they should use this time to reflect on what is really important in life and reprioritize their lives.
I don't dwell on it or worry about the things I can't change.  I leave the fear and worry to others.  I have friends, family, and acquaintances who are doing double duty in the New Normal fear and depression realm.  They generate enough fear and worry for themselves as well as me.  Why should I add to it?
I feel for them all - I'm glad I'm not them. 

I’m sorry I asked

[DBath]

This thread is going to hell quickly. 

[connda]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Spent the day at Icon Siam today, shopping and spending all of the money the GF has saved for the past month of not being able to go to a mall.....

I could send my wife over the explain the joys of online shopping to your GF.
Nothing has changed for my wife either other than the amount of **** she buys online vs the 20฿ stores has about doubled.  It's her own money so I don't say diddley.  As happy wife is an accommodating wife.

[connda]

6 minutes ago, DBath said:

This thread is going to hell quickly. 

Truthfully.  You expected something different?  <laughs>
That's as funny as tapping a keg and expecting that nobody will ask you where they can find a plastic beer cup.  ????

[DBath]

6 hours ago, Boomer6969 said:

Scratching one of my sphincters, most of the time. Old age onanism, in other words,

You have more than one?????

[RichardColeman]

As I am currently outside Thailand in the UK and the town has like about hundred charity shops, browsing, buying and trying to make a few quid on ebay. Some you win , some you break even, but few games and toys picked up for £1 that sold on ebay for £100-130 each. Can't complain - pays the wife's rent and school fees for the family

[1FinickyOne]

11 hours ago, papa al said:

Took 20mg Ivermectin right away.

Did you wash it down w/some clorox bleach?

 

glad you got better - that's 1 point for our species.. 

[Boomer6969]

5 hours ago, DBath said:

You have more than one?????

Maybe illiterate members should be amputated?

 

Sphincters in the human body.

[Gsxrnz]

I'm writing a book.  It's called "C....s I have met".  Not surprisingly, everybody I know features in it.