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This would be a great time to learn to walk on one's hands.

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It might come in handy sometime. :poke:
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Be on eBay constantly and buying too many instruments.
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BigDavy wrote:Be on eBay constantly and buying too many instruments.
I've bought several new whistles this year, but only one came from eBay.
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Well, at least this sequestering thing's given me a heap of time to learn how to to pronounce Bamlanivimab.
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Nanohedron wrote:Well, at least this sequestering thing's given me a heap of time to learn how to to pronounce Bamlanivimab.
The pronunciation key was here the whole time.
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oleorezinator wrote:
Nanohedron wrote:Well, at least this sequestering thing's given me a heap of time to learn how to to pronounce Bamlanivimab.
The pronunciation key was here the whole time.
https://youtu.be/M2npNkOtdZk
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Spare ribs for Thanksgiving. The stores were out of turkeys.

One possible explanation is that buying for donation to those in need must have increased significantly; otherwise, would people be hoarding turkeys like toilet paper? That way lies madness.
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Nanohedron wrote:Spare ribs for Thanksgiving. The stores were out of turkeys.

One possible explanation is that buying for donation to those in need must have increased significantly; otherwise, would people be hoarding turkeys like toilet paper? That way lies madness.
Possibly not hoarding, but lower supply to begin with. Seems I heard someone mention that a while back.
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Katharine wrote:
Nanohedron wrote:Spare ribs for Thanksgiving. The stores were out of turkeys.

One possible explanation is that buying for donation to those in need must have increased significantly; otherwise, would people be hoarding turkeys like toilet paper? That way lies madness.
Possibly not hoarding, but lower supply to begin with. Seems I heard someone mention that a while back.
Aha. I seem to have missed the memo. Still, I can't say that I was really surprised in any case. But they were out of chickens, too! And in a way I'm glad; a roast chicken on Thanksgiving is like a cultural slap in the face, so if you're going to buck tradition, it might as well be ribs; at least it won't look like as much of a farce.

Unlike our Kitchen God Ben, I don't cook much and almost never use the oven (T-day turkey's the SO's domain, and rightly so), but I volunteered to do up the ribs - and then realized that I don't know the first thing about ribs if it doesn't involve a day in the slow-cooker. Fortunately we have internet. If any of you haven't baked ribs before, it's simplicity itself: 300F, 3 hours, the last half of it covered; the rest is details. For prep I did the predictable: seasoned them with salt and pepper, and slathered them with a light coating of BBQ sauce; halfway through I generously spooned on more sauce, covered the pan w/ foil and back into the oven for another hour and a half, et voilà. Very tender indeed.

Here's how much of a cook I am not: they weren't spare ribs after all, but something called "country ribs", whatever the hell that is. I had no idea that ribs of the rural persuasion go ribless. How is it they're called "ribs", again?
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oleorezinator wrote:
Nanohedron wrote:Well, at least this sequestering thing's given me a heap of time to learn how to to pronounce Bamlanivimab.
The pronunciation key was here the whole time.
https://youtu.be/M2npNkOtdZk
I thought it was going to be Little Richard, but this covers more territory.
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kkrell wrote:
oleorezinator wrote:
Nanohedron wrote:Well, at least this sequestering thing's given me a heap of time to learn how to to pronounce Bamlanivimab.
The pronunciation key was here the whole time.
https://youtu.be/M2npNkOtdZk
I thought it was going to be Little Richard, but this covers more territory.
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Please don't show that nose whistling video to my husband, I'd lose custody of them.

As for things to try while sequestering, here's a few I've tried and some I've failed at, that I recommend.

Try to learn Hand Flute (result, fail)

Learn to whistle loud with two fingers (result fail)

Make a ton of different paper airplanes and compete with someone else to see who made the best (result, total win, we'll keep doing this)

learn to make profiteroles/cream puffs/choux pastry.(result, win win win win win definitely do this, it's way easier than it looks!)

learn to move each toe independently. (result mixed, for me it was great, I can do this, my husband didn't keep trying past two minutes. supposed to be good for you though)

learn calligraphy (result mixed, husband can do it and likes it, I prefer to watch him do it than do it myself)

learn to lockpick (result not yet available, it's a work in progress, but husband is keener to learn than I am so will be a solo project)

and a skill I think is good to have though I didn't learn it during the virus, but may be hard to learn if you can't go outside:

learn to orient from a map and properly use a compass.
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Nanohedron wrote:One possible explanation is that buying for donation to those in need must have increased significantly ...
It's possible:

9-Year-Old NC Girl Donates 107 Turkeys, 35 Hams To Food Bank

I say where there's smoke, there's fire.
Greenfire wrote:learn to lockpick
Very forward-thinking! I applaud your industry.
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Nanohedron wrote:
Greenfire wrote:learn to lockpick
Very forward-thinking! I applaud your industry.
Tried it once, as a friend had a lockpicking set he let me borrow. I spent a lot of time trying to pick a MasterLock I had that had a reputation for being so easy to pick that you could practically do it with spaghetti (I think someone somewhere did), never came even close, decided I probably had no skills in this area... (I think I may have slightly bunged up something inside the lock, though... luckily it still works.)
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