KathyG -- Before you lose the only bathtub in a house, ask a local realtor about it. You can't bathe a two-year-old in the sink. Maybe a laundry tub for one of those -- or a dog? DH and I *primarily* use the MBA shower stall, but I love my Bain Ultra air-jet tub. I never use the Kohler whirlpool that I insisted on saving from our teardown, except to keep its jets working. Its day may come, as air jets are 'nice', but water jets are theraputic. I might use it more if it didn't take SO much water. Eandhl2 -- I'll have to re-check Amazon. I didn't see anything fit to be immersed. I'm back to the kiddie ring or a trip to BB&B to look at the two suggested by Rob and Raven. I'm still surprised a *seat* cushion isn't marketed, given the Senior population; it could be used on a shower bench or chair as well as in a bathtub. Thanks, all!

Hi Lucille. We were on what had been planned as a 10 day visit to SoCal when the stay put order hit, so here we still are. The weather has mostly been great, even if we're not out as much as we would normally be to enjoy it. A downside is that we're having an extended stay in a place that we had mostly equipped (and stocked) for limited stays. We're getting by okay, venturing out only for exercise. We're avoiding stores and getting groceries only by delivery or pickup as those can be arranged - demand is high and a few times it's been a one week queue after waiting days to get anything at all. Frustrating at times. At one point we debated making a drive home to pick up more clothes, things we'd forgotten, and other things we don't have here but have there in better supply (and that are a bit tough to get here right now). We decided against that. Aside from food, we've been keeping Amazon and other sellers busy with little thises and thats. Thanks for the shout out. I care about you and everyone else too, believe me. No matter what's said (other than needless personal comments) on any particular silly topic.

Some areas are absolutely doing better than others, and I would think that will affect how people chose to react when stores reopen, etc. The province I live in is currently considered the safest area in North America - we have had 120 confirmed cases in a population of 775,000, and no deaths (only 2 new cases in the last 20 days). Luckily we have some people in our government who had incredible foresight, and shut everything down hard and fast the middle of March. The government took a lot of abuse and criticism at the time, but I think most people now see how fortunate we have been. Our government has done an extraordinary job, and we have been lucky too. A neighboring province has about 145 cases all linked to one funeral in mid-March. We are so fortunate that something like that didn't happen here with one of our early cases. I work for our provincial government, and they called us into a staff meeting on March 17 and more or less said to most staff 'go home - don't come back until we tell you to'. A few positions were deemed critical so there have been a few of us working, and obviously essential services like road maintenance, social assistance, etc. have been operating at reduced capacity / as needed. A State of Emergency was declared and for the most part, everything was been closed early in March - retail stores (some exceptions - grocery, pharmacy, home repair, auto repair), dentists, restaurants (curb side pick-up allowed), hair salons/spas, parks, day-cares, campgrounds, recreational facilities, optometrists, most offices.... all closed. Non-emergency hospital services, elective surgeries, etc. were cancelled. Nursing homes and hospitals were locked down. Non-essential travel between provinces and the US is restricted. Anyone returning from out of province *must* quarantine for 14 days (and is checked on daily). I, personally, have never stopped going to the grocery store(s) weekly. I've been to Costco and Home Depot. I've eaten take-out fairly often to support my favorite local restaurants. Under the circumstances, I feel very safe. They limit the amount of shoppers in each store, many people are wearing masks, carts are sanitized after each shopper, physical distancing is encouraged with aisles being designated one-way and lines on the floor at the checkout, lots of hand sanitizer available, etc. Since the end of April we have started re-opening. On Friday we moved to Phase 2 which allows retail stores and restaurants to re-open provided they have certain guidelines in place. We are now allowed gatherings outdoors of up to 10 people. Day-cares are in the process of reopening, although schools are closed until the fall. Hospital services are resuming this week. Most offices that have been closed are gradually phasing in a return to work starting this week. There are many changes in how things are being done, but it's starting to feel more normal. It will be interesting to see where we are at in 7 - 10 days. "In New Brunswick — with 120 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 118 recoveries, no deaths and no active cases currently in hospital — it has been a story of what could possibly go right, and Cardy deserves a good deal of credit for it. The province was the first to lockdown, and has been one of the first to open up again. Its nursing homes didn’t become COVID-horror shows. Its government hit it out of the park." National Post: Heroes of the pandemic

People do start threads (myself included). But there is so much activity on the game threads that they all go to the top. Yes, i scroll, but that gets tedious. A couple of you sound like you’re saying ”hrumph, tough luck”. Ok. (No, I’m not upset about the game posts. Just losing interest here.)