@Cerberus, I have no official test to say it, there aren't enough test kits available and my case was mild, but yes I think I had it as the symptoms were very consistent: shortness of breath and a temperature. I never had any real difficulty but it was concerning how quickly it came on, the time it took from the first time I thought it was a thing to when I could feel it impairing my breathing was a day.

@Stephie, I ended up making my spelt and white, it's been very popular so far. I need to increase the recipe a bit to fill up the tins better but it the results were excellent.

The cat is developing her hunter instincts

she just came in with something that was either a large mouse or a small rat

and I was in a teleconference!

Luckily without video

I shrieked a bit, chased the cat, got her, and threw her out on the terrace, rodent still in her mouth

she even let it go for three seconds during the chase, but luckily picked it up again before I picked her up

Are you staying home?

yes, there is a legally enforced "contact prohibition" here

we are all working from home

I've been in for a week. It's weird how much I'm climbing the walls. It's not like I haven't stayed home alone longer than this often and for no particular reason.

@GdD looks good!

Hi girls!

@rumtscho now your whole “working remotely” experience from last year comes handy.

Hi everyone! @rumtscho, I know what you mean, me and my family were sitting out in our back garden a few years ago when my cat jumped up on the fence with an enormous dead rat in his mouth! We all gave out a big yuck and he ran away, fortunately when he came back it was sans rat thank god!

My wife's had to deal with a pigeon he brought back once, a house full of feathers.

I've been working from home for a week now, haven't had to do this for this long since post Sept 11th. So far the whole family are dealing with it okay.

I can't decide if this would be easier with a family or not.

I know that I am very glad I have a pet.

@GdD when ours was small, he picked up an unconscious tit (had hit a window) and put it in his food dish in the kitchen!

We had a good bit of mayhem and flying feathers and all that until we got bird and cat outside and separated.

My cat has been on a strict diet for a week. She is not a fan.

She never leaves the apartment, so her hunting opportunities are limited.

@Stephie hahaha

I think my cat must have lost the rat

she's acting rather hungry

but hey, she had a good sized portion of wet food for breakfast, and the machine let out a dose of dry food 32 minutes ago

I actually would prefer a dead rat to a live one

the live ones tend to get lost during play, and then take residence somewhere under a dresser or so

@Jolenealaska poor kitty, they don't like diets at all!

@rumtscho I've been listening to the Beethoven symphonies on maximum volume with headphones when she starts crying for food.

I can't hear you!

@Stephie, that's hilarious! Look at me, I got take-out!

@rumtscho or are injured enough to be no longer alive at some point and start the ensuing biological processes in some out-of-reach corner. >.<

@Stephie heh, my gran's old dog used to kill rats and stash them

@GdD That sounds scary! So you did not just suffer from an infection of your upper respiratory system, but also your lower system.

Hello, everybody! You're all here.

@Cerberus yeah... sort of.

Supervising school work (Latin translation).

@Stephie Good! Need assistance?

@Cerberus No thanks - I can still handle first year Latin (with a bit of checking the vocabulary in the book, just in case).

@Stephie Hehe, good.

Fun!

Recording a video? Or how?

Nah, she took a photo of her homework and sent it as e-mail attachment.

She could have typed it instead, but chose to write by hand, as usual.

Ah, you finished the translation of a fight.

A pardon, really?

Here, children learn at least 3 words for "kill" in their first year!

I remember we read the story of Scaevola, who held his right hand over a fire until it burned to charcoal. Exciting!

Oh, that would create an uproar here! >.<

Where is here?

Your house?

School?

Germany?

Note that I’m not saying I would.

Really?

Our teacher loved telling us the story of Nero and Agrippina again and again. It was also in our books. We were reading Tacitus.

About how she tried to seduce him and how.

About how he tried to kill her.

And how, at last, when Nero's slave was about to kill her, she said, "hit me here!", pointing to her stomach, because it was her uterus that had borne Nero.

We loved those passages.

Minor 2 wouldn’t.

Maybe in a few years?

Well, it was a bit off-putting, but that made it interesting.

Tacitus was 5th class, I think, so aged 16.

@Cerberus I’m talking about 6th grade here, which translates to 11/12 to. Or 10, in case of minor 2.

@Stephie Right, we start at 11/12, too.