short Italian lesson

Howdy again.  After almost a decade I find myself here again.
Just had a birthday, almost a week ago, so there's that.
No one came of course, because of the corona virus.

"Quarantine" literally means "forties" in Italian ("group/s of forty of anything", the forty days of isolation, being in your forties), but after so long with stay-at-home (to various degrees) we are passed that and Cinquantine, Sessantine and into Settantine, though I am not sure of the exact count anymore, could be Ottantine by now. What date did it start?
And why is no one else using this terminology?

Another strange unrelated (Rammy) thought that has been stewing a while:
Some houses you come in the front door and you are in a regular room in the house, a living room or some such. Some houses you come in the front door to an entry hallway, perhaps with stairs, but clearly part of the inside. Then there are some where it's just a small room, that is certainly not "outside", but (in my opinion) not really "inside" yet either. A sort of mud room, with another door to actually enter the house.

Now imagine in your house, you came into  mud room like that, then through the door is a second mud room, then a third, fourth and even seventh small room, then finally you come into the house proper.  And yes, you have to open the door of each one, and close it behind you.
And when you go outside you also have to go through those rooms.  That would be quite a hassle, don't you agree?
That's kind of how I feel about shirts. and more specifically buttons. At the start and end of each day

button

button

button

button

button

button

button

(some folks "read" that from the top down, some start at the bottom and "read"up)
But yes, I do wear shirts, and no I don't actually think this every time, but still. And what's my "solution"?
There are options, but no real winners (yet?)

Ok, until next time...