Saturday Morning Coffee Break

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I am so sick and f*cking tired of this Coronavirus crap.

Jeez people get a grip. And you wonder why I am a misanthrope.

Other than this, I have nothing. Be nice to one another. Open thread.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 09:00 AM

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1 Good morning!

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 09:01 AM (dUJdY)

2 Oooh and first!

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 09:02 AM (dUJdY)

3 I fetched the others.

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 09:02 AM (dUJdY)

4 Buongiorno ordap

Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 14, 2020 09:02 AM (G546f)

5 Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 09:02 AM (dUJdY)

Hey Jewells

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:02 AM (aA3+G)

6 lmao! I'm pretty sure this is a first for me!

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 09:03 AM (dUJdY)

7 Good morning! Will be on the road today returning home. LOL hope there will be gas stations open during the crisis! (Actually saw gas for under $2 here. Amazing).

Posted by: Iris at March 14, 2020 09:03 AM (vWg7F)

8 Coffee eggs and sausage not all in the same cup please.

Posted by: Big V at March 14, 2020 09:03 AM (XEC2p)

9 Be nice to one another.

I don't want to be nice. I want to be better.

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:03 AM (zr5Kq)

10 Hey MH.. geez I was starting to feel a little weird.

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 09:03 AM (dUJdY)

11 hiya

Posted by: JT at March 14, 2020 09:04 AM (arJlL)

12 Oops
That's a silent p
Like in swimming

Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 14, 2020 09:04 AM (G546f)

13 Poor MisHum. Be happy that you are tucked away in your nice spot up there in WI where you can look out every window and see nothing but beautiful nature.

Posted by: bluebell at March 14, 2020 09:04 AM (/669Q)

14 "The man in the motorized shopping cart hit the family's cat, which is when a woman in the family hit the man."

Why is your cat at Walmart. Your cat does not want to be at Walmart. If your cat wants to be at Walmart, inspect your cat closely per the service manual. Is it actually a cat? Are you sure? Really sure?

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 09:04 AM (t+qrx)

15 Safe travels, Iris !

Posted by: JT at March 14, 2020 09:04 AM (arJlL)

16 Congratulations Jewells !

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:04 AM (zr5Kq)

17 Coffee eggs and sausage not all in the same cup please.

Mmm, glad I ordered sausage with my grocery order this morning. Eggs over easy, 2 sausage links and toast.

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 09:05 AM (dUJdY)

18 Good morning Morons. I'll be running
The maple syrup evaporator all day. Lotsa boiling water and steam to cleansing everything and everyone of Wuhan Flu. Just bring some adult beverages and come hang out.

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 14, 2020 09:05 AM (9Oc7e)

19 Brie Larson should start doing personal appearances at local Nissan dealers, to make up for her awful ad fail. Dressed in a very short skirt.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at March 14, 2020 09:06 AM (NVYyb)

20 There has been too much violence. Too much pain. But I have an honorable compromise. Just walk away. Give me your TP, the Lysol, the hand sanitizer, and the whole milk, and I'll spare your lives. Just walk away and we'll give you a safe passageway in the wastelands. Just walk away and there will be an end to the horror.

I await your answer. You have a full day to decide.

Posted by: The Humungus at March 14, 2020 09:06 AM (Z+IKu)

21 Thanks runner..lol! I hardly ever manage to do that, let alone hog the first three posts.

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 09:06 AM (dUJdY)

22 13 Poor MisHum. Be happy that you are tucked away in your nice spot up there in WI where you can look out every window and see nothing but beautiful nature.

Posted by: bluebell at March 14, 2020 09:04 AM (/669Q)

Poor? Not happy?

You been lurking here on Irish Acres?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:06 AM (aA3+G)

23 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:06 AM (Zz0t1)

24 Mornin', all

OMGosh I want that sign on top!

Posted by: My life is insanity at March 14, 2020 09:07 AM (Z/jzm)

25 Good morning! Lets all enjoy these interesting times and pray they lead us to become a smarter and more sane country.

Posted by: LASue at March 14, 2020 09:07 AM (vEw6C)

26 18 Good morning Morons. I'll be running
The maple syrup evaporator all day. Lotsa boiling water and steam to cleansing everything and everyone of Wuhan Flu. Just bring some adult beverages and come hang out.
Posted by: Muad'dib at March 14, 2020 09:05 AM (9Oc7e)

Dont. Tempt. Me.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:07 AM (aA3+G)

27 Coronavirus:

Proving deep down, people largely suck.

Proving deep down, the media are sensationalist hacks that should be shunned by society at large.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:07 AM (Zz0t1)

28
willowed:

Are you on a work-from-home order?

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 09:02 AM

not officially "work from home" but I expect it to happen

knowing the management, they'll announce the WFH situation around 9:30 Monday morning

being proactive like I am (sometimes), I packed out & brought the CAD desktop home with me yesterday

I'm not planning on going in on Monday unless specifically told otherwise

Posted by: AltonJackson
Be Better, Boomer
at March 14, 2020 09:08 AM (gCbqm)

29 Good morning Morons. I'll be running
The maple syrup evaporator all day. Lotsa boiling water and steam to cleansing everything and everyone of Wuhan Flu. Just bring some adult beverages and come hang out.
Posted by: Muad'dib at March 14, 2020 09:05 AM (9Oc7e)
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I would love to do that. It would be fascinating to see the whole process. And I don't drink beer so you could have all of mine.

Posted by: bluebell at March 14, 2020 09:08 AM (/669Q)

30 Me too, MisHum. We need a virus-free zone. This thread will do.

Meantime, I turned it off all day yesterday. Don't have that kind of time to waste.

Posted by: creeper at March 14, 2020 09:08 AM (XxJt1)

31 Posted by: Muad'dib at March 14, 2020 09:05 AM (9Oc7e)

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As a kid my job was to drive a tractor around and collect pails of sap. You probably have some sort of automated collection system these days, what with all the modern shit going on. How do you get sap from the tree to the shed nowadays? And, is bourbon involved?

Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at March 14, 2020 09:08 AM (NVYyb)

32 1 Good morning!
Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 09:01 AM (dUJdY)

Mornin' top spot!

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

33 Yiiiikes, just heard that Boston public schools are shut down until April 27th --- 6 weeks! Say buh-bye to your summer break, kiddos.

*Fortunately, this does not affect us,

Posted by: Lizzy at March 14, 2020 09:08 AM (bDqIh)

34 AltonJackson - replied on prev. thread

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 09:09 AM (t+qrx)

35 Brie Larson should start doing personal appearances at local Nissan dealers, to make up for her awful ad fail. Dressed in a very short skirt.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at March 14, 2020 09:06 AM (NVYyb)

Braless, on a trampoline to make up for the lack of backside.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:09 AM (Zz0t1)

36 >>Good morning Morons. I'll be running
The maple syrup evaporator all day. Lotsa boiling water and steam to cleansing everything and everyone of Wuhan Flu. Just bring some adult beverages and come hang out.

Very cool.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 14, 2020 09:10 AM (bDqIh)

37 Maybe it's a typo, and it should be "the family's CART."

Let's hope so.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 14, 2020 09:10 AM (oVJmc)

38 I'm willowed more than willow these days....

Morning all

Ah, the human spirit....

@ConflictsW

A Thread of Italians responding in a positive way to the complete lockdown due to the Coronavirus.
Starting with a DJ set on a balcony

https://tinyurl.com/yxykocme

(He keeps adding to the thread as he finds more videos)

Posted by: Tami at March 14, 2020 09:10 AM (cF8AT)

39 You been lurking here on Irish Acres?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:06 AM (aA3+G)
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No, just reacting to your post up top.

I like the name Irish Acres.

Posted by: bluebell at March 14, 2020 09:10 AM (/669Q)

40 I would love to do that. It would be fascinating to see the whole process. And I don't drink beer so you could have all of mine.
Posted by: bluebell at March 14, 2020 09:08 AM (/669Q)

Same, and he can have mine too.

This is starting to sound like a really good deal for Muad'dib.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 09:11 AM (t+qrx)

41 Yiiiikes, just heard that Boston public schools are shut down until April 27th --- 6 weeks! Say buh-bye to your summer break, kiddos.

*Fortunately, this does not affect us,
Posted by: Lizzy at March 14, 2020 09:08 AM (bDqIh)

Most schools in North Texas have opted to extend spring break a week. My kid's school is taking the "wait and see" approach. They're not extending this coming week's break until later in the week, depending how things go with this silliness.

I'm fine with that.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

42 Me neither creeper. I didn't watch any news yesterday, not even Fox and Friends in the morning and that was tough! I always have them on when I am getting ready for work. No Facebook either. I admit I sort of miss it but I'm getting over it. Until sanity returns I am staying off FB.

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 09:11 AM (dUJdY)

43 I would love to do that. It would be fascinating to see the whole process. And I don't drink beer so you could have all of mine.
Posted by: bluebell

I've seen that; its fascinating !

Posted by: JT at March 14, 2020 09:12 AM (arJlL)

44 Clint Eastwood tweets agreement with Rosie that Wuhan Flu is Trump's fault and that PDT is a failure at everything he does.

https://preview.tinyurl.com/rehgepd

Sigh.

Posted by: IrishEi at March 14, 2020 09:12 AM (sGotD)

45 .>
As a kid my job was to drive a tractor around and collect pails of sap. You probably have some sort of automated collection system these days, what with all the modern shit going on. How do you get sap from the tree to the shed nowadays? And, is bourbon involved?
Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at March 14, 2020 09:08 AM (NVYyb)

Huck, we are just a small operation. 75 taps. We use buckets still. The ATV has a 35 gal poly tank strapped on back that we use to transport sap to the barn. Bourbon is involved if people bring it along. Could be wine or beer or gin or shine. I'm easy.

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 14, 2020 09:12 AM (9Oc7e)

46 This is starting to sound like a really good deal for Muad'dib.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 09:11 AM (t+qrx)
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Maybe that's why he's advertising here. Although if he insists we bring our own toilet paper, we will know it's a trap.

Posted by: bluebell at March 14, 2020 09:12 AM (/669Q)

47
I saw, hogmartin

the pisser is, it's a 120 mile round trip to go into the office just to be sent home

with the technology available, as long as I have an internet connection I could work from Mars & no one would be the wiser

Posted by: AltonJackson
Be Better, Boomer
at March 14, 2020 09:12 AM (gCbqm)

48 35 Brie Larson should start doing personal appearances at local Nissan dealers, to make up for her awful ad fail. Dressed in a very short skirt.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at March 14, 2020 09:06 AM (NVYyb)

Braless, on a trampoline to make up for the lack of backside.
Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:09 AM (Zz0t1)

What the hell you guy? No ball gag?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:12 AM (aA3+G)

49 they passed the , um, economic aid bill in early morning. Bipartisanship, man !

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:13 AM (zr5Kq)

50 Once again, it appears Brie Larson just isn't very smart.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 14, 2020 09:14 AM (oVJmc)

51 Sigh.
Posted by: IrishEi at March 14, 2020 09:12 AM (sGotD)

I think he's become more PC to bolster his films.

Nevertheless, fuck his films.

The villains here are the outsourcer/open immigration crowd

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 09:14 AM (ONvIw)

52 What's the brie larson ad fail?

Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 14, 2020 09:14 AM (G546f)

53 All these kids being sent home is idiotic, when the virus is a big nothing burger for people not in the identified risk groups (smokers, living in polluted air, aged, compromised immune systems, diabetics or heart disease sufferers).

How will families cope if they still need to work, while having young kids sent home from schools? Lots of latch-key children suddenly, I guess. Kind of like my own house growing up, when we were expected to take care of ourselves and managed to do so without a lot of fuss. This virus thingee might teach some self-reliance to people.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at March 14, 2020 09:14 AM (NVYyb)

54 Bluebell

Acreage with Irish Setters ala Irish Acres

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:14 AM (aA3+G)

55 Well, they haven't canceled the gem show so looks like I'll head over there tomorrow and try to grab some good deals.

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 09:15 AM (dUJdY)

56 >Maybe that's why he's advertising here. Although if he insists we bring our own toilet paper, we will know it's a trap.
Posted by: bluebell at March 14, 2020 09:12 A

No worries on that account. We are stocked up here for months. TP, food, water, ammo.

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 14, 2020 09:15 AM (9Oc7e)

57 Got my coffee, now to find some Saturday morning cartoons.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 14, 2020 09:15 AM (mraxg)

58

from current evidence, come the alpacalypse, the traffic on my commute will be very light.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 14, 2020 09:15 AM (6rS3m)

59 with the technology available, as long as I have an internet connection I could work from Mars & no one would be the wiser
Posted by: AltonJackson
Be Better, Boomer
at March 14, 2020 09:12 AM (gCbqm)

You can add a ~8 minute delay to all your responses and see if that's true.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 09:15 AM (t+qrx)

60 My school is going all online and I am in the middle of Romeo and Juliet. Despair is putting it mildly.

Posted by: J Caesar at March 14, 2020 09:16 AM (OeWgo)

61 What's the brie larson ad fail?

Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 14, 2020 09:14 AM (G546f)

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She tried to make a car ad. Turned it into a SJW tag-line fail-fest. Offended nearly the entire universe, in some way.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at March 14, 2020 09:16 AM (NVYyb)

62 Good luck on the gem show, jewells

Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 14, 2020 09:16 AM (G546f)

63 Schools closing down seems like a net positive for society.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at March 14, 2020 09:16 AM (H8QX8)

64

What the hell you guy? No ball gag?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:12 AM (aA3+G)

I KNEW I was forgetting something.

I haven't finished my coffee yet.....

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

65 What's the brie larson ad fail?

It's GRRRRL POWWRRR/man bad starring the frigid ice queen.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 14, 2020 09:17 AM (oVJmc)

66 >>Most schools in North Texas have opted to extend spring break a week. My kid's school is taking the "wait and see" approach. They're not extending this coming week's break until later in the week, depending how things go with this silliness.

That's a sane approach. My son's school has been on top of this - they were sending out updates starting in January, since there are foreign students, including some from China. They put restrictions on kids returning from Christmas break and/or choosing to go home for spring break (i.e. don't come back from China, etc.). They're closed until April 13th, but will likely provide some online instruction before that.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 14, 2020 09:17 AM (bDqIh)

67 And where are you, Muad'dib?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 14, 2020 09:19 AM (bDqIh)

68 Did Brie Larson do her own stunt driving, or was it an icky man?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 14, 2020 09:19 AM (oVJmc)

69 No worries on that account. We are stocked up here for months. TP, food, water, ammo.
Posted by: Muad'dib at March 14, 2020 09:15 AM (9Oc7e)
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Good. Same here. We live in a perpetual state of readiness, despite our suburban location. Actually, because of it.

Posted by: bluebell at March 14, 2020 09:19 AM (/669Q)

70 63 Schools closing down seems like a net positive for society.
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at March 14, 2020 09:16 AM (H8QX

This.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 09:19 AM (NWiLs)

71 I had a paper route at 10, now parents are threatened by social services if their 10 yr old is out alone

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 14, 2020 09:19 AM (MU2MU)

72 55 Well, they haven't canceled the gem show so looks like I'll head over there tomorrow and try to grab some good deals.
Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 09:15 AM (dUJdY)

Good for you, everything here is cancelling. Even places that swore they wouldn't have done so. Time will tell if this is good or bad.

I suspect the reasoning behind the shutdowns is so that kiddies don't contract it and spread it to compromised people. Our schools were very concerned about this, especially about the elderly in the home (we live in a town with many Asian and Indian families where grandma lives in as a babysitter) and kids with those ubiquitous inhalers.

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 09:19 AM (ONvIw)

73 The coblogger creativity here on the HQ lately is just outstanding. Every thread starts with some memorable meme and/or written theme. Just incredible; since I'm neither very original or creative, I have no idea how these guys do it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at March 14, 2020 09:21 AM (NVYyb)

74 Clint Eastwood tweets agreement with Rosie that Wuhan Flu is Trump's fault and that PDT is a failure at everything he does.

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My mouth is hanging open. Jesus...how disappointing.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 14, 2020 09:21 AM (JoUsr)

75 @stillgray

Area man calls journalists "scum of the earth."

https://tinyurl.com/qtxkw8b

Posted by: Tami at March 14, 2020 09:22 AM (cF8AT)

76 Good morning y'all.

So this popped into my head in the middle of the night:

Hey Boss, I Won't Be In Today - a limerick

There once was a barmaid named Mona
Who worked at a club in Sedona
She went up the stair
To see what was there
And came down with a case of Corona

Posted by: Muldoon at March 14, 2020 09:22 AM (m45I2)

77 I have a question about one of Teh Horde.

Half a lifetime ago there was a poster on here who went by the nick "conservative something". I once misread that as "contemplative lobster" and mentioned it. The poster switched to that for a while but then that name was gone in a few months. I was new then and didn't have Teh Horde and cobs sorted out.

Question: Was that you, MisHum?

Posted by: creeper at March 14, 2020 09:22 AM (XxJt1)

78 64

What the hell you guy? No ball gag?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:12 AM (aA3+G)

I KNEW I was forgetting something.

I haven't finished my coffee yet.....
Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

explanation and apology gladly accepted Sponge. After all I am a compassionate Cob.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:22 AM (aA3+G)

79 So it's confirmed. Muldoon even dreams in limericks.

Posted by: bluebell at March 14, 2020 09:22 AM (/669Q)

80 LOL from America's Finest News Source,

How U.S. Organizations Are Responding To The Coronavirus Outbreak :

In-N-Out Burger: Adding immune-boosting essential oils to fry bins

Grubhub: Reminding drivers to wash all food before delivering it

NFL: Issuing virus a $50,000 fine

Motel 6: Flipping the mattress

Postmates: Customers can opt for non-contact deliveries to avoid attributing any humanity to delivery drivers

Zoom Video Conferencing: Watching the money roll in the door

Lyft: Slightly less horrible version of whatever Uber is doing

American Airlines: Preventing airborne spread of virus by regularly depressurizing planes mid-flight

Dave & Buster's: Leaving it up to you if you think all this is worth the risk

All Your Favorite Brands: Considering the health and safety of both their valued employees and loyal customers to be their utmost priority

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:22 AM (zr5Kq)

81 >>I had a paper route at 10, now parents are threatened by social services if their 10 yr old is out alone

Heh, me, too. Shared it with my brother. Got to know all the neighbors that way, some even would invite us in for cookies or to chat (the older ones who were lonely).

Posted by: Lizzy at March 14, 2020 09:22 AM (bDqIh)

82 Note to self: Do not post immediately after Muldoon. That's an impossible act to follow.

Posted by: creeper at March 14, 2020 09:23 AM (XxJt1)

83 Question: Was that you, MisHum?
Posted by: creeper at March 14, 2020 09:22 AM (XxJt1)

No, it wasn't me.

For about 2 days I was Irish Acres and then switched to be the nic I am today.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:23 AM (aA3+G)

84 44 Clint Eastwood tweets agreement with Rosie that Wuhan Flu is Trump's fault and that PDT is a failure at everything he does.

I never counted on him so I'm not disappointed. The courage to buck the mob is one of the rarest of human qualities. He don't got it.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at March 14, 2020 09:23 AM (H8QX8)

85 INSOM!!!!

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:23 AM (Zz0t1)

86 You know how for just a minute last week Stephen King didn't seem to be a complete asshole? Yeah, well, he's back.

Stephen King@StephenKing
Note that Trump's coronavirus team is all male, all old, and all white.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 14, 2020 09:23 AM (+y/Ru)

87 One theme out there is that we should not be content until journalists are held in the same esteem as tobacco company executives.

I find this idea grows on me.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 14, 2020 09:24 AM (6rS3m)

88 We were supposed to be on a ship headed for Cozumel right now. Oh but no. A member of our party was threatened with 2 weeks quarantine unpaid from work if he so much as thought about being aboard. Enough is about enough.

Posted by: direwolf at March 14, 2020 09:24 AM (bQlWP)

89 Saw a scooby meme

"Let's see who's behind this Coronavirus scare"
Fred unmasks the villain and it's the Charmin bear

Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 14, 2020 09:25 AM (G546f)

90 I hope the authorities never wander onto this hill and spot the three-year-old running around on a full-size four-wheeler.

Posted by: creeper at March 14, 2020 09:25 AM (XxJt1)

91 SPONGE!!!!

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 09:25 AM (NWiLs)

92 explanation and apology gladly accepted Sponge. After all I am a compassionate Cob.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:22 AM (aA3+G)

Yes. You are a wise and noble Cob.

Now, CBD on the other hand......

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)

93 Stephen King@StephenKing
Note that Trump's coronavirus team is all male, all old, and all white.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 14, 2020 09:23 AM (+y/Ru)

Yeah he should fill it with inexperienced airheads, maybe AOC and Omar would be more to his liking. Seeing that he is a walking bundle of high risk, she should stfu

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 09:26 AM (ONvIw)

94
Stephen King@StephenKing
Note that Trump's coronavirus team is all male, all old, and all white.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 14, 2020 09:23 AM (+y/Ru)

Please explain to me where that amounts to a hill of beans, dickhead?

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)

95 While at the doctor's office for a check-up, got to talking to the nurse. We both agreed that the media has been spreading panic about the Wuhan Flu and she was PISSED that they were terrifying her teenaged daughter. Hopefully, people don't forget who started all this pandemonium.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 14, 2020 09:26 AM (00fXp)

96 For about 2 days I was Irish Acres and then switched to be the nic I am today.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:23 AM (aA3+G)

That sounds like an epic journey of self-discovery and I would watch the movie.*

* not in a theater, but maybe if it was on cable at a hotel.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 09:27 AM (t+qrx)

97 Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 09:25 AM (NWiLs)

How's it hangin' this morning...

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:27 AM (Zz0t1)

98 92 explanation and apology gladly accepted Sponge. After all I am a compassionate Cob.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:22 AM (aA3+G)

Yes. You are a wise and noble Cob.

Now, CBD on the other hand......
Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)

Well, you do have a point. And yet every day in my prayer/meditation time, I ask God to let CBD know the joys of Maple Syrup and French Toast.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:27 AM (aA3+G)

99 One of the neighbors just got back from the nearby Walmart. Craziness has struck and a lot of bare shelves. I've got Fox on, on mute, and every time I look up, it's stoking the panic. Some "survivor" is now sharing her heroic story, according to the chyron.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at March 14, 2020 09:27 AM (C1Lsn)

100 Thanks for the reply, MisHum. I've always wondered about the Contemplative Lobster. Hope he fared well.

Posted by: creeper at March 14, 2020 09:27 AM (XxJt1)

101 Stephen King@StephenKing
Note that Trump's coronavirus team is all male, all old, and all white.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 14, 2020 09:23 AM (+y/Ru)

Yeah he should fill it with inexperienced airheads, maybe AOC and Omar would be more to his liking. Seeing that he is a walking bundle of high risk, she should stfu
Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 09:26 AM (ONvIw)

except, it does not f'ing matter to anyone but him and a few loons like him, and ...it's not all male

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:27 AM (zr5Kq)

102 Saw a scooby meme

"Let's see who's behind this Coronavirus scare"
Fred unmasks the villain and it's the Charmin bear
Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 14, 2020 09:25 AM (G546f)

But his hiney's clean!

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:28 AM (Zz0t1)

103 33 Yiiiikes, just heard that Boston public schools are shut down until April 27th --- 6 weeks! Say buh-bye to your summer break, kiddos.

*Fortunately, this does not affect us,
Posted by: Lizzy at March 14, 2020 09:08 AM (bDqIh)

WA state schools are closed till then too. Insanity.

I mentioned this on the ONT: we went out to dinner last night and the waitress actually thanked us for being brave and coming out to dinner. There was only one other table of diners in a place that's usually packed.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 14, 2020 09:28 AM (su1RS)

104 Good morning friends! I am so grateful to be living through these times with each of you - what a great opportunity to let Americans do our thing - be resourceful, generous, gracious to each other. Pray for our leaders and for each other.

Posted by: Jeff at March 14, 2020 09:28 AM (jGXsa)

105 99 One of the neighbors just got back from the nearby Walmart. Craziness has struck and a lot of bare shelves. I've got Fox on, on mute, and every time I look up, it's stoking the panic. Some "survivor" is now sharing her heroic story, according to the chyron.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at March 14, 2020 09:27 AM (C1Lsn)

She's been on a least 3 times on 3 of their shows since yesterday.

Posted by: Tami at March 14, 2020 09:29 AM (cF8AT)

106 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 14, 2020 09:23 AM (+y/Ru)

He missed the blonde woman Dr. Birt? had a lot of expertise in helping to stop AIDS in Africa?.

Diversity is no substitute for expertise.

It is also no substitute for goodness, but that's another story

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 14, 2020 09:29 AM (WI7YS)

107 Good one Muldoon!

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 09:29 AM (dUJdY)

108 except, it does not f'ing matter to anyone but him and a few loons like him, and ...it's not all male
Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:27 AM (zr5Kq)

he's an effing MSM parrot. And people with history of lung damage should be grateful he's not choosing a stupid but diverse crowd

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 09:29 AM (ONvIw)

109 I don't want to be resourceful, generous, gracious. I want to be better.

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:29 AM (zr5Kq)

110 My kitchen walls were greasier than I realized, as I found out a couple years ago when I boiled down about eight gallons of sap, and steam dripped down some walls. I can see why most people do it outside. A nice tradition that brings a little joy all year.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 14, 2020 09:30 AM (Cus5s)

111 Some "survivor" is now sharing her heroic story, according to the chyron.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at March 14, 2020 09:27 AM (C1Lsn)

I went to Walmart and heroically survived?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 14, 2020 09:30 AM (WI7YS)

112 I am in the middle of Romeo and Juliet.

*******

AKA Shakespearean throuple.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 14, 2020 09:30 AM (m45I2)

113 103 33 Yiiiikes, just heard that Boston public schools are shut down until April 27th --- 6 weeks! Say buh-bye to your summer break, kiddos.

*Fortunately, this does not affect us,
Posted by: Lizzy at March 14, 2020 09:08 AM (bDqIh)

WA state schools are closed till then too. Insanity.

I mentioned this on the ONT: we went out to dinner last night and the waitress actually thanked us for being brave and coming out to dinner. There was only one other table of diners in a place that's usually packed.
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 14, 2020 09:28 AM (su1RS)

A rural and local place of ours was very busy last night. And the snowmobiling season is ended. Good to see.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:30 AM (aA3+G)

114 Good morning, horde!

Jewells, if you're still here, I love the bracelets. Am wearing tge St Patrick's one today.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 14, 2020 09:30 AM (/+bwe)

115 Please explain to me where that amounts to a hill of beans, dickhead?
Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)

because he is male, old and white and hates what he has done with his life to allow his life to become so miserable.

However, he can't bring himself to blame his actions or admit he ever had a choice, so he has to blame the things he could never change: his sex, his age and his race.

He won't look for help until he has made his life so miserable that he has no choice, and he has too much money and too many parasites to let that happen, so he is probably damned.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 14, 2020 09:31 AM (6rS3m)

116 Hello, NaughtyPine.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 09:31 AM (t+qrx)

117 What irks me is the attention paid to Hanks and his wife. FFS..would they all be wringing their hands if they had the common cold or plain old flu? Story after story. I'm tired of it.

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 09:31 AM (dUJdY)

118 Read something online yesterday that said if you were sick back in October - December timeline with fever and a cough that just wouldn't go away, you had this virus.

I had it right after Thanksgiving. Raging fever for a few hours, chest and head congestion, then a cough that took over a month to go away.

I was reasonably miserable for about 2 days.

I survived and didn't find myself needing an over abundance of toilet paper throughout the ordeal.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

119 Posted by: Muad'dib at March 14, 2020 09:12 AM (9Oc7e)

=======
Our operation was similarly small. Believe it or not, it was at my high school. We had a hundred acres of land or so someone had donated in the deep distant past (wasn't worth much in those days, is now probably) and a biology teacher built the evaporator shed with more donations and volunteer labor. During the week we students collected sap and stored it in a couple of big poly tanks, or what my memory thinks looked like poly tanks, and then on Saturdays and Sundays we went full tilt boogie running the evaporator. It was a lot of fun work, and at the end we had a supply of maple syrup to sell as a school fundraiser.

That same bio teacher used the syrup proceeds to start a trout hatchery at our school. Pretty remarkable man, now that I think back, though at the time he was always making us work (so I used to try to duck into empty classrooms whenever I saw him coming).

Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at March 14, 2020 09:32 AM (NVYyb)

120 Thank you Naughty Pine! I sold everyone of them! Did keep one for myself though.

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 09:32 AM (dUJdY)

121 Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)

I heard that!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 14, 2020 09:32 AM (dLLD6)

122 Wow, Drudge is really a cesspool this morning

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 14, 2020 09:33 AM (6mvRv)

123 117 What irks me is the attention paid to Hanks and his wife. FFS..would they all be wringing their hands if they had the common cold or plain old flu? Story after story. I'm tired of it.
Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 09:31 AM (dUJdY)

It's annoying, but when the Hanks recover, people will see its not a death sentence...and neither is young at 63. Tom also has diabetes. It could work out as a positive thing

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 09:33 AM (ONvIw)

124 @StephenKing
Note that Trump's coronavirus team is all male, all old, and all white.

I'm surprised that he would be trumpeting this fact. Is he a sexist white supremacist?

Posted by: t-bird at March 14, 2020 09:34 AM (jyVW0)

125 Yiiiikes, just heard that Boston public schools are shut down until April 27th --- 6 weeks! Say buh-bye to your summer break, kiddos.

*Fortunately, this does not affect us,
Posted by: Lizzy at March 14, 2020 09:08 AM (bDqIh)

That is crazy! We're closed three, but one week is our spring break. We teachers were scrambling to get the kids signed into online classes, check out books, and put packets together. That was just for two weeks.

Six weeks? *shakes head*

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 14, 2020 09:34 AM (/+bwe)

126 He won't look for help until he has made his life so miserable that he has no choice, and he has too much money and too many parasites to let that happen, so he is probably damned.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 14, 2020 09:31 AM (6rS3m)

Rick Perry said one of the best things I've heard a candidate say back in 2016 when he was running for President. He said "My goal is to make the federal government as inconsequential in your life as possible." I find this genius.

Just look at where we are now, with all the TDS running rampant WORLDWIDE. THIS is what life is like when government ISN'T inconsequential in your life. Half of society CAN'T FUCKING HANDLE IT......

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

127 Read something online yesterday that said if you were sick back in October - December timeline with fever and a cough that just wouldn't go away, you had this virus.....

I survived and didn't find myself needing an over abundance of toilet paper throughout the ordeal.

==

uh oh....same here, about the same timeframe. I guess I am now immune ??

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:35 AM (zr5Kq)

128 97 Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 09:25 AM (NWiLs)

How's it hangin' this morning...
Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:27 AM (Zz0t1)

Pretty good. How about you?

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 09:35 AM (NWiLs)

129 CDC NIGHTMARE SCENARIO: 1.7 MILLION DEATHS...

-
We've had about 60 so we've quite a ways to go.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 14, 2020 09:35 AM (+y/Ru)

130
Stephen King@StephenKing
Note that Trump's coronavirus team is all male, all old, and all white.

AIDS lady is male?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 14, 2020 09:35 AM (oVJmc)

131 We were on the way to a great start of the morning, but the three year old walked in just as things were getting interesting. He's lucky he's so cute.

It does make sense to close down petri dishes like elementary schools and daycares. The daycare is still open, actually, so the 3yo may be there next week so I can telework more effectively. But we did just find out that one of the cases in Austin is a local resident who was symptomatic the day they left, so maybe not.

Today, my cousin has a baby shower. I wanted to skip it because I'm an introvert, but apparently a bunch of people are canceling because of the virus, and my sister says my cousin is disappointed, so I'll go ahead and go since I'm not that concerned. Not going to hug anyone though. Might not eat either.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at March 14, 2020 09:35 AM (rWZ8Y)

132 I am in the middle of Romeo and Juliet.

The 1968 Zefferelli version where Olivia Hussey takes her shirt off?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 14, 2020 09:35 AM (gd9RK)

133 I've decided to learn to love the quarantine

It might actually drop infection rates down a lot snd break the cycle, and that helps Trump

The media and the Left were screamIng for this so let's give it to them, hard

If you are 29+ and have woke relatives, assert your senior citizen privilege-
- refuse to babysit their kids
- tell them to stfu whenever you want by saying stress and worry is bad for your immune system
- what else?

Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 14, 2020 09:35 AM (G546f)

134 CN, yeah I heard he was diabetic which I did not know until a few days ago. I'm sure they will both be fine and I hold no ill will towards them (except they are liberal dicks).

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 09:35 AM (dUJdY)

135 If no one has been shot while grocery shopping

they soon will be

this better end soon

the system will not take a whole lot more stress

even here in rural western MA, the stores are packed

like the day before Thanksgiving and people are expecting to have a bad case of the shits

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 09:35 AM (rpxSz)

136 Wow, Drudge is really a cesspool this morning
----
How could you tell from any other day?

Seriously, since Trump was elected it's good for two things 1) seeing what stories the NeverTrump want pushed and 2) seeeing what stories the lefties are pushing

It has no news value

Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at March 14, 2020 09:36 AM (vPKfA)

137 That same bio teacher used the syrup proceeds to start a trout hatchery at our school. Pretty remarkable man, now that I think back, though at the time he was always making us work (so I used to try to duck into empty classrooms whenever I saw him coming).
Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at March 14, 2020 09:32 AM (NVYyb)
---------

He sounds like a great teacher and also seems you attended a fine school. Very cool.

Posted by: bluebell at March 14, 2020 09:36 AM (/669Q)

138 Hello, NaughtyPine.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 09:31 AM (t+qrx)

Good morning, hogmartin! How's everything in your neck of the woods?

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 14, 2020 09:36 AM (/+bwe)

139 I heard that!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 14, 2020 09:32 AM (dLLD6)

SHIT! HIDE!!!! CBD'S HERE!!!!

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

140 I think Stephen King riled up the SJW mob over a comment he made about the Oscar nominations --- the mob was upset that only men (and no blacks) nominated for most of the major ones (writer, director) and he dared to reply that the awards should be about quality of the work. Yes, he was soon groveling an apologizing for this.

I would bet King is now commenting on Trump's Wuhan flue team to make sure the mob knows he's still woke.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 14, 2020 09:37 AM (bDqIh)

141 CDC NIGHTMARE SCENARIO: 1.7 MILLION DEATHS...

-
We've had about 60 so we've quite a ways to go.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur

Drudge is this close to publishing Aliens to Invade by End of Year and 3 Headed Baby develops cure for lupus headlines.

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:37 AM (zr5Kq)

142 There are 200 cases of chinavirus in Australia and 1% of those cases just happen to be Tom Hanks and his wife? Uh-huh, sure.

Posted by: t-bird at March 14, 2020 09:37 AM (Ry8mf)

143 Stephen King has always impressed me as being one miserable sob. If he's that miserable, why doesn't he take that Colt Woodsman he mentions a lot in his books,leave his keys and wallet on the dresser, take a walk in the woods, and...

Posted by: bill in arkansas at March 14, 2020 09:37 AM (C1Lsn)

144 I am in the middle of Romeo and Juliet.

*******

AKA Shakespearean throuple.
Posted by: Muldoon

Andrew Gillum was doing a band of brothers.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 14, 2020 09:38 AM (+y/Ru)

145

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

Dude, run, I'll cover for you.

Hey, CBD , Sponge is not here. Have's seen him since...December. When he had that funny flu...

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:39 AM (zr5Kq)

146 uh oh....same here, about the same timeframe. I guess I am now immune ??
Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:35 AM (zr5Kq)

Probably the flu, not corona. I don't see any reason to think it was here before December, late November at the very, very earliest. It was barely an issue in China then. The speculation that we had it in October, only aids the wuflu is racist bullshitters

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 09:39 AM (ONvIw)

147 Sponge, if what you're saying is true, I had it in January. It drove me to visit the doctor...a rare occurence.

I believe it's possible that this has been with us longer than we think. And if that's the case, it will be gone before we expect.

Posted by: creeper at March 14, 2020 09:39 AM (XxJt1)

148 Pretty good. How about you?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 09:35 AM (NWiLs)

Eh.....wife is a bit sick this morning. Severe stomach pain.

I guess we've found a restaurant we should scratch off the list.

She's had stomach issues for years and had her gall bladder removed which alleviated a lot of it, but still has issues occasionally.

Eaten at this place twice, which has pretty good food at good prices, but she's had issues after both trips.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

149 It's a beautiful day here at the beach. Best cure ever for what ails you.

Posted by: ALH at March 14, 2020 09:40 AM (Jeys4)

150 CDC NIGHTMARE SCENARIO: 1.7 MILLION DEATHS...
-
We've had about 60 so we've quite a ways to go.

1.699940 million deaths in the next four weeks? Hey, it could happen!

The CDC has painted themselves as a clown organization.

Posted by: t-bird at March 14, 2020 09:40 AM (dBiBP)

151 like the day before Thanksgiving and people are expecting to have a bad case of the shits
Posted by: REDACTED

Many people will actually try cooking for the first time.
Chicken Tartare will do that to ya

Posted by: Bruce at March 14, 2020 09:40 AM (vd8XM)

152 Kohls has bras 30% off. DOes that mean you can see nipple?

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 14, 2020 09:41 AM (JFO2v)

153 Good morning, Horde!

Off to play, then travel to daughters house to babysit two darling holy terrors. I plan to spend the day on the couch on Monday.

Posted by: Ladyl at March 14, 2020 09:41 AM (TdMsT)

154 150 CDC NIGHTMARE SCENARIO: 1.7 MILLION DEATHS...
-
We've had about 60 so we've quite a ways to go.

1.699940 million deaths in the next four weeks? Hey, it could happen!

The CDC has painted themselves as a clown organization.
Posted by: t-bird at March 14, 2020 09:40 AM (dBiBP)

0 new cases yesterday.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 14, 2020 09:41 AM (JFO2v)

155 Sponge, if what you're saying is true, I had it in January. It drove me to visit the doctor...a rare occurence.

I believe it's possible that this has been with us longer than we think. And if that's the case, it will be gone before we expect.
Posted by: creeper at March 14, 2020 09:39 AM (XxJt1)

Yeah. Dr's didn't know what it was, so just labeled it an "upper respiratory infection" and treated it as such. I didn't go to the doc, but laid low and did what I usually do when I get a cold. Let it pass, mostly.

This thing is just the media reminding everyone who's still boss, despite all of Trump's "fake news" labeling.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

156 Sounds like fun, Ladyl. The little ones keep you young.

Posted by: bluebell at March 14, 2020 09:41 AM (/669Q)

157 Drudge is this close to publishing Aliens to Invade by End of Year and 3 Headed Baby develops cure for lupus headlines.
Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:37 AM (zr5Kq)
Hospitals always like to "plan for the worst" with improbable/ impossible catastrophes. This is SOP not an aberration caused by stats

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 09:42 AM (ONvIw)

158 The speculation that we had it in October, only aids the wuflu is racist bullshitters
Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 09:39 AM (ONvIw)

I think mine was after NY. I blamed it on ...NY. But maybe it was a gift from Wuhan. Wonder if you can be tested ex post facto....

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:42 AM (zr5Kq)

159 People might be much calmer if they never looked at their T.V.s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 14, 2020 09:42 AM (WI7YS)

160 My wife was saying this morning, how many of the people that have their kids at home due to school closings, will now take them to the mall, theatre, restaurants etc.

Keep those little germ carriers at home dammit!

Posted by: Bruce at March 14, 2020 09:42 AM (vd8XM)

161 139
I heard that!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 14, 2020 09:32 AM (dLLD6)

*hides behind Sponge*

Posted by: creeper at March 14, 2020 09:42 AM (XxJt1)

162 {{{{Ladyl}}}}

Have a great day!

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

163 wife is a bit sick this morning. Severe stomach pain.

-
Mrs. Wrecks woke with a cold. She's been in coronavirus hysteria for a week. It's not going to be pretty

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 14, 2020 09:43 AM (+y/Ru)

164 Flu A was really bad this year. That's what put my dad in the hospital. My older son got it too and recovered pretty quickly, but he was very miserable for a few days. I am still really surprised neither my 3yo, who was climbing all over his feverish brother the day he got sick, nor I got it. I guess the Tamiflu did the job?

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at March 14, 2020 09:43 AM (rWZ8Y)

165
"Read something online yesterday that said if you were sick back in
October - December timeline with fever and a cough that just wouldn't go
away, you had this virus.....
"
I had something like that just before Christmas, only they called it pneumonia and smote it with weapons-grade antibiotics. No fever, though. I never run fevers no matter how sick I am.

Posted by: Annalucia at March 14, 2020 09:43 AM (S6ArX)

166 0 new cases yesterday.

Keep counting, I'm on my way!

Posted by: Al Franken's Buick at March 14, 2020 09:43 AM (dBiBP)

167 If you see a Lycanthrope, say something Lycanthrope.

Posted by: klaftern at March 14, 2020 09:44 AM (RuIsu)

168 142 I saw some speculation that maybe some wannabe bioterrorrists are deliberately trying to infect high profile people
It's a bit too tinfoil even for me, but then didn't China just threaten something like that yesterday?

Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 14, 2020 09:44 AM (G546f)

169 0 new cases yesterday.
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 14, 2020 09:41 AM (JFO2v)

I wish that was true, they have a disclaimer that numbers for last week are not all in and that the info is incomplete. Monday will give us better details on whatever stats they have.

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 09:44 AM (ONvIw)

170 no, we had that fever/long term crud in my office starting last winter. No real information except the cough lasts about 4 weeks.
Oddly enough, mostly parents with kids in school.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 14, 2020 09:44 AM (6rS3m)

171 Please Note: Stephen King would prefer to die rather than be cured by Whitey McTesticles.

Do not resuscitate.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 14, 2020 09:44 AM (oVJmc)

172 Eaten at this place twice, which has pretty good food at good prices, but she's had issues after both trips.
Posted by: Sponge

One possibility is the ice in the drinks, like sodas, or the soda guns themselves
Those machines are not always kept as clean as they should be

Posted by: Bruce at March 14, 2020 09:45 AM (vd8XM)

173 >>It's a beautiful day here at the beach. Best cure ever for what ails you.

THIS.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 14, 2020 09:46 AM (bDqIh)

174 *prepares to click store brawl video*

Please no black people, please no black people...

*click*

*closes browser 5 seconds later *
Posted by: Normal black folks at March 14, 2020 09:42 AM (ldmQR)

To satisfy a wild hair yesterday, I watched some old Redd Foxx stand-up on YooToob.

There was a part where he went off on blacks (he called them n*****s) and crime, then specified that there were n*****s and black folks as there IS a difference.

Said look up the n word in the dictionary and it says n's are "shiftless and lazy. I guess there's white n*****s too!"

I've been saying this for a long time. Every race has them.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:46 AM (Zz0t1)

175 136 Wow, Drudge is really a cesspool this morning

Drudge is the source of the TP shortage

not enuff in the world to clean up his BS

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 09:46 AM (rpxSz)

176 162 139
I heard that!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 14, 2020 09:32 AM (dLLD6)

*hides behind Sponge*
Posted by: creeper at March 14, 2020 09:42 AM (XxJt1)

Don't worry, I have put a good word in for you.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:46 AM (aA3+G)

177 "Read something online yesterday that said if you were sick back in October - December timeline with fever and a cough that just wouldn't go away, you had this virus..... "

That's what China is pushing now. That the US had it and gave it to them. I expect lots of online news to repeat it.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 14, 2020 09:46 AM (/+bwe)

178 Not buying the story that woofloo was here back in the fall. Sounds too much like astroturf wishcasting trying to let China off the hook and retroactively blame Trump for not acting sooner.

Posted by: Citizen of Bureaustan at March 14, 2020 09:46 AM (ldmQR)

179 > All these kids being sent home is idiotic, when the virus is a big nothing burger for people not in the identified risk groups

Just because it doesn't kill the kids doesn't mean they don't get it, and then pass it on to their grandparents and others who DO get seriously ill.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 14, 2020 09:47 AM (tLWGd)

180 I had what I thought was the flu in late early February. But the last few days i've been sneezing, thought it might be allergies, but a bit early. I guess that's possible. Yesterday though, a sore throat and today mild chest congestion. Keeping calm, not panicking!!

Posted by: My life is insanity at March 14, 2020 09:47 AM (Z/jzm)

181 Has the flu epidemic cause Biden to take his eye of the whole "Curing Cancer" research?

Posted by: Bruce at March 14, 2020 09:48 AM (vd8XM)

182 The cesspool of India has had 82 cases. The Force is weak in this pandemic.

Posted by: t-bird at March 14, 2020 09:48 AM (aKxkI)

183 175

Yep, I grew up surrounded by shiftless white trash.

Posted by: Citizen of Bureaustan at March 14, 2020 09:48 AM (ldmQR)

184 > not enuff in the world to clean up his BS

I thought he sold the site off and it was being run by some other outfit nowadays.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 14, 2020 09:48 AM (tLWGd)

185 One possibility is the ice in the drinks, like sodas, or the soda guns themselves
Those machines are not always kept as clean as they should be
Posted by: Bruce at March 14, 2020 09:45 AM (vd8XM)

Possible. This is a pretty new place and none of the rest of us have had any issues. I know she's got a sensitivity to certain things we're still trying to figure out.

I'm pointing to something in the breading they use on the fried stuff. She's had okra both times then chicken fried steak on this run. Lots of the breading.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:48 AM (Zz0t1)

186 180

Sounds like you have what I have. I think it starts with allergies at least for me.

Posted by: Citizen of Bureaustan at March 14, 2020 09:48 AM (ldmQR)

187 That's what China is pushing now. That the US had it and gave it to them. I expect lots of online news to repeat it.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 14, 2020 09:46 AM (/+bwe)

People who are confusing this with the flu, and say, with no evidence, that they had it in October are not helpful. And they're wrong.

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 09:49 AM (ONvIw)

188 If they'd hit Pearl Harbor with caronavirus, we'd all be speaking Japanese today.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 14, 2020 09:49 AM (+y/Ru)

189 84
I never counted on him so I'm not disappointed. The courage to buck the mob is one of the rarest of human qualities. He don't got it.
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at March 14, 2020 09:23 AM (H8QX

------------------------------------
Nonsense. Standing up very, very publicly against the holy Lightbringer in 2012 took massive courage.

Maybe he's just plain ill-informed on this subject. Maybe he just doesn't like Trump. Who knows?
The man is 90 yrs old.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 14, 2020 09:49 AM (M/9m0)

190 China social media influence is far flung
They're pretty much in control of reddit, FB etc dumb info

The only way we'd know if the "it was here first" rumor is true if they start testing for antibodies BEFORE it gets widespread and that's not gonna happen

Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 14, 2020 09:49 AM (G546f)

191 180 I had what I thought was the flu in late early February. But the last few days i've been sneezing, thought it might be allergies, but a bit early. I guess that's possible. Yesterday though, a sore throat and today mild chest congestion. Keeping calm, not panicking!!
Posted by: My life is insanity at March 14, 2020 09:47 AM (Z/jzm)

Don't panic. Symptoms are a dry cough, shortness of breath, and fever. No sneezing, no chest congestion.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 14, 2020 09:50 AM (su1RS)

192 Possible. This is a pretty new place and none of the rest of us have had any issues. I know she's got a sensitivity to certain things we're still trying to figure out.

I'm pointing to something in the breading they use on the fried stuff. She's had okra both times then chicken fried steak on this run. Lots of the breading.
Posted by: Sponge

Or the oil.

Wife and I can order the exact same meals,
She'll have stomach..umm. distress in 4 hours.
Me, nothing

Posted by: Bruce at March 14, 2020 09:50 AM (vd8XM)

193 I have never been so ashamed of the people I share this country with.

What the hell happened to people?

Just those who are my age are trouble enough. They should know better. I DO. And so should they. They don't have the excuse of 24/7 indoctrination via media and school softening them up to be manipulated like puppets by people they KNOW they can't and shouldn't trust.

They should KNOW that no person in the world is as wrong and stupid as they've claimed Trump is from day one. Nor that every false story was one that was to negatively impact Trump's reputation.

Real Life doesn't happen like that. They KNOW the media lies. They KNOW that the left Lies and desires power over every move anyone else makes.

They know his strongest detractors are people who are paid to lie and exhibit false emotions and repeat made up stories written by others. Yet they continue to believe them to the letter. Actually repeating with the exact words used the lies they've been told by the media about Trump and Conservatives and the world.

Now we enter a situation where the country could actually shatter due to the conflicting stories about a threat that is still under investigation.

The media needs to be suspended unless what they have to say is backed by named sources. NO more "Sources say" or "told to us by people who aren't cleared to speak" or any other form of anonymous sources used to claim facts not in evidence.

We really must regain control of our awareness of reality and the media is the first place to start demanding that they do so on pain of some punishment.

Posted by: jakee308 at March 14, 2020 09:50 AM (wb4G5)

194 Mrs. Wrecks woke with a cold. She's been in coronavirus hysteria for a week. It's not going to be pretty
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 14, 2020 09:43 AM (+y/Ru)

you will never see Monday

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 09:50 AM (rpxSz)

195 Don't panic. Symptoms are a dry cough, shortness of breath, and fever. No sneezing, no chest congestion.
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 14, 2020 09:50 AM (su1RS)

The chest congestion comes later and is what causes the deaths.

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 09:50 AM (ONvIw)

196 42 Me neither creeper. I didn't watch any news yesterday, not even Fox and Friends in the morning and that was tough! I always have them on when I am getting ready for work. No Facebook either. I admit I sort of miss it but I'm getting over it. Until sanity returns I am staying off FB.
Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 09:11 AM (dUJdY)

I have never been happier about my Lenten Facebook fast than this year. People be crazy.

Posted by: Catherine at March 14, 2020 09:51 AM (K5qyw)

197 The cesspool of India has had 82 cases

India average temperature is 89F.

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:51 AM (zr5Kq)

198 188 If they'd hit Pearl Harbor with caronavirus, we'd all be speaking Japanese today.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 14, 2020 09:49 AM (+y/Ru)

We have nothing to fear but ~~fear itself~~ the lack of asswipe.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:51 AM (aA3+G)

199 Wife works at Walgreens. They have a 4 pack limit for TP and paper towels. One dude tried to buy *all* the TP in the store, and got pissed when they wouldn't let him.

I don't understand it - the stores will stock back up and in a week he's going to have all this TP he can't resell.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at March 14, 2020 09:51 AM (ijEPD)

200
"What the hell happened to people?"

Well...

Posted by: Ghost of Joe McCarthy, smiling wryly at March 14, 2020 09:51 AM (ldmQR)

201
India average temperature is 89F.
Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:51 AM (zr5Kq)

Come on global warming!

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 09:51 AM (ONvIw)

202 Don't worry, I have put a good word in for you.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:46 AM (aA3+G)
Thank you, MisHum. Given my uncontrollable fingers, that's welcome.

Posted by: creeper at March 14, 2020 09:52 AM (XxJt1)

203 Mrs. Wrecks woke with a cold. She's been in coronavirus hysteria for a week. It's not going to be pretty
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 14, 2020 09:43 AM (+y/Ru)

get her tested and get over it.

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:52 AM (zr5Kq)

204 Or the oil.

Wife and I can order the exact same meals,
She'll have stomach..umm. distress in 4 hours.
Me, nothing
Posted by: Bruce at March 14, 2020 09:50 AM (vd8XM)

True. Same here.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

205 184 > not enuff in the world to clean up his BS

I thought he sold the site off and it was being run by some other outfit nowadays.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 14, 2020 09:48 AM (tLWGd)

I don't remember inviting you to make me look dumb !!

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 09:53 AM (rpxSz)

206

I will hit no people with Wine till they don't fuck with my Costco line.

it was dry with a peppery ass taste,he went down easy.

Posted by: saf at March 14, 2020 09:53 AM (5IHGB)

207 NOONAN: 'Don't Panic' Is Rotten Advice...

-
Yeah, what we need is MOAR PANIC!!!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 14, 2020 09:54 AM (+y/Ru)

208 Happy Pi Day horde.

Apple, cherry, pizza, or hair?

Posted by: Roy at March 14, 2020 09:54 AM (ABjxW)

209 The chest congestion comes later and is what causes the deaths.
Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 09:50 AM (ONvIw)

Really? Hadn't heard that. Thanks.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 14, 2020 09:54 AM (su1RS)

210 get her tested and get over it.
Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:52 AM (zr5Kq)

with a little luck, you can get a false positive

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 09:54 AM (rpxSz)

211 Well shit, just got my order update before it's delivered. No sausage

I has the sadz.

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 09:54 AM (dUJdY)

212 Random thought last night. You know how the kids now refer to having unprotected sex as "being fluid-bonded"? (must be that gender fluid I hear tell about) And that stupid advice column on Slate with the idiot who wondered whether her husband should quit "exchanging fluids" with his girlfriend since her (the letter writer's) mom was immunocompromised? I am just so, so sick of these freaks constantly gaslighting us that they are totally normal and our reactions of disgust are proof we are bigoted, etc.

Look. You want to tell us all about the freaky shit you do with your 15 mutual sex partners and dress like a 5yo and shave your dyed hair into aggressively ugly styles, fine. You do you. But I get to think you're weird BECAUSE YOU FUCKING ARE.

...OK, I'm gonna go exercise now.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at March 14, 2020 09:55 AM (rWZ8Y)

213 Posted by: creeper at March 14, 2020 09:52 AM (XxJt1)

Once again glad to be of assistance

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:55 AM (aA3+G)

214 it was dry with a peppery ass taste,he went down easy.
Posted by: saf at March 14, 2020 09:53 AM (5IHGB)

You asked for it.

https://youtu.be/Z49whgBNCyE

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:55 AM (Zz0t1)

215 Panic is bad, dismissing this as just another hype is also bad.

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:55 AM (zr5Kq)

216 "... suspect the reasoning behind the shutdowns is so that kiddies don't
contract it and spread it to compromised people. Our schools were very
concerned about this, especially about the elderly in the home"

We DO need to educate people on the protocols even in home, for those that are maybe exposed. One of the main doctors working the ICU in Italy gave an interview ... saying in the home, try to use a different bathroom, observe some "rules".

We are still learning about how the virus works, Italy apparently let in a lot more Chinese, but we also let some in, then let in some infected from Europe. The elderly and otherwise compromised are the ones that need to isolate themselves, more than most. But for age 70 in Italy the mortality rates was still only 3.7% (iirc) ... wasn't till like 80 that it was 14% or so ...

If the MSM wants to say deaths will be over a million, fine. Then say we can keep it at normal flu rate or lower (even 25K would be lower) ... then Trump can claim victory, and blame the MSM for creating hysteria and economic distress. But we have to get past the peak first ... which they say is 3-6 weeks away, current guess.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 14, 2020 09:56 AM (Cus5s)

217 Criminal Minds marathon coming on. Take a break from the craziness in the world and watch stories about people who collect eyeballs and stuff.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at March 14, 2020 09:57 AM (C1Lsn)

218 With all the sports stuff not being on for a while, could they maybe show some of the fishing and hunting shows that are relegated to Sundays at 4 AM?

Posted by: Bruce at March 14, 2020 09:57 AM (vd8XM)

219 196[i/]
I have never been happier about my Lenten Facebook fast than this year. People be crazy.

Posted by: Catherine at March 14, 2020 09:51 AM (K5qyw)
I've never had an account on social media. Given the overwhelming garbage on the MSM, I can't begin to imagine what FB looks like these days.
Baby shower this afternoon. I'm going. And I'm going to hug everyone there. Take that, COVID.

Posted by: creeper at March 14, 2020 09:57 AM (XxJt1)

220 The Italians are singing to each other. That's a nice communal gesture & so unlike the foul democrats.

Posted by: MHK at March 14, 2020 09:57 AM (iQIUe)

221 Yesterday afternoon at 4:30 I stopped at my local grocery, a small local chain that costs a little more than Walmart but is more convenient and has smarter employees and management. There were no grocery carts outside, and every checkout had 10 people in line. And the service register had 15. I said aloud, "Hell no," and left.

Got there when they opened this a.m. Much better, though there was no fresh-baked bread -- and no ground meat except chili meat. But I was out in 20 minute, so there's that.

Like most of you I am damned sick of the overreaction to this virus.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 14, 2020 09:57 AM (4c+5M)

222 Is God unhappy with Mankind?

I can't speak for God but as for myself, that's a big 10-4, good buddy!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 14, 2020 09:58 AM (+y/Ru)

223 *wanders off to enroll in HTML training*

Posted by: creeper at March 14, 2020 09:58 AM (XxJt1)

224 >>CDC NIGHTMARE SCENARIO: 1.7 MILLION DEATHS

Mentioned this yesterday. . . Thurs. night Tucker interviewed former CDC head Dr. Friedman. Tucker asks him "You predicted that there could be 1 million deaths, explain how you got that number." Dr. Friedman than proceeded to give the now boilerplate spiel on how we must social distance, cancel events with 250+ people, shut down schools, etc.. It was as if he had not seen the news since Sunday. We've already done all that.

It seemed obvious that Dr. Friedman (and probably others from past or present CDC) hadn't adjusted his thinking to current environment - he's used to spouting the same recommendations, never actually upgrading them now that people are actually following the advice. Like all of the authorities who keep lecturing us on hand washing and face touching. That's all you got? Alrighty, thanks for the tips, go away.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 14, 2020 09:58 AM (bDqIh)

225 Wife and I can order the exact same meals,
She'll have stomach..umm. distress in 4 hours.
Me, nothing
Posted by: Bruce at March 14, 2020 09:50 AM (vd8XM)

I always tell Mrs. REDACTED that she didn't eat enuff of it

and not enuff wine will always make you sick

I recommend at least 6 large glasses of wine

just to be safe

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 09:58 AM (rpxSz)

226 Jewell45, have you seen this site? The store in Lacey WA is like a Costco of beads. When they did the sidewalks I think they just took all the bin sweepings and mixed them in with the concrete by the way, the sidewalks have glass beads all through them

https://www.shipwreckbeads.com/

Posted by: Kindltot at March 14, 2020 09:59 AM (6rS3m)

227 215 Panic is bad, dismissing this as just another hype is also bad.
Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:55 AM (zr5Kq)

Better safe than sorry. You can't over prepare for an emergency. Buy ammo.

Posted by: Roy at March 14, 2020 09:59 AM (ABjxW)

228 >>Don't panic. Symptoms are a dry cough, shortness of breath, and fever. No sneezing, no chest congestion.
Posted by: Jordan61

>>The chest congestion comes later and is what causes the deaths.
Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 09:50 AM (ONvIw)

Great.... i'm pretty sure it's a cold, itchy nose, dry mouth, but when you work with the public, people look at you funny if you have to have to blow your nose! I make a big show of using hand sanitizer..altho, i was doing that all along (in addition to constantly washing my hands) and i still got this....

Posted by: My life is insanity at March 14, 2020 09:59 AM (Z/jzm)

229 When I am President, I will vigorously attack the Chicken Corn Pop virus epidemic with blood letting stations set up across our great nation. Those who want it will be able to get it. Also, ozone paper treatments as advertised on the Wendy's old table tops will be available to all.

Here, pull my finger.....

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 14, 2020 10:00 AM (Z+IKu)

230 We did go to the store last night to stock up on food stuffs for the kids spring break next week.

insane. The meat section was cleared out. The paper products section was cleared out. We did manage to get a pack of TP, just for laughs at this point. Most people were commenting how crazy and stupid it was that people were panicking so bad and hording TP when it doesn't cause the shits.

There are still some sane people out there......I just think we're getting outnumbered.

Oh, and ordered some camper TP off Amazon for our camping trip next week. Should be here in a couple days.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)

231 I just want to say on the record that the floor meth wasn't mine, and I was just here for a slice of cake.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 14, 2020 10:00 AM (oVJmc)

232 218 With all the sports stuff not being on for a while, could they maybe show some of the fishing and hunting shows that are relegated to Sundays at 4 AM?
Posted by: Bruce at March 14, 2020 09:57 AM (vd8XM)

F*ck DISH NETWORK to Hell.

They are fighting with Fox Sports North which shows an incredible amount of fishing shows. But oh no...........

That's ok, lots of tunes and the coffee pot still works.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 10:00 AM (aA3+G)

233 >>>Is God unhappy with Mankind?

Are you unhappy with your children? Even as an imperfect person?

Posted by: Roy at March 14, 2020 10:01 AM (ABjxW)

234 Places like Singapore and Russia were very stringent on who came across their border, and seem to have smallest problem. New Zealand has like six cases, same deal ... they are stringent on quarantining any that come in.

afaik, US still has many ways to get across the border, for those with intent. Not quite like Israel in World War Z, but we'll see in 6 weeks.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 14, 2020 10:01 AM (Cus5s)

235
What The F*ck, Two Buck Chuck! - a limerick

What in the hell's wrong with pipple?
Come on, folks! Try to get a grip-ple!
I went to Sam's Club
Ran into some schlub
Who stabbed me with a bottle of Ripple!

Posted by: Muldoon at March 14, 2020 10:01 AM (m45I2)

236 227 215 Panic is bad, dismissing this as just another hype is also bad.
Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 09:55 AM (zr5Kq)

Better safe than sorry. You can't over prepare for an emergency. Buy ammo.
Posted by: Roy at March 14, 2020 09:59 AM (ABjxW)

Mrs. Mis. Hum asked how much was enough. My response, "You can never have enough"

Keep on buying

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 10:01 AM (aA3+G)

237 *wanders off to enroll in HTML training*
Posted by: creeper at March 14, 2020 09:58 AM (XxJt1)

Lesson 1:

CLOSE ALL THE TAGS.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 10:01 AM (Zz0t1)

238 I was always taught

Start out like you can finish

no way this country can keep this up

NFW

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 10:01 AM (rpxSz)

239 I always tell Mrs. REDACTED that she didn't eat enuff of it

and not enuff wine will always make you sick

I recommend at least 6 large glasses of wine

just to be safe
Posted by: REDACTED

Maybe that's it.
I usually have a couple beers with mine.
Wife drinks diet cola.

That stuff'll kill ya!

Posted by: Bruce at March 14, 2020 10:02 AM (vd8XM)

240 This is from another board, from commentor EricB

"I bring you a warning: Every one of you reading this comment, tell the
internet, tell this to everybody where ever they are! Wash your hands!.
Everywhere! Keep washing! Keep washing your hands!"

Brilliant. (I'm sure you can all name the movie.)

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 14, 2020 10:02 AM (l9m7l)

241 BILLIONS FOR BRAZILIANS, BUT NOT ONE PENNY FOR POOPER PAPER!

Posted by: Biden:1919! at March 14, 2020 10:02 AM (oVJmc)

242
Brilliant. (I'm sure you can all name the movie.)

The good version of 'The Thing.'

Posted by: Biden:1919! at March 14, 2020 10:03 AM (oVJmc)

243 Thanks kindlot. I'm looking through it now. I may not be back for awhile!

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 14, 2020 10:03 AM (dUJdY)

244 222 Is God unhappy with Mankind?

I can't speak for God but as for myself, that's a big 10-4, good buddy!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 14, 2020 09:58 AM (+y/Ru)

Yes, He is

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 10:03 AM (aA3+G)

245 F*ck DISH NETWORK to Hell.

They are fighting with Fox Sports North which shows an incredible amount of fishing shows. But oh no...........

That's ok, lots of tunes and the coffee pot still works.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 10:00 AM (aA3+G)

Yeah, they've been battling with Fox for a while now. My brother hasn't been able to watch Stars games since early LAST year.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)

246 T'was neither CAT nor CART but C*NT?

Posted by: saf at March 14, 2020 10:04 AM (5IHGB)

247 Places like Singapore and Russia were very stringent on who came across their border, and seem to have smallest problem. New Zealand has like six cases, same deal ... they are stringent on quarantining any that come in.

afaik, US still has many ways to get across the border, for those with intent. Not quite like Israel in World War Z, but we'll see in 6 weeks.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 14, 2020 10:01 AM (Cus5s)

How many cases has Poland had?

I'm curious if that's yet another scoreboard Commander Zero can point at.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 10:04 AM (Zz0t1)

248 I've been pretty lax with carrying my P320c but since this virus stuff started its been permanently attached to my hip anytime I'm outside of the house.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 14, 2020 10:05 AM (9V81o)

249
Need to venture outside. *looks at coffee pot

I have time....

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:05 AM (zr5Kq)

250 Wife drinks diet cola.

Posted by: Bruce at March 14, 2020 10:02 AM (vd8XM)

with her chicken sushi ?

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 10:05 AM (rpxSz)

251
Yeah, they've been battling with Fox for a while now. My brother hasn't been able to watch Stars games since early LAST year.
Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)

No MN Wild.
During the winter after Tucker the only thing we basically watch is hockey.

Usually Sat mornings I had a couple of fishing shows on in the background while I hung with you guys and got ready for the day.

Oh well, I've been finding out that I don't need the tv set as much as I thought.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 10:06 AM (aA3+G)

252 Just because it doesn't kill the kids doesn't mean they don't get it, and then pass it on to their grandparents and others who DO get seriously ill.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 14, 2020 09:47 AM (tLWGd)

I'm not trying to start an argument here, but isn't that a risk all the time? With flu, colds, etc?

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 14, 2020 10:06 AM (su1RS)

253
Criminal Minds marathon coming on. Take a break from the craziness in the world and watch stories about people who collect eyeballs and stuff.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

========

I've been listening to the Hillary docuseries on Hulu. Close enough.

I'm having a time trying to figure out lies/truth. The show was obviously made to get people to shut up about certain basic matters. How *did* they meet? What attracted him to her? (No, Bill, not "She had this aura," lolol.)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 14, 2020 10:06 AM (G51Gf)

254 Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)

I have Dish in western MA

I get Fox news but not Fox

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 10:07 AM (rpxSz)

255 Oh well, I've been finding out that I don't need the tv set as much as I thought.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 10:06 AM (aA3+G)

This.....

I cut the cable, other than internet, last year and have been running OTA Digital since. There's some entertainment there, but am finding I just don't miss TV all that much and have more time for other things.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)

256 I picked up what seemed to be a cold in mid-December, except that it didn't start with throat irritation but with discomfort in the sinuses over my upper teeth. It spread into my nose, and I was coughing and dopey, and out of work for a few days.

It couldn't have been the COVID, though. Too early (right?), and the urgent care place treated me with an Rx for an antibiotic, reasoning it was a bacterial infection. That cleared it up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 14, 2020 10:08 AM (4c+5M)

257
I'm not trying to start an argument here, but isn't that a risk all the time? With flu, colds, etc?
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 14, 2020 10:06 AM (su1RS)

FLAMEWAR!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 10:08 AM (Zz0t1)

258 Just sat down to have breakfast, expertly prepared by Mr. L. I looked at the food and felt a wave of gratitude for the bounty. Although we never do this, we both said grace together. The Holy Spirit speaks though all the panic.

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at March 14, 2020 10:08 AM (Vf4Y7)

259 252 Just because it doesn't kill the kids doesn't mean they don't get it, and then pass it on to their grandparents and others who DO get seriously ill.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 14, 2020 09:47 AM (tLWGd)

I'm not trying to start an argument here, but isn't that a risk all the time? With flu, colds, etc?
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 14, 2020 10:06 AM (su1RS)

There is a reason why I called our 3 "Little Petri dishes" from mono, to strep throat, to pink eye to flu...........we had it all. It's life.

And as much as Man (who thinks he is God now) wants to make a risk free world. It aint happening.

This Kung Fu Flu epidemic is so overrated.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 10:08 AM (aA3+G)

260 I've been listening to the Hillary docuseries on Hulu.

I'm having a time trying to figure out lies/truth.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 14, 2020 10:06 AM (G51Gf)

I can help.

Posted by: BignJames at March 14, 2020 10:09 AM (X/Pw5)

261 got my online renewal for my little trailer ... I've been paying $18 every year though haven't used it ... this year they want $118. Vehicle renewal went up from like 102 to 152 ... guess I'll skip the trailer renewal. Illinois will probably get more aggressive at funding those fat public union pensions ... especially if the market stays down ... lots of credit problems ahead me thinks ...

Posted by: illiniwek at March 14, 2020 10:09 AM (Cus5s)

262 Jordan61 the problem as I understand it with Covid19 is that the people who get the severe pneumonia need a lot longer time in ICU / ventilator than ppl who get typical flu pneumonia
Plus it is more contagious then the flu

Those 2 facts together mean it's easy to run out of ICU capacity

Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 14, 2020 10:09 AM (G546f)

263 dish network, direct tv, the satellite equivalent of the mafia. fuck them with brie larson's dick sideways.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 14, 2020 10:09 AM (KP5rU)

264 I cut the cable, other than internet, last year and have been running OTA Digital since. There's some entertainment there, but am finding I just don't miss TV all that much and have more time for other things.
Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020

*
*

I'm thinking the same. My basic cable setup, very basic, has MeTV and H and I, plus one or two other things like the Weather Channel. But the movie and the westerns channels have gone to something else.

If I buy a modern TV, I can receive the local things, plus MeTV and others, over the air, right? And spend the money on Internet instead.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 14, 2020 10:10 AM (4c+5M)

265 I picked up what seemed to be a cold in mid-December, except that it didn't start with throat irritation but with discomfort in the sinuses over my upper teeth. It spread into my nose, and I was coughing and dopey, and out of work for a few days.

It couldn't have been the COVID, though. Too early (right?), and the urgent care place treated me with an Rx for an antibiotic, reasoning it was a bacterial infection. That cleared it up.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 14, 2020 10:08 AM (4c+5M)

What I've read, there's a distinct possibility it WAS COVID. We just didn't know it was and didn't test for it. Flu tests would come back negative, so they'd just declare "upper respiratory infection" and treat it as such.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 10:11 AM (Zz0t1)

266 255 Oh well, I've been finding out that I don't need the tv set as much as I thought.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 10:06 AM (aA3+G)

This.....

I cut the cable, other than internet, last year and have been running OTA Digital since. There's some entertainment there, but am finding I just don't miss TV all that much and have more time for other things.
Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)

Can I pay you for your services to come here and set this dork up.

I'm somewhat afraid of cutting the Dish as our internet is kind of sketchy when it comes to streaming tv items such as netflix and prime.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 10:11 AM (aA3+G)

267 I stand before you, naked, in a hastily rented hotel room with another naked man and his meth dealer and swear that I would never do drugs...

Posted by: Andrew Gillum at March 14, 2020 10:11 AM (Wd55D)

268 >>I'm not trying to start an argument here, but isn't that a risk all the time? With flu, colds, etc?
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 14, 2020 10:06 AM (su1RS)

Yes! Hence why we practice good hygiene. So far mom hasn't gotten anything we've had, so either her immune system is super amazing, or we're doing something right.

I guess this virus is different in that it can linger in the air. Idk for sure, if what we read is correct, or if we can trust the source. What the CDC says should be our guide, right? Can we trust that? Idk anymore.
Some people are going to get sick and some will die. It's sad, but also a fact of life with any disease

Posted by: My life is insanity at March 14, 2020 10:12 AM (Z/jzm)

269 267 I stand before you, naked, in a hastily rented hotel room with another naked man and his meth dealer and swear that I would never do drugs...
Posted by: Andrew Gillum at March 14, 2020 10:11 AM (Wd55D)

Well then take his dick out of your ass while you're commenting here.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 10:12 AM (aA3+G)

270 119 Posted by: Muad'dib at March 14, 2020 09:12 AM (9Oc7e)

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Our operation was similarly small. Believe it or not, it was at my high school. We had a hundred acres of land or so someone had donated in the deep distant past (wasn't worth much in those days, is now probably) and a biology teacher built the evaporator shed with more donations and volunteer labor. During the week we students collected sap and stored it in a couple of big poly tanks, or what my memory thinks looked like poly tanks, and then on Saturdays and Sundays we went full tilt boogie running the evaporator. It was a lot of fun work, and at the end we had a supply of maple syrup to sell as a school fundraiser.

That same bio teacher used the syrup proceeds to start a trout hatchery at our school. Pretty remarkable man, now that I think back, though at the time he was always making us work (so I used to try to duck into empty classrooms whenever I saw him coming).
Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at March 14, 2020 09:32 AM (NVYyb)

Huck...HUCK..

DID YOU GO TO PREPPER TECH

Posted by: browndog at March 14, 2020 10:12 AM (gD6Ka)

271 So, the House passed something last night, and 40 R's voted "NO". Which tells me Nanzi loaded a bunch of crap into it. (Her original bill had 80 million in abortion funding. I'm sure this would have gone straight to Dem. campaign funding...)
Q: Can the Senate cut the crap out of it and send it back, or am I just being overly optimistic those f**ks would ever pass on a helping of extra pork?
Oh and, g'morning horde.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 14, 2020 10:13 AM (7Fj9P)

272 Well then take his dick out of your ass while you're commenting here.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 10:12 AM (aA3+G)

What is this, the book thread?

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 10:13 AM (t+qrx)

273
Where I am, people have grabbed all the canned beans and pasta. I was in the store the other day as a guy was unloading ground beef into a case and he said to me, "Ya want some hamburger meat? Grab it now!" I laughed at this woman standing next to me and said "I legit wanted to make some chili," she laughed back and said she legit needed some tp, she wasn't looking for a hoard-supply, and she said she didn't understand it because kleenexes were everywhere.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 14, 2020 10:13 AM (G51Gf)

274 The mind boggles at the sight of my fellow citizens going full retard over what is essentially the common cold. What happens if a real plague, such as the black death, strikes? I fear we won't have to wait for the disease to kill us all... we'll handle that ourselves...

Posted by: Equirhodont at March 14, 2020 10:13 AM (+2GwM)

275

If I buy a modern TV, I can receive the local things, plus MeTV and others, over the air, right? And spend the money on Internet instead.

If MeTV has a local affiliate in range for you, yes.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 14, 2020 10:13 AM (oVJmc)

276 > I'm not trying to start an argument here, but isn't that a risk all the time? With flu, colds, etc?

Of course it is. But the death rate (note: "rate", not total number... there's an important difference) from this one appears to be higher, especially among old people.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 14, 2020 10:13 AM (tLWGd)

277 If we get a lot of cases the doctors and nurses will go through hell and I don't want that

It's very hard to treat airborne diseases 24/7 and not catch it, despite all the bunny suits and tech

Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 14, 2020 10:13 AM (G546f)

278 You can't over prepare for an emergency.

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Well amidst all the static and cacophony about the virus, that is actually a provocative and potentially useful discussion to have.

Is there such a thing as "over"-preparing for an emergency? I think if it results in misallocation of resources, or a form of present-time paralysis due to indecisiveness or lack of actionable data that you CAN over-prepare. Or at least misalign your preparations to the circumstances.

I like to think of it as an OODA loop. Gather as much information as you can, grade the believability of the data you do gather, form a range of possible future events, make contingency assessments and then allocate resources.

My wife categorizes it as

1. Listening and Communication (data gathering)
2. Baseline and Basics. (what do we know, where are we starting from, where do we want to go)
3. Resources and Limitations

Posted by: Muldoon at March 14, 2020 10:14 AM (m45I2)

279 272 Well then take his dick out of your ass while you're commenting here.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 10:12 AM (aA3+G)

What is this, the book thread?
Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 10:13 AM (t+qrx)

My bad

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 10:14 AM (aA3+G)

280 If I buy a modern TV, I can receive the local things, plus MeTV and others, over the air, right? And spend the money on Internet instead.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 14, 2020 10:10 AM (4c+5M)

Yep. They have the digital tuner built in nowadays. You just need an antenna. Even the old school antennas will work.

I get MeTV, GRIT, ION(and +), local city stations, H & I.....plus a few that run MST3k and classic horror movies.

I'm not sad about it.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

281 We have nothing to fear but fear itself the lack of asswipe.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 09:51 AM (aA3+G)

The world will never be short of asswipes.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 10:15 AM (NWiLs)

282 274: if the justin bieber plague didn't wipe us out, nothing will. fucking canucks, failures at everything.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 14, 2020 10:15 AM (KP5rU)

283 Started drinking "Death Wish" coffee. It is actually great. Surprisingly smooth

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 14, 2020 10:15 AM (nRk/c)

284 If you see a Lycanthrope, say something Lycanthrope.
Posted by: klaftern at March 14, 2020

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AHHH--OOOOOW!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 14, 2020 10:15 AM (4c+5M)

285 260 I've been listening to the Hillary docuseries on Hulu.

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I've been putting my tongue on an anvil and hitting it with a ball peen hammer.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 10:15 AM (XVuno)

286 Posted by: Muldoon at March 14, 2020 10:14 AM (m45I2)

Excellent analysis and advice, Dr. Muldoon.

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:16 AM (zr5Kq)

287 For those considering an over-the-air antenna, you can go to antennaweb.org, enter your location, and it will give you an idea of the channels available to you.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 14, 2020 10:16 AM (oVJmc)

288 148 Pretty good. How about you?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 09:35 AM (NWiLs)

Eh.....wife is a bit sick this morning. Severe stomach pain.

I guess we've found a restaurant we should scratch off the list.

She's had stomach issues for years and had her gall bladder removed which alleviated a lot of it, but still has issues occasionally.

Eaten at this place twice, which has pretty good food at good prices, but she's had issues after both trips.
Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

Oy. Gallbladder removal does require some dietary changes, IIRC.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 10:16 AM (NWiLs)

289 > Those 2 facts together mean it's easy to run out of ICU capacity

Especially if you live in one of the Wonderful Lands of Free Health Care.

Someone posted numbers here that suggest that the United States has roughly 2x the number of ventilators per capita as most European countries.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 14, 2020 10:17 AM (tLWGd)

290 Can I pay you for your services to come here and set this dork up.

I'm somewhat afraid of cutting the Dish as our internet is kind of sketchy when it comes to streaming tv items such as netflix and prime.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 10:11 AM (aA3+G)

Sure. It's a long trip from DFW up there just for that, but I'd be willing.

It's pretty easy, but I do believe the signal strength depends on now close to a metropolitan area you are. It seems the digital signal doesn't travel as far as the old analog one did.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)

291 I choose to believe Clint Eastwood has succumbed to dementia and leftist hollywood dipshit agents are making all of his statements for him. I shall not consider otherwise.

Posted by: irright at March 14, 2020 10:18 AM (RVcmP)

292 If the power goes out, a lot of people are going to be gnawing hard pasta and dry rice.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 10:18 AM (t+qrx)

293 I've been listening to the Hillary docuseries on Hulu.

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I've been putting my tongue on an anvil and hitting it with a ball peen hammer.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 10:15 AM (XVuno)

I've been slamming my thumb in the car door over and over.

Posted by: dagny at March 14, 2020 10:18 AM (nRWPy)

294
Oy. Gallbladder removal does require some dietary changes, IIRC.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 10:16 AM (NWiLs)

Yessir......and she's still figuring out what's on the "oh HELLS no" list.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)

295 If I buy a modern TV, I can receive the local things, plus MeTV and others, over the air, right? And spend the money on Internet instead.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 14, 2020 10:10 AM (4c+5M)

Yep. They have the digital tuner built in nowadays. You just need an antenna. Even the old school antennas will work.

I get MeTV, GRIT, ION(and +), local city stations, H & I.....plus a few that run MST3k and classic horror movies.

I'm not sad about it.
Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020

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GRIT on the cable was one of the channels that I lost -- it became Country TV, which is okay, I guess. But I miss the movies.

The stores selling the modern TVs also have the antennas, I guess? And can the same TV also be used for Internet? I have a desktop and a couple of laptops, and I suppose the provider will sell or rent me the router or modem so I can do wireless while at home. Will the TV be able to pick that up?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 14, 2020 10:19 AM (4c+5M)

296 291 I choose to believe Clint Eastwood has succumbed to dementia and leftist hollywood dipshit agents are making all of his statements for him. I shall not consider otherwise.
Posted by: irright at March 14, 2020 10:18 AM (RVcmP)

I'm on board with this train of thought.

This is not normal Clint.

Posted by: browndog at March 14, 2020 10:19 AM (gD6Ka)

297 I got 32" smart tv at walmart for 99$, amplified digital antenna for 25$. I get 70 channels, but only half are really worth watching at all maybe less

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 14, 2020 10:19 AM (MU2MU)

298 > I've been slamming my thumb in the car door over and over.

I've been deliberately getting my peen caught in my zipper. Over and over and over again.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 14, 2020 10:19 AM (tLWGd)

299 the power goes out, a lot of people are going to be gnawing hard pasta and dry rice.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 10:18 AM (t+qrx)

Which is why electric stoves are dumb.

Posted by: dagny at March 14, 2020 10:19 AM (nRWPy)

300 If you are interested in this sort of thing, this is the Talking Biotech Podcast episode about work towards a universal influenza vaccine with one of the main researchers, Peter Palese.

It talks quite a bit about how influenza mutates and discusses the work done on the Spanish Flu

39 minutes
https://preview.tinyurl.com/tf5s3b3

Posted by: Kindltot at March 14, 2020 10:20 AM (6rS3m)

301 292 Coleman stove or one of those little folding Sterno stoves (Tractor supply has them) and fuel.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at March 14, 2020 10:20 AM (C1Lsn)

302 Was the gallbladder removal recent?

Iirc with hubby, have to be gradual in relearning to eat fatty/ greasy food

Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 14, 2020 10:20 AM (G546f)

303 Listening to Andrew Gillum on David Plouffe's podcast, recorded on 3/12. The last 10 minutes are GOLD.

Posted by: KelliD at March 14, 2020 10:20 AM (e6ftX)

304 Started drinking "Death Wish" coffee. It is actually great. Surprisingly smooth
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 14, 2020 10:15 AM (nRk/c)

Death Wish I - A decent movie

Death Wish II - An OK movie

Death Wish III through V - Incomprehensible garbage

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 10:20 AM (Zz0t1)

305 Don't panic. Symptoms are a dry cough, shortness of breath, and fever. No sneezing, no chest congestion.
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 14, 2020 09:50 AM (su1RS)

The chest congestion comes later
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Sounds like type A flu. I had it about 4 weeks ago. Was tested positive and all. Still get a bit phlegmy here and there.

Posted by: lin-duh at March 14, 2020 10:20 AM (UUBmN)

306 Someone posted numbers here that suggest that the United States has roughly 2x the number of ventilators per capita as most European countries.

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'Murica, f*ck yeah!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 10:21 AM (XVuno)

307 > the power goes out, a lot of people are going to be gnawing hard pasta and dry rice.

I've got a grill and many bags of charcoal, and the outdoor temps are above zero now (not that I don't grill when it's below zero from time to time, but it would get old doing it for every meal).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 14, 2020 10:21 AM (tLWGd)

308 I was also thinking of what happens when municipal water supply stops, and how long the water towers will keep the pressure up.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 10:22 AM (t+qrx)

309 292
If the power goes out, a lot of people are going to be gnawing hard pasta and dry rice.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 10:18 AM (t+qrx)

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Not in Michigan. Water everywhere. If you live on the big lakes, right up to your doorstep.

Posted by: A.H. "Lord Humongus" Lloyd at March 14, 2020 10:22 AM (cfSRQ)

310 The stores selling the modern TVs also have the antennas, I guess? And can the same TV also be used for Internet? I have a desktop and a couple of laptops, and I suppose the provider will sell or rent me the router or modem so I can do wireless while at home. Will the TV be able to pick that up?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 14, 2020 10:19 AM (4c+5M)

The TV's will have the digital tuner built in, but you'll still need the external antenna. As for internet, you'll need service, of course, but depending on the TV, it may have Netflix or other streaming service capabilities built in for either wired or WiFi connectivity to your home network.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

311 "... need a lot longer time in ICU / ventilator than ppl who get typical flu pneumonia
Plus it is more contagious then the flu
Those 2 facts together mean it's easy to run out of ICU capacity" Posted by: vmom

right, the risk has always been that maybe 20% would need ventilators ... but US has more ICU than most ... also surgery rooms have ventilators (this doc says) ... so elective surgeries can be delayed and those rooms used. The Italy ICU guy says even now they have been able to give everyone ICU treatment that needed it. But they are straining the staff ...

This is that link from yesterday ... JAMA editor does the interview.

https://tinyurl.com/rbzo6sc

Posted by: illiniwek at March 14, 2020 10:23 AM (Cus5s)

312 > I was also thinking of what happens when municipal water supply stops

Got about 3 feet of snow in the yard right now, 6-8 feet where I've been shoveling.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 14, 2020 10:23 AM (tLWGd)

313 -
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Don't panic. Symptoms are a dry cough, shortness of breath, and fever. ...
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 14, 2020 09:50 AM (su1RS)

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You forgot an overwhelming desire to travel.

Posted by: irright at March 14, 2020 10:24 AM (RVcmP)

314 312 > I was also thinking of what happens when municipal water supply stops

Got about 3 feet of snow in the yard right now, 6-8 feet where I've been shoveling.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 14, 2020 10:23 AM (tLWGd)

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We don't have snow. I'd have to resort to drinking the water in the bird bath.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 10:24 AM (XVuno)

315 If I buy a modern TV, I can receive the local things, plus MeTV and others, over the air, right? And spend the money on Internet instead.
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Overall I'm pretty pleased w/the switch to digital; HOWEVER, on really windy days I notice a lot of channels skip and have latency. I don't know if this is a known issue, or just a quirk in my area.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 14, 2020 10:24 AM (7Fj9P)

316 286 Posted by: Muldoon at March 14, 2020 10:14 AM (m45I2)

Excellent analysis and advice, Dr. Muldoon.
Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:16 AM (zr5Kq)

You should listen to him. He's pre-med.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 10:24 AM (NWiLs)

317 something I posted yesterday, as to just how nuts people are getting - I had a hilarious conversation with an old friend, a black woman who runs the local laundry, who I've done business with for about 20 years. So I asked her if she was stocking up on T.P. like everyone, and she said "you should see my Sister! She came to my house tellin' me that I had to
cover up all of my windows with aluminum foil, to be safe, and she's only goin' out if she wraps
plastic bags on her hands and her feet and her hair. She's over at her house right now, coverin'
up every window with tinfoil to keep the virus out!!!"

and we had a good laugh, she laughed as much as I did.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 14, 2020 10:25 AM (trdmm)

318 You should listen to him. He's pre-med.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 10:24 AM (NWiLs)

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I thought he was pre-law.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 10:25 AM (XVuno)

319 Got about 3 feet of snow in the yard right now, 6-8 feet where I've been shoveling.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 14, 2020

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Our fall (we have no winter, not any more) is over. Temps will be hitting the low 80s for the next few weeks, to be replaced by 90s in April or early May. Humid, nasty, moldy, sticky. I'll take a little of that snow -- or even a lot of it!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 14, 2020 10:25 AM (4c+5M)

320 I can get water from the Red Cedar. I have a Katadyn filter bag that'll do 6l at a shot. But it's a hike to get out there.

Welp, looks like I need to buy a TW200. That's all there is to it.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 10:26 AM (t+qrx)

321 There are lots of small retention ponds here. Plus swimming pools. We have 4 sawyer water filters for backpacking. Plus camp stoves.

Posted by: lin-duh at March 14, 2020 10:26 AM (UUBmN)

322 > Not in Michigan. Water everywhere. If you live on the big lakes, right up to your doorstep.

There was a communist screechfest a couple of years ago because Nestle was going to open a bottled water factory in Michigan and steal all their precious bodily fluids...er...water.

Yeah, guys? Great Lakes? 21% of the surface fresh water for the entire fucking planet?

The Nestle plant was going to use about 1 Olympic pool's worth of water per day, as I recall.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 14, 2020 10:26 AM (tLWGd)

323 I'm not trying to start an argument here, but isn't that a risk all the time? With flu, colds, etc?
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 14, 2020 10:06 AM (su1RS)

yes, but this type of pneumonia is not responsive to antibiotics, which is the issue. A typical flu might have a milder viral pneumonia, but could also have a very bad bacterial one. The bacterial one will respond to antibiotics, so this is worse.

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:27 AM (ONvIw)

324 Overall I'm pretty pleased w/the switch to digital; HOWEVER, on really windy days I notice a lot of channels skip and have latency. I don't know if this is a known issue, or just a quirk in my area.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 14, 2020 10:24 AM (7Fj9P)

Any trees in the path of the antenna direction? Windy days cause the branches and leaves to flutter around and can cause that.

I live in the flight path for DFW airport and occasionally a plane will fly over and will cause a hiccup on some channels.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 10:27 AM (Zz0t1)

325 318 You should listen to him. He's pre-med.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 10:24 AM (NWiLs)

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I thought he was pre-law.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 10:25 AM (XVuno)

He was born before Hammurabi? Holy shit, he's almost as old as Vic!

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 10:27 AM (NWiLs)

326 "This coffee tastes like you should shut up until I finish it."

Lord, that made me laugh.

Posted by: m at March 14, 2020 10:27 AM (7juvc)

327 > I'll take a little of that snow -- or even a lot of it!

You're welcome to all you want. Just come and pick it up. :-)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 14, 2020 10:27 AM (tLWGd)

328 Prepping can go too far, the story I heard was the guy who sunk a lot of money into spam and MREs in 1999, and spent several years living on them so as not to lose his investment when the world ended.

There were some sites around from guys, one who lived through the Argentine hyper-inflation, and one through the breakup of Yugoslavia.
they talk about what is important when it all breaks down, and what they wished they had around then.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 14, 2020 10:27 AM (6rS3m)

329 Just go back from the grocery store.

As expected, much restocking going on. Toilet paper is a lost cause, but about half of the meat had been replaced and well over most of the bread.

Interesting thing I noticed is that people are being very selective. They're going for:

1. Store brands
2. On sale items

Thus: the canned/dry food aisle had gaping holes in some areas, others untouched. The store brand canned chicken was completely gone, but the Tyson or Armour stuff was still there. I guess people would rather starve than pay the extra 20 cents.

It wasn't even a poor/rich thing. Chunk chicken was gone, but shredded chicken (which costs less) was still plentiful.

Similarly, corned beef hash was plentiful and it was ON SALE.

But Chef Boyardee was almost wiped out.

I think people are seeing areas getting picked over and thinking "OMIGOSH! If someone else thinks that's important, I should get it, too."

Posted by: A.H. "Lord Humongus" Lloyd at March 14, 2020 10:28 AM (cfSRQ)

330 I'm on my way to have a look at a new apartment. If it suits me I hope to move next month or in May. Once I'm set up there, I can look into the TV and Internet.

If I decide not to move (yes, I'm nuts; stipulated), I can look into doing it at my current dump.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 14, 2020 10:28 AM (4c+5M)

331 This is not normal Clint.
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We watched his last movie "Mule". He was very decrepit and frail. Maybe slightly more spry than Biden appears currently, but not much. I think "Mule" will be his last movie. I can't imagine he could make it through another full on production on either side of the camera. Also, "Mule": skip it. I don't know what the point was, just sad and ambiguous.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 14, 2020 10:28 AM (7Fj9P)

332 Always a good idea to have a potable water filter in any time. Came in hand last summer when we had a boil notice because of zebra mussels in the water supply.

Posted by: lin-duh at March 14, 2020 10:28 AM (UUBmN)

333 While the panic buying, especially of TP, is ridiculous, the medical people in my family have convinced me that the precautions make sense. Yes, most people who get it will have only mild symptoms, but 5 percent will get extremely sick and require ICU care. There aren't enough ventilators. Trying to "flatten the curve" makes sense. We'll have the resources to care for the seriously ill. If there is a sudden, very high, sharp spike it will overwhelm the system and endanger not only the people who get very sick from this, but other people with critical care issues.

So don't run around with hair on fire, but practice good hygiene and be prudent.

And don't act like this is nothing. For you, maybe. For your neighbor or old relative getting this could be a death sentence.

Posted by: Hipster at March 14, 2020 10:29 AM (d6Ksn)

334 Apropos of nothing, there are reasonably priced Vodka making starter kits online.

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:29 AM (zr5Kq)

335 Okay, all. Off to look at the apartments. Their website said they're open on Saturday mornings, though my email to confirm that was never answered, so we'll see.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 14, 2020 10:30 AM (4c+5M)

336 I thought he was pre-law.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 10:25 AM (XVuno)

He was born before Hammurabi? Holy shit, he's almost as old as Vic!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 10:27 AM (NWiLs)

Either way, he is pre-pared !

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:30 AM (zr5Kq)

337 I think people are seeing areas getting picked over and thinking "OMIGOSH! If someone else thinks that's important, I should get it, too."
Posted by: A.H. "Lord Humongus" Lloyd at March 14, 2020 10:28 AM (cfSRQ)

Yep, ask me why I bought all that toilet paper. It was silly, but I don't have to be the person running from store to store

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:30 AM (ONvIw)

338 > Their website said they're open on Saturday mornings, though my email to confirm that was never answered, so we'll see.

Pro tip from the 1660s: avoid the ones that have been boarded up as "plague houses".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 14, 2020 10:31 AM (tLWGd)

339 Similarly, corned beef hash was plentiful and it was ON SALE.
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-Dump can in cast iron pan
-Crack 6 eggs in
-Stir gently
-Add hot sauce and salsa
That's better than any skillet meal at chain places.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 14, 2020 10:31 AM (7Fj9P)

340 Okay, all. Off to look at the apartments

Wear plague doctor mask. It will make an impression. Will show you are a serious person.

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:31 AM (zr5Kq)

341 If you're worried about losing water supply, refill empty two-liter bottles or milk jugs. Or fill a clean cooler that has a tight lid.

It's easy to set up an emergency supply if you plan ahead.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 14, 2020 10:31 AM (oVJmc)

342 But Chef Boyardee was almost wiped out.

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He lost everything in the big San Marzano Tomato Bubble of '08.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 10:31 AM (XVuno)

343 So I need to go to the river plafe. Was tild someone down there is trying to sell my stepson's canoe. This is a nice canvas on frame, that one of his friend's damaged. But it snowed last night. I'd already decided to try just grabbing the canoe and not tackling anything else. Ugh. My stepson's friend was going to help so I guess I'll see what he thinks.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 14, 2020 10:32 AM (Lqy/e)

344 Sorta hoping that my kids don't figure out I can make cookies and brownies from just things I have in the house, bread too.

Peanut butter cookies are literally eggs, peanut butter and sugar.

Posted by: dagny at March 14, 2020 10:32 AM (nRWPy)

345 Don't panic. Symptoms are a dry cough, shortness of breath, and fever. ...
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 14, 2020 09:50 AM (su1RS)

as long as the symptoms don't include a constant need for wine

I'm good

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 10:32 AM (rpxSz)

346 I should add that with school being out, I think a lot of parents are realizing that they have to buy extra stuff for lunch at home.

Our kids do the hot lunch thing, and we've had to bump up purchases for that reason.

Posted by: A.H. at March 14, 2020 10:32 AM (cfSRQ)

347 Hand sanitizer only kills bacteria, including the good ones, doesn't kill cold and flu virus's. Again, just like a case of TP, not helpful. Wash your hands with soap and hot water 4,000 times a day.

Posted by: Loveulongtime at March 14, 2020 10:32 AM (mdg8n)

348 While the panic buying, especially of TP, is ridiculous, the medical people in my family have convinced me that the precautions make sense. Yes, most people who get it will have only mild symptoms, but 5 percent will get extremely sick and require ICU care. There aren't enough ventilators. Trying to "flatten the curve" makes sense. We'll have the resources to care for the seriously ill. If there is a sudden, very high, sharp spike it will overwhelm the system and endanger not only the people who get very sick from this, but other people with critical care issues.

So don't run around with hair on fire, but practice good hygiene and be prudent.

And don't act like this is nothing. For you, maybe. For your neighbor or old relative getting this could be a death sentence.
Posted by: Hipster at March 14, 2020 10:29 AM (d6Ksn)

Excellent advice. Italy went wrong by pretending everything was the same, especially the same PC "hug a Chinese" bullshit.

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:32 AM (ONvIw)

349 Peanut butter cookies are literally eggs, peanut butter and sugar.
Posted by: dagny at March 14, 2020 10:32 AM (nRWPy)

good idea, and nice protein too

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:33 AM (ONvIw)

350 >> > Not in Michigan. Water everywhere. If you live on the big lakes, right up to your doorstep.

There was a communist screechfest a couple of years ago because Nestle was going to open a bottled water factory in Michigan and steal all their precious bodily fluids...er...water.

Yeah, guys? Great Lakes? 21% of the surface fresh water for the entire fucking planet?

The Nestle plant was going to use about 1 Olympic pool's worth of water per day, as I recall.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 14, 2020 10:26 AM (tLWGd)

People were freaking out about FoxConn using and replacing water from lake Michigan. Apparently those people don't know that FoxConn's use is only a fraction of what the breweries and Coke already use.

Posted by: My life is insanity at March 14, 2020 10:33 AM (Z/jzm)

351 And as much as Man (who thinks he is God now) wants to make a risk free world. It aint happening.

This Kung Fu Flu epidemic is so overrated.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 10:08 AM (aA3+G)

Agreed. At least now finally we're hearing from people who had a fever for a couple days, then a cough for a week or two, and then they're fine. What gets under my skin is what, in other issues lately, has been called "Scientism", a quasi-religious belief in anything that can get numbers assigned to it, even though no one understands where the numbers came from or the mass uncertainty built into them. It's been happening for years in the Global Warming scam, proponents will take measurements from the past from instruments that were only accurate to +/- 1 degree, and then calculate predictions out to the 3rd decimal place, without even understanding why that's so wrong. They're making up scary numbers to suit their fantasies, just because they think that anything they can get from a calculator is Truth From on HIgh.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 14, 2020 10:33 AM (trdmm)

352 Zion, the first round draft pick of the New Orleans Pelicans, just announced he would pay the salaries of the Smoothie King arena employees for a month. He can afford it, he just signed a $63,000,000 tennis shoe deal. Not sure what his signing bonus or pay is. He's 19. Good kid.

Posted by: Javems at March 14, 2020 10:33 AM (ofIwF)

353 Gawdalmighty. If Nestle wanted to put a water bottling plant in my community, I'd give them a complete tax break to build and operate the municipal water plant.

Migawd, Flint could have solved their problems and added jobs.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 14, 2020 10:34 AM (6rS3m)

354 I am so sick and f*cking tired of this Coronavirus crap.

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I know, right?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 14, 2020 10:34 AM (EZebt)

355 I've been using rainy weekends as an excuse to not do yard work this spring. It's clear, warm, and beautiful now so I guess it's time to attack my lawn, show it who's boss.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 14, 2020 10:35 AM (l6b3d)

356 me too, and that will fill the time

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:35 AM (ONvIw)

357 349
Peanut butter cookies are literally eggs, peanut butter and sugar.

Posted by: dagny at March 14, 2020 10:32 AM (nRWPy)

good idea, and nice protein too

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:33 AM (ONvIw)

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Another weird thing: No milk.

But the canned/evaporated stuff was almost untouched.

I bought a few cans because why not.

Posted by: A.H. "Lord Humongus" Lloyd at March 14, 2020 10:35 AM (cfSRQ)

358 336 I thought he was pre-law.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 10:25 AM (XVuno)

He was born before Hammurabi? Holy shit, he's almost as old as Vic!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 10:27 AM (NWiLs)

Either way, he is pre-pared !
Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:30 AM (zr5Kq)

If he was JackStraw he'd be pre-baked.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 10:36 AM (NWiLs)

359 Hand sanitizer only kills bacteria, including the good ones, doesn't kill cold and flu virus's. Again, just like a case of TP, not helpful. Wash your hands with soap and hot water 4,000 times a day.
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Shut it, all right?!?

Posted by: The Makers of Purell at March 14, 2020 10:36 AM (7Fj9P)

360 and what gripes me about this Truth from a Calculator is all this tossing about of mortality rates, and hospitalization rates, and infection rates, etc. There is NO accurate data on any of those numbers! No one has any idea of how many people have been exposed in this country - it could easily be 10 times as many people as estimated, with the vast majority NOT developing any symptoms at all. Which would mean that the infection rate might be being overstated by a factor of 10 - or not. Point is, everyone who's tossing around numbers is just using things that have been made up to suit their fancies - no one has any idea right now what the actual numbers are, certainly NOT the CDC.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 14, 2020 10:37 AM (trdmm)

361 Another weird thing: No milk.

But the canned/evaporated stuff was almost untouched.

I bought a few cans because why not.
Posted by: A.H. "Lord Humongus" Lloyd at March 14, 2020 10:35 AM (cfSRQ)

I went for the dry milk, but I've been buying that for a long time. My husband wanted extra protein and calcium and fortifying the milk was what my grandmother used to do.

Anybody buying zinc?

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:37 AM (ONvIw)

362 he just signed a $63,000,000 tennis shoe deal. Not sure what his signing bonus or pay is. He's 19. Good kid.
Posted by: Javems at March 14, 2020 10:33 AM (ofIwF)

I'm betting it's a basketball shoe deal.

I'm just sayin'......

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 10:37 AM (Zz0t1)

363 Did Brie Larson do her own stunt driving, or was it an icky man?
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 14, 2020 09:19 AM (oVJmc)

I might seen that ad on the TV at the bar a couple of nights ago. Blonde driving a red car in what looked like a videogame action sequence? Looked fake as Hell.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 14, 2020 10:37 AM (miJU3)

364 He lost everything in the big San Marzano Tomato Bubble of '08.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 10:31 AM (XVuno)

Big Y had the 100 oz cans of Cento SM tomatoes on sale this week

bought 6

so I'm good for at least a week

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 10:38 AM (rpxSz)

365 TuCa had a great line on Pelosi's disgusting attempt to sneak federal funding for abortion in with the Wuhan Flu bill:

"This virus doesn't kill children. They're trying to remedy that."

Posted by: Hipster at March 14, 2020 10:38 AM (d6Ksn)

366 Anybody buying zinc?
Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:37 AM (ONvIw)

I chew galvanized nails.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 10:38 AM (t+qrx)

367 >>> Just go back from the grocery store.

The one I went to I'm estimating to 2/3 stocked. In produce there scallions spread out in one area to cover gaps. I watched a lady put 8-10 bunches in a plastic bag.

Posted by: fluffy at March 14, 2020 10:38 AM (dCRRg)

368

If he was JackStraw he'd be pre-baked.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 10:36 AM (NWiLs)

If he was Tom Hanks he'd be pre-tentious.

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:38 AM (zr5Kq)

369
I've been listening to the Hillary docuseries on Hulu.

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I've been putting my tongue on an anvil and hitting it with a ball peen hammer.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 10:15 AM (XVuno)

I've been slamming my thumb in the car door over and over.
Posted by: dagny

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lolol, I get it, guys!

I do this sort of thing in the spirit of HILLARY WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT. It makes it kind of fun.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 14, 2020 10:38 AM (G51Gf)

370 I ordered zinc from Amazon. Supposed to be helpful

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 14, 2020 10:38 AM (Lqy/e)

371 Like my mother used to say, it's only funny until somebody runs out of toilet paper.

Posted by: t-bird at March 14, 2020 10:39 AM (xSo9G)

372 Welp.

It's become Nutsville, USA around here.

Empty shelves.

Long lines with people loading up all kinds of craps in their carts.

Just went looking to grab something for dinner.

Meat /fish counters wiped out.

But, they were putting out whole chickens, so-

I bought 33!!!!!!!111!!!!11!!!!.

Just joking bought two.

And a couple of bag salads cuz you can't horde those babies, so there were still some left.

Holy Cow! people are stupid.

But, it turns out the local ISD promoted the panic by sending out an emergency notice telling parents that they needed to horde enough for 2 weeks.

Which meant, of course, the parental units all went out and loaded up for 6 months.

*sigh*

Here's hoping sanity kicks in next week.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 14, 2020 10:39 AM (z0XD8)

373 ...a boil notice because of zebra mussels

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Damn zebras are always strutting around in front of the mirrors at Planet Fitness!

Posted by: Muldoon at March 14, 2020 10:39 AM (m45I2)

374 I chew galvanized nails.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 10:38 AM (t+qrx)

If that makes you happy...but Korea said that zinc is helpful. Speculation around here is that zinc in the throat might limit virus drifting to the lungs (that keeping warm and some deep breathing to clear the bases)

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:40 AM (ONvIw)

375 The prepper lifestyle can be kinda fun, if not overdone. It can have the added benefit of being prepared, and if done in conjunction with community ... can build stronger relationships.

But the hording and "we're all gonna die" can be mentally harmful, even in dire times. With the internet we can be very well informed (or misinformed) ... and not be isolated from loved ones, even if home alone. Ivanka was encouraging people to support their local businesses ... and that needs to go beyond visiting the local WalMart to buy China products.

The globalists have tried to turn us all into consumer widgets ... they praise diversity, except for protection of Americanism itself. We were actually their target, imo. Never let a crisis go to waste ... maybe we can use that to return to America First, instead of always a way to break apart America using manufactured crises (and manufactured consent).

Posted by: illiniwek at March 14, 2020 10:40 AM (Cus5s)

376 OT: Speaking of zebra mussels, I read that a walrus was disqualified from a body building contest at the local zoo because they caught him using FlexSeal™

Posted by: Muldoon at March 14, 2020 10:41 AM (m45I2)

377 Whelp......I've got shit to do today, even though it's rainy outside.

Play nice and have a great day, you Morons.

Posted by: Sponge at March 14, 2020 10:41 AM (Zz0t1)

378 >scallions spread out in one area to cover gaps. I watched a lady put 8-10 bunches in a plastic bag.
Posted by: fluffy

we're hoarding scallions now?
The end is near.

Posted by: DB- just DB. at March 14, 2020 10:41 AM (iTXRQ)

379 370 I ordered zinc from Amazon. Supposed to be helpful
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 14, 2020 10:38 AM (Lqy/e)

Yep, by the time I got to that, Amazon was backordered, so I bought from Lucky Vitamin who had plenty

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:41 AM (ONvIw)

380 Zinc boost immune system ? Docs recommend to fight flu during fluseason.

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:41 AM (zr5Kq)

381 354
I am so sick and f*cking tired of this Coronavirus crap.

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I know, right?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 14, 2020 10:34 AM (EZebt)

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I think by next week the panic will have subsided and people will be used to the new normal. Cases will climb, plateau and hopefully subside. It won't be uniform, though.

I get the people thinking the panic is overdone but the problem is that if you wait too long, NOTHING will stop it. Too much is still unknown.

I hope it is totally overdone. I don't want people to die and I think this is a good reminder that we haven't figured out everything and there are still forces beyond our control.

I also see a lot of sharp folks who specialize in risk pointing out that the unknown unknowns are so dangerous that we have to err on the side of caution. This is isn't a global warming panic where we're supposed to de-industrialize immediately and hope that next century gets marginally better weather.

Three weeks of pain could save us from seven-digit casualties. Europe is going to provide a useful contrast, as will parts of the US.

I think that's the next thing to happen. California is going to go up, big time. Cases may fade in the midwest, and explode on the coasts. That's my biggest fear.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 14, 2020 10:42 AM (cfSRQ)

382 Me to Wife: Save me. Youngest is talking my ear off, and I haven't had any covfefe.

Then I come here and see the opening image.

The Saturday morning coffee break thread KNOWS.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 14, 2020 10:42 AM (ufSh7)

383 I am so sick and f*cking tired of this Coronavirus crap.

Dammit, people, they're not buying it. DOUBLE DOWN! I repeat, double down!

Posted by: Newsroom Chiefs Across The Country at March 14, 2020 10:42 AM (IMdOQ)

384 Yes, most people who get it will have only mild symptoms, but 5 percent will get extremely sick and require ICU care. There aren't enough ventilators. Trying to "flatten the curve" makes sense. We'll have the resources to care for the seriously ill. If there is a sudden, very high, sharp spike it will overwhelm the system and endanger not only the people who get very sick from this, but other people with critical care issues."

This is one of those numbers being tossed around, and I don't mean to pick on the poster who put this up, you see it everywhere. BUT - if there are a large number of people who've been exposed, who have NOT developed symptoms and who did NOT go to any doctor because, why do that? THEN the actual number, rather than 5%, may only be 0.5% who will need to be hospitalized. And if it's only 0.5%, then we don't have a ventilator shortage at all, and there's no reason to panic about it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 14, 2020 10:42 AM (trdmm)

385 If that makes you happy...but Korea said that zinc is helpful.

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:40 AM (ONvIw)

Powdered rhino horn....bear gall bladder?

Posted by: BignJames at March 14, 2020 10:42 AM (X/Pw5)

386 About 2 weeks ago, I started feeling sick. Fever, chills, chest congestion and shortness of breath. The last sent me off to the doctor. Not Wuhan virus, possibly flu and definitely bronchitis.

He prescribed antibiotics, rest, fluids, stay away from people but oddly enough, no tp. What a quack.

Posted by: all doubt removed at March 14, 2020 10:43 AM (S2eH9)

387 we're hoarding scallions now?
The end is near.
Posted by: DB- just DB. at March 14, 2020 10:41 AM (iTXRQ)

This happened before a (predicted, unmaterialized) ice storm a few months ago. Eggs, milk, bread, and green onions, all gone from 3 stores. First time I'd noticed that.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 10:43 AM (t+qrx)

388 374 I chew galvanized nails.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 10:38 AM (t+qrx)

I've been licking the carriage bolts on my deck timbers

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 10:43 AM (rpxSz)

389 329 The store brand canned chicken was completely gone, but the Tyson or Armour stuff was still there. I guess people would rather starve than pay the extra 20 cents.
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11 years in the grocery biz: Store brands are contracted through Major brands. As demand for major increase, there is 'slippage' in the majors being able to meet the Store brand needs. Even the slight impact of 'frenzy' on major brands, the supply of store brands drop (its in the contracts).

This, and yes the need to save the 20 cents leads to the disparate representation of available food stuffs.

Posted by: socalcon at March 14, 2020 10:43 AM (Roy2Z)

390 355 I've been using rainy weekends as an excuse to not do yard work this spring. It's clear, warm, and beautiful now so I guess it's time to attack my lawn, show it who's boss.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 14, 2020 10:35 AM (l6b3d)

You can send your yard here for a vacation, I see nothing but big lazy snow flakes falling.

No accumulation, at least yet.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 14, 2020 10:43 AM (aA3+G)

391 So, grocery store knife fights over chives is coming to your area.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 14, 2020 10:43 AM (RCrpJ)

392 I think that's the next thing to happen. California is going to go up, big time. Cases may fade in the midwest, and explode on the coasts. That's my biggest fear.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 14, 2020 10:42 AM (cfSRQ)

Probably the cities will be hit hardest. I can't imagine NYC not getting hit hard

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:43 AM (ONvIw)

393 If that makes you happy...but Korea said that zinc is helpful.

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I presume that's South Korea. North Korea is advising restricting ones intake of all minerals, vitamins and food.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 10:44 AM (XVuno)

394 352 Zion, the first round draft pick of the New Orleans Pelicans, just announced he would pay the salaries of the Smoothie King arena employees for a month. He can afford it, he just signed a $63,000,000 tennis shoe deal. Not sure what his signing bonus or pay is. He's 19. Good kid.
Posted by: Javems at March 14, 2020 10:33 AM (ofIwF)
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What a wonderful thing to do.
What a wonderful thing for the kid to even think of those workers.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 14, 2020 10:44 AM (M/9m0)

395 re: Eastwood. Since turning 90 he's lost a little macho.

and

From this morning's VNN:
"since October, for example, 1,657 Chinese nationals have been apprehended at the southern border"

https://tinyurl.com/wom2zn5

Posted by: Braenyard at March 14, 2020 10:44 AM (MGjUO)

396 This happened before a (predicted, unmaterialized) ice storm a few months ago. Eggs, milk, bread, and green onions, all gone from 3 stores. First time I'd noticed that.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 10:43 AM (t+qrx)

Some sort of dressing side dish? Actually sounds good

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:45 AM (ONvIw)

397 alright time for FACTS :

"The World Health Organization says about 80% of people recover without any treatment from specialists, and about one in six become seriously ill.

Older people and those with underlying health problems are the most vulnerable. The immune system tends to weaken with age, even in healthy and active people.

Risk from coronavirus starts to increase for people who are over 60 and is heightened more for those over 80. Longtime smokers are likely more susceptible to a serious infection due to their damaged lungs.

According to the World Health Organization, people with mild illness recover in about two weeks, while those with more severe ailments who survive may take three to six weeks to rebound."

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:45 AM (zr5Kq)

398 391 So, grocery store knife fights over chives is coming to your area.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 14, 2020 10:43 AM (RCrpJ)

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They bring a knife to Kroger's, we bring a gun and 20% Off coupons.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 10:45 AM (XVuno)

399 Ok. If you are going to stop and film while the world is going to crap, then do it correctly. I wanted to slap the person filming. Also, ladies, when two guys are fighting, just stay out of it.

Posted by: PaterNovem at March 14, 2020 10:45 AM (wxQ53)

400 the first of the spring asparagus is in

99 cents a pound for nice, thick as your thumb, spears

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 10:46 AM (rpxSz)

401 Some sort of dressing side dish? Actually sounds good
Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:45 AM (ONvIw)

Eggs, milk, and bread are the storm-panic trinity, for storm french toast. But it was the first time I'd seen green onions wiped out in three different stores across the city.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 10:46 AM (t+qrx)

402 Ever notice that libs have many 'Truths' but only their 'Science'?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 14, 2020 10:46 AM (oVJmc)

403 .but Korea said that zinc is helpful. Speculation around here is that zinc in the throat might limit virus drifting to the lungs (that keeping warm and some deep breathing to clear the bases)
Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:40 AM (ONvIw)

Now this I'm on board with. A whole lot of people have been saying for a long time that Zinc is one of the best natural immune boosting minerals to be found. It can't be patented or controlled so standard medical practice doesn't have much use for it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 14, 2020 10:46 AM (trdmm)

404 Asparugus is better thinner ? Or was I misinformed ??

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:47 AM (zr5Kq)

405
Eggs, milk, and bread are the storm-panic trinity, for storm french toast. But it was the first time I'd seen green onions wiped out in three different stores across the city.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 10:46 AM (t+qrx)

I might just stuff a chicken for dinner..mmm

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:47 AM (ONvIw)

406 This is one of those numbers being tossed around,
and I don't mean to pick on the poster who put this up, you see it
everywhere. BUT - if there are a large number of people who've been
exposed, who have NOT developed symptoms and who did NOT go to any
doctor because, why do that? THEN the actual number, rather than 5%,
may only be 0.5% who will need to be hospitalized. And if it's only
0.5%, then we don't have a ventilator shortage at all, and there's no
reason to panic about it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 14, 2020 10:42 AM (trdmm)

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That's a big "if."

You're also assuming the hospital staffs suffer no attrition due to illness. Lots of doctors and nurses are in the vulnerable age group. Cut them out and the place goes to hell very quickly.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 14, 2020 10:47 AM (cfSRQ)

407 Inquiring minds: if this COVID essentially attacks the lungs, why the rush on TP? Just the potential of a 14 home quarantine?

Posted by: socalcon at March 14, 2020 10:47 AM (Roy2Z)

408 Three weeks of pain could save us from seven-digit casualties. Europe is going to provide a useful contrast, as will parts of the US.

I think that's the next thing to happen. California is going to go up, big time. Cases may fade in the midwest, and explode on the coasts. That's my biggest fear.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 14, 2020 10:42 AM (cfSRQ)

I think this is a wise take.

Posted by: Hipster at March 14, 2020 10:47 AM (d6Ksn)

409 On hand washing, I imagine a dentist in a busy practice washes his hands more times a day than anybody. I noticed my guy at the VA uses good old Dial soap. Also, Dial was our issue stuff at Parris Island. That and the smell of Mexsana foot powder permeated the squad bay.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at March 14, 2020 10:48 AM (C1Lsn)

410 Inquiring minds: if this COVID essentially attacks the lungs, why the rush on TP? Just the potential of a 14 home quarantine?
Posted by: socalcon at March 14, 2020 10:47 AM (Roy2Z)

yes. prepping for home quarantine.

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:48 AM (zr5Kq)

411 Maybe Clint Eastwood just doesn't like Trump personally, and it's clouding his judgement.
Or maybe someone else is handling his twitter account.

Or maybe he's just scared because at 90 years of age, he probably wouldn't survive a bout with Covid-19

Posted by: JoeF. at March 14, 2020 10:48 AM (CqE5x)

412 What's the brie larson ad fail?

Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 14, 2020 09:14 AM (G546f)

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She tried to make a car ad. Turned it into a SJW tag-line fail-fest. Offended nearly the entire universe, in some way.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at March 14, 2020 09:16 AM (NVYyb)

Was trying to catch up, but decided to skip ahead...

So lemme get this straight... SHE failed?

How so? Who was the ad exec who said "what we really need to do to sell cars is get a screetchy, marginally attractive actress with a pinched face to tell me what's wrong with them." Who was the company ad buyer who approved the ad?

I know it's easier to rag on these Hollowwood pinheads, but jeesh, this world is going to hell, not because of them, but because there aren't any adults telling them to sit down and shut up.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2020 10:49 AM (hku12)

413 The Chinks are pushing scallion enemas as cure

I'll let you know how it goes

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 10:49 AM (rpxSz)

414 But Chef Boyardee was almost wiped out.

Posted by: A.H. "Lord Humongus" Lloyd at March 14, 2020 10:28 AM (cfSRQ)

I did my normal grocery run yesterday (nothing extreme, just the usual weekly meat and vegetables), and did notice that the people ahead of and behind me in the checkout lines did have some Chef Boyardee in their carts. I just thought it was an odd coincidence.
The store parking lot was completely full, which is unusual. However, the store itself was fully stocked with everything, except for TP. That set of shelves was completely empty.

Posted by: HTL at March 14, 2020 10:49 AM (3TKkF)

415 yes. prepping for home quarantine.
Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:48 AM (zr5Kq)

If you stay home eating a lot, you will shit a lot.

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:50 AM (ONvIw)

416 As for the Walmart riot, I'm ok with these people tearing each other apart, but then to hear there was a cat involved... I hate to see that. Cats deserve better than us.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2020 10:50 AM (hku12)

417 369----I do this sort of thing in the spirit of HILLARY WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT. It makes it kind of fun.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 14, 2020 10:38 AM (G51Gf)
-----------------------------
It never gets old, does it?
No matter what else may happen --- be it plague, commie takeover, or SMOD --- we will always have that!
By all means, luxuriate in it!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 14, 2020 10:50 AM (M/9m0)

418
According to the World Health Organization, people with mild illness recover in about two weeks, while those with more severe ailments who survive may take three to six weeks to rebound."
Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:45 AM (zr5Kq)

And here is the fundamental mathematical error, right there- the WHO has no idea how many people have been exposed but who developed no symptoms at all, so they simply assume that number to be zero and leave it out of their calculations. But it means that they could be wrong by an entire order of magnitude.

Never forget that they are a POLITICAL organization, not a scientific one. (and even they don't understand the difference between the two)

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 14, 2020 10:50 AM (trdmm)

419 this is the video talking about the usefulness of zinc, used in conjunction with chloroquine ...

cued to groovy charts, as it realted to SARS, but seems to work for Covid-19 as well. This is Medcram 35, I think in 34 he covers more detail on how it works, more about the ace2 site ... what it blocks in the cell ... details still fuzzy to me.

https://tinyurl.com/sdmvkby

Posted by: illiniwek at March 14, 2020 10:50 AM (Cus5s)

420 Three weeks of pain could save us from seven-digit casualties. Europe is going to provide a useful contrast, as will parts of the US.

The numbers don't back that up. At all. This thing has been spreading unchecked worldwide since September, along with the flu, and we have 2500 cases?!

Nothing wrong with being more considerate in the future when it comes to flu and cold season, and that would be a nice outcome.

Posted by: t-bird at March 14, 2020 10:51 AM (cfSLd)

421 How so? Who was the ad exec who said "what we really need to do to sell cars is get a screetchy, marginally attractive actress with a pinched face to tell me what's wrong with them." Who was the company ad buyer who approved the ad?

-------

Gratuitously antagonizing half your potential customers is now A Thing in the world of big money advertising.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 10:51 AM (XVuno)

422 Inquiring minds: if this COVID essentially attacks the lungs, why the rush on TP? Just the potential of a 14 home quarantine?
Posted by: socalcon at March 14, 2020 10:47 AM (Roy2Z)

yes. prepping for home quarantine.
Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:48 AM (zr5Kq)

Sure. They hear of everything closing for weeks and somehow it translates into the idea that THEY have to stay in for weeks.

And MLB is the stupidest one---opening day is already two weeks away--and now they're gonna postpone it another two weeks?
Idiotic.

Posted by: JoeF. at March 14, 2020 10:51 AM (CqE5x)

423 Just saw that domestic travel has been halted for military members and DoD civilians who are living on or serving on military facilities. Glad hubs is retired.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 14, 2020 10:51 AM (su1RS)

424 The numbers don't back that up. At all. This thing has been spreading unchecked worldwide since September, along with the flu, and we have 2500 cases?!

Nothing wrong with being more considerate in the future when it comes to flu and cold season, and that would be a nice outcome.
Posted by: t-bird at March 14, 2020 10:51 AM (cfSLd)

Where is the evidence that this started in September? I don't believe any story that says it began before late November at the earliest

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:52 AM (ONvIw)

425 As for the Walmart riot, I'm ok with these people tearing each other apart, but then to hear there was a cat involved... I hate to see that. Cats deserve better than us.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2020 10:50 AM (hku12)

The cat's condition as of press time was stable, but indignant.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 10:52 AM (t+qrx)

426 Who brings their cat to Wal-Mart anyway?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 10:53 AM (XVuno)

427 I used to take zinc all the time with no problems. Then one day I took a single tablet ---and threw up.

Tried it again another time--same outcome.

I don't know what happened.

Posted by: JoeF. at March 14, 2020 10:53 AM (CqE5x)

428 >>> Overall I'm pretty pleased w/the switch to digital; HOWEVER, on really windy days I notice a lot of channels skip and have latency. I don't know if this is a known issue, or just a quirk in my area.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 14, 2020 10:24 AM (7Fj9P)

Trees can mess with your signal path. Reflections are a big issue in my area but I found a good outdoor antenna to minimize them.

Posted by: Chunk Hunger at March 14, 2020 10:53 AM (uM6CE)

429 James Woods is still of the body:

I love these ridiculous clowns who contend they can do better than President Trump. This booze-and-Botox besotted old bag can't manage her dentures, much less a pandemic. Between her and Biden, they can barely manage to put a coherent sentence together.

https://preview.tinyurl.com/s2hu6lm

Posted by: m at March 14, 2020 10:53 AM (7juvc)

430 "The World Health Organization says about 80% of
people recover without any treatment from specialists, and about one in
six become seriously ill.

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:45 AM (zr5Kq)

---
In 2006, the hard frost came late to my part of Michigan. The temperature hovered above freezing, lots of cold rain but nothing to kill off the last of the bugs.

I came down with some crud, tried to power through it, and after multiple trips to the doctor had to be hospitalized.

Right after I was checked in, they closed the hospital. The other one in town shut down shortly afterward. The ER was overflowing and I spent my first night in an exam room on a gurney. The next night they planted me in the cardiac wing because that's where the beds were.

The upshot is that we don't need much to completely break the system.

People trying to down play this saying "only" a small number will be hospitalized need to pipe down.

Doesn't anyone remember 2006 as a Plague Year? Was it a noted time of privation? No. Most people didn't get sick or go to the hospital but for weeks it was a total mess in a *normal year*.

But a lot of people got sick and Lansing Michigan, which is home of a major university medical school and supposedly top-level hospitals was pushed to the brink with both hospitals closed.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 14, 2020 10:54 AM (cfSRQ)

431 404 Asparugus is better thinner ? Or was I misinformed ??
Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:47 AM (zr5Kq)

I like to peel the spears

if it's thin, you'll have nothing left

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 10:54 AM (rpxSz)

432 Tom, what point are you arguing ?

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:54 AM (zr5Kq)

433 Inquiring minds: if this COVID essentially attacks the lungs, why the rush on TP? Just the potential of a 14 home quarantine?
Posted by: socalcon at March 14, 2020 10:47 AM (Roy2Z)

yes. prepping for home quarantine.
Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:48 AM (zr5Kq)

People are also buying up all the cough syrup in stores. Apparently it occurs to people who hear that a cough is one of the first signs, if they can prevent the cough, they can prevent the virus.

I think I'm just going to start identifying as a monkey.... we can do that, right? Just self-identify these days? I'd rather be a monkey, they have more common sense.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2020 10:54 AM (hku12)

434 This happened before a (predicted, unmaterialized) ice storm a few months ago. Eggs, milk, bread, and green onions, all gone from 3 stores. First time I'd noticed that.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 10:43 AM (t+qrx)
--------

That was CBD stocking up for his savory French toast.

Posted by: bluebell at March 14, 2020 10:54 AM (/669Q)

435

I got a great deal on ORGANIC T.P ,outta San Fran only used once ,so they say...Not So Charmin...sounds legit or is it leShit ,French tres chic.

Posted by: saf at March 14, 2020 10:54 AM (5IHGB)

436 ***

* dons plague mask *

Bring out your dead.

* rings bell *

Posted by: Man is not a Rational Animal at March 14, 2020 10:54 AM (Xd8IN)

437 I'm 40% zinc.

Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at March 14, 2020 10:54 AM (t+qrx)

438 My ex-wife has gone into semi-survivalist mode, pretty much. My kids are almost 18 now. I emailed her that I was just NOT getting into the "bottled water & don't go out in public" thing when I have the kids.

She replied, "Fine go lick toilet seats."

Posted by: mnw at March 14, 2020 10:54 AM (Cssks)

439 I like to peel the spears

if it's thin, you'll have nothing left
Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 10:54 AM (rpxSz)

You are supposed to peel the spears ?

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:55 AM (zr5Kq)

440 Seems like Clint Eastwood forgot who comprises most of the audience for his films.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 10:55 AM (XVuno)

441 is there video of a Walmart riot? that always makes for good viewing

Posted by: DB- just DB. at March 14, 2020 10:55 AM (iTXRQ)

442 That's a big "if."

You're also assuming the hospital staffs suffer no attrition due to illness. Lots of doctors and nurses are in the vulnerable age group. Cut them out and the place goes to hell very quickly.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 14, 2020 10:47 AM (cfSRQ)

I agree, it's all a big "if". I didn't mean to imply that my take was accurate either, I don't know. My point is that NO ONE knows, and all of the numbers being tossed out are just being made up, with people pretending to know something that they don't know. It means that precautions are justified, but full blown panic is not. OF course there's a possibility that this could be terrible, but the possibility is just as great that it could be essentially over by May 1, with everyone wondering what all the hype was about.

as to California - of course they're at extra risk, because they've created an incubator with the collapse of public health standards and a huge underclass living hand to mouth.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 14, 2020 10:55 AM (trdmm)

443 I don't know what happened.
Posted by: JoeF. at March 14, 2020 10:53 AM (CqE5x)

Zinc toxicity maybe

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:56 AM (ONvIw)

444 I chew galvanized nails.
Posted by: hogmartin

I ordered zinc from Amazon.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

I bought from Lucky Vitamin
Posted by: CN

I've been licking the carriage bolts on my deck timbers
Posted by: REDACTED

***********

Sounds like you folks have tried everything but the kitchen zinc.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 14, 2020 10:56 AM (m45I2)

445 Who brings their cat to Wal-Mart anyway?

I'm guessing it's a typo for 'cart.'

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 14, 2020 10:56 AM (oVJmc)

446 You are supposed to peel the spears ?
Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:55 AM (zr5Kq)

I am

can't speak for you

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 10:56 AM (rpxSz)

447 Runner, for asparagus the most important thing is that the buds should be tightly closed. Thickness doesn't matter. If the buds are opening pass it by.

Snap off the ends and you won't have to peel anything.

Posted by: bluebell at March 14, 2020 10:57 AM (/669Q)

448 She replied, "Fine go lick toilet seats."
Posted by: mnw

---

She seems nice.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 14, 2020 10:57 AM (Y4EXg)

449 The numbers don't back that up. At all. This thing
has been spreading unchecked worldwide since September, along with the
flu, and we have 2500 cases?!

Nothing wrong with being more considerate in the future when it comes to flu and cold season, and that would be a nice outcome.

Posted by: t-bird at March 14, 2020 10:51 AM (cfSLd)

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Which numbers?

The ones from the ChiCom-controlled WHO?

We have no idea what the actual numbers are.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 14, 2020 10:57 AM (cfSRQ)

450
You are supposed to peel the spears ?

if by "peel" you mean "wrap them in bacon", then yes

Posted by: AltonJackson
Be Better, Boomer
at March 14, 2020 10:57 AM (xP4/Q)

451 448 She replied, "Fine go lick toilet seats."
Posted by: mnw

---

She seems nice.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 14, 2020 10:57 AM (Y4EXg)

LOL, beat me to it!

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 14, 2020 10:58 AM (su1RS)

452 People are also buying up all the cough syrup in stores. Apparently it occurs to people who hear that a cough is one of the first signs, if they can prevent the cough, they can prevent the virus.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2020 10:54 AM (hku12)

Don't look at me, I only take dextromethorphan recreationally.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 10:58 AM (t+qrx)

453 The apologists for Gillum have been out in force on Twitter. Considering the male escort could have easily died from his own vomit, while Gillum was passed out, the outcome (no arrest) was better than Gillum deserved. Gillum is in charge of the big money to register former felons to vote, so they need to keep him out of jail himself, it seems.

Posted by: EveR at March 14, 2020 10:58 AM (ZZDMQ)

454 432 Tom, what point are you arguing ?
Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:54 AM (zr5Kq)

To sum it up, the point that the uncertainty on every number being put out by everyone, including the WHO, is at least 100% in either direction.

which puts them on par with predictions made from animal entrails and chicken bones.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 14, 2020 10:58 AM (trdmm)

455 I think that's the next thing to happen. California is going to go up, big time
================
Can you imagine the way this will tear its way through those vast homeless encampments? I would imagine 1/2 of those people have compromised immune disorders because of intravenous drug use, piss poor nutrition, STDs and generally poor health.
The crass side of me says: "Self-cleaning oven."

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 14, 2020 10:58 AM (7Fj9P)

456 Anyone here using a Nespresso system? I was for a couple of years but thought the shots were too thin when adding ice or milk. Switched to the Lavazza Blue system and have been much happier. Better shots and cheaper to buy and operate. Not perfect, but really good for capsules.

Posted by: Chunk Hunger at March 14, 2020 10:58 AM (uM6CE)

457 Sounds like you folks have tried everything but the kitchen zinc.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 14, 2020 10:56 AM (m45I2)

Ha. Someone did suggest zinc countertops, but I did not follow through with that

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:58 AM (ONvIw)

458
Runner, for asparagus the most important thing is that the buds should be tightly closed. Thickness doesn't matter. If the buds are opening pass it by.

Snap off the ends and you won't have to peel anything.
Posted by: bluebell at March 14, 2020 10:57 AM (/669Q)

Now, THIS is helpful. Thank you bluebell.

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 10:58 AM (zr5Kq)

459 >>And MLB is the stupidest one---opening day is already two weeks away--and now they're gonna postpone it another two weeks?
Idiotic.

Spring training has been put on hold so they won't be practicing for the next couple weeks. Players do need time to get their bodies in baseball shape for a 162 game season.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 14, 2020 10:59 AM (ZLI7S)

460 I am so sick and f*cking tired of this Coronavirus crap.

A late arrival to the covfefe clutch but that makes two of us.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 14, 2020 10:59 AM (EgshT)

461 447 Runner, for asparagus the most important thing is that the buds should be tightly closed. Thickness doesn't matter. If the buds are opening pass it by.

You want the buds that look like they have little crystals on them.

Oh, you were talking vegetables ? My mistake.

Posted by: Man is not a Rational Animal at March 14, 2020 10:59 AM (Xd8IN)

462 445 Who brings their cat to Wal-Mart anyway?

I'm guessing it's a typo for 'cart.'
Posted by: Mr. Peebles
~~~ The always-helpful Horde.

Posted by: socalcon at March 14, 2020 10:59 AM (Roy2Z)

463 this is the video talking about the usefulness of zinc, used in conjunction with chloroquine

Wow, that guy is great. That is quality youtubing and, dare I say it, journalism. Did not know about the zinc deficiency factor (though I'm at extremely low risk for that).

Posted by: t-bird at March 14, 2020 11:00 AM (VP1E6)

464 I never knew I was associating with non-peelers

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 11:00 AM (rpxSz)

465 385 If that makes you happy...but Korea said that zinc is helpful.

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 10:40 AM (ONvIw)

Powdered rhino horn....bear gall bladder?
Posted by: BignJames at March 14, 2020 10:42 AM (X/Pw5)

Tiger balls

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 11:00 AM (NWiLs)

466 Tiger balls
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 11:00 AM (NWiLs)

Hell yes, that song always fires me up.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 11:00 AM (t+qrx)

467 People trying to down play this saying "only" a small number will be hospitalized need to pipe down.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 14, 2020 10:54 AM (cfSRQ)

So, I should light my hair on fire? I'll treat it w/the same skepticism that I've treated all the other killer plagues with.in my 29+ years.

Posted by: BignJames at March 14, 2020 11:00 AM (X/Pw5)

468 To sum it up, the point that the uncertainty on
every number being put out by everyone, including the WHO, is at least
100% in either direction.

which puts them on par with predictions made from animal entrails and chicken bones.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 14, 2020 10:58 AM (trdmm)

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Well, we know it hit China hard and is now hitting Italy. Spain is next. Canada likely as well.

We know there are costs to doing nothing. A break from sports, temporary toilet paper shortage and my kids getting an extended spring break doesn't seem an unreasonable hedge.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 14, 2020 11:00 AM (cfSRQ)

469 464 I never knew I was associating with non-peelers
Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 11:00 AM (rpxSz)

---------

The Glorious Tapestry of Diversity. You never know where it will pop up!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 11:01 AM (XVuno)

470 How so? Who was the ad exec who said "what we really need to do to sell cars is get a screetchy, marginally attractive actress with a pinched face to tell me what's wrong with them." Who was the company ad buyer who approved the ad?

-------

Gratuitously antagonizing half your potential customers is now A Thing in the world of big money advertising.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 10:51 AM (XVuno)

It's like when college campuses in the 60s/70s started vacating their buildings after the hippies started showing up to occupy them. Or a few years ago when big city mayors gave BLMs "space to destroy."

Kent State was not a failure because the National Guard opened fire. It was a failure because they didn't create interlocking fields of fire, and exercise fire control discipline.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2020 11:01 AM (hku12)

471
This TP run nonsense is all over the world. It's happening in the UK, Australia, and Europe.

The whole damned world is going bat shit insane.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 14, 2020 11:01 AM (rCwaK)

472 427 I used to take zinc all the time with no problems. Then one day I took a single tablet ---and threw up.

Tried it again another time--same outcome.

I don't know what happened.
Posted by: JoeF. at March 14, 2020 10:53 AM (CqE5x)

could have been a contaminated formulation. Be glad they didn't mix it up with their fentanyl.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 14, 2020 11:01 AM (trdmm)

473 I actually do take zinc every day - can't remember why, but I think my doctor must have recommended it.

It sure wasn't for memory help.

Posted by: bluebell at March 14, 2020 11:01 AM (/669Q)

474 Don't look at me, I only take dextromethorphan recreationally.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 10:58 AM (t+qrx)

Obligatory:

youtube.com/watch?v=HsBnYOLeXuc

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 11:02 AM (NWiLs)

475 "You're also assuming the hospital staffs suffer no attrition due to
illness. Lots of doctors and nurses are in the vulnerable age group. Cut
them out and the place goes to hell very quickly." Lloyd

the icu doc in Italy seems able to protect their staff. I think we are better prepared, and despite MSM claims, we are "ahead of the game". Vulnerable age group is really 70+ ... in Italy they seem to be managing OK.

there are newer tests coming out that are much faster ... being able to identify the contagious in ten minutes would help a lot. For now, scaring people a little so they are more careful and more isolated is not so bad, as long as most are able to keep working, keep the nation functioning. \but we have yet to see how durable Covid-19 is.

I just think managing expectations is OK, let the MSM build the Doom Scenario, so people prepare and act wisely ... then anything less will be a victory. It's not like the MSM has never come up with Doom and Gloom and failed to produce before (but they sure hope they get their calamity this time)

Posted by: illiniwek at March 14, 2020 11:02 AM (Cus5s)

476 We know there are costs to doing nothing. A break from sports, temporary toilet paper shortage and my kids getting an extended spring break doesn't seem an unreasonable hedge.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 14, 2020 11:00 AM (cfSRQ)

A nice two-level effect with a path through the middle...

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 11:03 AM (NWiLs)

477 We know there are costs to doing nothing. A break from sports, temporary toilet paper shortage and my kids getting an extended spring break doesn't seem an unreasonable hedge.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 14, 2020 11:00 AM (cfSRQ)

I agree with this. It's temporary, I can handle the grandsons while the parents work from home, and frankly I am sick of the dependence on eating out. Besides I bought all that meat.

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 11:03 AM (ONvIw)

478 I did head out to the grocery at 0530 this morning to avoid the crowds (and to secure coffee).

90% picked over in all areas except for beer, wine, apples and oranges, and vegan fare and that is taking into account that they had been stocking all night - a couple dozen folks there instead of me and staff only.

I got what I needed and got the hell out.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 14, 2020 11:03 AM (Y4EXg)

479 Seems like Clint Eastwood forgot who comprises most of the audience for his films.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 10:55 AM (XVuno)

What did he say now?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 14, 2020 11:04 AM (nRk/c)

480 Oh, I am uncouth in many ways, REDACTED. Not peeling my asparagus is just the tip of the spear.

Posted by: bluebell at March 14, 2020 11:04 AM (/669Q)

481 >>> 450
You are supposed to peel the spears ?

if by "peel" you mean "wrap them in bacon", then yes
Posted by: AltonJackson
Be Better, Boomer
at March 14, 2020 10:57 AM (xP4/Q)

^^^ This guy knows.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 14, 2020 11:04 AM (0ReGO)

482 *curtsies*

Posted by: bluebell at March 14, 2020 11:05 AM (/669Q)

483 Has the MSM died of Coveffe-19 yet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 14, 2020 11:05 AM (5mnq+)

484
Spain is going into lockdown mode. They've banned all travel save for food and medical supplies.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 14, 2020 11:05 AM (rCwaK)

485 481 >>> 450
You are supposed to peel the spears ?

if by "peel" you mean "wrap them in bacon", then yes
Posted by: AltonJackson
Be Better, Boomer
at March 14, 2020 10:57 AM (xP4/Q)

^^^ This guy knows.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 14, 2020 11:04 AM (0ReGO)

Peel off bacon.
Eat bacon.
Discard asparagus.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 11:05 AM (NWiLs)

486 And once again - we see that just about everyone turns on their inner socialist when a particular issue really matters to them.

Any individual could take two weeks vacation, hole up in their house, and laugh and laugh while the rest of us toilet licking retards die from Wuhan Flu.

But, no. Because they're concerned, they demand we all join in and form a great big concern circle. And THAT'S a big, big component of this panic. People using a bullshit, created crisis to force their will on others. We're a nation of scolds.

Posted by: Man is not a Rational Animal at March 14, 2020 11:05 AM (Xd8IN)

487 Trump's advice for Cankles

win an election, cow

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 11:06 AM (rpxSz)

488 This is fucking insane.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 14, 2020 11:06 AM (RCrpJ)

489 >I got what I needed and got the hell out.
Posted by: Tonypete

I'm going to hide under my bed the next few days, then try a pre-dawn raid on King Sooper maybe Tuesday or Wednesday

and I'll be packing, for sure
friggin' street people around here are getting seriously weird

Posted by: DB- just DB. at March 14, 2020 11:06 AM (iTXRQ)

490 This is fucking insane.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 14, 2020 11:06 AM (RCrpJ)

THIS is what happens when you let snowflakes run things

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 14, 2020 11:06 AM (nRk/c)

491 Gillum is in charge of the big money to register former felons to vote, so they need to keep him out of jail himself, it seems.

Posted by: EveR at March 14, 2020 10:58 AM (ZZDMQ)

He was doing community out reach. No pun intended.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 14, 2020 11:07 AM (Ozpxd)

492 I'll be watching the Ohio numbers with some curiosity. Their "100k in the state have already been exposed" theory is a bold prediction. And has resulted in Refugee daughter coming home from college until Fall.

Posted by: 2009Refugee - Thought Indifferent at March 14, 2020 11:07 AM (8AONa)

493 I just think managing expectations is OK, let the
MSM build the Doom Scenario, so people prepare and act wisely ... then
anything less will be a victory. It's not like the MSM has never come up
with Doom and Gloom and failed to produce before (but they sure hope
they get their calamity this time)

Posted by: illiniwek at March 14, 2020 11:02 AM (Cus5s)

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It all comes down to acceptable levels of risk.

None of the folks who are talking this down can offer an iron-clad, 100 percent refundable guarantee that they are correct.

This is short-term pain. If nothing else, it's a much-needed test of the system because the NEXT disease may well be the one that carries off millions.

Our public health system has been a joke for decades. If the end result of this is that we get drug production moved back to the US, force public health authorities to get serious about epidemics and *only* have a few dozen people die, I for one will offer prayers of thanksgiving rather than snark or sarcasm.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 14, 2020 11:07 AM (cfSRQ)

494 I already take oil of oregano, vitamin C, magnesium, and elderberry syrup. If you are in the high risk group, you'd be taking everything too.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 14, 2020 11:07 AM (Lqy/e)

495 90% picked over in all areas except for beer, wine, apples and oranges,

THIS is the cure for the ChiFlu

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 11:07 AM (rpxSz)

496 478 Tonypete

I shopped late last night, to avoid crowds, & that worked.

The supermarket was completely out of rice, for some unknown reason, & there were fewer choices among eggs. Fresh meat also presented reduced choices. Everything else normal.

Posted by: mnw at March 14, 2020 11:08 AM (Cssks)

497 People are also buying up all the cough syrup in stores. Apparently it occurs to people who hear that a cough is one of the first signs, if they can prevent the cough, they can prevent the virus.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2020 10:54 AM (hku12)

Don't look at me, I only take dextromethorphan recreationally.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 10:58 AM (t+qrx)

Somewhat related, I knew a guy who got busted for buying too much pseudoephedrine. They charged him with meth precursor stockpiling or whatever the law says.

Thing is, he wasn't making meth. He just liked the buzz he got from mixing Benedryl with his booze.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2020 11:08 AM (hku12)

498 NGU- you got that shit right.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 14, 2020 11:08 AM (RCrpJ)

499 494 I already take oil of oregano, vitamin C, magnesium, and elderberry syrup. If you are in the high risk group, you'd be taking everything too.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 14, 2020 11:07 AM (Lqy/e)

---------

29 year-olds are not in the high risk group.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 14, 2020 11:08 AM (XVuno)

500 494 I already take oil of oregano, vitamin C, magnesium, and elderberry syrup. If you are in the high risk group, you'd be taking everything too.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 14, 2020 11:07 AM (Lqy/e)

Ah, elderberry syrup. Smells like...your father.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 11:08 AM (NWiLs)

501 alcohol, bleach,or hydrogen peroxide will kill this virus

Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 14, 2020 11:08 AM (G546f)

502 We should be not subcontracting out anything to manufacter to an enemy and that means China and that means anything vital like drugs, steel, high tech, anyfuckinthing.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 14, 2020 11:08 AM (nRk/c)

503 *if Insomniac is prepping to say that Asparagus is devils ding dong ro something similar, like he's been promoting with Brussel Sprouts, I am not going to "be better", but...be myself. And say stuff...

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 11:08 AM (zr5Kq)

504 This is fucking insane.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Laugh while you can, monkey boy!

When the apocalypse hits, we're not sharing our pork-n-beans cooked over our toilet-paper bonfires with you non-prepper folks!

Our bottles of Evian, either!

Posted by: Covfefe-19 Prepper Club at March 14, 2020 11:09 AM (P1f+c)

505 People peel asparagus?

Huh. You learn something new every day.

There was a crap ton in the produce section this morning. Not much of anything else though.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 14, 2020 11:09 AM (Y4EXg)

506 Somewhat related, I knew a guy who got busted for buying too much pseudoephedrine. They charged him with meth precursor stockpiling or whatever the law says.

Thing is, he wasn't making meth. He just liked the buzz he got from mixing Benedryl with his booze.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2020 11:08 AM (hku12)

Diphenhydramine is the active ingredient in Benadryl, not pseudoephedrine.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 11:09 AM (NWiLs)

507 and I'll be packing, for sure
friggin' street people around here are getting seriously weird
Posted by: DB- just DB. at March 14, 2020 11:06 AM (iTXRQ)

Same but also carrying OC spray. Not expecting to use either, but it's nice to have options.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 11:09 AM (t+qrx)

508 Spain is going into lockdown mode. They've banned all travel save for food and medical supplies.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 14, 2020 11:05 AM (rCwaK)

I'm surprised they waited this long, Spain and Italy have always had a lot of back and forth traffic between them, now that IS an obvious risk.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 14, 2020 11:09 AM (trdmm)

509 If you are in the high risk group, you'd be taking everything too.

I mixed Busch Lite and Miller Lite yesterday. A man can't be too careful.

Posted by: Man is not a Rational Animal at March 14, 2020 11:10 AM (Xd8IN)

510 I paid $ 1.97 a gallon at a Royal Farms in Delaware or MD ( not sure exactly where I was ) yesterday

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 14, 2020 11:10 AM (nRk/c)

511 503 *if Insomniac is prepping to say that Asparagus is devils ding dong ro something similar, like he's been promoting with Brussel Sprouts, I am not going to "be better", but...be myself. And say stuff...
Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 11:08 AM (zr5Kq)

Nonsense.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 11:10 AM (NWiLs)

512 I wonder if this Marty Makary is just ginning up publicity. 10 million in the hospital seems pretty damn high.

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 11:11 AM (ONvIw)

513 Murphy's at Wal-Mart where I work yesterday it was $1.84/gallon

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 14, 2020 11:11 AM (5mnq+)

514 Diphenhydramine is the active ingredient in Benadryl, not pseudoephedrine.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 11:09 AM (NWiLs)

It's also in otc sleep aids....nytol...sominex.

Posted by: BignJames at March 14, 2020 11:11 AM (X/Pw5)

515 I'm visiting my son and using Walmart Grocery delivery service and it's great. They must fill the morning delivery orders around 2 am and most of my items were delivered. Only missing items out of a $140 order: chips and TP, which I picked up at the convenience store.

Posted by: EveR at March 14, 2020 11:11 AM (ZZDMQ)

516 Who was the ad exec who said "what we really need to do to sell cars is get a screetchy, marginally attractive actress with a pinched face to tell me what's wrong with them." Who was the company ad buyer who approved the ad?

Back in the Mad Men era, the advertising business was run by New Yorkers. They knew that they didn't share the sensibilities of the rest of the country, so they carefully ran their proposed ads past focus groups in Omaha, to make sure the ads would work in the rest of the country.

The advertising business is still run by New Yorkers, but now they openly hate the people in Omaha. Their clients live in blue cities, and hate people in Omaha too. So, a lot of advertising now is an FU to the flyover people, no matter how poorly the ads do.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 14, 2020 11:12 AM (I2/tG)

517 i should be good. mixed diet of vodka and rum. washed down with molten zinc. can't be too careful.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 14, 2020 11:12 AM (KP5rU)

518 People peel asparagus?

Huh. You learn something new every day.

Right ? I barely peel vegetables. Grammy said that's where all the vitamins are.

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 11:12 AM (zr5Kq)

519 Who brings their cat to Wal-Mart anyway?
-------------------
I'm guessing it's a typo for 'cart.'
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 14, 2020 10:56 AM (oVJmc)

Oh, now I'm feeling a strange sympathy for shopping carts.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2020 11:12 AM (hku12)

520 pseudophedrine = sudafed. I always hated the way that got caught up in the meth wars, because sudafed is the one thing that always dried me up with no side effects. Benedryl works, but I am gonna sleep hard if I even take one.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 14, 2020 11:12 AM (trdmm)

521 Dear everyone who likes asparagus,

You're effin' welcome.

xoxo,
The State of Michigan

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 11:12 AM (t+qrx)

522 So I need to go to the river plafe. Was tild someone down there is trying to sell my stepson's canoe. This is a nice canvas on frame, that one of his friend's damaged. But it snowed last night. I'd already decided to try just grabbing the canoe and not tackling anything else. Ugh. My stepson's friend was going to help so I guess I'll see what he thinks.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 14, 2020 10:32 AM (Lqy/e)

Why not just grab a gun, go down there, and shoot the roaches, and throw the corpses in the river?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 14, 2020 11:12 AM (miJU3)

523 517 i should be good. mixed diet of vodka and rum. washed down with molten zinc. can't be too careful.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 14, 2020 11:12 AM (KP5rU)

Who needs a functioning digestive tract anyway?

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 11:12 AM (NWiLs)

524 People with bad lungs are high risk. I had ground glass appearance in my lungs before this stuff showed up. I'm sure they'd have me up prednisone again if I come down with this.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 14, 2020 11:13 AM (Lqy/e)

525 Can you imagine the way this will tear its way through those vast homeless encampments? I would imagine 1/2 of those people have compromised immune disorders because of intravenous drug use, piss poor nutrition, STDs and generally poor health.

Well, that's the thing, isn't it?

They (Californians) wanted the Third World. They invited the Third World.

Now, they have the Third World.

There's a reason for border control, good sanitation, and good public health standards-

and California, among some other places, is going to get a lesson in public health and responsibility to their citizens and taxpayers good and hard.

The majority of deaths will be in cities run by Democrats cuz they ignore reality.

You may ignore reality but reality will not ignore you.

Also, folks living with HIV will probably get hit hard.

In short, everyone might want to consider the real world before voting Democrat.

Dream casting ain't the real world, folks.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 14, 2020 11:13 AM (z0XD8)

526 I mixed Busch Lite and Miller Lite yesterday. A man can't be too careful.
Posted by: Man is not a Rational Animal at March 14, 2020 11:10 AM (Xd8IN)

no Blatz

man, you got to have some Blatz !!

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 11:13 AM (rpxSz)

527 So the British method is to just get to herd immunity as quickly as possible and treat/isolate the vulnerable

Posted by: Jean at March 14, 2020 11:13 AM (B7KlG)

528 480 Oh, I am uncouth in many ways, REDACTED. Not peeling my asparagus is just the tip of the spear.

Posted by: bluebell at March 14, 2020 11:04 AM (/669Q)

Asparagus puns make my pee smell funny.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 14, 2020 11:13 AM (1CjJc)

529 523: cuts down on toilet paper usage.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 14, 2020 11:13 AM (KP5rU)

530 Sam's had gas for $1.78 but the only milk was organic whole milk.

TP in stock, but no eggs or bottled water.

Why bottled water???

Posted by: Mama AJ at March 14, 2020 11:14 AM (wSGZR)

531 Posted by: Tom Servo at March 14, 2020 10:55 AM (trdmm)

Of course, any scenario at all is a big IF....

My sister is a RN, as are quite a few of her friends. They are not spring chickens, and are worried about this. My sister had a chunk of her lung removed last year. She said she has noticed that colds hit her harder now than they used to.

My hairdresser is also worried. Not for herself, but because her husband and sister are both undergoing cancer treatments right now.

To be charitable remember many of the people worried right now are not thinking "Oh, we're all going to DIE!" they're thinking about old aunt Millie going through chemo or other people they care for getting it.

Posted by: Hipster at March 14, 2020 11:14 AM (d6Ksn)

532 Had two teens last night, obvious Moron material, ask why all the empty shelves.

I told them its called 'Panic.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 14, 2020 11:14 AM (5mnq+)

533 529 523: cuts down on toilet paper usage.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 14, 2020 11:13 AM (KP5rU)

Ah, strategic planning!

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 11:14 AM (NWiLs)

534 I went to get Dad some Ensure, and they were lined up in front of the WinCo, but not at the upper-scale market that has 30% higher prices.

I would say peak stupid is coming, but economics teach that when there is a peak there is always an alternate resource to be exploited.

I fear what is coming to replace stupid

Posted by: Kindltot at March 14, 2020 11:14 AM (6rS3m)

535 532 Had two teens last night

Go on...

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 11:14 AM (NWiLs)

536 Somewhat related, I knew a guy who got busted for buying too much pseudoephedrine. They charged him with meth precursor stockpiling or whatever the law says.

Thing is, he wasn't making meth. He just liked the buzz he got from mixing Benedryl with his booze.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2020 11:08 AM (hku12)

Diphenhydramine is the active ingredient in Benadryl, not pseudoephedrine.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 11:09 AM (NWiLs)

Alright man, way to take my joke, running it down the court, awkwardly dribbling it, and clanking it off the bottom of the rim.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2020 11:15 AM (hku12)

537 >>Dear everyone who likes asparagus,

>>You're effin' welcome.

>>xoxo,
The State of Michigan

As the fates would have it, grilled asparagus is on the menu tonight. Unpeeled and unafraid.

So thanks.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 14, 2020 11:15 AM (ZLI7S)

538 AOP,
Exactly my thinking. Or heaving a fire bomb at them. I am so frustrated with this. The coronavirus stuff and now snow just complicates it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 14, 2020 11:15 AM (Lqy/e)

539 I was in all day yesterday--mostly because of a snow storm--but I need to get out today.
I need dog food and a few groceries but I'm unsure if I want to go for a beer or two or a cocktail or two.
Maybe one beer, followed by one cocktail.
Choices, choices,

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 14, 2020 11:15 AM (Uu+Jp)

540 Alright man, way to take my joke, running it down the court, awkwardly dribbling it, and clanking it off the bottom of the rim.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2020 11:15 AM (hku12)

There was a joke...?

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 14, 2020 11:15 AM (NWiLs)

541 i shit zinc dross. sell it to bridge paint mixers. easy money.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 14, 2020 11:15 AM (KP5rU)

542 The Brie Larsen thing is in the sidebar, for people who don't know what the Brie Larsen thing is.

Posted by: m at March 14, 2020 11:16 AM (7juvc)

543 523 517 i should be good. mixed diet of vodka and rum. washed down with molten zinc. can't be too careful.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 14, 2020 11:12 AM (KP5rU)

There's only 1 Keith Richards.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at March 14, 2020 11:16 AM (d6Ksn)

544 I told them its called 'Panic.'
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 14, 2020 11:14 AM (5mnq+)

Somebody needs to make a video of a couple of these Wal Mart fights and spazzing news people - then mix it with the Germans getting the Hell out of Holland at the beginning of A Bridge Too Far - and end it with the Dutch guy telling his wife and kid that is the sound of panic.

Posted by: Man is not a Rational Animal at March 14, 2020 11:17 AM (Xd8IN)

545 >>They must fill the morning delivery orders around 2 am

I want that Walmart. Mine has 20 people filling orders while I'm trying to shop. And they are restocking shelves in every aisle.

Posted by: Mama AJ at March 14, 2020 11:17 AM (wSGZR)

546 Good morning.

On my break right now.

I need to take a quick moment and recommend everyone listen to Glenn Beck's interview of Lara Logan on his podcast. It just came out today, it's about 90 minutes long and it is absolutely worth your time.

Just a word of warning, but they do go into her rape in Egypt and it's...not graphic, but let's say its very hard to listen to. If you want to skip past it, it's about...13 minutes in? Goes on for 10+ minutes, thereabouts. Although it is worth pointing out that despite the horror she endured she is a strong and clearly, as Hammerfall would put it, unbent, unbowed and unbroken.

Also Bill Whittle is up to part seven in his series on the Cold War. What are you waiting for, you mangy savages?!!

Posted by: Robert at March 14, 2020 11:17 AM (2zYC7)

547 Hash tag, let's put Joe in a home. What's the fucking holdup?

Posted by: Fritz at March 14, 2020 11:17 AM (ATCV4)

548 Off stupid hipster sock

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at March 14, 2020 11:17 AM (d6Ksn)

549
To be charitable remember many of the people worried right now are not thinking "Oh, we're all going to DIE!" they're thinking about old aunt Millie going through chemo or other people they care for getting it.
Posted by: Hipster at March 14, 2020 11:14 AM (d6Ksn)

This.

My husband is 79 and has cardiac issues. The grandsons love playing chess and card games with him. If they get it, he probably will

Posted by: CN at March 14, 2020 11:17 AM (ONvIw)

550 Just learned that Masses in the Archdiocese of Chicago are suspended until further notice. Just heart breaking. Looks a lot like a positive feedback loop.

Posted by: Old Dude at March 14, 2020 11:17 AM (LGXGf)

551 Yeah, this whole thing is going to show what a shithole California really is.

Influx of third-worlders with a huge population of street people, inadequate sanitation and political correctness guiding every decision? Full Wuhan.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 14, 2020 11:17 AM (oVJmc)

552 I'll be watching the Ohio numbers with some curiosity. Their "100k in the state have already been exposed" theory is a bold prediction.

Complete hysteria. If there were 100K cases in Ohio, Ohio hospitals would be swamped with cases of viral pneumonia, which isn't happening. 12K cases in Northern Italy was enough to utterly max out the health care system. Lombardy, the epicenter of the Italian outbreak, has about as many people as Ohio.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 14, 2020 11:17 AM (I2/tG)

553 washed down with molten zinc. can't be too careful.
Posted by: chavez the hugo

Shouns dangeroush.

I jush keeff a whole rowl of penniesh in my mouf to filfer the viruffs out of every breaff.

My word aff a Biven.

Posted by: J. Biden at March 14, 2020 11:17 AM (P1f+c)

554 You want the buds that look like they have little crystals on them
----
Am I bad for understanding this reference?

*looks at green onions grown in container on back porch*

Posted by: lin-duh at March 14, 2020 11:17 AM (UUBmN)

555 522 So I need to go to the river plafe. Was tild someone down there is trying to sell my stepson's canoe. This is a nice canvas on frame, that one of his friend's damaged. But it snowed last night. I'd already decided to try just grabbing the canoe and not tackling anything else. Ugh. My stepson's friend was going to help so I guess I'll see what he thinks.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 14, 2020 10:32 AM (Lqy/e)

Why not just grab a gun, go down there, and shoot the roaches, and throw the corpses in the river?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 14, 2020 11:12 AM (miJU3)

NST, if you need horde backup, let us know.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 14, 2020 11:17 AM (1CjJc)

556

As the fates would have it, grilled asparagus is on the menu tonight. Unpeeled and unafraid.

So thanks.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 14, 2020 11:15 AM (ZLI7S)

Grilled asparagus is excellent. But not as a main dish.

Posted by: runner, buy Lysol. at March 14, 2020 11:18 AM (zr5Kq)

557
if not for this very blog, I would never have heard the words "Brie" & "Larson" used together in a sentence

Posted by: AltonJackson
Be Better, Boomer
at March 14, 2020 11:18 AM (xP4/Q)

558 coronavirus protocol

scare the shit out of everyone

when nothing happens

take credit for nothing happening

climate change protocol

scare the shit out of everyone

when nothing happens

take credit for nothing happening

rinse and repeat

reap, sow

sow, reap

Posted by: REDACTED at March 14, 2020 11:18 AM (rpxSz)

559 Kent State was not a failure because the National Guard opened fire. It was a failure because they didn't create interlocking fields of fire, and exercise fire control discipline.
Posted by: BurtTC a

And bayonets

Posted by: Jean at March 14, 2020 11:18 AM (B7KlG)

560 None of the folks who are talking this down can offer an iron-clad, 100 percent refundable guarantee that they are correct.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

********

Instead of telling those who are discussing the low-end range of possible outcomes to "pipe down", perhaps you should consider that it is every bit as valid to revise your comment to read:

None of the folks who are talking this UP can offer an iron-clad, 100 percent refundable guarantee that they are correct.

It's pointless to say WHO or CDC statistics are bullshit and then come to apocalyptic conclusions based on your own assumptions about what the real numbers might actually be.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 14, 2020 11:19 AM (m45I2)

561 544 I told them its called 'Panic.'
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 14, 2020 11:14 AM (5mnq+)

There are asshats who are ready to beat each other to death over crap every Black Friday. Does anybody expect them to behave differently now.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at March 14, 2020 11:19 AM (d6Ksn)

562 Hanoi Jane will be at Kent State to try and spread the Communism Virus.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 14, 2020 11:19 AM (5mnq+)

563 Has the media asked Joe and Burn if they've been tested?

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 14, 2020 11:19 AM (Uu+Jp)

564
nood

Posted by: AltonJackson
Be Better, Boomer
at March 14, 2020 11:20 AM (xP4/Q)

565 NST, if you need horde backup, let us know.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 14, 2020 11:17 AM (1CjJc)

Yes!

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 14, 2020 11:20 AM (su1RS)

566 if not for this very blog, I would never have heard the words "Brie" & "Larson" used together in a sentence
Posted by: AltonJackson
Be Better, Boomer
at March 14, 2020 11:18 AM (xP4/Q)

🤔

Posted by: hogmartin at March 14, 2020 11:20 AM (t+qrx)

567 >>> 550 Just learned that Masses in the Archdiocese of Chicago are suspended until further notice. Just heart breaking. Looks a lot like a positive feedback loop.

The Diocese here in Savannah is instructing priests to still have mass. But everyone is excused from their obligation.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 14, 2020 11:21 AM (l6b3d)

568 Just learned that Masses in the Archdiocese of Chicago are suspended until further notice. Just heart breaking. Looks a lot like a positive feedback loop.
Posted by: Old Dude at March 14, 2020 11:17 AM (LGXGf)

Same with Archdiocese of Detroit. I was looking forward to attending weekday Mass as a break while working from home. At least Holy Week will be normal!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 14, 2020 11:21 AM (/+bwe)

569 Back in the Mad Men era, the advertising business was run by New Yorkers. They knew that they didn't share the sensibilities of the rest of the country, so they carefully ran their proposed ads past focus groups in Omaha, to make sure the ads would work in the rest of the country.

The advertising business is still run by New Yorkers, but now they openly hate the people in Omaha. Their clients live in blue cities, and hate people in Omaha too. So, a lot of advertising now is an FU to the flyover people, no matter how poorly the ads do.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 14, 2020 11:12 AM (I2/tG)

I saw the headline for Tucker Carlson's youtube segment yesterday, it said something like "life is not the same as it was before."

I don't remember the exact wording, and I thought, "Tucker, I have no idea where you live, what your neighborhood is like, where you shop, what you encounter from people in your workplace, but yeah, life is pretty much damn near EXACTLY as it's always been. Except a bunch of pointy headed idiots are panicking over something that is going to peter out in a few weeks."

Then there was the New York Times headline: Trump a Failure at Uniting the Country.

Right.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2020 11:22 AM (hku12)

570 It's pointless to say WHO or CDC statistics are bullshit and then come to apocalyptic conclusions based on your own assumptions about what the real numbers might actually be.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 14, 2020 11:19 AM (m45I2)

I'm going to the garage to have a drink and a smoke....don't smoke in the house. I'm not gonna chew my nails, gnash my teeth or otherwise worry. It is what it is.

Posted by: BignJames at March 14, 2020 11:23 AM (X/Pw5)

571 >>Grilled asparagus is excellent. But not as a main dish.

That's where the pork chop comes in.

My disaster prep includes having a number of farms near me including one about a mile away that sells beef, pork, chicken, lamb, eggs and fresh veggies. Supply of veggies gets somewhat limited in the winter although they do have a greenhouse for some so I had to cheat on the asparagus and go to our wee little local grocery.

Since I've already cornered the market on TP I try to avoid the grocery store as much as possible.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 14, 2020 11:25 AM (ZLI7S)

572 I'm going to the garage to have a drink and a smoke....don't smoke in the house. I'm not gonna chew my nails, gnash my teeth or otherwise worry. It is what it is.
Posted by: BignJames

*********

Sounds like a good plan. Cigar on the deck.

Later all!

Posted by: Muldoon at March 14, 2020 11:26 AM (m45I2)

573 Gillum is in charge of the big money to register former felons to vote, so they need to keep him out of jail himself, it seems.
Posted by: EveR at March 14, 2020 10:58 AM (ZZDMQ)

Gillum's wife and kids better get themselves tested for the HIV's. And she needs to be getting a divorce lawyer. And a pistol.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 14, 2020 11:27 AM (miJU3)

574 "If the end result of this is that we get drug production moved back to
the US, force public health authorities to get serious about epidemics..." Lloyd

yes, we could come out stronger. But there is a huge political attack against Trump, by the "globalists". So keeping Trump 2021 alive is part of the strategic thinking in managing expectations.

for instance, I've heard a few times, commentary around the world ... "this could mark the end of globalism", or the counter ... "this is a global problem". (and those that throw in "we must not let this distract us from going carbon neutral).

But this is not a "global community problem" ... it is a China Virus problem that they chose to spread to the world, to save face. Trump was call racist for stopping some China flights early, and even recently Europe was largely wide open. It is not hard to see how it is not just virtuous foreign culture that infiltrates with open borders. We should have seen the cultural destruction early on ... but now they want to call what China hat wrought "a global community problem". (tower of Babel, confusing languages .. does that story apply?)

Posted by: illiniwek at March 14, 2020 11:28 AM (Cus5s)

575 We're going to see what the weather is like tomorrow. Thanks for the offers of help.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 14, 2020 11:33 AM (Lqy/e)

576 Tiger Balls...........TITLEIST.

Posted by: saf at March 14, 2020 11:37 AM (5IHGB)

577 Our public health system has been a joke for
decades. If the end result of this is that we get drug production moved
back to the US, force public health authorities to get serious about
epidemics and *only* have a few dozen people die, I for one will offer
prayers of thanksgiving rather than snark or sarcasm.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 14, 2020 11:07 AM (cfSRQ)

Public health services were set up to manage and prevent infectious diseases in the community: TB, measles, smallpox, water borne diseases, etc.
However, the whole practice has forgotten that and has been used as a crowbar to control everyone's life through banning sugar to plastic straws, to gun control "for the good of the society"

This is why public health is a joke and a failure, because like anything that is too big to fail and subsidized and promoted for failure, it has stopped being useful and has become a whip and a piggybank for friends and family.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 14, 2020 11:38 AM (6rS3m)

578 Went into the Lowe Depot for lightbulbs and saw 3 people carrying hands- and armpits-full of loosie paper towel rolls coming out. Stupid assholes.

On the bright side, the DMV was very light, so it took less than an hour to get signed up for "real id" to prove I'm not an illegal, since illegals supersede citizens, and can board a plane. Also stupid assholes.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at March 14, 2020 12:18 PM (ZPTT2)

579 I am sick of this crap too!!

If you don't feel well, stay home. Otherwise, wash your hands more than you usually do and live life folks.

Our media is the WORST institution in this country and it is really hard not to think they are more financed by non-American entities than every.

Posted by: Danimal28 at March 14, 2020 12:34 PM (nGQxU)

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