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Mid-Morning Art Thread [Kris]
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin It’s tough to classify Chardin’s style. Depending on who you ask, he is either Rococo or not. He is sometimes classified in a pseudo-movement called “Natural Art”, while some classify “Natural Art” as really a sub-movement within Rococo. Whatever it is, Natural Art revolts against the vapidness of the French Rococo and elevates the lower, poorer classes, lifting them up as the true nobility—of character rather than title. Chardin helped shift the focus of art’s subject matter from aristocratic self-indulgence and lofty allegories to scenes depicting the lower genres with quiet images of common, everyday life and morality. Some of the philosophes of the French Enlightenment would praise these artists for their efforts to reform base society through their art. In this work, Chardin uses the size of the room, its decor, and the costume on the boy, to show the viewer that the family this governess works for is quite wealthy. The room is still pretty empty however. There are no paintings on the wall, no wallpaper, no rugs, but is instead filled with toys—playing cards and a racket. This is the boy’s playroom. By keeping the background items small and simple, Chardin allows the viewer to instead concentrate on work’s focus—the governess. The form of the governess begins at the vertical center-line and dominates the entire right half of the work. She is the largest, the lightest, and the brightest form in the painting. She sits and leans forward to look the boy square in the eyes. Her facial expression tells us is not scolding but gently talking to the boy about something important, and the boy respectfully listens. What I think she’s saying is revealed by the juxtaposition of images. The boy is dressed as an adult but is surrounded by toys. He looks to be about 6 to 8 years old—old enough to start understanding responsibility. He will have responsibilities in that family one day and he needs to start learning them. He has left his toys all over the floor and the woman firmly but lovingly reprimands him about the mess. Meanwhile, she is also getting the boy ready to go out. The door in the background is open, waiting for him to exit the playroom into the adult world. She has dressed him in his finest suit and is brushing off his hat. She may even be giving him some final instructions on what is expected beyond the door. Chardin uses color to focus on the woman. The palette is browns, tans and grays, with just small, scattered dots of blue. The woman’s costume is the only white in the entire painting. The light source is above the boy but points to her, making her glow. That the light source is off canvas, it almost looks like a light from heaven. This gives her an angelic presence, a purity, and her advice becomes divine wisdom. Under her apron, the rest of her outfit almost matches the colors in the boy’s clothes. This links them and makes them stand out from the dank background.
It’s also interesting how the lighting shines on the boy’s face, too. Chardin makes sure we can see the two faces and read each expression—one earnest and the other humble. This is also interesting because it reverses their social station—the humble servant is giving direction to her social superior. In addition, the woman is older; her hair is gray. She has the wisdom of age (and maybe experience) to back up her words.
In this work, Chardin is reversing the ideas of nobility and social roles. In this society, nobles rarely raised their own children; they hired people to do so, and these servants, in many cases, became the real parents to these children. Chardin is portraying an ideal situation where a virtuous woman has the opportunity to raise a moral and honorable generation of social leaders, who would then go on to better society for everyone—unlike the one Chardin was living through.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2020 09:31 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: henry at March 18, 2020 09:31 AM (JMDly)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at March 18, 2020 09:32 AM (zZbCU)
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Posted by: Lady in Black at March 18, 2020 09:32 AM (JoUsr)
Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2020 09:32 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 18, 2020 09:34 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 18, 2020 09:34 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2020 09:32 AM (X/Pw5)
or maybe caught spankin
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 18, 2020 09:34 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Now they are tossing babies! at March 18, 2020 09:34 AM (Tnijr)
Posted by: Jim at March 18, 2020 09:34 AM (QzJWU)
Pshhh. that doesn't happen until you're 26 YO
Posted by: Bruce at March 18, 2020 09:34 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 18, 2020 09:32 AM (JoUsr)
When I find Jesus Im gonna kick his ass!
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 18, 2020 09:35 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: ALH at March 18, 2020 09:35 AM (uLuPn)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at March 18, 2020 09:35 AM (o2MD2)
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 09:35 AM (zr5Kq)
I thought it was her purse, and the little kid got caught going thru it
Posted by: Bruce at March 18, 2020 09:36 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at March 18, 2020 09:36 AM (oAY8z)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 18, 2020 09:36 AM (IxrDK)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2020 09:36 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 09:36 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 18, 2020 09:37 AM (JoUsr)
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not really, IMHO.
"dull and uninteresting" comes to mind, right off the bat...
now, off to see what i'm supposed to panic about this morning, then lay back down for a few more Z's....
one can't face TEOTWAWKI w/o proper sleep!
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 18, 2020 09:37 AM (+W/Q4)
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 09:37 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Guzalot at March 18, 2020 09:37 AM (Rz36l)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 09:37 AM (pNxlR)
Verbal tongue-lashing - a limerick
The governess wouldn't be denied
So the young boy got punished and cried
Was it catchy? You bet.
So they sang a duet:
"Baby, it's scold outside!"
Posted by: Muldoon at March 18, 2020 09:38 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 09:38 AM (dBiBP)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 18, 2020 09:38 AM (IxrDK)
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 18, 2020 09:38 AM (+W/Q4)
Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2020 09:38 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2020 09:38 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: dagny at March 18, 2020 09:38 AM (nRWPy)
Posted by: Cannibal Blob at March 18, 2020 09:38 AM (7ZMbn)
Posted by: ALH at March 18, 2020 09:38 AM (uLuPn)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 18, 2020 09:39 AM (7Fj9P)
Posted by: redc1c4
Yeah. I had to put it in unicode translater.
I think the -- got Pixy pixxed.
Posted by: Bruce at March 18, 2020 09:39 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 18, 2020 09:37 AM (JoUsr)
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French. 'Nuf said.
Posted by: IrishEi at March 18, 2020 09:39 AM (sGotD)
Posted by: klaftern at March 18, 2020 09:39 AM (RuIsu)
24 That's a boy? I was trying to gleen from the clues and went with girl. Dress-type outfit, those front sausage curls. But a boy's face. Tough call.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 18, 2020 09:37 AM (JoUsr)
'Twas a pity his parents could not afford to "transition" him/her back in those days.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 09:39 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 09:39 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: stumck at March 18, 2020 09:39 AM (w9Wax)
Posted by: naturalfake at March 18, 2020 09:40 AM (z0XD8)
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 09:40 AM (OyyDO)
Check out the playing card on the floor -- Ace o' Spades!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 09:40 AM (pNxlR)
Governess: "No, you have to wait until the banana bread comes out of the oven. Forty minutes, dear."
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:40 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2020 09:41 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 18, 2020 09:41 AM (XrCyE)
Posted by: DB- just DB. at March 18, 2020 09:41 AM (iTXRQ)
Noted.
Posted by: blaster at March 18, 2020 09:41 AM (ZfRYq)
His name's Nathan, Nathan Detroit.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 09:41 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 09:41 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: dagny at March 18, 2020 09:41 AM (nRWPy)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at March 18, 2020 09:41 AM (zZbCU)
It's a French boy, hence the confusion. And she's brushing off his little tri-corner hat (although I would think the little princess could handle that himself)
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 09:42 AM (EYsyU)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2020 09:42 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 18, 2020 09:42 AM (7Fj9P)
Posted by: Cannibal Blob at March 18, 2020 09:42 AM (7ZMbn)
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 09:39 AM (zr5Kq)
I don't have kids. I had to guess. I thought 10 was too old.
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 09:42 AM (OyyDO)
Never knew no good from bad
But I knew life before I left my nursery, huh
Left alone with big fat Fanny
She was such a naughty nanny
Heap big woman, you made a bad boy out of me
Hey hey!
Posted by: Guzalot at March 18, 2020 09:42 AM (Rz36l)
Verbal tongue-lashing - a limerick
The governess wouldn't be denied
So the young boy got punished and cried
Was it catchy? You bet.
So they sang a duet:
"Baby, it's scold outside!"
Posted by: Muldoon at March 18, 2020 09:38 AM (m45I2)
What will my friends think...",
"I think they should rejoice."
"If I have one more drink?" "It's your body and your choice,"
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 18, 2020 09:43 AM (JFO2v)
His name's Nathan, Nathan Detroit.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 09:41 AM (pNxlR)
===========
Cousin to Nathan Drake, his adventures were far less exciting.
He found the squirrel nest in the attic and called for his mother to take care of it. That took up a full page of his diary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at March 18, 2020 09:43 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 18, 2020 09:43 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Bruce at March 18, 2020 09:43 AM (vd8XM)
52 So, with the Coronavirus we have just totally given up on little animals in the paintings.
The dog that was Test Case Zero in "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" was here yesterday or the day before.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 09:43 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 09:41 AM (zr5Kq)
Oh...she's gonna school 'im, awright!
Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2020 09:43 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: saf at March 18, 2020 09:43 AM (5IHGB)
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 09:39 AM (zr5Kq)
I don't have kids. I had to guess. I thought 10 was too old.
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 09:42 AM (OyyDO)
It's the heels.
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 09:44 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: blaster at March 18, 2020 09:44 AM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 18, 2020 09:44 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:44 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2020 09:44 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 09:45 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 09:45 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 09:45 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 09:46 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:46 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: JT at March 18, 2020 09:46 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Cannibal Blob at March 18, 2020 09:46 AM (7ZMbn)
I'm not sure why but this painting reminds me of pastels. The blocks of similar colors with subtle variations and blending, with points of color showing through, and the boy's complexion probably makes me think pastels. Glad I don't have to defend that impression.
Thanks to Kris for her analysis and CBD for the daily art.
Posted by: JTB at March 18, 2020 09:47 AM (7EjX1)
Lucy just got some fresh catnip. Now she has the zoomies. Best part of my day.
Posted by: Nurse ratched at March 18, 2020 09:47 AM (PkVlr)
Posted by: josephistan at March 18, 2020 09:47 AM (Izzlo)
Posted by: Cannibal Blob at March 18, 2020 09:48 AM (7ZMbn)
Posted by: Ladyl at March 18, 2020 09:48 AM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 18, 2020 09:48 AM (8JgZK)
Posted by: JT at March 18, 2020 09:49 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 18, 2020 09:49 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 18, 2020 09:50 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: kallisto at March 18, 2020 09:50 AM (OSgHz)
This is the last time I'll brush the spunk off yer knickers
madam.
Now go play with your cousin Paolo..............I'll straighten him out LATER !!!
Posted by: saf at March 18, 2020 09:50 AM (5IHGB)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 18, 2020 09:50 AM (lwiT4)
Yes. Think George Washington hair.
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 09:50 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 09:51 AM (KxVoZ)
Posted by: kallisto at March 18, 2020 09:51 AM (OSgHz)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:44 AM (vEIlU)
what rule is that?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:51 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:52 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 18, 2020 09:52 AM (baXy/)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 09:52 AM (KxVoZ)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:52 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: Cannibal Blob
Its no Captain Kangaroo......
Posted by: JT at March 18, 2020 09:52 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:52 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 18, 2020 09:52 AM (1ISKN)
She may even be giving him some final instructions on what is expected beyond the door.
Now, young Master, you may hear of something called "The Barrel" that exists outside that door. No matter what blandishments are offered to you, or what dares to go there are thrown in your face, do not accept any of them!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 09:52 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 09:45 AM (pNxlR)
When I was 5 years old, my mother sent me to the corner store to buy ketchup for dinner.
5 years old, I walked by myself 2 blocks.
Kids today have no idea what we have lost.
Posted by: ALH at March 18, 2020 09:52 AM (uLuPn)
We will be, by mutual consent, temporarily closing our Northern Border with Canada to non-essential traffic. Trade will not be affected. Details to follow!
Posted by: Tami at March 18, 2020 09:52 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 09:53 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2020 09:53 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 18, 2020 09:53 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Tami at March 18, 2020 09:52 AM (cF8AT)
canadians been grumbling about this for days
blame the americans!
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:53 AM (vEIlU)
Yee-ikes. Hope he means that "trade will not be affected."
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 09:54 AM (KxVoZ)
Posted by: kallisto at March 18, 2020 09:54 AM (OSgHz)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 18, 2020 09:54 AM (KP5rU)
Posted by: JTB at March 18, 2020 09:54 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 09:54 AM (mndtc)
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 09:54 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 09:54 AM (OyyDO)
blame the americans!
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:53 AM (vEIlU)
Canucks will not be able to use our ERs, too effing bad
Posted by: CN at March 18, 2020 09:54 AM (ONvIw)
Honda shutting down temporarily too. In Canada, the US and Mexico. Including a power train subsidy or something I heard.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:54 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 09:55 AM (cfSLd)
We will be, by mutual consent, temporarily closing our Northern Border with Canada to non-essential traffic. Trade will not be affected. Details to follow!
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at March 18, 2020 09:55 AM (Mvlef)
********
It's good to hear that you mustered the courage to do so.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 18, 2020 09:55 AM (m45I2)
what rule is that?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:51 AM (vEIlU)
No overt or exclusively political or non-germane comments regarding the painting prior to the 100th comment. Or something to that effect.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 09:55 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: CN at March 18, 2020 09:54 AM (ONvIw)
yep
they are being told if you shut down commerce from the US, no food for you!
No medical supplies!
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:55 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 09:55 AM (pNxlR)
ah, hence the filler of one -liners, lol
got it
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:56 AM (vEIlU)
122 When I was 5 years old, my mother sent me to the corner store to buy ketchup for dinner.
********
It's good to hear that you mustered the courage to do so.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 18, 2020 09:55 AM (m45I2)
I always relished the opportunity to walk to the store.
Posted by: Ladyl at March 18, 2020 09:56 AM (TdMsT)
5 years old, I walked by myself 2 blocks.
Kids today have no idea what we have lost.
Posted by: ALH
Used to could buy cigarettes at 7. Walk to the "corner" store, buy them, and take them home to your parents.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 09:56 AM (mndtc)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:51 AM (vEIlU)
Nothing off topic for the first 100 comments.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2020 09:56 AM (dLLD6)
I'm not saying it's aliens, but...
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 09:56 AM (KxVoZ)
5 years old, I walked by myself 2 blocks.
Kids today have no idea what we have lost.
Posted by: ALH at March 18, 2020 09:52 AM (uLuPn)
Mom sent me down to the ice cream shop while she talked to the neighbor man.
Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2020 09:56 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 18, 2020 09:55 AM (m45I2)
I thought I was in a jam!
Posted by: ALH at March 18, 2020 09:57 AM (uLuPn)
they are being told if you shut down commerce from the US, no food for you!
No medical supplies!
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:55 AM (vEIlU)
I just don't want them getting free EMTALA care in our hospitals. I don't want that any time, but especially now.
Posted by: CN at March 18, 2020 09:57 AM (ONvIw)
122 When I was 5 years old, my mother sent me to the corner store to buy ketchup for dinner
Ooooh, keychup, eh? Weren't you the dining swells!
All we got was mustard, and we had to grind the seeds ourselves!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 09:57 AM (pNxlR)
********
It's good to hear that you mustered the courage to do so.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 18, 2020 09:55 AM (m45I2)
I always relished the opportunity to walk to the store.
Posted by: Ladyl
It's a Miracle y'all didn't get Whipped.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 09:57 AM (mndtc)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2020 09:56 AM (dLLD6)
got it
Now, want some banana bread? LOL
I know, I know! You hate the stuff.
*boggles the mind*
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:57 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at March 18, 2020 09:57 AM (CLteG)
Posted by: Lou's Tavern at March 18, 2020 09:58 AM (zl4XY)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 09:58 AM (KxVoZ)
Yee-ikes. Hope he means that "trade will not be affected."
Trade will not be affected. Unless you import Canadian "bacon", if I have my way.
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 09:58 AM (aKxkI)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2020 09:56 AM (dLLD6)
the curbs are always in
at the AOS
Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2020 09:58 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: MamaWren at March 18, 2020 09:59 AM (RHJBX)
Posted by: klaftern at March 18, 2020 09:59 AM (RuIsu)
Posted by: kallisto at March 18, 2020 09:59 AM (OSgHz)
Posted by: dagny at March 18, 2020 09:59 AM (nRWPy)
Posted by: CN at March 18, 2020 09:57 AM (ONvIw)
if you watch their news, they are saying our health care is a nightmare
Canadians stranded in Florida and other places in the US are frightened and want to get home where there is organized and better healthcare, etc.
uh huh
the propaganda is insane up here
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:59 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:57 AM (vEIlU)
Definitely not my cup of tea, but I do make a mean one.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2020 09:59 AM (dLLD6)
uh huh
the propaganda is insane up here
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:59 AM (vEIlU)
Good riddance Canadian geese
Posted by: CN at March 18, 2020 10:00 AM (ONvIw)
My GF spent a good 20 years doing early learning (Pre-school care mostly) and is wonderful with focusing very young kids and getting them to behave.
It helps that she is very focused and very practiced, but I have watch her bring a group of squirmy bored kiddos together by reading them a book, and drawing in some older kids who were off reading their own books.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 18, 2020 10:00 AM (6rS3m)
===============
If you haven't already, you might want to try Aleve. I had a lingering back issue several years ago, and the thing I liked about Aleve was it lasted almost the indicated 12 hours. A dose of 1 tab will knock out hang-over headaches and minor aches.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 18, 2020 10:00 AM (7Fj9P)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2020 10:00 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 18, 2020 10:00 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 09:58 AM (KxVoZ)
You had a can? Luxury. We just had the rust.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 18, 2020 10:00 AM (baXy/)
Posted by: MamaWren at March 18, 2020 09:59 AM (RHJBX)
Every weekday at 9:30am, unless Sefton's news is running late....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2020 10:00 AM (dLLD6)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 18, 2020 10:00 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Now they are tossing babies! at March 18, 2020 10:01 AM (Tnijr)
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 09:58 AM (aKxkI)
Mostly vehicles, a lot of construction vehicles and the like. Lot of lumber too, of course, being Canada. (And they've cheated on NAFTA on that for decades. Don't know if Trump's USMCA will address this. Bith Dubya and Ohblahblah made feints with wooden swords over it and backed down.)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 10:01 AM (KxVoZ)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 18, 2020 10:01 AM (hx3Q8)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 18, 2020 10:01 AM (BeYX8)
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
95% Approval Rating in the Republican Party, 53% overall. Not bad considering I get nothing but Fake & Corrupt News, day and night. "Russia, Russia, Russia", then "the Ukraine Scam (where's the Whistleblower?)", the "Impeachment Hoax", and more, more, more.
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at March 18, 2020 10:01 AM (Mvlef)
uh huh
the propaganda is insane up here
Posted by: artisanal 'ette
Italy has the same type of socialized medicine. Good shit Maynard!
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:01 AM (mndtc)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 18, 2020 10:00 AM (baXy/)
LOL - you win!
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 10:02 AM (KxVoZ)
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 18, 2020 10:00 AM (JFO2v)
******
"Ain't That a Shame"?
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at March 18, 2020 10:02 AM (Mvlef)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 18, 2020 10:01 AM (BeYX
I think he's meant to look embarrassed by his behavior.
Posted by: CN at March 18, 2020 10:02 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 10:02 AM (zr5Kq)
117 Today is the anniversary of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Theft. 13 works of art were stolen, valued at around $500 million. They have never been found. They're probably in some rich recluse's panic room somewhere. The museum still hangs the empty frames.
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 09:54 AM (OyyDO)
There is a podcast of a dozen or so episodes about that called "Last Seen" that was produced by WBUR and the Boston Globe. It is worth hearing, IMHO.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 10:02 AM (pNxlR)
Kris, thanks much for another of your very informative art posts. As an engineer, I find it fascinating how geometry plays a large role in "good" art. For example, I am sure you know the ratio of the so-called perfect rectangle, the rectangle that humans find the most pleasing or attractive or whatever the right term is!
Hint: It's the ratio of length-to-height of the screen most people are using to view this post right now. (In engineering, we typically use the height to length ratio to describe it, for a reason I don't know.)
Posted by: Gref at March 18, 2020 10:03 AM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Now they are tossing babies! at March 18, 2020 10:03 AM (Tnijr)
Posted by: redc1c4
The COBs get characters that we don't.
What, did you think this was a democracy? Next, you'll be asking to be allowed to type "img".
Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2020 10:03 AM (P1f+c)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 18, 2020 10:03 AM (1ISKN)
Never too early to teach the kid how to be a hustler at the pool table!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 18, 2020 10:04 AM (CjFDo)
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
95% Approval Rating in the Republican Party, 53% overall. Not bad considering I get nothing but Fake & Corrupt News, day and night. "Russia, Russia, Russia", then "the Ukraine Scam (where's the Whistleblower?)", the "Impeachment Hoax", and more, more, more.
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at March 18, 2020 10:01 AM (Mvlef)
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Welp...the election's over. He lost it.
He sent a tweet about something other than the virus. That means he's toast.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at March 18, 2020 10:04 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 18, 2020 10:04 AM (IxrDK)
Doesn't matter where I am, what job I have, etc.
I always get stuck being the responsible one while everyone else gets to enjoy themselves.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at March 18, 2020 10:04 AM (pIuzz)
I'm not saying it's aliens, but...
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 09:56 AM (KxVoZ)
Nazi art ended up everywhere (the stuff they didn't destroy). They're still finding it in weird places. A German guy was keeping the stuff his father took in his crappy apartment.
With the Boston theft, it has to be a private collection. These works are so famous and infamous that you cannot really sell them, unless you had a good fence. No museum would/could ever buy them. It wouldn't surprise me if one was over some guys kitchen sink, tho, as a trophy.
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 10:04 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 09:58 AM
Hey, whatever works to fight coronavirus.
Posted by: Iranian shrine door lickers at March 18, 2020 10:04 AM (COzlW)
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 10:02 AM (zr5Kq)
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It's their sport, handing out meth to the different varieties of Florida men, to see what they will do.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at March 18, 2020 10:04 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 08:17 AM (KxVoZ)
This response did not make any sense(to me), in context, ...
Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know at March 18, 2020 10:04 AM (AHq56)
I wish I could figure out that code. He always says 95, no matter what the number is in that poll (it's always in the 90's).
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 10:04 AM (IMdOQ)
Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2020 10:03 AM (P1f+c)
Somebody has been paying attention!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2020 10:05 AM (dLLD6)
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Not to split hairs, but I *think* it's "Canada geese." Like they were named after some dude named Canada. Let the machinations begin!!
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 18, 2020 10:05 AM (7Fj9P)
When I was little, Mom used to send me with a note from her to buy cigarettes.
Posted by: Archer at March 18, 2020 10:05 AM (gmo/4)
provincial card table, cherry, I would guess
green leather top
Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2020 10:05 AM (rpxSz)
Canadians looooove Florida.
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 10:02 AM (zr5Kq)
Just came back from FL -- between West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale. Loaded with Canadians. Good thing FL isn't an island -- it would tip over.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 18, 2020 10:05 AM (N39Ws)
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If you haven't already, you might want to try Aleve. I had a lingering back issue several years ago, and the thing I liked about Aleve was it lasted almost the indicated 12 hours. A dose of 1 tab will knock out hang-over headaches and minor aches.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 18, 2020 10:00 AM (7Fj9P)
I used to take Aleve for back pains. It does not work on my headaches though.
But...
I have been being treated for cancer, and Aleve interacted horribly. It can create terrible cramping. I mean, you are waking up screaming and can't make it stop pain. Not kidding. My oncologist wasn't sure what was causing it, but he did not know I was taking Aleve. He had always told me to take Tylenol. He never specifically said, don't take Aleve/naproxen.
I decided to stop taking it and voila! Gone. Completely.
So beware. The side effects from Aleve can cause cramping in the muscles and you may not know what is causing it.
But Tylenol Caffeine always works for me. I just have to eat enough and it kills it in one day, or it used to. Now I'm on aromatase inhibitors which interfere with migraine recovery. Sad, but that's life.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:06 AM (vEIlU)
Good riddance Canadian geese
Posted by: CN at March 18, 2020 10:00 AM (ONvIw)
They're Canada Geese, dammit, unless they're showing you their passports.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 10:06 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2020 09:56 AM (dLLD6)
got it
Now, want some banana bread? LOL
I know, I know! You hate the stuff.
*boggles the mind*
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 09:57 AM (vEIlU)
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Good thing you didn't offer him French toast with maple syrup!
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 18, 2020 10:07 AM (CAJOC)
Luxury. We used to have to get out of the lake at three o'clock in the morning, clean the lake, eat a handful of hot gravel, go to work at the mill every day for tuppence a month, come home, and Dad would beat us around the head and neck with a broken bottle, if we were LUCKY!
Posted by: Yorkshireman at March 18, 2020 10:07 AM (T6Fbb)
I would guess they end up overseas.
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 10:07 AM (dBiBP)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 18, 2020 10:01 AM (hx3Q
Emily Johnson, at the epicenter of the quake, reported that a large sofa cushion fell off her couch and landed on the floor. But she vowed to rebuild, no matter how long it took.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2020 10:07 AM (Kpl3J)
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Posted by: Mrs. Peel at March 18, 2020 10:07 AM (rWZ8Y)
"Ladies! If you're quarantined with your boo, now is a great time to bring up all of the issues you've been letting slide in the relationship -- no matter how minor.
He literally cannot leave; he has no choice but to talk it out!
Some say keep the peace; I say seize the day!"
-- @KatTimpf
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 18, 2020 10:07 AM (m2crg)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 18, 2020 10:07 AM (1ISKN)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 10:06 AM (pNxlR)
I'm talking about snowbirds not real birds that shit all over your sidewalks
Posted by: CN at March 18, 2020 10:07 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Archer at March 18, 2020 10:07 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 18, 2020 10:05 AM (N39Ws)
Are many of them from a place called Quebec ? That is what I encountered.
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 10:07 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at March 18, 2020 10:08 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 18, 2020 10:05 AM (7Fj9P)
I can literally hear them right now. I have my patio door open with the screen door. They are coming back in force. It seems overhead is one of their routes, both south and north each year.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:08 AM (vEIlU)
Oh, we don't let them pay us in Looney-Toons or whatever those things are.
We invoice them in good ole American dollars.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 10:08 AM (KxVoZ)
Posted by: ALH at March 18, 2020 10:08 AM (uLuPn)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at March 18, 2020 10:04 AM (zZbCU)
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I thought the style guide says "it'll be a long night"
Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at March 18, 2020 10:08 AM (NVYyb)
-- @KatTimpf
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 18, 2020 10:07 AM (m2crg)
we've analyzed it on JJ' report thread and came to the conclusion that it is indeed a joke
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 10:09 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 10:09 AM (KxVoZ)
Posted by: kallisto at March 18, 2020 10:09 AM (OSgHz)
Johnathan Hemlock's man cave
Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2020 10:09 AM (rpxSz)
Kris, thanks much for another of your very informative art posts. As an engineer, I find it fascinating how geometry plays a large role in "good" art. For example, I am sure you know the ratio of the so-called perfect rectangle, the rectangle that humans find the most pleasing or attractive or whatever the right term is!
Hint: It's the ratio of length-to-height of the screen most people are using to view this post right now. (In engineering, we typically use the height to length ratio to describe it, for a reason I don't know.)
Posted by: Gref at March 18, 2020 10:03 AM (AMIL/)
Do you mean the Golden Ratio... 1:2+1? The formula for absolute beauty. Best represented in the Parthenon.
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 10:09 AM (OyyDO)
I always google the artists in the art thread to see when they lived.. not surprisingly, this one lived in the 1700's.. tricorne hat was a big clue..
But I notice so often that these artists lived to very ripe old ages.. this guy was 80 yrs old when he died.
The notion that people did not live as long as we do over the ages is just rubbish. Infant deaths brought down the average life expectancy, yes.. but those who lived to adulthood lived almost as long as we do now.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 18, 2020 10:09 AM (CjFDo)
Posted by: Archer at March 18, 2020 10:10 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2020 10:10 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 18, 2020 10:10 AM (1ISKN)
Posted by: JT at March 18, 2020 10:10 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 18, 2020 10:10 AM (1ISKN)
They should be subject to open season and turned into pet food
Posted by: CN at March 18, 2020 10:11 AM (ONvIw)
Or...aliens.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 10:11 AM (KxVoZ)
Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at March 18, 2020 10:08 AM (NVYyb)
Point of Order:
"It's going to be an Early night."
Posted by: ALH at March 18, 2020 10:11 AM (uLuPn)
It is, but only news anchors say it that way, just like they studiously say, "assosiate" and "grosery store" nowadays.
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 10:11 AM (CDGwz)
Luxury. We used to have to get out of the lake at three o'clock in the morning, clean the lake, eat a handful of hot gravel, go to work at the mill every day for tuppence a month, come home, and Dad would beat us around the head and neck with a broken bottle, if we were LUCKY!
Posted by: Yorkshireman at March 18, 2020 10:07 AM (T6Fbb)
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Oh, hot gravel was it, Mr. Rockefeller? We just had cold shards of glass.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 18, 2020 10:11 AM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 10:12 AM (KxVoZ)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 18, 2020 10:07 AM (CAJOC)
I like pancakes! Big fluffy pancakes.
Where I live, crepes are the thing. I am not fan of crepes either. I prefer eggs, scrambled, over easy, hard boiled, but not eggs mixed with flour and milk, meh.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:12 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 18, 2020 10:10 AM (1ISKN)
They should be subject to open season and turned into pet food
Posted by: CN at March 18, 2020 10:11 AM (ONvIw)
They aren't really fit for human consumption, IMO. Have given up on trying to make goose palatable.
Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2020 10:12 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 18, 2020 10:12 AM (1ISKN)
5.7 magnitude 6km NNE of Magna, Utah
Posted by: Archer at March 18, 2020 10:10 AM
I'm on a conference call with colleagues in Utah right now & they're getting the after shocks as we speak
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 18, 2020 10:12 AM (hx3Q8)
Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at March 18, 2020 10:08 AM (NVYyb)
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Still waiting for mine in the mail.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at March 18, 2020 10:12 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: Guzalot at March 18, 2020 10:13 AM (Rz36l)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 18, 2020 10:13 AM (9Dn/j)
Have you tried the baking powder trick for fluffy scrambled eggs?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2020 10:13 AM (dLLD6)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
Would you?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:13 AM (mndtc)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. This is an interesting painting. Sufficient detail so as to be a window into history. What things looked like. What people wore. Hmm.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2020 10:13 AM (axyOa)
Have you tried the baking powder trick for fluffy scrambled eggs?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
That so does work!
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:14 AM (mndtc)
I enjoyed the old movies, cheesy though they were. I really enjoyed the first season. They depicted an artificial world as it would be treated in real life, consequence free sexual and violent activity. That, of course, was way too un-woke, and they had to make it all wokey in the abysmal second season. Now, it is not even the same show and I will not watch season 3.
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at March 18, 2020 10:14 AM (JRaU+)
Have you tried the baking powder trick for fluffy scrambled eggs?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
That so does work!
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:14 AM (mndtc)
How much should you use?
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 10:14 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: thesilentone at March 18, 2020 10:14 AM (xh1To)
Posted by: Archer at March 18, 2020 10:10 AM
I'm on a conference call with colleagues in Utah right now & they're getting the after shocks as we speak
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 18, 2020 10:12 AM (hx3Q
It's Yellowstone....she's gonna blow.
Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2020 10:15 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
I just did, about a half-hour ago. Would recommend.
Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2020 10:15 AM (P1f+c)
Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2020 10:12 AM (90T4r)
I had a friend from work a long time ago who would drop off some of what he shot that day into my truck bed. It was usually duck (California flyway), but sometimes goose. I would cut the breast out and toss the rest.
It's good sauteed with a lot of butter...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2020 10:15 AM (dLLD6)
Fvcking pricks.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 10:09 AM (KxVoZ)
I move to rename them "cobra chickens"
Posted by: josephistan at March 18, 2020 10:15 AM (Izzlo)
Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2020 10:10 AM (90T4r)
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At my last job, we had geese nesting near the building. I once saw a goose chase after some people walking down the sidewalk. Yeah, they are bad-tempered.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 18, 2020 10:15 AM (CAJOC)
Have you tried the baking powder trick for fluffy scrambled eggs?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
That so does work!
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:14 AM (mndtc)
How much should you use?
1/8 teaspoon for every two eggs
Posted by: thesilentone at March 18, 2020 10:15 AM (xh1To)
That so does work!
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:14 AM (mndtc)
How much should you use?
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 10:14 AM (OyyDO)
Third of a can. Scrambled egg volcano.
Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2020 10:16 AM (90T4r)
I enjoyed the old movies, cheesy though they were. I really enjoyed the first season. They depicted an artificial world as it would be treated in real life, consequence free sexual and violent activity. That, of course, was way too un-woke, and they had to make it all wokey in the abysmal second season. Now, it is not even the same show and I will not watch season 3.
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at March 18, 2020 10:14 AM (JRaU+)
Son likes Westworld and was excited for the new season. I'll have to ask him what he thought.
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 18, 2020 10:16 AM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: Kris
I use 1/8th teaspoon for two or three eggs.
1/4 for 5 or 6.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:16 AM (mndtc)
Posted by: CN at March 18, 2020 10:11 AM (ONvIw)
yep, or something
when I lived in Colorado, they had regular hunting season for some kind of rodent (I cannot remember what they were called). They would dig up and tunnel the land and destroy people's property.
Enviro's shut them down.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:16 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 10:14 AM (OyyDO)
Maybe a 1/8 teaspoon/egg. It needs to be incorporated thoroughly too. It will clump up easily, so be careful.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2020 10:16 AM (dLLD6)
I enjoyed the old movies, cheesy though they were. I really enjoyed the first season. They depicted an artificial world as it would be treated in real life, consequence free sexual and violent activity. That, of course, was way too un-woke, and they had to make it all wokey in the abysmal second season. Now, it is not even the same show and I will not watch season 3.
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at March 18, 2020 10:14 AM (JRaU+)
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The second season had the perfect set up.
The first season was about finding the way to the center of the maze with the implication that the next step was a way out. Breaking through walls to get out.
Well, that's there, but it's hidden behind a bunch of other stuff written in the most confusing manner because Reddit figured out where the story was going and Jonathan Nolan said that he was going to end up being unexpected.
So it was twisty and turny without any real point while taking on a shockingly anti-human message.
I do not bemoan the faltering of Westworld. The creators made this mess themselves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at March 18, 2020 10:16 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: East Bay Jay at March 18, 2020 10:16 AM (Lg/Uq)
Posted by: kallisto at March 18, 2020 10:17 AM (OSgHz)
Time for a refresh.
Posted by: ALH at March 18, 2020 10:17 AM (uLuPn)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 10:17 AM (KxVoZ)
My local NE MA chain is Market Basket. Went to the one near Stately Poppins Manor around 7.30 this morning. It's still pretty stripped - the frozen foods are basically gone, as are almost all breakfast cereals. There is some bread, so I was able to pick up two loaves of store brand wheat.
Looks like plenty of milk and some TP. All sanitizing wipes gone. Not a lot of chicken, but plenty of meat, deli counter seems full. Plenty of produce.
For MA morons, I would suggest getting your gas tanks filled; there is a hashtag trending about shutting the state down, and considering what a limp dick Chaaaaaaalie Baker is, I expect the nickelfucker to fold like a cheap suit and declare a statewide lockdown by the end of the week.
Posted by: Mary Poppins'Practically Perfect Piercing at March 18, 2020 10:17 AM (2JVJo)
Posted by: ALH at March 18, 2020 10:17 AM (uLuPn)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2020 10:17 AM (q1Pj5)
Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2020 10:12 AM (90T4r)
I had a friend from work a long time ago who would drop off some of what he shot that day into my truck bed. It was usually duck (California flyway), but sometimes goose. I would cut the breast out and toss the rest.
It's good sauteed with a lot of butter...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2020 10:15 AM (dLLD6)
Sounds like that might work better than roasting, CBD, which always produces a dreary greasy mess, and meat which is variously cooked in the roasting pan.
Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2020 10:18 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 18, 2020 10:18 AM (ps6ko)
Enviro's shut them down.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:16 AM (vEIlU)
uhhh.....prairie dog?
Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2020 10:18 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 10:19 AM (KxVoZ)
At my last job, we had geese nesting near the building. I once saw a goose chase after some people walking down the sidewalk. Yeah, they are bad-tempered.
Our Portuguese Water Dog chases them like crazy and is fun to watch while doing so. Unless she follows after them into the water and we frantically call her back, as out there it is "advantage, geese".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 10:19 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 18, 2020 10:07 AM (CAJOC)
I like pancakes! Big fluffy pancakes.
Where I live, crepes are the thing. I am not fan of crepes either. I prefer eggs, scrambled, over easy, hard boiled, but not eggs mixed with flour and milk, meh.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:12 AM (vEIlU)
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Um..... there are eggs in pancakes...
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 18, 2020 10:19 AM (CAJOC)
ust came back from FL -- between West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale.
Loaded with Canadians. Good thing FL isn't an island -- it would tip
over.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 18, 2020 10:05 AM (N39Ws)
Are many of them from a place called Quebec ? That is what I encountered.
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 10:07 AM (zr5Kq)
Oh yeah.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 18, 2020 10:20 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 18, 2020 10:19 AM (CAJOC)
big difference, if you've ever had crepes
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:20 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Giving it a good stir, then letting it rest so the (hopefully-small) clumps foam up a bit, then stirring again works for me. The foam pulls the clumps apart.
Then, since it's double-action baking powder, it'll foam up again while cooking, so I don't think you lose too much air with the second stir.
Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2020 10:20 AM (P1f+c)
https://tinyurl.com/vmvetgf
Original Source is John Burn-Murdoch of the Financial Times, a link to his work is available on the page I linked. There are charts showing how each country compares to each other on death rates as the infection spreads, and the US is actually doing quite well. South Korea has done the best job, overall.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2020 10:21 AM (Kpl3J)
Was in the office of the lead engineer, discussing a project, when a VP comes in to apologize that he hasn't been able to give the project due attention because he's been spending time at the hospital (in the parking lot, actually, the hospital has banned visitors) and yesterday made his wife made the decision to terminate life support on his father in law tomorrow morning.
Then, the conversation segued into the details of how the hospital is restricting access to patients. About this time, another engineer comes into the office and, not having heard the earlier part of the conversation, make a reference to the "Bring out your dead" scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
I think if he had heard the earlier part of the conversation, he would have been mortified.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 18, 2020 10:21 AM (BeYX8)
I have an observation..
I always google the artists in the art thread to see when they
lived.. not surprisingly, this one lived in the 1700's.. tricorne hat
was a big clue..
But I notice so often that these artists lived to very ripe old ages.. this guy was 80 yrs old when he died.
The notion that people did not live as long as we do over the ages
is just rubbish. Infant deaths brought down the average life
expectancy, yes.. but those who lived to adulthood lived almost as long
as we do now.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 18, 2020 10:09 AM (CjFDo)
max lifespan hasn't changed much. Neonatal, childhood death is way down from 300 y. ago. Young adult death due to trauma and infection also way down. In last 40 years, have made significant dents on premature death due to chronic disease (cardiopulmonary, particularly) and much smaller inroads on neoplastic disease. So people on average do live longer, after making it to adulthood, than they used to, on average (average life expectancy if you reach 60y.o. has increased about 15 y over the last century), but again, maximal age hasn't changed much.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at March 18, 2020 10:21 AM (CPk08)
I always work from home anyway, but it feels weird being the only one working though.
My one neighbor works in a pharmacy, so at least she's able to work.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 10:21 AM (KxVoZ)
Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2020 10:18 AM (X/Pw5)
yes, thanks! I couldn't remember off hand
They would eat up our land too. It was terrible. So they used to do a sort of culling each year, but then they were stopped.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:21 AM (vEIlU)
Time for a refresh.
Posted by: ALH at March 18, 2020 10:17 AM (uLuPn)
We are due for Malaysia to lose an airliner
Posted by: josephistan at March 18, 2020 10:21 AM (Izzlo)
So it was twisty and turny without any real point while taking on a shockingly anti-human message.
You just described "Prometheus".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 10:22 AM (pNxlR)
No idea how she did it. I just recall lots of grease in the pan.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2020 10:22 AM (axyOa)
I don't know where I heard or read this yesterday but I think it's a great idea -> we add up our losses and expenses this virus has caused the country and subtract it from whatever we owe China from the years of borrowing from them.
Posted by: Liz at March 18, 2020 09:42 AM (Wv/W7)
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This is an excellent idea!
Posted by: IrishEi at March 18, 2020 10:22 AM (sGotD)
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 10:09 AM (OyyDO)
No, to me it's the ratio of height to length = 0.62. Reciprocal is 1.613. And, 16/9, the ratio of most LED monitors and TVs is close at 1.777, and possibly chosen as the closest ratio using two fairly small whole numbers.
Posted by: Gref at March 18, 2020 10:22 AM (AMIL/)
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 09:37 AM (zr5Kq)
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Back in the day, governesses weren't mere babysitters - they were also teachers. Wealthy families hired them to teach their children in their home.
Lovely picture, Kris, and as always, I enjoy your explanation.
Posted by: bluebell at March 18, 2020 10:23 AM (/669Q)
Posted by: Floridachick at March 18, 2020 10:23 AM (2YElQ)
Posted by: Yorkshireman at March 18, 2020 10:23 AM (T6Fbb)
Posted by: Les Kinetic at March 18, 2020 10:23 AM (+fPHo)
So, this was awkward.
Was in the office of the lead engineer, discussing a project, when a VP comes in to apologize that he hasn't been able to give the project due attention because he's been spending time at the hospital (in the parking lot, actually, the hospital has banned visitors) and yesterday made his wife made the decision to terminate life support on his father in law tomorrow morning.
Then, the conversation segued into the details of how the hospital is restricting access to patients. About this time, another engineer comes into the office and, not having heard the earlier part of the conversation, make a reference to the "Bring out your dead" scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
I think if he had heard the earlier part of the conversation, he would have been mortified.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
That's an episode of The Office.
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at March 18, 2020 10:23 AM (9DJLb)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 18, 2020 10:19 AM (CAJOC)
big difference, if you've ever had crepes
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:20 AM (vEIlU)
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I make crepes periodically. We have them for dinner with butter and powdered sugar, and sometimes grape jelly. Mmmmm.....
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 18, 2020 10:24 AM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Kris
I use 1/8th teaspoon for two or three eggs.
1/4 for 5 or 6.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:16 AM (mndtc)
Does it work with egg substitute too?
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 10:24 AM (OyyDO)
It lasted about 20 seconds here, about 35 miles from the epicenter.
Posted by: A Tabby Cat at March 18, 2020 10:25 AM (dJs6r)
Does it work with egg substitute too?
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 10:24 AM (OyyDO)
No reason why it shouldn't.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 10:26 AM (pNxlR)
True.
We've been told working at home isn't an option because of the sensitive nature of the data we handle.
I don't know if this means we're indispensable or expendable.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 18, 2020 10:26 AM (BeYX8)
Posted by: A Tabby Cat at March 18, 2020 10:25 AM (dJs6r)
I grew up in So Cal and went through many earthquakes. 20 seconds for an earthquake can feel like an eternity.
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 18, 2020 10:26 AM (Ez6QX)
Nah, we kind of have a knack for that sort of thing.
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 10:26 AM (IMdOQ)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
Was your choice of mortified a pun?
Posted by: blaster at March 18, 2020 10:26 AM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: Gref at March 18, 2020
MATHS!!!!
RRRREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2020 10:27 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2020 10:18 AM (X/Pw5)
yes, thanks! I couldn't remember off hand
They would eat up our land too. It was terrible. So they used to do a sort of culling each year, but then they were stopped.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:21 AM (vEIlU)
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Isn't there still a plague going through the prairie dogs out in CO? Seem to remember them cancelling a bunch of activities for the MLS All-Star game out there because of that.
Posted by: jhawk90 at March 18, 2020 10:27 AM (/ZYFC)
Posted by: Kris
It should. The chemical reactions from double-action baking powder are driven by (1) mixing it with water, and (b) heating it up.
Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2020 10:28 AM (P1f+c)
Posted by: kallisto at March 18, 2020 10:28 AM (OSgHz)
Posted by: Chris M at March 18, 2020 10:28 AM (eAZVt)
Have you tried the baking powder trick for fluffy scrambled eggs?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2020 10:13 AM (dLLD6)
No I haven't. I really don't like adding anything to my eggs, but that would be helpful in egg casseroles and the like.
That is why crepes bother me. I would just rather eat the eggs. My MIL makes them all the time and rolls up all kinds of things in them. Sausage, sugar and raisins, syrup and what not. Sometimes seafood. It's basically a container for other foods. I had and electric crepe maker and I still have crepe pans but I never use them.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:28 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: jhawk90
Just CO? I thought prairie dogs everywhere carried the plague.
Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2020 10:29 AM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Gref at March 18, 2020 10:22 AM (AMIL/)
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Posted by: IrishEi at March 18, 2020 10:29 AM (sGotD)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at March 18, 2020 10:21 AM (CPk0
I haven't had life saving surgery, but I've had some bad infections, including one particularly nasty abscess that got into my jawbone, that I know would have killed me in my 40's or earlier without modern medicine.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2020 10:29 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2020 10:29 AM (q1Pj5)
Posted by: kallisto at March 18, 2020 10:28 AM (OSgHz)
There's a working dairy about 30 minutes away from me that sells its product in plastic and glass bottles. If our idiot governor doesn't do a lockdown, I'm going over there on Saturday to see what they have.
Posted by: Mary Poppins'Practically Perfect Piercing at March 18, 2020 10:30 AM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Democrats are stupid at March 18, 2020 10:30 AM (eAZVt)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 18, 2020 10:30 AM (BeYX8)
Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2020 10:31 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Gref at March 18, 2020 10:22 AM (AMIL/)
With my ratio, I can never remember the decimal representation of it, and I suck at math too much to figure it out on my own. I chose the career path that takes me the farthest away from math as possible.
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 10:31 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 18, 2020 10:24 AM (CAJOC)
Yes, they are vehicle for sweetening. For me, if I'm going to go all out, I just prefer pancakes (American pancakes) - the french actually call the crepes pancakes - at least my MIL does - she is the Quebecker.
I just like eggs. Healthy as they are.
Pancakes, special occasion.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:32 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: lizabth at March 18, 2020 10:32 AM (L3Rsz)
bad infections, including one particularly nasty abscess that got into
my jawbone, that I know would have killed me in my 40's or earlier
without modern medicine.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2020 10:29 AM (Kpl3J)
Well, yeah. I have a skull in my office with a chronic osteomyelitis in the jaw. Looks like she was a young woman but her teeth were crap. Little things add up.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at March 18, 2020 10:32 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: Chris M at March 18, 2020 10:32 AM (eAZVt)
Global Warming!!!
Posted by: Democrats are stupid
That makes sense! Things expand when they heat up, so the earth's crust is cracking. Think of it like a molting snake!
Posted by: Other Democrats are also stupid at March 18, 2020 10:32 AM (P1f+c)
Essentially: Joe Biden captured the nomination last night and I don't care.
That's fascinating. A moderate who voted for Hillary, Romney, and Obama doesn't care that Biden secured the Democratic Party's nomination.
What does that say about excitement for Biden from the electorate? His greatest moment is being completely overshadowed by COVINA and Trump is at the center of that. There's no sense of, "Biden will make this better." Just, "whatever".
I find that fascinating and hope it means what I think it means.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at March 18, 2020 10:32 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: Golf Course owners at March 18, 2020 10:32 AM (8JgZK)
Posted by: kallisto at March 18, 2020 10:28 AM (OSgHz)
There's a working dairy about 30 minutes away from me that sells its product in plastic and glass bottles. If our idiot governor doesn't do a lockdown, I'm going over there on Saturday to see what they have.
Posted by: Mary Poppins'Practically Perfect Piercing
Look to powdered milk for baking needs. No so much for drinking, but it's an ok substitute for baking.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:32 AM (mndtc)
Posted by: Les Kinetic
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The local park has *never* been this busy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2020 10:32 AM (YPJrZ)
Posted by: ALH at March 18, 2020 10:33 AM (uLuPn)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2020 10:29 AM (Kpl3J)
we would have bled you and applied leeches. you would have survived, or may name isn't the barber of Saville.
Posted by: The Barber of Seville at March 18, 2020 10:33 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Tami at March 18, 2020 09:52 AM (cF8AT)
Geeze, I guess I am stuck here.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2020 10:34 AM (miJU3)
Posted by: Floridachick at March 18, 2020 10:34 AM (2YElQ)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 18, 2020 10:34 AM (8JqLB)
Posted by: jhawk90 at March 18, 2020 10:27 AM (/ZYFC)
I haven't lived there in a while, so don't know.
But, probably, since they stopped the hunting. It was a bit sick, because they were just killing them, not really hunting for food.
After the enviro's got involved, I remember them coming up with some strange strategy of pouring soap and water or something into the holes and then gathering them up as they came out and moving them. Was ludicrous!
It's probably just overrun now.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:34 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2020 10:29 AM (Kpl3J)
we would have bled you and applied leeches. you would have survived, or may name isn't the barber of Saville.
Posted by: The Barber of Seville at March 18, 2020 10:33 AM (zr5Kq)
Your word as a Barber?
Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2020 10:34 AM (90T4r)
I have seen traffic stop on I-25 because these dumbass birds think it's a good idea to land on the highway.
I drive right at the fuckers- if they wanna live, they'll move.
Stupid birds.
Posted by: DB- just DB. at March 18, 2020 10:34 AM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 10:35 AM (Wd55D)
Posted by: kallisto at March 18, 2020 10:35 AM (OSgHz)
Posted by: Golf Course owners
The mines, or the swords? Or the healing power of "and"?
Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2020 10:35 AM (P1f+c)
With my ratio, I can never remember the decimal representation of it, and I suck at math too much to figure it out on my own. I chose the career path that takes me the farthest away from math as possible.
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 10:31 AM (OyyDO)
It's the Golden Ratio (q.v.).
( 1 + sqrt( 5 ) ) / 2
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 10:35 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:32 AM
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That stuff is long gone around here. Was at Wal mart earlier and scored two bags of baking potatoes some hamburger and charcoal, that was it off my list with 15 things on it.
It's madness here and I suspect it's worse in the DFW area.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 18, 2020 10:35 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: The Barber of Seville at March 18, 2020 10:33 AM (zr5Kq)
You lot did that to Washington, and he died of it. Which is sad and kinda sucks, unless you are the leech, in which case YOU suck and aren't sad at all.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at March 18, 2020 10:35 AM (CPk08)
artisanal 'ette: what rule is that?
CharlieBrown'sDildo: Nothing off topic for the first 100 comments.
0. It's funny to see how many regulars still get bleeped by CBD. IF it's the art thread AND under 100 comments THEN I can comment freely. Moron minds don't work that way. More like DO comment, HIT post, REGRET.
1. Seriously, perhaps CBD's statement, above, of the 100-comment rule should be regularly featured at the foot of art posts, so that old and newcomers can be informed before their treasured quips and gibes are thrown in the bit bucket.
2. Less seriously, I think if CBD is going to rule in this manner, it needs to be much more iron-fisted. First 100 should not only be on-topic, but seriously on-topic. No "First" type posts. No "sniper" or "trees" or other jokes. Must talk seriously about today's artwork. (Especially when Kris has posted.) All others will be CBD'd. Monocles not required, but advised.
2.b. As I've suggested before, since CBD'd comments still take up a comment slot (with, ironically, off-topic cob nagging), the rule should be expanded to 100 + however many comments get CBD'd.
Posted by: mindful webworker
It's All in Your Mind
at March 18, 2020 10:35 AM (jhgxs)
Posted by: kallisto at March 18, 2020 10:17 AM (OSgHz)
I moved from Cali when I married my husband. He is canucki.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:35 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2020 10:34 AM (miJU3)
You were not planning to stay for a bit ?
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 10:35 AM (zr5Kq)
Greta Thunberg condemns coronavirus for causing apocalypse 10 years early.
LOL Babylon Bee
Posted by: Archer at March 18, 2020 10:36 AM (gmo/4)
Stupid birds.
Posted by: DB- just DB.
(air) High-Five! (from a safe six feet away)
The Minnesotan ones aren't any smarter than yours, apparently.
Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2020 10:36 AM (P1f+c)
They are camped out in front of my business entrance, shitting all over the sidewalk. I think I'll bring some firecrackers tomorrow, to try to scare them off with the noise.
Posted by: Chris M at March 18, 2020 10:37 AM (eAZVt)
they can completely denude a field of every single blade of grass
but, hawks gotta eat, so...
Posted by: DB- just DB. at March 18, 2020 10:37 AM (iTXRQ)
With my ratio, I can never remember the decimal representation of it, and I suck at math too much to figure it out on my own. I chose the career path that takes me the farthest away from math as possible.
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 10:31 AM (OyyDO)
It's the Golden Ratio (q.v.).
( 1 + sqrt( 5 ) ) / 2
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 10:35 AM (pNxlR)
What IrishEi said at 289.
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 10:37 AM (OyyDO)
CharlieBrown'sDildo: Nothing off topic for the first 100 comments.
0. It's funny to see how many regulars still get bleeped by CBD. IF it's the art thread AND under 100 comments THEN I can comment freely. Moron minds don't work that way. More like DO comment, HIT post, REGRET.
I usually don't post on the art thread too much. Usually working. Yeah, he could put a friendly reminder on the top of the post.
Don't matter.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:37 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at March 18, 2020 10:37 AM (CPk08)
https://qz.com/1811000/hamsterkauf- germans-austrians-panic-buying-due-to-coronavirus/
((removr der space))
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 18, 2020 10:37 AM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 18, 2020 10:37 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at March 18, 2020 10:35 AM (CPk0
Calumny! Those were not licensed barbers !
Posted by: The Barber of Saville at March 18, 2020 10:37 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 18, 2020 10:38 AM (JVgnl)
I am going to post this one just because this is the weirdest one I have ever got, even though it looks like nothing at first. It's when I try to fit all the parts together that I can only say, WTF???
-----Omar Gamez Vargas/DIS/VMN/CFE@CFE escribió: -----
A Private Donation was made to you contact { michael.bloomberg51@gmail.com } for more info:
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Para: omar.gamez@___.mx
De: Omar Gamez Vargas/DIS/VMN/CFE@CFE
Fecha: 18/03/2020 01:42
Asunto: Re: Good Day
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Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2020 10:38 AM (Kpl3J)
Has Fake News trotted out the "This is our New Normal" bullshit line, yet?
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at March 18, 2020 10:38 AM (9DJLb)
I have seen traffic stop on I-25 because these dumbass birds think it's a good idea to land on the highway.
I drive right at the fuckers- if they wanna live, they'll move.
Stupid birds.
Posted by: DB- just DB. at March 18, 2020 10:34 AM (iTXRQ)
LOL. We have a bunch of quail around here, and they like to run across the street instead of fly, for whatever reason (to be assholes, I guess).
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 18, 2020 10:38 AM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: Les Kinetic
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The local park has *never* been this busy
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If this is the case, our government overlords are going to impose more stringent measures to keep people home soon.
Posted by: Floridachick at March 18, 2020 10:38 AM (2YElQ)
https://qz.com/1811000/hamsterkauf- germans-austrians-panic-buying-due-to-coronavirus/
((removr der space))
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 18, 2020 10:37 AM (Dc2NZ)
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I thought it was a noise made by sick hamsters.
Posted by: bluebell at March 18, 2020 10:38 AM (/669Q)
It's too early for retired engineers to attempt maths.
Posted by: Gref at March 18, 2020 10:38 AM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 10:09 AM (OyyDO)
1.618033989, approximately.
Posted by: Roland THTG at March 18, 2020 10:39 AM (88+cf)
There's no sense of, "Biden will make this better." Just, "whatever".
Biden's advice on Corona is "order more limes".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 10:39 AM (pNxlR)
I just learned a new German word, hamsterkauf, meaning "panic buying"
don't you mean "hampsterkauf"?
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 18, 2020 10:39 AM (9C0cu)
There's no sense of, "Biden will make this better." Just, "whatever".
Biden's advice on Corona is "order more limes".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 10:39 AM (pNxlR)
Hunter Biden's advice is "order more Lines".
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2020 10:39 AM (Kpl3J)
Get yer
Jimmy Chus!!
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 18, 2020 10:39 AM (7Fj9P)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2020 10:40 AM (q1Pj5)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at March 18, 2020 10:40 AM (sWM8x)
Posted by: ShainS -- giving new meaning to March Madness and Cancel Culture at March 18, 2020 10:40 AM (pKDUC)
Huh. Knowing Germans as I do I would have guessed a word with hamster in it would have a different meaning.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2020 10:40 AM (ZLI7S)
They are camped out in front of my business entrance, shitting all over the sidewalk. I think I'll bring some firecrackers tomorrow, to try to scare them off with the noise.
Posted by: Chris M
Office Terrier
Posted by: Jean at March 18, 2020 10:40 AM (6Ni5X)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2020 10:40 AM (q1Pj5)
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You're thinking of the Wallace and Gromit movie and it was rabbits.
Posted by: bluebell at March 18, 2020 10:40 AM (/669Q)
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 10:40 AM (aKxkI)
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 10:41 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In
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Psalm 90:10
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2020 10:41 AM (YPJrZ)
Posted by: ShainS -- giving new meaning to March Madness and Cancel Culture at March 18, 2020 10:40 AM (pKDUC)
Why don't they just lock us all in our houses and get it overwith?
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 18, 2020 10:41 AM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: ALH at March 18, 2020 10:41 AM (uLuPn)
TWO.
The rest are elderly people with serious pre-existing conditions.
https://tinyurl.com/s3rqdk9
Posted by: shibumi at March 18, 2020 10:42 AM (ZCiJZ)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 18, 2020 10:37 AM (lwiT4)
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Same at mine. Ground meat was out at the display case, but there was plenty in the freezer case. Especially moose and elk!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 18, 2020 10:42 AM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 18, 2020 10:41 AM (Ez6QX)
20% unemployment is probably a low-ball estimate.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2020 10:42 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 10:42 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2020 09:59 AM (dLLD6)
I was wondering if people were changing their cooking habits right now.
I am been slightly changing my habits by choosing meals that can extend what I have to more meals.
Soup is always a good way to do that. I made big pot of cauliflower soup yesterday. Using one head of cauliflower. One potato to make it creamy in substance. But it will last about a week for lunches.
There are also many soups where you do not need broth, if you are running low. Although if you buy broth powder or that Better than Bouillon stuff, you could get by.
I'm doing the same for dinners. Just looking at more stews, casseroles, and the like. And trying not to use too much of one item up too quickly.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:42 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: ShainS -- giving new meaning to March Madness and Cancel Culture at March 18, 2020 10:40 AM (pKDUC)
Shain, not directing this at you, but that kind of info begs to be looked at in more detail. Trucking will be preserved beyond everything else, IMO.
Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2020 10:42 AM (90T4r)
Huh. Knowing Germans as I do I would have guessed a word with hamster in it would have a different meaning.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2020 10:40 AM (ZLI7S)
Hamsterkrieg
Posted by: Someguy at March 18, 2020 10:42 AM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: Chris M at March 18, 2020 10:42 AM (eAZVt)
karma
Cheating husband catches coronavirus on trip to Italy with mistress
A cheating UK hubby is "in a blind panic" over his extramarital affair - now that he has contracted the coronavirus on a secret trip to Italy with his mistress, according to a new report.
The unnamed patient, in his late 30s - described as "well-heeled and with a high-flying job" - told his wife he was away on a business trip within the UK, the Sun reported.
https://nypost.com/2020/03/18/cheating-husband-
catches-coronavirus-on-trip-to-italy-with-mistress/
Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 18, 2020 10:42 AM (G546f)
Posted by: Count de Monet
If there is, it better have clear plastic hoses and lots of videos on youtube.
Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2020 10:43 AM (P1f+c)
As a nation we've gotten away from having God present in our minds. Not that people in the past were all saints. They did a whole lot of things grossly offensive to God. But there was a good chunk of the population that kept God in their minds, on their lips, and in their hearts. And maybe that's what's needed now.
Posted by: George V at March 18, 2020 10:43 AM (U2Tva)
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 18, 2020 10:38 AM
I have a lot of good recipes for the little pedestrian assholes if you want them.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2020 10:43 AM (ejd/p)
Traffic stopped on I-15. Power out in parts of SLC. Trax and Frontrunner, the SLC transit system, is down. Evacuated tower at airport so no flights right now. (Not that anyone is flying anyway.)
SLC temple JUST closed for four years for earthquake proofing. Timely!
Posted by: LizLem at March 18, 2020 10:43 AM (UvJJq)
Psalm 90:10
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2020 10:41 AM (YPJrZ)
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.
Now, of my threescore years and ten,
Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score,
It only leaves me fifty more.
And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow
I read that first when I was 18. I'm 55 now, and it is only more true.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at March 18, 2020 10:43 AM (CPk08)
It's madness here and I suspect it's worse in the DFW area.
Posted by: Mr. Scott
It is. Produce area is stripped bare. Kroger had to put fake bacon in packages in the meat case so it didn't look so empty.
Freezer section looks almost like a brand new store before stocking.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:43 AM (mndtc)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 18, 2020 10:44 AM (1ISKN)
Posted by: bluebell at March 18, 2020 10:40 AM (/669Q)
Can't you just purchase the optional paririe dog attachment?
Posted by: Archer at March 18, 2020 10:44 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Count de Monet
I WANT TO DRIVE THAT TRUCK
seriously, these little flea-bitten plague varmints really turn the roadside fields into eyesores. And they're stupid too, so they end up as roadkill on a regular basis. But, magpies gotta eat.
And rabbits are stupid, running around in circles. FFS do they even KNOW what they're doing?
ok critter rant end
Posted by: DB- just DB. at March 18, 2020 10:44 AM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Mittens Rombley at March 18, 2020 10:44 AM (EgshT)
Fuck Tim Walz. Evil fuck.
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at March 18, 2020 10:44 AM (wnRqf)
Little Known Muldoon Fact #8793: The westward migration took place in covered wagons that were called Prayer-y Schooners because they looked like sailing ships with white sails unfurled. When driven by older folks they were also sometimes called Boomer Schooners.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 18, 2020 10:45 AM (m45I2)
So they let dog trainers in with dogs to go disrupt the flocks. The PETA folks went apeshit.
Fools.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2020 10:45 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 18, 2020 10:45 AM (eXZrW)
Posted by: George V at March 18, 2020 10:43 AM (U2Tva)
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Good advice, George V. We have no more Masses in our state, but the church remains open and we will have Adoration today as we do every Wednesday. I'm going at noon. Will pray for an end to this virus, and for all who are affected in any way, even indirectly.
Posted by: bluebell at March 18, 2020 10:45 AM (/669Q)
Posted by: ShainS
Probably just closing it to the lot lizards.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:45 AM (mndtc)
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Old and busted : catching syphilis from mistress
New hotness : catching COVID19 from mistress
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 10:45 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2020 10:42 AM (Kpl3J)
I'm going to remain an optimist and hope we do not get to this.
I am waiting #2weeks on this.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:45 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: George V at March 18, 2020 10:43 AM (U2Tva)
Amen. I have some sermons online that I plan to listen to, dealing with God's peace and provision in times of worry and anxiety.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 18, 2020 10:46 AM (lwiT4)
Liz - My crazy ex-wife lives there. Is she dead yet?
Posted by: Archer at March 18, 2020 10:46 AM (gmo/4)
Moose out front should of told
...
Nevermind.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - No Coronavirus On Mars! at March 18, 2020 10:46 AM (LJes8)
And rabbits are stupid, running around in circles. FFS do they even KNOW what they're doing?
ok critter rant end
Posted by: DB- just DB. at March 18, 2020 10:44 AM (iTXRQ)
Clearly you've never played a Moba. Random movements make it harder for the enemy to launch a successful attack.
Posted by: Someguy at March 18, 2020 10:46 AM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: bluebell
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The BV6000 (Bunny Vacuum Model 6000)
Heh. Here's the segment:
https://tinyurl.com/thwsbho
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2020 10:46 AM (YPJrZ)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 18, 2020 10:46 AM (N39Ws)
That is funny- and so perfect. Here's a better picture to go with the article: https://bit.ly/2IYFVaa
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 10:46 AM (cfSLd)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 18, 2020 10:46 AM (G546f)
Well THAT'S. JUST. GREAT.
I got enough problems.
Posted by: DB- just DB. at March 18, 2020 10:46 AM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 18, 2020 10:45 AM (m45I2)
You always make me laugh!
Posted by: ALH at March 18, 2020 10:46 AM (uLuPn)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:42 AM (vEIlU)
I'm guessing we are going to save a f*ckton of money in the next few weeks by cooking at home. We normally go out at least 3-4 nights a week.
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 18, 2020 10:47 AM (Ez6QX)
Or...aliens.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 18, 2020 10:11 AM (KxVoZ)
It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of that stolen art wound up in Saudi Arabia or China.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2020 10:47 AM (miJU3)
It probably helps that I slept through the whole thing though. XD
Posted by: LizLem at March 18, 2020 10:47 AM (UvJJq)
Ground meat was out at the display case, but there was plenty in the freezer case. Especially moose and elk!
Moose out front should of told
...
Nevermind.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - No Coronavirus On Mars! at March 18, 2020 10:46 AM (LJes
I would LOVE to have another moose steak. Moose has become scarce in NH/ME.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 18, 2020 10:47 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
Weeks backlog is shipping out orders from the online stores. Physical stores cleaned out.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:47 AM (mndtc)
ok critter rant end
Posted by: DB
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The easiest way to miss a squirrel in the road, is to aim for it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2020 10:48 AM (YPJrZ)
To be fair, this was before Obama and Hawaiian judges. The bird may wish it could fly away now.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 18, 2020 10:48 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: bluebell at March 18, 2020 10:48 AM (/669Q)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2020 10:48 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 18, 2020 10:45 AM (m45I2)
We here at Boomer Schooner Tuna ...
Posted by: Archer at March 18, 2020 10:48 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 18, 2020 10:48 AM (lDIqS)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2020 10:48 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: kallisto at March 18, 2020 10:48 AM (OSgHz)
Posted by: Chris M at March 18, 2020 10:49 AM (eAZVt)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:42 AM (vEIlU)
I'm guessing we are going to save a f*ckton of money in the next few weeks by cooking at home. We normally go out at least 3-4 nights a week.
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 18, 2020 10:47 AM (Ez6QX)
The opposite here. Do not often go out. I do all the cooking, so, business as usual around here. Course now, there's only so many ways to cook gruel, Jordan.
Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2020 10:49 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 18, 2020 10:49 AM (lwiT4)
As a nation we've gotten away from having God present in our minds. Not that people in the past were all saints. They did a whole lot of things grossly offensive to God. But there was a good chunk of the population that kept God in their minds, on their lips, and in their hearts. And maybe that's what's needed now.
Posted by: George V at March 18, 2020 10:43 AM (U2Tva)
Good advice
Posted by: Miss Issippi at March 18, 2020 10:49 AM (sI15f)
Ya right before gubmint checks go out.
Real surprised.
Posted by: LOL at March 18, 2020 10:49 AM (hDfwo)
With all the chatter on grocery shopping.... How are people doing on "precious metal" aka ammo?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
Weeks backlog is shipping out orders from the online stores. Physical stores cleaned out.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:47 AM (mndtc)
Take a peek at https://www.tds-us.com/Small outfit in NH. I get my carry ammo there.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 18, 2020 10:49 AM (N39Ws)
But...but...my career!
Posted by: Kurt at March 18, 2020 10:50 AM (VP1E6)
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Old and busted : catching syphilis from mistress
New hotness : catching COVID19 from mistress
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 10:45 AM (zr5Kq)
I don't understand cheating on your spouse. If it's so bad, just leave. And really, who has the energy for both a spouse AND a side-piece?
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 10:50 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 18, 2020 10:50 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:50 AM (mndtc)
Muldoon I love the facts! You are a national treasure.
Posted by: LizLem at March 18, 2020 10:50 AM (UvJJq)
I have a lot of good recipes for the little pedestrian assholes if you want them.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2020 10:43 AM (ejd/p)
"What's for dinner tonight, RMBS?"
"Little Pedestrian Assholes Au Jus"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2020 10:51 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: the boner at March 18, 2020 10:51 AM (ykYG2)
With everybody off work, off school, and not allowed in restaurants, they're in grocery stores and gun stores. Too many in mine, so I turned right around yesterday. I'll just take fewer shots.
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 10:52 AM (VP1E6)
Posted by: ShainS -- giving new meaning to March Madness and Cancel Culture at March 18, 2020 10:40 AM (pKDUC)
Yeah, this is weird. I wonder what the details are though. This doesn't sound right.
Truck stops where they stop for gas and a shower? Or for a nap?
I have been noticing some truckers are sleeping on the side of the road at exit ramps now.
I noticed this a lot when traveling in the wee early hours to get to appointments that were a few hours away.
They have their own amenities in these fancy trucks. So they fill up the tanks, then position themselves just down off the ramps headed to wherever they want to go upon waking.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:52 AM (vEIlU)
https://tinyurl.com/vqh2swm
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 18, 2020 10:52 AM (1ISKN)
Old and busted : catching syphilis from mistress
New hotness : catching COVID19 from mistress
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 10:45 AM (zr5Kq)
I don't understand cheating on your spouse. If it's so bad, just leave. And really, who has the energy for both a spouse AND a side-piece?
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 10:50 AM (OyyDO)
Heh. Tr is an OLD movie called " Divorce, Italian Style". Pretty funny.
Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2020 10:52 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Kris
As the great Rodney Dangerfield would quip.
"Why would I want to disappoint two women"
Posted by: Bruce at March 18, 2020 10:52 AM (vd8XM)
These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 18, 2020 10:52 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:42 AM (vEIlU)
we have not changed yet
but i could see some adventures in cooking meals on the horizon
I'm lucky tho
You give my Baltimore Jewish wife a can of tuna, evap milk, mushroom soup, frozen veggies, pasta, chesse and eggs
she can work wonders
Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2020 10:52 AM (rpxSz)
Heh. Here's the segment:
https://tinyurl.com/thwsbho
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2020 10:46 AM (YPJrZ)
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I love that movie. And the shorts that preceded it.
Posted by: bluebell at March 18, 2020 10:53 AM (/669Q)
Posted by: Guzalot at March 18, 2020 10:53 AM (Rz36l)
Posted by: Mary Poppins'Practically Perfect Piercing at March 18, 2020 10:53 AM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 18, 2020 10:53 AM (E2o2V)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 18, 2020 10:54 AM (JVgnl)
Just my thought while currently homeschooling my privately educated child...
Posted by: Miss Issippi at March 18, 2020 10:54 AM (sI15f)
https://tinyurl.com/vghvaxl
Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2020 10:54 AM (ZLI7S)
this is what Deflation looks like - Everything drops, even things that look solid.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2020 10:55 AM (Kpl3J)
Just my thought while currently homeschooling my privately educated child...
Posted by: Miss Issippi at March 18, 2020 10:54 AM (sI15f)
Ya know, that kinda makes sense.
Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2020 10:55 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs at March 18, 2020 10:55 AM (ftFVW)
Posted by: josephistan at March 18, 2020 10:55 AM (Izzlo)
"and-a the legbone's connected-a to the neckbone..."
Posted by: deplorable unperson - No Coronavirus On Mars! at March 18, 2020 10:56 AM (LJes8)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2020 10:56 AM (q1Pj5)
He's got his toys all over the floor but she's made him dress up for the occasion and has brushed his hair and is telling him to behave among the grownups.
There's so much there.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 18, 2020 10:56 AM (gd9RK)
As a nation we've gotten away from having God present in our minds. Not that people in the past were all saints. They did a whole lot of things grossly offensive to God. But there was a good chunk of the population that kept God in their minds, on their lips, and in their hearts. And maybe that's what's needed now.
Posted by: George V
Yep. This. Also, when abominations are officially legalized, Judgements happen. Jeremiah spent his adult life prophesying to Israel to repent or they'd be carried away to Babylon. They didn't and Judgement came. So, this is a very good advise!
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 18, 2020 10:56 AM (8JgZK)
medical students into service, skipping final exams, to help deal with
the outbreak. They seem to think they have a serious problem on their
hands that is not letting up, it's getting worse.
https://tinyurl.com/vghvaxl
Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2020 10:54 AM (ZLI7S)
My daughter is having the opposite problem. Her 4th year nursing students are not being allowed in the hospitals to finish their training with 3 weeks to go till graduation, when they could actually help out.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 18, 2020 10:56 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at March 18, 2020 10:56 AM (Mvlef)
Grrrr.
Silver spot $12.40
APMEX 1 oz silver round $17.39
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:50 AM
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Five dollars over spot? That's insane, APMEX has never been that high before.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 18, 2020 10:56 AM (JUOKG)
business, then the trucks that supply them have to be considered
essential, too. And if that's the case, the industries that keep the
trucks going like truck stops should be essential.
Posted by: josephistan at March 18, 2020 10:55 AM (Izzlo)
It's like . . . a supply chain or something.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2020 10:57 AM (q1Pj5)
Trump just has to say the elections are postponed until seven months after the panic stops. The panic stops on April 3rd.
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 10:57 AM (Wd55D)
Those are the kind of stupid decisions that just makes things worse.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2020 10:57 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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No worries, the Fed will be printing so much money soon that inflation will be back with a vengeance.
Posted by: Guzalot at March 18, 2020 10:58 AM (Rz36l)
If you haven't read that Nolte piece at breitbart about progressives, you should. It talks about how living in the city, and all of the stuff they have been pushing on us is making this crisis worse for them.
My sister in law lives in Montreal. Tiny apartment. No car. Takes public transportation to work, etc.
She is a great example. She cannot work from home and has not been told that work is shut down yet. She needs the paycheck. So she travels the public transit each day. She told me she couldn't carry groceries back in her bags because what she carries now is too heavy. She had not stocked up on supplies either food or pharmacy. Her boyfriend, who she normally lives with, is hours away taking care of his mother who just lost her husband, his father. So she is on her own. And Montreal is shutting down everything. I wonder if public transit will be halted, or at least narrowed. She'll be stuck. She is far from walking distance to stores, I believe.
The only saving grace is my brother in law and his wife could take her in if need be. Across town.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 10:58 AM (vEIlU)
Trump just has to say the elections are postponed until seven months after the panic stops. The panic stops on April 3rd.
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 10:57 AM (Wd55D)
That would probably work.
Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2020 10:58 AM (90T4r)
Hi Doctor Nick!
Posted by: Chris M at March 18, 2020 10:58 AM (eAZVt)
medical students into service, skipping final exams, to help deal with
the outbreak. They seem to think they have a serious problem on their
hands that is not letting up, it's getting worse.
https://tinyurl.com/vghvaxl
Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2020 10:54 AM (ZLI7S)
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Because where the worst is going on Italy has a ton of Chinese in that area working
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at March 18, 2020 10:58 AM (Mvlef)
Posted by: deplorable unperson - No Coronavirus On Mars! at March 18, 2020 10:58 AM (LJes8)
I noticed this a lot when traveling in the wee early hours to get to appointments that were a few hours away.
They have their own amenities in these fancy trucks. So they fill up the tanks, then position themselves just down off the ramps headed to wherever they want to go upon waking.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette
They've been doing that for a couple of years now. Has a lot to do with their available driving hours, how close they are to a truck stop and how easy it is to get out of the truck stop and back on the road.
Since their hours/trucks are tracked by GPS, there's less fudging hours driven as there once was.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:58 AM (mndtc)
Don't give Nurse Ratched any ideas!
Posted by: stumck at March 18, 2020 10:58 AM (w9Wax)
Going to play shake rattle and roll today...
Posted by: LizLem at March 18, 2020 10:59 AM (UvJJq)
Trump just has to say the elections are postponed until seven months after the panic stops. The panic stops on April 3rd.
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 10:57 AM (Wd55D)
That would probably work.
Posted by: tubal
If Trump said that, everyone would just have a cold.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:59 AM (mndtc)
Tha lil puddinhead baby just informed us that two of her coworkers tested positive for the Kung Flu.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 18, 2020 10:59 AM (saIjW)
Five dollars over spot? That's insane, APMEX has never been that high before.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 18, 2020 10:56 AM (JUOKG)
that's what market dysfunction looks like, in a collapsing market. All trading breaks down for a time, until those who are forced to sell due to distress start dumping goods.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2020 11:00 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 10:35 AM (Wd55D)
Right in the midst of the basin-and-range province of the Cordillera. Extensional tectonics. The crust stretches a little, the floor of the basin drops a bit, and the surrounding mountains rise a little.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2020 11:00 AM (miJU3)
Coronavirus has become a "get out of jail" card for hundreds of low-level inmates across the country, and even hard-timers are seeking their freedom with the argument that it's not a matter of if but when the deadly illness sweeps through tightly packed populations behind bars.
Among those pleading for compassionate release or home detention are the former head of the Cali drug cartel, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen, Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff and dozens of inmates at New York City's Rikers Island, part of a jail system that lost an employee to the virus this week.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 18, 2020 11:00 AM (aKsyK)
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BREAKING: Italian Health Ministry Confirms ONLY TWELVE Coronavirus Fatalities Did Not Have Other Serious Health Complications
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at March 18, 2020 11:00 AM (Mvlef)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2020 11:01 AM (ZLI7S)
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It's good to hear that you mustered the courage to do so.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 18, 2020 09:55 AM (m45I2)
I always relished the opportunity to walk to the store.
Posted by: Ladyl
It's a Miracle y'all didn't get Whipped.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 09:57 AM
I relish these puns. Miso horny.
Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at March 18, 2020 11:01 AM (COzlW)
Silver spot $12.40
APMEX 1 oz silver round $17.39"
Yeah, I was looking to buy some too. If it's not available to buy, how can the spot price be dropping?
Posted by: Chris M at March 18, 2020 11:01 AM (eAZVt)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2020 10:52 AM (rpxSz)
I am trying to use up the freshest stuff first. Produce that won't last.
I am not having issues at my grocery store at all but I do want to limit my visits.
I actually bought Metamucil because if our eating habits change (fresh fruits and vegetables and whatnot), I am not sure how my system will react. Strange thing to admit, but there you have it. A container of fiber.
I don't want any issues while hunkering down.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 11:01 AM (vEIlU)
Ya right before gubmint checks go out.
Real surprised.
Apple always introduces things-that-aren't-phones in March/April. They set up manufacturing on this stuff 6 months in advance, they couldn't have timed it to government checks if they tried.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 18, 2020 11:01 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Guzalot at March 18, 2020 10:58 AM (Rz36l)
Ironically (or not), that is our only hope now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2020 11:01 AM (Kpl3J)
This is the time of year where all the blooming tree's in NoVA try to kill me.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 18, 2020 11:02 AM (8JgZK)
Because if you divorce her, you hand over a house, at least half your other assets, and a hefty percentage of your income for years to come to the spendthrift, frigid, miserable harridan.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 18, 2020 11:02 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at March 18, 2020 11:03 AM (Mvlef)
Posted by: SturmToddler at March 18, 2020 11:03 AM (8D42x)
Posted by: Mittens Rombley at March 18, 2020 11:03 AM (EgshT)
>>My daughter is having the opposite problem. Her 4th year nursing
students are not being allowed in the hospitals to finish their
training with 3 weeks to go till graduation, when they could actually
help out.
Those are the kind of stupid decisions that just makes things worse.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2020 10:57 AM (ZLI7S)
My daughter is in the same boat. Anxiously awaiting to hear what the University is going to do for the senior nursing students. Can't do clinical hours online. Yet they emptied the campus.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 18, 2020 11:03 AM (N39Ws)
Has a lot to do with their available driving hours, how close they are
to a truck stop and how easy it is to get out of the truck stop and back
on the road.
Since their hours/trucks are tracked by GPS, there's less fudging hours driven as there once was.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:58 AM
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Paper log books for truckers are mostly gone now. There may be a few small players who still us them, but everything else is pretty much automated and the cops can download it through their systems when they pull someone over or at the weigh stations.
The days of loose leaf log books are over. Those things were abused so much it was truly criminal.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 18, 2020 11:03 AM (JUOKG)
habits change (fresh fruits and vegetables and whatnot), I am not sure
how my system will react. Strange thing to admit, but there you have it.
A container of fiber.
I don't want any issues while hunkering down.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 11:01 AM (vEIlU)
I bought 2 3-lb bags of prunes from Costco. Also dates and figs.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 18, 2020 11:04 AM (lwiT4)
Because if you divorce her, you hand over a house, at least half your other assets, and a hefty percentage of your income for years to come to the spendthrift, frigid, miserable harridan.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 18, 2020 11:02 AM (NWiLs)
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Pssh...
Like you'd know.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at March 18, 2020 11:04 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: Mary Poppins'Practically Perfect Piercing at March 18, 2020 10:53 AM
Sadly, the Hungy I in Boston has closed. I loved that place.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2020 11:04 AM (ejd/p)
Posted by: StellasTwoCents at March 18, 2020 11:04 AM (KSBDE)
Hi Doctor Nick!
Posted by: Chris M at March 18, 2020 10:58 AM
Hello everybody! Remember to follow the ABC's of hygiene. Always Be Clean. Ciao!
Posted by: Dr. Nick at March 18, 2020 11:04 AM (COzlW)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2020 11:01 AM (ZLI7S)
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That is Blood Libel against scumbags
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at March 18, 2020 11:04 AM (Mvlef)
1100 dead so far, best case if everyone is disciplined is 11,000 dead, most likely scenario is 100,000 dead.
And if they act like Iranians and the health system collapses they're looking at 3.5 mm dead.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 18, 2020 11:04 AM (gd9RK)
APMEX 1 oz silver round $17.39
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:50 AM
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Five dollars over spot? That's insane, APMEX has never been that high before.
Posted by: Mr. Scott
That was straight off their app.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 11:04 AM (mndtc)
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at March 18, 2020 11:03 AM (Mvlef)
Trump should haul his ass up in the next press conference and demand he give a list of what should have been done differently, or to sit down and STFU.
Posted by: Roy at March 18, 2020 11:04 AM (ABjxW)
No worries, the Fed will be printing so much money soon that inflation will be back with a vengeance.
Posted by: Guzalot at March 18, 2020 10:58 AM (Rz36l)
Ironically (or not), that is our only hope now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2020 11:01 AM (Kpl3J)
Was thinking the same thing. With a $1T stimulus package, flooding the country with money, backstopping airlines and probably anyone else who has their hands out -- inflation is not far off.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 18, 2020 11:05 AM (N39Ws)
And you people laughed at me when I became the TP King of RI.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2020 11:05 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 18, 2020 10:38 AM (JVgnl)
The ones in the carton, how is their shelf life?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 11:05 AM (vEIlU)
HA
and they say that there is no way to tell the difference between a man or woman's writing sample...
Posted by: deplorable unperson - No Coronavirus On Mars! at March 18, 2020 11:05 AM (LJes8)
Angel Moroni statue on the SLC temple lost its trumpet. They can make of that what they will, lol.
It is the 200th anniversary of the Joseph Smith first vision that kicked off our church. We have our worldwide general conference next month. Our prophet promised us this would be a general conference to remember. Well so far he has not wrong!
Posted by: LizLem at March 18, 2020 11:05 AM (UvJJq)
Posted by: Chris M at March 18, 2020 11:01 AM (eAZVt)
Because ordinarily, Industrial demand dwarfs retail (investment) demand. As industrial demand collapses, supply soars, and prices drop. The retail market is slowly catching up to the fact that industrial orders are falling dramatically.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2020 11:05 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 10:35 AM (zr5Kq)
Planning to stay until first week of April. But some of my friends here are leaving early. Huge backups at the Sweetgrass border crossing on I-15, 8-10 hours, I have heard. Why rush home, only to spend half a day in bumper-to-bumper traffic at the border.
And all the WuFlu closures/panic/shortages are in effect at home too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2020 11:05 AM (miJU3)
Less than a hundred across the country from the virus.
I propose we make any urban center with a population over 250,000 shelter in place (due to an abundance of caution) so the rest of us can get on with our lives.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2020 11:05 AM (axyOa)
Like you'd know.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at March 18, 2020 11:04 AM (zZbCU)
*snort*
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 18, 2020 11:05 AM (NWiLs)
Iran is asking the IMF for help for the first time ever.
1100 dead so far, best case if everyone is disciplined is 11,000 dead, most likely scenario is 100,000 dead.
And if they act like Iranians and the health system collapses they're looking at 3.5 mm dead.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 18, 2020 11:04 AM (gd9RK)
If I were the IMF, i'd say "Come see me when your country's leadership is morte".
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 18, 2020 11:05 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: shibumi at March 18, 2020 11:06 AM (ZCiJZ)
habits change (fresh fruits and vegetables and whatnot), I am not sure
how my system will react. Strange thing to admit, but there you have it.
A container of fiber.
I don't want any issues while hunkering down.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 11:01 AM (vEIlU)
I buy Metamucil too. My plumbing isn't as reliable as it used to be. I hate prunes.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 18, 2020 11:06 AM (8JgZK)
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at March 18, 2020 11:03 AM (Mvlef)
Trump just shows how everyone freaked at no Chinese travel and impeachment. Then says I tried to do it concurrently so there would be no panic.
Then everyone said I wasn't doing enough and I jumped in and BAM ! Panic.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 18, 2020 11:06 AM (Ozpxd)
Posted by: Northernlurker at March 18, 2020 11:06 AM (Uu+Jp)
Some of it is cultural. My Italian, with whom I cheated, says men can't be monogamous.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 18, 2020 11:07 AM (gd9RK)
Less than a hundred across the country from the virus.
Posted by: Diogenes
And we are trashing a $20 trillion dollar economy.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 11:07 AM (mndtc)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 18, 2020 11:04 AM (lwiT4)
wow, good point on the prunes.
I bought a bag of figs and dates. And some cranberry boxes, and a couple bags of dried mixed cranberries, wild blueberries and cherries. Not sure if they would do the same as prunes.
I love prunes too.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 11:07 AM (vEIlU)
They have their own amenities in these fancy trucks. So they fill up the tanks, then position themselves just down off the ramps headed to wherever they want to go upon waking.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette
They've been doing that for a couple of years now. Has a lot to do with their available driving hours, how close they are to a truck stop and how easy it is to get out of the truck stop and back on the road.
Since their hours/trucks are tracked by GPS, there's less fudging hours driven as there once was.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:58 AM (mndtc)
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When I drove OTR back in 2009-10, I preferred to stop at rest areas or industrial parks. Would only go to truck stops to shower.
The logs were still hard copy then. Now they're digital.
Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at March 18, 2020 11:07 AM (RU4sa)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 18, 2020 11:07 AM (gd9RK)
Well Italian men, yeah.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2020 11:08 AM (Kpl3J)
APMEX 1 oz silver round $17.39
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 10:50 AM
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Five dollars over spot? That's insane, APMEX has never been that high before.
Posted by: Mr. Scott
That was straight off their app.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 11:04 AM
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Just went to their site. 2019 American Eagles are $23.08, $10.99 over spot, and that's if they have any left in stock. Most of it is out of stock right now.
I have been buying from the on and off for decades and have never seen prices that far over spot.
It is madness.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 18, 2020 11:08 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at March 18, 2020 11:08 AM (H8QX8)
They had a few packs of TP, one to a customer.
The peanut butter I buy was out.
Other than that...plenty of bottled water. A goodly supply of fresh produce. Most meats, but no chickens. Full shelves of wine, beer, liquor
Potato chips, plenty
Posted by: Bruce at March 18, 2020 11:08 AM (vd8XM)
The days of loose leaf log books are over. Those things were abused so much it was truly criminal.
Posted by: Mr. Scott
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Icc is a checkin' on down the line
Well I'm a little overweight and my log book's way behind
But nothin' bothers me tonight I can dodge all the scales alright
Six days on the road and I'm a gonna make it home tonight
Well my rig's a little old but that don't mean she's slow
There's a flame from her stack and that smoke's a blowin' black as coal
Posted by: Dave Dudley at March 18, 2020 11:08 AM (YPJrZ)
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at March 18, 2020 11:08 AM (5IbVn)
Some of it is cultural. My Italian, with whom I cheated, says men can't be monogamous.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 18, 2020 11:07 AM (gd9RK)
What's the explanation for women then, they can be don't want to?
Posted by: Someguy at March 18, 2020 11:09 AM (Zm+LZ)
Schumer ; NO those last 3 weeks are crucial and these uneducated bints could KILL BILLIONS. !!!! Just LOOK @ NANCY!!!
Posted by: saf at March 18, 2020 11:09 AM (5IHGB)
President Trump has no choice but to take all precautions and YOU KNOW IT.
The hysteria in the leftist media has done more harm than the spread of the virus.
If President Trump had done nothing, you'd be bitching about that.
Why don't you go live in the Philippines?
Posted by: Ladyl at March 18, 2020 11:09 AM (TdMsT)
I bought 2 3-lb bags of prunes from Costco. Also dates and figs.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 18, 2020 11:04 AM (lwiT4)
please be stocked up on tp....
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 18, 2020 11:09 AM (0O7c5)
Don't import your viruses from China, they're crap.
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 11:09 AM (cfSLd)
They had a few packs of TP, one to a customer.
The peanut butter I buy was out.
Other than that...plenty of bottled water. A goodly supply of fresh produce. Most meats, but no chickens. Full shelves of wine, beer, liquor
Potato chips, plenty
Posted by: Bruce at March 18, 2020 11:08 AM (vd8XM)
How about contraceptives? That's what people are gonna need for the next few weeks.
Posted by: Roy at March 18, 2020 11:10 AM (ABjxW)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 18, 2020 11:10 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Dave Dudley
LOL
I forgot about that song. A good one
Posted by: Bruce at March 18, 2020 11:10 AM (vd8XM)
Did someone already suggest that?
Posted by: DamnedYankee at March 18, 2020 11:10 AM (e284m)
We are on a massive fault area, and an ancient sea bed. (You can see the old Bonneville shoreline on the mountains.) So they say if we get a huge one, all the cities will shake right into the ground like quicksand. Comforting!
Posted by: LizLem at March 18, 2020 11:10 AM (UvJJq)
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 18, 2020 10:47 AM (Ez6QX)
I think I will even though I cook. By really extending the ingredients and just not going to the store.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 11:11 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 18, 2020 11:11 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani
The godless Godsplaining again.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 18, 2020 11:11 AM (8JgZK)
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 11:11 AM (cfSLd)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2020 11:11 AM (WI7YS)
Don't import your viruses from China, they're crap.
Posted by: t-bird
Wow.
So. Like the normal flu season.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 11:11 AM (mndtc)
Posted by: USMC 8541 at March 18, 2020 11:12 AM (xGZ+b)
Posted by: StellasTwoCents at March 18, 2020 11:12 AM (KSBDE)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 18, 2020 11:09 AM (0O7c5)
90 rolls as of this morning. I figure that gets me to at least the end of March
Posted by: grammie winger at March 18, 2020 11:12 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 18, 2020 11:12 AM (E2o2V)
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 10:50 AM (OyyDO)
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Sometimes it really isn't "so bad" at home.
Variety is the spice of life.
Forbidden fruit tastes sweet.
New is exciting.
Etc., etc., etc.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 18, 2020 11:12 AM (M/9m0)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 18, 2020 11:12 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2020 11:12 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 18, 2020 11:12 AM (IxrDK)
Traffic stopped on I-15. Power out in parts of SLC. Trax and Frontrunner, the SLC transit system, is down. Evacuated tower at airport so no flights right now. (Not that anyone is flying anyway.)
SLC temple JUST closed for four years for earthquake proofing. Timely!
Posted by: LizLem at March 18, 2020 10:43 AM (UvJJq)
Well, SLC finally did something right. With the never-ending construction on I-15, they took the truck restriction off the Legacy Parkway, and raised the speed limit on that road from 55 to 65. By taking the parkway and I-215 together, a through traveler can mostly avoid SLC proper.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2020 11:13 AM (miJU3)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 18, 2020 11:12 AM (lwiT4)
lol....
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 18, 2020 11:13 AM (0O7c5)
where's that at ?
sounds like far western MA
but no TP
we have some carriage trade shops here
they have chicken but kinda high
Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2020 11:13 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at March 18, 2020 11:13 AM (COzlW)
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at March 18, 2020 11:00 AM (Mvlef)
~~~~~
This is good to hear, but what I would really like to know is this:
***
How many people with underlying health issues have survived?
***
Posted by: IrishEi at March 18, 2020 11:14 AM (sGotD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 18, 2020 11:14 AM (E2o2V)
Normal flu season doesn't crash the Italian healthcare system.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2020 11:14 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Tom Tasch at March 18, 2020 11:15 AM (naduJ)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2020 11:11 AM (mndtc)
I've been asking around the same question: why are we panicking over this when we didn't panic over other recent pandemics? Can anybody offer a scientifically based reason. Is this more severe and/or infectious than the others?
Failure to produce a reason instantiates that this is a contrived panic.
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at March 18, 2020 11:15 AM (H8QX8)
Without them I get cranky and miserable.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2020 11:15 AM (q1Pj5)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 18, 2020 11:15 AM (E2o2V)
Posted by: LizLem
They're going to make a movie about that.
National Treasure 3: Muldoon!!!
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....menace to society at March 18, 2020 11:16 AM (vcOmj)
Posted by: LOL at March 18, 2020 11:16 AM (hDfwo)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 18, 2020 11:11 AM (0O7c5)
yeah, we need to keep an eye on people right now
My sil has been calling and leaving messages and texting me a lot for some reason. She normally never texts me with the exception of a thank you or something.
She is bipolar and on meds to control it. If she stops taking her meds, if in manic mode, she starts calling people non-stop even through the middle of the night and now she has access to texting too.
I made my husband call her last night because I was getting so many texts. She cannot speak English very well, so sometimes it is difficult to understand her, and vice versa.
I was worried, being by herself, if she was having an episode and stopped taking her meds. She knows not to, but sometimes she does because she hates them so much.
We need to watch those that need help.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 11:17 AM (vEIlU)
Don't they have shitty socialized medicine tho?
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at March 18, 2020 11:17 AM (wnRqf)
Posted by: Tom Tasch at March 18, 2020 11:15 AM
Are you new here or something?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2020 11:17 AM (ejd/p)
Aldi had a sign up this morning imposing a limit of 'one egg' per customer.
I know what they meant, but that's not what it said.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 18, 2020 11:17 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles
Ha! Ha!
I got a box of N95 masks. Whaddya think about that?
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....menace to society at March 18, 2020 11:17 AM (vcOmj)
Yep. That's not what crashed it either.
This thing is real no matter how many times people pretend it isn't.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2020 11:19 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Tom Tasch
You new here?
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 18, 2020 11:20 AM (8JgZK)
Don't they have shitty socialized medicine tho?
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at March 18, 2020 11:17 AM
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The Italians have the absolute worst health care system in Europe. If they have less than 500 deaths being reported, we should come nowhere near that number even though our population is over 5 times what they have.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 18, 2020 11:20 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: JackStraw
yes...but are YOU real?
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....menace to society at March 18, 2020 11:20 AM (vcOmj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 18, 2020 11:20 AM (E2o2V)
Also Principled Conservative: Why is orange man bad Trump letting the states run things?
Posted by: Two Weeks From Leaving This Thread at March 18, 2020 11:20 AM (+dsLj)
Because this was the one that was going to do Trump in. It's the phone call with the Ukraine. It's going to expose a lot of hinky business with China.
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 11:21 AM (cfSLd)
I got a box of N95 masks. Whaddya think about that?
I found a couple of those in the basement of the house I'm cleaning out. Still in the package, but they're clearly marked 'N95.'
Thought about giving them to a local medical professional.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 18, 2020 11:21 AM (oVJmc)
yeah, we need to keep an eye on people right now
My sil has been calling and leaving messages and texting me a lot
for some reason. She normally never texts me with the exception of a
thank you or something.
She is bipolar and on meds to control it. If she stops taking her
meds, if in manic mode, she starts calling people non-stop even through
the middle of the night and now she has access to texting too.
I made my husband call her last night because I was getting so many
texts. She cannot speak English very well, so sometimes it is difficult
to understand her, and vice versa.
I was worried, being by herself, if she was having an episode and
stopped taking her meds. She knows not to, but sometimes she does
because she hates them so much.
We need to watch those that need help.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2020 11:17 AM (vEIlU)
yeah, he was saying something about hurting his back, being on opioids, thinking he has cancer, writing his dr a letter......it was so disjointed.
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 18, 2020 11:21 AM (0O7c5)
Trump has to threaten the Saudis.
At $10 per barrel, make them an offer for their oilfields.
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 11:23 AM (Ry8mf)
Posted by: Tom Tasch at March 18, 2020 11:15 AM
~~~~~
What do you expect? We are morons after all.
Kris has been around here long enough to know that we love her and the knowledge she imparts even if we act like the uncultured 'rons and 'ettes that we are.
Posted by: IrishEi at March 18, 2020 11:23 AM (sGotD)
Kris, why do you waste your time discussing this painting? Read the
tripe of comments. You present intelligent information and get stupid
responses.
Posted by: Tom Tasch at March 18, 2020 11:15 AM (naduJ)
LOL
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at March 18, 2020 11:24 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2020 11:24 AM (Ry8mf)
Repeat, the Ape is here, to spread wisdom in a new thread.
John is against the wall.
The chair has a long mustache.
That is all.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....menace to society at March 18, 2020 11:24 AM (vcOmj)
Posted by: We're All Going To Die at March 18, 2020 11:24 AM (71st6)
Posted by: Tom Tasch at March 18, 2020 11:15 AM (naduJ)
I used to teach art history in colleges so I'm used to it. LOL. At least here, I know the Horde cares about it, and they're entertaining. I also like writing them and CBD is a good boss.
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 11:25 AM (OyyDO)
Cut your production now.
Posted by: LOL at March 18, 2020 11:16 AM (hDfwo)
You do realize that Saudi cutting production helps Putin? LOL indeed.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 18, 2020 11:25 AM (ZGrMX)
Repeat, the Ape is here, to spread wisdom in a new thread.
John is against the wall.
The chair has a long mustache.
That is all.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....menace to society at March 18, 2020 11:24 AM (vcOmj)
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Shouldn't that be "to fling the poo of wisdom"?
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 18, 2020 11:25 AM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Kris at March 18, 2020 11:25 AM (OyyDO)
~~~~~
See?! Kris is the best.
Posted by: IrishEi at March 18, 2020 11:27 AM (sGotD)
Posted by: Sooner at March 18, 2020 11:37 AM (Fs5vw)
Thank you both, CBD and Kris. Nice wake up present.
Posted by: creeper at March 18, 2020 11:48 AM (XxJt1)
Posted by: oddnot at March 18, 2020 01:57 PM (zQEy0)
Posted by: m at March 18, 2020 02:08 PM (7juvc)
https://tinyurl.com/vmvetgf
Original Source is John Burn-Murdoch of the Financial Times, a link to his work is available on the page I linked. There are charts showing how each country compares to each other on death rates as the infection spreads, and the US is actually doing quite well. South Korea has done the best job, overall.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2020 06:20 PM (Kpl3J)
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