Saturday Morning Coffee Break

Any identifiable tattoos on today's coffee drinker?

Hey good morning Morons & Lurkers. Yes, it's an open thread and you're free to discuss anything you wish. But..........how long can we chat before we talk about the Kung Flu? I know, it doesn't help that yours truly isn't cooperating with the links below.

So let's take a look at a few things that didn't get much attention anywhere.

***

Pride. What pride?

A breakup is gonna be a bitch.

Now it's the Babies of Walmart.

Inappropriate viewing history? No shit, Sherlock.

Whatever Dude.

Elephants are Morons, who knew?

~~Dumb Fuck~~ Genius Award Winner.

Complaints about the photo above the fold, 1-999-Bite-Me.

Enjoy. Be nice to one another and don't run with sharp objects. Camp Misanthrope is wishing you a fantastic weekend!!!!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 09:00 AM

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1 Happy coffee!

Posted by: bluebell at March 21, 2020 09:02 AM (/669Q)

2 No tattoos on her. Or me.

Posted by: bluebell at March 21, 2020 09:02 AM (/669Q)

3 The puppies want me to get up but I'm still hiding out in the bedroom.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 21, 2020 09:02 AM (Lqy/e)

4 So reliable.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 21, 2020 09:02 AM (Jdw1U)

5 here's Joe Biden? Not even a video town hall?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at March 21, 2020 08:49 AM (gAXBD)

They're probably trying to do them but Joe keeps wandering off
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 21, 2020 08:55 AM (j3vpe)

Did you see this video? omg - he's gone, gone

https://tinyurl.com/rvrwd3p

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:03 AM (vEIlU)

6 Morning. Have some coffee, be normal, act normal. Be extra nice to anybody working today, especially grocery-store types. Let's get the lunacy behind us.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at March 21, 2020 09:03 AM (OuQis)

7 2 No tattoos on her. Or me.
Posted by: bluebell at March 21, 2020 09:02 AM (/669Q)

Types
Deletes
Deletes some more

good morning young lady

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 09:04 AM (aA3+G)

8 Any identifiable tattoos on today's coffee drinker?

She is apparently holding an aspirin between her knees.

A lost art.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 21, 2020 09:04 AM (Jdw1U)

9 Those are some sharp knees.

Still a 1.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 21, 2020 09:04 AM (FVrDO)

10 Good morning, MisHum. Did I do something wrong?

Posted by: bluebell at March 21, 2020 09:05 AM (/669Q)

11

12noonETA is Chinese Wuhan Virus Task Force Briefing

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:05 AM (vEIlU)

12 10 Good morning, MisHum. Did I do something wrong?
Posted by: bluebell at March 21, 2020 09:05 AM (/669Q)

Oh no, not at all

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 09:07 AM (aA3+G)

13 I don't see any tattoos, but plenty of mischief.

Posted by: davidt at March 21, 2020 09:07 AM (l3+k2)

14 3 The puppies want me to get up but I'm still hiding out in the bedroom.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 21, 2020 09:02 AM (Lqy/e)

Mine let me sleep til 730.

I'm going to try to do some reading, sew grass seed and fertilize the roses today. Also looking for a nice pattern for worsted weight yarn. I went a little crazy when Cestari had their sale and want to use it up.

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:07 AM (ONvIw)

15 Good morning, MisHum. Did I do something wrong?

Posted by: bluebell at March 21, 2020 09:05 AM (/669Q)

You know what you did...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 21, 2020 09:07 AM (BiNEL)

16

I can only imagine the difference in coverage over this if Prezzy Urkel was in office. It would be a complete non event except for a little coverage of what is going on in Italy

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 21, 2020 09:07 AM (j3vpe)

17 #WuFlu

Posted by: cccp3o at March 21, 2020 09:07 AM (TQ2jO)

18 15 Good morning, MisHum. Did I do something wrong?

Posted by: bluebell at March 21, 2020 09:05 AM (/669Q)

You know what you did...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 21, 2020 09:07 AM (BiNEL)

Good morning Commissar, don't confuse her OK?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 09:07 AM (aA3+G)

19
12noonETA is Chinese Wuhan Virus Task Force Briefing
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:05 AM (vEIlU)

Another one? I guess he has to beat the media over the head with this day in day out.

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:08 AM (ONvIw)

20 Did not know this existed

https://twitter.com/OntWtf

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:08 AM (vEIlU)

21 Hi, bluebell. I got your email.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 21, 2020 09:08 AM (t+qrx)

22 Too late. I'm already confused. And I've already had my two cups of coffee. I'm hopeless, I guess.

Posted by: bluebell at March 21, 2020 09:08 AM (/669Q)

23 >>>I'm going to try to do some reading, sew grass seed and fertilize the roses today.

What is this grass seed thing you speak of?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 09:08 AM (aA3+G)

24 Chef is turning some of his restaurants into temporary soup kitchens:

https://tinyurl.com/w3hbuxy

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 21, 2020 09:08 AM (WI7YS)

25 Coffee hottie has no tatts........just firm thighs.

Firm.

The genius award winner needs to move to from South Cackalaki to Florida....where dreams go to die and meth abounds.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 21, 2020 09:09 AM (Z+IKu)

26 Hi hogmartin - got yours too!

Posted by: bluebell at March 21, 2020 09:09 AM (/669Q)

27 I need to get fertilizer and more grass seed. This winter has played heck with what I laughingly call a lawn! At least the weeds thriveth so from a distance it looks greenish, mostly!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 21, 2020 09:09 AM (BiNEL)

28 MH, check out lineup for Cruel World festival in LA. It has been rescheduled for Sept.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 09:09 AM (PUmDY)

29 So it's reptile puns now? adder nother one to the list.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at March 21, 2020 09:10 AM (Wm5SB)

30 Too late. I'm already confused. And I've already had my two cups of coffee. I'm hopeless, I guess.
Posted by: bluebell at March 21, 2020 09:08 AM (/669Q)

Focus! You're in isolation, in the timeline where Bill Cosby is in prison for sexual assault, and Donald Trump is the president who commissioned the United States Space Force.

Good to go?

Posted by: hogmartin at March 21, 2020 09:10 AM (t+qrx)

31

Plain Ol' Johnny Graz @jvgraz

Jill Biden is emerging as a real villain in this campaign. How can she keep doing this to her husband?

https://tinyurl.com/rvrwd3p

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:10 AM (vEIlU)

32 12noonETA is Chinese Wuhan Virus Task Force Briefing

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:05 AM (vEIlU)

Another one? I guess he has to beat the media over the head with this day in day out.

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:08 AM (ONvIw)
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If Dubya was in office, we'd have declared it the Global Disease Pandemic to show our sensitivity.

National Review would be excommunicating conservatives who didn't follow the Party line.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 09:10 AM (cfSRQ)

33 27: I decided to seed like crazy this spring. The roses are so early I am hesitant to get started but the forecasts are looking stable.

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:11 AM (ONvIw)

34

Chinese Virus distancing showing on some of the hosts on tv who aren't getting the makeup and hair styling...

They look more natural. It's nice

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:11 AM (vEIlU)

35 Good morning, MisHum. Did I do something wrong?

Posted by: bluebell at March 21, 2020 09:05 AM (/669Q)

Nah. He just ain't so good on any criticism of the photos, music, content he provides. Example in point -- A fucking month of Zappa.

But, as Bobby Brown sez, My Prerogative:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cDLZqe735k

I still *highly* appreciate what you do, Mis Hum. Do a year of Zappa, IDGAF.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 21, 2020 09:11 AM (Jdw1U)

36 Good to go?
Posted by: hogmartin at March 21, 2020 09:10 AM (t+qrx)
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Thank you for the clarity, hog. You're a true pal.

Posted by: bluebell at March 21, 2020 09:12 AM (/669Q)

37

She has Chi Knees.

I'm willing to take on a Tattoo lookey loo.

Posted by: saf at March 21, 2020 09:12 AM (5IHGB)

38 Been going on daily walks at noon since the virus hiatus.

Weather has been mostly good, although we did get about six inches of heavy snow the other day. Fortunately spring snow never lasts long.

Looking forward to continuing this new habit, at least for the next two weeks or so as we are all on various types of shut down.

It is weird that no one else is walking outside, tho.

Posted by: squeakywheel at March 21, 2020 09:13 AM (l0qtp)

39

One of the docs interviewed said he was definitely taking Zinc.

Another doc said she was wiping off each item in her grocery delivery, leaving it in the garage first.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:13 AM (vEIlU)

40 Be extra nice to anybody working today, especially grocery-store types. Let's get the lunacy behind us.

The last time I was at the Kroger, I told a couple of employees God bless you people and all you are doing. They just looked really amazed and humble. I know the people that work there are doing their best. I will remember that when this is over.

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at March 21, 2020 09:13 AM (Vf4Y7)

41 National Review would be excommunicating conservatives who didn't follow the Party line.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 09:10 AM (cfSRQ)

Now nobody reads their shit.

Do you have a theory about why nobody at Johns Hopkins is touting their powers of prognostication about a rampant coronavirus?

I find the silence pretty weird

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:13 AM (ONvIw)

42 28 MH, check out lineup for Cruel World festival in LA. It has been rescheduled for Sept.
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 09:09 AM (PUmDY)

I might watch if it was on Axis.

There is no way I would attend.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 09:13 AM (aA3+G)

43 Those knees remind me of the fun we used to have w/the Land-O-Lakes butter box. The squaw knees looked exactly like full on naked breasts. W/some strategic cutting and (actual) pasting, you could generate a neat little peep show. Alas, they've since changed the box.
https://tinyurl.com/yx2mh6yd

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 21, 2020 09:14 AM (7Fj9P)

44 Cute covfeve girl is cute.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #CancelChina at March 21, 2020 09:14 AM (HaL55)

45 My complaint is that she probably won't dispose of her coffee cup in the proper bin.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 21, 2020 09:14 AM (EZebt)

46 That coffee is getting a blow job, I could use one

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 21, 2020 09:15 AM (8JqLB)

47 It is weird that no one else is walking outside, tho.
Posted by: squeakywheel at March 21, 2020 09:13 AM (l0qtp)
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Around here people are, and it's really good to see. We see a lot of young families walking with their children in our neighborhood. That's one nice thing that has come out of this.

That, and the roads are bare on the few times I have ventured out.

Posted by: bluebell at March 21, 2020 09:15 AM (/669Q)

48

The Tucson VA reported one Chinese Wuhan Virus case.

I am wondering how many hospitals are infected at this point.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:15 AM (vEIlU)

49 Ah, the old "what's behind the butter?" trick from 7th grade. Good times.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 21, 2020 09:15 AM (87EdW)

50 I can't help but notice, there's a donut in front of her on the table.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 21, 2020 09:16 AM (t+qrx)

51 Very well timed photo of a girl blowing on her coffee. Wonder if it was posed or a lucky snap shot.

Posted by: Big V at March 21, 2020 09:16 AM (XEC2p)

52 It is weird that no one else is walking outside, tho.
Posted by: squeakywheel at March 21, 2020 09:13 AM (l0qtp)

We are.

I had to sidestep a couple people the other day.

But it's still cold here too.

Very cold today. Already went out for a bit. Sun shining at least. But too cold.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:16 AM (vEIlU)

53 35 Good morning, MisHum. Did I do something wrong?

Posted by: bluebell at March 21, 2020 09:05 AM (/669Q)

Nah. He just ain't so good on any criticism of the photos, music, content he provides. Example in point -- A fucking month of Zappa.

But, as Bobby Brown sez, My Prerogative:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cDLZqe735k

I still *highly* appreciate what you do, Mis Hum. Do a year of Zappa, IDGAF.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 21, 2020 09:11 AM (Jdw1U)

Bluebell didn't criticize me.
I was getting at her phrasing.
Not everything is clear in these little gray boxes.
So everything is cool with that.

Now you on the other hand.................

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 09:16 AM (aA3+G)

54 Good morning all! Daughter got her prom dress out of layaway yesterday because the dress shop said that they were unsure how much longer they would remain open. Her prom is supposed to be May 1, but who knows if it will happen at all. She is ticked off. Hopefully she gets to go. It's a pretty ocean blue strappy number with a mermaid tail train.

Posted by: jmel at March 21, 2020 09:16 AM (OeWgo)

55 I can't help but notice, there's a donut in front of her on the table.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 21, 2020 09:16 AM (t+qrx)

heh

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:16 AM (vEIlU)

56 I'd do her, even if she needs her fake hair colored.

Posted by: Kemp at March 21, 2020 09:17 AM (g9dL3)

57 I like Coffee Girl. She can even have the last donut.

Posted by: DB- just DB. at March 21, 2020 09:17 AM (iTXRQ)

58 Time to shower, get dressed and go try the Glock 26 I bought last week (used but not abused). Been cooped up for a couple days with arthritis flare up, and I'll probably get the cane stuck in some mud with the rain we've had.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at March 21, 2020 09:17 AM (C1Lsn)

59 20 Did not know this existed

https://twitter.com/OntWtf
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:08 AM (vEIlU)

Hm. The old lady with the booze and the Capri Sun. I may or may not have done something similar last weekend with a White Claw and one of my nephews' Capri Sun. I just cut the corner off and dumped it in a glass though.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 21, 2020 09:17 AM (6ofTb)

60 Jill Biden is emerging as a real villain in this campaign. How can she keep doing this to her husband?

https://tinyurl.com/rvrwd3p
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:10 AM (vEIlU)

How long are the Dominican Skeletor and Bobo Brazille planning on keeping this scam going? They aren't fooling anyone except other retards.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 21, 2020 09:18 AM (y7DUB)

61 Now nobody reads their shit.

Do you have a theory about why nobody at Johns Hopkins is touting their powers of prognostication about a rampant coronavirus?

I find the silence pretty weird

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:13 AM (ONvIw)

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I've been reading Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Twitter lately. Irascible, but smart. His points on fat-tail risk are spot on.

He likes to talk about the Intelligent Yet Idiots, and he's absolutely right. "Smart people" who are always wrong and never learn anything.

They are worse than any disease.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 09:18 AM (cfSRQ)

62 Spring has sprung!! Good morning all. Well except for you over there in the corner.

But enough about coronavirus.

Meanwhile, this week on the beachhead at Anzio in 1944, it was a slow week...

...well except for the random artillery shell that almost took out the small Stinson L-4 observation plane my dad was flying in.Whew!

21 - 26 Mar 1944
Five days in a row with nothing exciting enough to even write about. Weather fair - occasional light showers. A liberal sprinkling of 170's is connected with the atmosphere. Had one land fairly close - a few fragments lit around, but nothing very scary. Some indication that Gerry has something "in the air", though nothing definite yet.
Had my first "Cub" ride along the front the 25th. Very quiet. A 155 shell came buzzing very close to the plane to add to the interest.

and the next day:

27 Mar 1944
Just to show how close those things can come, a plane from 1st Armd was hit by a 155 today. Both men killed; plane total wreck.

I'm not sure but I'm guessing he distinguished the difference between different caliber shells by the sound, each size round presumably having its own distinct buzz (at least to an artilleryman's ear).

Posted by: Muldoon at March 21, 2020 09:19 AM (m45I2)

63 Coked up Tattoo You era Stones was great.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 09:19 AM (PUmDY)

64 It has occurred to me that those with the loudest voices in today's society are those who's incomes are totally derivative of those who are actually working and producing. And they think they will be untouched by the shutdown which is happening to the rest of us - Government Employees, MSM members, retirreees who depend on checks in the mail. They're all about to find out what happens when everything they rely on dries up and blows away.

I was thinking of the sports world - tens of thousands of people who make their livings, who focus their lives on sports. And overnight, PFFFFT! It's all gone. Just... gone.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 21, 2020 09:20 AM (V2Yro)

65 I've had a glock 27 for nearly 30 years now Bill. It's a gen 1, and I did have the blow out issue associated with the .40 feed ramp. Glock refurbished it free of charge 2 or 3 years ago, and federal sent me a new box of whatever replaced hydra-shok.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 21, 2020 09:20 AM (87EdW)

66 Good morning all! Daughter got her prom dress out of layaway yesterday because the dress shop said that they were unsure how much longer they would remain open. Her prom is supposed to be May 1, but who knows if it will happen at all. She is ticked off. Hopefully she gets to go. It's a pretty ocean blue strappy number with a mermaid tail train.
Posted by: jmel at March 21, 2020 09:16 AM (OeWgo)

I doubt it will.

My nephew just graduated med school and the family planned a big party, rented beach houses, lots of people flying in from coast to coast, but it is not going to happen. It's in May as well. Sad because military was supposed to be there for him in his full dress whites.

I hope they do it eventually, just postpone it. But a lot of the folks that were going to travel, friends and family won't make it, no doubt.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:20 AM (vEIlU)

67 We've actually got one golf course open, if you're crazy enough to play. It is 25 degrees, after all. But there's hope springing eternal around here.

Posted by: Pete Seria at March 21, 2020 09:20 AM (7ZQe3)

68 Another one? I guess he has to beat the media over the head with this day in day out.

Someone needs to keep the record straight, and PDT is the only one who can do it. Plus, PROGDA needs more bitch-slapping until they finally either go out of bidness or get some respect for our country and start behaving like adults.

I prefer the former option, ala AlanG's tried and true method of dispatchment: burn, scatter and salt.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #CancelChina at March 21, 2020 09:20 AM (HaL55)

69 > So it's reptile puns now? adder nother one to the list.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer

venom good and ready- and not a moment before

Posted by: DB- just DB. at March 21, 2020 09:20 AM (iTXRQ)

70 It's going to be 79 in Charlotte today. That should kill should wuham flu

Posted by: Kemp at March 21, 2020 09:20 AM (g9dL3)

71 also Coffee Girl is showing a lot of knee-
scandalous

Posted by: DB- just DB. at March 21, 2020 09:21 AM (iTXRQ)

72
Grandaughter on sleepover,she always searches me out for a BIG HUG when she wakes up and we chat nonesense...I for only a second thought ? NO HUG..then I gave her an extra big one and we are both the better for it IMMUNE for a MONTH.

Posted by: saf at March 21, 2020 09:22 AM (5IHGB)

73
Did battle yesterday with the overgrowth, which hasn't been touched in several years, around the pond out in the back forty. Got about a quarter of it done before my strength gave out.

In the course of it I managed to get the riding mower stuck. With the zero-turn ones all the weight is in the back, so they're almost impossible to lift out. Took about an hour to get it free.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 21, 2020 09:22 AM (7rVsF)

74 He likes to talk about the Intelligent Yet Idiots, and he's absolutely right. "Smart people" who are always wrong and never learn anything.

They are worse than any disease.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 09:18 AM (cfSRQ)

Now the intelligent but wrongs should STFU.

They're almost worse than the Whoopis

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:22 AM (ONvIw)

75 The best Kenny Rodgers...

https://tinyurl.com/w4arzmd

Posted by: davidt at March 21, 2020 09:23 AM (l3+k2)

76 I'm not sure but I'm guessing he distinguished the
difference between different caliber shells by the sound, each size
round presumably having its own distinct buzz (at least to an
artilleryman's ear).

Posted by: Muldoon at March 21, 2020 09:19 AM (m45I2)

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A big part of airspace management today is routing aircraft away from the flight paths of artillery shells.

No one thinks about it, but it's a real thing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 09:23 AM (cfSRQ)

77 58 Time to shower, get dressed and go try the Glock 26 I bought last week (used but not abused). Been cooped up for a couple days with arthritis flare up, and I'll probably get the cane stuck in some mud with the rain we've had.

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Hey Bill, what part of Arkansas are you in? I just had a daughter graduate from school down there and looks like she's staying.

Posted by: Pete Seria at March 21, 2020 09:23 AM (7ZQe3)

78 My Goddamned truck has another seized bearing on some engine accessory. Just had the alternator and belt replaced last week but now it sounds like a farkin stuck pig when you crank it up. Yesterday I thought it was going to break glass it was so loud.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 21, 2020 09:24 AM (9V81o)

79 Tragedy. My sister was going to head to my parents to help them for a while, but thought twice. Everyone is staying put.

Coronavirus: Four members of New Jersey family die

Four people in the same family have died from coronavirus in the US state of New Jersey, with three more relatives in hospital.

Grace Fusco, 73, and six of her adult children fell ill after attending a large family gathering.

Nearly 20 other relatives are now self-quarantining and waiting to find out if they have also been infected.

The death toll across the US has continued to rise, as experts warn against any kind of social gathering.

The four family members who died are Grace Fusco and her children Rita Fusco-Jackson, Carmine Fusco and Vincent Fusco.

Rita Fusco-Jackson, a Catholic school teacher, 55, died on Friday. She had no underlying health issues, according to state health commissioner Judith Persichilli.

New Jersey health officials said Ms Fusco-Jackson was the second person to die from Covid-19 in the state, and the first fatality had also recently attended a Fusco family gathering.

Carmine Fusco died on Wednesday, followed hours later by his mother, Grace Fusco.

According to the New York Times, Grace Fusco died without knowing that two of her children had already succumbed to the deadly respiratory illness sweeping the planet.

On Thursday, Vincent Fusco died in the same hospital where his mother had recently passed.

According to family member Paradiso Fodera, 19 family members who attended the same dinner are now self-isolating, and have waited nearly a week to learn the results of their virus tests.

https://tinyurl.com/sb4tx2k

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:24 AM (vEIlU)

80 venom good and ready- and not a moment before
Posted by: DB- just DB. at March 21, 2020 09:20 AM (iTXRQ)

Subjecting us to reptile puns is pretty cold-blooded IYKWIM

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:24 AM (ONvIw)

81 I was only able to articulate my problems the so-called "Precautionary Principle" after reading Nick Taleb's comments on it. He understands it, the way no one using it as a justification does.

It is NOT a substitute for Cost/Benefit concerns! It only applies "when all other things are equal".

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 21, 2020 09:24 AM (V2Yro)

82 Legal Insurrection had this as their music video of the day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2zurZig4L8

ELP -- Fanfare For The Common Man

I had kinda forgotten this tune, it sounds like it was done by an orchestra. By 3 guys.

Which leads to it being done by the NY Philharmonic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLMVB0B1_Ts

Heh.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 21, 2020 09:25 AM (Jdw1U)

83 then I gave her an extra big one and we are both the better for it
Posted by: saf at March 21, 2020 09:22 AM (5IHGB)

That's very sweet, saf.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 21, 2020 09:25 AM (6ofTb)

84 I doubt it will.

My nephew just graduated med school and the family planned a big
party, rented beach houses, lots of people flying in from coast to
coast, but it is not going to happen. It's in May as well. Sad because
military was supposed to be there for him in his full dress whites.

I hope they do it eventually, just postpone it. But a lot of the
folks that were going to travel, friends and family won't make it, no
doubt.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:20 AM (vEIlU)

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My daughter is watching her senior year in high school blow up. She's taking it in stride and it will be interesting to see the generational solidarity of the Class of 2020.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 09:26 AM (cfSRQ)

85 67 We've actually got one golf course open, if you're crazy enough to play. It is 25 degrees, after all. But there's hope springing eternal around here.
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 21, 2020 09:20 AM (7ZQe3)

Good morning fellow prisoner of the People's Republic of Tony Evers.

At 7AM it was -5.
Global warming my ass.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 09:26 AM (aA3+G)

86 I see no tattoos, but damn is she GORGEOUS!!! Oh, and one more thing-

#JBPritzkerisadickhead

Posted by: Jonnie Dougs at March 21, 2020 09:27 AM (FYvb/)

87 At 7AM it was -5.
Global warming my ass.

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-5 ????? Yikes! I'll bet that was a shocker. It's darned near April.

Posted by: Pete Seria at March 21, 2020 09:28 AM (7ZQe3)

88 My Goddamned truck has another seized bearing on some engine accessory. Just had the alternator and belt replaced last week
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It might be the replacement alternator; I went through 2 while on vacation in NC last summer before i got a good one. I came to find out that ALL alternators are re-manned. In Mexico. YMMV.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 21, 2020 09:28 AM (7Fj9P)

89 81
I was only able to articulate my problems the so-called "Precautionary
Principle" after reading Nick Taleb's comments on it. He understands
it, the way no one using it as a justification does.

It is NOT a substitute for Cost/Benefit concerns! It only applies "when all other things are equal".

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 21, 2020 09:24 AM (V2Yro)

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As someone who does planning, Taleb is an amazing resource for understanding risk and incorporating it, particularly catastrophic risk.

His math makes my head hurt, but his arguments are solid.

I also like his insistence on skin in the game. It's interesting to see a number of his adversaries are coming around to admit he was right about this.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 09:28 AM (cfSRQ)

90 Is Comrade Evers planning a lockdown for Wisconsin?

Posted by: davidt at March 21, 2020 09:29 AM (l3+k2)

91 Good morning you reprobates.

Nice pic!

Prayers for the Fusco family. Wow.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 21, 2020 09:29 AM (Y4EXg)

92 ice fishing today, mishum? in the low teens here.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 21, 2020 09:29 AM (KP5rU)

93 Mh, where?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 09:29 AM (PUmDY)

94

Just realised that with all the 18 wheelers of booze I have enjoyed over the years my body is 80% alcohol already. a human sanitizer...c'mon ladies Wipe AWAY a wimmo whey a wimmo waay in the jungle the mighty saf waits for U.

Posted by: saf at March 21, 2020 09:30 AM (5IHGB)

95 Is Comrade Evers planning a lockdown for Wisconsin?

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We're virtually there now. All the bars and restaurants are closed. What else is left to do around here? At least gas is cheap so you can go ride around and look at the ghost towns.

Posted by: Pete Seria at March 21, 2020 09:30 AM (7ZQe3)

96 "At least the weeds thriveth so from a distance it looks greenish, mostly!"
2,4-D is a cheap and effective chemical for spring use on lawns. It kills broadleafs, and can really knock down flowers/vegetables/grapes. But in spring before they leaf out, it is pretty safe.

Also (use the esther version, not amine, less volatile) ... in cooler Spring it is unlikely to volatilize after application, which happens in summer. And a lighter rate will not really harm the clover much, if you have a clover mix (which I like, but is not part of many "manicured" lawns).

The local Farm Store will have concentrated 2,4-D and generic "Round-Up" ... a gallon of each will save a lot of money, and for most homeowners will last for a decade. I spray like 6 ounces 2,4-D per acre, and a quart or two of generic Round-Up. (to kill everything, Round-up kills everything green, good for rock gardens and driveway cracks)

Posted by: illiniwek at March 21, 2020 09:30 AM (Cus5s)

97 Did you see this video? omg - he's gone, gone

https://tinyurl.com/rvrwd3p
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:03 AM (vEIlU)

Vote Papoon: Not Insane!

Posted by: Kindltot at March 21, 2020 09:31 AM (6rS3m)

98 Another one? I guess he has to beat the media over the head with this day in day out.

Someone needs to keep the record straight, and PDT is the only one who can do it. Plus, PROGDA needs more bitch-slapping until they finally either go out of bidness or get some respect for our country and start behaving like adults.

I prefer the former option, ala AlanG's tried and true method of dispatchment: burn, scatter and salt.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #CancelChina at March 21, 2020 09:20 AM (HaL55)

The problem is, only if you watch it in entirety do you get the truth.

News channels in Canada, pretty much all of them, have become fake news across the board.

One channel, CBC, did not even show the "journalist's" questions, only Trump's response yesterday - and had preceded it with only "a journalist was just asking about the virus blah blah blah" very generic, as if the journalist was an angel and Trump attacked him out of the blue. It was unbelievable.

Another channel edited the "journalist" to act like it was a perfectly good question, then played Trump's attack.

He's not getting a break from many news outlets all over the world, yet he and his team are doing better than any other leader.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:31 AM (vEIlU)

99 87 At 7AM it was -5.
Global warming my ass.

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-5 ????? Yikes! I'll bet that was a shocker. It's darned near April.
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 21, 2020 09:28 AM (7ZQe3)

It was for me and the old dog. The pup was ho-hum.
I wanted to clean the garage out today. High of 30, I might as dress up for a day of artic living

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 09:31 AM (aA3+G)

100 Another channel edited the "journalist" to act like it was a perfectly good question, then played Trump's attack.

He's not getting a break from many news outlets all over the world, yet he and his team are doing better than any other leader.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:31 AM (vEIlU)

I hate these journalist bastards.

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:32 AM (ONvIw)

101 That McConnaughey ice fishing ad is very irritating.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 09:32 AM (PUmDY)

102 95 Is Comrade Evers planning a lockdown for Wisconsin?

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We're virtually there now. All the bars and restaurants are closed. What else is left to do around here? At least gas is cheap so you can go ride around and look at the ghost towns.
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 21, 2020 09:30 AM (7ZQe3)

I expect that taint licking bastard to follow suit with IL and CA. Never let a crisis go to waste.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 09:32 AM (aA3+G)

103 My son reports that the drive thru at our local coffee joint does not want to touch customers' yucky credit/debit cards and they have duct taped the card reader to the side of the building so customers can swipe/insert the cards themselves.

Good thinking

Posted by: cfo mom at March 21, 2020 09:32 AM (RfzVr)

104 Morning all...

I'm not usually a fan of Laura Ingraham but she had an interesting segment on last night about chloroquine:

https://tinyurl.com/s5zznq8
(You may have to select your cable provider first. Not sure how it will open)

Starts at the beginning of the show.

And here's a link to the study she references:

https://tinyurl.com/qnqnueg

And my husband keeps walking around the house muttering "Fauci...that little bureaucratic fucker."

So I got that going for me....

Posted by: Tami at March 21, 2020 09:32 AM (cF8AT)

105 Now you on the other hand.................

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 09:16 AM (aA3+G)

Have no fear, I can take a dig as well as dish one out.
*********

I got a reality chuckle from this Legal Insurrection piece title --

>> Some Profs Worry Online Teaching Content Will be Shared With 'Right Wing Sites' <<

Yeah, I can see where that would suck for y'all.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 21, 2020 09:33 AM (Jdw1U)

106 It was for me and the old dog. The pup was ho-hum.

I wanted to clean the garage out today. High of 30, I might as dress up for a day of artic living

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 09:31 AM (aA3+G)

It's supposed to hit 36 round these here parts. Normally it's 50. Some snow tomorrow. Ain't global warming grand?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 21, 2020 09:33 AM (j3vpe)

107 One channel, CBC, did not even show the
"journalist's" questions, only Trump's response yesterday - and had
preceded it with only "a journalist was just asking about the virus blah
blah blah" very generic, as if the journalist was an angel and Trump
attacked him out of the blue. It was unbelievable.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:31 AM (vEIlU)

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Canada is a Chinese province.

By the way, Ace should have jumped on this, but apparently Idris Elba got Wuhan Virus from the first lady of Canada.

Yet she didn't pass it onto her husband, the PM.

Canucks are literally ruled by a cuck.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 09:34 AM (cfSRQ)

108 2 No tattoos on her. Or me.
Posted by: bluebell at March 21, 2020 09:02 AM (/669Q)
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Lies. Bluebell has a huge Virgin of Guadalupe on her right bicep and Domini Canes across her back.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2020 09:35 AM (Dc2NZ)

109 I got a reality chuckle from this Legal Insurrection piece title --

>> Some Profs Worry Online Teaching Content Will be Shared With 'Right Wing Sites' <<

Yeah, I can see where that would suck for y'all.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 21, 2020 09:33 AM (Jdw1U)

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The greater danger is that the parents of prospective students will see it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 09:35 AM (cfSRQ)

110 "You're a good man, Wilbur..."

Posted by: LaRro at March 21, 2020 09:35 AM (10GNe)

111 One leftist nitwit on the Joe Biden thread linked above is saying that Trump is in front of the cameras every day reassuring people, pretending to put on the mantle of leadership. What would leadership look to these people of they weren't affected by TDS?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 21, 2020 09:35 AM (WI7YS)

112 Coffee Girl is purty.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 21, 2020 09:36 AM (KxVoZ)

113 Iguana go ahead and say as far as lizard puns go, caiman in, the water is fine.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at March 21, 2020 09:36 AM (Wm5SB)

114 Complaints about the photo above the fold, 1-999-Bite-Me

Fat chance!

Posted by: t-bird at March 21, 2020 09:36 AM (EYsyU)

115 Lies. Bluebell has a huge Virgin of Guadalupe on her right bicep and Domini Canes across her back.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2020 09:35 AM (Dc2NZ)

I've heard that she's handy with a shiv, too.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 21, 2020 09:36 AM (00fXp)

116 @64 I have a great deal of trust that you, personally, will not live to be a "retirreee" as you put it. It's only ratherearly, so it's not that big a deal that you and your total lack of dick get my first Jesus Fucking Christ Almighty of the day.

"Retirreees," good buddy. Let 'em die! Better blame the vodka.
Sure is Lent in here!

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 21, 2020 09:37 AM (8IOEj)

117 This stuff is getting stupid.

My club is open to play golf, you can only walk, you can not remove the flags and must wipe down everything. The tennis courts are open, wonder if you have to avoid touching the net?

Everything must be removed from your locker today, I guess they are thinking you have hidden wufan virus in the locker? All dinning is closed.

The end is near.

Posted by: Kemp at March 21, 2020 09:37 AM (g9dL3)

118 Fanfare For The Common Man

IIRC, that was Jimmuh Carter's walk on music at the Democong 1976 convention in NY

Posted by: Fox2! at March 21, 2020 09:37 AM (qyH+l)

119 I expect that taint licking bastard to follow suit with IL and CA. Never let a crisis go to waste.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 09:32 AM (aA3+G)

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Never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity.

These folks have no idea how to handle a crisis, but feel a need to "do something."

The hard work of organizing a testing regiment, sorting hospital beds and prepping for a worst-case outbreak is beyond them or their staff.

So they just wave a wand and decree a lock-down. It's public, appears decisive and it's within their limited mental ability to understand.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 09:37 AM (cfSRQ)

120 Hey, is that the donut from last night? She doesn't look like a crackhead...

Posted by: t-bird at March 21, 2020 09:37 AM (EYsyU)

121 It might be the replacement alternator; I went through 2 while on vacation in NC last summer before i got a good one. I came to find out that ALL alternators are re-manned. In Mexico. YMMV.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 21, 2020 09:28 AM (7Fj9P)

I'm hoping thats what it is because that means that I won't have to pay another $600 to fix it again.

Supposedly my mechanic got a *brand new* GM alternator, but as we know - that can be suspect.

One thing that leads me to believe that's what it is, is that while the screeching is going on, the voltmeter reads ~12V. When it stops, it immediately goes back up to 13.5 - 14.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 21, 2020 09:37 AM (9V81o)

122 I also like his insistence on skin in the game. It's interesting to see a number of his adversaries are coming around to admit he was right about this.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 09:28 AM (cfSRQ)

Not sure why Taleb's retweet about Lancet recommending no travel restrictions would surprise anyone. All the WHO types recommended against it just last October before this began "for real"

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:37 AM (ONvIw)

123 My son reports that the drive thru at our local coffee joint does not want to touch customers' yucky credit/debit cards and they have duct taped the card reader to the side of the building so customers can swipe/insert the cards themselves.

Good thinking
Posted by: cfo mom at March 21, 2020 09:32 AM (RfzVr)

I've been cleaning my card with alcohol after I use it. And my phone and keys too. No matter how careful I am though (I check some of the high risk boxes), I suspect this sneaky little virus dude is sneakier. I like CN's idea about wiping down grocery items.

Posted by: One of the quiet ones at March 21, 2020 09:37 AM (2GPSc)

124 @GOPPollAnalyst

Footage of President Trump's Chinese Virus press conference updates

https://tinyurl.com/uynwo2e

Posted by: Tami at March 21, 2020 09:38 AM (cF8AT)

125 I hate these journalist bastards.
Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:32 AM (ONvIw)

I keep struggling with my faith about not hating anyone, but I have bouts of hate towards them every day.

We know that this is coming from the top too. It is the Ruling Elite, or Ruling Class that is really in force here. These talking heads are merely psychotic sheep.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:39 AM (vEIlU)

126 @GOPPollAnalyst

Footage of President Trump's Chinese Virus press conference updates

https://tinyurl.com/uynwo2e
Posted by: Tami at March 21, 2020 09:38 AM (cF8AT)

But, they are not that cute...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:39 AM (vEIlU)

127 Not sure why Taleb's retweet about Lancet
recommending no travel restrictions would surprise anyone. All the WHO
types recommended against it just last October before this began "for
real"

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:37 AM (ONvIw)

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Taleb is not the guy to win gracefully.

He will always spike the football in the end zone.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 09:40 AM (cfSRQ)

128 Thanks for the nightmare fuel in the last thread about the vampiric use of adrenaline-filled child blood

Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at March 21, 2020 09:40 AM (vPKfA)

129 Welp, I just put the penultimate toilet roll on the spindle. If this Yellow Fever Madness doesn't end soon, I'm going to have to start using the cats. At least they're self-cleaning, so... reusable...

Posted by: Equirhodont at March 21, 2020 09:40 AM (+2GwM)

130 The temperature went up exponentially yesterday to the 70's and I thought we were hurtling towards the sun. Today it went down exponentially. What the hell was that? A one-day thirty-degree blast of heat went thru.

Posted by: t-bird at March 21, 2020 09:41 AM (VP1E6)

131 And my husband keeps walking around the house muttering "Fauci...that little bureaucratic fucker."

So I got that going for me....
Posted by: Tami at March 21, 2020 09:32 AM (cF8AT)

Because of Hair On Fire! statements?

I saw someone who knew him talking and remembering he does this on purpose to get people to take the crisis seriously.

Weird.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:42 AM (vEIlU)

132 Spring is coming this afternoon, but still winter this AM.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at March 21, 2020 09:42 AM (ykYG2)

133 yeah... the cats... use them.

Posted by: the rabbit at March 21, 2020 09:43 AM (ykYG2)

134
So I got that going for me....
Posted by: Tami at March 21, 2020 09:32 AM (cF8AT)

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 09:43 AM (aA3+G)

135 I'd froth her latte.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 21, 2020 09:43 AM (1CjJc)

136 But, they are not that cute...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:39 AM (vEIlU)

Someone posted this right underneath the original which is probably more apt.

https://tinyurl.com/vpmwryk

Posted by: Tami at March 21, 2020 09:44 AM (cF8AT)

137 128
Thanks for the nightmare fuel in the last thread about the vampiric use of adrenaline-filled child blood

Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at March 21, 2020 09:40 AM (vPKfA)

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My wife insists that the satanic abuse panic in the 80s was actually legitimate and that corrupt law enforcement purposefully went after obviously innocent people to discredit the claims.

I used to laugh at her but after seeing what happened to Flynn and Trump, I'm not so sure.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 09:44 AM (cfSRQ)

138 ELP -- Fanfare For The Common Man

ELP + cofveve = good breakfast.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #CancelChina at March 21, 2020 09:45 AM (HaL55)

139

SHUT DOWN CNN and the crises will abate in a week.

Have their cute bints work @ BJ's Warehouses.

Posted by: saf at March 21, 2020 09:45 AM (5IHGB)

140 He will always spike the football in the end zone.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 09:40 AM (cfSRQ)

good for him

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:45 AM (ONvIw)

141 Good morning all! I've got a cold - stuffy nose and crud mostly. Don't think it's you know what but heck I'm already in self isolation.

Posted by: IC at March 21, 2020 09:45 AM (sYDum)

142 Our nearest Walmart supercenter has full time cops hanging around their unmarked SUVs, two vehicles, blackout glass, the hidden LEDs flashing in the windscreen, tailgate, and lights, the deputies in flak vests.

It began on Wednesday, runs from open to close, is at the grocery door door, the one closest to the toilet paper aisle, and the cops are county deputies.

They are at the vehicles which are parked right along the bollard line at the entrance/exit, outside the doors. No cops inside.

Does your Walmart have an armed contingent such as this?

Posted by: Les Kinetic at March 21, 2020 09:45 AM (+fPHo)

143 I don't see any tattoos. She would have to be nekid to be sure.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 21, 2020 09:46 AM (MVR7y)

144
So they just wave a wand and decree a lock-down. It's public, appears decisive and it's within their limited mental ability to understand.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 09:37 AM (cfSRQ)

I think "they" relish being lord and master over us peons. It's a two-fer. They appear to be doing something and they get to control us.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 09:46 AM (aA3+G)

145

The US is approaching 20K cases.

I think I saw as high as 48K for the flu history in the US.

I do not think it has peaked yet, but we'll see how this pans out.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:46 AM (vEIlU)

146 Because of Hair On Fire! statements?

I saw someone who knew him talking and remembering he does this on purpose to get people to take the crisis seriously.

Weird.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:42 AM (vEIlU)

Well no...because of his "no...chloroquine efficacy isn't well known for this virus. It's anecdotal."

Posted by: Tami at March 21, 2020 09:46 AM (cF8AT)

147 Do you guys think this whole experience will convince people to have some food and paper goods stored for emergencies?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2020 09:46 AM (Dc2NZ)

148

So, the Cute Coffee Co-ed takes TWO HANDS to encircle my Tim Hortons roll up the rim cup!!!!

Posted by: saf at March 21, 2020 09:47 AM (5IHGB)

149 Had someone on the cesspool, NextDoor, say we shouldn't listen to the politicians, aka President. We should only listen to the medical experts like Fauxci, the CDC, and WHO. it was really hard to hold back. The post wound up getting pulled once it devolved into name calling...

Posted by: lin-duh at March 21, 2020 09:47 AM (UUBmN)

150 Someone needs to keep the record straight, and PDT is the only one who can do it.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #CancelChina

I noticed even some of the questions to Deep state doctors are snarky and pointed, but they're too naive to pick up on the tone. As usual, it's up to Trump to circle back and return fire.

I really need to pay more attention to how Pence handles the loaded questions. I really want to continue our new tradition of having a fighter as President in 2024. Not sure Pence is the answer.

Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at March 21, 2020 09:47 AM (VNfwt)

151 The temperature went up exponentially yesterday to the 70's and I thought we were hurtling towards the sun. Today it went down exponentially. What the hell was that? A one-day thirty-degree blast of heat went thru.
Posted by: t-bird at March 21, 2020 09:41 AM

We've been in the upper 70's - low 80's for a few weeks now in Louisiana which would be helpful if the supposed info about this virus not linking higher temps is true. However, I was told (pardonezz moi) that Louisiana has the highest per-capita virus growth numbers. We're jumping up to a hundred cases a day these last few days, and we've not yet had time for the testing numbers to come rolling in. We screened ~200 in my town a couple days ago, and ~100 showed enough Chinavirus symptoms to be given the test.

Posted by: One of the quiet ones at March 21, 2020 09:48 AM (2GPSc)

152 Do you guys think this whole experience will convince people to have some food and paper goods stored for emergencies?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2020 09:46 AM (Dc2NZ)

Maybe for a month or two, then it will turn into a once in a century thing and people will be off their guard again

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:48 AM (ONvIw)

153 Fanfare For The Common Man

IIRC, that was Jimmuh Carter's walk on music at the Democong 1976 convention in NY

Posted by: Fox2! at March 21, 2020 09:37 AM (qyH+l)

If so, that's kinda cool. Good choice of tune and title. Apropos for a political rally, kinda like We Are The Champions.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 21, 2020 09:48 AM (Jdw1U)

154 Does your Walmart have an armed contingent such as this?
Posted by: Les Kinetic

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Hell no. Neither does Costco, Kroger, Sams club or Meijer here. Folks are a bit on edge but still polite and helpful.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 21, 2020 09:48 AM (Y4EXg)

155 And so it begins...

"Trump in January and February" is now trending on Twitter, with Joe Scarborough, CNN and all the other media outlets claiming that President Trump was warned this was a serious threat and President Trump didn't take it seriously enough.

Just like I said, this is going to be the narrative the media and Democrats push. The first one to say it was Michigan Governor Whitmer, blaming Trump for not taking it seriously, so then Governors had to act to make up for his lack of action.

Un-freaking-real...

https://bit.ly/2U7SKp1

Posted by: Clyde Shelton, a law abiding citizen at March 21, 2020 09:49 AM (Do5/p)

156 By the way, Ace should have jumped on this, but apparently Idris Elba got Wuhan Virus from the first lady of Canada.

Yet she didn't pass it onto her husband, the PM.

Canucks are literally ruled by a cuck.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 09:34 AM (cfSRQ)

and in one of the conspiracy theory emails I got had mentioned the Washington retirement home that had so many deaths were Chinese workers from BC. Not sure if that is true, but the first thing I said to my husband (who is Canadian) is Vancouver and BC are going to get hit hard. If you've ever been there, so many Chinese. They are buying out land and companies and resources all over the world, but BC has a good chunk of them.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:49 AM (vEIlU)

157 Does your Walmart have an armed contingent such as this?
Posted by: Les Kinetic at March 21, 2020 09:45 AM (+fPHo)

No. In fact the only police I've seen around here are my local town cops doing their normal beat.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 21, 2020 09:50 AM (9V81o)

158 I'm not sure but I'm guessing he distinguished the

difference between different caliber shells by the sound, each size

round presumably having its own distinct buzz (at least to an

artilleryman's ear).

Posted by: Muldoon at March 21, 2020 09:19 AM (m45I2)

there is a Bill Mauldin cartoon with a bunch of infantry guys face down on the ground and one standing up with a new field jacket saying "wow, you know what this zipper sounds like?"

Posted by: Kindltot at March 21, 2020 09:50 AM (6rS3m)

159 107 One channel, CBC, did not even show the
"journalist's" questions, only Trump's response yesterday - and had
preceded it with only "a journalist was just asking about the virus blah
blah blah" very generic, as if the journalist was an angel and Trump
attacked him out of the blue. It was unbelievable.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:31 AM (vEIlU)

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Canada is a Chinese province.

By the way, Ace should have jumped on this, but apparently Idris Elba got Wuhan Virus from the first lady of Canada.

Yet she didn't pass it onto her husband, the PM.

Canucks are literally ruled by a cuck.

Fidel's kid has the same kink his dad did. Who knew there was a cuck gene?

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 21, 2020 09:50 AM (MVR7y)

160 > One leftist nitwit on the Joe Biden thread linked above is saying that Trump is in front of the cameras every day reassuring people, pretending to put on the mantle of leadership.

Of course, if he WEREN'T doing that, the spin would be that he's "ignoring the problem".

Communists are flexible that way.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 21, 2020 09:50 AM (tLWGd)

161 bars and restaurants are closed. car dealerships are open as usual. guess buying cars is an essential part of a functioning society. who knew?

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 21, 2020 09:51 AM (KP5rU)

162
So, the Cute Coffee Co-ed takes TWO HANDS to encircle my Tim Hortons roll up the rim cup!!!!

Posted by: saf at March 21, 2020 09:47 AM (5IHGB)

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What makes the photo so effective is its intimacy. Her outfit, expression and pose speak of a casual friendship.

That's why I think candid-type photos are much more alluring than posed glamour ones. Audrey Hepburn was at her most attractive (to me, at least) when she was singing "Moon River" in a sweatshirt and jeans.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 09:51 AM (cfSRQ)

163 Was reading the article someone recommended in the last thread.

Seems to be a pretty good numerical look at the Chinese Virus:

https://mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/WhereIsJoeBiden?src=hashtag_click

Check it out.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 21, 2020 09:51 AM (z0XD8)

164 Do you guys think this whole experience will convince people to have some food and paper goods stored for emergencies?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2020 09:46 AM (Dc2NZ)

Yes, this event is going to leave a lasting impression for quite a few people.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 21, 2020 09:51 AM (00fXp)

165 bars and restaurants are closed. car dealerships are open as usual. guess buying cars is an essential part of a functioning society. who knew?
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 21, 2020 09:51 AM (KP5rU)

My husband would agree as he nagged me just this morning about replacing my old one. Doesn't seem a good time for it, IMO.

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:51 AM (ONvIw)

166 I have noticed that FNC has been going with a decidedly upbeat tone, doing real-life stories of citizens dealing with the quarantine, interviewing those that have been tested positive and doing OK, etc.

We are not going to turn on CNN or MSNBC or ABC or NBC or CBS or PBS, because we think we know what to expect.

Why subject ourselves to the doom and gloom? In the darkest days of the London blitz during WWII, the dancehalls and clubs all remained open.

What I think seems off and bad during this, is that there is no good feeling that I get when out to get necessary supplies. No smiles, no "we're in this together" vibes. Everyone looks grim and suspicious.

Like being in the merge lane on a busy interstate approaching a lane closure.

Posted by: Les Kinetic at March 21, 2020 09:52 AM (+fPHo)

167 They are buying out land and companies and resources all over the world, but BC has a good chunk of them.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:49 AM (vEIlU)

HongKouver

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 21, 2020 09:52 AM (BiNEL)

168 159: should have put quotes around dad. the msm does it all the time. "Fidel's kid has the same kink his 'dad' did."

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 21, 2020 09:52 AM (MVR7y)

169 Do you guys think this whole experience will convince people to have some food and paper goods stored for emergencies?
Posted by: All Hail Eris

---

Nope. A few will but many folks, not here of course, are willfully ignorant.

And work hard to remain so.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 21, 2020 09:52 AM (Y4EXg)

170 My Next Door just had a post about someone finding cash in a neighborhood park. I despise the fake virtue signaling.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 09:52 AM (PUmDY)

171 My husband would agree as he nagged me just this morning about replacing my old one. Doesn't seem a good time for it, IMO.

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:51 AM

Might be a good time to get a deal.

Posted by: Bert G at March 21, 2020 09:53 AM (OMsf+)

172 I've learned to seed in the fall, crabgrass pre-emergent in the spring

Posted by: mcsausagebisquit at March 21, 2020 09:53 AM (A4l7A)

173 Good morning!

Let's smile and be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 21, 2020 09:53 AM (u82oZ)

174 We've been in the upper 70's - low 80's for a few
weeks now in Louisiana which would be helpful if the supposed info about
this virus not linking higher temps is true. However, I was told
(pardonezz moi) that Louisiana has the highest per-capita virus growth
numbers. We're jumping up to a hundred cases a day these last few days,
and we've not yet had time for the testing numbers to come rolling in.
We screened ~200 in my town a couple days ago, and ~100 showed enough
Chinavirus symptoms to be given the test.

Posted by: One of the quiet ones at March 21, 2020 09:48 AM (2GPSc)

It was clearly spreading during Mardi Gras.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at March 21, 2020 09:54 AM (TLxpZ)

175 Biden campaign claims it's going to hold its own shadow Wuhan updates to attack Trump and remain relevant in the crisis. Unless surrogates are used to address the camera, I think this a big mistake for the DNC but I welcome it.

I also think the questions (if there are any) will be...different in tone. And the pressers will probably be recorded to allow for editing.

Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at March 21, 2020 09:54 AM (VNfwt)

176 Just got up from sleeping 12 hours. Last week was exhausting!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 21, 2020 09:54 AM (u82oZ)

177
Might be a good time to get a deal.
Posted by: Bert G at March 21, 2020 09:53 AM (OMsf+)

I went on line and asked about a few cars, they said they expect shortages due to wuflu and so I don't expect that they'll be willing to deal much

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:54 AM (ONvIw)

178 Do you guys think this whole experience will convince people to have some food and paper goods stored for emergencies?
Posted by: All Hail Eris

Once you go Mormon

Posted by: Jean at March 21, 2020 09:54 AM (B7KlG)

179 So if there are armed cops in flashing cars outside WalMarts does this mean there will be no "People of Walmart" pics this weekend.........damn...I'll have to go to DOLLORAMA.

Posted by: saf at March 21, 2020 09:54 AM (5IHGB)

180 Grass seed in the fall. Pre-emergent in the spring. Otherwise my lawn gets crabs.

Posted by: mcsausagebisquit at March 21, 2020 09:55 AM (A4l7A)

181 Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 21, 2020 09:53 AM (u82oZ)

NaCly, good on you for keeping the positive spirit alive and well.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 21, 2020 09:55 AM (BiNEL)

182 I see Miss. Hum. has combined the chess thread with the coffee thread.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at March 21, 2020 09:55 AM (WEBkv)

183 My husband would agree as he nagged me just this morning about replacing my old one. Doesn't seem a good time for it, IMO.
Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:51 AM (ONvIw)

buy the stock, forget the cars

Posted by: REDACTED at March 21, 2020 09:55 AM (rpxSz)

184 Maybe this was covered on another thread, but there was an article in
the Washington Examiner that the latest thing teens are doing to relieve
boredom is filming themselves coughing on produce in stores and posting
it to social media. I say send them to China and see how they deal
with anyone suspected of having Wuhan Flu.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at March 21, 2020 09:55 AM (XXNQ+)

185 20℉ here in NE Kansas. Cold and sunlit out there, but the 40 mph wind has died down.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 21, 2020 09:56 AM (u82oZ)

186 I think what makes my locale seem so otherworldly in its edginess, the people all grim and suspicious, is that so few call it home.

Most all here are winter-only residents, that call home somewhere up north. Going out in public, you find yourself in a very large sea of strangers, and there is never a familiar face.

Posted by: Les Kinetic at March 21, 2020 09:56 AM (+fPHo)

187 news item: Economy Deteriorating faster than expected.

Yep. not faster than I expected.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 21, 2020 09:56 AM (V2Yro)

188 The usurper must be destroyed.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 09:56 AM (PUmDY)

189 there is a Bill Mauldin cartoon with a bunch of infantry guys face down on the ground and one standing up with a new field jacket saying "wow, you know what this zipper sounds like?"

Posted by: Kindltot at March 21, 2020 09:50 AM (6rS3m)

*waves hand frantically to get attention of teacher*

The German MG43 machine gun: had a very high rate of fire.

I suspect Mauldin saw a GI play that "joke" on his buddies and that's what inspired the cartoon.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 21, 2020 09:56 AM (00fXp)

190 My husband would agree as he nagged me just this morning about replacing my old one. Doesn't seem a good time for it, IMO.
Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:51 AM (ONvIw)

I was in the ladies room yesterday and overheard a conversation between a girl and her husband/boyfriend about what kind of car they were going to buy (lots of ladies come in and use the restroom with calls on speakerphone, which is just charming by the way).

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 21, 2020 09:57 AM (6ofTb)

191 175
Biden campaign claims it's going to hold its own shadow Wuhan updates to
attack Trump and remain relevant in the crisis. Unless surrogates are
used to address the camera, I think this a big mistake for the DNC but I
welcome it.

I also think the questions (if there are any) will be...different in
tone. And the pressers will probably be recorded to allow for editing.

Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at March 21, 2020 09:54 AM (VNfwt)

---
They think this is super-smart, but lobbing softballs will only highlight how blatantly biased they are. I hope they do it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 09:57 AM (cfSRQ)

192 I've learned to seed in the fall, crabgrass pre-emergent in the spring

Posted by: mcsausagebisquit at March 21, 2020 09:53 AM (A4l7A)

I am afraid to put any kind of weed preventative on my lawn because pup!

And, I'd have to put it on at least an inch deep to dent the weeds I have!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 21, 2020 09:57 AM (BiNEL)

193 169 Do you guys think this whole experience will convince people to have some food and paper goods stored for emergencies?
Posted by: All Hail Eris

---

Nope. A few will but many folks, not here of course, are willfully ignorant.

And work hard to remain so.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 21, 2020 09:52 AM (Y4EXg)

Totally agree. There are people that run out of gas in their cars repeatedly. Someone has to fill the bottom half of the IQ normal distribution.

Posted by: Roy at March 21, 2020 09:57 AM (ABjxW)

194 175 Biden campaign claims it's going to hold its own shadow Wuhan updates to attack Trump and remain relevant in the crisis. Unless surrogates are used to address the camera, I think this a big mistake for the DNC but I welcome it."

Say Trump announces a new relief program for laid-off and unemployed workers. What's Biden going to say, that it's a bad idea?

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 21, 2020 09:57 AM (V2Yro)

195 Do you guys think this whole experience will convince people to have some food and paper goods stored for emergencies?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2020 09:46 AM (Dc2NZ)
--------------

Funny thing, as I was walking the pooches this morning, I was wondering if this virus scare would wake people up to just how vulnerable cities are.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at March 21, 2020 09:57 AM (WEBkv)

196 147 Do you guys think this whole experience will convince people to have some food and paper goods stored for emergencies?

It's convinced me! I've always considered it wise, but what I consider wise and what I actually do are not always convergent.

Posted by: April at March 21, 2020 09:58 AM (OX9vb)

197 i've been tracking a vehicle i'm interested in. price hasn't budged at all. no deals.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 21, 2020 09:58 AM (KP5rU)

198 What makes the photo so effective is its intimacy. Her outfit, expression and pose speak of a casual friendship.

Really, I see her eyes saying how much she likes this short weekend trip to Niagara on the lake.

Posted by: Jean at March 21, 2020 09:58 AM (B7KlG)

199 I went on line and asked about a few cars, they said
they expect shortages due to wuflu and so I don't expect that they'll
be willing to deal much

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:54 AM

I had seen some reports of really low interest rates and incentives from some of the manufacturers (Fiat-Chrysler, IIRC), but I don't know how well that trickles down to the car lots right now.

Posted by: Bert G at March 21, 2020 09:58 AM (OMsf+)

200 170 My Next Door just had a post about someone finding cash in a neighborhood park. I despise the fake virtue signaling.
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 09:52 AM (PUmDY)

Mine had one this morning about how Rite Aid doesn't have any sanitizing wipes for the carts so we must boycott and publicly shame on all social media outlets.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 21, 2020 09:58 AM (6ofTb)

201 Do you guys think this whole experience will convince people to have some food and paper goods stored for emergencies?

That's SOP down here because hurricanes.

Imagine this lockdown with no power for a few days or a week. We get to deal with that prospect pretty much every fall.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #CancelChina at March 21, 2020 09:58 AM (HaL55)

202 Why subject ourselves to the doom and gloom? In the darkest days of the London blitz during WWII, the dancehalls and clubs all remained open.

What I think seems off and bad during this, is that there is no good feeling that I get when out to get necessary supplies. No smiles, no "we're in this together" vibes. Everyone looks grim and suspicious.

Like being in the merge lane on a busy interstate approaching a lane closure.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at March 21, 2020 09:52 AM (+fPHo)

Agreed.

But music is good too.

Yesterday I was listening to a Piano Love Songs playlist while cooking. It was so nice.

Found a nice Violin Love Songs one too. When I really need to mellow the noise. The piano music was nice, no voices.

Or go outside if you can. I usually turn on the Trump Team presser.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:59 AM (vEIlU)

203 Funny thing, my wife no longer looks askance at my squirreling away enough canned stuff to feed us for a couple of weeks.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at March 21, 2020 09:59 AM (WEBkv)

204 Commissar Hrothgar

Thank you, good sir. Are you limiting yourself to only 4 groupies at a time with shelter in place?

We are locked down, with no gatherings beyond 10 people outside of a house or a grocery store. We have one case in the entire county now.

And a friend who is always on the go said, "If this keeps up [the confinement] in 35 years I'll have to divorce my wife." He is really upbeat!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 21, 2020 09:59 AM (u82oZ)

205 Focus! You're in isolation, in the timeline where Bill Cosby is in prison for sexual assault, and Donald Trump is the president who commissioned the United States Space Force.

Reads like a crappy sci-fi story. Also: stealing that

Posted by: ghbucky at March 21, 2020 09:59 AM (s9Eo8)

206 i've been tracking a vehicle i'm interested in. price hasn't budged at all. no deals.
Posted by: chavez the hugo

---

Same here - I've been looking at particular year/model (used) for a couple of months - no real change in asking price yet.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 21, 2020 10:00 AM (Y4EXg)

207 I signed up for NextDoor and went there once. It was like watching the Masked Singer. I thought OMFG and bailed as soon as I could.

Posted by: Roy at March 21, 2020 10:00 AM (ABjxW)

208 Do you guys think this whole experience will convince people to have some food and paper goods stored for emergencies?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2020 09:46 AM (Dc2NZ)
--------------

Funny thing, as I was walking the pooches this morning, I was wondering if this virus scare would wake people up to just how vulnerable cities are.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at March 21, 2020 09:57 AM (WEBkv)

after living in LA through multiple earthquakes, it is instinct

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 10:00 AM (vEIlU)

209 She looks like Elaine Irwin.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 10:00 AM (PUmDY)

210 The Dems seem to have a preoccupation with that word now.

Biden's Shadow Briefing, and, Hillary's Shadow App.

Posted by: davidt at March 21, 2020 10:00 AM (l3+k2)

211 NaCly, yeah that wind was horrible yesterday. Supposed to reach 50 here so maybe I can finally get out in the garden.

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 21, 2020 10:01 AM (dUJdY)

212 Same here - I've been looking at particular year/model (used) for a couple of months - no real change in asking price yet.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 21, 2020 10:00 AM (Y4EXg)

Just make the offer you want. You never know. Go lower, of course and see if they even respond.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 10:01 AM (vEIlU)

213 i've been tracking a vehicle i'm interested in. price hasn't budged at all. no deals.

Go high-end! I occasionally watch Hoovie's Garage on YouTube, and he said the Lambo he bought for over $100K a year ago is now only worth half that as a trade-in at the same dealer.

Posted by: spindrift at March 21, 2020 10:01 AM (ZBrWm)

214 197 i've been tracking a vehicle i'm interested in. price hasn't budged at all. no deals.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 21, 2020 09:58 AM (KP5rU)

What do you have your eye on chavez?

I was about to buy a new pickup and Mrs. Mis. Hum. got laid off this week.

My 98 still runs and is paid for.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 10:02 AM (aA3+G)

215 207 I signed up for NextDoor and went there once. It was like watching the Masked Singer. I thought OMFG and bailed as soon as I could.
Posted by: Roy at March 21, 2020 10:00 AM (ABjxW)

I signed up for it because I wanted to thank the neighborhoods around me for being so courteous to me when I bicycle around.

Then I looked at what other people post and had the exact same reaction. Yikes!

Posted by: ghbucky at March 21, 2020 10:02 AM (s9Eo8)

216
Where is Joe?

https://twitter.com/willdollinger/status/1241332415764795394?s=20

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 21, 2020 10:03 AM (pNxlR)

217 Because we've got the winter snowbird season going on here in SW FL, and I guess it is strictly because of this, the local and state governments have taken no steps to close restaurants.

The national chains, afraid of tarring their image, have mandated closing down to takeout-only status, but we have 90 percent locally owned restaurants in this 1.2 million population metro area, and even though there's a from-the-governor "advisement" that they pare down capacity by 50 percent and have 10 foot table spacing, most are ignoring that.

Seems not-OK to me. We are not rural downstate IL or the Adirondack region of upstate NY. We are packed-to-the-walls coastal Florida.

Posted by: Les Kinetic at March 21, 2020 10:03 AM (+fPHo)

218
Apropos of exactly nothing -

I've been listening to a lot of Supertramp this week.

And while.e I liked a few of their songs, I wasn't a huge fan.

But, since re-listening...

Man, did they have a great 4 album run.

I have to say they may just have been the best group working in the lmid to late 70s.

"Breakfast in America" got overplayed but there's no denying the talent and tune craft from "Crime of the Century" to "BIA"

Welp. Long ago and far away, but don't you kind of hate it when you miss out 0on the heyday of someone/band who's music you could';ve been enjoying all along?

Posted by: naturalfake at March 21, 2020 10:03 AM (z0XD8)

219 ^^^ If my wife looked at Skanks i'd be worried too.

Posted by: saf at March 21, 2020 10:03 AM (5IHGB)

220 213: high end? i'm no moo moo. more like low rent.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 21, 2020 10:03 AM (KP5rU)

221 Went back and checked, it is Fiat-Chrysler with the silly financing: https://www.jeep.com/
0% APR for 84 months on some models. Not sure why I'd want to be paying for 84 months, though.

Posted by: Bert G at March 21, 2020 10:03 AM (OMsf+)

222 The only reason I haven't bailed on NextDoor is it's a good resource for finding handymen, lawn care, repair people, etc. I try to ignore the elitist virtue signalers. Or sometimes I read the threads for a good laugh.

Posted by: lin-duh at March 21, 2020 10:03 AM (UUBmN)

223
Biden's Shadow Briefing, and, Hillary's Shadow App.
Posted by: davidt at March 21, 2020 10:00 AM (l3+k2)

Democracy Dies in Darkness

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 21, 2020 10:03 AM (6FeV1)

224 207
I signed up for NextDoor and went there once. It was like watching the
Masked Singer. I thought OMFG and bailed as soon as I could.

Posted by: Roy at March 21, 2020 10:00 AM (ABjxW)
---------
I did the exact same thing. Signed up and canceled within 5 minutes. Especially since, like all social media platforms, it collects so much info on users.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at March 21, 2020 10:04 AM (XXNQ+)

225
Welp. Long ago and far away, but don't you kind of hate it when you miss out 0on the heyday of someone/band who's music you could';ve been enjoying all along?

Posted by: naturalfake at March 21, 2020 10:03 AM (z0XD

Said not one Nickelback fan, ever.

Posted by: Roy at March 21, 2020 10:04 AM (ABjxW)

226 Jewells45

And how are you and your wonderful husband doing? You are getting to be a real short-timer at work.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 21, 2020 10:04 AM (u82oZ)

227 too much makeup and her knees are too close together

otherwise, yeah, the Usual Accolades for Pretty Ladies apply...

Posted by: in Vung Tau, with the Aussies at March 21, 2020 10:04 AM (8KSPd)

228 Maybe this was covered on another thread, but there was an article in
the Washington Examiner that the latest thing teens are doing to relieve
boredom is filming themselves coughing on produce in stores and posting
it to social media. I say send them to China and see how they deal
with anyone suspected of having Wuhan Flu.
Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at March 21, 2020 09:55 AM (XXNQ+)

yeah, I saw this

makes you think why some cultures had the "eye for an eye" law

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 10:04 AM (vEIlU)

229 199 I went on line and asked about a few cars, they said
they expect shortages due to wuflu and so I don't expect that they'll
be willing to deal much

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:54 AM

I'm pretty sure I read that Ford will pay the first three months of payments if you buy new, now.

Posted by: April at March 21, 2020 10:04 AM (OX9vb)

230 mh, mazda cx-5. used, obviously. going to sell my car to our son when this crap is over with.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 21, 2020 10:05 AM (KP5rU)

231 On second thought, I'd like to expand on my initial comments about people changing behavior.

We are a bit older here than the general pop and presumably have a bit more disposable income. Many, many folks do not. They can't stockpile even if they wanted to.

Paycheck to paycheck living is what many folks have to do. Even a few hundred $$ devoted to laying in a buffer of goods and supplies would hurt them.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 21, 2020 10:05 AM (Y4EXg)

232 Hm. The old lady with the booze and the Capri Sun. I may or may not have done something similar last weekend with a White Claw and one of my nephews' Capri Sun. I just cut the corner off and dumped it in a glass though.
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 21, 2020 09:17 AM (6ofTb)

You spiked your nephew's Capri Sun?

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 21, 2020 10:05 AM (1CjJc)

233 Misanthropic Humanitarian

Sorry to hear you wife is out of work. Can she go back in 14 days?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 21, 2020 10:05 AM (u82oZ)

234 184 Maybe this was covered on another thread, but there was an article in
the Washington Examiner that the latest thing teens are doing to relieve
boredom is filming themselves coughing on produce in stores and posting
it to social media. I say send them to China and see how they deal
with anyone suspected of having Wuhan Flu.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at March 21, 2020 09:55 AM (XXNQ+)

The idiots just have to film themselves.

Uh...you know that makes you identifiable to LE, right tide pod?

Posted by: Tami at March 21, 2020 10:06 AM (cF8AT)

235 230 mh, mazda cx-5. used, obviously. going to sell my car to our son when this crap is over with.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 21, 2020 10:05 AM (KP5rU)

Nice.

I wish you luck with your purchase.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 10:06 AM (aA3+G)

236 All your sickness.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 10:07 AM (PUmDY)

237 234 184 Maybe this was covered on another thread, but there was an article in
the Washington Examiner that the latest thing teens are doing to relieve
boredom is filming themselves coughing on produce in stores and posting
it to social media. I say send them to China and see how they deal
with anyone suspected of having Wuhan Flu.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at March 21, 2020 09:55 AM (XXNQ+)

The idiots just have to film themselves.

Uh...you know that makes you identifiable to LE, right tide pod?
Posted by: Tami at March 21, 2020 10:06 AM (cF8AT)

It's all fun and games until some youth ends up in Intensive Care beaten within an inch of his/her life.

Sorry, not feeling Christian today.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 10:07 AM (aA3+G)

238 207 I signed up for NextDoor and went there once.

I had an invitation to sign up, started to sign up, and when they wanted all of my online information and google signup and everything, I decided they're as much a spy organization as facebook, and reversed my decision.

Posted by: April at March 21, 2020 10:07 AM (OX9vb)

239 I went by Costco around opening time this morning to see what they had left in stock. Unfortunately, that would've required me to stand in the line wrapped around the building, so forget that. The parking lot was nowhere near full, but they're restricting the number of customers inside. Oh, well--more money for Food Lion. At least there was no waiting required to top off the fuel tank.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at March 21, 2020 10:07 AM (DTX3h)

240 wife was laid off this week too. indefinite. she was going to retire in april, so not a big deal. sorry about your wife, mishum.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 21, 2020 10:07 AM (KP5rU)

241
Welp. Long ago and far away, but don't you kind
of hate it when you miss out 0on the heyday of someone/band who's music
you could';ve been enjoying all along?

Posted by: naturalfake at March 21, 2020 10:03 AM (z0XD

---
Conversely, you watch something you liked and now realize it totally sucks.

A while back we got free Hulu for some reason or other and they said unless we watch it more, they'll cancel it. So I checked it out and saw they've got lots of old shows.

I watched an episode of MASH.

And didn't even make it through. I almost got a cramp from the cringing.

Magnum p.i. has held up much better, though. 80s TV > 70s TV.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 10:07 AM (cfSRQ)

242 We are both doing ok NaCly. Yeah retirement the end of April.

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 21, 2020 10:08 AM (dUJdY)

243 "six of her adult children fell ill after attending a large family gathering."

my opinion/hypothesis is that there can be one "super-spreader" that can give larges doses to several people. That can be a worker in a retirement home that has repeated close contact with many people.

A casual one time dose in public from a shopping cart is different than a repeated close contact from a contagious person. Especially a family in a closed space, hugs, kisses, all surfaces and utensils being contaminated... and so on.

The early dose of inoculum matters. A tiny dose may take 6 days to reach the in-body level of inoculum ... that might be gotten on day one from a family gathering close contact. That is a six day head start the inoculum gets in the body, so maybe the incubation period is two days instead of 12 (just making up numbers).

I've seen specialists say this, it is not my theory really. But how it applies in particular to this KungFlu may be unique. But the body needs those extra days to start building the antibody (?) response, and that is surely part of why some have mild symptoms, some go to the hospital.

The UK has changed from letting the general public get infected to accomplish a "herd protection". How much of that was a political decision instead of scientific idk. But closing a pub where one asymptomatic person can slime a lot of surfaces and breath on his friends ... probably a good idea.

Those working necessary jobs are hopefully practicing clean technique and as much social distancing as possible. That and the better treatments should end this thing sooner rather than later.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 21, 2020 10:08 AM (Cus5s)

244 222 The only reason I haven't bailed on NextDoor is it's a good resource for finding handymen, lawn care, repair people, etc. I try to ignore the elitist virtue signalers. Or sometimes I read the threads for a good laugh.
Posted by: lin-duh at March 21, 2020 10:03 AM (UUBmN)

Ours is actually good most of the time. Mostly posts about resources like you said, and reports on road conditions, lost & found pets, meetings, things like that. But the WuFlu has brought all the nuts out. I'll have to stay off until things go back to normal.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 21, 2020 10:08 AM (6ofTb)

245 I'd lick her donut.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 21, 2020 10:08 AM (NWiLs)

246

I got my omaha steaks order in for my parents just in time.

I checked on the order this morning, which they will get in a day, and it showed a lot of the stuff I ordered them is now out of stock.

I also ready they donated pallets of food to the Salvation Army for the hungry.

So between people ordering it to stay out of public, and their donations, they will probably have spotty stock.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 10:08 AM (vEIlU)

247 thanks mishum.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 21, 2020 10:08 AM (KP5rU)

248 Seems Bud's Gun Shop is swamped....not taking phone orders.

Posted by: BignJames at March 21, 2020 10:09 AM (X/Pw5)

249 We are both doing ok NaCly. Yeah retirement the end of April.
Posted by: Jewells45 at March 21, 2020 10:08 AM (dUJdY)
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Congratulations!

End of June for me.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at March 21, 2020 10:09 AM (WEBkv)

250 Tonypete

We are also a tad culturally distinct from the general population. We have discussed how things are out of whack for a while, and have talked sensible precautions. It was not all buy ammo. Just a can of soup extra over time adds up.

For example, a year ago I made sure Festung NaCly would not need TP in an emergency.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 21, 2020 10:09 AM (u82oZ)

251 He just dropped in to see what condition his condition was in and it's RIP. Kenny Rogers dead at 81.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 21, 2020 10:09 AM (+y/Ru)

252
It is stunning how ignorant many are about cars in general. Surprise my $200,000 dollar Super Kar is only worth HALF (or less) after you drive it off the lot,your everyday car loses 20% MINIMUM at the same time.
Buy a cherry 2 /3 year old low mile that is just what you NEED not what you want ,save mucho thousands..If you want to impress the ladies show them you BIG DICK or Better your BIG BANKROLL.

Posted by: saf at March 21, 2020 10:09 AM (5IHGB)

253 240 wife was laid off this week too. indefinite. she was going to retire in april, so not a big deal. sorry about your wife, mishum.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 21, 2020 10:07 AM (KP5rU)

Thanks Buddy!

We are in an OK position compared to a lot of people. She's far from retirement she turns 29 in 8 days.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 10:10 AM (aA3+G)

254
Apparently Bloomberg's commitments only ran so deep - he's dropping his "'til November" campaign employees on April Fools Day and telling them to apply to the DNC.

https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1241045995707928578?s=20

They're the part of the pizza that he manhandled and then dumped back in the box.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 21, 2020 10:10 AM (pNxlR)

255 If I would have just seen the tattoo of the fianc� I would have said it was a shitty portrait tattoo. Unfortunately the fianc� looks like a cartoon drawing in real life.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at March 21, 2020 10:10 AM (2DOZq)

256 *waves to everyone*

*goes back to bed*

*static*

Posted by: Slapweasel at March 21, 2020 10:11 AM (UpS+U)

257 POLITICO@politico
Joe Biden is planning a regular shadow briefing on coronavirus to start as early as Monday to show how he would handle the crisis and address what he calls the lies and failures of President Trump

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Brain damage is a harsh mistress.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 21, 2020 10:11 AM (+y/Ru)

258 via Gateway Pundit --

Andy Cohen, the host and producer of Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live," has announced that he has tested positive for coronavirus -- and two weeks ago he was doing a "shotski" with Hillary Clinton.

Hmmm. The photo shows them pretty close together. Less than 6 feet, fer shure.

She's sure been running her twitter mouth a lot lately too. Down on Trump, natch.

And she's sorta elderly. More, I shan't say.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 21, 2020 10:11 AM (Jdw1U)

259 Paycheck to paycheck living is what many folks have to do. Even a few hundred $$ devoted to laying in a buffer of goods and supplies would hurt them.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 21, 2020 10:05 AM (Y4EXg)

yep

No one saves anymore. I know that some cannot, but priorities.

But even those with continued income, I notice it was the No Name generic products that were being sold out first, those cheaper items for emergency stocking. Unless there were sales on the more known brands.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 10:12 AM (vEIlU)

260 Cn,

Take a look at Truly Myrtle. I like her patterns. Bonne Marie Burns at Chic Knits is good too.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 21, 2020 10:12 AM (Lqy/e)

261
RIP Kenny Rogers.

My Uncle did a phone installation at Kenny Rogers house in the mid 80's. Said he was a really nice guy, gave him lemonade and made him a sandwich himself. Said of all the celebs he did work for Kenny was the kindest.

Posted by: portlandon at March 21, 2020 10:12 AM (Bvzc2)

262 Buy a cherry 2 /3 year old low mile that is just what you NEED not what you want ,save mucho thousands..If you want to impress the ladies show them you BIG DICK or Better your BIG BANKROLL.
Posted by: saf at March 21, 2020 10:09 AM (5IHGB)
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We purchased a mint 2009 Chev Silverado LS a couple of weeks ago. 40K miles. Thing looks like it just rolled off the showroom floor.

15K.

In this area, a truck with less than 100K miles on it generally goes for 20K plus.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at March 21, 2020 10:12 AM (WEBkv)

263 Andy Cohen, the host and producer of Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live," has announced that he has tested positive for coronavirus -- and two weeks ago he was doing a "shotski" with Hillary Clinton.

interesting

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 10:13 AM (vEIlU)

264 But the WuFlu has brought all the nuts out. I'll have to stay off until things go back to normal.
Posted by: Jordan61

Map them for the burning times, you'll need to know who to avoid.

Posted by: Jean at March 21, 2020 10:13 AM (B7KlG)

265 my opinion/hypothesis is that there can be one
"super-spreader" that can give larges doses to several people. That can
be a worker in a retirement home that has repeated close contact with
many people.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 21, 2020 10:08 AM (Cus5s)

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The one English guy spread it all over Switzerland and then to the UK during the course of his holiday jaunt.

Taleb talks about this and how the modeling doesn't account for super-spreaders and how they can blow up the normal distribution.

That's why looking backwards and extrapolating the trend forwards can get you utterly wrong results. It's like driving using your rear-view mirror.

Taleb has been very critical of the UK model.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 10:13 AM (cfSRQ)

266 Same here - I've been looking at particular year/model (used) for a couple of months - no real change in asking price yet.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 21, 2020 10:00 AM (Y4EXg)

When we last bought we found out what that no haggle, low price model is about. Sure, the price is reasonable upfront. Then they try to gouge you on the trade-in. Pass.

The real fun comes when you get to finish the two stage process, where they try to lard up the sale with all kinds of warranties, protection plans, etc. It was tedious, but kind of fun arguining with the guy about how he's convincing me to not buy the car by arguing that I should be expecting it to break down.

Clearly, their big profits come at the back end, and that's where they put the high pressure folks.

I hate sales people.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 21, 2020 10:14 AM (1CjJc)

267 260 Cn,

Take a look at Truly Myrtle. I like her patterns. Bonne Marie Burns at Chic Knits is good too.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 21, 2020 10:12 AM (Lqy/e)

Thanks.

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 10:15 AM (ONvIw)

268 She's sure been running her twitter mouth a lot lately too. Down on Trump, natch.

And she's sorta elderly. More, I shan't say.
Posted by: GnuBreed

I hope not, we need her to be Bidens VP

Posted by: Jean at March 21, 2020 10:15 AM (B7KlG)

269 time to get some exercise

get away from the news for a bit each day, all

you will be healthier for it
and happier

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 10:15 AM (vEIlU)

270 You spiked your nephew's Capri Sun?
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 21, 2020 10:05 AM (1CjJc)

Yep. He slept great.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 21, 2020 10:15 AM (6ofTb)

271 264 But the WuFlu has brought all the nuts out. I'll have to stay off until things go back to normal.
Posted by: Jordan61

Map them for the burning times, you'll need to know who to avoid.
Posted by: Jean at March 21, 2020 10:13 AM (B7KlG)

Yes. Avoid.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 21, 2020 10:15 AM (1CjJc)

272 Thanks for that top photo. What a pretty girl. (Yeah, I know that attitude makes me old!)

Posted by: JTB at March 21, 2020 10:16 AM (7EjX1)

273 What a nice tasty morsel she is. Related, I was in a coffee shop on Oahu some years back chillaxing after catching some morning surf and a young lady who was just as cute but with black hair and a tan sat just like that right in front of me and starting holding a conversation as if we knew each other. I looked over my shoulder to be sure it wasn't a prank as I didn't remember her from a whole in the wall.

It wasn't until ten mins later that I realized that had coached her older brother in baseball mumble mumble years ago and she was his little side kick..

I quickly thanked her for the chit chat said aloha and went on my way thinking that she is going to be a heartbreaker indeed. Just wholesome cuteness.

Oh and no tats...

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at March 21, 2020 10:16 AM (+ldAm)

274 My guess is Mini Mike is worth north of 100 billion now

can't run for Prezzy and cover shorts at the same time

why do you think all those scumbags live in that piss covered sewer ?

the insider trading that goes down at the NYC/DC cocktail parties makes Burr look like Bambi

would love to see the trading sheets for Bloomturd and his crew

he probably bought Ford and American Airlines this week

not the stock, the whole god damn company

Posted by: REDACTED at March 21, 2020 10:16 AM (rpxSz)

275 waves to everyone*

*goes back to bed*

*static*
Posted by: Slapweasel at March 21, 2020 10:11 AM (UpS+U)
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Hey, thanks for dropping in.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at March 21, 2020 10:16 AM (WEBkv)

276
We are a bit older here than the general pop and presumably have a bit more disposable income. Many, many folks do not. They can't stockpile even if they wanted to.

Paycheck to paycheck living is what many folks have to do. Even a few hundred $$ devoted to laying in a buffer of goods and supplies would hurt them.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 21, 2020 10:05 AM (Y4EXg)
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All very true, and a lot of people live in apartments without much storage space. Plus, if there's a shop on most corners, why worry?

I'm not being smug here. I have supplies but even I was taken aback at empty shelves and the prospect of interrupted delivery. I'm used to the couple days' inconvenience of a snowstorm making roads difficult, not supply chain issues.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2020 10:16 AM (Dc2NZ)

277 Posted by: illiniwek at March 21, 2020 10:08 AM (Cus5s)

So they think it was the dose of the virus that caused the problem?

I also wonder if NSAID use is causing trouble for some, especially while this virus is incubating and your body is trying to keep it at bay

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 10:17 AM (ONvIw)

278 About to head out to World Market, but they don't open until 11:00 instead of their usual 10:00 (which is too late in the day in this nasty hot climate). Grrrr.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 21, 2020 10:17 AM (rpbg1)

279 Lady is awesome.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 10:17 AM (PUmDY)

280 Ooooo a slapweasel sighting!
That was encouraging and exciting!

Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 21, 2020 10:18 AM (a4qVe)

281 time to get some exercise

get away from the news for a bit each day, all

you will be healthier for it
and happier
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 10:15 AM (vEIlU)

true. people going about their business. no checkpoints, yet. crazy sales on vitamins and easter candy.

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2020 10:18 AM (zr5Kq)

282 Watching Shaggy Dog DA with my family and seeing people Drink and Drive in a Disney movie was pretty funny.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at March 21, 2020 10:18 AM (dKiJG)

283 One of the main reasons I bought the 4 door Jeep Wrangler in 2011 was the body style would remain basically the same for the duration of my ownership. For some reason they decided to make some significant style changes for the 2020 model year.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at March 21, 2020 10:18 AM (2DOZq)

284 National Review would be excommunicating conservatives who didn't follow the Party line.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020

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They aren't doing that now?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 21, 2020 10:19 AM (rpbg1)

285

Coffee girl called me,she said I could beat a tattoo on her firm rounded perfect ass...............

Dear Starbucks.

Posted by: saf at March 21, 2020 10:19 AM (5IHGB)

286 I'm going to play tennis in a few hours. The tennis court is big enough to allow social distancing.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at March 21, 2020 10:20 AM (2DOZq)

287 129 Welp, I just put the penultimate toilet roll on the spindle. If this Yellow Fever Madness doesn't end soon, I'm going to have to start using the cats. At least they're self-cleaning, so... reusable...
Posted by: Equirhodont at March 21, 2020 09:40 AM (+2GwM)

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If you've got a Sam's Club membership, check online periodically throughout the day. I've seen toilet paper available there (though I just checked, and at the moment it's not).

Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 21, 2020 10:21 AM (CAJOC)

288 269 time to get some exercise

get away from the news for a bit each day, all

you will be healthier for it

and happier

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 10:15 AM (vEIlU)
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So true. My gym is sending out daily workout videos, which are really helpful. I do see a lot of people out walking. Including two couples yesterday evening out for a stroll - carrying plastic cups which almost certainly had alcoholic beverages. Whatever it takes to get through this ...

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at March 21, 2020 10:21 AM (XXNQ+)

289 They aren't doing that now?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 21, 2020 10:19 AM (rpbg1)

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They're the ones who've been excommunicated.

No one in the White House reads them.

Their useless spouses don't have administration appointments.

Their grift is drying up. Sad.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 10:21 AM (cfSRQ)

290 I hate sales people.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 21, 2020 10:14 AM (1CjJc)

When we bought a car a couple of years ago, we haggled with the sales guy and got where wanted price-wise. He then handed us off to the guy to do the paperwork. Manager came in to review everything and was PISSED that neither one of them tried to sell us any of that bullshit.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 21, 2020 10:21 AM (6ofTb)

291 Coffee girl reminds me of why men do such stupid things at that age. We'd do anything for her.

Posted by: pep at March 21, 2020 10:21 AM (T6t7i)

292 Andy Cohen, the host and producer of Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live," has announced that he has tested positive for coronavirus

It's amazing how many of "these people are sick!", isn't it? Really lays bare the incurious nature of the media, too.

Posted by: t-bird at March 21, 2020 10:21 AM (IMdOQ)

293
Hmmm. The photo shows them pretty close together. Less than 6 feet, fer shure.

She's sure been running her twitter mouth a lot lately too. Down on Trump, natch.

And she's sorta elderly. More, I shan't say.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 21, 2020 10:11 AM (Jdw1U)

I bet Shrillary forgot to install the Twitter Bollard add-on. She'll regret that oversight.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 21, 2020 10:21 AM (pNxlR)

294

KILROY...the ball girls'l get ya. Let them alone.

Posted by: saf at March 21, 2020 10:21 AM (5IHGB)

295 Bless you IC (literally)!

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at March 21, 2020 10:21 AM (ykYG2)

296 Thanks for the nightmare fuel in the last thread about the vampiric use of adrenaline-filled child blood

Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at March 21, 2020 09:40 AM (vPKfA)

I have a co-worker who goes back and forth to Mexico, and there apparently is a market in infant blood there. It is a lot of money to really poor families. No one knows what they do with it.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 21, 2020 10:22 AM (6rS3m)

297 @realDonaldTrump 8 minutes ago

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine. The FDA has moved mountains - Thank You! Hopefully they will BOTH (H works better with A, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents)....

....be put in use IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ARE DYING, MOVE FAST, and GOD BLESS EVERYONE! @US_FDA @SteveFDA @CDCgov @DHSgov

I think he's sick of Dr. Fauci too...

Posted by: Tami at March 21, 2020 10:22 AM (cF8AT)

298 BTH, how are you holding up during The Plague?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2020 10:22 AM (Dc2NZ)

299 Sail On is incredibly great. I've given you back your name.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 10:23 AM (PUmDY)

300 286 I'm going to play tennis in a few hours. The tennis court is big enough to allow social distancing.
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at March 21, 2020 10:20 AM (2DOZq)

first sign of the 4 Lesions Fru is yellow balls

Posted by: REDACTED at March 21, 2020 10:23 AM (rpxSz)

301 worsted weight yarn--
Is there a bested weight for yarn?
Asking for a friend.

Posted by: FrodoB, Kung Flu Fighting at March 21, 2020 10:24 AM (dQF3z)

302 All very true, and a lot of people live in apartments without much storage space. Plus, if there's a shop on most corners, why worry?

I'm not being smug here. I have supplies but even I was taken aback at empty shelves and the prospect of interrupted delivery. I'm used to the couple days' inconvenience of a snowstorm making roads difficult, not supply chain issues.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2020 10:16 AM (Dc2NZ)

I completely understand Eris.

Right now I wish I had more ammo.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 10:24 AM (aA3+G)

303 291
Coffee girl reminds me of why men do such stupid things at that age. We'd do anything for her.

Posted by: pep at March 21, 2020 10:21 AM (T6t7i)

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This is why I find the Handmaid's Tale so incredibly stupid.

If female fertility was limited, men would be slaughtering each other to get them. They would be exalted, dressed in finery, glittering in a regal throne room as the ultimate trophy of the ruler.

The whole concept tells you more about the inner fantasies of weirdo leftists than anything about the religious right.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 10:24 AM (cfSRQ)

304 At 7AM it was -5.
Global warming my ass.

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We had rain mixed with snow Thursday which really greened the grass up yesterday.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 21, 2020 10:25 AM (+y/Ru)

305 Backfrom scavenger hunt
Not nearly as bad as I predicted but lots were wiped out to not much in choice such as meat, cans, cleaners, bread.
Good news is gas dropped $.20 in last couple of days to $2.35.
Not many but some people walked around with masks.

Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2020 10:25 AM (ZCEU2)

306 @realDonaldTrump 8 minutes ago

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine. The FDA has moved mountains - Thank You! Hopefully they will BOTH (H works better with A, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents)....

....be put in use IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ARE DYING, MOVE FAST, and GOD BLESS EVERYONE! @US_FDA @SteveFDA @CDCgov @DHSgov

I think he's sick of Dr. Fauci too...
Posted by: Tami at March 21, 2020 10:22 AM (cF8AT)

He really got well informed on all of this (for a man in his postion). Probably grills all his advisers. Asks questions.

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2020 10:25 AM (zr5Kq)

307 Andy Cohen, the host and producer of Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live," has announced that he has tested positive for coronavirus

It's amazing how many of "these people are sick!", isn't it? Really lays bare the incurious nature of the media, too.
Posted by: t-bird at March 21, 2020 10:21 AM (IMdOQM

I can't help but think a number of these announcements are fake news for the publicity. 99.9% probably true but Lefty celebrities are insane.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at March 21, 2020 10:25 AM (2DOZq)

308 301 worsted weight yarn--
Is there a bested weight for yarn?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: FrodoB, Kung Flu Fighting at March 21, 2020 10:24 AM (dQF3z)

No, I just have some and want to use it. Most patterns these days use a lighter yarn, so finding a pattern for this is harder.

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 10:25 AM (ONvIw)

309

Dr.fauci went to Gloucester riding on a Pony ,he was so damn short of an original thought...looking at him I see a KRUGMAN weasel.

Posted by: saf at March 21, 2020 10:26 AM (5IHGB)

310 Coffee girl called me,she said I could beat a tattoo on her firm rounded perfect ass...............
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We can butt dream

Posted by: FrodoB, Kung Flu Fighting at March 21, 2020 10:26 AM (dQF3z)

311 I completely understand Eris.

Right now I wish I had more ammo.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 10:24 AM (aA3+G)
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Psst: I'll trade you a box of 45 acp for a package of TP.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at March 21, 2020 10:26 AM (WEBkv)

312 And my husband keeps walking around the house muttering "Fauci...that little bureaucratic fucker."

So I got that going for me....
Posted by: Tami at March 21, 2020 09:32 AM (cF8AT)

Because of Hair On Fire! statements?

I saw someone who knew him talking and remembering he does this on purpose to get people to take the crisis seriously.

Weird.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:42 AM (vEIlU)

Fauci is a Deep State Hillary FanBoi just doing his part to sabotage the Trump Administration and fuck over the people who shunned Hillary and voted for Trump, but mostly to fuck over Trump voters.

True story. Fauci did send Hillary letters telling her how much he adored her.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at March 21, 2020 10:26 AM (1g7ch)

313
If female fertility was limited, men would be slaughtering each other to get them. They would be exalted, dressed in finery, glittering in a regal throne room as the ultimate trophy of the ruler.

The whole concept tells you more about the inner fantasies of weirdo leftists than anything about the religious right.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 10:24 AM (cfSRQ)

While I have not read it, I understand that is part of the storyline for Frank Herbert's "The White Plague".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 21, 2020 10:27 AM (pNxlR)

314 Does your Walmart have an armed contingent such as this?
________________

No. I went to a Walmart in AZ yesterday. Big crowds inside, but no cops in sight. Store clerks were checking carts to stop people from buying more than the limit on limited items, but other than that, nothing.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 21, 2020 10:27 AM (k4dH2)

315 "Komodo my house, my house I'm gonna give-a you

Peach and pear and I love your hair ah!"

Posted by: Slow "Tail-Dragon" Joe at March 21, 2020 10:27 AM (YqED9)

316 190 My husband would agree as he nagged me just this morning about replacing my old one. Doesn't seem a good time for it, IMO.
Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 09:51 AM (ONvIw)

Have been advised that the end of this year, after the 2021s are out and they are trying to clear the '20s, will be the best buying opportunity in a long time. And a long time to come.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 21, 2020 10:27 AM (ZQR/T)

317 Skip where are you located? Even here In tax everything Illinois we're down to 1.99 In places

Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 21, 2020 10:27 AM (a4qVe)

318 Think I'm gonna stop by the old Harbor Freight today and pickup a welder. I've been wanting one for a while and I'm going to take this opportunity of being socially more distant to re-learn how to weld.

Took an Industrial Design course back in college - which was by far my most favorite class ever.

Got plenty of accessories for the Hummer I can fabricate while I wait for Chinese Lung AIDS to go away.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 21, 2020 10:28 AM (9V81o)

319 Coffee girl reminds me of why men do such stupid things at that age. We'd do anything for her.

the idea is to get her to do anything for you !

zombie George Patton

Posted by: REDACTED at March 21, 2020 10:28 AM (rpxSz)

320 As we approach the end times, know that making your own toilet paper is possible, but time-consuming:

https://bit.ly/2UuxxEZ

They also have an interesting idea to tide you over for a while- a wet sponge (instead of a rabbit), which is what the Romans used to use.

Posted by: t-bird at March 21, 2020 10:28 AM (jyVW0)

321 Skip where are you located? Even here In tax everything Illinois we're down to 1.99 In places
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 21, 2020 10:27 AM (a4qVe)
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Hard to believe that gas prices in CA are almost double that of Illinois.

Well, at least here in the Central Valley.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at March 21, 2020 10:29 AM (WEBkv)

322 317 Skip where are you located? Even here In tax everything Illinois we're down to 1.99 In places
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 21, 2020 10:27 AM (a4qVe)

You're a flat lander? The things you learn here at The Coffee Break.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 10:29 AM (aA3+G)

323 Scott Adams just said a friend that has the KungFLU went to the emergency room this morning and the first thing they did was give him HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN and called Rachael Maddow a liar

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at March 21, 2020 10:29 AM (dKiJG)

324 He really got well informed on all of this (for a man in his postion). Probably grills all his advisers. Asks questions.

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2020 10:25 AM (zr5Kq)

The Journal article he mentions is the one I linked to in #104.

Posted by: Tami at March 21, 2020 10:29 AM (cF8AT)

325 He really got well informed on all of this (for a man in his postion). Probably grills all his advisers. Asks questions.
Posted by: runner

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Questions? What's that?

Posted by: Obummer at March 21, 2020 10:29 AM (Y4EXg)

326 While I have not read it, I understand that is part of the storyline for Frank Herbert's "The White Plague".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 21, 2020 10:27 AM (pNxlR)

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Kind of sad how Herbert and his son have strip-mined Dune.

The first book had a lot of neat ideas but was terribly written. He got better at writing, but had less to say. The last couple of books were real snoozers.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 10:29 AM (cfSRQ)

327 They also have an interesting idea to tide you over for a while- a wet sponge (instead of a rabbit), which is what the Romans used to use.

IDK, I sorta liked the cat idea.

Come here, Fluffy...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #CancelChina at March 21, 2020 10:30 AM (HaL55)

328
I have a co-worker who goes back and forth to Mexico, and there apparently is a market in infant blood there. It is a lot of money to really poor families. No one knows what they do with it.
Posted by: Kindltot

RBG and HRC's real reason for an open border

Posted by: Jean at March 21, 2020 10:30 AM (B7KlG)

329 I love having a scanner. Local PD just put out a BOLO for some chick: "...has a tattoo on her back that says 'all eyes on me', direction of travel unknown."

Posted by: Bert G at March 21, 2020 10:31 AM (OMsf+)

330 give him HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN and called Rachael Maddow a liar
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio

What'd she say now?

Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at March 21, 2020 10:31 AM (VNfwt)

331 I've thrown away the blues, I'm tired of being used.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 10:31 AM (PUmDY)

332 Hitting the F5 key like a coke-fueled research monkey this morning is a treat. She is just all kinds of cute.

Even though I drive a truck that's older than she is.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #CancelChina at March 21, 2020 10:31 AM (HaL55)

333 323 Scott Adams just said a friend that has the KungFLU went to the emergency room this morning and the first thing they did was give him HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN and called Rachael Maddow a liar
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at March 21, 2020 10:29 AM (dKiJG)

As of course she is

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 10:31 AM (ONvIw)

334 I'm taking H & A starting today...I needs me some crazy dreams and the shitz.

H and A you say...get Hip Kats.

Posted by: saf at March 21, 2020 10:31 AM (5IHGB)

335 Guess Kenny Rogers knew when to fold 'm

Posted by: corona comprehension problem at March 21, 2020 10:32 AM (A4l7A)

336 We've actually got one golf course open, if you're crazy enough to play. It is 25 degrees, after all. But there's hope springing eternal around here.
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 21, 2020 09:20 AM (7ZQe3)

The totes woke city fathers in Salt Lake City just shut down all city courses. Now, this will really piss some people off.

Posted by: JC. Idaho bot. at March 21, 2020 10:32 AM (377Zs)

337 >>Coffee girl reminds me of why men do such stupid things at that age. We'd do anything for her.

I'm considering doing a few things for her right now.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 21, 2020 10:32 AM (ZLI7S)

338 Well hello there! Has anyone said anything about eating her chocolate donut?

Because that would be gross.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 21, 2020 10:32 AM (hku12)

339 Well, one nice thing is stores opening for an hour just for seasoned citizens.

Nice to get in the store when it's freshly stocked.

But even at that they had NO eggs and NO mayonnaise.

Posted by: Mr. Trashbag, Shoggoth and Eater Of Toes at March 21, 2020 10:32 AM (T09ml)

340 IDK, I sorta liked the cat idea.

Come here, Fluffy...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #CancelChina at March 21, 2020 10:30 AM (HaL55)

If anyone tries that...please make sure to get video.

Posted by: BignJames at March 21, 2020 10:32 AM (X/Pw5)

341 So let me get this straight...doubles luge is out?

Posted by: t-bird at March 21, 2020 10:32 AM (Wd55D)

342 Hey Tom Servo
You owe this retiree an apology. I worked for 40 years for my meager social security and just watched my retirement account lose 30% of it's value.
I also live alone and this self quarantine is hard on my mental health as well.
So, if you think I'm enjoying this, GTH.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 21, 2020 10:32 AM (QzF6i)

343 Does anyone remember which thread the BJ and donut joke was on? I can't seem to find it.

Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at March 21, 2020 10:33 AM (VNfwt)

344 Right now I wish I had more ammo.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 10:24 AM (aA3+G)
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Just blast "Chunga's Revenge" at the intruders.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2020 10:33 AM (Dc2NZ)

345 317 Pa, home of taxes.
Most of gas price is tax

Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2020 10:33 AM (ZCEU2)

346 334 I'm taking H & A starting today...I needs me some crazy dreams and the shitz.

Being on Metformin during the TP shortage has been... exhausting.

Thankfully the wife had me install one of those space aged toilets back when we did the latest renovation and it squirts yer bootyhole with warm water then blow dries it for you.

Been through one roll in the last two weeks. 15 rolls left

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 21, 2020 10:33 AM (9V81o)

347
Kind of sad how Herbert and his son have strip-mined Dune.

The first book had a lot of neat ideas but was terribly written. He got better at writing, but had less to say. The last couple of books were real snoozers.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 10:29 AM (cfSRQ)

I think working a lode until it has become well played out is a curse for the science fiction genre. Besides Herbert, Philip Jose Farmer ("Riverworld") and Issac Asimov ("Foundation" and "I, Robot" and then trying to tie the two together) were guilty of this.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 21, 2020 10:34 AM (pNxlR)

348 336 We've actually got one golf course open, if you're crazy enough to play. It is 25 degrees, after all. But there's hope springing eternal around here.
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 21, 2020 09:20 AM (7ZQe3)

The totes woke city fathers in Salt Lake City just shut down all city courses. Now, this will really piss some people off.
Posted by: JC. Idaho bot.

Fairfax County (VA) just shut down all there parks including golf courses, too. (sigh)

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 21, 2020 10:34 AM (MVR7y)

349 How is it that Mexico has only 2 deaths from Covid-19?

Drug cartels must scare the virus away or something.

Posted by: dantesed at March 21, 2020 10:34 AM (88xKn)

350 MisHum, indeed, I'm a flatlander. We're 20 minutes east of Rockford.

Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 21, 2020 10:34 AM (a4qVe)

351 329 I love having a scanner. Local PD just put out a BOLO for some chick:
"...has a tattoo on her back that says 'all eyes on me', direction of
travel unknown."

Posted by: Bert G at March 21, 2020 10:31 AM (OMsf+)
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I keep the scanner on as background noise when I'm doing stuff around the house. I'm either laughing or realizing how completely doomed we are as a society.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at March 21, 2020 10:35 AM (XXNQ+)

352 343 Does anyone remember which thread the BJ and donut joke was on? I can't seem to find it.
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at March 21, 2020 10:33 AM (VNfwt)

The thread below the ONT.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 21, 2020 10:35 AM (6ofTb)

353 *waves hand frantically to get attention of teacher*

The German MG43 machine gun: had a very high rate of fire.

I suspect Mauldin saw a GI play that "joke" on his buddies and that's what inspired the cartoon.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 21, 2020 09:56 AM (00fXp)

Mortar shell incoming, I think. That is what a bud of mine was telling me, they go zweeip.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 21, 2020 10:35 AM (6rS3m)

354 How is it that Mexico has only 2 deaths from Covid-19?

Drug cartels must scare the virus away or something.
Posted by: dantesed at March 21, 2020 10:34 AM (88xKn)

They're not keeping track

Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 21, 2020 10:35 AM (a4qVe)

355 How is it that Mexico has only 2 deaths from Covid-19?
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They aren't tracking it at all, they don't have the ability to.

Posted by: lin-duh at March 21, 2020 10:35 AM (UUBmN)

356 Shes wearing her diamond on her middle finger. Does that mean shes engaged to a tranny?

Posted by: dr kill at March 21, 2020 10:36 AM (4TmDn)

357 The thread below the ONT.
Posted by: Jordan61

Thank you!

Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at March 21, 2020 10:36 AM (VNfwt)

358 330 give him HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN and called Rachael Maddow a liar
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio

What'd she say now?
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at March 21, 2020 10:31 AM (VNfwt)

Because Trump was saying it was an effective treatment and she was saying that NOBODY was using it for the KungFLU and the President was lying and the press should stop showing his press conference.

Scott Adams said that his friend got the meds when he went to the emergency room this morning with the KungFLU.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at March 21, 2020 10:36 AM (dKiJG)

359
I think working a lode until it has become well
played out is a curse for the science fiction genre. Besides Herbert,
Philip Jose Farmer ("Riverworld") and Issac Asimov ("Foundation" and "I,
Robot" and then trying to tie the two together) were guilty of this.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 21, 2020 10:34 AM (pNxlR)

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I wonder how much of it is money vs creative interest.

Working writers want sales in a way that part-timers don't. Tolkien, for example, wasn't in it for the money, he just got really into creating stuff.

R.E. Howard, by contrast, wanted money, and a bunch of his stories were nothing more than money grabs, especially when he realized that sexy scenes would make the cover and get him even more money.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 10:37 AM (cfSRQ)

360 Fairfax County (VA) just shut down all there parks including golf courses, too. (sigh)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 21, 2020 10:34 AM (MVR7y)

Wife and I are going to go meet some friends at 1pm at a state park for a nice hike.

Maintaining social distance won't be difficult - its Maine. 6 feet away is awfully close.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 21, 2020 10:37 AM (9V81o)

361 344 Right now I wish I had more ammo.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 10:24 AM (aA3+G)
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Just blast "Chunga's Revenge" at the intruders.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2020 10:33 AM (Dc2NZ)

I'm taking more of a Zevon take on this https://youtu.be/l_0e4chKXQ4

If you don't know my Setters name...............

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 10:37 AM (aA3+G)

362 Bucks County PA. A great place to be from. Suckers......

Posted by: dr kill at March 21, 2020 10:37 AM (4TmDn)

363 "...has a tattoo on her back that says 'all eyes on me', direction of
travel unknown."

There used to be an Orlando Tragic basketball player who had that tattooed across his back in giant gothic letters. I wonder if he's transitioned now that he's retired...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #CancelChina at March 21, 2020 10:38 AM (HaL55)

364
Questions? What's that?
Posted by: Obummer at March 21, 2020 10:29 AM (Y4EXg)

Sorry, we forgot that you were the "Check a Box" Preznint.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 21, 2020 10:38 AM (pNxlR)

365 Thanks skip, I thought Cali and Illinois had the highest gas taxes. Hmm I was wrong. My condolences

Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 21, 2020 10:38 AM (a4qVe)

366 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 10:37 AM (cfSRQ)

See also: the collected works of Anthony Trollope

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 21, 2020 10:38 AM (6FeV1)

367 My son went wind surfing yesterday. At 7:00PM I went down to the marina to find him for dinner. I found his jeep with no sign of him on the water. The Potomac was at high tide and the wind was blowing up river. I knew he must be up river with no ability to tack back against tide and winds. I drove to Jones Point to see if he landed up there. Arriving at the parking lot under the Woodrow Wilson Bridge I found a firetruck, ambulance and a crew of seven firemen standing about. I asked if they were responding to a windsurfer. They said they were. I asked if he was alive. They reported that he was and that he was being picked up on the Maryland side by a rescue boat. The boat would land at Jones Point. We the boat tied up to the pier I spied future leader on the port side rail and announced to the two crews 'This is my son. He has shit for brains.' Everyone laughed including my son. On the drive back I remembered the two of us watching the construction of the Woodrow Wilson bridge when he was four. We were always going creeking. We both like drainage systems - big and small. Mom was relieved. I got some pictures of the boy with rescue crews. Then I realized how old I'm getting. Big thoughts in the time of plague.

Posted by: Mel Gibson at March 21, 2020 10:39 AM (QZCjk)

368 The national lockdown rumors are intended to pre-define a measure that Trump SHOULD HAVE TAKEN, if things really get bad.

This is our media's Job #1: encourage panic and failure, no matter how many lives and retirement savings accounts it destroys.

Told my kids years ago I'd pay the freight for any undergrad degree the wanted, except one. You can stay in my good books, or you can go to J-school, but not both.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at March 21, 2020 10:39 AM (TkoxE)

369 360: Social distancing is pretty normal for me anyway. It's how I live. The gov is telling a natural born hermit to stay away from people. Um..ok.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 21, 2020 10:39 AM (MVR7y)

370 How long are the Dominican Skeletor and Bobo Brazille planning on keeping this scam going? They aren't fooling anyone except other retards. Posted by: Captain Hate

Comedy gold, Jerry.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at March 21, 2020 10:39 AM (Ndje9)

371 See also: the collected works of Anthony Trollope

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 21, 2020 10:38 AM (6FeV1)

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Everything written by J.K. Rowling.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 10:39 AM (cfSRQ)

372 Coffee chick is giving me impure thoughts

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 21, 2020 10:40 AM (6mvRv)

373 Atlanta inside city has very high gas prices.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 10:40 AM (PUmDY)

374 Watching the First Lady's PSA again, https://bit.ly/2WtypMC

I swear I could listen to her reading the phone book.

Posted by: t-bird at March 21, 2020 10:40 AM (VP1E6)

375 Because Trump was saying it was an effective treatment and she was saying that NOBODY was using it for the KungFLU and the President was lying and the press should stop showing his press conference.
________________

A few days ago, there were several articles in the news about how doctors in the U.K. (or may have been Ireland) and China had written up (for medical journals) their results of using the drugs on hospitalized corona patients. Both reported very good results. Trump didn't just pull this stuff out of his ass. Maddow is an ignorant twat.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 21, 2020 10:40 AM (k4dH2)

376 Now the media will reflexively declare the quinine treatments ineffective, bad side effects, etc, because they must reflexively oppose all things Trump.

These people are more self-destructive than meth heads. I likey.

Posted by: davidt at March 21, 2020 10:41 AM (l3+k2)

377 Social distancing is pretty normal for me anyway. It's how I live. The gov is telling a natural born hermit to stay away from people. Um..ok.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 21, 2020 10:39 AM (MVR7y)

Same, but I'm accustomed to being able to stay away from people in public, too.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 21, 2020 10:41 AM (t+qrx)

378 367: I live about a mile from Wilson Bridge. I've been to that park. It's nice. Great views.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 21, 2020 10:42 AM (MVR7y)

379 342 Hey Tom Servo
You owe this retiree an apology. I worked for 40 years for my meager social security and just watched my retirement account lose 30% of it's value.
I also live alone and this self quarantine is hard on my mental health as well.
So, if you think I'm enjoying this, GTH.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 21, 2020 10:32 AM (QzF6i)

Sharon,
You are the salt and sugar of the earth. Hold fast. Your retirement account will come back, in time. This is nothing to a warrior such as yourself.

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at March 21, 2020 10:42 AM (CLteG)

380 Meijer's had a lot of fresh veges and meat. Very little in the baking aisle, flour and sugar depleted. No eggs but they had milk. Bread aisle was not too bad, but it'll be gone soon. Pasta, rice, canned veges limited variety and very little. No paper products or disinfecting products. I got there shortly after they opened, it was busy, but not unmanagable.

Stopped at the Aldi's just down the road from Meijer's. Score! 12 roll pkg of TP, and a 6 roll double-roll pkg of paper towel. Eggs but no flour. That's ok. I should be ok with the flour I have between my house and mom's til next weekend.

Posted by: My life is insanity at March 21, 2020 10:42 AM (Z/jzm)

381 On the talk station there is a golf show Saturday morning, so heard a golf course was going to open with club house closed which you check in play and leave. Not sure it was going to pass Emperor Wolf's draconian measures.

Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2020 10:42 AM (ZCEU2)

382 369 360: Social distancing is pretty normal for me anyway. It's how I live. The gov is telling a natural born hermit to stay away from people. Um..ok.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 21, 2020 10:39 AM (MVR7y)
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This is what I've been training for all my life.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2020 10:42 AM (Dc2NZ)

383 Have a great day everyone.

Chores await.

At this rate the house will be well organized and clean in only 5 years.

Be that swan gliding serenely though choppy water. Never let them see the feet moving fast.

Hand washing is the new head on a swivel. Because COVID-19 crazed politicos and bureaucrats have a Mattis plan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 21, 2020 10:42 AM (u82oZ)

384 Obama's relatives ahead of the curve

Kenyans stone virus patient to death

Posted by: REDACTED at March 21, 2020 10:42 AM (rpxSz)

385 367 Posted by: Mel Gibson at March 21, 2020 10:39 AM (QZCjk)
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So glad that your son is ok. It's always heart-wrenching to be around Great Falls or elsewhere on the river and see the rescue boats being deployed.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at March 21, 2020 10:42 AM (XXNQ+)

386 "So they think it was the dose of the virus that caused the problem?

I also wonder if NSAID use is causing trouble for some, especially
while this virus is incubating and your body is trying to keep it at bay" Posted by: CN

I didn't see them relate dose rate to the UK issue. It seemed fear of 10k dying while the herd immunity developed was the main reason for change. But clearly the close contact in confined spaces, over time (as opposed to touching a door knob once) ... is part of the thinking.

I've been using the term "clean technique", which may not apply, but I learned it from a nurse doing a catheter ... I noted it was not purely "sterile technique" (cuz my one microbiology class made me an expert, ha). She said it was clean technique. (it's a clean machine, very clean)

Verdict still out on NSAIDs (afaik) ... there is no evidence it is an issue, but not quite certain it is NOT an issue. For most it is probably fine, but there are always certain cases that might suggest higher risk, and in general acetaminophen seems safer for fever. I'm sure protocols are being developed as we speak.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 21, 2020 10:43 AM (Cus5s)

387 I'ma gonna see if I can get in a bit of guitar practice before B'Gal gets up.

Y'all try to behave.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #CancelChina at March 21, 2020 10:43 AM (HaL55)

388 Posted by: My life is insanity at March 21, 2020 10:42 AM (Z/jzm)

I couldn't find any bread at Kroger the other day, but I have a high natural resistance to matzo (which was available).

Posted by: hogmartin at March 21, 2020 10:44 AM (t+qrx)

389
Everything written by J.K. Rowling.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 10:39 AM (cfSRQ)

You don't buy into the author's "reveals" of another character's sexual / gender proclivities every year to keep the canon ever fresh and relevant in readers' minds?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 21, 2020 10:44 AM (pNxlR)

390 People just don't want to stock up. I know people that won't eat home cooked food. They live on fast food.

Back in the day, I used to do a once a month shop. I wasn't making a lot. It can be done but you have to learn how to cook.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 21, 2020 10:44 AM (Lqy/e)

391 384 Obama's relatives ahead of the curve

Kenyans stone virus patient to death
________________

Remember, all cultures are equal (except evil white western cultures, of course)!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 21, 2020 10:44 AM (k4dH2)

392 339 Well, one nice thing is stores opening for an hour just for seasoned citizens.

Nice to get in the store when it's freshly stocked.

But even at that they had NO eggs and NO mayonnaise.
Posted by: Mr. Trashbag, Shoggoth and Eater Of Toes at March 21, 2020 10:32 AM (T09ml)

---------------------------------

Seasoned citizens, huh?

*Douses self with Italian Seasoning*

Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 21, 2020 10:45 AM (CAJOC)

393 My Costco had no TP but did have lots of water and paper towels. No wipes or bleach. Limit of 1 and no returns on those items.

Posted by: lin-duh at March 21, 2020 10:45 AM (UUBmN)

394 367
My son went wind surfing yesterday. At 7:00PM I went down to the marina to find him for dinner.

Nice story and a blast from the past. I used to windsurf from that very spot. It does have very tricky winds, especially close to shore.

Posted by: pep at March 21, 2020 10:45 AM (T6t7i)

395 Checked the archives for 2009 H1N1 posts. Found this which mentions a future VP, then a senator.
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/294229.php#294229

(Don't comment on old posts, instant banning.)
Thought that was interesting.

Some of my family are mad at me b/c I put "Apocalypse Fatigue" on my FB. They think I'm not taking this seriously enough. My point- we will not forget how the media played htis.

Posted by: Sal at March 21, 2020 10:45 AM (bo8pf)

396 I think working a lode until it has become well
played out is a curse for the science fiction genre. Besides Herbert,
Philip Jose Farmer ("Riverworld") and Issac Asimov ("Foundation" and "I,
Robot" and then trying to tie the two together) were guilty of this.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars

+++++

Ida Know, Larry Correia is still working on the Monster Hunter International series and that's 7 books long, with at least one more due, along with a 3 book spinoff collaboration with John Ringo.

I love 'em.

I mean look at my username.

Posted by: Mr. Trashbag, Shoggoth and Eater Of Toes at March 21, 2020 10:46 AM (T09ml)

397 "238 207 I signed up for NextDoor and went there once.

I had an invitation to sign up, started to sign up, and when they wanted all of my online information and google signup and everything, I decided they're as much a spy organization as facebook, and reversed my decision.

Posted by: April at March 21, 2020 10:07 AM (OX9vb) "

Yup, same here. Not gonna do that.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at March 21, 2020 10:46 AM (zlgJP)

398 385 367 Posted by: Mel Gibson at March 21, 2020 10:39 AM (QZCjk)
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So glad that your son is ok. It's always heart-wrenching to be around Great Falls or elsewhere on the river and see the rescue boats being deployed.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife
--------------
Thank you Hoplite Wife. At Great Falls they merely rescue the chum. Its a meat grinder. Fortunately the boy was just cold and exhausted and pissed no passing boats would stop and give him a tow.

Posted by: Mel Gibson at March 21, 2020 10:46 AM (QZCjk)

399 Way late, but on a psychedelic trip, trying to stay hip.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 10:46 AM (PUmDY)

400 Verdict still out on NSAIDs (afaik) ... there is no evidence it is an issue, but not quite certain it is NOT an issue. For most it is probably fine, but there are always certain cases that might suggest higher risk, and in general acetaminophen seems safer for fever. I'm sure protocols are being developed as we speak.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 21, 2020 10:43 AM (Cus5s)

Yes, but the research on ibuprofen and antibody production is not new. They lower host defense. I know lots of people who run to the motrin after every workout to prevent soreness. They need to give that habit a rest for a while

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 10:47 AM (ONvIw)

401 398: he should have hit the casino since he was over there anyway!

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 21, 2020 10:47 AM (MVR7y)

402 Posted by: Mel Gibson at March 21, 2020 10:46 AM (QZCjk)

Good lord, how scary for both of you! Glad he's okay.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 21, 2020 10:48 AM (6ofTb)

403 Balrog Thanks for the sweet words but I'm still mad at Tom Servo for lumping me in with the MSM, politicians and rich shitheads telling the rest of us to grin and bear it.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 21, 2020 10:48 AM (QzF6i)

404 I couldn't find any bread at Kroger the other day, but I have a high natural resistance to matzo (which was available).
Posted by: hogmartin at March 21, 2020 10:44 AM (t+qrx)

Excellent matzo recipe:

Put matzo in bag, crush.
Take bag to nearest wild duck sanctuary.
Feed matzo to ducks.
Come back in the fall.
Shoot duck. Bring home.
Make duck l'orange.

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2020 10:48 AM (zr5Kq)

405 MA is letting the titties bars stay open

now if they can just find some unfugly women in MA

Posted by: REDACTED at March 21, 2020 10:48 AM (rpxSz)

406 390 People just don't want to stock up. I know people that won't eat home cooked food. They live on fast food.

Back in the day, I used to do a once a month shop. I wasn't making a lot. It can be done but you have to learn how to cook.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 21, 2020 10:44 AM (Lqy/e)

And others don't want food around as they might eat it. These people will go back to having minimal available ASAP

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 10:49 AM (ONvIw)

407
Ida Know, Larry Correia is still working on the Monster Hunter International series and that's 7 books long, with at least one more due, along with a 3 book spinoff collaboration with John Ringo.

I love 'em.

I mean look at my username.
Posted by: Mr. Trashbag, Shoggoth and Eater Of Toes at March 21, 2020 10:46 AM (T09ml)

Like all curses, some succumb to it and others do not. Correia mixes things up and adds in new ideas. Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle were good at doong that, too.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 21, 2020 10:49 AM (pNxlR)

408 Paycheck to paycheck living is what many folks have
to do. Even a few hundred $$ devoted to laying in a buffer of goods and
supplies would hurt them.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 21, 2020 10:05 AM (Y4EXg)

five gallon bucket of rice, five gallon bucket of beans, a carton of dry milk in envelopes, and six of those coleman mini cylinders of propane and a cheap single burner propane stove will keep you alive, fed, and you can spend money on food you like in SHTF situations.

It will all store in the back of a hall closet.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 21, 2020 10:49 AM (6rS3m)

409 I really got out of the habit of stocking up after the kids were grown and (mostly) on their own. A weekly trip to the grocery store with mom became and was an outing she could handle. So much for that, now!

Posted by: My life is insanity at March 21, 2020 10:49 AM (Z/jzm)

410 Methinks I shall bestir myself.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 21, 2020 10:49 AM (cfSRQ)

411 Mel Gibson - wow, what a relief your boy was okay. I've had a few of those "God this is going to be bad" moments with the kids.

After you are certain they are okay you want to beat their ass. And then hug them. And then beat their ass.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 21, 2020 10:50 AM (Y4EXg)

412 Looking at you and you're not there is good stuff.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 10:50 AM (PUmDY)

413 https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2020/03/impressive.html

Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2020 10:50 AM (ZCEU2)

414 Methinks I shall bestir myself.

TMI

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2020 10:50 AM (zr5Kq)

415 A map of the cases in the US.

https://bit.ly/2J6Yvx6

Lots of activity near me on the East Coast.

Posted by: t-bird at March 21, 2020 10:51 AM (1+J19)

416 393 My Costco had no TP but did have lots of water and paper towels. No wipes or bleach. Limit of 1 and no returns on those items.
Posted by: lin-duh at March 21, 2020 10:45 AM (UUBmN)

wutz ur 20, darlin ?

and why r u buying H2O ?

Posted by: REDACTED at March 21, 2020 10:51 AM (rpxSz)

417 Anyway, I seeded the front lawn, so I accomplished a little

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 10:51 AM (ONvIw)

418 413 Home gym has nothing she needs

Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2020 10:51 AM (ZCEU2)

419 Dr Campbell was upset that people weren't stocking up on fresh fruits and vegetables. They don't store well. People don't know if things will be locked down so they to for things they can store.

I do find the interest in baking bread charming though.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 21, 2020 10:52 AM (Lqy/e)

420 328 I'll have a pint of 19yo running back.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 21, 2020 10:52 AM (ZQR/T)

421 Excellent matzo recipe:

Put matzo in bag, crush.
Take bag to nearest wild duck sanctuary.
Feed matzo to ducks.
Come back in the fall.
Shoot duck. Bring home.
Make duck l'orange.

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2020 10:48 AM (zr5Kq)

Hmmm. I was thinking tiramatzo.

https://tinyurl.com/uhepeus

Posted by: hogmartin at March 21, 2020 10:52 AM (t+qrx)

422 Smart girls weaponize their men to destroy on the famlys'/country's behalf. Or they are just hate some bitche's hair color.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 21, 2020 10:52 AM (mszmy)

423 I am really tired of supposedly smart people saying we had x thousand dead from swine flu, bird flu, etc and we didn't do anything. Look in the mirror and see an idiot.

Maybe if we HAD done something, those people would still be alive.

No one knows the value of a single life until they have to write that letter to the family.

Three generations of my family were called to war. You're being called to sit on your couch. Grow up.

Posted by: VADM Collingwood RN - holding Nelson's rum ration at March 21, 2020 10:53 AM (9X60i)

424 Seasoned citizens, huh?

*Douses self with Italian Seasoning*
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 21, 2020

+++

Make it creamy garlic Italian and I'm there.

Posted by: Mr. Trashbag, Shoggoth and Eater Of Toes at March 21, 2020 10:53 AM (T09ml)

425 Wife and I are going to go meet some friends at 1pm at a state park for a nice hike.

Maintaining social distance won't be difficult - its Maine. 6 feet away is awfully close.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 21, 2020 10:37 AM (9V81o)

Hey Def- whereabouts are you? I grew up a few minutes outside of Augusta.

Posted by: Mainah at March 21, 2020 10:53 AM (/X580)

426 145
The US is approaching 20K cases.

I think I saw as high as 48K for the flu history in the US.

I do not think it has peaked yet, but we'll see how this pans out.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2020 09:46 AM (vEIlU)

According to the CDC, there were 80,000 flu *deaths* in the 2017-2018 season.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/26/health/flu-deaths-2017--2018-cdc-bn/index.html

Posted by: Al Crapton at March 21, 2020 10:53 AM (GlmxK)

427 Argentina in full lockdown with a couple hundred cases. Brazil with 977 cases, state of emergency.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 21, 2020 10:54 AM (Lqy/e)

428 415 A map of the cases in the US.

https://bit.ly/2J6Yvx6

Lots of activity near me on the East Coast.

Posted by: t-bird at March 21, 2020 10:51 AM (1+J19)

Assume the hottest spots will be areas of international travel.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 21, 2020 10:54 AM (ZQR/T)

429 415
A map of the cases in the US.

https://bit.ly/2J6Yvx6

Lots of activity near me on the East Coast.

Posted by: t-bird at March 21, 2020 10:51 AM (1+J19)

What would it look like if you overlaid a county by county electoral map?

Posted by: davidt at March 21, 2020 10:54 AM (l3+k2)

430 417 Anyway, I seeded the front lawn, so I accomplished a little
Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 10:51 AM (ONvIw)

Sativa !! yes ??

Posted by: REDACTED at March 21, 2020 10:54 AM (rpxSz)

431 No tattoos on her. Or me.
Posted by: bluebell at March 21, 2020 09:02 AM

?????? I've heard, through unnamed sources, that you have a small, yet tasteful stylized combined N and Y in bluish ink tattoo discreetly placed.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 21, 2020 10:55 AM (DMUuz)

432 Hmmm. I was thinking tiramatzo.

https://tinyurl.com/uhepeus
Posted by: hogmartin at March 21, 2020 10:52 AM (t+qrx)

you can, however ducks may not appreciate all the effort when you feed it them. they are not gourmets.

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2020 10:55 AM (zr5Kq)

433 Complaints about the photo above the fold, 1-999-Bite-Me.
-------

Ah. The Call Center garden gnome:

https://tinyurl.com/ugtmkyx

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 21, 2020 10:55 AM (eYD0A)

434 Our curve is not yet flattening.

We are doubling cases every two days not every three which we were.

Posted by: blaster at March 21, 2020 10:55 AM (ZfRYq)

435 Kids: What if we run out of bread?
Me: We have plenty of flour, water, and salt.
Kids: Huh?

Posted by: dagny at March 21, 2020 10:55 AM (nRWPy)

436 > If you've got a Sam's Club membership, check online periodically throughout the day.

May be worth reloading Amazon periodically too.

They had the good stuff in stock for a while the other day, but later in the day they were back down to only the industrial belt sander stuff.

I imagine it hits the site within seconds after it comes off the truck, because if there's one thing Bezos hates, it's stuff growing moss in the warehouse.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 21, 2020 10:55 AM (tLWGd)

437 Well, we're being overrun by NY and CT plates here. Not as bad as what was reported in the NY Post about the Hamptons, but getting there.

It's like Spring Break for a couple of my neighbors. They arrived the other day from NYC and their three kids followed, along with five or six of their friends. Surf all day and party all night.

It's as if they think since they left the city they are safe. Meanwhile, they are only 15-20 miles away from the family that was devastated by the virus this week.

Posted by: IrishEi at March 21, 2020 10:56 AM (sGotD)

438 Hey Def- whereabouts are you? I grew up a few minutes outside of Augusta.
Posted by: Mainah at March 21, 2020 10:53 AM (/X580)

Cape Elizabeth.

You know the two lights lobster shack? Look at the west lighthouse from the shack and one of the houses you see will be my abode.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 21, 2020 10:56 AM (9V81o)

439 We are doubling cases every two days not every three which we were.

Except testing just became widespread.

Posted by: dagny at March 21, 2020 10:56 AM (nRWPy)

440 411 Mel Gibson - wow, what a relief your boy was okay. I've had a few of those "God this is going to be bad" moments with the kids.

After you are certain they are okay you want to beat their ass. And then hug them. And then beat their ass.
Posted by: Tonypete
------------------
Yep. Pretty much. I pointed out to him that he didn't have a flotation vest nor helmet and the marina staff is not on duty for another month and he was surfing alone. He could easily have died. He protested my assaults on his manliness but I sensed he had experienced a partial existential pucker factor moment. Maybe learning is possible? I hope so.

Oh, and I threatened to take a chain saw to his windsurfer.

Posted by: Mel Gibson at March 21, 2020 10:56 AM (QZCjk)

441 legalinsurrection.com/biden has all but disappeared during wuhancoronavirus crisis as #whereisjoe trends
https://tinyurl.com/vhctxhk

Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2020 10:56 AM (ZCEU2)

442 If creme br�l�e is on the menu, 80% chance I am ordering it.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 10:57 AM (PUmDY)

443 386 Verdict still out on NSAIDs (afaik) ... there is no evidence it is an issue, but not quite certain it is NOT an issue. For most it is probably fine, but there are always certain cases that might suggest higher risk, and in general acetaminophen seems safer for fever. I'm sure protocols are being developed as we speak.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 21, 2020 10:43 AM (Cus5s)

As a result of the chatter regarding NSAIDs and the potential contraindications regarding the China virus, I bought my first bottle of acetaminophen in decades this morning (one of the few remaining on the shelf). When I have a fever, I generally leave it alone and let it do its job unless it becomes dangerously high (like the 106.7 degree fever I had a little over a year ago). I don't do booze whilst sick, so I'll just stick with acetaminophen for those rare occasions.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at March 21, 2020 10:57 AM (DTX3h)

444 legalinsurrection.com/biden has all but disappeared during wuhancoronavirus

and we like it that way

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2020 10:57 AM (zr5Kq)

445 We are doubling cases every two days not every three which we were.
Posted by: blaster at March 21, 2020 10:55 AM (ZfRYq)

You need to take into account the rate of testing as well.

What a more meaningful statistic would be is positive results per test administered.

That would give you a better idea of the infection rate over time since testing has not been constant and will increase over time.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 21, 2020 10:58 AM (9V81o)

446 Alsosaw on Legal Innsurection Britain is closing up shop for the Wuhan Flu.
Hope the lesson learned is fk China

Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2020 10:59 AM (ZCEU2)

447 444 legalinsurrection.com/biden has all but disappeared during wuhancoronavirus

and we like it that way
Posted by: runner at March 21, 2020 10:57 AM (zr5Kq)

As for my family and I......
We wish they ALL would disappear.............

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2020 11:00 AM (aA3+G)

448 390 People just don't want to stock up. I know people that won't eat home cooked food. They live on fast food.

Back in the day, I used to do a once a month shop. I wasn't making a lot. It can be done but you have to learn how to cook.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 21, 2020 10:44 AM (Lqy/e)

Yep. And it's not like you have to become a Michelin star grade chef. Basic cooking skills are pretty easy to obtain.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 21, 2020 11:00 AM (NWiLs)

449 I'd like to see every nation on earth completely shun ther chicoms over this. No trade, no travel, tear up every scrap of paper they're holding. Complete divestiture of their evil government.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 21, 2020 11:01 AM (6FeV1)

450 Well should go out and work on my solo miniature game.

Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2020 11:01 AM (ZCEU2)

451 China will do show trials, think it will be over for them after that. Not a chance.

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2020 11:01 AM (zr5Kq)

452 Sat. Morn wide open on jet ski. Whaaaahooooo!

Posted by: Ginny at March 21, 2020 11:01 AM (HtaGW)

453 Especially with Schlag.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 11:01 AM (PUmDY)

454 Folks, you know you're in good hands when the drunken mayor from Bumfuck-Egypt declares martial law and thinks he know how to take over the logistics in a healthcare facility.

Posted by: Fritz at March 21, 2020 11:02 AM (ATCV4)

455 446 Alsosaw on Legal Innsurection Britain is closing up shop for the Wuhan Flu.
Hope the lesson learned is fk China
Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2020 10:59 AM (ZCEU2)

I hope so, but he CoC types will go right back to their desire for the cheapest labor possible. Who'd have thought that their Italian made goods were made by imported Chinese cheap labor before we saw the stats out of Italy?

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 11:02 AM (ONvIw)

456 You know the two lights lobster shack? Look at the
west lighthouse from the shack and one of the houses you see will be my
abode.

Posted by: Defenestratus
======
A favorite. Love the Shack. Stay healthy!

Posted by: 2009Refugee - Thought Indifferent at March 21, 2020 11:02 AM (8AONa)

457 Biden just heard about teleconferencing

Posted by: dagny at March 21, 2020 11:02 AM (nRWPy)

458 Yep. And it's not like you have to become a Michelin star grade chef. Basic cooking skills are pretty easy to obtain.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 21, 2020 11:00 AM (NWiLs)

I'm a shitty cook. I LIKE to cook, I'm just not particularly good at it.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 21, 2020 11:02 AM (6ofTb)

459 China will do show trials, think it will be over for them after that. Not a chance.
Posted by: runner at March 21, 2020 11:01 AM (zr5Kq)

The reality is that Xi Jinping will probably get a fucking Nobel peace prize out of this mess.

There are days when i truly loathe my species.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 21, 2020 11:03 AM (6FeV1)

460 458 Yep. And it's not like you have to become a Michelin star grade chef. Basic cooking skills are pretty easy to obtain.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 21, 2020 11:00 AM (NWiLs)

I'm a shitty cook. I LIKE to cook, I'm just not particularly good at it.
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 21, 2020 11:02 AM (6ofTb)

Can you scramble eggs? Make an omelette?

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 21, 2020 11:03 AM (NWiLs)

461 Cat Scratch Fever

https://tinyurl.com/va92cq4

Posted by: JackStraw at March 21, 2020 11:04 AM (ZLI7S)

462 You need to take into account the rate of testing as well.

What a more meaningful statistic would be is positive results per test administered.

That would give you a better idea of the infection rate over time since testing has not been constant and will increase over time.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 21, 2020 10:58 AM (9V81o)

The internet is full of people who are lighting their hair on fire over the statistics being posted... while having no clue how these numbers are/were compiled.

Two things that are probably best (for one's own mental health) to ignore: The daily tracking numbers (they're almost entirely unreliable), and celebs announcing they got it.

Neither of those "facts" have any real meaning, but are fraught with drama. Almost like a horoscope, in their relevance to one's life.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 21, 2020 11:04 AM (hku12)

463 342- Hey Tom Servo- You owe this retiree an apology. I worked for 40 years for my meager social security and just watched my retirement account lose 30% of it's value.
I also live alone and this self quarantine is hard on my mental health as well.
So, if you think I'm enjoying this, GTH.

Sharon- I am right there with you. Same circumstances.

Posted by: Moonbeam at March 21, 2020 11:04 AM (qe5CM)

464 "five gallon bucket of rice, five gallon bucket of beans, a carton of dry milk in envelopes, and six of those coleman mini cylinders of propane and a cheap single burner propane stove will keep you alive, fed, and you can spend money on food you like in SHTF situations.

It will all store in the back of a hall closet.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 21, 2020 10:49 AM (6rS3m) "

That was me, back in the 1980's - plus coffee, salt and 8 or 10 pounds of whole black pepper.

Oh, and I used metal gallon paint cans.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at March 21, 2020 11:05 AM (zlgJP)

465 I know for a fact folks are leaving the cities to shelter in place. The area my ISP serves is a recreational area. Lots of folks have vacation homes. There's faster internet where they live in the city but they want to stay in the vacation home.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 21, 2020 11:05 AM (Lqy/e)

466 now if they can just find some unfugly women in MA
Posted by: REDACTED at March 21, 2020 10:48 AM

It's a tough gene pool we're working with up here.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 21, 2020 11:06 AM (rBtIz)

467 I couldn't find any bread at Kroger the other day, but I have a high natural resistance to matzo (which was available).
Posted by: hogmartin at March 21, 2020 10:44 AM (t+qrx)

===

Mrs. Franpsycho makes a layer of chocolate on one side and crispy caramel on the other. Recommend.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 21, 2020 11:06 AM (EZebt)

468 I enjoy dystopian facts.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 11:06 AM (PUmDY)

469 A favorite. Love the Shack. Stay healthy!
Posted by: 2009Refugee - Thought Indifferent at March 21, 2020 11:02 AM (8AONa)

Well, we go there maybe once, or twice a year. Usually when we are hosting guests because "you just have to go there".

It's really not that great of food... just deep fried to hell and back. The fried clams are just batter. There's a little shack up on Route 77 down the street from Kettle Cove that has amazing fried clams. Inn by the Sea has the best lobster roll. Also the food truck over at Fort Williams has better lobster.

The only thing the shack has going for it is the view. It's amazing being able to eat right on the rocks on the ocean. Just - don't be there around sundown in the summer. There's a family of fairly tame skunks that live in the rocks there and brazenly start waltzing through throngs of tourists to pick up the scraps left on the ground at the end of the day.

Also, when you decide that you want to come visit the light houses because they're right there - just pay attention to the signs that say "NO ACCESS TO LIGHTHOUSES" - since they're both on private property and we take pictures of everyone who trespasses up here

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 21, 2020 11:06 AM (9V81o)

470 have a co-worker who goes back and forth to Mexico, and there apparently is a market in infant blood there. It is a lot of money to really poor families. No one knows what they do with it.
====
The drug cartels are way into satanic practices.

It not just goth costumery in Mex.

Posted by: Simplemind at March 21, 2020 11:07 AM (ZuGkg)

471 Huh, Motley Fool is suggesting for those with a healthy emergency fund to use the COVID-19 stimulus check, what ever the amount or when we see it, to invest in three stocks - VISA, CVS, or Broadcom.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2020 11:07 AM (Y6JyC)

472 "454 Folks, you know you're in good hands when the drunken mayor from Bumfuck-Egypt declares martial law and thinks he know how to take over the logistics in a healthcare facility.

Posted by: Fritz at March 21, 2020 11:02 AM (ATCV4) "

Like something out of Atlas Shrugged.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at March 21, 2020 11:07 AM (zlgJP)

473 Cape Elizabeth.

You know the two lights lobster shack? Look at the west lighthouse from the shack and one of the houses you see will be my abode.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 21, 2020 10:56 AM (9V81o)

I do. Nice!

Posted by: Mainah at March 21, 2020 11:07 AM (/X580)

474 Can you scramble eggs? Make an omelette?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 21, 2020 11:03 AM (NWiLs)

Yeah I can do breakfast stuff okay. It's mostly my dinners that turn out blah. Every once in a while I make something that turns out good.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 21, 2020 11:08 AM (6ofTb)

475 465 I know for a fact folks are leaving the cities to shelter in place. The area my ISP serves is a recreational area. Lots of folks have vacation homes. There's faster internet where they live in the city but they want to stay in the vacation home.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 21, 2020 11:05 AM (Lqy/e)

Can't blame them, but sheltering in place is not the same as "let's party at the vacation place". From what I hear the people going to the NJ shore are doing the latter.

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 11:08 AM (ONvIw)

476 Seasoned citizens, huh?

*Douses self with Italian Seasoning*
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 21, 2020

+++

Make it creamy garlic Italian and I'm there.
Posted by: Mr. Trashbag, Shoggoth and Eater Of Toes at March 21, 2020 10:53 AM (T09ml

Careful. Cannibal Bob might be reading this.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 21, 2020 11:08 AM (rBtIz)

477 50 pound sack of wheat, plus the powdered milk, etc. And I still have buckets of wheat and pinto beans. I'm not very good at it, but I can go without a grocery store run for awhile. I run out of things like oranges.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 21, 2020 11:08 AM (Lqy/e)

478 You get to be a good cook by cooking.

Biggest things I learned over the years that made a difference:

Don't overcook, use a digital thermometer if you typically do that
Fat makes things taste better, that's why you like restaurant food
Don't overcrowd your pan

Posted by: dagny at March 21, 2020 11:08 AM (nRWPy)

479 >>You need to take into account the rate of testing as well.

Need to take into account things like this too. Modifications to who is being tested.

https://tinyurl.com/yx7d3hxl

Posted by: JackStraw at March 21, 2020 11:08 AM (ZLI7S)

480 I'd like to see every nation on earth completely shun ther chicoms over this. No trade, no travel, tear up every scrap of paper they're holding. Complete divestiture of their evil government.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 21, 2020 11:01 AM (6FeV1)

It's going to be harder for some countries to do that. Their dependence on China is extraordinarily high.

Ours is too, but we have the capacity to turn away from it... and maybe become a world leader in terms of economics as well.

It's my one ray of hope I have going now, that the country will wake up and reject communist China, once and for all.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 21, 2020 11:08 AM (hku12)

481 The internet is full of people who are lighting their hair on fire over the statistics being posted... while having no clue how these numbers are/were compiled.

Two things that are probably best (for one's own mental health) to ignore: The daily tracking numbers (they're almost entirely unreliable), and celebs announcing they got it.

Neither of those "facts" have any real meaning, but are fraught with drama. Almost like a horoscope, in their relevance to one's life.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 21, 2020 11:04 AM (hku12)

I'm a data scientist. In the pharmaceutical research industry.

This week I worked on three China Lung AIDS trials at work. I got done in 3 days what usually takes me a month to do.

I know how statistics are fabricated, misrepresented, misinterpretted, and aren't all they are cracked up to be.

If you saw what I did on a daily basis, you'd think twice about taking any pill ever again.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 21, 2020 11:09 AM (9V81o)

482
441 legalinsurrection.com/biden has all but disappeared during wuhancoronavirus crisis as #whereisjoe trends
https://tinyurl.com/vhctxhk
Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2020 10:56 AM (ZCEU2)

He's out cutting some records on the topic, dammit! Now, you kiddos get out your phonographs and prepare yourselves to hear the hottest licks!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 21, 2020 11:09 AM (pNxlR)

483 No tow? That was common courtesy when on the lake.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 21, 2020 11:09 AM (aK2aG)

484 My worthless opinion is that acetaminophen is poison.
Don't know about the NASAID controversy but do know that 800mg 3x daily of ibuprofen for two weeks will constipate me.

I like aspirin.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 21, 2020 11:09 AM (ZQR/T)

485 Also, when you decide that you want to come visit
the light houses because they're right there - just pay attention to the
signs that say "NO ACCESS TO LIGHTHOUSES" - since they're both on
private property and we take pictures of everyone who trespasses up here

Posted by: Defenestratus

====
Thank you for the suggestions. We go up there every few years, and yes Lobster Shack is all about the setting.

Posted by: 2009Refugee - Thought Indifferent at March 21, 2020 11:09 AM (8AONa)

486 474 Can you scramble eggs? Make an omelette?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 21, 2020 11:03 AM (NWiLs)

Yeah I can do breakfast stuff okay. It's mostly my dinners that turn out blah. Every once in a while I make something that turns out good.
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 21, 2020 11:08 AM (6ofTb)

Making a decent omelette is not that easy, so give yourself some credit.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 21, 2020 11:09 AM (NWiLs)

487 Modifications to ~~who~~ whomst is being tested.

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2020 11:10 AM (zr5Kq)

488 Hmmm. I was thinking tiramatzo.

https://tinyurl.com/uhepeus
Posted by: hogmartin at March 21, 2020 10:52 AM (t+qrx)

I used to follow that blog back 15 years ago.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 21, 2020 11:10 AM (6rS3m)

489 I enjoy dystopian facts.
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie
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I've considered promoting a Face Colander Thread. So far, not much interest.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 21, 2020 11:10 AM (eYD0A)

490 481: no pills unless absolutely necessary.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 21, 2020 11:10 AM (aK2aG)

491 From what I hear the people going to the NJ shore are doing the latter.
Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 11:08 AM (ONvIw)
~~~~~

Can confirm. See my #437.

Posted by: IrishEi at March 21, 2020 11:10 AM (sGotD)

492 That young lady in the picture is quite fetching. Momma and I once had a babysitter that looked like her. Very distracting.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 21, 2020 11:11 AM (urmjj)

493 Modifications to who whomst is being tested.

Posted by: runner
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Should that be spelled with an old English 'long S'?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 21, 2020 11:11 AM (eYD0A)

494 471
Huh, Motley Fool is suggesting for those with a healthy emergency fund
to use the COVID-19 stimulus check, what ever the amount or when we see
it, to invest in three stocks - VISA, CVS, or Broadcom.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2020 11:07 AM (Y6JyC)
I'd consider Cisco. Everyone working from home places a larger demand on networking. It is trading around $37-38/share and pays a dividend. I picked some up when the first downturn happened, and would likely go back for more.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 21, 2020 11:12 AM (D3cJf)

495 To make restitution for their insider trading; DiFi, Burr, Loefller, et al should be the first people used to test any and all COVID-19 vaccines.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2020 11:12 AM (Y6JyC)

496 I've considered promoting a Face Colander Thread. So far, not much interest.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 21, 2020 11:10 AM (eYD0A)

maybe combined with food thread ?

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2020 11:12 AM (zr5Kq)

497 You need to take into account the rate of testing as well.
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Need to take into account things like this too. Modifications to who is being tested.

https://tinyurl.com/yx7d3hxl
Posted by: JackStraw at March 21, 2020 11:08 AM (ZLI7S)

It's funny that people are surprised by this sort of thing. We just saw humans fighting each other, and clearing shelves of toilet paper.

What did we think would happen with test kits?

As I am fond of saying, most of the strange, bizarre and harmful things happening in this world right now are due to HUMAN behavior, NOT viral behavior.

Same as it ever was.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 21, 2020 11:12 AM (hku12)

498 "We are doubling cases every two days not every three which we were." Posted by: blaster

no, not on death rate at least. a lower number yesterday than the day before (from worldometers.info). here are the numbers of deaths attributed to (main cause of death?, idk just how they count)

starting March 13, US deaths.

8, 8, 11, 18, 23, 41, 57, 49,

23 new deaths today ... not sure just when they count, and how much lag between reports, but assume they are consistent in how they count. seems to end count at midnight eastern time, so we are not quite half through today. That is my scorecard for now at least. Am really hoping the new drug regimen is working, in harmony with some shut down and growing awareness (except the idiots coughing on the merchandise and posting it) ... "tick tock" for real on this one.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 21, 2020 11:12 AM (Cus5s)

499 My husband would agree as he nagged me just this morning about replacing my old one. Doesn't seem a good time for it, IMO.

-

Re: car buying

It's probably a GREAT time for it if you finance.

I'm already seeing GM promotions for 7 years 0%

This is going to hurt.

Posted by: Moron Robbie has the Kung Flu Glib at March 21, 2020 11:12 AM (nsE7Q)

500 Thank you for the suggestions. We go up there every few years, and yes Lobster Shack is all about the setting.
Posted by: 2009Refugee - Thought Indifferent at March 21, 2020 11:09 AM (8AONa)

Thank you for contributing to our local economy

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 21, 2020 11:13 AM (9V81o)

501 So long, Gambler.

Kenny Rogers was an odd mix. He had some really good songs, like Ruby, and a lot of awful crap. His "Best of" is like five songs you like and the rest terrible stuff you try to forget he even was involved with.

The Kenny Rogers Roasters had good food, though. It was sad those shut down.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 21, 2020 11:13 AM (KZzsI)

502 483 No tow? That was common courtesy when on the lake.
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This is DC not someplace civilized.

Posted by: Mel Gibson at March 21, 2020 11:14 AM (QZCjk)

503 434 Our curve is not yet flattening.

We are doubling cases every two days not every three which we were.
Posted by: blaster at March 21, 2020 10:55 AM (ZfRYq)

How do you disaggregate newly discovered cases from the increase in testing from new infections?

In NY State close to 30% of the total tests have been run in the last 2 days.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at March 21, 2020 11:14 AM (Wm5SB)

504 Lobster Shack?

What about the Love Shack baby?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2020 11:14 AM (Y6JyC)

505 >>>Like something out of Atlas Shrugged.<<<<

Interestingly, six hours after this guy released his template emergency declaration closing all bars and restaurants, I saw him at the local fueling station at the cash register with a 30-pak of canned beer.

Posted by: Fritz at March 21, 2020 11:14 AM (ATCV4)

506 Should that be spelled with an old English 'long S'?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 21, 2020 11:11 AM (eYD0A)

though spoeakest true

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2020 11:15 AM (zr5Kq)

507 489 I enjoy dystopian facts.
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie
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I've considered promoting a Face Colander Thread. So far, not much interest.
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How much do Hockey Masks sell for?

Posted by: Mel Gibson at March 21, 2020 11:15 AM (QZCjk)

508 Pants are on before noon!

Never let it be said that my standards are slipping in these challenging times.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2020 11:15 AM (Dc2NZ)

509 JS, had forgotten about my Brother Esau. Not bad at all.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 11:15 AM (PUmDY)

510 Posted by: BurtTC at March 21, 2020 11:04 AM (hku12)

I'm a data scientist. In the pharmaceutical research industry.

This week I worked on three China Lung AIDS trials at work. I got done in 3 days what usually takes me a month to do.

I know how statistics are fabricated, misrepresented, misinterpretted, and aren't all they are cracked up to be.

If you saw what I did on a daily basis, you'd think twice about taking any pill ever again.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 21, 2020 11:09 AM (9V81o)

Heh. I'm on zero medications. None.

I arrived at my conclusion differently than you did, but having worked in hospitals, it seems the best way to stay well is to stay out of hospitals, and as far away from doctors and pharmacists as possible.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 21, 2020 11:16 AM (hku12)

511 He's out cutting some records on the topic, dammit! Now, you kiddos get out your phonographs and prepare yourselves to hear the hottest licks!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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That may be a problem. Meant to mention this to garrett on the ONT -

"Vinyl Record Industry Fears 'Vinylgeddon' After Fire Burns Down Apollo Masters Plant"

https://preview.tinyurl.com/tnl75ts

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 21, 2020 11:16 AM (eYD0A)

512 My worthless opinion is that acetaminophen is poison.
Don't know about the NASAID controversy but do know that 800mg 3x daily of ibuprofen for two weeks will constipate me.

I like aspirin.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 21, 2020 11:09 AM (ZQR/T)

Tylenol is damaging to the liver if you take a lot for a long time, so people use ibuprofen daily instead for workout pain to prevent inflammation. Now, inflammation triggers some antibody synthesis, preventing this with NSAIDS decreases the immune response even when you need it most
Here's a 2009 article, not new, but that's the point we've known this.
https://tinyurl.com/yb4c2vs7

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 11:17 AM (ONvIw)

513 (types lobster shack Maine into map program)

1087 results

Posted by: Moron Robbie has the Kung Flu Glib at March 21, 2020 11:17 AM (nsE7Q)

514 >Never let it be said that my standards are slipping in these challenging times.

hey I wore pants yesterday too- felt good
gotta big agenda today-
shower AND shave

Posted by: DB- just DB. at March 21, 2020 11:17 AM (iTXRQ)

515 That's an exaggeration BTW. Theys a bunch of em though.

Posted by: Moron Robbie has the Kung Flu Glib at March 21, 2020 11:17 AM (nsE7Q)

516 As a result of the chatter regarding NSAIDs and the
potential contraindications regarding the China virus, I bought my first
bottle of acetaminophen in decades this morning (one of the few
remaining on the shelf). When I have a fever, I generally leave it
alone and let it do its job unless it becomes dangerously high (like the
106.7 degree fever I had a little over a year ago). I don't do booze
whilst sick, so I'll just stick with acetaminophen for those rare
occasions.
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at March 21, 2020 10:57 AM (DTX3h)

Once this blows over I am getting cinchona bark. Can't get quinine, so I have to settle for the "Jesuit bark" instead.
Fevers mess with me.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 21, 2020 11:18 AM (6rS3m)

517 (types lobster shack Maine into map program)

1087 results

Posted by: Moron Robbie

Add "Two Lights" and you should see a specific site.

Posted by: 2009Refugee - Thought Indifferent at March 21, 2020 11:18 AM (8AONa)

518 Not in my regular rotation either CC.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 21, 2020 11:19 AM (ZLI7S)

519 Once this blows over I am getting cinchona bark. Can't get quinine, so I have to settle for the "Jesuit bark" instead.

Get Tonic water, unless there's been a run on it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 21, 2020 11:19 AM (KZzsI)

520 517 (types lobster shack Maine into map program)

1087 results

Posted by: Moron Robbie

Add "Two Lights" and you should see a specific site.
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Unlike Maine Lobster Shacks Carolina Tobacco Barns were all torn down.

Posted by: Mel Gibson at March 21, 2020 11:19 AM (QZCjk)

521 though spoeakest true
Posted by: runner
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Prithee, would that t'were so.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 21, 2020 11:19 AM (eYD0A)

522 Any identifiable tattoos on today's coffee drinker?

Yes. That one on the small of her back. And the little one on her ankle.

Why do you ask?

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at March 21, 2020 11:20 AM (Ndje9)

523 No tattoos on her. Or me.
Posted by: bluebell

Pics or we don't know.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at March 21, 2020 11:20 AM (ZCiJZ)

524 HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE

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That's plaquenil. Hydroxychloroquinilone. I think. Anti inflammatory for rheumatoid etc. Townspeople are so stupid it's hard to tell when they are lying versus just ignorant.

Aggressively uninformed or mendacious. Power of "and"?

Posted by: Simplemind at March 21, 2020 11:20 AM (ZuGkg)

525
PSA :

Citizens, please to not cut your own hair.

END PSA

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2020 11:20 AM (zr5Kq)

526 Posted by: Defenestratus at March 21, 2020 11:09 AM (9V81o)

Heh. I'm on zero medications. None.

I arrived at my conclusion differently than you did, but having worked in hospitals, it seems the best way to stay well is to stay out of hospitals, and as far away from doctors and pharmacists as possible.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 21, 2020 11:16 AM (hku12)

Somewhat related, people around these parts are often ragging on social sciences, rightfully so.

What amazes me, in addition to the questionable "science" that is perpetrated all the time, is how people respond to it. Humans are programmed to believe what we see, to think if we read it, it must be true... and then to not read too deeply into things.

So you could run a trial on almost anything, jack the data, load the conditions so you get results you want, and hide the bias somewhere deep enough, so everyone starts to believe you when you reach your conclusions.

And that kind of crap is published EVERYWHERE. And people who "should" know better just eat it up like it's burned onto tablets by God Himself.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 21, 2020 11:21 AM (hku12)

527 CRT

Rogers testified for a friend once-- I wish I could remember who it was. Some famous showbiz star. He testified in the damages portion of a civil trial, in which the jury was being asked to calculate Rogers' friend's lost income.

He testified that he made $5 million in the most recent year prior to the trial, & that that was about average for the preceding 5 years, as I recall.

I thought it was classy of him to reveal this very personal information in public, just to help his friend.

Posted by: mnw at March 21, 2020 11:21 AM (Cssks)

528 It's a tough gene pool we're working with up here.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 21, 2020 11:06 AM (rBtIz)

good to see ya friend

hope all is well

got to go out

Posted by: REDACTED at March 21, 2020 11:21 AM (rpxSz)

529 Shadow briefing reminded me of it.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 11:21 AM (PUmDY)

530 Been spending this cool morning sipping coffee and meandering through comments, starting where I left off on the ONT last night.

There is no shortage of AoSHQ comments, lemme say!

So I only now got to this post, surely to be momentarily willewed.

Thing I wanna know is...

Complaints about the photo above the fold

The blond making-eye-contact girl with the coffee and the barely parted lips and the paisely skirt coyly pulled up just a bit above the knees? Who da ever-lovin' heck is gonna complain about that sweety-pie?

Posted by: mindful webworker
Strict New Panic Schedule
at March 21, 2020 11:21 AM (jhgxs)

531 To whom does "whomst" refer?

Posted by: Hierominous Botch at March 21, 2020 11:21 AM (YqED9)

532 Add "Two Lights" and you should see a specific site.

-

Ah, thanks. We've got friends in Camden we've talked about visiting, so we might put this on the list.

Posted by: Moron Robbie has the Kung Flu Glib at March 21, 2020 11:21 AM (nsE7Q)

533 Citizens, please to not cut your own hair.

END PSA
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Too late. Cut my bangs this morning.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2020 11:22 AM (Dc2NZ)

534 533 Citizens, please to not cut your own hair.

END PSA
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Too late. Cut my bangs this morning.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2020 11:22 AM (Dc2NZ)

Ain't skeered. I have electric clippers.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 21, 2020 11:22 AM (NWiLs)

535 Newspeople

Spell check fail.

Posted by: Simplemind at March 21, 2020 11:22 AM (ZuGkg)

536 coronavirus task force will hold a briefing today at 12 eatern

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2020 11:23 AM (zr5Kq)

537 Any identifiable tattoos on today's coffee drinker?

Yes. That one on the small of her back. And the little one on her ankle.

Why do you ask?
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at March 21, 2020 11:20 AM (Ndje9)

How do you k..... ooooohhhhh! I get it.

You dog, you.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 21, 2020 11:23 AM (hku12)

538
"Vinyl Record Industry Fears 'Vinylgeddon' After Fire Burns Down Apollo Masters Plant"

https://preview.tinyurl.com/tnl75ts
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Also on the page with that article:

What More Can (Or Should) Congress Do to Support the Music Community Amid Coronavirus?

"Their work is not traditional employment.... They are at risk of falling through the cracks," says Rep. Adam Schiff.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 21, 2020 11:23 AM (aKsyK)

539 I see that China, the deep state, and the media are still winning in this attempt to destroy Trump and this country.

Shame on all of you that are buying into the communist/leftist propaganda.

Posted by: Sooner at March 21, 2020 11:23 AM (Fs5vw)

540 501:The Kenny Rogers Roasters had good food, though. It was sad those shut down.

I think there is one left. It's somewhere in Asia. Japan maybe. I remember reading an article about it a few months back.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 21, 2020 11:23 AM (MVR7y)

541 248 Seems Bud's Gun Shop is swamped....not taking phone orders.
Posted by: BignJames at March 21, 2020 10:09 AM (X/Pw5)

Everyone is swamped. Everyone is out, backordered, or not taken new orders. SGAmmo stopped taking orders for a few days to let them catch up.

Worse than any dem gun grab panic, IMO. Reloading components were still more available generally, for the time being.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 21, 2020 11:23 AM (1CjJc)

542 PSA :

Citizens, please to not cut your own hair.

END PSA
Posted by: runner
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At the risk of dating myself (no cheap ONT-ish jokes, please), one of my recollections of the polio epidemic was my parents arranging for a barber to come by our house to give me a haircut at home. No kids were going anywhere, not even leaving the house.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 21, 2020 11:24 AM (eYD0A)

543 *or as you people say eastern

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2020 11:24 AM (zr5Kq)

544 If you saw what I did on a daily basis, you'd think twice about taking any pill ever again.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 21, 2020 11:09 AM (9V81o)

I don't even need to see what you do. All I need is to see the nightly lineup of lawyer commercials asking if you took X medicine and got X condition as a result.

And yet, what should I do instead if I'm hypothyroid? And I take my share of ibuprofen.

Posted by: April at March 21, 2020 11:25 AM (OX9vb)

545 Ain't skeered. I have electric clippers.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 21, 2020 11:22 AM (NWiLs)

Been cutting my own hair for mumbledy decades. And it shows.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 21, 2020 11:25 AM (1CjJc)

546 Will need more pics with less clothes to decide

Posted by: Sleepy Joe at March 21, 2020 11:25 AM (TVTAT)

547 The blond making-eye-contact girl with the coffee and the barely parted lips and the paisely skirt coyly pulled up just a bit above the knees? Who da ever-lovin' heck is gonna complain about that sweety-pie?
Posted by: mindful webworker
Strict New Panic Schedule
at March 21, 2020 11:21 AM (jhgxs)

The Canadian PM, who thinks you might look at her, and be less willing to "infect" his wife.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 21, 2020 11:25 AM (hku12)

548 Just finished McMurtry's The Last Picture Show this morning. Now I want to see the movie again. I was 15 when the movie came out and I remember very little of it. The book is remarkably good.

Posted by: Mel Gibson at March 21, 2020 11:25 AM (QZCjk)

549 >Ain't skeered. I have electric clippers.
Posted by: Insomniac -

yeah those Wahl clippers are great

every couple weeks I just mow my head and I'm good to go

Posted by: DB- just DB. at March 21, 2020 11:26 AM (iTXRQ)

550 I never went to a Roasters that wasn't packed back in the day.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 11:26 AM (PUmDY)

551 "At the risk of dating myself (no cheap ONT-ish jokes, please..."
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Did you get the Howdy Doody or the Commando Cody?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2020 11:26 AM (Dc2NZ)

552 keto is really the best way to stay healthy imo, or at least some low carb version of it. My weight and blood pressure came way down ... I'm in normal range on both now. Felt so good I tweaked my knee, doing more work ... still avoid ibuprofen for it though. 3 at night if it is bad.

Sadly, the anti-fat (in foods) campaign is still raging with the Greenies, and much of the establishment. The low carb evidence is building though. "low carb down under" on YouTube has a lot of videos from real researchers. Hopefully governments new orgy in their police state powers don't start squashing all "dissent" to their "omniscient advice on all things".

Posted by: illiniwek at March 21, 2020 11:27 AM (Cus5s)

553 I see that China, the deep state, and the media are still winning in this attempt to destroy Trump and this country.

Shame on all of you that are buying into the communist/leftist propaganda.
Posted by: Sooner at March 21, 2020 11:23 AM (Fs5vw)

What makes you think they're winning? What makes you believe people are buying their lies?

Posted by: BurtTC at March 21, 2020 11:27 AM (hku12)

554 534 533 Citizens, please to not cut your own hair.

END PSA
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Too late. Cut my bangs this morning.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2020 11:22 AM (Dc2NZ)

Ain't skeered. I have electric clippers.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 21, 2020 11:22 AM (NWiLs)

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Who needs to cut hair? Just set it on fire. It's all the rage these days.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 21, 2020 11:27 AM (CAJOC)

555 Nood, you jackwagons.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 21, 2020 11:27 AM (Jdw1U)

556 Well then the only way to go unless you're a retardo is hook up a statistion to a lie detector as he explains his results...then you waterboard him with Mexican tap water.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 21, 2020 11:28 AM (mszmy)

557 "On the talk station there is a golf show Saturday morning, so heard a golf course was going to open with club house closed which you check in play and leave. Not sure it was going to pass Emperor Wolf's draconian measures."

My club has shut down indoor dining and drinking, the indoor golf facility, and fitness center. Still offering takeout food and the golf courses are open. Use common sense, no handshakes, no raking of traps, don't pull flagsticks, and the cups are raised an inch or so above the ground (hit the cup and consider the putt good). Nice to be treated like an adult and trusted to act responsibly.

Posted by: RM at March 21, 2020 11:28 AM (U3LtS)

558 Interesting the data set out of the Japanese quarantine of the cruise ship Diamond Princess.

83% of the people on board never got infected. Of those who tested positive, 50% showed no symptoms. But the 20 to 40 age cohorts seemed most likely to show symptoms. As far as fatality rate - 1.2% out of the 17% infected.

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=97238

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2020 11:28 AM (Y6JyC)

559 no cheap ONT-ish jokes, please

==

*exerts maximum effort out of deep admiration and respect for Mike Hammer...

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2020 11:29 AM (zr5Kq)

560 > one of my recollections of the polio epidemic

I was just a tyke back then- I remember Mom taking us to school to get the vaccine. The nurses would squirt the dose onto a sugar cube and us kids would eat the sugar cube.

Posted by: DB- just DB. at March 21, 2020 11:29 AM (iTXRQ)

561 548
Just finished McMurtry's The Last Picture Show this morning. Now I want
to see the movie again. I was 15 when the movie came out and I remember
very little of it. The book is remarkably good.

Posted by: Mel Gibson at March 21, 2020 11:25 AM (QZCjk)

Nekkid Sybil Shepard. Unfortunately in black and white.

Posted by: davidt at March 21, 2020 11:30 AM (l3+k2)

562 "At the risk of dating myself (no cheap ONT-ish jokes, please..."
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Did you get the Howdy Doody or the Commando Cody?
Posted by: All Hail Eris
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Even as an adolescent, I was a man of good taste. 'Princeton'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 21, 2020 11:30 AM (eYD0A)

563 Citizens, FOCUS ON THE NUMERATOR! We will take care of the denominator, you don't have to worry about that.

Posted by: The MFM at March 21, 2020 11:31 AM (Ry8mf)

564 Citizens, please to not cut your own hair.

Learned how during the Obama Times. Well, 'learned' may be overstating things, I simply started doing it, but nobody has ever said anything.

Posted by: t-bird at March 21, 2020 11:33 AM (Ry8mf)

565
I was just a tyke back then- I remember Mom taking us to school to get the vaccine. The nurses would squirt the dose onto a sugar cube and us kids would eat the sugar cube.
Posted by: DB-
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Lucky you. The reason that there was an epidemic was that there *was* no vaccine, at the time.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 21, 2020 11:33 AM (eYD0A)

566 Guy at LI about Biden needing to get out front said if not him SOMEONE from commies need to. Seems like Fredo Cuomo the elder is doing that on his own. Maybe just waiting to step in when the inevitable Biden collapse happens?

Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at March 21, 2020 11:33 AM (VNfwt)

567 Shadow briefing reminded me of it.
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 21, 2020 11:21 AM (PUmDY)

Lamont Cranston will be telling everyone what is in their hearts, because he knows.

Mwuahahahahahhah!

https://youtu.be/uMlRpN8ANrU

Posted by: Kindltot at March 21, 2020 11:33 AM (6rS3m)

568
What makes you think they're winning? What makes you believe people are buying their lies?
Posted by: BurtTC at March 21, 2020 11:27 AM (hku12)

I read here every day from many individuals telling me how awful and other-worldly contagious this virus is. And that this response to a cold virus is totally justified.

Posted by: Sooner at March 21, 2020 11:33 AM (Fs5vw)

569 Learned how during the Obama Times. Well, 'learned' may be overstating things, I simply started doing it, but nobody has ever said anything.
Posted by: t-bird
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We're nothing if not polite here at AoSHQ.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 21, 2020 11:34 AM (eYD0A)

570 343 Does anyone remember which thread the BJ and donut joke was on? I can't seem to find it.
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at March 21, 2020 10:33 AM (VNfwt)

Ace's potpourri thread before last night's ONT, IIRC.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 21, 2020 11:35 AM (1CjJc)

571 >> 296 Mexico [has] a market in infant blood there...
>> No one knows what they do with it.

I suspect the cartel people transfuse it with the hope that it will extend their life span.

Posted by: 40 miles north at March 21, 2020 11:36 AM (o2vOl)

572 The reality is that Xi Jinping will probably get a fucking Nobel peace prize out of this mess.

There are days when i truly loathe my species.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 21, 2020 11:03 AM (6FeV1)

Those things are cheap....they gave one to some dork named Obama.

Posted by: BignJames at March 21, 2020 11:36 AM (X/Pw5)

573 Thank you Anna Puma.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 21, 2020 11:37 AM (u82oZ)

574 Suddenly still in here...could it be that... yes, yes, it is nood.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 21, 2020 11:37 AM (eYD0A)

575 161 bars and restaurants are closed. car dealerships are open as usual. guess buying cars is an essential part of a functioning society. who knew

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This is turning out to be a good way to see who the heavy political donors are.

Posted by: Vlad the impaler,whittling away like mad at March 21, 2020 11:40 AM (d6mdH)

576 I'm just a caveman lawyer....I don't understand nood, dick glitter or 100% political virus death rate.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 21, 2020 11:43 AM (mszmy)

577 MNW - I seem to remember that Kenny Rogers testified in a lawsuit for the widow of Harry Chapin (Taxi/Cat's in the Cradle, etc), after Chapin was killed in a car wreck.

Posted by: Spankmeister at March 21, 2020 11:50 AM (dn8lZ)

578 Geico lizard on her upper inner left thigh

Posted by: ibid at March 21, 2020 11:51 AM (5jXgj)

579 "He (Trump) really got well informed on all of this (for a man in his postion). Probably grills all his advisers. Asks questions."

Saw a show where he was at a periodic summit meeting to discuss the operations of his golf courses with all the course managers. He was known to ask a few incredibly informed and detailed questions about each course. And apparently it was not a pretty sight if the manager of that course was not totally on top of it.

I believe DJT Jr. warned the folks when they were scheduled to have those meetings that they all needed (including himself) to be on their A games with no excuses.

Everyone breathed a huge sigh of relief when Trump wrapped up by saying, "These courses are the best in the world, take care of them like they deserve. Thanks and enjoy the rest of your weekend."

Posted by: RM at March 21, 2020 11:51 AM (U3LtS)

580 >>>Now, inflammation triggers some antibody synthesis, preventing this with NSAIDS decreases the immune response even when you need it most
Here's a 2009 article, not new, but that's the point we've known this.
https://tinyurl.com/yb4c2vs7

Posted by: CN at March 21, 2020 11:17 AM (ONvIw)

They lump aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen and tylenol;
saying ibuprofen is the worst.

It would be interesting, in layman's terms, to what degree each diminished one's immune system.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 21, 2020 11:52 AM (ZQR/T)

581 Lies. Bluebell has a huge Virgin of Guadalupe on her right bicep and Domini Canes across her back.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Yeah.

And I've got The Mitten Kingdom on my ass !

Posted by: JT at March 21, 2020 12:27 PM (arJlL)

582 Great, just got notification that our June motorcycle tour in the Tail of the Dragon area has been cancelled. wouldn't mind so much but the initial deposit is non-refundable. Nice weather on the Gulf Coast, been trimming trees.

Posted by: Panhandler at March 21, 2020 01:12 PM (S/rwf)

583 Willowed!

Posted by: Panhandler at March 21, 2020 01:14 PM (S/rwf)

584 30 You're in isolation, in the timeline where Bill Cosby is in prison for sexual assault, and Donald Trump is the president who commissioned the United States Space Force.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 21, 2020 09:10 AM (t+qrx)

Wow. This is gold.

Posted by: m at March 21, 2020 01:41 PM (vSb78)

585 Devastating aspirin-knees on the madame, frankly the "must-have" look for this swoony spring

Posted by: Mistar Blackwell at March 21, 2020 02:51 PM (gRZQq)

586 Coffee girl's outfit does it for me.
You don't see women dressed like that much any more.

Posted by: Forheremenaremen at March 21, 2020 03:02 PM (pmRSz)

587 The girl in the picture is adorable.

Posted by: jhp2 at March 22, 2020 07:42 PM (UIvnv)

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