Pandemic 2020

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blu3bird

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londonfog said:
Nothing sadder than having to tell chidren that little league is canceled until further notice. Damn they were so excited to get started. Now they are stuck in homes with nothing to do but play video games.
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I gave my buddy's daughter a key to my garage and told her she can come over when I'm at work and use my weight bench if she gets bored, my exercise equipment is in my garage. It's a nice weight machine, can do all different kinds of exercises - bench, squats, pull up/chin up, vertical knee raises, seated/standing row, leg raises almost any exercise you can think of. I'm also leaving my fishing poles out in the garage this morning too for her to use if she wants to go fishing.

I think those are better options for her than to stay home and rot her brain with video games for the next few weeks

I also told her there's rakes and wheelbarrow in my garage if she wants to clean my yard lol
 
doublejj

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The companies that feed America and provide basic staples are bracing for labor shortages as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies, which could leave them without enough workers to manufacture, deliver and unpack groceries in stores in the coming months.
As the virus spreads, supermarkets and distribution facilities face a difficult choice: how to keep shelves stocked with essentials while keeping their workers safe.
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Companies that feed America brace for labor shortages amid worry about restocking stores

The U.S. has enough food for now, but industry experts fear distribution channels could be swamped by sick workers.
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blu3bird

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doublejj said:
The companies that feed America and provide basic staples are bracing for labor shortages as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies, which could leave them without enough workers to manufacture, deliver and unpack groceries in stores in the coming months.
As the virus spreads, supermarkets and distribution facilities face a difficult choice: how to keep shelves stocked with essentials while keeping their workers safe.
www.adn.com

Companies that feed America brace for labor shortages amid worry about restocking stores

The U.S. has enough food for now, but industry experts fear distribution channels could be swamped by sick workers.
www.adn.com www.adn.com
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I'm heading out this morning to bring one of our OTR drivers a clean empty reefer trailer so he can get right back to the west coast and grab more food, going to meet somewhere down by Indianapolis. Going to swap trailers and I'm bringing back his reefer full of frozen veggies for one of the distributors up here in Michigan.

Woot, let's keep America fed!
 
Jimdamick

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This is a good read
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'Everything Is a Black Hole': Mounting Dread in the Age of Coronavirus

NEW YORK -- In a Harlem cafe late last week, a woman reading her cellphone sneezed without covering her mouth. On an ordinary day, the fleeting moment would pass barely noticed. But these are not ordinary days.The woman's downward-directed sneeze, in the narrow confines of PROOF Coffee Roasters,
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What stands out too me is that in "normal" times of disaster & uncertainty, we as human beings instinctively seem to try to bond with each other, too come together as a tribal unit, one might say.
Now, that is not possible except on social media.
Maybe RIU might be actually be worth something after all :)
 
DIY-HP-LED

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Jimdamick said:
This is a good read
www.yahoo.com

'Everything Is a Black Hole': Mounting Dread in the Age of Coronavirus

NEW YORK -- In a Harlem cafe late last week, a woman reading her cellphone sneezed without covering her mouth. On an ordinary day, the fleeting moment would pass barely noticed. But these are not ordinary days.The woman's downward-directed sneeze, in the narrow confines of PROOF Coffee Roasters,
www.yahoo.com www.yahoo.com

What stands out too me is that in "normal" times of disaster & uncertainty, we as human beings instinctively seem to try to bond with each other, too come together as a tribal unit, one might say.
Now, that is not possible except on social media.
Maybe RIU might be actually be worth something after all :)
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We do it for more than emotional support though at the bottom of the motivational heap it's one of the drivers, a human reaction to danger. One of the outcomes of this coming together is the sharing of important survival information, planning, marshalling resources and organizing to meet the challenge. Fortunately we don't need to be face to face to do most of this anymore, we got a lot more information from Italy than we did decades ago and their experience is a warning to others. We can stay home and informed a Hell of a lot better than in the past and can talk to others in our communities, including this community. We need to share our hopes, fears, ideas and opinions too and the internet helps with this as well. The young, horny and socially active will be difficult to keep home, social media and texting should help a lot, if only in getting laid with a limited break from self isolation, some things are worth the risk...
 
Jimdamick

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Here's another good one.


Corned Beef, some cabbage & potatoes & a shitload of Guinness today for me.
Erin go Bragh!!!!
 
taint

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Giant jump in birth rates coming in...........lolz.
My guess is more than enough to offset the mass deaths being caused by the wuhan wailer.
 
topcat

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I'm ready, are you?

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For Some Buyers With Virus Fears, the Priority Isn't Toilet Paper. It's Guns.

Daniel Hill had never bought a gun before. But last week he was in Larry Hyatt's gun store in North Carolina, picking out two of them: a 9 mm Taurus handgun and an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.His motivation: the coronavirus.Hill, a 29-year-old kitchen manager in Charlotte, said he fears that the...
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I just sold a 38 special. I'll buy a shotgun...maybe. I don't like guns, but you do what you got to do. I never fired that .38, I bought it for protection from cougars while hiking, but I no longer hike the back country.
 
DIY-HP-LED

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Jimdamick said:
I'm ready, are you?

www.yahoo.com

For Some Buyers With Virus Fears, the Priority Isn't Toilet Paper. It's Guns.

Daniel Hill had never bought a gun before. But last week he was in Larry Hyatt's gun store in North Carolina, picking out two of them: a 9 mm Taurus handgun and an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.His motivation: the coronavirus.Hill, a 29-year-old kitchen manager in Charlotte, said he fears that the...
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More irrational than toilet paper and about as useful, a bug is far more likely to do ya than a bullet. It takes extreme conditions for social order to break down, even if America has a worst case scenario with this virus it wouldn't be nearly enough. Armed people need to be organized and trained to be effective, they also need a purpose and a plan. Life will go on, people and society will adapt to the new reality, it's just difficult until we do. It's one of the classic Buddhist 3 kinds of suffering, that of change, the other two are that of pain and the last is that of conditionality (needing conditions to be just right etc to be happy).
 
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Jimdamick said:
I'm ready, are you?

www.yahoo.com

For Some Buyers With Virus Fears, the Priority Isn't Toilet Paper. It's Guns.

Daniel Hill had never bought a gun before. But last week he was in Larry Hyatt's gun store in North Carolina, picking out two of them: a 9 mm Taurus handgun and an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.His motivation: the coronavirus.Hill, a 29-year-old kitchen manager in Charlotte, said he fears that the...
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Only about 2% of the cops are gonna die Jimmy, probably less cause they tend to be in better shape, though there are many exceptions! So it ain't the zombie apocalypse, though it seems that way to some because the bars and liquor stores are closed.:D Hey, running out of rolling papers is a major emergency for many here, lest anybody feel too cocky!
 
topcat

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"If we do a really good job, we'll not only hold the death down to a level that is much lower than the other way, had we not done a good job..."
- a very stable jeanyus.

He's even stupider when you read a transcript of what comes out of his pie hole.
 
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schuylaar

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This morning:

Cable News: 'it's official..we don't have enough supplies..i repeat we..don't..have..enough..supplies..!!' (read with we're all going to die urgency)

Cable New Anchor after camera goes off (or next story)..I don't understand why everyone is freaking out..:wall:
 
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schuylaar

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topcat said:
"If we do a really good job, we'll not only hold the death down to a level that is much lower than the other way, had we not done a good job..."
- a very stable jeanyus.

He's even stupider when you read a transcript of what comes out of his pie hole.
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as long as his numbers look good..don't test because they won't look so good.
 
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topcat said:
"If we do a really good job, we'll not only hold the death down to a level that is much lower than the other way, had we not done a good job..."
- a very stable jeanyus.

He's even stupider when you read a transcript of what comes out of his pie hole.
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A "good job" entails trying to secretly buy a German-made vaccine for US-only use I assume: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/trump-tried-poaching-german-coronavirus-vaccine-for-us-only-report-says/

The comments are especially telling. The global disdain for Trump, and as a side-effect the USA as a whole is at an all time high.
 
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