Syrah 3/16/2020 4:29:53 AM

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Not much to do for the next eight weeks.

i will get a lot of house chores done that I have been putting off. 

I guess that is a good thing. 

Syrah 3/16/2020 5:09:46 AM

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Some people didn’t hoard enough toilet paper.

http://wcti12.com/news/offbeat/oregon-police-department-asks-public-to-avoid-calling-911-if-they-run-out-of-toilet-paper

doppelganglander 3/16/2020 6:13:45 AM

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Syrah 3/16/2020 6:21:50 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 3:

He sounds like the kind of person that is well stocked for this kind of thing. 

Will you be able to help him out or are you to be distanced from him during this period?

lucius septimius 3/16/2020 6:25:46 AM

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doppelganglander 3/16/2020 6:25:50 AM

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Reply to Syrah in 4:

He is very well prepared. I don't know what I'm going to do. I think I should probably stay away. He was up and about this morning so he thinks he'll be okay alone.

vxbush 3/16/2020 6:56:07 AM

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In #6 doppelganglander said: He is very well prepared. I don't know what I'm going to do. I think I should probably stay away. He was up and about this morning so he thinks he'll be okay alone.

Good for him. Really. 

Hubby went out to get groceries on Saturday as usual and couldn't get TP (although we're fine for the next week) and a few things that we normally get for the son. But we'll be fine for a week for certain. 

Work has gone completely off the deep end; my workload to help people work from home is insane, and it sounds like I won't be allowed to work from home despite my family situation. I am... concerned, but not worried. 

JCM 3/16/2020 8:19:11 AM

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A Brief History of Toilet Paper

midwestgak 3/16/2020 9:16:37 AM

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Syrah 3/16/2020 9:41:37 AM

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Reply to midwestgak in 9:

i think we will be OK. 

JCM 3/16/2020 9:47:37 AM

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Inslee orders all restaurants, bars shut down because of coronavirus

Let's just destroy a few thousand people's livelyhoods!

lucius septimius 3/16/2020 9:49:42 AM

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In #9 midwestgak said: Martial Law is coming.

How about maritime law instead?

lucius septimius 3/16/2020 9:50:48 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 3/16/2020 10:04:17 AM

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In #9 midwestgak said: Martial Law is coming.

The Supreme Court already gave us Marital Law a few years ago...

buzzsawmonkey 3/16/2020 10:05:01 AM

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In #13 lucius septimius said: But it does mean that I have three kids all talking at their computers simultaneously.

Make sure they have some Intel Chips at snacktime.

vxbush 3/16/2020 11:08:56 AM

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In #9 midwestgak said: Martial Law is coming.

Are you saying this because you've heard something, or you are guessing? 

JCM 3/16/2020 11:14:05 AM

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midwestgak 3/16/2020 11:21:03 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 16:

In Chicago, firefighters are being or will soon be deputized as police officers according to a coworker whose husband is a fireman.

JCM 3/16/2020 11:28:59 AM

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Reply to midwestgak in 18:

Why?

I know a few jurisdiction who tried that. Didn't work.

Job descriptions are too different.

A someone who is deputized, MUST act in certain cases. That can interfere with patient care.

Firefighters need to get information, and that info can fall under patient confidentiality, as sworn officer that info is part of the record.

midwestgak 3/16/2020 11:32:31 AM

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Reply to JCM in 19:

No argument from me.  Ask our (D) governor Pritzker why.

Syrah 3/16/2020 11:32:31 AM

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Well, that was weird. 

The local supermarket is out of fresh chicken. 

So much for tonight’s chicken curry dish. 

JCM 3/16/2020 11:33:52 AM

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Romney wants government to send $1K to every American adult amid coronavirus crisis

JCM 3/16/2020 11:35:55 AM

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Romney wants government to send $1K to every American adult amid coronavirus crisis

$210 Billion.

The entire budget is around $4 Trillion.

That 1/12 of the entire budget.

midwestgak 3/16/2020 11:36:47 AM

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Reply to midwestgak in 20:

And or Mayor Lightfoot.

Syrah 3/16/2020 12:20:12 PM

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My truck is in the shop. 

My customers are hiding under the beds at home so the phone is very violently sitting there and not ringing,...(which is why I took the truck to the shop today.)

nothing much to do but (yuck) clean house.

the refrigerator is now as clean as when I bought it. 

Moving to the next item. 

Syrah 3/16/2020 12:27:30 PM

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Otherwise, we are having the kind of bright, sunny, blue sky Spring day that Washington State prohibits us from talking about, 

officially, it is a miserable, gray rainy day. 

JCM 3/16/2020 12:34:38 PM

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Reply to Syrah in 26:

Yeah it's a gorgeous... err gray and raining buckets day!

Syrah 3/16/2020 1:02:57 PM

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Ouch

20,186.48 −2,999.14 (12.94%)

midwestgak 3/16/2020 1:51:07 PM

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Will the Pub be open tonight?

IL gov. Pritzker announced Sunday that all restaurants and bars Illinois will be closed effective end of business today through March 30. Drive-thru, home deliveries and curbside pickup are allowed to continue.

There's a pandemic doncha know.

"I cannot let the gravity of the choices prevent us from taking the actions that the science and experts say will keep people safe."

 - - JB Pritzker

Kosh's Shadow 3/16/2020 1:56:38 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 29:

Same for Massachusetts. Gov. Baker announced that last week.
However, the government of cyberspace says virtual pubs can remain open, as long as everyone has their antivirus software updated./

Kosh's Shadow 3/16/2020 1:59:56 PM

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End of day 1 working from home. 

Desk crowded with computer and 2 24 inch monitors.

Courts closed as well, at least for a few days. Wife did have to visit client in prison. 

I have to get dog medicine for our 15 year old dog with heart condition.

Syrah 3/16/2020 2:04:49 PM

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When Trump said “August”, the market dropped another 500 points.

i think that the market may drop a bit more, but it might also be time to start thinking about dollar cost averaging into the market with everything now on fire sale. 

There is no way to know when a bottom is reached until after enough time passes that we can look back and say, “oh, that was the bottom.”

by buying in small chunks, you can average a buy in over a range and be in place to take advantage of the market returning to sanity, that is, unless Bernie becomes president and we have fight over zoo animal meat. 

Syrah 3/16/2020 2:07:09 PM

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midwestgak 3/16/2020 2:07:51 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 30: 

ha, good one.

JCM 3/16/2020 2:24:54 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 29:

Oh, I know! We'll have a virtual Pub!

Occasional Reader 3/16/2020 4:25:40 PM

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Okay.  My local boozenook is out of Dogfish 90.

NOW IT’S A *REAL* CRISIS

midwestgak 3/16/2020 4:42:11 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 36:

Damn it!  No nook should be without booze.  Damn it all to . . .

buzzsawmonkey 3/16/2020 4:53:29 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 37:

Leftist New York governor Andrew Cuomo has decreed there shall be no nooks---he's closing the bars and restaurants.

Kosh's Shadow 3/16/2020 4:56:58 PM

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In #38 buzzsawmonkey said: Leftist New York governor Andrew Cuomo has decreed there shall be no nooks---he's closing the bars and restaurants.

But Mass. Governor Baker did close to the same thing (take out is allowed) and he's a Republican RINO makes Rinos look Republican

JCM 3/16/2020 4:57:49 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 36:

DEFCON 1!

buzzsawmonkey 3/16/2020 5:12:52 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 39:

So the Massachusetts governor is No Nooks of the North?

Occasional Reader 3/16/2020 6:26:05 PM

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Reply to JCM in 40:

Indeed! I had to settle for Rogue “Dead Guy” Ale.