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sitwap: Lucie sent me this link....We can now read the Imperial College report on COVID-19 that led to the extreme measures we've seen in the US -- (link) - Remlik Mar 18, 08:34 2
- There are also people poking holes in the most terrifying of the predictions. See mafic’s post this morning. -- nm - spamlet Mar 18, 08:38
- It's terrifying -- nm - decline Mar 18, 08:38
The Dow is currently lower than Inauguration Day 2017. -- nm - Inigo Mar 18, 08:33 3
- S&P at ~1.5% annualized, under 5% total. -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 08:35
- Trump just called a press conference. - Spawn Mar 18, 08:34 1
  - So he can autograph the chart live? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 18, 08:36
Not the player you expect to see in the drug market perhaps: Fujfilm up 10% on news of drug to treat virus -- (link) - oblique Mar 18, 08:31 3
- WATCH THIS RIGHT NOW -- (link) - JackDawson Mar 18, 08:34 1
  - who IS that handsome man at the .38 second mark??? -- nm - JenBro Mar 18, 08:48
- ~TAKE MY PICTURE~ -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 08:33
Trump trickle down. Just got an email from a company that the first sentence states they contacted a plumber that visited next door since they had not - Spawn Mar 18, 08:26 1
Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 18, 08:19 2
- well played -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 08:27
- :-D -- nm - mud Mar 18, 08:21
These guys are killing it this week -- (link) - oblique Mar 18, 08:18 8
- *crosses 200* -- nm - VIX Mar 18, 08:26
- Step away from the e*trade kilbo. -- nm - ty97 Mar 18, 08:21 6
  - 19,883.84 −1,353.54 (6.37%) -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 08:28 5
    - AAL -23%, DAL -25%, LUV -10%, UAL -23% - oblique Mar 18, 08:29 4
      - Sounds like the right time for you to jump back in. - Spawn Mar 18, 08:30 3
        
        (overshare) - oblique Mar 18, 08:38 1
        
        Dude. -- nm - spamlet Mar 18, 08:40
        
        homey shorting the market -- nm - budice Mar 18, 08:33
SLC airport on ground stop because of earthquake. Also, SLC starting to look like LGA post earthquake -- (link) - ty97 Mar 18, 08:16 4
- God's got it especially out for Mormons. -- nm - Mop Mar 18, 08:28
- I saw a tweet they have a lot of power outages in the area too -- nm - decline Mar 18, 08:27
- I've been to this airport. It was nice. Very sunny at the time. (And the time was golden hour.) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 08:25
- The real question: is it fresh water, or sewage? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 18, 08:23
Our April municipal elections postponed until June. I guess the state government *is* still functioning. - spamlet Mar 18, 08:16
UK TV PSA: The Repair Shop starts tonight in a prime time slot - if you're looking for a lovely comforting programme to watch full of nice people. -- nm - LMS Mar 18, 08:15 2
- I saw Sarah Lancashire picked for the HBO Julia Child thing, so we wont see Happy Valley S3 soon? -- nm - mud Mar 18, 08:20 1
  - We won't be seeing anything much soon, Line of Duty and Peaky Blinders both delayed. - LMS Mar 18, 08:26
Canada tax deadline moved to Jun 1, payment deadline to end of August. -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 08:15
Holy smokes, folks are swamping my work email today. I'm turning off my sound because I can't stand the alert noise any longer. -- nm - Ba Baron Ron Ron Mar 18, 08:13
Penguins walking down stairs -- (link) - decline Mar 18, 08:12
Let's do this -- (link) - ty97 Mar 18, 08:10 20
- I'm also realizing I'm too white for these brackets. I wouldn't know the Roc, Amen or A Different World themes if I heard them. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 18, 08:35
- The Jeffersons a 12 seed? Easy upset over Roc. Classic 12 over 5 pick -- nm* - Krusty Mar 18, 08:29
- Barney Effing Miller a #1 seed??? - Cuzzin Todd Mar 18, 08:28 2
  - You probably haven't heard it in a while. -- (link) - GregW Mar 18, 12:09 [youtube]
  - I swear they meant Hillstreet Blues there. -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 08:28
- Look, I dig the Barney Miller groove. But a 1 seed? Come on. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 18, 08:22 1
  - Also, surprised by the Friends snub. The fuq? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 18, 08:26
- Goldne Girls wins the bottom half of the bracket. That top half is a murderer's row. - Will Hunting Mar 18, 08:22
- Final four with this bracket: Cheers, Jeffersons, Magnum PI, Greatest America Hero. Cheers wins over Greatest American Hero. - David Mar 18, 08:17
- Happy Days/Magnum PI, Cheers/Fresh Prince in the semis.. Ida know, I think Cheers vs Happy Days, Cheers winning. -- nm - colin Mar 18, 08:17
- Hill Street Blues just won a play-in game. -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 08:16
- The hardest choice is Fresh Prince v Facts of Life - TWuG Mar 18, 08:16 1
  - You take the good. - ty97 Mar 18, 08:17
- Weird selection. The theme songs I remember really liking were Rockford Files, Nightstalker, and The Magician. -- nm - mara Mar 18, 08:14
- Jeffersons v GAH final. -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 08:14
- Please to be defining "slapped the hardest"? -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 08:11 4
  - Whew, Spawn shielded me from revealing my own oldness by asking this question. -- nm* - Ba Baron Ron Ron Mar 18, 08:14 2
    - me too -- nm - mud Mar 18, 08:15 1
      - My first thought was "hit the hardest" but I guessed that was not quite right. -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 08:29
  - slap = good -- nm - colin Mar 18, 08:12
#s - mud Mar 18, 08:10 3
- It's a liberal conspiracy...! To kill Fox News viewers. -- nm - Mop Mar 18, 08:29
- Not thinking it's going to cause a recession is straight pants-on-head, sky-is purple-polka-dot denial of reality. -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 08:19
- A sad state of reality. -- nm - JackDawson Mar 18, 08:17
US & Canada border closing. -- (link) - budice Mar 18, 08:06
And...employers are starting to inquire about suspending or delaying they're 401(k) matching and profit sharing contributions - decline Mar 18, 08:04 5
- The number of businesses who have done layoffs and told employees to file for unemployment is just...it's an indictment of American capitalism. -- nm - David Mar 18, 08:06 3
  - I'm waiting to see how it sorts itself out at my gym but the March memberships are paid and they should keep that money and pay their employees - JackDawson Mar 18, 08:36
  - To be fair, if their employees are eligible for unemployment, this is kind of what it's there for. I saw a restaurant owner on tv trying to figure - pmb Mar 18, 08:24 1
    - I'm not speaking about small businesses. Tillman Fertitta just cynically ditched a bunch of Landry's restaurant employees this way. -- nm - David Mar 18, 08:31
- they should award some of those bought back stocks instead. -- nm - colin Mar 18, 08:05
jfc these goddamn reporters. First question was exactly repeated by the person asking the second question. ffs. -- nm - Shaun Mar 18, 07:58 6
- in French, so the guy's english isn't too good or he wasnt paying attention -- nm - mud Mar 18, 08:02 5
  - jfc, fuck off with the US border questions. They've been asked and answered multiple times. -- nm - Shaun Mar 18, 08:05 4
    - "Disease ridden bags of pus" -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 08:08 2
      - HOLY FUCK ANOTHER BORDER QUESTION. JFC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Shaun Mar 18, 08:08 1
        
        That one was at least "when" which is good info. -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 08:13
    - really -- nm - mud Mar 18, 08:07
It amuses me to no end that one of the prizes for winning the Iditarod is a pickup truck. - David Mar 18, 07:53 2
- yup -- nm - prayformojo Mar 18, 08:13
- And a six pack of Coronas -- nm - budice Mar 18, 07:55
COVID Breakup (Long, but, hey). My friend (A) is having trouble with his boyfriend (D). They've been dating officially one year almost exactly. -- (edited) - JackDawson Mar 18, 07:53 12
- A is a catch. D doesn't see it or appreciate it. A will try to stick with it because of the companionship, but shouldn't. -- nm - Mop Mar 18, 08:37
- He can't take the dog to Hawaii? I feel like things didn't need to get to the breakup point. - Krusty Mar 18, 08:25 3
  - Taking pets to Hawaii is really difficult due to the islands lack of rabies and the resulting lengthy quarantine period for incoming animals - JD Mar 18, 08:36 2
    - Damn -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 08:50
    - Quite correct! He said 120 day quarantine -- nm - JackDawson Mar 18, 08:37
- I am anti-mustache, A dodged a bullet. - ty97 Mar 18, 08:08 3
  - It's NOT over. D has A completely wrapped around. -- nm - JackDawson Mar 18, 08:16 2
    - so what you are saying is that you are dogsitting. -- nm - ty97 Mar 18, 08:17 1
      - almost--you are -- nm - JackDawson Mar 18, 08:30
- what's the mustache look like? -- nm - decline Mar 18, 08:02 1
  - Cute, you wanna go like it on Insta I'm sure he'll love the follow! -- nm - JackDawson Mar 18, 08:02
- D's just not that into A. Move on. - pmb Mar 18, 08:01
An update from Florida, where I have a lot of family. -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 18, 07:46 1
- While she's not wrong, it really is being between a rock and a hard place if your place of employment says "come in." - JaxSean Mar 18, 07:51
Well, that was it. My main source of income just got killed. Hooboy. -- nm - colin Mar 18, 07:43 17
- Sorry sir. -- nm - Remlik Mar 18, 08:33
- Ugh. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 18, 08:22
- Oof, sorry to hear!! -- nm - Marlowe Mar 18, 08:16
- sorry to hear this, hang in there -- nm - prayformojo Mar 18, 08:14
- I'm sorry -- nm - JackDawson Mar 18, 08:06
- that sucks -- nm - decline Mar 18, 08:04
- Sorry. Best of luck. -- nm - pmb Mar 18, 08:03
- Very sorry to hear -- nm - ty97 Mar 18, 07:59
- That sucks man. -- nm - Shaun Mar 18, 07:53
- Sorry man. Are they laying off now, so you can apply for unemployment, and possibly opening back up (and hiring) after the lockdowns? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 18, 07:52 1
  - I'm a consultant, so they're cutting all external costs and trying to get people who are idle to work on things. I'm SOL with unexmployment - colin Mar 18, 07:59
- Sorry, dude. It's really hard to be out on your own right now. -- nm - David Mar 18, 07:49 3
  - the choices we make :) i'm glad i am, even with this. -- nm - colin Mar 18, 08:00 2
    - Good. I know it sucks right now, but you have complete agency over your life. It's admirable. -- nm - David Mar 18, 08:08 1
      - yeah, i'm keeping that in mind. i've had a ton of freedom in the past few years, it's worth it for the rough times. -- nm - colin Mar 18, 08:14
- Damn. -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 07:48
- :-[ -- nm - mud Mar 18, 07:45
Presidente focused on whats important -- (link*) - budice Mar 18, 07:39 6
- Actual approval rating: 43%. -- nm - David Mar 18, 07:42 3
  - Actual approval rating in GOP: UNKNOWN -- nm - mud Mar 18, 07:44 2
    - I glanced at more than 500 polls from the last six months. He wasn't at 53% in any of them. - David Mar 18, 07:51 1
      - Rassmussen at 46 is like Homer's "7 thumbs up". -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 08:23
- geez what an asshole -- nm - mud Mar 18, 07:41
- 53%? Fake News right there! -- nm - Bacon Mar 18, 07:40
I'm avoiding HSX for the time being. I'm down over H$110M since Thursday. Lost 3 spots. No longer a 6B port. May retire again. - Shaun Mar 18, 07:34 5
- I only just started playing again a couple of weeks ago, I'm down 10m, on my 13bn port, but then again 10bm of that was cash already -- nm - LMS Mar 18, 08:11
- just sold off pretty much everything I was holding. thinking I may take an extended break from it as well ... - call me Ishmael Mar 18, 07:57 2
  - im headed that way -- nm - budice Mar 18, 07:58 1
    - I don't have the drive to go sell 2.7B worth of stonks. -- nm - Shaun Mar 18, 07:59
- You might have to get a job now! -- nm - Bacon Mar 18, 07:39
Boeing being talked up as too big to fail. Gonna get huge bailout -- nm* - budice Mar 18, 07:31 1
- Everything was going so well there prior to the virus -- nm* - ty97 Mar 18, 08:00
B2: Shakespearean extended Universe. Romeo V Juliet: The Dawn of Justice - Beaker Mar 18, 07:23 1
- I think this is a response to me but I only understand like every third word. - spamlet Mar 18, 07:53
Funko Pop: Schitt's Creek! -- (link) - Shaun Mar 18, 07:23 1
- There's also a David Chase!! -- (link) - Shaun Mar 18, 07:34
Krusty alert: Kim's Convenience Season 4 on Netflix has a release date. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 18, 07:22 1
- Sweet! -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 07:24
BTW, if anybody needs groceries or some pizza delivered, just hit me up here or privately. - colin Mar 18, 07:19 4
- That's an incredible offer. 8-) Well done and here's hoping that shelter in place doesn't impact this. -- nm - JD Mar 18, 08:11
- to clarify, the above news doesn't change this at all. still let me know. -- nm - colin Mar 18, 08:02 1
  - Is the missus alright? -- nm - Qale Mar 18, 08:45
- :-) Very kind of you. -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 07:25
My liquor cabinet oddballs - Reagen Mar 18, 07:18 17
- I have zero alcohol in the house. I might get some stout when I get groceries on Saturday when I work. -- nm - Qale Mar 18, 08:46
- We have some Bacardi 151, and Banana Rum. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 18, 07:58
- I have a few bottles of whiskey and vodka - nothing fancy. I also haven't had a drink in a week and a half -- nm - decline Mar 18, 07:49
- I think we got rid of most if not all of ours from moving stuff around for the kitchen reno. -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 07:38
- Gonna go through all of them at this rate -- nm - budice Mar 18, 07:30
- We really only have basics - bourbon, tequila, rum. Have some lovely falernum, but that's about it. -- nm - colin Mar 18, 07:28
- 5/7. Mine may be too long to provide a comprehensive list - a sample inside - Roger More Mar 18, 07:26 3
  - I also have, like, Pisco, Limoncello and cachaca, but I actually use those on the regular. -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 07:58 1
    - and like, 10 kinds of bitters. -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 08:01
  - I think you made two of those up -- nm - mud Mar 18, 07:28
- Stroopwaffle jenever does.. not sound good. -- nm - colin Mar 18, 07:20 6
  - Stroopwaffles are pretty tasty, but alcoholised? Weird. -- nm - mafic Mar 18, 07:22 3
    - Yup -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 07:41
    - this -- nm - JaxSean Mar 18, 07:32 1
      - But drunk people love waffles. -- nm - Ba Baron Ron Ron Mar 18, 07:36
  - It's far too sweet. -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 07:20 1
    - I bet -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 07:41
this is a pretty brutal takedown -- (link) - Jovian Mar 18, 07:17 1
- ugh. sorry didnt know this was ready to roll -- nm - Jovian Mar 18, 07:17

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