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Ventec, maker of ventilators says they are refusing a lot of orders from weathly individuals who want one for their own family usage - zeitgeist Mar 19, 22:48
I just had to remind my wife that writing was still a thing she could do. "I can't look at the account number and enter it at the same time!" -- nm - mafic Mar 19, 22:35
All day long - one minute it's bright and sunny and then I hear strange noises and look outside - yup, raining again :/ -- nm - Meg Mar 19, 22:31
question: couldn't used medical protective gear be cleaned, gassed, irradiated. sure those masks couldn't be washed but shields? gowns -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 22:08 2
- maybe some, but most of it is made to be disposable. almost certainly wouldn't stand up to what would be necessary. -- nm - mafic Mar 19, 22:19 1
  - what about some kind of gas to kill whatever, or remember when they radiated foods to make them shelf stable (but no one would buy them cause...ewwwe -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 22:42
Was just checking out Ralphs' pickup and delivery page. My local store doesn't do pickup orders :( - Meg Mar 19, 22:08 3
- are they making special senior hours 1 or 2 days a week like Vons/Albertsons & Traget? -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 19, 22:09 2
  - Not that I've seen announced yet, although they may have to. I just checked a couple of our local Walmarts for pickup orders and there's a lot of - Meg Mar 19, 22:21 1
    - Smart & Final offer senior hours but they're in Santa Ana and Anaheim, and don't really carry things I want - although they do have Snapple. -- nm - Meg Mar 19, 22:23
Survivor spoilers - Mop Mar 19, 21:53
TV "doctors" are donating their medical supplies, face masks, face shields etc to real doctors who are running out -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 21:52
hahahaah -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 19, 21:44 1
- It's beautiful how this went full circle in a single day. -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 22:34
with all this talk of self-quarantine for 2 weeks and stuff, I think I might hole up in a hotel room for a week or so with my laptop and just write - call me Ishmael Mar 19, 21:35 1
- Airbnb a mountain cabin or something in the desert -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 21:40
DC's cases had grown by 8-9 cases each on Tues & Weds. Thursday added 32 cases, and the median for the new cases is ~ 40 yrs old. -- (link) - Max Mar 19, 21:34
But on the bright side... I finally have time to redo the master bathroom - Mr. Havens Mar 19, 21:29 10
- I'm sorry to see your news. But hope the bathroom turns out great and you can get some other goals done as well. -- nm - crash davis Mar 19, 22:23 1
  - Oh, Crash. You do have a way with words. -- nm - Mr. Havens Mar 19, 23:13
- Time for Podcasting? :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 19, 21:34 7
  - Yeah, I’m in the process of writing a few episodes - Mr. Havens Mar 19, 21:52 [Attachment] 5
    - We used pink in the bathroom of the first house we ever owned but it was softer. I think it was called Dusty Rose. - Meg Mar 19, 22:30 2
      - That’s the funny part. It’s not pink. It’s red. Deep red. Like a Tuscan torture room. -- nm - Mr. Havens Mar 19, 22:49 1
        
        :) Needs red velvet and gold braid. -- nm - Meg Mar 19, 22:53
    - Hmm...the pink is the nicest thing about it. - . Mar 19, 22:22
    - It's like antonio banderas painted the walls with bubblegum. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 19, 21:54
  - I wonder if it would be possible to explain the situation & get a sponsorship for the podcast? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 19, 21:34
Hah: Loeffler also bought stock in Citrix ... who make GoToMeeting. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 19, 21:28 3
- Shows how dumb she is! All the cool kids are using Zoom! -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 22:31
- I'm thinking there might be prison sentences for those folks -- nm - Beryllium Mar 19, 21:29
- Yes, that's what I was referencing on board 2. It's the smoking gun out of all the transactions. -- nm - David Mar 19, 21:29
Welp... I got laid off from the theatre - Mr. Havens Mar 19, 21:13 8
- Im sorry man that sucks -- nm - Jovian Mar 19, 21:25
- Sorry :( -- nm - Beryllium Mar 19, 21:19
- damn, that sucks. -- nm - mafic Mar 19, 21:18
- Sorry -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 21:18
- Oh, dang.. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 19, 21:17
- can you at least draw unemployment or something for a month or so? may not be much but maybe it'll help... -- nm - call me Ishmael Mar 19, 21:15 1
  - We’ll be fine. It just sucks that theatres will be closed so long. -- nm - Mr. Havens Mar 19, 21:26
- Sorry, dude. That sucks. -- nm - David Mar 19, 21:13
Had a wedding cancel because they expect a heightened lock down for WA, another friend was saying one was coming but I haven't heard anything -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 21:02 2
- my nephew delayed his May wedding in SC today -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 19, 21:03 1
  - My weddings are more elopement with six to a dozen not *weddings * with bridesmaids and everything -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 21:06
NASA fixes Mars lander by hitting it with a shovel - crash davis Mar 19, 21:00
Animal Crossing via Limp Bizkit -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 19, 20:30
Social Distancing at a Strip Club? 6 feet between patrons? She wears rubber gloves? I wonder -- nm* - budice Mar 19, 20:29 1
- to be fair, that's the law now in many areas -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 20:33
The last 24 hours in the US is the polar opposite of flattening the curve. -- nm - David Mar 19, 20:25 5
- Hard to say, because we have no idea what the shape of the curve is, or where we are on it, due to insufficient testing. -- nm - znufrii Mar 19, 21:11 2
  - That's why they say we are two weeks or so behind Italy and a week behind Spain -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 21:15
  - I'm basing all calcs off the current knowns. Today's growth ratio is already more than 50%, and there's still one more update to go tonight. -- nm - David Mar 19, 21:15
- fattening the curve -- nm - budice Mar 19, 20:45
- "All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine" -- nm - Max Mar 19, 20:29
Hmm. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 19, 20:18 1
- It's not as vibrant as the biblical passage Jules recites, but I could see Sewell as the hitman who hunts down Marsellus Wallace's hitmen. -- nm - Max Mar 19, 20:28
Ugh one of my best friends who lives with Idaho her son just got tested cause his friend has it and he been ill last 2 days -- nm - eag Mar 19, 20:14
This is so perfect it hurts. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 19, 20:10
I really hate to be such a racist, but honestly, some Romulans just need to fuck off. -- nm - crash davis Mar 19, 20:01 12
- At least they're speaking English and look like Romulans. Unlike those Klingons. - . Mar 19, 21:19
- I think that's being a speciesist, not a racist. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 19, 20:13 3
  - He's only talking about some Romulans. Which Romulans do you think those might be? -- nm - Roger More Mar 19, 20:38 2
    - whatever the Romulan equivalent of the Dutch is. -- nm - mafic Mar 19, 22:22
    - Quite simply, the ones that piss me off. -- nm - crash davis Mar 19, 20:43
- You best not be talking about my girl! -- nm - David Mar 19, 20:06
- I'd violate a social distancing order to get close to Narissa Rizzo. -- nm - Max Mar 19, 20:03 5
  - I called dibs during Flash Forward. -- nm - David Mar 19, 20:10 3
    - She's been to outer space, I don't think some homebound mole person is her type. -- nm - Max Mar 19, 20:15 2
      - People who live on spaceships ARE homebound mole people. -- nm - David Mar 19, 20:20 1
        
        I fail to see any trace of mole in Peyton List -- nm - crash davis Mar 19, 20:52
  - I'd violate her neutral zone. -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 20:06
Also managed to get my 7,000 steps in today, somehow, for the first time in six days. -- nm - znufrii Mar 19, 19:54
Well, I had an adventure after work today. - Beryllium Mar 19, 19:50
A natural disaster like an earthquake, tornado, forest fire, or hurricane, would be exponentially worse. -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 19:34 22
- You mean like around Bali? 6.3 the other day. -- nm - VMan Mar 19, 20:13 1
  - Not to mention SLC's quake that caused a chemical spill -- nm - Beryllium Mar 19, 21:09
- I see that my edits make my statement nonsensical. A natural disaster... right now. - Mop Mar 19, 19:39 6
  - how about one of those makeshift hospitals catching fire (and lets face it those are 'containment rooms while we wait for you to die' cells -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 20:26
  - Yeah. I've been doing pandemic planning, not full time, but constantly part time since 2002. This is the one scenario that kept me up at night. -- (edited) - loosilu Mar 19, 19:43 4
    - Thanks for being here. We’ve missed you in our community. Anything we can do for you? - Pippy-with a side eye Mar 19, 19:51 3
      - When one of us gets elected President in November, it'll be thanks to loosi. -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 20:06 2
        
        We could be a prophet or a messiah -- nm - con_carne Mar 19, 21:09
        
        She can be an advisor in my administration -- nm - Krusty Mar 19, 20:10
- No natural disaster has ever affected the entire world. -- nm - loosilu Mar 19, 19:34 12
  - massive volcano in the 1100's caused 50 years of winter and pushed Europe out of the dark ages something like that (connections) -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 20:33
  - Because I wanted to "well actually" this ... Lake Toba volcano is thought to have caused a population bottleneck for the human species -- nm - Beryllium Mar 19, 19:39 6
    - also fair! I guess I was thinking of modern world. -- nm - loosilu Mar 19, 19:41 5
      - I love that I'm unexpectedly learning about a major volcanic eruption I never heard of. This is why I love ST! thanks guys! -- nm - loosilu Mar 19, 19:49
      - Mt Tambora’s eruption in the early 1800s may be the most recent example -- nm - Roger More Mar 19, 19:47 2
        
        Pinatubo in '91 had a similar effect on climate, but I guess wasn't as disruptive. -- nm - mafic Mar 19, 20:48
        
        Yep. Toba was 100x more powerful. Either one would've been something to see. Yowzers. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 19, 19:51
      - Fair. And new research indicates that while Toba ash fell as far away as Malawi, it didn't change the fossil composition so (in theory) didn't affect - Beryllium Mar 19, 19:46
  - Big Ass Meteor -- nm - T Rex Mar 19, 19:37 3
    - It's always all about you. Never the protozoa! -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 19:39 1
      - I poop protozoa -- nm - T Rex Mar 19, 19:43
    - Fair. -- nm - loosilu Mar 19, 19:38
I'm going to have to go to the office tomorrow. Bosses will freak. Don't freak. There is no one there. -- nm - loosilu Mar 19, 19:30
YDC: I logged into MyVegas for the first time in a bit. Spun a handful of times at a high spin value. Won a $4.8B jackpot -- nm - MDH Mar 19, 19:25 3
- I'd love to suggest a local hotel or restaurant, but they are all closed. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 19, 20:56
- Whoa. -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 19:37
- Time to make it rain, son! nm - ralph wiggum Mar 19, 19:32
Billy G keeping it real -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 19, 19:18 1
- He artfully dodged the “ why are the rich getting tested?” -- nm - Pippy-with a side eye Mar 19, 19:38
I dont think we need any more Purge movies or TV shows - eag Mar 19, 19:12 1
- Mom makes sure the doors are locked and asked me if or when looting will start -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 21:17
I'm seeking a friend for the end of the world, and you sprang to my mind. - David Mar 19, 19:04 [youtube] 3
- I love that movie. - sycor Mar 19, 19:13 2
  - Yep. Best film of 2012. (NM) -- (edited) - Marlowe Mar 19, 19:15 1
    - I should watch it then -- nm - mud Mar 19, 19:22
February 28 -- (link) - ty97 Mar 19, 19:04 1
- "Oh, it's not true Drumpf defunded CDD and NIH. He tried to, Congress would not let him." (NM) - Marlowe Mar 19, 19:19
It's been a busy news decade this week. -- nm - ty97 Mar 19, 19:00 1
- Picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines. -- nm - VMan Mar 19, 19:12
All of California: stay at home -- (link) - ty97 Mar 19, 18:50 5
- Wife and I have to go to work (she can do her job from home but they won't do it until told by the government) until the government steps in. - Bacon Mar 19, 19:10 2
  - state or federal? -- nm - loosilu Mar 19, 19:50 1
    - Either -- nm - Bacon Mar 19, 20:00
- I lucked out today. Found fully stocked ALDI. Grabbed all the goods i needed -- nm - budice Mar 19, 19:06
- Better link -- (link) - con_carne Mar 19, 19:01
The best part is it's going to hit 70 tomorrow out of nowhere so everyone's allergies are gonna go haywire. -- nm - Tim Mar 19, 18:48 32
- I have my annual sinus infection. - . Mar 19, 21:16
- that's the fun game I play "seasonal allergies or... SOMETHING ELSE?" -- nm - mafic Mar 19, 20:49
- Have you ever heard of this I used to have bad pollen allergies, until I took blood pressure pills, 5 years ago. Since then zero allergies. -- nm - loosilu Mar 19, 19:28 9
  - As I've gotten older, my allergies have gotten less severe. Hardly notice them now. Used to be nearly crippling. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 19, 20:14
  - Was it the drugs (as a side effect) or the lower BP itself that fixed it? 🤔 -- nm - Beryllium Mar 19, 19:33 3
    - The BP had been there, so it must have been the meds. -- nm - loosilu Mar 19, 19:34 2
      - Nice. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 19, 19:35 1
        
        I don't know if you have ever known anyone who took BP meds, but it is super common for a couple weeks to have super congested sinuses - loosilu Mar 19, 19:38
  - Loosi unlocked the cheat code! -- nm - sycor Mar 19, 19:31 3
    - uh huh, get terrifyingly high BP, awesome :P -- nm - loosilu Mar 19, 19:33 2
      - I didn't say it was a good cheat code. - sycor Mar 19, 19:35 1
        
        lol! yeah it sucked. My great grandfather died at age 48 of a massive stroke, he was skinny, he was FDNY. - loosilu Mar 19, 19:40
- Praying trumps lies become true for once and it doesn’t spread as well in warmer weather -- nm - JackDawson Mar 19, 19:11 3
  - Unfortunately, zero reason to think so.. H1N1 flourished over the hot summer.Novel viruses make up their own rules. -- nm* - loosilu Mar 19, 19:32 2
    - Vietnam ain't holding its breath -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 20:29
    - Yes my hope is near zero. Brazil spread shows I’m wrong -- nm - JackDawson Mar 19, 20:11
- My MiL has had a chronic cough for *years*. She's getting the stink eye all over the place. nm - ralph wiggum Mar 19, 19:00
- The pollening started here HARD this week. Everything is yellow. Stupid NC and it's pine trees. Supposed to be in the 80s here tomorrow. -- nm - sycor Mar 19, 18:53
- It did here for a few days and everyone looks at me like I have Corona. -- nm - spamlet Mar 19, 18:51 1
  - I thought I had it last week but then I remembered that I'm allergic to March In Vancouver. -- nm - mud Mar 19, 19:02
- I'm totally jailbreaking tomorrow and walking down two blocks to walk around the park - ty97 Mar 19, 18:49 11
  - Walking outdoors alone is strongly encouraged. Thank you for following guidelines. -- nm - loosilu Mar 19, 19:30 3
    - I just need some daylight and air. Going to become part of routine I think. -- nm - ty97 Mar 19, 19:30 2
      - So going for a walk after work has been great for me bc it's a wall btw the workday and the home night. - amanda Mar 19, 20:22
      - That is totally in keeping with guidelines. Go out, walk, get air. -- nm - loosilu Mar 19, 19:31
  - I have been WFH for two days. I go for a walk at lunch (like 30 minutes) and at the end of the day (like an hour or so) just to get out. - amanda Mar 19, 18:53 6
    - Went for a run today and noticed the same about people walking/running. Very aware, distance, etc. That said, 2 cars ran stop signs and nearly hit me. - MDH Mar 19, 19:12 5
      - yeesh. I've been jaywalking like crazy downtown because there are no cars. I will rethink tempting fate that way. -- nm - Max Mar 19, 19:33
      - People basically keeping distance here though did see a group of three people walking together this evening and a woman passed them and then - ty97 Mar 19, 19:30 3
        
        Maybe the three are in a self contained isolated group which is also allowed ? -- nm - JackDawson Mar 19, 19:30 2
        
        Could be! They were talking so maybe they almost walked into the lady? I wasn't looking. - ty97 Mar 19, 19:41 1
        
        New york, concrete jungle where dreams are made of there's nothing you can't do big lights will inspire you lets hear it for -- nm - rollo Mar 19, 20:34

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