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#COVIDCanada -- (link) - mud Mar 20, 19:15
Emmanuel Sanders joins the Saints -- (link) - budice Mar 20, 19:13
Karma's getting closer. "Staff member in Vice President Mike Pence's office tests positive for coronavirus" -- nm - David Mar 20, 18:42 2
- When was CPAC? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 19:13
- I think the last count showed 20-25 ministers or close staffers to Bozonaro tested positive. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 20, 18:48
My quarantine project - 90s Australian music tables. Tonight - Table 1! - Roger More Mar 20, 18:21 52
- Men without Hats -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 19:09 5
  - That dance was not as safe as they claimed. -- nm - VMan Mar 20, 19:16
  - lots of men without hats outside Australia -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 19:15
  - Montreal -- nm - mud Mar 20, 19:11
  - Dexys midnight riders -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 19:09 1
    - Birmingham -- nm - mud Mar 20, 19:11
- Let's see...Men at Work...and, uh, Colin Hay, and, uh... I'm out. -- nm - David Mar 20, 18:37 15
  - INXS! -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 18:45 4
    - (I could do a whole other one on Australian 80s music) -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 18:45 3
      - What's the name of that underwear model that gay guys think is famous? -- nm - David Mar 20, 18:55 2
        
        The whole point of this is to provide something ST hasn't heard before! -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 19:02 1
        
        Exactly! -- nm - David Mar 20, 19:11
  - AC/DC ring a bell? -- nm - VMan Mar 20, 18:44 5
    - No, but I am familiar with AD/BC. -- (link) - David Mar 20, 18:50 [youtube] 1
      - Stupid, sexy Flanders. -- nm - VMan Mar 20, 18:52
    - INXS. And now I think I am out. Oh, Kylie and Olivia or is one or both Kiwi? -- nm - VMan Mar 20, 18:47 2
      - Neither. Crowded House was 2/3 Kiwi though. -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 18:49 1
        
        Google told me how dumb I am. I should have known more. -- nm - VMan Mar 20, 18:51
  - Meednight Ole! -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 18:40 3
    - I’m amazed Midnight Oil made it so big. Growing up in Australia is like being in a bubble. - Roger More Mar 20, 18:48 2
      - The flip side is every Australian seems to assume I’m deeply familiar with the works of Cold Chisel and Paul Kelly. - mafic Mar 20, 19:28
      - Yeah, I remember Beds are Burning on MTV, and then Blue Sky Mine made a splash as the lead single on the followup album -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 18:55
- Regurgitator - the most diverse musically of the three, Regurgitator flips between Licenced to Ill Era Beastie boys, electronic dance music and rock. - Roger More Mar 20, 18:32 10
  - I remember that name from my brother's zine days -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 19:03
  - Blubber Boy - about *that* Inuit story -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:32 [youtube] 8
    - Kong Foo Sing -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:33 [youtube] 7
      - I Sucked A Lot Of Cock To Get Where I Am -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:33 [youtube] 6
        
        Everyday Formula -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:34 [youtube] 5
        
        Polyester Girl -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:34 [youtube] 4
        
        Black Bugs -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:35 [youtube] 3
        
        ! (The Song Formerly Known As) -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:35 [youtube] 2
        
        Fat Cop -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:35 [youtube] 1
        
        Super Straight -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:36 [youtube]
- You Am I - the most revered 90s Australian band. They started out playing big guitar rock but hit their stride with plaintive melodic songs about - Roger More Mar 20, 18:27 8
  - Berlin Chair -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:27 [youtube] 7
    - Cathy's Clown -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:28 [youtube] 6
      - Mr. Milk -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:29 [youtube] 5
        
        Soldiers -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:29 [youtube] 4
        
        Good Mornin' -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:29 [youtube] 3
        
        Tuesday -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:30 [youtube] 2
        
        Heavy Heart -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:30 [youtube] 1
        
        Oh - What I Don't Know About You - video features Ben Mendelssohn -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:57 [youtube]
- Powderfinger - the most popular Australian band of the 90s, though they had international success. They sang nice, inoffensive alternative rock songs -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 18:21 9
  - I wonder how they got that name -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 20, 18:29 [youtube]
  - Pick You Up -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:22 [youtube] 7
    - D.A.F. -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:22 [youtube] 6
      - The Day You Come -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:23 [youtube] 5
        
        Don't Wanna Be Left Out -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:24 [youtube] 4
        
        My Kind of Scene - as featured in Mission: Impossible 2! -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:24 [youtube] 3
        
        My Happiness -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:26 [youtube] 2
        
        These Days -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:26 [youtube] 1
        
        Passenger -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:26 [youtube]
Big Ben has apparently been quarantined with nothing but cheesecake. -- (link) - Volnelk Mar 20, 18:20
LA County is giving up on containment/tracing infections. Doctors are to AVOID testing in cases where it would not change the patient's treatment. -- (link) - con_carne Mar 20, 18:10
Oh no, Greenland *and* Madagascar. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 17:59 1
- Game over -- nm - decline Mar 20, 18:08
I'm at the grocery store and totally creeped out. - Mop Mar 20, 17:57 7
- Yeah I went today too. It was odd. Toilet paper, paper towels, rice and tuna were all wiped out but the produce section was completely stocked. - Volnelk Mar 20, 18:18 5
  - Governments need to limit purchase of items per customer. The stockpiling is so anti social and makes me so angry -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 18:40 2
    - There were limits on all the items you’d expect. Just appears that Paper is slower to refill maybe than the other items. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 20, 18:47
    - I'm always well-stocked except for fresh produce and dairy. I could manage without either one but want to limit my shopping trips as much as possible. -- nm - Meg Mar 20, 18:46
  - Produce can't be stockpiled except things like potatoes & onions which have been in short supply here. This is why I'm looking to stock up on - Meg Mar 20, 18:29
  - You don't win friends (or survive the Apocalypse) with salad -- nm* - Beaker Mar 20, 18:19
- eggs should be gone, too -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 20, 18:04
I was thinking when it comes to the gap between Animal Crossing games, we shouldn’t consider New Leaf when talking about New Horizons. It’s City Life. - Qale Mar 20, 17:50
Okay Corona, you have my attention. Median age of patients in my county, LA, is 47, two years older than me. Ack. -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 17:49
:O -- (link) - Max Mar 20, 17:46 8
- (am I supposed to know what this is?) -- nm - amanda Mar 20, 18:09 1
  - I don't know what it is. I keep believing it must be cgi. -- nm - Max Mar 20, 18:16
- sex-ay -- nm - mud Mar 20, 18:08
- What's CNC? -- nm - decline Mar 20, 18:07 2
  - TIL it stands for "computer numerical control"; extreme precision cutting of metal and other materials -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 18:13 1
    - also a music factory -- nm - budice Mar 20, 18:17
- that's weird -- nm - prayformojo Mar 20, 18:03
- :O -- nm - budice Mar 20, 17:54
The CDC estimates that so far this season there have been at least 23,000 deaths from flu, 38 million flu illnesses and 390,000 hospitalizations. -- nm - Under the Influence Mar 20, 17:33 4
- That seems low, so a "good" flu year I guess? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 20, 17:47
- As of today 210 deaths from Covid-19 and 16,000 reported Covid-19 cases. -- nm - Under the Influence Mar 20, 17:36 2
  - just in America I assume as Italy is at 4,000 or beyond by now -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 17:40 1
    - Italy had at least 627 deaths in the last 24 hours. -- nm - Under the Influence Mar 20, 18:27
"I read on the internet Roundup weedkiller can cure Covid-19, I am fast tracking that for human trials" -- nm - Donald Trump Mar 20, 17:23 8
- You really ought to work as CEO of Vault Tec. -- nm - Qale Mar 20, 18:11
- Bozonaro, during a press conference about what needs to be done: "If I didn't die to a knife, it won't be a small flu that will get me." - Marlowe Mar 20, 17:59 1
  - Smh -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 18:06
- IT'S SCIENCE! I'LL PROVE YOU ALL WRONG AND DRINK ALL THE WEED KILLER!! -- nm - Trumper Mar 20, 17:34
- I'm telling you, Famous Bowl IVs -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 17:27
- How are the Tide Pod trials coming along? -- nm - VMan Mar 20, 17:24 2
  - It looks very very promising. Tide Pods are a very promising development. We can deploy them in pharmacies very very soon. Very soon. -- nm - Donald Trump Mar 20, 17:25
  - great! -- nm - Gronk Mar 20, 17:25
local weatherman does report at home, opens with a white board with the usual weather symbols on it, kinda cute -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 17:21 1
- pix! -- nm - mud Mar 20, 17:24
NYT: Trump’s Embrace of Unproven Drugs to Treat Coronavirus Defies Science -- (link) - mud Mar 20, 17:20 3
- I need to be re-elected or people will think I am a loser. I am throwing darts here, bulls eye or bust!! -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 17:21
- He's bound to be right eventually... -- nm - znufrii Mar 20, 17:20 1
  - Dear Trump: Dig up, stupid! -- nm - VMan Mar 20, 17:22
THR: "The Moment We Have Been Dreading:" Coronavirus Lands Thanos-Sized Punch on Comic Shops -- (link) - mud Mar 20, 17:18 4
- the industry may disappear. -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 17:46 3
  - Pete, we count on you to keep nerds out of regular society. -- nm - David Mar 20, 18:06 1
    - then stop shopping at Amazon for graphic novels! :) -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 18:14
  - nah -- nm - mud Mar 20, 18:05
Hey loosilu. Realistically, what do you think we are looking at here? - sycor Mar 20, 17:12 3
- it would be impossible to be locked down for half a year, a month is a total crises, 2m is economic melt down -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 17:20 2
  - I'd like to think this will only be a couple weeks. But I think I'm just starting to get panic by proxy to other people freaking out. -- nm - sycor Mar 20, 17:31
  - I will say this. Six months ago I thought it would be impossible to lock down the states of California and New York. - Bacon Mar 20, 17:22
Wife news. No salary decrease for her, hourly workers will have reduced hours. Whew, for now at least. -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 17:11 2
- That's good news for you guys. I'm glad you dodged it for now. -- nm - sycor Mar 20, 17:16 1
  - One day at a time. She can also do her job from home if they lock us down. one day at a time. - Bacon Mar 20, 17:18
Today was "everyone try out zoom virtual backgrounds in a 50-person gallery view" day and it was super fun. This was one of the backgrounds I used. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 20, 17:08 [flickr] 3
- The correct background would have confused John Travolta walking through. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 17:10 1
  - Yes, yes. But this one lets me pretend there's no outbreak and I can go to the coffee shop and sit down. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 17:14
- My friends have told me it's on for zoom bg wars. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 17:09
Have I done my plant a garden rant here yet? and if you usually have a garden double the size this year. - Bacon Mar 20, 17:03 23
- We're reconsidering our decision not to re-up for our CSA share we've done for the last couple years. -- nm - znufrii Mar 20, 17:17 1
  - I had to look that up. (Community-supported agriculture) Yes, I say reconsider -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 17:19
- I'm already planning a Victory Garden, and I'm also volunteering to sew some face masks for local hospitals. - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 17:16 7
  - did you plant truffle infused oaks so you have a side business in 5 years? -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 20, 17:21 2
    - Oh! Hot damn! Excellent idea. - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 17:24 1
      - you live in a near perfect climate for them -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 20, 17:29
  - I saw that mask thing. Do you have to know how to use a sewing machine, or can you hand stitch? Also awesome on the garden -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 17:17 3
    - You can hand stitch, and Providence Health System is even sending out pre-made kits for folks. However, it looks like they hit their goal ... - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 17:23 2
      - Good for them!! Wouldn't it be nice if this could bring the country together? I can hope right -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 17:24 1
        
        I'm still holding out some hope for some sort of reckoning to take place. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 17:25
- Literally why we’re moving to the almost country. -- nm - mafic Mar 20, 17:14 2
  - Nice!! Going to do the chicken thing too or just vegetables and fruits? Cow, pig? -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 17:15 1
    - There’s an established orchard already. Like 30 trees? Almost every fruit that grows here, olives, and a few nuts, some berries. - mafic Mar 20, 17:29
- I have 11 oranges on my blood orange tree. everything else is 2-3 years away from bearing fruit -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 20, 17:12 3
  - Do you juice those or just eat em? -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 17:13 2
    - blood orange screw drivers are *awesome* -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 17:23
    - eat -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 20, 17:13
- I ... cannot get up from my desk. Can I have a tomato? -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 17:08 1
  - I can't throw that far. AND RC don't be a mooch, you have been warned. Grow a garden -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 17:10
- I had a huge garden (4 official rows) but its bee abandoned, yikes, I'm going ot hve to turn the whole thing and use some weedstop fabric - zeitgeist Mar 20, 17:07 3
  - bacon, if there are raccoons or yikes coyotes in the area, get a dog run with a top so you can secure them from getting eaten -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 17:08 2
    - Oh for the chickens? Coyotes no issue, but thx for the tip on Raccoons. -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 17:09 1
      - the rose had chickens when she lived in Tumwater, racoons got half of them, dog run protected them, coop goes inside - zeitgeist Mar 20, 17:25
Thankfully, New York has deemed booze an essential service. -- nm - Tim Mar 20, 17:02 4
- The looting and rioting would collapse the system otherwise -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 17:04 3
  - That and think of all the alcoholics going in to sudden withdrawal. Not trying to be funny. But I'm curious to see what they do here since liquor is - sycor Mar 20, 17:16
  - I was gonna say. Imagine instantly banning sales of cigarettes. Same thing. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 17:07
  - Funny but most likely true -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 17:05
now playing: The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot -- nm - prayformojo Mar 20, 17:02 1
- How can that movie but anything other than awesome? -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 17:08
ST D&D folks: ygm -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 16:59
Don’t think I missed you trying to buff your post count again, young lady. -- nm - Qale Mar 20, 16:58
I've seen dark before, but not like this. - znufrii Mar 20, 16:54
*flush* -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 16:54

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