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I am starting to believe that my normal body temperature is 99.3. Heh. -- nm - Qale Mar 25, 06:28 5
- that's hot. -- nm - mud Mar 25, 06:33
- So you’re saying you’re hot blooded? Hot blooded? -- nm - spamlet Mar 25, 06:30 2
  - Check it and see. -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 06:32
  - All this time I thought I was a vampire, what the hell? -- nm - Qale Mar 25, 06:31
- ~hot blooded, check it and see~ -- nm - decline Mar 25, 06:30
So, driving into work today (I'm onsite IT for the day) and there are just tons of empty parking lots. I wonder if B&E crimes are going to spike? -- nm - decline Mar 25, 06:18 4
- yes and yes, lots of reports of prowlers, which means both lots of prowlers and lots of reporting -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 25, 10:38 1
  - cops here are not arresting anyone for anything short of violent or major felony -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 25, 10:39
- Less people to police in general makes those that require it stick out like a sore thumb, I would believe. -- nm - Qale Mar 25, 06:31
- our local police stopped me when I was walking the other day and asked me to keep an eye out for suspicious activity. - amanda Mar 25, 06:30
If anyone finds the bill language posted somewhere, I'd be grateful if you link it here, thanks. -- nm - spamlet Mar 25, 06:12 4
- Not the bill text, but this article covers some of the major provisions: -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 25, 06:17 3
  - Thanks. Hopefully more specifics will come out about provisions as well so I don’t have to read the entire damn thing. - spamlet Mar 25, 06:37
  - "Notably, Democrats won language that would bar any business owned by Trump or his family from getting loans from Treasury. - Reagen Mar 25, 06:33
  - Wow, that language is filthy. I’ve never seen some of those four-letter-words! -- nm - Qale Mar 25, 06:32
Damn all the newbie bread makers! People are baking bread like crazy, and now we’re running out of flour and yeast -- (link) - decline Mar 25, 06:05 8
- I have a flour mill, so we bought a 25kg bag of wheat. Can only (easily) make whole wheat flour, but better than nothing. -- nm - mafic Mar 25, 06:21
- I guess y'alls gluten free situation just went away huh? -- nm - Shaun Mar 25, 06:10
- *mocks carb eaters* - oblique Mar 25, 06:10 5
  - I make my own bread regularly. I'm pretty well stocked - decline Mar 25, 06:11 4
    - Sourdough that shit up, yo. -- nm - mafic Mar 25, 06:22 1
      - my starter went bad over the winter. I need to start a fresh batch this weekend and I'll do sourdough in about a week -- nm* - decline Mar 25, 06:27
    - I continue to be impressed by your culinary undertakings. -- nm - Diva Mar 25, 06:14 1
      - *blushes* -- nm - decline Mar 25, 06:18
One of my favorite quarantine things right now is my two cousins who we don't see much. The older (M) is posting pics of scantily clad women leaning - oblique Mar 25, 05:51 2
- What a dummy. -- (pic) - Shaun Mar 25, 05:56 [Attachment] 1
  - This was his choice today -- (link) - oblique Mar 25, 06:02 [Image]
There's a new Pretenders song out today - it's not bad. -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 05:44
The other day, I asked if we had a source of maps showing each state's approach (bans, restaurants, etc). Politico has a story on it now -- (link) - ty97 Mar 25, 05:43 13
- Missouri has every school closed but I don’t believe that was a state mandate unless they did it after all the schools closed anyway. -- nm - spamlet Mar 25, 06:32
- I have to say, the GOP governor of Indiana has surprised me. Thank God it's no longer Pence. -- nm - mara Mar 25, 06:07
- It’s times like these I love a strong federal government. -- nm - mafic Mar 25, 05:46 9
  - Also I feel like that pretty much seals Oklahoma as the dumbest state. -- nm - mafic Mar 25, 05:50 8
    - Did you see (sorry crash) Idaho? -- nm - ty97 Mar 25, 06:04 1
      - I decided no quarantining was slightly dumber than schools staying open. -- nm - mafic Mar 25, 06:19
    - Meanwhile, it appears to be a dead heat between Alberta and Ontario here. You'd think with the top tier premiers they have, it shouldn't be the case. - Shaun Mar 25, 05:59 3
      - overall dumb, Ford seems to be handling the Virus pretty good though to be fair -- nm - Beaker Mar 25, 06:03 2
        
        by shutting up and letting smart people handle it. Didn't think he had it in him. -- nm* - Reagen Mar 25, 06:07 1
        
        It's very odd. Kenney? Not much. -- nm - Shaun Mar 25, 06:10
    - This seems like an endless race though. -- nm - Roger More Mar 25, 05:55
    - I was just looking at that. There's gonna be a big blowup there in ~1 week. -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 05:51
- The restaurant and bar limit (delivery only) is much more widespread than I realized -- nm - ty97 Mar 25, 05:44
Happy Birthday Beaker!!! - Shaun Mar 25, 05:22 13
- sláinte mhaith -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 25, 10:42
- cheers ! -- nm - mud Mar 25, 06:36
- Happy Birthday! Go out to dinn.....errr see a mov....errr.... Happy Birthday! -- nm - ty97 Mar 25, 06:15
- Happy birthday! -- nm - spamlet Mar 25, 06:11
- Tonight: Cake, Presents, Candles, Birthday Wishes, other stuff -- nm - prayformojo Mar 25, 06:06
- yay! Thanks all!! -- nm - Beaker Mar 25, 06:03
- Happy b! (NM) - Marlowe Mar 25, 06:02
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Roger More Mar 25, 05:55
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Andie Mar 25, 05:52
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - decline Mar 25, 05:49
- May you celebrate in the traditional Maritime fashion, by having nobody touch your face for a month. -- nm - mafic Mar 25, 05:44
- May I suggest copious day drinking? -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 05:44
- happy birthday! -- nm - Diva Mar 25, 05:43
We hit 400k cases worldwide yesterday. We will hit 500k *tomorrow*. -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 05:20
Jnine has Hotmail. (it's the only address I have.) -- nm - amanda Mar 25, 05:18
Disney's Sorcerer's Apprentice is live on iOS and Android now. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 25, 05:14
Truman, YGM. -- nm - Karl_S Mar 25, 04:59
Prince Charles has tested positive. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 25, 03:51 1
- That seems .... Bad. -- nm - Andie Mar 25, 05:10
TV PSA: Survivor, AEW Dynamite, Black Ink Crew, Chicago Med, Fire, PD; Property Brothers, Goldbergs, Masked Singer, WWE NXT, Schooled, LEGO Masters, -- nm - Beaker Mar 25, 03:47 2
- Motherland: Fort Salem, Sistas, Summer House, SEAL Team, American Housewife, Magicians, SWAT, Eating History, Twenties, Real HW, Boomerang, -- nm* - Beaker Mar 25, 03:49 1
  - True Terror With Robert Englund, Tournament of Champions, Aquafina is Nora from Queens, Little Fires Everywhere (HULU), Stumptown, The Circle: Brazil - Beaker Mar 25, 03:51
Cool. No free government money for us. Thanks, Obama! -- nm - Mr. Havens Mar 25, 01:36 1
- Looks like we get in under the married couple cap if we use our 2018 filing. Glad I haven't filed our 2019 yet as I think if I did that and they used - oblique Mar 25, 05:08
OhOh, India shut down will stop production of vital drugs in c19 fight as well many things we need to live -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 25, 01:21
LA says gun shops are not essential businesses -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 25, 00:41
"#FreeJamesWoods" is trending on twitter. I guess the DOW isn't the only thing hitting rock bottom. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 24, 23:59
We've averaged 32% growth the past two days. The good news is that the sheer volume will keep the percentages depressed from now on. - David Mar 24, 23:36
Jackson Browne gets c19 he thinks at Love Rocks NYC benefit, which also featured Cyndi Lauper, Dave Matthews, Warren Haynes, Susan Tedeschi, and Derek -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 24, 23:31 3
- He's 71. -- nm - Mop Mar 25, 00:03 2
  - well, in 69 he was 17 -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 25, 00:08 1
    - “ In sixty-five I was seventeen and running up one-on-one” - Mr. Havens Mar 25, 01:25
This is amusing, although maybe not the best way to achieve civility ... -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 24, 23:27
One thing I noticed with that spider photo is that when I had the flash on, the window looked horrifically dirty. - Beryllium Mar 24, 22:09 [Attachment]
Bill deal struck, thank goodness -- (link) - ty97 Mar 24, 22:05
So, we're just going to pretend like Superman wasn't doing that to the Flash on b3? -- nm - David Mar 24, 21:48 2
- Do we think they both like... move really fast in that situation? -- nm - mafic Mar 25, 05:43
- Seems like the best course of action. -- nm - spamlet Mar 25, 03:59
Postal Service to go bankrupt as soon as summer -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 24, 21:17
70th BD party for republican mayor held a disco party at Donny's LA golf club march 8th...16 cases are associated from it inc current mayor -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 24, 21:10
There’s a shortage of Switches in America right now. Then the murders started. -- nm - Mop Mar 24, 21:01
I had too many* cookies today. - Beryllium Mar 24, 21:00 1
- Your IM is right. There is no such thing as too many. -- nm - Mop Mar 24, 21:01
Patrick's proposal to let seniors die to help the economy is only a half-measure; he should also include a modest proposal to use poor children... -- (link) - as a food source Mar 24, 20:42 1
- Is he volunteering himself? He's 70. -- nm - . Mar 25, 01:19
So apparently we started watching Outlander tonight - znufrii Mar 24, 20:31 4
- What crash, pippy and jnine all said. -- nm - Diva Mar 25, 05:47
- It’s got everything ! Sex, Love, Political Intrigue, Violence and time travel! -- nm - Pippy-with a side eye Mar 25, 04:36
- I've enjoyed it all these years, but my wife loves it. -- nm - crash davis Mar 24, 22:17
- I love this show. I don't have Starz so I'm waiting for two seasons ago to hit Netflix. -- nm - jnine Mar 24, 20:41
What the world needs right now is Cmdr. De Falco from 2012: -- (link) - Max Mar 24, 20:24 [Backboard] 1
- Schettino never went back on board though. -- nm - Roger More Mar 24, 21:36
The average person is really mean -- nm - JD Mar 24, 20:19 1
- Think about how mean the average person is, and then realize that half of them are meaner than that. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 24, 20:21
Lawyer's advice on whether condos can ask about or report internal infections: - Max Mar 24, 20:19
New US coronavirus cases each day - budice Mar 24, 20:19
Portugal techs create Vent2life, a gig ap to connect ventilator mechanics to stored, old model, broken gear stored in hospitals -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 24, 20:16
There it is. Massive earthquake. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 24, 20:05 8
- "We now resume our regularly-scheduled emergency." -- someone on twitter (actually, a twitter employee who lives near me) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 24, 21:18
- Tsunami Watch for Hawaii is cancelled. Waiting to hear about others. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 24, 21:09 1
  - Ah, good, no tsunami apparent for AK or BC either -- nm - Beryllium Mar 24, 21:10
- So northeast of Japan? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 24, 20:24 3
  - A bit, yeah. Supposedly the area is not known for the type of earthquake that would cause a tsunami -- nm - Beryllium Mar 24, 20:52 2
    - its a chain of volcanos along the subduction zone, how could it not have quakes -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 21:06 1
      - *shrug* Needs to be a specific kind of land thrust, I think, and they just do it differently over there. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 24, 21:08
- Luckily in an unpopulated area. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 24, 20:07
I still can’t watch Frontline (it angries up the blood!) but tonight’s episode is apparently about how the NRA is floundering. -- nm - Mop Mar 24, 20:02
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 24, 19:50
Glorious. No, I won’t give in, I won’t give in, until I’m victorious. And I will defend, I will defend. -- nm - David Mar 24, 19:44
For those of you wondering, heres what a COVID-19 drivethru test looks like in the US. -- (link) - budice Mar 24, 19:43
Buzzfeed says: The early data out of china was wrong, young people are at risk too. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 24, 19:42 1
- The way I heard it was that younger kids under 11 or 12 were more likely to have mild or no symptoms, but still be infected. -- nm - . Mar 25, 01:15
How to fix jacket zippers -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 24, 19:37 2
- Obviously over written for those who don't sew. -- nm - . Mar 25, 01:10
- I figured your link would be to a site to buy a new jacket. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 24, 19:38
They mentioned the Canadian Peace Tower flag giveaway on Jeopardy last night. The waitlist is now over 100 years. -- nm - Mop Mar 24, 19:28 3
- I signed up to get the non-primary flag like 5-6 years ago and the waitlist was like 35 years iirc. -- nm - Shaun Mar 25, 05:18
- Oh. I signed up for that a million years ago. I wonder what address i used? -- nm - Andie Mar 25, 05:12
- My great-grandchildren will appreciate it. -- nm - Reagen Mar 24, 19:31
Schumer: Government will pay four months of full salary for furloughed workers in stimulus proposal -- (link) - budice Mar 24, 19:26 12
- Is that in addition to the monthly checks? I really hope so. - Krusty Mar 24, 20:11 1
  - Lots of people work in the gig economy or are freelancers and don't qualify for unemployment -- nm - Krusty Mar 24, 20:13
- Great. Shut it all down -- nm - JackDawson Mar 24, 20:05
- Everyone gets X dollars. Next year, if you made Y dollars, you pay it back. That's all it needs to be. -- nm - Tim Mar 24, 19:43 1
  - Everyone: “Even Congress can’t fuck this up.” Congress: “challenge accepted.” -- nm - David Mar 24, 19:45
- Yeah, that aint gonna happen. -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 19:41
- Stupid ability to work from home... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 24, 19:35 1
  - I’m probably clocking 60 hours this week. -- nm - Mop Mar 24, 20:01
- *up to* 4 months. Unclear if he means *government* employees. That’s from much earlier today. Things have stalled since then. -- nm - Mop Mar 24, 19:30 1
  - We are all getting paid under the confessional budget for FY2020. (Not Contractors) all govt employees have paychecks regardless through sept 30 (we p - JackDawson Mar 24, 21:24
- Excellent. The adults must be talking. -- nm - David Mar 24, 19:29
- Ok, then. -- nm - znufrii Mar 24, 19:28
Settling down for my nightly watching of Cuomo's entire coronavirus press conference. Essential viewing, scary -- nm - con_carne Mar 24, 19:26
I'm so tempted to order takeout tomorrow night. I really don't need to but feel I *should* do something to support the economy. -- nm - Meg Mar 24, 19:19 2
- We're doing takeout tonight. Probably will do once a week, until we can go back to going out once a week. -- nm - mara Mar 25, 06:11
- do it! -- nm - JaxSean Mar 24, 20:25
tonight is the sort of night that reminds me why i like This Is Us so much ... -- nm - call me ishmael Mar 24, 19:03
Stephen Colbert is talented (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Mar 24, 19:03 2
- Hmmm.. there's a late night commercial host that looks like that. -- nm* - . Mar 24, 19:10
- 2:41 is LOL funny. -- nm - Mop Mar 24, 19:07
Boeing’s gonna take its ball and go home, y’all. -- nm - David Mar 24, 19:03 8
- Like Boeing has any balls. -- nm - GregW Mar 25, 00:51
- That was an amazing company that's just been a mess over the last 5-10 years. The 737Max, the Starliner, SLS - JD Mar 24, 20:14
- They're a strong independent company that don't need no government anyhow. -- nm - Reagen Mar 24, 19:26
- File for Bankruptcy, layoff 300,000 US workers. See how the politicians feel about that -- nm - budice Mar 24, 19:13 1
  - Boeing gets more than 20% of its revenue from government contracts. They have no hand here. -- nm - David Mar 24, 19:30
- Outside of jobs they moved from the West Coast all Chicago got was bragging rights. They were given generous tax incentives. -- nm - . Mar 24, 19:06
- Good for them for standing up for what they believe in, which is making as much money as possible without lifting a finger. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 24, 19:04 1
  - The corporate American way. -- nm - David Mar 24, 19:08
Welp forget NY getting those ventilators now that NYT wrote a a glowing piece on Cuomo as basically the national voice of virus response -- (link) - ty97 Mar 24, 18:59 9
- He is working his way onto the ticket. -- nm - David Mar 24, 19:09 7
  - Cabinet first. -- nm - mara Mar 25, 06:12
  - Warren/Cuomo 2020? -- nm - znufrii Mar 24, 19:55 1
    - If wishes were horses... -- nm - David Mar 24, 20:03
  - He might be the ticket at this point. -- nm - Tim Mar 24, 19:15
  - Can we get a do over ? -- nm - JackDawson Mar 24, 19:12
  - but Joe's already promised a woman. Is he gonna trans, or just put on a wig? -- nm - mud Mar 24, 19:12 1
    - Jennifer Pritzker? -- nm - . Mar 24, 19:24
- Watching YouTube videos on coronavirus, when they want to show a government official talking with authority about the crisis, they show Cuomo. -- nm - Mop Mar 24, 19:04

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