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Travelers to china face mandatory 14 day quarantine in a hotel. Meals provided though. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 14:16 4
- Not feeding them would definitely test their immune systems as well as will to live overall -- nm - JD Mar 30, 14:27
- Aw, Chinese food... again?! -- nm - Mop Mar 30, 14:27 2
  - In China they just call it “food.” -- nm - Tim Mar 30, 14:29 1
    - Tim how are you doing? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 14:32
ATL Rush Hour on I85 -- (link) - budice Mar 30, 14:15
what movie am I thinking of? - prayformojo Mar 30, 14:13 4
- Blindspotting -- nm - David Mar 30, 14:23 1
  - yes! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 14:25
- Makes me think of The Florida Project but I haven't seen it, and different coast. -- nm - Max Mar 30, 14:14 1
  - yeah, that is set in Orlando -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 14:19
Worth a read -- (link) - TWuG Mar 30, 14:03 1
- Working alone in the office I'm deprived of the opportunity to slap my male coworkers on the buttocks as acknowledgement of their good work. -- nm - Max Mar 30, 14:13
Nice lady coworker picked up her new laptop today. Left cupcakes. Is it wrong my first reaction is "2319!" - oblique Mar 30, 14:01 4
- 2319? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 30, 14:17 1
  - 2319!! -- nm - Mop Mar 30, 14:57
- Microwave them, heat kills, they don't survive on that surface anyways -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 14:14
- corona cupcakes -- nm - budice Mar 30, 14:11
See, I told ya that Trump should have been talking to GE, not GM. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 30, 14:00
Evil Uber: they promised 2 weeks compensation for drivers quarantined, but they demand documentation that doesn't exist.... - zeitgeist Mar 30, 13:48 1
- jebus -- nm - mud Mar 30, 13:51
Release certain prisoners from crowded prisons due to COVID-19 fears--yay or nay? -- (link) - JackDawson Mar 30, 13:46 7
- Yay, but controlled. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 30, 15:28
- I'm mostly yay, but - JaxSean Mar 30, 14:26
- Yay -- nm - TWuG Mar 30, 14:04
- they waited so long that they are probably all like cruise ships spreading like wild fire -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 13:49 1
  - truth -- nm - budice Mar 30, 13:56
- Yay -- nm - Krusty Mar 30, 13:47
- yay. -- nm - Andie Mar 30, 13:47
Comcast XFinity Internet traffic: Videoconferencing up 200%, Gaming up 50%, Streaming up 40% -- nm - budice Mar 30, 13:44
Who is this guy? -- (pic) - Remlik Mar 30, 13:41 [Attachment] 7
- Looks a bit like - Beryllium Mar 30, 13:50
- Looks like baby snape -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 30, 13:45
- Alan Rickman -- nm - Krusty Mar 30, 13:44 3
  - correct -- nm - Remlik Mar 30, 14:24
  - this -- nm - JaxSean Mar 30, 13:52
  - This was my guess too. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 30, 13:47
- looks a bit like - ty97 Mar 30, 13:42
We've got a situation -- (link) - ty97 Mar 30, 13:39 2
- *fistpump* -- nm - Shaun Mar 30, 14:02
- Is this guy a wrestler too? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 30, 13:53
So I was clicking through reddit to wrap up my work day. 62k people are watching a livestream of a dog sleeping on a couch -- (link) - oblique Mar 30, 13:38
local veterans are touting neck gaiters as the next best thing to mask with (actually only good to keep dust out) used a lot working round burn pits -- (link*) - zeitgeist Mar 30, 13:30
Slowly growing more and more irked by the new show 'Upload', because it seems to mirror a short story I wrote a year and a half ago. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 30, 13:29
At a time like, this I'm even more happy that we don't have neighbours. -- nm - Shaun Mar 30, 13:10
James Bond was doctor no? Wonder how he's doin. -- nm - budice Mar 30, 13:10 7
- He's been on here in the last day or two. -- nm - Meg Mar 30, 14:16 1
  - User name = Igor -- nm - Meg Mar 30, 14:17
- I was very confused by this as I read it as James bond was Dr. No. And I'm thinking that's a very different movie than I remember. -- nm - pmb Mar 30, 14:14 1
  - same here. -- nm - mud Mar 30, 14:21
- He's got access to the document in the news box, so he's around. Probably busy. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 30, 13:30 2
  - *probably* - Andie Mar 30, 13:50
  - he's a marine manning outpost LA in the heart of this fire fight...we should do something for him but don't know what -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 13:34
wow! "The [state of Virginia stay-at-home] order will remain in effect until June 10, unless amended or rescinded before then. " -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 13:04 5
- Did you get the alert from Fairfax County reminding citizens to stay at home? -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 13:29 2
  - "DID I FUCKING STUTTER" -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 13:31
  - yup -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 13:30
- "What do we have to do to get the attention of you morons?" -- nm - David Mar 30, 13:06 1
  - "The Purge starts at 6pm Tonight." -- nm - budice Mar 30, 13:08
French evangelical mega church source of thousands of infections after huge gathering -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 30, 13:04 1
- Everything wasn't coming up Mulhouse. -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 13:07
A little tough to really tell distancing from the photo but uh....groups of people 'not distancing' to watch the USNS Comfort..... -- (link) - ty97 Mar 30, 12:51
Major accomplishment of the day: successfully getting my (other) boss to set up Docusign at home over the phone. - Max Mar 30, 12:50 1
- Noooooooooooooooo -- nm - budice Mar 30, 12:52
Tomorrow I get it find out how productive I can be WFH via only phone as the power is scheduled to be out from 8AM-4AM - JD Mar 30, 12:47 8
- charge ALLLLLLL the external chargers you can muster up! -- nm - Andie Mar 30, 12:50 7
  - pic -- nm - JD Mar 30, 12:55 5
    - ? -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 12:56 4
      - it's an abbreviation for picture -- nm - decline Mar 30, 12:58 3
        
        but no pic, so it didn't happen -- nm - budice Mar 30, 12:59 2
        
        I think he lost power early. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 13:00 1
        
        Stupid work interruption -- (pic) - JD Mar 30, 13:02 [Attachment]
  - that's overachieving versus being at home and watching movies -- nm - budice Mar 30, 12:51
Kim had a funny thing happen the other day. She ran to pick something up. When she came back, I noticed she had put on a jacket even though... - David Mar 30, 12:42 1
- nice call -- nm - mandy si Mar 30, 12:47
:( Huge line of cars waiting for Pittsburgh food bank to open -- (link) - ty97 Mar 30, 12:42 2
- whoa -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 12:48 1
  - Better be a hell of a big bank. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 12:49
MORE JERSEY -- (link) - ty97 Mar 30, 12:40 10
- Are there any other states other than NJ that you can't pump your own gas? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 30, 12:52 4
  - Today? No. Last week? Yes. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 12:53
  - Oregon - ty97 Mar 30, 12:53 2
    - Folks now have the option to pump their own gas in Oregon during the pandemic. But ... - ReluctantCynic Mar 30, 14:02 1
      - *WHOA* -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 14:20
- It's always weird as hell to not have to pump it yourself. -- nm - Tim Mar 30, 12:50 1
  - yep -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 12:51
- hahaha -- (link) - ty97 Mar 30, 12:49
- ~ wake me up, before you go go ~ -- (link) - Max Mar 30, 12:46 [youtube]
- no worries Gov! I was never planning on pumping my own. - Jovian Mar 30, 12:45
heh -- (link) - Jovian Mar 30, 12:34 9
- Grab your sheets and your Bible and fall in line. -- nm - Shawshank Delivery Mar 30, 12:48
- Uhm, she was touching her face. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 12:39 2
  - Start over! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 30, 12:41
  - ~You can't feel your face when you're out now~ -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 12:40
- Least sexy wet t-shirt contest ever. -- nm - David Mar 30, 12:39 1
  - And to think, I used to mock CQ for the outside shower. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 12:41
- "Ok and now for the bucket of bleach..." -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 12:39 1
  - "Then the ammonia!" -- nm - TWuG Mar 30, 12:40
- wtf - mud Mar 30, 12:38
School done through at least May 1 here, provincial exams cancelled. -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 12:32 8
- And I just booked my blood donation now that I safely can be sure about next month. -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 12:55 1
  - (imagines monthly blood deliveries as part of Canada's healthcare system) -- nm - Max Mar 30, 12:57
- I think we're going until the end of the school year at a presser tomorrow, but I really hope I'm wrong. That feels political, not practical. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 30, 12:34 2
  - This is a baby-steps decision, IMO. -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 12:37 1
    - I think the clouds of war are so thick on what the future looks like that it's only prudent to proceed a month at a time. In two weeks, we'll know... - Name Withheld By Request Mar 30, 12:40
- PA announced 'indefinite' closure today -- nm - decline Mar 30, 12:33 2
  - let me know when they're definite -- nm* - prayformojo Mar 30, 12:35 1
    - *sharpens Accounting pencil* -- nm - mandy si Mar 30, 12:37
LYC: While logs never returned to Trillian, using Chrome a copy/paste of the chat window provides a nice clear log with color bubbles and everything. - Qale Mar 30, 12:28
ST Poll 3: If you hear something described as a scheme, would you view it positively or negatively? - TWuG Mar 30, 12:22 17
- Nearly always negative -- nm* - Krusty Mar 30, 13:14
- Not only hear, but if I were describing something I'd use "plan" or "regimen" etc to avoid using the word that might suggest something nefarious. -- nm - Max Mar 30, 12:56 1
  - Regimen is classic bad guy, though. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 12:58
- negative -- nm - decline Mar 30, 12:29
- Neutral without context. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 30, 12:27 2
  - I would agree with this...though ponzi scheme comes to my head first. -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 30, 12:51
  - Slightly under neutral for me, but yeah. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 30, 12:34
- Would depend on who was scheming and about what. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 12:26
- I talk about marking schemes all the time. -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 12:24 1
  - negative, shady boots -- nm Posted by Beaker (aka Anniebecca) Mar 30 '20, 16:23 -- nm - Shaun Mar 30, 12:27
- Negative. -- nm - Shaun Mar 30, 12:24
- In the US it's almost always negative. Not necessarily elsewhere. -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 30, 12:24 1
  - Yeah, I'm on a British TV kick right now (Time Team!) and I'm noting some of these differences and was curious - TWuG Mar 30, 12:28
- Right, context matters. Scheming sounds nefarious in many instances, but it's the sign of quality gameplans in sports. - David Mar 30, 12:23
- negative, shady boots -- nm - Beaker Mar 30, 12:23
- Depends. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 30, 12:23 1
  - Logan says "scheming and dreaming" a lot. - Spawn Mar 30, 12:30
I think I've use on line and in line interchangeably over the years but tend toward in line nowadays -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 12:21
Nike SB has another crazy sneaker. They're collaborating with Ben & Jerry's and this is one that I would happily wear. They're crazy but I like them. -- (link) - Krusty Mar 30, 12:17 2
- Those are very Ben & Jerry's! -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 30, 12:21 1
  - I kinda love them and hope I can get my hands on a pair. I haven't been able to buy a single pair of sneakers this year and it's not from lack - Krusty Mar 30, 13:08
LYC: NMS: I powered up my base with solar panels this weekend. It's still very sparse but I'm realizing that I need a real landing pad so now I need - oblique Mar 30, 12:14 3
- the landing pad was one of the 1st things I added. I'm taking a break from it again (I logged ~70 hours on this new save). Playing Witcher 3 again -- nm - decline Mar 30, 12:19 2
  - I'm about 10+ hours into this (Permadeath) so I still have to figure out where to find the blueprint -- nm - oblique Mar 30, 12:20 1
    - I have a permadeath save from a couple years back, but am glad I didn't do it this time. I tend to use the plasma launcher on sentinels and - decline Mar 30, 12:24
There's just a whole lot to unpack here, New Jersey -- (link) - decline Mar 30, 12:14 13
- Wait, they charged her for that but NOT the crime? -- nm - David Mar 30, 12:17 6
  - its new jersey, maybe that's a crime there, you know jersey shore rules -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 12:28
  - Are they even illegal in NJ? -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 12:27 4
    - Can NJ residents even pump their own gas? "Here, fill this bottle, please..." -- nm - TWuG Mar 30, 12:29
    - You're thinking of Jacksonville. -- nm - David Mar 30, 12:28 2
      - Truth -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 12:31 1
        
        BORTLES!! -- nm - JaxSean Mar 30, 12:52
- Hey hey hey, calm down there. -- nm - Florida Mar 30, 12:17
- "Throw your molotovs later, people!" -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 12:15
- I feel like the world is just trying to out do the Tiger King most days -- nm - oblique Mar 30, 12:15 3
  - I think I'll be passing on Tiger King. The initial hype and appeal is gone for me. -- nm - Shaun Mar 30, 12:21 2
    - Yep. Same. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 30, 12:22 1
      - (Though hearing it had anything to do with possible animal abuse ended my interest anyway.) -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 30, 12:23
"There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance." -- nm - David Mar 30, 12:12 2
- What about FakeNews? -- nm - POTUS Mar 30, 12:14 1
  - I'm good but thanks for the offer. -- nm - David Mar 30, 12:16

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