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Blarghhhh! - Dano Apr 7, 12:37
Do you expect to fly anywhere during the rest of 2020? -- nm - David Apr 7, 12:27 31
- Depends on if this rebounds in the fall. I have a timeshare vacation that's I'm trying to get extended and planning on England for a memorial service. -- nm - jnine Apr 7, 12:49
- probably -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 7, 12:49
- No, any chance of that happening dropped drastically with this pandemic. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 7, 12:46
- I have no expectations right now. I'm supposed to go to Hawaii for part of my sabbatical but that all seems like pie in the sky right now. -- nm - Diva Apr 7, 12:43
- I hope so, but there is a metric-ton of unknowables at this point. My last travel was over 18 months ago, I'm due. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 7, 12:43
- No current plans to. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 7, 12:43
- Yes. Start by flying home when the time is right. Hope to fly a ton the rest of the year but of course that’s TBD based on guidance and guidelines -- nm - JackDawson Apr 7, 12:42
- Nope, only trip planned so far is by train. If we should go to the SW in August (unlikely right now) that would be a road trip. -- nm - Meg Apr 7, 12:38
- nope -- nm - JenBro Apr 7, 12:37
- I was going to go visit my step-sister in Arizona in the fall but now that's on hold - decline Apr 7, 12:35
- It will be a long time before I feel safe on a plane. -- nm - loosilu Apr 7, 12:35
- Probably not. Original plan was to drive to Oregon in July, and maybe fly to SFO in fall/winter. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 12:34
- Eventually yes for work. -- nm - spamlet Apr 7, 12:34
- I dont expect to fly anywhere ever -- nm - mud Apr 7, 12:33
- We still have Dallas in July on the books. But it's for my daughter's summer camp which has a high probability of getting cancelled. - oblique Apr 7, 12:32
- Hoping to get to visit my parents in the fall, since we aren’t leaving tomorrow. :( -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 12:32
- Possibly to Bristol (might drive) and Scotland in September. - JaxSean Apr 7, 12:32
- I have 1 booked and another planned - Reagen Apr 7, 12:31
- My parents have their 50th wedding anniversary this year, so we'll see. -- nm - Roger More Apr 7, 12:30
- Ideally. Not hopeful though. - VMan Apr 7, 12:30 7
  - Grand Vacations? They're extending them out to end of 2021. - JaxSean Apr 7, 12:33 4
    - Think so. It was kind of a parting gift for cancelling our other trip in early March. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 12:35 2
      - We have bonus points that expire end of May (that we were using in April that got cancelled). - JaxSean Apr 7, 12:37 1
        
        May want to call. They were great IMO. - VMan Apr 7, 12:43
    - Nope, wait, sorry. That's Bonus and Saved points. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 7, 12:34
  - They definitely should extend it (but who know if they will) -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 12:31 1
    - It won't work that way, but in theory people would need 5 weeks vacation for international travel. 2 weeks quarantine each way. One week fun! -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 12:34
- TBD. Nothing planned now and no planning being done soon. - ty97 Apr 7, 12:29
- nope -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 12:29
- yes. 1 wedding postponed, and a second is still on the books for November back east. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 7, 12:29
- nope -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 12:28
Can you imagine what our phone bills would be like if we had this kind of lockdown back in the 80s? -- nm - oblique Apr 7, 12:27 3
- No one would be getting paid because no wfh -- nm - spamlet Apr 7, 12:35
- Imagine our internet bills?! -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 12:29
- Could the phone system handle it? -- nm - budice Apr 7, 12:29
The unexpected upside to assembling my couch. - ty97 Apr 7, 12:26
Grocery store report. - znufrii Apr 7, 12:14 46
- Also, also, soooo many snacks. -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 12:41
- Also, despite stocking up with the intention of having more food in the house so we don’t need to buy as much - znufrii Apr 7, 12:36
- I haven't been in (I think) two weeks. Due to go this week. I'm sure I'll find a lot has changed. -- nm - zunkskunk with the bad take Apr 7, 12:31
- Are other places having senior hours for the first hour or so the store is open? - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 7, 12:23 14
  - Yup, Ralphs was opening a 7am for seniors, now they've pushed it back to 6am :/ And the one time I tried that the line stretched the length of - Meg Apr 7, 12:42 1
    - Yeah, they probably need a delayed opening or something. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 7, 12:50
  - Ours does. -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 12:32
  - yup M-F for first 2 hours -- nm - decline Apr 7, 12:32
  - several here 2 or 3 days a week have senior hours. why they think we are all up before dawn puzzles me. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 7, 12:27 4
    - Those stores need to open later. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 7, 12:29
    - it is more because they want them to have access to the store when it has been freshly cleaned and stocked overnight rather than assuming they are - Andie Apr 7, 12:28
    - Cuz you're in bed at 7 pm. 8 hours sleep, up at 3 am. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 12:28
    - The idea is that when they first open, the store is cleanest. -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 12:28
  - Grocery and pharmacies here. -- nm - loosilu Apr 7, 12:26
  - yes -- nm - Diva Apr 7, 12:25
  - The ones here are. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 12:25
  - definitely happening around here -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 12:24
  - My mother said they were doing that where she lives. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 7, 12:24
- I’m flummoxed that people are still hoarding TP at this juncture -- nm - JackDawson Apr 7, 12:22 17
  - There were limits posted, but the shelves were empty. *shrug* -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 12:34 1
    - supply chain breakdown - they can't get it delivered fast enough -- nm - decline Apr 7, 12:44
  - most people never kept the receipts and cannot return it. -- nm* - Peglegpete Apr 7, 12:27 1
    - my grocery store is not accepting any returns -- nm - decline Apr 7, 12:30
  - PTPSD. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 7, 12:25
  - we're not pooping at the office! -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 12:24 10
    - The stores urgently need to impose limits. When I went to the HEB here they had so much TP it was crowding the regular space. -- nm - JackDawson Apr 7, 12:25 9
      - I've heard that many stores are. -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 12:30 1
        
        A co-worker who went to Sam's in the Hudson Valley said the entire aisle was roped off and employees would give you TP if you requested it. - ty97 Apr 7, 12:32
      - Family just shows up and pays separately, unfortunately -- nm - con_carne Apr 7, 12:27 4
        
        one person shops. once a week. if people just followed the rules we'd all be fine. -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 12:32 3
        
        As in, there's a place currently doing this successfully? -- nm - con_carne Apr 7, 12:43 1
        
        Everyone here does it. -- nm - Andie Apr 8, 06:18
        
        Seriously STOP GOING TO THE STORE AS A GROUP THIS IS NOT A FIELD TRIP -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 12:33
      - Most stores I've been to here (though it's been a couple of weeks) were limiting to one package of that and paper towels. -- nm - pmb Apr 7, 12:27 1
        
        *wanking motion* -- nm - con_carne Apr 7, 12:28
  - Before they were hooking themselves up, now it's time to help whoever -- nm - con_carne Apr 7, 12:24
- our Acme is using arrows taped to the floor - I got inordinately angry at the people who were ignoring those arrows (there were a lot of them) -- nm - decline Apr 7, 12:15 9
  - Our Ingles just put them up. Good idea. I hope people don’t ignore them. -- nm - kelly Apr 7, 12:43
  - Yup, same here, which I didn’t notice until halfway through my shop. Oops. -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 12:35
  - My issue would be, and it happens all the time, is I'd pass something in the aisle. Would I have to circle around? - zunkskunk with the bad take Apr 7, 12:28
  - they're using arrows at the Roche Brothers I went to last week. People were totally adhering. -- nm* - Diva Apr 7, 12:27
  - same for Walmart and sobeys here -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 12:25
  - Same thing happening here. Although more and more seem to be catching on. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 12:19
  - Local Walmart is doing that. People just don't give a fuck. I try to abide, but then other people are just going which ever direction suits them. - Shaun Apr 7, 12:18 1
    - Some things I have heard from a Walmart employee. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 7, 12:27
  - You're allowed to shoot them. It's in the Constitution. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 7, 12:17
Acting Navy Secretary resigns -- (link) - budice Apr 7, 12:13 4
- He's not the first to find out that the Trump Shield™ doesn't extend to anyone past Trump. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 12:26
- Wow. But wait, Modly chastised him for being "naive and stupid" to send the email, but is now saying he was NOT "naive and stupid" to send it? - JaxSean Apr 7, 12:25
- But he's a triple threat, so he'll just stick with the dancing and singing from now on. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 7, 12:24
- lmao - Jovian Apr 7, 12:23
What about this laser printer? -- (link) - kelly Apr 7, 11:51 11
- check the prices of the replacement toner cartridges and their volume (# pages it'll print) -- nm - decline Apr 7, 12:09 7
  - Bottom of page. 680 for color. 1500 for B&W. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 12:14 6
    - Although it looks like that's for initial B&W which appears high capacity. All the 054's are like $70 for 680 pages. Although DPI will change that. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 12:17 2
      - HP cartridges run forever, IME. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 12:32 1
        
        Brother have the highest capacity cartridges from what I've found (we do extremely high volume printing), but their printer designs tend to be crappy -- nm - decline Apr 7, 12:34
    - and replacing all 4 cartridges looks to run you about 300 bucks -- nm - decline Apr 7, 12:17 2
      - And they typically won't print just black if a color is out. -- nm - spamlet Apr 7, 12:21 1
        
        Our office one is that way. Any cartridge out and no printing until it's changed. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 12:22
- I can't tell if the scanner/copier has a document feeder. If not it could be a pain to use. -- nm - pmb Apr 7, 11:57 1
  - It does, on further research. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 12:10
- Looks like a good choice. Solid reviews so far. Good options for refills on toner. My Prior job had a large contract with Canon for Print, Scan, Fax MFC machines. All worked ok. -- nm* - budice Apr 7, 11:54
Tracy Morgan, bringing the Tracy Morgan -- (link) - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 7, 11:48
holy crap... a friend from FL just moved to Pittsburgh, has been unemployed, and last night the pizza restaurant below them burned up.. -- (edited) - colin Apr 7, 11:46 4
- I have a former student who was living in Beijing. He and his wife went on a holiday to Fiji. They aren’t allowed back in China so they..... - Volnelk Apr 7, 12:20
- Oh wow, that's horrible. -- nm - loosilu Apr 7, 12:19
- Judas priest. I'm so sorry for her. -- nm - David Apr 7, 12:09
- Good lord, I can't imagine how devastating that is. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 7, 11:57
LIR - Meg - that trip you booked sounds EPIC - if I weren't so far away - I'd try to join you for it! -- nm - JenBro Apr 7, 11:44 2
- Yep, I thought of you but it's a little far for you to drive😉 I could but the train will be cheaper than parking at the hotel for the week. -- nm - Meg Apr 7, 11:57 1
  - This morning I started feeling a little guilty about using my stimulus check for fun, but I'll be supporting the local economy, right? -- nm - Meg Apr 7, 11:59
OK avid TV watchers, which house do you choose. -- (link) - budice Apr 7, 11:39 35
- Sorry, that page doesn’t exist! -- nm - David Apr 7, 12:10 5
  - House 2 had Lorelei Gilmore. I think you could have just stopped there. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 7, 12:18 2
    - Nick from New Girl (who I love). -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 7, 12:19 1
      - Oh yeah. He was the only one I thought might be a risk. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 7, 12:34
  - You get House #6 then. -- nm* - Shaun Apr 7, 12:11
  - It was too hot for us to handle now! -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 12:11
- House 2 easy. I didn't have to go any further. -- nm - spamlet Apr 7, 12:04
- House 1 is probably the best chance to stay alive. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 7, 12:01 1
  - Moira is the mom in Schitts -- nm - . Apr 7, 12:47
- 4 has a doctor (since I assume we're with the characters, not the actor portraying the characters) which might come in handy. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 7, 11:56 3
  - If she's a doctor and isn't at work, something is wrong. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 7, 12:07
  - You'd have to convince her to kill Barney though. He'd monopolize the ladies -- nm - oblique Apr 7, 11:57
  - smaaart -- nm - colin Apr 7, 11:57
- 3 Phil would be trying to make all sorts of things. -- nm - . Apr 7, 11:55
- 4. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 11:51
- 1 -- nm - kelly Apr 7, 11:48
- #2? the rest sound like absolute nightmares. -- nm - colin Apr 7, 11:47
- #5, definitely -- nm - prayformojo Apr 7, 11:43 1
  - Agree -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 11:52
- I'm like "House 6 easy...OH GOD NO." Probably 5 (though I don't know who Will Schuester is). -- nm - JaxSean Apr 7, 11:42 3
  - Glee. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 11:47 2
    - Yeah, I had to Google. He seems ok. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 7, 11:48 1
      - I also just realized it says "Schmidt" instead of "Winston Schmidt." - JaxSean Apr 7, 11:54
- #2 -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 7, 11:42 3
  - I could only do #2 if Lily permitted me to slap Ross five times for any reason I choose. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 7, 11:49 2
    - I always liked Ross. The Glee person was the only one to give me pause. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 7, 12:12 1
      - That was my thought as well. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 7, 12:16
- This is also trivia because I'm only recognizing 75% of the names off the top of my head. But 5 seems like the automatic Yes. -- nm - Max Apr 7, 11:41 5
  - George would drive me insane. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 11:42 4
    - Give him a block of cheese the size of his head. It'll distract him for quite a while. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 12:24
    - Is that wrong? Nobody told me that was wrong. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 7, 11:45
    - I'm thinking I'm aligned with the Ron and Liz mini tribe. -- nm - Max Apr 7, 11:45
    - But then Ron would shoot him, so you'd be fine. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 7, 11:43
- Shoot the hostage. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 11:41
- I choose death, or maybe #4. -- nm* - Spawn Apr 7, 11:40
From FB: "We need to change who is in charge of this crisis. In one phone call, Radar O'Reilly could've had masks, gloves, ventilators, PPE,... - prayformojo Apr 7, 11:39
More detail on how deaths are being undercounted -- (link) - Reagen Apr 7, 11:38 7
- i don't know how to react to this, truly - colin Apr 7, 11:53 5
  - We will do well to drop the "I can't believe this is happening in the US of A" crap because that's trauma inducing. The "this isn't happening" - con_carne Apr 7, 11:59 4
    - And how many of those are from other causes that may have been treated if resources weren't so focused on the Covid-19 cases. - Meg Apr 7, 12:07
    - i get what you're saying, but i'm not in denial that it's happening or even happening here. - colin Apr 7, 12:01 2
      - I know buddy. I think we're supposed to start with what we can change. -- nm - con_carne Apr 7, 12:03 1
        
        too true. -- nm - colin Apr 7, 12:05
- Here's hoping no one we know has to experience dead neighbor stench. -- nm - con_carne Apr 7, 11:46
Turd. -- nm - Word Ferguson Apr 7, 11:38
Feel better, kitty. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 11:37 2
- this -- nm - JenBro Apr 7, 11:43
- So much kitty love coming kitty's way n-n-n-now! -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 7, 11:41

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