Getting ready to fight coronavirus

[bazookajoe]

Im just really hoping they dont cancel any MV shows this summer. Its not like everyone is in close proximity to each other,yes...many people but they are spread out. So ....my vote is let the shows continue!!!

[Hambone]

It's getting crazy, everything is being cancelled, it's called "flattening the curb" , so when the schools close, where will people carry their kids?, movies, malls, skating or McDonalds playground?, though the kids are relatively safe, they can still carry the virus, Most don't understand what is going on, they feed off the media and start to panic, I damn sure wouldn't be buying toilet paper.

[Mark]

I don't understand what toilet paper has to do with it, unless in the last stages they quit making it/run out but it should rank up behind food

[lpcoating]

Our area has some schools closed for almost 4 weeks. We are meeting Monday to discuss how this will impact our shop as we'll have people with younger children that won't have options for child care.

Guy

[mike_v]

Our area has some schools closed for almost 4 weeks. We are meeting Monday to discuss how this will impact our shop as we'll have people with younger children that won't have options for child care.

Guy

Now PA is going to shut down liquor stores...

https://patch.com/pennsylvania/across-p ... s-outbreak

Unreal...

[m3a1]

If someone tells me I cannot leave the property, maybe I'll get some things done that I would otherwise avoid. BRING IT ON!

Cheers,
TJ

[m3a1]

If there's an enforced quarantine, the Jehovah's Witnesses will know you're home!

[raymond]

As I recall, all liquor sales in Pennsylvania are done in state owned or controlled stores and there is little or no competition. Consequence of foolishly giving the government monopoly power of what should be private enterprise.

Now PA is going to shut down liquor stores...

https://patch.com/pennsylvania/across-p ... s-outbreak

Unreal...

[m3a1]

France and Spain are shutting down except for essential businesses...among which are tobacco stores.

PRIORITIES, people! We gotta have PRIORITIES!



We aren't hearing much from our members across the briny. Sorry if our lighthearted humor offends. Wishing all of you the very best.

Cheers,
TJ

[muttguru]

We aren't hearing much from our members across the briny. Sorry if our lighthearted humor offends. Wishing all of you the very best.
Cheers, TJ

Hello TJ and everyone. Don't worry about us here in the UK. Matt Hancock, our clueless Secretary of Health has several solutions:

1.It took FIVE weeks for this retard to even think about stopping the bi-weekly flights from Wuhan to London, thereby allowing over 2,000 possible virus carriers to enter the UK (2 flights per week x 5 weeks x 200+ passengers each flight). He didn't even stop those flights. It was the Chinese government who did that.

2. He's now threatening ALL 70+ year-olds with four months of house arrest. No kidding.

Needless to say, nothing gets us normally peaceable old folk riled up and ready to fight than the likes of Hancock telling us we have to stay indoors for up to FOUR months. Hell, even our Winter doesn't go on for that long.....so there's no chance that us oldies are going to comply and miss our one week when the sun actually shines here !
Get the old tires and BBQ lighter-fluid ready.
Ken

[m3a1]

Well, the parking lot of the church near me was less full but they're still crowding in there. I guess no one thought about holding services outdoors. There has been noticeably less traffic on my street, which is a main thoroughfare. The hike & bike trail goes right by my house. Guess what I saw. Families outside, enjoying the weather, enjoying being together and enjoying riding their bikes. There are going to be some huge positives from all of this, believe me. More people discovering the value of family time, for one thing. Meanwhile, I'm doing what I always do. Staying home and playing with my toys. I have enough projects here to last me a good long time. Made some headway on the Doom Buggy (my son's name for it). Follow my progress on Beverly Hillbillies.

Cheers,
TJ

[Hambone]

Had a busy weekend at the store, people are going fishing.

[raymond]

Sorry about your plight Ken

But some of us have argued for years that "single payer" also means "single decider".

We are told that you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.

Unfortunately, those that use that phrase never seem to deliver the omelet.

[m3a1]

Maybe I'll get to the Doom Buggy today. Maybe I won't. Had an interesting weekend. The wife wanted IHOP pancakes before starting her long week at the hospital. I laughed and told her that was a strange request for a 'last meal'... But whatever's gonna happen hasn't happened here, yet. We did go to the IHOP and the place was, quite literally, empty of customers. It was fabulous. Food was hot and on time. I suppose folks have just decided they'd rather save their money for groceries.

Going with my gut, I'm predicting in our area, we'll see a peak in this in about a month. IMHO, the present is not the time to hunker down. Build your resources now and conserve them for later because later, many people will have shot their bolt. They will have expended their reserves and will be anxious to go out and get more....whether they are healthy or not. That will be the time to hunker down. Meanwhile, enjoy yourselves! My disclaimer is, if your particular area is already eyeball deep in it this may have already come to pass.

Speaking of groceries, I drifted over to our local grocery today mostly out of curiosity (and to get some laundry detergent). Our grocery chain (HEB) is doing a pretty good job of keeping up but I could still see that certain foodstuffs are favorites so, I took note of what seemed to be flying off the shelves, just for future reference. If I can do meals without the things everyone else is going after, all the better. Sometimes it just pays to stand back and watch.

Cheers,
TJ

[rickf]

You know, Sometimes he sounds like he knows what he is talking about.