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stickguy

been a long time since I heard that song.

jmonroe

suydam said:

The toilet seat licker was one “influencer” who wants her 15 minutes of fame. Don’t give her the publicity she’s seeking.

Until this is confirmed, I look at this as more fluff for the internet. But there are those who believe everything they see on the internet. I'm just not one of those.

jmonroe

imidazol97

Senior citizens being mistreated during shopping, even during special early hour. Sheriff posting various types of officers to protect them. Taking things from their carts. Shoving them. Story was on radio news through middle of the day.

I thought of Mike being attacked in the produce department when I heard this story.

https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/local/coronavirus-clark-county-groceries-reserve-special-hours-for-seniors-risk-shop/5k5tDEK6imKgJBAuv4iXgJ/

"A Facebook post by the Clark County sheriff’s office highlighted some of the stores with the special shopping hours while another post explained deputies — some in uniform and others undercover — would be posted at every grocery store in the city of Springfield and throughout the county.Sheriff Deb Burchett told the Springfield News-Sun that was in response to reports of elderly people being treated poorly in stores in the area.

“I’ve received several messages from the public and from managers of the stores saying that the elderly people are being shoved around,” Burchett said. “People have been trying to steal out of their baskets. They’re trying to take their purses out in the parking lot, and I thought, ‘We can’t have this for our community. We’re better than that.’ So I decided that I would post an officer at every one of the stores when the elderly and at-risk are going into get their groceries to let them know we’re here for them whatever they need."

stickguy

what the heck is the matter with people?

jmonroe

tjc78 said:

Yep! What really ticked me off is
1: It’s less than three years old
2: It certainly wasn’t cheap
3: I was the one who did it!

I assume the pants were very dirty so that's why you were hand washing them, but why not put them in the washer and let them soak for a while then just drain and put them through a full wash cycle? Please, don't you dare tell us you were trying to save a few gallons of water.

jmonroe

cdnpinhead

Tomorrow I'm going to gird my loins (don't ask) and stop at my Payson Safeway on the way up to the cabin, where I may well stay for the next six months, to hear some people tell it. Anyway, it'll be interesting to see if the relatively rural situation is as messed up as the urban thing down here in the "valley."

That said, there's enough canned goods and other stuff to sustain me for quite awhile, with or without the ability to reprovision.

Who would have thought two weeks ago that we'd be here now?

driver100

What is bothering me right now is....I am getting used to doing nothing all day.

stickguy

I already was. Just think of me as an early adopter.

snakeweasel

roadburner said:

In Kentucky Governor Beshear has shut down all non-essential retail businesses- including automobile dealerships. At least the two cars I'm looking won't be going anywhere, so there's at least one silver lining.

We have the same thing here in Illinois where the governor ordered all nonessential businesses closed, but essential businesses like bicycle shops, car washes and ice cream stands can stay open.

28firefighter

Stay at home order in WA effective in 48 hours. Less than 24 hours after Boeing announced they’d suspend production. No coincidence there, I’m sure.

snakeweasel

graphicguy said:

imidazol97 said:

A church had a service with a group in attendance a few days ago--the one along I75 south of Dayton with the pond in front and the religious statue rising out of the water. I wonder how many other group get togethers and how many bars and such were open over the weekend here in Ohio, not respecting the separation requests

NY Gov. Cuomo alluded to people meeting in groups and not staying their distance in his longgggggg press conference a couple days back.

I suspect this played in Ohio Gov DeWine/s decision. I certainly don't think he has been bumbling nor fumbling.

IMID...that church caught HELL about yesterday. My neighbor is a member of that church and went to that service. He went on a tirade yesterday about the only reason they held those services was to hit the members up, not once, not twice, but three times for “tithes”. He said no help was offered for those members who were “up against it” (his words) from losing their jobs, needing some food, etc.

He said he’ll never go back.

Our church is currently holding services with no one in attendance and its broadcasted over Facebook. Our pastoral staff called all members to see if everyone was ok and if anyone needed anything.

snakeweasel

imidazol97 said:

Gas at $1.29 at lowest few stations. For PUG that's about $1.95.

http://www.daytongasprices.com/index.aspx

Its hovering at around two bucks a gallon around here.

stickguy

pretty much needs to be done. and as much as a complete isolation of every person would be ideal, that is impossible. so the more that does happen, the lower the infection rate and more time bought.

fintail

28firefighter said:

Stay at home order in WA effective in 48 hours. Less than 24 hours after Boeing announced they’d suspend production. No coincidence there, I’m sure.

I wish Inslee was a little less wishy washy, and made a firm announcement with clearly defined lines around what is "essential". IMO these things need to be black and white - real lockdown or just let people wing it (not supporting that, fwiw).

I am sure condo and office construction will continue in my neighborhood, given the enormous influence had by real estate/construction/development sector and its connected industries. The other day it seemed most traffic on my street was dump trucks engine braking their way down a hill at 8am.

oldfarmer50

While youse guys are sitting around doing nothing consider these beasts from the past. I assume the car companies lied about horsepower to save customers on insurance. Do you think they would do that today?

Interesting that my little 5.0 puts out more hp than that 429 Mustang. I have driven some old hoopties that didn’t have any power but idled like some of those cars.

https://youtu.be/lCqg4uZS0n0

abacomike

snakeweasel said:

imidazol97 said:

Gas at $1.29 at lowest few stations. For PUG that's about $1.95.

http://www.daytongasprices.com/index.aspx

Its hovering at around two bucks a gallon around here.

It won't last very long - prices like these end up with huge increases once demand picks up. It wouldn't surprise me to see $3.00+ a gallon for PUG in several months when surpluses are consumed and shortages occur.

But, let's enjoy it while we can. Let me see, I could drive from my home to the gas station a few thousand times so I could take advantage of this cheap gasoline or I could just close my eyes and envision a cross country road trip (2800 miles) that would cost under $150 for gas.

Someone bite me before I get carried away with this!🤪🤪😋😛

abacomike

I am going over to Walmart this morning to get food. I am taking my exam gloves with me so I don't touch anything with my hands. They open at 7:00 AM for seniors. I pray I don't have to wait in lines.

abacomike

I tried ordering food, but nothing available for the rest of this week. Ugh!

tjc78

jmonroe said:

tjc78 said:

Yep! What really ticked me off is
1: It’s less than three years old
2: It certainly wasn’t cheap
3: I was the one who did it!

I assume the pants were very dirty so that's why you were hand washing them, but why not put them in the washer and let them soak for a while then just drain and put them through a full wash cycle? Please, don't you dare tell us you were trying to save a few gallons of water.

jmonroe

I don’t ever really do that, but if I had a brain I’d use the slop sink in the basement!

tjc78

Good luck Mike. Our Walmart the other day was self checkout only so at least interaction with people will be low.

venture

oldfarmer50 said:

While youse guys are sitting around doing nothing consider these beasts from the past. I assume the car companies lied about horsepower to save customers on insurance. Do you think they would do that today?

Interesting that my little 5.0 puts out more hp than that 429 Mustang. I have driven some old hoopties that didn’t have any power but idled like some of those cars.

Nice. Thanks.

Some of those cars didn't have a cam like that in them when they came from the factory though. Pretty lumpy.

abacomike

tjc78 said:

Good luck Mike. Our Walmart the other day was self checkout only so at least interaction with people will be low.

Actually, I ended up at Publix. They were out of almost all frozen veggies, toilet paper and paper towels, frozen Perdue and Tyson chicken dinners, most canned fruits, etc.

I got most of what I needed to get me through 10-12 days.

I waited in line for 20 minutes before they opened at 7:00 AM. Sure was packed, but luckily I got in the front of the line.

driver100

abacomike said:

I tried ordering food, but nothing available for the rest of this week. Ugh!

Get started on a cycle so you get an order every week. We use two home deliveries.....one comes half way through the week....we start our next order right away and lock in a time. Usually pickups can be booked sooner than delivery.

driver100

I assume the pants were very dirty so that's why you were hand washing them, but why not put them in the washer and let them soak for a while then just drain and put them through a full wash cycle? Please, don't you dare tell us you were trying to save a few gallons of water.

jmonroe

Now we get laundry tips from J Monroe.

btw.......I just douse them in some kind of Shout stuff and then rinse real good.

abacomike

driver100 said:

abacomike said:

I tried ordering food, but nothing available for the rest of this week. Ugh!

Get started on a cycle so you get an order every week. We use two home deliveries.....one comes half way through the week....we start our next order right away and lock in a time. Usually pickups can be booked sooner than delivery.

Driver, it isn't possible around here. We have 5000+ old people in my condo community alone most of whom use Walmart and Publix for deliveries. Remember, this is "God's waiting room" with people just awaiting for the inevitable - but in that waiting room, they still have to eat.

oldfarmer50

venture said:

oldfarmer50 said:

While youse guys are sitting around doing nothing consider these beasts from the past. I assume the car companies lied about horsepower to save customers on insurance. Do you think they would do that today?

Interesting that my little 5.0 puts out more hp than that 429 Mustang. I have driven some old hoopties that didn’t have any power but idled like some of those cars.

Nice. Thanks.

Some of those cars didn't have a cam like that in them when they came from the factory though. Pretty lumpy.

I’m guessing that the cars shown are highly modified for racing and are just shown for effect. I was impressed that despite having underrated horsepower back then a modern smaller displacement engine puts out more power and still can get 30 mpg.

sb55

@abacomike
I just read a story about your governor and Florida's different take on the whole pandemic. Stay safe down there!

pensfan83

graphicguy

Given Ohio is under lock down as of midnight, I did one final run to Costco yesterday. Since I think I’m down for 30 days (not just the beginning of April), I made sure I got steak, seafood, chicken, frozen veggies/fruit, etc. I was already good on TP. I don’t need bottled water as mine comes out of my tap.

First time I saw Costco limiting numbers of people coming in. Parking lot was ½ empty, but there was a line to get in. They were only allowing 50 customers in at a time. They had plenty of everything.

But, I noticed this lady stock piling TP, paper towels and bottled water. Myself and another fellow politely told her they wouldn’t let her check out with any more than one package of each. She flipped us the bird and ignored our warning.

Sure enough, as I was in line to check out, there she was in another line giving the cashier grief. Finally, what I’ll assume was a manager, took her cart away from her and asked her to leave. She was fuming the entire way out, but left empty handed.

driver100

GG, I like Costco, but, these days I would rather go to a regular grocery store...get in and out faster......

stickguy

Some people are just vile right to the core. They deserve public ridicule. I would have started a taunt at her. I’m sure the other customers would have joined a rousing chorus of “hey hey, goodbye”!

Driver, I agree. I want to be in and out out the store ASAP. Not sure what we will need by Friday, but might try a flying lap through aldis.

jmonroe

abacomike said:

snakeweasel said:

imidazol97 said:

Gas at $1.29 at lowest few stations. For PUG that's about $1.95.

http://www.daytongasprices.com/index.aspx

Its hovering at around two bucks a gallon around here.

It won't last very long - prices like these end up with huge increases once demand picks up. It wouldn't surprise me to see $3.00+ a gallon for PUG in several months when surpluses are consumed and shortages occur.

But, let's enjoy it while we can. Let me see, I could drive from my home to the gas station a few thousand times so I could take advantage of this cheap gasoline or I could just close my eyes and envision a cross country road trip (2800 miles) that would cost under $150 for gas.

Someone bite me before I get carried away with this!🤪🤪😋😛

Sounds like side effects from cataract surgery to me.

jmonroe

suydam

@abacomike now that you’ve got your groceries set up your delivery now so you’ll get it in a week.

driver100

suydam said:

@abacomike now that you’ve got your groceries set up your delivery now so you’ll get it in a week.

That is what I have been saying for 1 week now! He would have had it by now!

venture

A friend just told me that he had a landscaper working at his house and the State Police stopped and told the worker to go home. He is non-essential.

driver100

I wonder what the divorce rate is going to be when this is all over?

fintail

They should trespass her, and if she gets lippy, blast her on social media. The customer is not always right, likely not even usually right.

graphicguy said:

Sure enough, as I was in line to check out, there she was in another line giving the cashier grief. Finally, what I’ll assume was a manager, took her cart away from her and asked her to leave. She was fuming the entire way out, but left empty handed.

fintail

Appropriate these days, as Xers are reveling in isolation.

I visited the site on a movie filming location trip a couple years ago:

pensfan83 said:

driver100

Could this be someone's farm?

venture

oldfarmer50 said:

venture said:

oldfarmer50 said:

While youse guys are sitting around doing nothing consider these beasts from the past. I assume the car companies lied about horsepower to save customers on insurance. Do you think they would do that today?

Interesting that my little 5.0 puts out more hp than that 429 Mustang. I have driven some old hoopties that didn’t have any power but idled like some of those cars.

Nice. Thanks.

Some of those cars didn't have a cam like that in them when they came from the factory though. Pretty lumpy.

I’m guessing that the cars shown are highly modified for racing and are just shown for effect. I was impressed that despite having underrated horsepower back then a modern smaller displacement engine puts out more power and still can get 30 mpg.

It is amazing. Who would have ever thought these little 4 cylinder engines could put out so much power?

snakeweasel

pensfan83 said:

Good old Maine North High School, I grew up a couple of Miles from there, it was only open as a high school for six or seven years. Several movies were made there and at one time a few semi professional sports teams used their facilities for practice. Now the State of Illinois haunts the place as several agencies use it.

qbrozen

venture said:

A friend just told me that he had a landscaper working at his house and the State Police stopped and told the worker to go home. He is non-essential.

Odd. Our governor said that was essential.

oldfarmer50

graphicguy said:

Given Ohio is under lock down as of midnight, I did one final run to Costco yesterday. Since I think I’m down for 30 days (not just the beginning of April), I made sure I got steak, seafood, chicken, frozen veggies/fruit, etc. I was already good on TP. I don’t need bottled water as mine comes out of my tap.

First time I saw Costco limiting numbers of people coming in. Parking lot was ½ empty, but there was a line to get in. They were only allowing 50 customers in at a time. They had plenty of everything.

But, I noticed this lady stock piling TP, paper towels and bottled water. Myself and another fellow politely told her they wouldn’t let her check out with any more than one package of each. She flipped us the bird and ignored our warning.

Sure enough, as I was in line to check out, there she was in another line giving the cashier grief. Finally, what I’ll assume was a manager, took her cart away from her and asked her to leave. She was fuming the entire way out, but left empty handed.

Ha ha ha! Good! what’s with the bird flipping these days?

oldfarmer50

venture said:

oldfarmer50 said:

venture said:

oldfarmer50 said:

While youse guys are sitting around doing nothing consider these beasts from the past. I assume the car companies lied about horsepower to save customers on insurance. Do you think they would do that today?

Interesting that my little 5.0 puts out more hp than that 429 Mustang. I have driven some old hoopties that didn’t have any power but idled like some of those cars.

Nice. Thanks.

Some of those cars didn't have a cam like that in them when they came from the factory though. Pretty lumpy.

I’m guessing that the cars shown are highly modified for racing and are just shown for effect. I was impressed that despite having underrated horsepower back then a modern smaller displacement engine puts out more power and still can get 30 mpg.

It is amazing. Who would have ever thought these little 4 cylinder engines could put out so much power?

Actually I was thinking of my NA V8 but yeah, the 2.3L turbo Mustang does 320 hp and gets 31mpg.

venture

qbrozen said:

venture said:

A friend just told me that he had a landscaper working at his house and the State Police stopped and told the worker to go home. He is non-essential.

Odd. Our governor said that was essential.

More information - Evidently it was a crew. It would have been OK if it was just one.

Then again, it could have been one officers opinion.

Second hand information so who knows?

EDIT: I went and looked at the list and landscapers are permitted to work. It must have been an opinion.

imidazol97

fintail said:

Appropriate these days, as Xers are reveling in isolation.

I visited the site on a movie filming location trip a couple years ago:

pensfan83 said:

Neat to see the location.

jmonroe

stickguy said:

Some people are just vile right to the core. They deserve public ridicule. I would have started a taunt at her. I’m sure the other customers would have joined a rousing chorus of “hey hey, goodbye”!

Driver, I agree. I want to be in and out out the store ASAP. Not sure what we will need by Friday, but might try a flying lap through aldis.

Well I saw a pretty good one on the 6 o'clock local news last night.

A woman who owns a small fitness club but also must be a practicing country lawyer is on camera proclaiming that since she didn't need a state license (PA), to open her club, the governor had no authority to tell her she had to shut her place down because he can't arbitrarily decide that her place of business is not essential. REALLY? I'm willing to bet when she showed up for work this morning, she saw that her place was chained and padlocked by the state. As everyone in here knows I ain't no real lawyer but when I was a practicing country lawyer, I know that if she removes those chains, that will get her a trip to the slammer. Which is well deserved.

We have a real lawyer, now a judge, in hear so I'd like him to comment what her chances are of beating this rap if she does remove the chains. Just curious, no sweat off my you know what's.

jmonroe

suydam

It won’t matter. So many people are canceling memberships she won’t be able to remain open anyway.

pensfan83

qbrozen said:

venture said:

A friend just told me that he had a landscaper working at his house and the State Police stopped and told the worker to go home. He is non-essential.

Odd. Our governor said that was essential.

Ours too as I got an email from our lawn care service they will be continuing operations as usual until informed otherwise.

jmonroe

suydam said:

It won’t matter. So many people are canceling memberships she won’t be able to remain open anyway.

You may be right but you're missing the point; I'm talking about the law.

jmonroe