vxbush 4/20/2020 5:49:13 AM

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doppelganglander 4/20/2020 6:59:04 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 1:

It's a New England thing. We didn't celebrate it in NJ either.

vxbush 4/20/2020 7:10:40 AM

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In #2 doppelganglander said: It's a New England thing. We didn't celebrate it in NJ either.

That's okay; Illinois has Casimir Pulaski Day. Each state should probably have its own "signature" holiday. 

Kosh's Shadow 4/20/2020 7:47:20 AM

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In #1 vxbush said: Morning, campers. When I was growing up, we never celebrated Patriots' Day. I hadn't heard of it before until last week, to be honest. How deficient was my schooling? 

It is a Massachusetts holiday, but I think some surrounding states also observe it.

And it is the day of the Boston Marathon. Not this year.

Kosh's Shadow 4/20/2020 7:49:02 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 3:

Boston has Evacuation Day, celebrating throwing the British from colonial houses.

It is March 17, same as St. Patrick's Day, which always made me think the Boston Irish had something to do with it (along with the similarity to St. Patrick throwing the snakes out of Ireland).

Kosh's Shadow 4/20/2020 7:49:46 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 4:

And I couldn't resist the picture of the bridge this site is named after.

Occasional Reader 4/20/2020 8:09:14 AM

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Good morning (late morning, as the case may be).

So I'd mentioned yesterday my friend who relayed that in a zoom call with a half-dozen or so of our high school crowd, who live mostly in downstate NY, each of those people knew "at least a dozen" people who'd died of covid-19.

When I talked to him again last night, he admitted that he probably misheard/misunderstood during that call; perhaps it was a dozen total (among them), perhaps even that figure had some double-counting, etc. Which is kind of what I expected.

Me, I know of only one acquaintance who has reportedly died of the virus - a former colleague who retired from my workplace maybe a half-dozen years ago.  Additionally, one of my cousins apparently lost his mother-in-law to the virus, she was 92 years old (I never met her).  That's it. 

Occasional Reader 4/20/2020 8:15:15 AM

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So I got an e-mail from my shooting range that they are selling/brokering the private sale of a number of firearms that are kept in storage in their vault, including several Class III full-auto weapons, to wit:

Mac 380 with suppressor, $7,995

Stemple 45 with suppressor, $8,495

AK-47, $23,000

1927 Thompson SMG, $23,000

Uzi, $13,000

Steyr AUG, $28,000

H&K 51, $38,000

M16, $23,000

Ruger ACC 556, $15,000

My birthday is coming up.  Well, in August.  Just putting that out there.  

Alice in Dairyland 4/20/2020 8:39:00 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 8:   Well, there you go!  Now we know what we can all spend our stimulus checks on.  We can send our checks to OR and make him a very happy birthday boy.     

Occasional Reader 4/20/2020 8:47:20 AM

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In #9 Alice in Dairyland said: Reply to Occasional Reader in 8:   Well, there you go!  Now we know what we can all spend our stimulus checks on.  We can send our checks to OR and make him a very happy birthday boy.     

Thank you.  And since I don't want you all to have to agonize over the decision of "which one to get for him?", I endorse your plan, so I can choose "all of the above" 

Occasional Reader 4/20/2020 9:09:47 AM

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In #10 Occasional Reader said: Thank you.  And since I don't want you all to have to agonize over the decision of "which one to get for him?", I endorse your plan, so I can choose "all of the above" 

I mean, all together that's a mere $179,490.  I don't think I'm asking too much here. 

Alice in Dairyland 4/20/2020 9:19:12 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 11:   We're definitely going to need more commenters.  Oh well, what do they say?  Go big or go home!

lucius septimius 4/20/2020 9:19:52 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 11:

I can go in a quarter on a case of beer if not too many want in.

doppelganglander 4/20/2020 9:28:59 AM

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Occasional Reader 4/20/2020 9:32:05 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 14:

Wishing him complete and speedy healing.

Kosh's Shadow 4/20/2020 9:40:17 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 8:

Well, since we have the bandanas, all I'd need are some of the weapons, and could pay you back later....

Wait, banks are closed except for drive-up

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////(no, FBI, I was not going to rob a bank)

Occasional Reader 4/20/2020 9:51:16 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 16:

Heh.  The other day I was restocking on booze; I noticed there was a guy about to come in the door of the liquor store, he already had dark sunglasses on, he was putting on gloves and a bandanna-mask.  It occurred to me, only a few months ago that would have had the owner reaching for the shotgun under the counter.   (If he has one.)

Kosh's Shadow 4/20/2020 10:13:39 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 16:

My wife has been saying she wonders how her clients feel doing extra time because they committed masked armed robbery, and now everyone is wearing masks.

JCM 4/20/2020 10:35:31 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 11:

Just ask Nancy to lay off the ice cream for a week! That'll cover it!

Kosh's Shadow 4/20/2020 11:16:01 AM

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JCM, I have a couple of days of morning thread set up. Could you do the rest of the week? I'll try to check at the end of the day.

The time for the morning thread is (as seen in the forum page) 04:00 AM -7:00, because the server uses Pacific time

JCM 4/20/2020 11:20:11 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 20:

Will do!

Morning threads... which need to be six feet apart!

lucius septimius 4/20/2020 11:42:54 AM

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Kosh's Shadow 4/20/2020 11:52:28 AM

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In #22 lucius septimius said: My sister called and asked what the password to mom's account at the hospital is. 

At least it wasn't this

PaladinPhil 4/20/2020 12:21:57 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 4/20/2020 12:29:35 PM

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Reply to JCM in 21:

Thanks!

midwestgak 4/20/2020 1:25:30 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 4/20/2020 1:32:35 PM

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In #26 midwestgak said: Well, it is official.  I am old.  Received my medicare card in the mail today.  Sigh.

I'm in the window to sign up and still trying to figure out the options.

doppelganglander 4/20/2020 1:50:14 PM

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midwestgak 4/20/2020 1:59:26 PM

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In #27 Kosh's Shadow said: figure out the options.

Sign up for both Part A and B initially. I did.  No cost.  

The information that came with my card states:

"Don't have part B?  In most cases, if you don't sign up for Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) when you're first eligible, you'll have to pay a late enrollment penalty for as long as you have Part B. Also, you may have to wait until the Medicare General Enrollment Period (Januarty 1 - March 31) to enroll in Part B and coverage will begin July 1 of that year."

Hope that is helpful.

midwestgak 4/20/2020 2:01:55 PM

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In #28 doppelganglander said: Georgia will be liberated on April 30th!

Glad to hear it, Dopps!

Kosh's Shadow 4/20/2020 2:02:59 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 29:

It is helpful, but I believe I need to sign up for a specific plan. I asked my employer, and they told me to call the insurance (UHC). They emailed me earlier, with a link, but I tried the link and none of their medicare plans include my doctor. At about 40 miles outside of Boston, many doctors are out here because they aren't that good. Mine is good.

The complexity for me is how does this work with insurance through my employer (may I still have that!)

Kosh's Shadow 4/20/2020 2:03:35 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 28:

Massachusetts is probably still closed until the end of May. Probably longer.

midwestgak 4/20/2020 2:08:38 PM

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In #31 Kosh's Shadow said: The complexity for me is how does this work with insurance through my employer (may I still have that!)

That is important to know before you chose a plan.  Some insurance companies won't cover medical if you get Part B as a supplement.  My employer plan with Aetna does, so I elected Part B.

Kosh's Shadow 4/20/2020 2:12:22 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 33:

I have UHC, known for not being that good. And my employer pays about 10% of the premiums.

When I read a news article about someone having problems with an insurance company, it often is UHC.

But that is the only coverage I can get through my employer that meets Massachusetts requirements. 

Occasional Reader 4/20/2020 2:18:22 PM

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In #28 doppelganglander said: Best of all, elective surgeries may proceed

So if I head to Georgia, I can finally "transition" to the true me... that is fabulous news!!!!

Kosh's Shadow 4/20/2020 2:20:46 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 35:

In best Asian accent "Erective surgeries?"

buzzsawmonkey 4/20/2020 2:21:02 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 4/20/2020 2:22:41 PM

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In #36 Kosh's Shadow said: "Erective surgeries?"

Jukebox

doppelganglander 4/20/2020 2:24:17 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 32:

It's nice to live in a red state. Governor Kemp didn't freak out and close everything immediately - he allowed cities and counties to make those decisions that made sense for them until it reached the point that statewide restrictions were necessary (April 2nd, weeks after most other states). He didn't send the state police to harass churchgoers or restrict sales of normal household items. I think that's why we didn't see widespread non-compliance or protests.

Kosh's Shadow 4/20/2020 2:30:30 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 39:

Massachusetts has had a large number of COVID cases, especially since one of the early ones was a student who returned from Wuhan.

And Boston is congested. Surprised to see how many cases outside, though,

Kosh's Shadow 4/20/2020 2:33:41 PM

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Sometime, I need to add something for editors to find hidden posts. Right now, I'd have to use SQL management studio to connect to the database and run a query.

We have several classes of users: Guests, Members, Editors, Administrators

Anyone can see public posts. Guests can post in public forums. Members have access to private forums (except ones marked for editors or admin). Editors can hide posts and create threads. Administrators can do all that and change user's status, such as making a guest a member, or hiding all posts by someone.

doppelganglander 4/20/2020 2:40:27 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 41:

And that's the point - different parts of the country have been affected differently. I thought Atlanta would be more affected, considering we have the nation's busiest international airport, but it hasn't been that bad. I've been worried about my daughter and her boyfriend in Brooklyn. He went back to work today because his boss begged him to and offered to pick him up and drop him off at home every day so he wouldn't have to take the subway. 

lucius septimius 4/20/2020 2:58:47 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 43:

As it stands today, 1508 people in my county have been diagnosed with Kung Flu.  That's less than .2% of the population.  .003% has died.

Kosh's Shadow 4/20/2020 3:15:32 PM

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In #44 lucius septimius said: Kung Flu.

You know who make Kung Flu? Flu Manchu

Kosh's Shadow 4/20/2020 3:20:15 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 45:

I hope everyone notices I replaced Christopher Lee's face with Mao's

doppelganglander 4/20/2020 3:26:00 PM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 44:

My county is at 2,065 cases and 74 deaths in a population of 1.064 million. 

I should get my hair and nails done this weekend. It's my duty to support the economy.

Occasional Reader 4/20/2020 4:11:15 PM

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In #7 Occasional Reader said: So I'd mentioned yesterday my friend who relayed that in a zoom call with a half-dozen or so of our high school crowd, who live mostly in downstate NY, each of those people knew "at least a dozen" people who'd died of covid-19. When I talked to him again last night, he admitted that he probably misheard/misunderstood during that call; perhaps it was a dozen total (among them), perhaps even that figure had some double-counting, etc. Which is kind of what I expected.

Kind of related: Another childhood friend in that same e-mail distribution responded by saying, inter alia: " I've stopped trying to count the number of folks I know who have/had CV-19. "

I replied, wow, I'm so sorry to hear that you know so many people have gotten sick; I must be just lucky so far, I only know two or three.

He then wrote back:  "For clarity - it's not that I know/have known that many people with CV-19, only that I've found that trying to count only upsets me.

I note that both he, and the guy who did the original "our high school friends know a dozen people each who have died from covid-19!... oh, wait, maybe not" e-mail are knee-jerk liberals.

I realize that two people do not a pattern make, but; do I sense a pattern here? 

JCM 4/20/2020 4:31:09 PM

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In #39 doppelganglander said: I think that's why we didn't see widespread non-compliance or protests.

And like in WA the shutdown is poltical on the face of it. Any gov't union job was deemed essential while private sector same work was not.

Construction, landscaping, etc... anything the Gov. is depending on union support for re-election.

JCM 4/20/2020 4:36:31 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 47:

My county, which had the first case and first deaths.

5293 cases. 

360 deaths

2,204,229 populations.

0.2% illness rate.

buzzsawmonkey 4/20/2020 4:38:29 PM

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In #48 Occasional Reader said: I realize that two people do not a pattern make, but; do I sense a pattern here? 

There is a weird interweaving of Terror of Virus and Love of Virus Destruction on the Left, it seems---a sort of pharmacological Stockholm Syndrome.  

Over on PJM, the Leftist trolls have been practically partying like Spring Break over every news story about someone prominent in a religious community who has contracted or, even better, succumbed to the virus, accompanied by their urging everyone who might be conservative/churchgoing to "Go to church!"  The hatred for conservatives and for anyone professing religious belief is vibrant and rabid.