JCM 3/15/2020 5:49:46 PM

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Reply to Syrah in 7:

Meeting with a former co-worker next week sometime. She was laid off after I was last May. She's got an interview soon with Amazon. I'm going to go over Amazon interviewing with her... She doesn't really need it she's wicked smart. She's got aerospace experience but is on a H1B and can't work at Kuiper on that visa.

I hope we can find a restaurant to have lunch at!

Syrah 3/15/2020 5:58:01 PM

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Reply to JCM in 9:

I was in Snohomish County this morning. It looks like restaurants are still open there. 

I don’t know for how long.

Kosh's Shadow 3/15/2020 5:59:46 PM

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Supermarket had a run on lots of stuff this morning before I got there.

Fortunately, had bought a 20 pack of toilet paper the week before

Syrah 3/15/2020 6:00:54 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 6:

Reply to JCM in 9:

i cant really afford it, but I will be trying the order for take out thing for a few of my local places. 

I don’t want to see them get closed for this thing. 

Syrah 3/15/2020 6:05:40 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 11:

i took a friend shopping this morning. The Super WallyWorld was very well picked over. 

They had beans on the shelf. 1 bag of Lima beans and 1 bag of mayocoba beans. No rice, except for a few boxes of rice a roni. The soup isle was nearly cleaned out. 

This is so surreal. 

buzzsawmonkey 3/15/2020 6:13:00 PM

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Went to a restaurant, was nobody there

Everybody was at home 'cause of the virus scare

Maitre d' said, "Tip your waitress, please, I'm telling you now"

I said, "I can't tip my waitress, man, 'cause she is a cow."

Syrah 3/15/2020 6:13:31 PM

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Syrah 3/15/2020 6:14:56 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 14: 

++++

Tip the waitress, even if she is a cow, unless she coughs on your food. 

buzzsawmonkey 3/15/2020 6:15:13 PM

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Reply to Syrah in 15:

Why not read "The Masque of the Red Death" instead?

Syrah 3/15/2020 6:18:31 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 17:

i was looking last night for an animated version of that on YouTube last night. I first saw it in the early eighties. I don’t know how to narrow the search down to things originally produced prior to 1982. 

Syrah 3/15/2020 6:27:14 PM

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It’s a good thing I stocked up on beer. 

Dinner tonight, tamales. And beer. 

Kosh's Shadow 3/15/2020 6:33:39 PM

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Reply to Syrah in 19:

Liquor store was still pretty well stocked, except for $9.00 wine bottles.

Kosh's Shadow 3/15/2020 6:35:03 PM

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JCM 3/15/2020 5:11:22 PM

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Corona, vintage '19 please!

Hold the panic!

buzzsawmonkey 3/15/2020 5:22:07 PM

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Reply to JCM in 1:

If you got several, you could have a corona-copia.

lucius septimius 3/15/2020 6:48:04 PM

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Syrah 3/15/2020 5:32:01 PM

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There was light traffic on the freeways today. Lighter than usual. 

The restaurants are darned near empty. The stores look like it is Sunday, which it is, so not much to say about them. The movie theaters are empty.

The sun is out. The weather is pleasant. 

This is a lot of economic disruption.

lucius septimius 3/15/2020 6:54:32 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 21:

Dr. Funkenstein.

Kosh's Shadow 3/15/2020 5:35:53 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 3/15/2020 5:37:38 PM

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Reply to Syrah in 3:

Mass. Gov Baker (Rino) orders no on-premises consumption at restaurants and bars, and schools closed 3 weeks,

Cue Alice Cooper

School's Out for Corona!

doppelganglander 3/15/2020 5:42:54 PM

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Reply to Syrah in 3:

I've spent a lot of time at the hospital in the last two days. The BF is recovering well from surgery but he keeps spiking a fever so they decided to keep him until tomorrow. The parking deck is nearly empty and I see very fewI people, so I assume visitors are staying away. When I go in, I have to be screened; they ask if I have a fever or cough and if I've been out of the country recently. 

I did kind of a dumb thing yesterday - I took my car to be washed at a place that has a restaurant/bar attached and had a late lunch. It was surprisingly crowded. I am going to work tomorrow, if for no other reason than to get my laptop set up to work from home (I had trouble doing so this weekend). I'm honestly surprised my office hasn't closed yet.

Kosh's Shadow 3/15/2020 7:06:01 PM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 23:

That's Fronkensteen (video)

Occasional Reader 3/15/2020 7:25:32 PM

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Syrah 3/15/2020 5:43:49 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 5:

i expect that to happen all over soon.

Tip the waitstaff well if you do go out. They may never be touched by the WuFlu but their wallets are going to get hit very hard. 

Occasional Reader 3/15/2020 7:26:56 PM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 22:

I haven’t seen it in, literally, decades. Good reminder. I suspect we will all be watching a lot of movies in the coming weeks, I’ll add it to my list. 

lucius septimius 3/15/2020 7:35:34 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 26: 

It's easily my favorite Almodovar movie.

Kosh's Shadow 3/15/2020 7:36:34 PM

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In #25 Occasional Reader said: like loading all the magazines to my 9 mm pistol

It takes buckshot to blast a zombie

Syrah 3/15/2020 5:46:52 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 6:

i went to a restaurant this morning. Normally it is packed, but not today. 

I think we will see a number of mom and pop restaurants get wiped out. 

Syrah 3/15/2020 7:46:34 PM

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...and just like that, Governor Inslee just closed all Washington State restaurants and bars....

this is going to be just awful. 

Kosh's Shadow 3/15/2020 7:52:19 PM

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In #29 Syrah said: and just like that, Governor Inslee just closed all Washington State restaurants and bars....

Get takeout from Massachusetts. Yeah, the delivery cost will be high.....

Syrah 3/15/2020 7:55:22 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 30:

this is going from being very annoying to a little frightening far faster than I would like. 

Syrah 3/15/2020 8:46:49 PM

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From the “Are we having fun yet?” files:

https://nypost.com/2020/03/15/washington-state-orders-all-restaurants-and-bars-to-close-over-coronavirus/

Syrah 3/15/2020 8:57:29 PM

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The market opening bell is going to be lit.

Geronimo?

@PBJ3 3/15/2020 9:26:06 PM

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Syrah 3/15/2020 9:27:53 PM

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Reply to Syrah in 32: Reply to Syrah in 33:

yep.

it is going to be a “Geronimo!” Monday. 

We have very solidly advanced from “very annoying” to “a little bit frightening”. 

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/16/cdc-recommends-the-cancellation-of-events-with-50-or-more-people-for-the-next-eight-weeks-throughout-us.html

8 weeks.

8 weeks. 

....

@PBJ3 3/15/2020 9:43:48 PM

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Reply to Syrah in 35: That's a long time.  I don't know how well I will deal with all of this.  Our daughter has two roommates, one who makes over one hundred grand a year, herself who makes only 60 to 70 thousand a year and another gal who is a hair stylist.  The hairstylist could get hit hard with some type of regulation and our daughter, even with the other gal's help, couldn't care the hair stylist's share of the expensive rent for more than two months and they would be eating plain rice, lol.  I'm not entirely sure what would happen with our daughter's county job...she's a supervisor now but her underlings have to be there for jury trials.  According to the Los Angeles Times, a few hours ago, the courts, with permission of the defendants, will take 30 days off.  I imagine our daughter will lose sick days just to be under self quarantine, if that's what they decide.  She has some sick days but she and others who had a lot, donated to a workplace friend who had cancer or something very bad.

@PBJ3 3/15/2020 9:45:23 PM

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@PBJ3 3/15/2020 9:48:41 PM

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Dopps, my heart goes out to you and your significant other. <3

Occasional Reader 3/16/2020 3:32:19 PM

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Okay.  My local boozenook is out of Dogfish 90.

NOW IT’S A *REAL* CRISIS