COVID-19

[ruffrecords]

Went shopping today. Looked like business as usual until we hit the supermarket. No eggs, no milk, no chicken, no rice. Then we heard that a teacher at the local high school had been diagnosed with the virus and kids were refusing to go to school.  So the virus is now very close to home. We have cancelled hospital and dental appointments, pulled up the drawbridge and plan to live out of the freezer as long as we can.

Keep safe.

Cheers

ian

 

[Whoops]

We have cancelled hospital and dental appointments, pulled up the drawbridge and plan to live out of the freezer as long as we can.

You did well Ian,
just stay inside for the time being.

I'm on the sixth day here.

Wish you and your family all the best

 

[john12ax7]

For those following along, my co-worker had the flu, not Covid-19, so I am out of self quarantine.

That's good news.

 

[john12ax7]

The food and supply situation doesn't seem to be getting better yet.  The city mayor advised people to only buy for a week,  that supply chains are fine.  But right now  the shelves are still bare. How are the countries in knockdown dealing with food and supply distribution?

The US has done a terrible job with testing,  so no one knows the real extent,  could be 10-100x the actual number of cases vs reported numbers.

 

[Tubetec]

The last thing the people need now is a sense that their not being told the full truth , that could easily make things much worse. 
I just cant fathom why the tests werent rolled out in good time and it seems even still now there not doing adequate numbers of tests in the US. A point in time will arrive when further testing is futile and a waste of resources, then its definately too late .

 

[PRR]

Ive heard of a few people stateside who now feel the need to carry guns on shopping trips .....

"Ive heard of..."  Why do you repeat this shit, AND without attribution??? Or context??

 

[Bo Deadly]

I'm confused. Even if 20% of all people were knocked out at the same moment, that leaves 80% to make TP and deliver it. I'm more embarrassed than I am scared at this point.

 

[Brian Roth]

Report from Kansas.  The Covid cases (16 here)  here are almost all in the Kansas City area with a few around the Wichita area.  No cases in my area....although Salina is in central KS at the junction of I-70 and I-135 which means stuff may drive in and out of town.

Today the Governor ordered all K-12 schools closed statewide until of the end of the school year.  Unsure if/how teachers and all the support staff will be paid.  On a larger level, many parents will be in a serious bind since they will have to figure out keeping a job while having kids with nothing to do during the day.

 

[kambo]

some supermarkets opening one hour early only for elderly/seniors!

"buy what you need" slogan working!
hoarding seems to be slowed down in my area!

 

[sodderboy]

Dancing to the feevee.  Sorry for a bogus add but be patient till the bridge.  Working on a ringtone.
Mike
PS weekend vibe in stores was like sandy, people cool and friendly.  The same odd shortages, and a run on intergenerational diapers. 
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[hodad]

Albany, Georgia (middle of nowhere south Georgia, pop. about 80,000) has 65 confirmed or suspected cases in the hospital, with 115 non-hospitalized suspected cases.  The hospital CEO says they've run through 5 months of supplies in 6 days.  (this is from ajc.com)  The Ga. Dept. of Public Health is trying to ramp up to handle 200 tests a day, while hospitals in the metro Atlanta area are scrambling to find other testing sources, and requesting that patients with mild symptoms forgo testing and just stay home. 

 

[JohnRoberts]

some supermarkets opening one hour early only for elderly/seniors!

"buy what you need" slogan working!
hoarding seems to be slowed down in my area!

I wouldn't mind that because I could get in as an official geezer, but think about all those old pukes in motorized shopping carts blocking the aisles. Its bad enough on normal shopping trips.

I don't think I have to worry because MS hasn't gotten that crazed yet. (I hope). I guess I'll find out on my normal shopping day (Thursday). I'll pick up some extra TP for Brian, JIC.

JR

 

[Whoops]

How are the countries in knockdown dealing with food and supply distribution?

I went today to the local supermarket, here in Portugal (we are in lockdown since Friday)

You have a queue at the door, everyone keeps at least 1 meter distance to the other person.
Only 20 people enter at each time. Security was at the door very calmly calling new people, when others leave.
I waited 15 to 20 minutes in the queue.

Inside there was everything, all the products, just like a normal day. There was no empty shells, all shells were full.
This was in the middle of the afternoon.
Everything was really calm, organized and peaceful.

I think people probably went crazy in the beginning and everyone was getting everything to fill their stocks and more.
And now probably most everyone has all the cans they need for the "end of the world", and people are just buying what they need for the everyday life.
Hope it keeps this way, although here in Portugal strong measures were applied really early on, lockdown started when there were only 78 confirmed cases.

Most countries are applying measures when the situation is already out of control.

 

[kambo]

I wouldn't mind that because I could get in as an official geezer, but think about all those old pukes in motorized shopping carts blocking the aisles.
JR

i have some serious efficient DC motors, let me know when  u are on
one those carts, i came and mod urs just dont speed!

 

[Tubetec]

clean up on isle three , theres been another shoot out over bog roll  :-[  thats actually not funny at all why am I laughing .

 

[pucho812]

For those following along, my co-worker had the flu, not Covid-19, so I am out of self quarantine.

good to hear. glad you are safe.

 

[pucho812]

The food and supply situation doesn't seem to be getting better yet.  The city mayor advised people to only buy for a week,  that supply chains are fine.  But right now  the shelves are still bare. How are the countries in knockdown dealing with food and supply distribution?

The US has done a terrible job with testing,  so no one knows the real extent,  could be 10-100x the actual number of cases vs reported numbers.

actually it is. the trick here is avoid the big markets and stores. the local Mexican  market around the corner from the studio has been stocked full without issue since this all started. today I went to one of the local Italian groceries. found everything I needed without having to panic buy, in this case I got some salami, pasta and Italian sausage.  again shelves were  full to nearly full, small numbers, and not the crazy of the local supermarkets like Ralph's.

 

[CJ]

“It was he and George Baso who hit on the fantastically simple truth that everybody in America was walking around with a dirty behind, but everybody, because the ancient ritual of washing with water after the toilet had not occurred in all the modern antisepticism — Says Dave “People in America have all these racks of dry-cleaned clothes like you say on their trips, they spatter Eau de Cologne all over themselves, they wear Ban and Aid or whatever it is under their armpits, they get aghast to see a spot on a shirt or a dress, they probably change underwear and socks maybe even twice a day, they go around all puffed up and insolent thinking themselves the cleanest people on earth and they’re walkin around with dirty azzoles — Isnt that amazing? give me a little nip on that tit” he says reaching for my drink so I order two more, I’ve been engrossed, Dave can order all the drinks he wants anytime, “The President of the United States, the big ministers of state, the great bishops and shmishops and big shots everywhere, down to the lowest factory worker with all his fierce pride, movie stars, executives and great engineers and presidents of law firms and advertising firms with silk shirts and neckties and great expensive traveling cases in which they place these various expensive English imported hair brushes and shaving gear and pomades and perfumes are all walking around with dirty azzoles! All you gotta do is simply wash yourself with soap and water! it hasnt occurred to anybody in America at all! it’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard of! dont you think it’s marvelous that we’re being called filthy unwashed beatniks but we’re the only ones walkin around with clean azzoles? ” — The whole azzole shot in fact had spread swiftly and everybody I knew and Dave knew from coast to coast had embarked on this great crusade which I must say is a good one — In fact in Big Sur I’d instituted a shelf in Monsanto’s outhouse where the soap must be kept and everyone had to bring a can of water there on each trip — Monsanto hadn’t heard about it yet, “Do you realize that until we tell poor Lorenzo Monsanto the famous writer that he is walking around with a dirty azzole he will be doing just that? ” — “Let’s go tell him right now! ” — “Why of course if we wait another minute… and besides do you know what it does to people to walk around with a dirty azzole? it leaves a great yawning guilt that they cant understand all day, they go to work all cleaned up in the morning and you can smell all that freshly laundered clothes and Eau de Cologne in the commute train yet there’s something gnawing at them, something’s wrong, they know something’s wrong they don’t know just what! ” — We rush to tell Monsanto at once in the book store around the corner.”

Keoroac-Big Sur

 

[Tubetec]

I want to make an apology to Paul(PRR) and anyone else I might have upset ,
I didnt mean to cause hurt or offence or make a bad situation worse,
Its only right to frame up my comment a bit better and hope we can move on.

What I related is how it is on the ground for some ,one guy from the US I know ,his wife wants him locked and loaded at all times at home or she doesnt feel safe anymore.

On a lighter note ,
Maybe bringing back the the old fashioned Roman shizzle stick might be a plan  to cope better with the smelly bum situation 
Diarrhea is a side effect of the virus in some people so toilet paper shortages are likely to continue :-[ 

Im feckin falling around the floor here with laughter after seeing CJ's cartoon ,

keep calm,
carry on
and no scratching your dirty growler  ;D

 

[JohnRoberts]

i have some serious efficient DC motors, let me know when  u are on
one those carts, i came and mod urs just dont speed!

I had one sweet neighbor now RIP who was 20 years older than me and used a mobility scooter for has later years... Unfortunately I became his repair guy (because I could)...  One time he left it out in the rain and it refused to work... I had to tear it down and traced the fault condition to rain and dirt causing a weak conduction path that looked to the controller as if forward/back control was not centered. They are pretty smart so refuse to turn on if controls are saying to move.

Happiness is 50# of pressure in both tires, some fresh chain lube, and T-shirt weather. I was able to knock off my normal 5 mile loop on my bike monday so not in a motorized chair just yet. From looking at most of the people using those motorized shopping carts, they could benefit from a little more exercise, but I shouldn't judge them. 

JR