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RIP Kenny Rogers
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Mar 21, 2020 14:57
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Totally coincidence and confirmation bias, but I was just thinking of him 2 weeks ago and watched the Muppets gambler sketch on youtube. I remember watching this when it originally aired on TV. https://youtu.be/kNnrTNFWcsg
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Mar 21, 2020 15:18
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Thank you for being a birb friend. Had more tits in my box this morning (next door feed them so they are always around in the mornings) but they seemed to get scared off when I walked nearby so decided to relocate my birb box by about 3 metres to get it further away from the door and front of the garage and me. Fingers crossed the new location is satisfactory and they come back. Tomarse fucked around with this message at 17:33 on Mar 21, 2020 |
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Mar 21, 2020 15:39
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We're all going to die https://www.propublica.org/article/...lHfw_uBtrn27iZo
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Mar 21, 2020 17:46
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Rhyno posted:We're all going to die Don’t threaten me with a good time
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What seems unusual with this is while the young/healthy are far less likely to have a problem, IF they have a problem it seems to be a big problem more often than it would otherwise. Canada is not loving around and in the last few days seem to be mobilizing like the war to get ahead of this. They are dealing with manufacturers to see who can retool for making medical devices, not unlike WW2/Korea where appliance makers started making firearms and poo poo. Auto and parts manufacturers are seriously looking at making medical equipment at the governments request. https://business.financialpost.com/transportation/canadian-auto-suppliers-in-talks-to-build-ventilators-masks-during-coronavirus-crisis quote:On Thursday, autoparts manufacturers Martinrea International Inc. and Linamar Corp., General Motors Canada and Ontario’s health minister all confirmed efforts to investigate the possibility of changing gears to build medical equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be interesting as hell looking back at this to see how quickly modern manufacturing can re-tool to make entirely different products. The industrial might of North America hasn't been tested like this for generations. I can only think/hope Europe is doing something similar. In other news, Steam is giving away Tomb Raider for free for the next few days. If you add it into your library you get to keep it permanently by the looks of it. https://store.steampowered.com/app/203160/Tomb_Raider/ slidebite fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Mar 21, 2020 |
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Mar 21, 2020 18:29
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slidebite posted:They are dealing with manufacturers to see who can retool for making medical devices, not unlike WW2/Korea where appliance makers started making firearms and poo poo. Auto and parts manufacturers are seriously looking at making medical equipment at the governments request. https://business.financialpost.com/transportation/canadian-auto-suppliers-in-talks-to-build-ventilators-masks-during-coronavirus-crisis My employer has received record orders this quarter (we make medical device materials) and if we have to shut down due to infection we're going to gently caress the supply chain.
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Mar 21, 2020 18:33
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I got one of those wall tire racks up in my garage and I think I'm done for today. It the trees are throwing pollen everywhere and I have a low grade upper respiratory something. I took loratadine and it's helped but I still feel lousy.
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Mar 21, 2020 19:15
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cakesmith handyman posted:Thanks Stevebob, that cracked me up. Thinking about permanently mounting a pencil sharpener into the front of my bench now. I have an ancient AC-powered office-style electric sharpener on my bench, and I have enough pens and pencils hoarded from years of... being me that I always have *something*. Odds on any ink pens working, though, is iffy. Sharpies I seem to have enough, though I can never seem to find the “ultra-fine” one. Started buying the cheap knockoffs at Lowe’s rather than name-brand Sharpies. Seem to be fine and less likely to get lost, right? MomJeans420 posted:I just tried my Goo Gone spray again to see if it would work, but even spraying it on a rag then applying it to the window so it could just sit there for 5 mins didn't do poo poo compared to Berryman's B12. It looks like I'll be working from home for at least the next month (I expect more), so I'm just going to slowly clean up my windows and try to avoid pissing off my doctor and/or lungs. Steam is your friend. I bought a little Shark steamer just for cleaning stuff like that. Rhyno posted:We're all going to die Jesus Christ, that’s terrifying. BRB, going to go post that to combat all the right-wing assholes on FB. They’ll call it fake, of course, but I have to try.
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Mar 21, 2020 19:31
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Wrar posted:I got one of those wall tire racks up in my garage and I think I'm done for today. It the trees are throwing pollen everywhere and I have a low grade upper respiratory something. I took loratadine and it's helped but I still feel lousy. slidebite posted:In other news, Steam is giving away Tomb Raider for free for the next few days. If you add it into your library you get to keep it permanently by the looks of it.
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Mar 21, 2020 19:48
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Rhyno posted:We're all going to die Now imagine being a healthcare worker seeing assholes walking around wearing N95s while your director of operations is sending out e-mails that your hospital is running low.
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Mar 21, 2020 19:59
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tetrapyloctomy posted:Now imagine being a healthcare worker seeing assholes walking around wearing N95s while your director of operations is sending out e-mails that your hospital is running low. Stay safe man.
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Mar 21, 2020 20:02
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Imsa iracing Sebring isn't half bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqyjMw3XzrY
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Mar 21, 2020 20:05
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I'm resigned to the fact that I'll get it sooner or later and I'll just keep working until then.
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Mar 21, 2020 20:07
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Rhyno posted:
I appreciate the sentiment, but it's pretty much literally impossible. The country had months to prepare -- ramp up testing supplies, arrange drive-in and mobile testing centers, stockpile and manufacture PPE, and protect the most vulnerable. Instead, Trump tried to pretend it was a hoax so as not to disturb his precious stock market gains, and politicians sold off stock instead of warn their constituents. So now we enact more severe emergency measures that won't work as well, and in all likelihood a lot of us die. Here's hoping the chloroquine/azithromycin combination works ... and that we can make enough of it to go around.
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Mar 21, 2020 20:20
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Seeing how many doctors and nurses have gotten it, yeah it's not looking good for health care workers.
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tetrapyloctomy posted:I appreciate the sentiment, but it's pretty much literally impossible. The country had months to prepare -- ramp up testing supplies, arrange drive-in and mobile testing centers, stockpile and manufacture PPE, and protect the most vulnerable. Instead, Trump tried to pretend it was a hoax so as not to disturb his precious stock market gains, and politicians sold off stock instead of warn their constituents. So now we enact more severe emergency measures that won't work as well, and in all likelihood a lot of us die. Here's hoping the chloroquine/azithromycin combination works ... and that we can make enough of it to go around. Good luck. Thanks for sharing your wisdom here. His address today made me want to puke, saying took it seriously so early on people questioned him. Yeah, maybe fox news did, or people living in his cycle of disinformation, but they don’t know a loving thing about virology or medicine.
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tetrapyloctomy posted:I appreciate the sentiment, but it's pretty much literally impossible. The country had months to prepare -- ramp up testing supplies, arrange drive-in and mobile testing centers, stockpile and manufacture PPE, and protect the most vulnerable. Instead, Trump tried to pretend it was a hoax so as not to disturb his precious stock market gains, and politicians sold off stock instead of warn their constituents. So now we enact more severe emergency measures that won't work as well, and in all likelihood a lot of us die. Here's hoping the chloroquine/azithromycin combination works ... and that we can make enough of it to go around.
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All this poo poo has really done a number on my drive to do anything, much less work. I’m trying to force myself to do small constructive things, but my brain if fighting back. All it wants to do is curl into a ball and/or watch the world burn. My job is party hands-on-hardware (desktop support) so I’m still going in to work, not to mention I’m not really set up for WFH. Much like I learn best in a classroom, I work best, such as it is, at work. Only maybe 20 people spread among 5 floors, so social distancing is not a problem. Traffic is great, and I can park anywhere I want in the parking structure, pretty much. Boss has been great about it all, even though I’m still just a contractor.
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Mar 21, 2020 20:38
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What are you guys doing to stay sane? Week one of quarantine and I've burned through most of my games and the missus and I are already going stir crazy in the same ~1000 sqft of space with no real outside interaction
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Mar 21, 2020 20:39
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DIY mainly, I have enough paint to do the whole house inside. I also started a project in the garage.
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Mar 21, 2020 20:43
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My Baja project was deemed a write off by insurance so I'm disassembling everything to keep busy during the isolation. Getting to disassembling exhaust components and I've broken out the dremel and grinder because gently caress exhaust bolts. The extractor sockets chewed up one side and it's now completely rounded so going to just cut the bolt off hopefully. And don't get me started on the lower downpipe bolts. Next week is my first working from home so we'll see how that progresses. Tested the VPN/remote desktop setup on Friday and it worked relatively well so I'm hopeful it'll be manageable.
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Mar 21, 2020 20:46
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I figured everything was going to poo poo so I basically bought out the entire non fiction section at the local libraries used book store the week before they closed.
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Mar 21, 2020 20:49
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My generator is very fussy with old gas so I'm going to drain it, get it running with some fresh stuff, and put some stabilizer in it. Might organize the garage a bit too - it's a disaster. Other than that, I have an online U course I'm working through (corporate law, dry as the sahara) and a massive backlog of steam games which I'm sure could keep my occupied until 2062.
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Mar 21, 2020 20:54
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slidebite posted:Jesus christ that's one of the most depressing things I've ever read here. If we don't find a way to recover from Trump's fuckups, that post will pale in comparison to the "my grandparents/parents/siblings/kids just died in their own secretions" comments we'll be seeing.
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Mar 21, 2020 20:58
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I guess I can finally finish painting the trim I put up and I've got some woodworking and home improvement projects I've been putting off. My fever has broken, so maybe power tools and detailed painting aren't out of the question anymore
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Mar 21, 2020 21:01
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Looks like this coming fortnight is the time to teach my 4 year old daughter why to fear the name 'LUCAS', and finally get round to fix my two poorly rovers
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Mar 21, 2020 21:48
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rdb posted:Good luck. Thanks for sharing your wisdom here. Ohio's health director said in a live news conference that you can't believe the numbers, because they have so few test kits that they are only testing the most vulnerable. So there's a multiple to every number you see.
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Bajaha posted:My Baja project was deemed a write off by insurance so I'm disassembling everything to keep busy during the isolation. Getting to disassembling exhaust components and I've broken out the dremel and grinder because gently caress exhaust bolts. The extractor sockets chewed up one side and it's now completely rounded so going to just cut the bolt off hopefully. And don't get me started on the lower downpipe bolts. What happened to the baja project?
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Mar 21, 2020 22:23
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Desantis is a loving moron this state is screwed
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Desantis is a loving moron this state is screwed
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Mar 21, 2020 23:00
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Krakkles posted:He's the Florida Man that all the Florida Men and Florida Women voted for, what did you think was going to happen?
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mariooncrack posted:What happened to the baja project? Some lowlife decided to try to steal it, was defeated by the immobilizer from the 2010 WRX steering column, and decided to shred my interior as an alternate. Insurance took their sweet time to make a decision (since September) and now It's back on my driveway and getting broken down to its constituent pieces and sold off bit by bit. Bit of a bummer. I did forgot how easy Subies were to work on though. Everything is either a 10,12, or 14mm and there's like max 5 fasteners holding any one part on.
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Krakkles posted:He's the Florida Man that all the Florida Men and Florida Women voted for, what did you think was going to happen? Should have known, his nose is so far up Trump's rear end you'd think he's Pinocchio
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tetrapyloctomy posted:Here's hoping the chloroquine/azithromycin combination works ... and that we can make enough of it to go around. AHAHAHAHA gently caress me I have an allergy to azithromycin  It's minor, like hives and whatnot, so I'll deal with the itchy/scratchy bullshit if I can keep breathing. Bajaha posted:I did forgot how easy Subies were to work on though. Everything is either a 10,12, or 14mm and there's like max 5 fasteners holding any one part on. JIS Standard supremacy. Every time I work on something that's not a Honda/Toyota/Nissan (gently caress Subaraus, I had a bad experience) I curse the fact that I need a 13 or a 15 or even a 16 sometimes for some bullshit. I'm so in love with it that if I have to replace a bolt on one of my cars I make the effort to conform.
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Norm McDonald might be restarting his podcast https://youtu.be/u8xZQnAnOoE And remember to wash your hands, but not with bat juice!
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Lol I've given up eating Bat so now I'm eating impossible Bat 
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The Door Frame posted:What are you guys doing to stay sane? Week one of quarantine and I've burned through most of my games and the missus and I are already going stir crazy in the same ~1000 sqft of space with no real outside interaction I've made more progress on the house than I have in months, went dirt biking all day today, now enjoying the beautiful weather on my deck, so far I've seen a hummingbird fight, two Peregrine Falcons playing right in front of me, and a hummingbird fight. I haven't even touched my backlog of media. E: going to a drive m-in movie tonight since those are still open! Gonna pretend it's 1969, maybe do some neckin' Elviscat fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Mar 22, 2020 |
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I had a job once where I used a lot of acids to etch steel. The ventilation was mediocre and once or twice I got a big gasp of fumes that took my breath away for a couple days. I got that feeling again today, not coughing up blood anymore but I feel like I am breathing harder than normal. Definitely still coughing/headache. SpO2 is good, pulse elevated. I really just want to get this out there, this is a respiratory illness. People normally downplay respiratory illnesses like the flu or colds. People are walking around right now with something they think is nothing that’s really just the start. Or maybe its nothing for them, but for the people they come into contact with its death. I got told again that I am not eligible for a test under indiana state guidelines. Since I haven’t been to China/Iran/Europe or been in contact with someone who tested positive I couldn’t possibly have the “foreign virus”. But each day that this goes on has me more convinced its not just a cold. I have had symptoms for 15 days. “A health care worker at a hospital in Indiana described a Kafkaesque scenario: medical staffers can only get the masks when a patient has tested positive for the virus, but the facility has no way to confirm a case.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/system-doomed-doctors-nurses-sound-nbc-news-coronavirus-survey-n1164841?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma Local government and hospitals parrot the fact that there are no confirmed cases in the area. rdb fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Mar 22, 2020 |
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