Are you doing anything different because of Covid-19?

[shortline10]

Seems like the Japanese are figuring it out .
Cured in 4 days .

https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/18/ja...inical-trials/

[DAM shop]

Well here we go my neighboring state of Illinois just shut down. It’s just a matter of time for us here in the corn patch. I sure hope not, I get cabin fever in 2-4 hours can’t imagine for weeks.

[HorseMcHorseman]

while replacing both hubs on one of my trailers, I discovered a lack of washers which no doubt led to them failing because the bearings weren’t tight, went to napa to get washers and grease.

napa wasn’t letting anyone inside and they only took credit cards.

got grease from napa but they didn’t have the washers, had to get some at home depot, the only size they had that was going to fit inside the grease caps didn’t have a big enough hole to fit on axle shank, had to use a dremel to open up the insides of the washers and got them to fit.
new hubs are now tight and ready to roll.

whole point of that was the napa thing, figured i’d mention it

[pennington2002]

Been wanting to do this for a few years now. Figured now seems like good timing, prices are pretty low and the whole, what if this turns bad mentality is hard to avoid. I don't know if it's a conspiracy or not, and I don't much care either, because getting all worked up over something that non of us can change doesn't help anyway. What will help a lot if things really get bad?

A barrel of diesel, a barrel of ethanol free gasoline, all my Jerry cans and all my equipment topped off. I'm a very happy boy today!!

Tomorrow, I'm going to install a bidet. Laugh all you want, but I learned years ago that those things are magical the day after hot wings! And I live me some wings. Again, this has been something I've wanted for a long time. A tip for any of you interested: the best bidet I've ever used is the very simple and not likely to be sold out of, kitchen sink sprayer hose. Install one of those little babies into your toilet water line, find a way to hang it from the back of the toilet, and you've got precise aim and pressure control directly under your thumb!

Also, getting my two big water totes filled up tomorrow. That's the one glaring problem I have at my property. We have an excellent drilled well, but if utilities are lost, we have no way of getting the water out. So a little over 500 gallons of stocked drinking water will buy me enough time to get my generator going.

So yeah, I've happily been using this situation to take care of a few things I've been too lax on. And by the way our stocks look, and just being realistic about finances, it's looking like unemployment is going to be our biggest problem a year from now. And we thought it was bad in 2008.

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[ironchop]

I picked my wife up from her aunt's yesterday and Fox news was on the tv...... Wow, they were really playing up to the hype with live death/infection counters and the live stock market ticker all on the same screen

Every channel is touting "experts" who have no idea when, where, how.... Only what... No answers, just speculation everywhere.

I paid $1.63/gallon for gas yesterday in Scottsburg Indiana. I can't complain about the gas prices.

The meat prices, however, are disappointing. Our local Kroger was price gouging on meat right before they ran out

We are good on all supplies but I got extra propane and fuel and a little more food

So imagine if we reported Flu deaths like we have Covid-19...... Neither one of them technically kill you by itself, but the complications from the infection, like pneumonia, are what is deadly to folks. Then all the stations can do live death updates and get everyone fired up and then interject their political opinions while they have the microphone. Let no opportunity for f*ckery go unrealized.

https://www.health.com/condition/col...flu-every-year

I heard Sean Penn was interviewed about the matter..... That guy is a douchebag. He is also no expert on anything other than celebrity narcissism. Who even gives this clown any validity for what he says?

If you want a celebrity, Dexter Holland from The Offspring actually has a PhD in Molecular Biology. Penn is just some priveledged actor/celebrity dickhead, like Bono who imagine himself some sort of expert on world geopolitics. At least pick someone with real scientific knowledge. Acting isn't knowledge, it's professional pretending. Professional pretenders don't solve a damn thing outside of boredom.

Hey Sean Penn, unless you will welcome a PhD astrophysicist to critique your acting and give you tips on how to pretend better, then STFU.

I'd also like all those senators on that committee(R&D both) investigated for ethics violations and insider trading.

Also, Starbucks pulled some shady stuff too by using the virus panic and reporting huge future losses in China to manipulate their stock price as low as possible, then immediately buying back 40 million shares, at the bargain basement panic market crash price. You don't buyback your own stock unless you're sitting on a ton of cash and you ultimately want the share price to rise afterwards (which usually happens after a buyback). Incite a lack of confidence in your own stock, watch it tumble in price, buy back a bunch of outstanding shares at a huge discount, then the share value increases because companies who do buybacks are considered a good investment, and then take in your dividends.

Every major finance or market publication has written at least one article decrying this practice. It's a controversial subject and technically manipulation but it's taboo to discuss how to fix the issue. The Market hates regulation.

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[knappyfeet]

I picked my wife up from her aunt's yesterday and Fox news was on the tv...... Wow, they were really playing up to the hype with live death/infection counters and the live stock market ticker all on the same

I literally quit watching the news at the house... And if I see it on I turn it off. I'm not burying my head in the sand but I don't need the be bombarded with Doomsday News every minute of every second of every day. I listen to talk radio during the day at work so I get my information there about this flu bug.... But lately I've just been listening to XM Radio.... just for music and stuff.

There's food and toilet paper and stuff......a little less on the shelves but it's still there.

But I have learned a valuable lesson from all this.... And that I'm much more afraid of the wacko people than I am of the virus. People watch all this crap all day and start to freak out....that's more troubling than the flu bug

[ATC King]

Not too long ago, most country/rural living people always had a couple months of provisions on hand at any moment. It was normal to have a small surplus of canned goods, cleaning supplies, fuel for whatever needed fuel including wood for heating, and basically anything to be self sufficient.

That was my grandparents and to a large degree, my own parents. Mom spent winter canning things because the wood heater was going anyway, and that's what she cooked a lot of food on. My grandparents had a walk-in pantry, filled top to bottom with canned foods. By canned, I mean jarred too. Our storm cellar at home was where most of the canned items mom made were kept.

Myself, when I buy things like toilet paper, detergent, personal hygiene products, dry and canned foods, I buy at least a months worth. I don't do it because I'm preparing for anything, it's because things generally cost less that way and there's no sense in going to the store every week for things I know I'm going to need until I die. Fresh food is something I expect to buy at least once a week, everything else can sit on a shelf until needed.

My pickup holds 55 gallons of fuel, and it's not the only vehicle I own. My normal issue with fuel is I don't use enough and have to rotate it to keep it from going stale. That's pretty easy to do with the motorcycles, trikes, and other small engines. I truly do rotate fuel in things I don't use much, but I keep them full because anything that has the potential to be used, needs to have a full tank. I drive so little on average, that I put fuel in my pickup maybe once a month, but it's often longer than that, and I don't wait until it's near empty.






I go in Walmart today, toilet paper, alcohol, hand sanitizer, hand wipes, every thing of that nature is completely gone. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO SHORTAGE OF FOOD ON THE SHELVES! Plenty of milk, bread, and eggs.

If people aren't eating anymore food, what the hell do they need so much toilet paper for! I would have an answer to that if the shelves were bare of hand lotion too, but they're not.

There's no fuel shortage either. I topped everything off on the way home and filled up some extra cans, because that's what I normally do.


I thought this virus caused things like pneumonia, not irrational binge purchases and colon blow.


On a side note, most home toilets are right next to a shower. It's pretty easy to jump in an wash the hiney if the TP is gone, and anybody depositing turds at a frequency that requires massive amounts of TP daily needs to wash their butt anyway. That thing is probably bleeding from TP burn.

[pennington2002]

Hahaha, YES! I don't get the toilet paper thing either. Don't know how that got started. Luckily for me, my wife has always had a fear of running out of the stuff, so at any given time we could have as many as 20 rolls on hand! Haven't needed any so far. About your jump in the shower idea- of course, you are correct. However, I feel like within the past 20 years or so, the average American's level of innovation sits right at stupid. Not saying that everyone is stupid, just that they are about as inventive as that guy all of us know who is a top notch idiot. People just seem to have lost the ability to think past their one or two skills that they have accumulated.

I may be wrong, but I bet about 15% of our general population would not see the simple solution of jumping in the shower. They'd think, "Oh man! Well, guess I just gotta pull my pants up and deal with it!".

I've been trying to tell people as much as I can, just get an empty bottle of dish washing liquid, or some water bottles could be used, fill it with water and BOOM- instant portable bidet!

Their minds are blown, and I am their new god.

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[Scootertrash]

On Friday I stopped at Fleet Farm for a few odds and ends, I was specifically in search of some .22 short for training the new puppy for gunshot noise. There was about an hour wait for the gun purchase line, ammo shelves were picked pretty much clean save for shotgun shells. Briefly chatted with one younger guy looking for .223/5.56, I just laughed and said "good luck" I didn't wander thru the cleaning supplies or paper products. Crowd was what I would consider normal for a Friday afternoon. Only saw 2 people wearing masks.

Decided to stop in at Cabela's just for sh!ts and grins, normal amount of vehicles in the parking lot. Ammo shelves picked over, 2 hour wait for firearm purchase line. I decided to pick up a Sig P226 air pistol, CO2 cartridges and pellets. 1 stranger questioned me about the lack of ammo and other panic items in my cart, I just told him "If you've waited this long to stock up you're way behind the curve." He gave me a funny look, thought about it for a couple seconds, then said "Yea, I guess you're right." and shuffled away.

[Scootertrash]

Yesterday the wife and I decided to try and help out with the toilet paper shortage, so we planted some toilet trees



Then I found these plans online for a backyard bidet, figgerd it'd be a good way to save on TP

[Scootertrash]

I'll just leave this here:

[ironchop]

Knock it off, Scooter. People hate facts and scientific knowledge. It gets in the way of a good narrative

*Edited the rest. No point in pointing out the obvious, again.
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[Scootertrash]

Knock it off, Scooter. People hate facts and scientific knowledge. It gets in the way of a good narrative

*Edited the rest. No point in pointing out the obvious, again.

You are correct!

Back on the hysterical panic front:

It looks like the scavengers have started roaming the countryside!

[Shep1970]

You are correct!

Back on the hysterical panic front:

It looks like the scavengers have started roaming the countryside!

Atleast he got his doughnut....

Shep

[ironchop]

So who's got cases in your towns or communities?

So far, Bowling Green has three confirmed positives and no reported deaths as of yet.

Unfortunately, two of the afflicted are in their 70s so I'm hoping they pull thru ok.

I live south of town a ways into the country and it's very dead out here as far as travel. I would estimate that as of yesterday, travel in City limits was also down about 80% so people are definitely heeding the warnings and staying home except for work and grocery store raids



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