As I write this, I’m waiting to see if a hail storm will manifest in my area. Damn you, Wuhan Shuffle—you ruin everything! It has been becoming more and more evident that we are watching a no-shit power grab all across the country, and the millions of people who are either cheer-leading it, or, figure that bending over is better than not bending over. If I were a paranoid man, I’d be thinking that COVID was eerily convenient for all these Dem-Socs trying to redefine the concepts of Rights, and, Liberty. Anyway, let me adjust all this foil, and let you get on with the comments:
I posted this back on Tuesday evening, but I want to milk it for all it’s worth. I don’t guess it’s all that different from all the other service industry attempts to legislate more money into their pockets. However, I have a feeling that these are the same people who crap on employers from ‘profiteering’ off of the current plague.
A palate-cleanser. Let’s hear it for the boy, er…man! No, really—let’s hear it.
With much love to Suthen, and any other Pelican State glibs: Proof that the Louisiana Purchase was a mistake. I know, I know—it’s just that I’ve seen too much fuckery from Louisiana royalty.
Talk about Sweet Home, Chicago. I wanna hear her plea: “Not guilty, Your Honor, on account of that old bitch is a Nazi!”
Foregoing the plethora of jokes, I do feel bad for the attendees. I wonder how this story will be used in the future.
Is there a word for being simultaneously stupefied AND relieved? Let’s ask HM Crusty.
Just remember: There was a reason the U.S. adopted the term “Freedom Fries”. This is the country that invented Savate, ffs!
In honor of the new crop of grifters. Of course, the obvious response to these types.
Alright; have at it, you lot. This ain’t Europa—no monoliths gonna stop ya.
Why am I still awake?
Because your’e not asleep.
Well, see…when a mommy servant and a daddy servant have enough to drink, th-
Oh, you were asking about being awake. Never mind.
Because of a disconnect between work and home?
On the plus side I’m >90% done with this model.
It’ll be a real bitch to paint though.
I’ve found certain models to be easier to paint before assembly.
No, that’s just setting yourself up for structural failures. I tried it early on and the result is you end up using less secure methods to assemble, so it falls apart after a year or so.
The trick I’ve keyed in on is finding joints that can be magnetized that will make it easier to paint.
And in this particular model, it’s that there are so many itty bitty details that it will take hours and hours of fine work to paint it, not that all of them are hard to reach, Only the keyboard and some of the pipes are hard to reach. I magnetized the organist, so she can be removed before priming and both she and the keys are easier to paint.
But really, look at it
For reference, the entire vehicle is five inches long.
Holy Mother of Pearl! That’s all??
Do you use one of the listed methods to paint? It looks to me as if using the combos of colors they show to achieve each effect would take some amazing skills.
Oh, I ignore their painting recommendations.
These people include instructions like “Just highlight the edge of the eye lens” wherein said eye lens on a model is in the sub millimeter size range.
I’ve developed my own techniques based upon what is physically possible.
amazing painting skills? that would be me
Yeah, at that scale those effects would require a microscope and a brush with no more than three strands of camelhair.
Most of what I was painting recently was for Warmachine/Hordes which don’t have the WH rules. The models are the models, and the rules for the models get changed in waves. The only ones that fell apart from painting before assembly was when chillens were in the house and decided to “play” with some of the models.
I don’t know how the structure of the models from those lines works, but the number of times I’ve had to reassemble my chimera, basilisk, and any models made of resin has pretty much made me go assemble – prime – paint as a standard procedure.
Resin models, ^this
Kari Wurher in Vivid seems to take a coat of paint quite nicely. Can’t find the link but she banned me for making fun of her performance in that movie. “Cole !” Cole ! “Cole !”
If you were a knock-off Marissa Tomei but hotter and less successful you’d be clambering for fans.
I’m going to try to get some sleep.
Night
folksglibsDigby!
As was mentioned earlier this week, I really think either this or this would work better for a music link.
I forgot about that Bad Religion song, and I love them. I went with this earlier.
I saw Bad Religion last year, was going to see them again in the next month or… CANCELLED!
I’ve had to explain on several conference calls this week why my background is so silent. “My music is not mainstream, and would not be conducive to a work place call.”
Weird. I would have assumed that “silent” is the default. The only noise I’ve ever produced came from one or the other of the beasts living with me.
Silent is the default, playing music on a conference call is rude because it makes it hard to hear what is actually being said, and that’s difficult enough.
Most of my co workers have children/pets. I get annoyed when people start talking on multiple conference calls at once, and don’t know how to press the damned mute button.
Music in Dreamland https://youtu.be/jEK7pzKnSyk
For something completely different.
I can’t even tell you how many “The people keeping you alive right now are the same people you say don’t deserve $15/hour!!!!” posts I’ve seen on derpbook this week.
I’ve seen 0… but that’s because I’m not on the book of face.
My bitching is all bad decisions in work that have created more busy work for us instead of saying features X and Y will not work while we deal with this for the time being.
You’d think all that medical training would fetch ’em higher pay.
/is ‘learn to code’ appropriate now?
That only applies to the “Basket of Deplorables” which sunk the Dem’s Titanic in 2016. Nice that they’re using the same strategem some years later.
SYNTAX ERROR
Kinda goes into the plans of shutting everything down except for grocers and pharmacies- where do they think all the shit at Kroger’s and Walgreens comes from?
Oh dear. Pretty drunk again and I skiffed off one of my sites today. Gonna die by hangover tomorrow or Mister Wu.
Situation is looking grim in my industry. Layoffs and cash flow problems; future uncertain. Shit just got real for me.
Americans need to return to work, asap. I fear gov’t will be too slow. Wait… I *KNOW* govt will be to slow. I miss the freedom we used to enjoy.
Which industry, if it’s not too intrusive to ask?
I swear that wasn’t me mocking you!
Property management in a popular entertainment/office-building district.
Think: Everything from tenants unable to pay rent, vendors unable to pay account payable. Big arena/stadium concerts, sports, etc, all cancelled. Smaller venues, cancelled. Impending closure of large hotels. Plus the associated parking garages.
Many of our frontline employees have already been laid off, furloughed. Only enough cash flow for a few weeks for management and the rest.
We’re a larger fish, so we have more cushion than the schools of smaller fish, who are going to go belly up very quick.
Take-away right now: Cut expenses as much as possible; future uncertain.
Damn, sorry Aus.
That sucks badger balls. Sorry, man.
Read your post to Mr. Mojeaux.
He reminded me that Kansas City is extremely restaurant-heavy and about to be locked down.
Yeah I left out bar/restaurants. Huge part of the community.
Arena/Stadium in a business district. First floor bars/restaurants, then office space. Some residential apartments/condos. Y’all know the drill. This shit is going south… quickly.
Tonight’s takeout for dinner at Chez GT was our favorite local BBQ chain with the adorable name. (TW: FB) The lady who served us said she’s having to call the owner every hour to report her sales totals so he can decide whether or not to close up early. She thanked us profusely for stopping in.
It worries me to wonder how many of the places we’ve eaten from this week won’t survive.
(Aside to Moje, re: your comments last thread about hurtin’ feet – If you need something other than Birks for any reason/occasion, one of my go-to shoe sites is this. Cute, comfy shoes in lotsa styles plus all sorts of other foot health stuff.)
Local German place for dinner last night. Later today will probably be me cooking.
The woman who took the payment at the German place offered me a squirt of hand sanitizer after paying for the food, and I deferred. She stated, “I feel like I’m one of those assholes who’s been infected and is passing it on, and I feel guilty as hell. But I figure I’m German, so it’ll take more than a virus to take me out.”
Truly scary. And the epidemiologists pushing this think it’s NBD to do it and that unessential parts of the economy can just be placed on ice as needed. Like turning a light switch on and off in a spare bedroom. No impact to anywhere else, certainly not the essential parts of the economy.
Lines of credit. Have a relationship with a bank. Talk to a bank about some credit to smooth your cash flow.
If you’re referring to my career: that’s above my paygrade, but the powers that be in my organization seem very competent. The smaller companies stand no chance.
On a personal level, I have some reserves, I have some time before I would become concerned.
I was speaking generally. Alot of companies (small to medium size) have been reaching out to banks this week regarding lines of credit.
Capitalism works, yay!!
What is the industry (presuming you want to say)?
Damn man. Sorry to hear that, I was hoping for a gentler landing for you. I’m up in CLE if you need help.
My workplace has been running like mad for the past month, and there’s already rumblings that the company isn’t making enough profit, so no raises or bonuses this year… which will probably cause a lot of talent to jump ship (especially with the PTO change that hit us this year).
Thanks. Appreciate it. Hope we pull together.
Ohio government is failing us. I’m planning on contacting all my representatives, but I do not expect anything.
My work still has me busy, but I can help and provide food, beer, booze, and some staples to those in need.
#FuckDeWine
Thanks again. I’m not in an dire situation yet, I have weeks worth of savings, but I am sounding the alarm for those in my industry less fortunate. And at least in my world, every day will become exponentially worse as the cascade of closures and cash flow disruptions ripple through,
No worries.
My sister works at the CLE Clinic, my BIL is a firefighter, so I’m not worried about them (I’m worried more about their two pre-teen boys they’ve got for the next several weeks). My niece is/was working at a restaurant/bar in Tremont. She says she’s good for a while… but she’s the one I’m most worried about.
Sorry.
Sir Digs, meant to pass on earlier that your post needs Marshall Law with a pic of Marshall Dillon. Maybe next week as cower in place spreads.
Well, I typically look for night time pics for beauty and aesthetic qualities. But I shall consider it.
Seeing too many martial/marshal mixups elsewhere.
See, even me. Autocorrect turned marshal into Marshall and I didn’t Canché it b
Wtf. Didn’t catch it.
You frequently Canché a b?
Since viewing options were mentioned last post–if you dare, check out the Tiger King on netflix.
Holy shit, do I hate almost everyone in that thing. The main guy was, apparently, Chief of po-po in my town, before it actually was this town, when he was 19 (heh).
Seriously–everything in that doc will have you going Elvis on your tv. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/20/entertainment/tiger-king-review/index.html
As a part of a ramped-up lockdown, France is now requiring people to fill out a form justifying their reason for being away from home.
Fuck.
How do you say fer fucks sake in french?
Mon fromage ne sent plus comme les vieilles chaussettes.
Fromage is cheese, you can’t trick me. Or better question, who have you been fucking? Cheesy odors are not good during that activity.
“Formidable!”
These last few weeks have been an authoritarians wet dream and a libertarian nightmare. We need a win here.
Got your libertarian moment right here.
Thanks. I feel much better now.
Would you like some fries with that?
“No, I am Winston!”
“John has a long mustache” or “the chair is against the wall”
LOL
Also, fried chicken. https://youtu.be/G2Fzun3Le-w
Chicken.
More live footy starts now! The Aussies are plugging the shit out the fact that they’re the only game in
townthe world pretty much.Maybe that explains why the NFL app has been sending an ungodly amount of alerts to my phone over the past week.
There was one game that started at 10:10pm Saturday night that wasn’t on any American TV channel. Shame. I even paid the other day $6 extra for Fox Soccer Plus to Fubo.
I am so fucking pissed that Fox Soccer Plus went “premium” a few weeks ago – i.e. it’s no longer part of the sports package I’ve had for a decade. Because that’s where most of the footy games are. I’m not paying ten bucks a month or whatever they said it was, not when I’m already paying five bucks a month for ESPN+ and it has ten times as much content.
The current live match is on regular Fox Sports.
hashad ten times as much content(there is no content now)
At least I have FS1 now. Thanks for getting the word out.
“Live press conference at half time.”
Guessing this match won’t even finish – or any other.
Yeah, the commentators just speculated on that. Considering the league CEO’s going to speak, I’d say it’s likely.
Ah well, they still have NASCAR races from 5 years ago. um…woot?
Oh well. Footy was fun.
What else is on?
FS1 has the 2018 World Cup rerun coming up. I’m sure ESPN will have plenty of commentary shows discussing Brady moving to the Buccaneers. Over and over again.
In stuff I might like to see, Comedy Central probably has Office or South Park reruns. I’ll burn through my DVR’d episodes of DS9 first.
I’m glad that on my last shopping trip, I stopped at Barnes & Noble and got 6 DVDs from the $5 bin, along with the final season of Veep.
24/7 MST3K
I have a truly wonderful headache, so I need to be scarce for a bit. Carry on, and I’ll pop in soon.
Be sure to lift both hands above your head and look both ways at one time!
Cough a lot, and touch your face!
^^^ Trump Bucks incoming!
I hope you recover from THD soon!
These euphemisms are getting hard to follow.
Indeed. ?
followswallowFIFY
I love it when chat gets sexy…
FUNNY! I meant, funny..
https://www.kitv.com/story/41924627/governor-orders-14day-mandatory-quarantine-for-all-visitors-residents
Ok, ya that makes sense.
They don’t want to be cut off from air service entirely, particularly air cargo.
So some commerce does matter.
Yep. He just cratered the economy out here for years. There are other places with nice beaches. Fucking idiot.
i think I’ll set up a tournament, the Plague Invitational…………….
Given all the panic you should just break down and call it “The Musters”!
I think I’m safe. Wifey is probably going to work sharing.
No one shows up, I win………..
1:144 trophy for Bob!
I’ll take it and enjoy!
/Takes a Bow..
Well fuck. I guess I should delete the rare bottle release from a local brewery that was supposed to happen in about 10 hours…
Personally that’s the part that’s destroying me the most. I make plans, I like plans. They provide structure. If my plans are upset or destroyed, my life feels out of order. For the last week, my plans have been destroyed.
First World Man, assume all plans will fail and have some options, most time s theses will fail also , plan for failure
Yep. I’m an old dog. Change is bad.
That’s what I meant, We fear change,….
/Garth
Why are you canceling?
Since they’re no longer open to the public.
I’ve already had to cancel vacation this week that was going to be for St. Patrick’s Day (which was essentially cancelled here in Ohio), and a vacation planned over Easter weekend in April (since the event the girlfriend and I would be going to was cancelled). I’m just hoping the trip in June/July to Iceland, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands happens this year.
I thought you could get local delivery. No?
I’m pretty sure by June/July you will either get low, low rates due to the recession/depression coming on or you will be stockpiling ammo rather than traveling.
From certain breweries. This is one that’s already had several financial issues, and lost a head brewer in the past year.
The flights to Iceland are already booked (as are the stays in hotels there), but everything else is still unbooked. As things get more crazy, I’m not sure if booking earlier or later is better.
Nep, are you an Iceland fan? My coffee buddy is a yuuuge Iceland fan, after going in ’16, I think it was. Is saving up for another trip for camping, I think.
It’ll be my first time going there. Other then multiple trips to America’s hat when I was between 19-21, the only time I’ve been out of the US was going to Dublin a couple years back. This was the big trip the girlfriend and I have been saving up for.
Interesting! I’ve encouraged him to at least lurk, as we have similar backgrounds and philosophies. You would definitely get some encouragement to go and whatever advice he can provide, were he here. He took to the culture, etc like he’d gotten laid there, which…well, I doubt, but, ya never know.
It’s hard to say. My assumption is as the financial pain mounts cancelations will follow. Anything travel related should be offering discounts to fill unused capacity.
China: We’ll show you how to flex authoritarian muscle.
American says, “Hold my beer”
No shit. Only thing missing is you tube videos of cops dragging people to quarantine.
Right, that’s why you don’t see it, it doesn’t happen here..
There has to be line drawn. No, you can’t do that. We’ll help and cooperate with dealing with the pandemic, but we aren’t going to accept measures that deny people their basic human rights. No point in saving a country that turns authoritarian in a crisis. So get back to the drawing board a figure out a legit way of dealing with it or fuck off.
I am with you. I am not sure some here are. Nor do I care to be honest. Opinions are like…… opinions. We are now at the time of day when I am commenting drunk and you are sober. HA!
Yep. Opinions. That is why I avoided at any specifics. Just want people to think about the point when they’d say, “Nope, that’s too far.”
I uttered the words last week, something something not let me leave my house, something something gunfight. Not sure how serious I was.
Serious or not, I think you are about right.
straff, the US is a big, diverse country, we don’t have any of that in AZ, yet, and we as Americans cant be held back, unlike the Chinee
Americans (and Canadians outside the major cities) are more insolent. Have at’er Statist Cuntes! We’ll see who bends first…
And better armed.
I’m out. ‘Night folks.
‘Night DEG! It was nice knowing ya. See ya on the zombie side!
Hey, remember like a year ago when the government couldn’t pass a budget on time and some government employees took a couple of weeks off work and – while their jobs were safe and they knew they were going to get paid anyways – their paychecks were delayed for a couple of weeks, and it was universally agreed that this was teh worst human tragedy evar?
I hope those people are okay in this time of crisis, because they’re the real heroes.
::laughs bitterly::
So… lampposts?
Gibbets
No but I seem to recall some Swedish teenager yapping about Gaia last year, like, a lot.
I’ve had a cold since Friday. Last night, the liquid running through my sinuses and out my nose (gross) just stopped, like someone had turned off a valve. Crazy. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced that before. Grateful, and assuming it was the rum. Cough has become very much better, and much less frequent. So yay!
I think that I can now, ethically, do the side work next week that I planned on doing this week. So, bright side of the school being closed, I can still get my paid time off and do side work. Hell, if it wasn’t for the reality of the coming recession/depression, this would be a great time for me.
I’m on the unpaid overtime side of things at this point. With rumblings about no raises or bonuses this year (although I scored a bonus the past quarter, after not getting one for the previous two…)
“Well,” he said scornfully, “a REAL libertarian doubles dips and makes his own bonus”
Seriously, I am so grateful that I have this job, a few years ago I would have been one those who are Well and Truly Fucked.
One of my previous co-workers had some fun in telling me he still kept his PTO this past week, and made his boss deal with the shit.
I truly do wish you the best, and am outraged that my government is knowingly doing this to my fellow citizens. If I can help, I hearby let TPTB give you my email.
Doubt there’s anything you can do to help, and my public e-mail is pretty easy. Handle at the mail of Google.
Rhinorrhea is one of the lesser symptoms of THD…
Sure, but it just shut off, immediately. Seriously, one minute I was going through tissue like crazy, wondering if I was gonna need it later for TP, and then, it just stopped. I’ve had my share of colds in 50 yrs, and I’ve never experienced anything like it. Guess, it could have been an allergy? Do they make you cough? Really bizarre.
I’ve had that a few times over the years. Like broken brake line.
I hate to say it, but we are well and truly fucked, maybe as a Civilization, we are a Silly people, maybe we deserve it….
So the silver lining, as a student of history, is that I can watch, up close and personal, the willful suicide of a civilization.
So say we all,
You could rebuild from zero in couple of years if government wouldn’t stick its goddamn nose into everything and destroy the process. We wouldn’t even be starting from zero give all the information we already have.
So… I could live in Mr. Lee’s Greater Hong Kong?
Snowcrash reference?
You can’t rebuild from zero, silly wabbit- you have to have two, and they have to be real man and woman, not just identify as.
Really? who’s gonna build that Refrigeration unit from spare parts? Heating? Housing? lemme know how that works for ya…
Who did that before? The same people. I don’t get your point.
Point, lose the people, lose the technology, can You build any of those things?
I can……
About 22 yrs ago, I was working for a roofing company, and read an article in the office. Apparently, all of the copper roofs installed a hundred years ago were needing to be replaced, but most of the people who knew how to do it had died from oldness. It was a big deal, in the small percentage of people who were affected.
We can’t build an F1 Moon rocket, because all the people who built it are Dead, knowledge gone forever,
I did framing in my youth. Don’t wanna do it again, but could help get a house or two up. Don’t matter, though. We’d need all sorts of people and not just muh blue collar workers!
Agreed good Sir, we need all hands on deck, not sitting around,
Cheers!
‘The lamps are going out all over
Europethe World.’I feel like I’m in July 1914.
Ok, I got you all covered for this. Tab is on me.
https://imgur.com/gallery/KALypVv
I’d like a pool……..
And just last week I was joking with a co-worker from Costa Rica…
Fuck. I don’t have room to store a wheelbarrow in my apartment.
now you can buy a house!
It’s ok, now you can afford a bigger place!
Sweet! We’re all rich!
I have a Zimbo buck in a junk drawer around here somewhere. Asked a buddy to get me one.
It’s very spooky to be in a city that has effectively stopped. But then I remember that it is happening all over the world, at the same time, over a fucking flu virus. This is some very deeply weird shit. I could have imagined this for something really dangerous, but this seems hardly to fit the bill.
Not here. We’re open for business and I’m sure this bug is a lot more widespread here than the official numbers.
I’ve mentioned it here a couple times, but I will again. This virus went through SF and many other parts of the world two months ago. It is very strange and even disturbing that is not being looked at enough. How does a highly contagious flu like disease take more than a couple weeks to get from Wuhan to the west coast in our present day situation. I don’t think that is likely at all.
Anecdotally: a bunch of the US coronavirus deaths were in a rest home in Kirkland, WA.
My dad lives not too far from there and in late December / early January was in the hospital 3 times due to breathing problems caused by some sort of cold or flu that took a while to get over and/or kept coming back.
Could be unrelated, he’s had sporadic breathing issues ever since a bad bout of pneumonia a couple years go, but…
Yeah, it’s very likely that hundreds of thousands here had it in a mild or not mild form and just dealt with it. It should not shut the world down.
Welcome to Ohio. Where we see national news that praises fucking DeWine. Local restaurants and breweries are all shut down except for takeout/delivery. On the plus side several breweries have started offering local delivery. On the negative side, lots of places will probably wind up closed forever, and thousands of workers will be out of a job.
While I like being able to get beer delivered to my door, I don’t think it’s worth the trade off.
For those looking for a good news story. Here’s one from the UK.
That’s not a happy story at all. Did you miss the part where the pub owner said that it would expire in two months, anyway, and the pub owner figured they’d still be closed?
You asked for this, as well as this.
My threshold for good news has been getting lower.
Good news! I can still get Beer!
See, now that’s a happy story.
Ima say it again: we have a front row seat to watch the suicide of a once great civilization. Perhaps one of us can write a history, and be remembered like Pliny the Elder, or whoever fits.
“The Decline and Fall of American Civilization” by SugarFree.
Beautiful
Ok I am going to do an experiment and use a real me as an avatar. I don’t care if you people know who I am, I care if the people I work for ever read my comments here. That could be awkwerd. So please image search my avatar and see if the facebook “delete all” actually works.
I’ve been using my real pic for weeks.
lol, want to get a drink?
Only if I can spike yours with chloroquine.
Bitter.
Can’t hurt, you are on!
“Di truth be say our women no sabi wetin be true love, it is either dem dey eye somthin or dem get plans but if white woman tell you say she love you, bros she mean am from di bottom of her heart.”
BBC Pidgen is truly my least favorite site. I just want to quarantine them and drop napalm on the lot of them.
Monday, I’m taking XY to McDonalds for a job interview. He said, “What if they won’t let us out of the house?”
“Your dad’s gonna have to come bail us out of jail, is what if they won’t let us out of the house.”
I’ll be damned if I let somebody else tell me I can’t leave my house.
Fuck a duck. That was to @westernsloper.
*nods in agreement*
Tell him if both of you can outrun the others, you obviously aren’t having issues breathing, so there’s no chance that you’ve got the virus.
It’s attitudes like this that make me want to accept the flyers from the young men in short dress shirts and neckties. Just wish they’d take off those silly bicycle helmets.
Oh, speaking of missionaries, Happy Science finally took its ebook operation in-house or whatever, so they are no longer my client. No more sweet Japanese Cult money.
I really liked them.
Japanese Cult Money would be a great album name, MoJo!
LOL It would, wouldn’t it?
My husband would be all, “Japanese Cult money came in last night.”
Except, no more.
Sorry to hear that. And I wasn’t joking about having respect for Mormons. The words don’t mean much to me, but their actions speak volumes.
Thanks!
If you see them out on a hot day, just make sure they have enough water to drink.
It must have really hurt to lose Aum Shinrikyo
It’s Aleph now.
6 degrees of separation.
The cult leader who was my client was targeted for assassination by Aum Shinrikyo.
Wow. Almost a hundred books a year? Yeah, that’s a client you want. Sorry you lost him/them.
What it with Aum/Aleph and biological weapons?
They got an image to maintain, it would seem. Almost like some shitty Bond villain.
Half of them are mishmashes of stuff he’s written before, and they are very short books with large font and big line height. But the vast majority are in Japanese and haven’t been translated yet.
At my peak with them, I was doing 3 a month and gradually decreased to about 3 a year, but they were with me for about 10 years.
Imma keep going to work and unless shit hits the fan, which it won’t, keep on keeping on. Fuck those cuntes for fomenting panic! Herd immunity? More like herd affinity.
There is no heard immunity, because it’s a corona virus. Which is why we can’t cure the common cold- because the common cold is a bunch of viruses- 15% of which are coronaviruses. Which is why we won’t find a vaccine. Which is why it’s time to rip the bandaid off. I think it might be argued, though not by me, that 2 weeks was prudent to flatten the curve, but it’s not going away, it’s a new part of the yearly cold, and should be treated as such, especially since it should have already evolved into a much less lethal form by now.
Stop Making Sense! https://youtu.be/4xL7Ilh1DFI
I am listening to Tom Woods and Peter Schiff……..I am going to have to re-listen. Schiff talks fast.
How in God’s name do you think that avatar=a picture that could be used to identify anyone?
I can’t see a thing in that picture on my phone.
I posted it on facebook on my real account years ago and then deleted my account a few weeks ago. I was told everything on the internet lives forever.
I got nothing from the google image search just ‘rigid-hull inflatable boat’ so I’d imagine you are safe from doxxing.
Thanks. That is what I got too. I AM SAFE!
Just not from the idiotvirus, we’re all doomed. DOOOOOMED!!!!!
I don’t know how paranoid you are but those with access to the dashboard and the media library can see a better resolution image. Someone who knows you would probably recognize you from that image but then they’d have to be a glib also so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I honestly don’t care if anyone who comments here, or TPTB know who I am. It is random lurkers who may stumble upon my comments that would get me in trouble. TPTB already know who I am I assume.
Great music choice Digby. It made me think of this:
https://youtu.be/IC-2CDhquDs
No love for J. Geils Band? Screw you all. I’m going to sleep.
Hey! I like me some JGB. I was just jumping around and playing catch-up.
@GT: Your link made me think of these.
The 80s. That sweet, innocent naïve time of simple greed, blow, shoulder pads, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
Fun video and song with some funny 80’s and 90’s movie send ups.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_y1riy0WYU
Fuck the ’80s. (Not really.) I miss the ’10s already.
/tries to go to a bar for a 2010 night.
Fuck, I miss 2019.
I can’t say I miss 2019, cause it was a very hard year for me. But I miss 2019. I don’t want to see this get any worse than it already is.
I am appreciating the 80s more and more for the simple reason that you could dress, talk, act, fuck anybody you wanted without having to have a drilled-down label encompassing each of your fetishes, kinks, orientations, and identities.
I sure wasn’t fucking anybody in the 80s but point taken ?
People didn’t seem to have time to worry about Boy George’s real identity and he wasn’t “gender-noncorming.”
The 80s: Gay dude wears makeup and sings. Glam rockers wear makeup and girls clothes but they’re straight. k.d. lang and Sinead O’connor and Annie Lennox go androgenous.
And?
Nobody cared. That was what was great about it.
Huh. I liked the 80s but AIDS kinda sucked
True, and then people got a clue, scientists found some measure of prophylasix, and now it’s just another manageable disease.
No, no, I’ve been assured that a new disease means that everyone is going to die.
Aids freakout but heteros cared not.
Well, I decided based on the answers in the previous thread to go the sourdough waffle route tomorrow. The sponge has been built, or in laymen’s terms I’m on step 3.
Your gf is lucky to have you.
There has been stress in the house.
I’ve tried to explain to the girlfriend that I can’t be the only one working, cooking, cleaning, and planning.
But that’s another rant (which will probably make SP and several other GlibBroads angry).
Ha! Welcome to reality, prince charming. Oh, I am seriously lmao.
Fuck You DenverJ.
/meant in the most loving way possible.
I mean, you’re Bender!
I’m sorry, I’m sure you’re stressed, I shouldn’t have laughed at your problems. I just find it amusing because… well, you’re describing my entire life of dealing with women. They own you. You can either be right/take a rest after work/hang with your friends, or have peace.
I have similar issues, Neph–although, not related to CV, and not exactly about $. Still, you have a kindred spirit. Keep on keepin’ on.
Damn you dicks making me respond.
It’s all appreciated.
You are not alone.
You need to renegotiate. If you cook you don’t clean. At least any dishes. Unless you want to out of the goodness of your heart.
I was quizzing XY on geography tonight since it seems he either wasn’t taught anything or he wasn’t paying attention. Weirdly, he enjoyed himself even when he was wrong. I, too, enjoyed it, as did Mr. Mojeaux.
Today, America. Tomorrow, we will conquer Europe.
Not really.
I’m the opposite of your XY. I devoured atlases when I was under 10 years old.
Me too. One year I got a historical atlas book. So much fun.
Eh, XY can give you the specs on every part of an F350, various and sundry lawn machines, and other esoteric ephemera. The kid’s a sponge. I was asking the questions in a way to make him be able to “see” the map in his head. He had a firm picture in his mind before he went to bed.
If he had fun, chances are good it stuck. I still remember learning state capitals and various countries through my mom’s quizzing me and giving me funny mnemonics to help me remember. Shit sticks with ya.
#metoo. Reader of encyclopedias. I was the original “Well, actually…” Kid. Teachers hated me.
Yeah, it takes a while to burn that impulse out of you, dunnit?
Apparently.
Lizard Point is a good resource for learning geography.
Today your love, tomorrow the world
https://youtu.be/fhsiwWqGAWo
Meanwhile in Tokyo…
https://imgur.com/a/2UgYLbL
What a bunch of BASTARDS!! How dare they enjoy others in close proximity…outdoors!
They shut down the fucking ski hills. That one bowling alley might get burned, though. This crazy is going to separate the wheat from the chaff.
The don’t touch each other, but (so?) they are an unbelievably gregarious people.
Huh. Looks like everyone is freaking the fuck out! Good for them!
Rail car there is leaving soon. Nice to see it still.
I see a whole lot of non social distancing going on there. Round them people up!
Put them on PornHub!
Shit like this makes it difficult to watch Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2020/03/19/wtf-cnn-global-town-hall-on-coronavirus-crisis-turns-to-expertise-of-sean-penn-spoiler-hed-like-the-military-to-handle-it/
Alright–I’m just gonna state the obvious: The Wrong Penn brother died.
Which one died? Was it the one hit wonder?
Chris–was in a couple of the Best of the Best movies, and in Reservoir Dogs.
Stop pointing that gun at my dad!
That one?
Yep. Wasn’t winning praise, like Sean, but seemed less assholeish…well, not in a political way.
I remember him in Reservoir Dogs. Good actor.
He died?! I had no idea.
PS. the one-hit wonder guy is really talented, and married to a really talented gal.
Michael Penn isn’t it? I suffered through his one song that got airplay. Unless he married Joan Jett, I don’t forgive him.
You are dead to me.
That song and this song are married in my memory.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n12OBlcHx9E
Been 14 years! Dang–so has my marriage….
Anyway, who is that one hitter, Rhy?
See above. Michael. I have his first album somewhere & it’s pretty good. And he is married to the wonderful Aimee Mann.
Shit–I glossed over that. Still, I have no idea who he is, or what his hit was. I mean, I looked it up, and it doesn’t sound familiar at all.
Now, Matthew Sweet, I remember. Copious amounts of Space Adventure Cobra in that vid, if I’m remembering the name right.
Good night all… I need to tap out. I have a full day of brewing beer, and making spent grain flour tomorrow.
Later, Neph.
Salute, you magnificent sonofabitch!
I, too, am tapping out. Tylenol PM starting to kick in.
Goodnight sweet Mojo! I haven’t read your story yet but I promise to catch up. This week has been a cunte.
Wait–I missed this…where is this story?
Coupla days ago she started a serial.
Dangit! I guess I gotta start backtracking my reading here.
Here.
Thankee. Now, sleep well!
Night.
So much derp in so few words.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/tlaib-proposes-minting-two-1-trillion-platinum-coins-to-finance-monthly-coronavirus-debit-cards
See? It takes a viral outbreak to get the Dems to give us our money back.
/Well….I gotta try to see something positive.
Are you fucking kidding me?
There is no fallout from the pandemic, there is fallout from you people. Politicians. Media. How about you fuckers pay for the out of work people from your bank account. Tliab went full Zimbo right out of the gate. Impressive.
She did have a running start.
That’s… not satire??
I wish we had a community online movie-sharing system, so glibs that need home entertainment could get whatever they can’t find/would have to pay for themselves. Something like what UltraViolet was like before it folded.
Oh, well–that’s about as creative as I get right now.
Hmmm. Haven’t seen Evil Dead or Blue Velvet in their entirety for a number of years. Shut up! That’s how I roll…
Well, I don’t have either of those, but, I’d share what I do have, if I could. I mean, it’s not that I don’t trust y’all, but…
Do people still have DVDs? you could orchestrate a ‘beer it forward’ but with movies. Of course once the mail service is shuttered thanks to THD Covfefe-19 it wont be possible.
Well, UltraViolet used to let you upload your disc library online to watch anywhere. If you ever bought a disc new (esp blu-ray), and got an insert with a code on it that wasn’t some kind of unlocked extra, that was for UV. Put in the code, and BAM! you have it in digital format, too.
Wish we had one big Glibs repository library whatever that we could all use. I’m sure HM could make it a very interesting place. Not to mention Q.
Missing Napster, eh?
Ehh…I suppose so. There are services that kinda do what I’m thinking of, but are more for community viewing, not a communal library to just select from as you wish.
Well. There is the way where everyone shares their ID and password, or the way where we all learn to hack and communally develope hacking tools.
Right–which I’m trying to avoid (both, as far as you know). As many people have wanted to watch whatever series (B5, etc), there are those without the necessary sub, and I wish we could pool resources and share. But…whatcha gon’do?
So my flirt/crush started working nights again. Not that I’d ever act on those sinful impulses but it’s kinda fun to dance around that which is forbidden and walk away empty-handed. So sue me! I’m middle-aged, not dead yet!
Go on…
She’s about ten years or more younger than me. One night when I got to work I noticed that a parked mini-van had a light on inside. Told the supervisor and it’s been a sex-fest ever since! The hi-jinx we get up to!
Lol
No, no–this is gettin’ gud.
She actually did an “Animala Rawrur” when I pulled a 50 lb chair away and started sweeping. What can I say? Sexy custodian is sexy!
50-lb. chair–highly dubious. You got recliners there??
Ooh…recliners. Get her to test some out.
Big uufda chairs for mail sortation. Four legged beasties, pneumatic-like. Would i lie to you?
You save that sweet-talk for the work hotties!
How many people are rationing paper towels? I go through a lot. Wash dishes, dry hands on paper towel throw away. Not anymore, that shit gets thrown on the counter to be reused. I don’t even know how long some of those have been on the counter. I am not too worried about sickness and what not and if you could see how I lived you would understand. Healthy immune system comes from practice and exposure to pathogens. I am ok with the TP shortage, but paper towels may break me if this goes on for long.
Starting to today. Dish towels and party napkins ftw.
I am not OK with a tp shortage, though.
A roll of tp lasts me over a week. When times are tough it is one swipe and into the shower. Clean bunghole! Plus if it comes down to it I made a deal with the boss to buy from work stock.
Dish towels and frequent laundering. Paper towels are not for closers.
I always forget to launder the dish towels. Those things could turn on the kitchen light if they wanted to.
^
I just counted I have 9 rolls of paper towels and 16 of TP.
Anyone still around? I just got home after spending the nigth at my moms place, did some shopping on the way because the supermarket was empty and I expect another wave of panic shopping after new restrictions were announced. But that meant I did not first inventory want I had so I shopped without a list. There was plenty of almost everything except, strangely, baking yeast.
You will, of course, need to talk to Neph. And, maybe Tulip.
He does not drink Vine!
Question for the other sun-shunners: Am I supposed to find Chrissy Teigen hot, or, be impressed by her? If so, I guess I the joke’s on me…
I don’t looks fake-ish, I like natural looks
that being said still would
I don’t know who that is but I imagine I would find her hot. I find most women hot. I am in a drought so to speak.
Searched. She has a huge mouth, cancel that comment.
all good brothels are closed
I thought you could tap on the window?
I expect that has increased business at the bad brothels, no?
Sounds like it could be some musical scale: A-G-B-A-C
All
Good
Brothels
Are
Closed
Clever! I love you in a no-homo way, Diggus!
I have my moments. ?
I’m of a certain age. Most girls twenty years younger are passable. Kill me now…
^relates
Oh, trust me, ws–I do relate. She just creeps me out, is all.
No idea who she is but her google image results are not very promising, Something just ain’t right in the upper check area and her mouth has a weird smirky thing going on.
RIGHT?? Plus, she was/is apparently big time into cult of Obama (personal friends or some shit). That is, and isn’t, beside the point–I just don’t think she looks good, and she seems to almost be pushed as such. I dunno…
There are one or two glamour shots where she does have an alluring exotic look, but most red carpet type photos aren’t very flattering. She also seems to fluctuate weight-wise so maybe there was some time where her looks and weight were in a sweet spot and she’s been riding that ever since.
All the better to catch some splooge on!
Someone done got to Fes, and got him all hopped up on
SpanishCanadian Fly.Ok, well, I guess I have to:
Goodnight, Glibertnam!!!
You out? Well…keep on bendin’.
Not over–just, well, you know what I mean.
Not far behind, and gaining! Better clench Denver!
My, My, Randy Fes…dirty talker.
Don’t Judge me! Don’t yew daren’t!
Perish the thot!
Nobody remembers? Too late to html: https://youtu.be/Erf2iFHG44M
Of course I do; thought you were signing off.
/Roosevelt E. Roosevelt
I have to wash my hands……goodnight all. Thanks for the links Digby
Take care, ws.
https://youtu.be/QYjOW20HGqU
Someone needs to stop coking up before going before the cameras.
God, he looks like a buff Murr, from Impractical Jokers.
“Health Order Compliance Cars”… whaaat?
So in a pandemic it is acceptable to have a Laphroaig at 9 52 in the AM on a Sunday right? Asking for a friend…
Tell your friend:
https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-bonnier.s3.amazonaws.com/public/W7ZP74NW2EOSJRXDEM2MASFHOI.png
All bets are off, my Romanian Friend! Skoal!
Good morning
Yo!
Clever! I love you in a no-homo way, Diggus!
You sure do!
/right back atcha
Going to bed now. Here’s a light-hearted tune to tide you over https://youtu.be/pL5usTutJgU Enjoy!
Finally got the new fridge delivered today. Home is on the 3rd floor with no elevator and a tiny stairwell so it took a piano delivery service to do the job.
I had designed the kitchen 18 years ago and imported all the appliances and kitchen cabinets. The space was designed for a GE double door which finally died after a couple years of repairs. Unfortunately, in the meantime the Japanese market for large refrigerators grew but the size envelope has developed into a taller but narrower envelope than US standard. So I had to cannibalize the cabinet above the fridge for the new unit to fit.
Getting a new fridge was more of a journey than it should be.
Sounds almost nightmareish. I’d be eating pepto tablets if that crap hit us.
Yeah, when I brought everything over I hired a truck with a crane to lift it all up into the place. I knew right then that a crane would be the only way it would ever get out unless I chopped it up with a disc grinder. Now we’re set for another 15 or 20 years. Today I felt a small wave of relief when the old fridge was lowered to the pavement.
No doubt! Well, here’s hoping we get 15-20 years more out of life.
/Covid’s comin’
Bright side is the new fridges are kick ass. Love mine.
Ha-ha! Got you all! That’s a night pic of Wuhan on the main page.
Betcha didn’t expect that cleverness, now, did ya??
Awww, shit–waited too long to reveal my kung flu trickery…
Ancient Chinese secret?
New Orleans is not Louisiana.
I would remind everyone that I live in Grant Parish which, depending on which list you look at, is the most heavily armed Parish (county) in the US. We don’t truck with that shit here.
It’s been a long time, but apart from Walmart in the CBD, I’m pretty sure all of the New Orleans firearms retailers are outside the city limits in Jefferson Parish (Metairie).
There is (was) a place in Da 1/4 that sells obscenely overpriced C&R goodies, all US Civil War or earlier.
Grant Parish is part of the Alexandria, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area and Red River Valley. From 1940-1960, the parish had a dramatic population loss, as many African Americans left in the Great Migration to seek better opportunities elsewhere. Such migration continued until about 1970. – so guns are racist you say
Retired boomers looking at their retirement funds disappearing go after more and more yield in a desperate attempt to salvage their portfolios. Oil producers try selling more and more oil because the bottom fell out and they need to pay creditors. Push the price the lower. I see sellers everywhere and buyers no where. Levered up companies, consumers in debt, students in debt… And yet we’re gonna lock everyone inside because it’s too dangerous outside. To save gramma and grandpa we’ve made the choice to impoverish them for their remaining time on Earth. Let’s just admit that we consciously made that decision.
Well… Yeah. No life is too small.
I’m furious. I’m fucked. I’m going to end up living under a bridge. I’m going to end up living under a bridge because panic stricken morons are being stoked by both petty tyrants who want to see what they can get away with and short-sighted TEAM fanatics who are willing to reduce civilization to ash if it means the Short-Fingered Vulgarian loses an election.
it is sometimes hard not to panic when you don’t have reliable info
If I’m not mistaken, you’re still young enough to take another shot at it.
I see sellers everywhere and buyers no where – crypto is up last couple of days
Or, as the kids would say, OK Boomer
Oh yeah, Morning, Pie! (Trying to be a more pleasant Glib)
Buna ziua, Pie! (Please forgive lack of diacritics.) I guess it’s not so buna. The only silver linings I see are that crime seems down and traffic is light. And most people are generous and helpful.
I haven’t heard of any panic coming out of Mexico.
Hayek, you’re up early.
not only no diacritics, the comment is in the wrong place 🙂
Kvetch, kvetch, kvetch…
Good morning, Glibs. Thanks to Digby for providing this lovely chat space that I failed to use last night.
Morning, HE. New Pic. Thumbs up.
good afternoon
*Watches hour hand slowly creep up to the 12*
Aaaaaannnnddd it’s good afternoon from me, too!
Summer time hasn’t started yet? I’d have thought it was 1 pm there.