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For what it's worth, this is my journal entry for today. Read it or don't. Madness 14 April There is now talk among those who know suggesting that we should all wear masks while out in public for the next year or so. The “president” is continuing to have melt-downs and is saying really stupid and, to most normal people, truly regrettable things during his daily pressers. The latest was yesterday, when he foolishly bellowed that “the president has absolute authority.” Our Great Leader also is suggesting that Dr. Fauci might be next in the long line of government officials he has indiscriminately fired. Idiots are protesting in front of the Ohio statehouse, insisting that the virus is a hoax and calling for the state to open back up for business. Signs from the picket line indicate that many protesters would also like Dr. Acton to “please go away.” People (mostly women, oddly enough) have been arrested for licking and coughing on grocery items in stores. A woman was recently caught trying on jewelry, licking it, and placing it back on the display rack. An eighteen-year-old Florida girl posted on social media that she had coronavirus and was “spreading it willingly.” She was tracked down and jailed. A pastor somewhere in the south told his parishioners that “God was bigger than the coronavirus”, and expressed that he was not afraid of death. The virus killed him. COVID survivors are haunted by memories of their vivid, fever-driven visitations from long-dead relatives. One man who appeared on the evening news last night said that while he was fighting the disease, he often found himself wondering if he had died already. “Live” daytime talk shows are being rerun. It was startling at first to see large studio audiences, guests, and on-air hosts sitting inches away from each other until the realization hit that they were discussing topics from a year ago. An American astronaut returning from a recent space mission said that she felt more isolated back on Earth than she did when she was orbiting hundreds of miles above us, adding that she found it “difficult to live without hugs.” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s brother Chris, who is recovering from COVID-19 while isolated in the basement of his family’s rented home for the past three weeks, tearfully told CNN that he was “sick of being sick” and desperately wants to return to his job as a reporter. The sun shines brightly this morning. The birds sing carelessly.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansabelt I'm showing my age by posting this link, but this product may solve your dilemma. BTW, I've never owned or worn these pants. They are too nerdy.

Arizona Desert Museum website sez they can weigh between 3,200 and 4,800 pounds and grow up to 60 feet tall. Holy shit.

I actually have several of those belts. Unfortunately, clothing manufacturers have yet to produce the pants that use them.

. . . and I'm confident that He did.

That's because you have the wrong master's degree.

That's what I suspected. Okay, time to change the game again. Anyone have the Uno app?

Since the grid answers are accessible on the L.A. Times website, I have to rely on the honor system. This was not an easy puzzle; it took me over an hour to complete. Nice job, Jim.

Cluster fuck. Go home.

That picnic food looked delicious, BTW.

We must be related. We all want stuff more when we can't have it. For me it's pizza--a small thin-crust delivered to my front steps "contact-free"--for just over twenty bucks. I've "pulled the trigger" on this three times during each of the three weeks I've been working from home. As far as personally picking up take-out at a restaurant, is that burger and fries worth risking your life for?

Another advantage of this is that you get paid to poop. A shit-pro.

Your analysis is better than mine! I scanned the story while drinking and doing paperwork at home. Good thing my response was not a graded assignment.

This is exactly why I didn't sign up for curbside pickup of our recyclables. I take everything up to our rural township's service center and recycle it there anonymously. Just sayin' 🍸

NPR did a story on this phenomenon back in early February of this year. The situation this company finds itself in is not surprising at all given the facts presented in the story, but it is a matter of business scalability--if foreign producers were not in the supply chain, the owner of the US company mentioned in this article could have ramped up production and kept it there, relying on buyers' loyalty. Because of the sudden demand, however, it appears that hospitals were forced to source these masks overseas. There just wasn't time for the US companies to scale up and meet domestic demand. This is a tragedy. There is the price difference, but I don't think that mattered to buyers--they just wanted the masks ASAP.

Yeah, me too. Mine came the first week of March--chest pressure, fever, etc., but I had a great appetite. Fevers lasted about 3 days, then just coughing. I was fine after about 10 days.

Did you have any appetite? Lose your sense of smell/taste?

Did you have that breathing trouble that many are reporting, and do you have an idea of where you were likely exposed to the virus?

Have you forgotten I live on a farm?

https://kfor.com/news/national/police-searching-for-teen-who-claims-she-will-spread-coronavirus/ "Will someone PLEASE pay attention to me?"

Personally, ours is long gone way before the expiration date. We drink a ton of it.

Are you talking about the "shortage", cuz we shop at Heinen's and there has never been a problem finding milk.

Same here. As long as you have enough supplies/food to cover the next two weeks you should be good. Most of us know now that the "Pearl Harbor Moments" are allegedly on the way. Personally, I don't give a shit, and see no reason to leave the house until near the end of April. Also, remember that you can get any meds you need mailed to you from a pharmacy. We use Costco's in Boston Heights.

Could be. Never thought of that, but it makes sense.