SpecialEd

8 minutes ago, motocat12 said:

why wouldn't they work with normal belt loops? I'm imaging a belt that would hook to belt loops from the outside.

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.

5 minutes ago, TimTheAzn said:

They weigh a lot more than you think too.

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

37 minutes ago, motocat12 said:

Has anyone ever seen a belt with horizontal clips on it so you don't need to thread it all the way around?

Would it be mildly useful?

 

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

42 minutes ago, CoDAF said:

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

13 minutes ago, Steve Butters said:

I don't even know a lot of those "words" 🤷🏻‍♂️

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

1 minute ago, Tonik said:

Under 60 seconds for me to Google it.

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

1 minute ago, Steve Butters said:

You cheated. @SpecialEdsays so. 

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.

1 hour ago, motocat12 said:

whut?

Cluster fuck. Go home.

1 minute ago, 2talltim said:

 

We've only eaten take out twice since this all happened. Once was a Stromboli i picked up at a pick up window, the other time was curb side take out at applebees this weekend for a moto picnic. 

That picnic food looked delicious, BTW.

11 minutes ago, motocat12 said:

The closer it gets to the worst time to get it, the more I crave takeout.

 

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?

1 minute ago, TimTheAzn said:

I do most of my shitting at work, where it should be done. Helps conserve TP.

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

10 minutes ago, CJ74U2NV said:

I'm not sure you read it thoroughly.  

American company makes medical masks.  American made masks cost more due to wages and regulatory costs.  Hospitals like to buy Chinese masks because they're cheap.  Slave labor and communist government subsidies do that.  H1N1 drives demand sky high.  American company ramps up production very quickly to make masks because American hospitals promise to keep buying them from American company.  After H1N1 subsides, American hospitals renege and only buy from cheap suppliers like Chinese.  American company gets to lay off workers from two shifts and now has to pay unemployment cost because of broken promises.  American company is tired of getting screwed over by American hospitals and basically says "I want a contract or you can pound sand".  Now hospitals are pounding sand.  

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. 

10 hours ago, MSerfozo said:

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' 🍸

29 minutes ago, CJ74U2NV said:

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdog/2020/04/03/if-you-imagine-that-a-local-business-making-surgical-face-masks-is-working-247-guess-again/?fbclid=IwAR0e7cFycWpFftZUxuM62HYtod3Yy0Pbgog0TFzUlEW4JF_vWNDa5qVOZrk

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.

45 minutes ago, Tpoppa said:

I had the same symptoms for 3-4 weeks around Christmas...except no digestive stuff, but I did have a fever for 3-4 days.  It wasn't awful, just annoying and wouldn't go away.   It was diagnosed as an upper respiratory infection at the time, and I was told it would clear eventually.

Looking back, I don't think it was COVID.  My gf (who would be considered high risk) had similar symptoms a few weeks later, but the kids never had symptoms.

Hard to know for sure without tests.  

 

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.

11 minutes ago, what said:

My first day of respiratory symptoms came with a tiny bit of chest pressure, a sore throat and a cough. The chest pressure was gone after the first day but cough and sore throat persisted. I was also extremely tired off and on, falling asleep at 3 or 4pm and sleeping for 16+ hours. That was week 1. Week 2 I thought I was finally getting better, but that Monday I woke up with pain in my lungs, and a really bad tickle behind my sternum/in my chest, I couldn't stop coughing. That tapered off over about 3 days and the only lingering symptom I have left is the tickle behind my sternum, but it's hardly noticeable at this point.

I've not had a stuffy nose and none of my coughing has produced anything (dry cough). The lung pain felt almost like a cold burning sensation, it was kind of strange. It was deep in my lungs and felt like the entirety of them as well. Can't say I've felt that before. The chest pressure on day 1 felt like I had a cat sitting on my chest. Light pressure, no real difficulty breathing just uncomfortable. If it hadn't gone away by the 2nd day or had gotten any worse I probably would have gone to the hospital. I had chills and night sweats in week 2 as well, though only for the first 2 days when the lung pain was going on.

My symptoms started with digestive issues 2 or 3 days before the onset of respiratory symptoms. I thought maybe I had eaten something that didn't agree with me, but in hindsight I realized that probably wasn't the case.

I never really had a verifiable fever. The highest temperature I got was a 98.8. My average temperature has been between 96.6 and 97.7 degrees. That's taking my temperature 3 times a day since 3/10. I haven't broken 98 degrees since the 98.8 degree reading on day 2 of respiratory symptoms.

As far as exposure goes, I have a few theories. They break down like this:

1. Work - I work in events and come in contact with a lot of people, all the time. I work in highly trafficked areas, all over the place. My co-workers also come in contact with people, fly around a lot and do work in highly trafficked areas like conventions centers, hotels, hostpitals, etc. We all sit very close to one another at our desks with no separation, when we are in the office. We had people flying in and out of NYC the weeks of 3/2 and 3/9. We also had people flying to/from Vegas and Orlando in that same timeframe, with layovers in other airports.
2. The gas station next to my office - The case at the nursing home in Hilliard that has been in the news is right behind the office I work at. The last place I stopped to get gas was at the gas station right next to this nursing home. Staff brought the virus into the nursing home as early as 3/10, they think. I may have used the same gas pump as one of those people.
3. The grocery store, CVS, any other common area I stopped at - these are all high risk areas due to the foot traffic and people's general disregard for hygiene. I wouldn't be surprised if I caught this at the kroger behind my apartment.

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

9 minutes ago, what said:

I'm not going out because I'm likely infected. I have likely been infected since 3/16 or before. I've been pretty much recovered for about a week but I still have very very minor symptoms. I'm hoping the symptoms will be gone in the next 2 or 3 days, then I'll wait another 3 days after symptoms are gone before I can go out. On day 18 of being indoors currently.

So more than likely 23 to 25 days of being isolated.

The good news is I can pretty much go wherever after I leave with a lot less worry. I'll still be taking precautions because I'm not 100% that what I have is corona (can't get tested) and it's not 100% that people can't be re-infected, especially considering I technically have an auto-immune disorder (vitiligo). The first place I will be going is the grocery store to stock back up on things. I still have probably 3 or 4 weeks worth of food at my place though, currently.

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?

5 minutes ago, Tonik said:

This conversation is getting painful.

Either it goes bad, or you run out.....which happens pretty quickly either way. How do you stay home and still have milk is the question.

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?"

3 minutes ago, Tonik said:

No, the fact that it goes bad....gets out of date.

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

10 minutes ago, Tonik said:

 

How is everyone handling milk? Just saying f' milk?

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

5 minutes ago, Tonik said:

 

That is the timing game we are playing here at our house. Don't go out....but don't run so low that when the real SHTF that we can't stay put for weeks and weeks.

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.

Just now, Tonik said:

RatShit

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

7 minutes ago, 2talltim said:

Cool story Boy.

Okay, the only derogatory dictionary definition I have found for "gal" was in the so-called "Urban Dictionary"--which is a bullshit source of made-up words and definitions, probably coined and compiled by bored high school students. These words come and go each year. A few years ago, "ratchet" was a really big deal with teens. Many students asked me to say this word and then burst out laughing. I still don't know what it's supposed to mean. The whole thing, including the "gal" racist allegations, is beyond stupid.