BuckeyeROC

I blame that bitch Carole fucking Baskin.

I'll let you guys argue the politics, but this seems a bit relevant regarding obesity and COVID: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/health/coronavirus-obesity-higher-risk.html

CDC and FEMA are national organizations giving guidance. But I believe most of these types of actual decisions are State/local based.

There is no official decision, but again, I can't imagine they will let THAT many people get together in a few months. OSU ticket office/Athletic Dept. is having major discussions.

I received the draft of the CDC/FEMA plan. They call for a phasing in approach starting May 1 and having most areas and things open with precautions in place by June. However, with "hot spots" still shelter in place as needed. Some say it's too optimistic, but I hope it's about right.

I feel for you. OSU football alone would be around a $62 million loss just from home game ticket sales. That supports the rest of the Athletic Dept. there.

As a college football fan, I don't think there is any way they let 100k+ people sit smashed together in a few months.

That's a quick way to get rid of CRV drivers.

I completely understand what they want to do by flattening the curve to buy time to prepare for the peak and work on possible treatments. And I agree with a lot of what they are doing to slow the spread. Also, as a small business owner, I believe I have a decent understanding of the economic impact and concerns of many people and hope you can understand the economic concerns that some may have. Due to the nature of our service business, the quarantine has brought our company's income down to almost zero. Not only do I have concerns for my ability to take care of my family and pay my bills, but I also have legitimate concerns for every single one of our people trying to provide for their families. It's my job to find them work, and it's almost impossible to do that right now. Since this has hit, we've tried going into different markets, tried offering our services to "essential" businesses, etc. We are also experimenting with how to conduct our business in completely different ways. For anything even close to what we normally do, there is NO WORK right now. NONE. We have no idea how long this will last. Given the nature of our business, even after the "all clear" is given (whenever that is), it might still be several months or longer until we can start doing our work again. Also, this is a business that has taken us over 20 years to build from nothing to get to the point we were before COVID hit. We have over 20 years of personal and financial sacrifices, blood, sweat, and tears to turn it into something that can provide for the dozens of our workers' families. Again, we are a small service business. Thankfully, we have saved up our own reserves and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is in place. I can tell you the PPP alone would not be enough for our business to survive for the length that this will impact us. We are fortunate to have money saved up. We'll be able to provide 100% of our people's salaries for months to come, even without PPP. Again, the biggest thing is we do not know WHEN our specific industry will be able to start up again. We will definitely take longer than most. Also, as far as unemployment and things like the PPP, we WILL have to pay that all back as tax payers at some point. It's much needed at this point and will keep many people afloat and prevent some possibly much bigger social issues that might occur when millions of people are actually starving and such. But we will be paying that back as tax payers later on, which will also impact the economy down the road. Again, I'm not on anyone's "side" here. The fact is that both the medical and economic concerns are very real and very valid. This pandemic could have been much worse, I'm glad precautions were taken. Also, at some point, we are going to have to phase more people back into the work force. The global economy will be severely impacted by this and there will be a ripple effect into almost every corner of the global economy. Some businesses and jobs WILL be lost. The longer this goes on, the more businesses and jobs will be lost. At some point, the decisions made WILL be a balancing act between the economy, jobs, businesses, and lives. It's just the hand we've been dealt as a society and the people in charge will have to make those tough choices at some point.

Good deal man. Yeah, life happens sometimes.

Rally Pat, just checking in. How's she coming along?

This. Do the easy/cheap stuff on your own first, then see what happens. If you have a company come over to look, they WILL try to sell you their high dollar fixes, whether you actually need that level of remediation or not.

Cliffs from press conference: 1. Shelter in place order extended to May 1st. 2. Require retail establishments to limit the number of people in store at one time. 3. Anyone coming into Ohio asked to quarantine for 14 days, unless normally work just across the border. 4. No regulation on weddings/funerals. Left up to good judgement. The reception though MUST follow rule of not more than 10 people coming together. 5. Public campgrounds and swimming pools closed. 6. Organized sports prohibited. 7. Stay far apart when fishing. 8. State parks will stay open unless people come into contact with each other, then the Director can close or "take action". 9. Law enforcement is "confronting" businesses that should be closed to the public. 10. Homeland Security has issued an Addendum about online businesses. Look up if needed. 11. Single person can come and perform your lawn care, if needed. 12. Foreclosures on commercial properties: Did NOT say that you don't have to pay mortgage or rent. There IS a 90 day pause on foreclosures. Need to work out with financial institution or landlord. 13. Added over 468k people to unemployment in the past 2 weeks, just in Ohio. Unemployment agency will add up to 1,000 additional staff. Expanded hours open. 14. Mass unemployment # for Ohio unemployment application due to COVID-19: 2000180 15. Ohio is setting up a website to find essential jobs that are hiring during this crisis.

Sounds good man. Tech Inspection sounds like my type of show.

Personally, I'm going to either invest or bank it all. Wait until this thing passes before doing anything else.

This is coming together nicely!

Sad to see. I used to get a lot of car mags and especially liked GM High Tech Performance and Car Craft. But I admit that I got away from them, too, as instant gratification came more and more on the internet. I've been on various car forums since the mid to late 90's, also.

What's his name must have gotten at Elon

God I HATE politicians.

This must be the cool kids' table.

Interesting note, ESPN televises 31 bowl games. That's an absurd amount of influence and power in the sport.

We blew it in the first half yesterday, no doubt. I just hope that game woke these guys back up. It's been a bit sloppy since Rutgers, despite some big wins. I hope they learned they still have to work and fight for it. I also hope they start executing more consistently again.

Sexy!