Corona virus stuff

[AmericanSteam]

Meanwhile at the toilet paper factory...

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[AmericanSteam]

The governor of California encourages all bars and restaurants to close or restrict the number of customers seated at one time. He also encourages anyone over 60 to self-isolate.

[DigitalRails]

New avian flu detected - https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/rest-of-the-world-news/amid-covid-19-outbreak-philippines-detects-highly-infectious-bird-flu.html

[Schnauzahpowahz]

^ jesus mary and joseph. Nice knowing you guys, its been real

[GogebicChief]

Toilet paper? Recycle all those corn cobs from dinner and Sears catalogs. I guess it is hard to use PDF catalogs for toilet paper. I think that that there are some in my spam folder. I I would use newspaper but the print rubs off.

I was thinking the same thing... I grew-up on a farm with the little house on the end of the trail, and that was the TP of choice. Along with the "White & Yellow Pages" phone books, or the Sunday newspaper. The problem now is Monte Wards is gone, JC Penney & Sears are shells of their former selves, and I have not gotten a phone book in over 5 years. I guess I could use all the junk mail I get every day..

[ForceGhost]

Well, the Eye-rainians have decided that drinking industrial alcohol, which i'm assuming is the 90% isopropyl that we use at work, is good for curing the cornoavirus. Unfortunately, it's also good for pickling dead things and 27 of the "test subjects" got to find out if allah is real.

This is just nuts. All schools are closed. Factories are beginning shutdowns. In Europe, they are telling folks that they can't even go outdoors to ride a bike, even though that is a singular sport for most people. The upside though is that the restaurants aren't crowded. I went in my favorite Mexican dive yesterday, and they were seating folks two booths apart. Smart for the current situation. But, as we were the only people there, I left the waiter a nice fat tip because the hospitality industry is really taking it on the chin right now.

As was said in an earlier post, we have become a nation of sissies. Back in my day, it was Polio, measles, scarlet fever. The only thing i've ever seen even close to this measure of hysteria was when the state shut down the schools because of an outbreak of chicken pox that pretty much infected everybody. I suspect that the only panic over that was that the parents realized they were going to have to deal with their little angels in the house for two weeks straight.

Here a couple of days ago, the local paper mill burned down. They make cardboard boxes, not toilet paper. But you know how when an oil refinery on the other side of the planet has a small issue, it drives up the price of oil? Makes one wonder in these uncertain times...

Take back your power people!

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[EngineerJohn]

If the situation gets to a certain point, it will be like World War 2 where factories start being re-purposed to make essential items (I believe they are doing that in Britain already iirc). My job has been relatively unaffected so we are basically in our own little world for now. As for many people I know working in the restaurant business, it is very possible they won't be able to afford their apartments/homes in the next month or so and may end up having to find a cozy spot on the floor at a family members house.

[AmericanSteam]

As always it is the unintended consequences that hurt the most. Nobody thinks this stuff through to the end. Just knee jerk approaches.

[trev123]

She just wanted one pack of toilet paper off there trolley. Australia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zSmycYlyHc

[DigitalRails]

She just wanted one pack of toilet paper off there trolley. Australia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zSmycYlyHc

what is so hyped for toilet papers?
use water!!

[EngineerJohn]

She just wanted one pack of toilet paper off there trolley. Australia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zSmycYlyHc

what is so hyped for toilet papers?
use water!!

Bidets don't really exist in North America and Australia...

[Schnauzahpowahz]

^


I always thought a bidet was a little hat you wore atop your head

[mindenjohn]

I always thought that a bidet was useful to wash your socks, without taking them off.

[_o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha]

SCS Studios gave a reasonable explanation how and why the software industry is affected by Covid-19: https://steamcommunity.com/games/227300 ... 2658805071

The same applies to DTG and all the other commercial providers.

[artimrj]

We have a few more sick people here in Beaver. They are building a cracking plant here with 8,000 employees who a lot of them travel here from several other states on the weekends. So it is now closed down until further notice. My boss cut us down to a 3 day week before they shut the plant down and when he heard that he got nervous and may be shutting us all the way down next week. He is paying us for a full week, so I will just get a small vacation for a while. Not that I can do anything, I will just be on the computer all day ;)