Lord Liaden Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 To Dan Simon: If this is too political for this thread, please notify me and I will move or delete it. But it's so directly relevant, I thought it worth bringing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 SAT Test Centers are being closed here left and right. The test is scheduled to take place this weekend, but the SF Archdiocese has closed 90 schools under its jurisdiction. Some schools are offering makeup tests; others are not. The kids are upset. I can't say I blame them. I know that safety comes first, but the kids have worked hard and have psyched themselves up for the test. They don't mind having the test postponed for a week or two, but some won't be able to take it until May. That's why they're frustrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Hopefully this link works for you. I would not want to be in Italy right now. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-11/coronavirus-italy-quarantine-infection?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted March 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 28 minutes ago, RPMiller said: Hopefully this link works for you. I would not want to be in Italy right now. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-11/coronavirus-italy-quarantine-infection?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits My niece spent her Spring Break in Europe, visiting London and Paris, traveling between the two cities by train. Her vacation's coming to an end this weekend, when she flies back from London. I'm hoping she didn't get infected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 She'll probably be subject to screening when she gets back to an American airport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Things Target was out of tonight: Toilet paper Paper towels Kleenex Hand sanitizer Bottled Water Bleach Spam Eggs Soup Pasta sauce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 10 hours ago, Pariah said: The university where I am both a Master's student and an employee for the high school outreach program has just announced that it is going completely online for the remainder of spring semester (until April 30th). The outreach program is a supplemental lab course for AP Chemistry, so I'm not sure exactly how that's going to work. We'll see. Yeah, I get to extemporize lab activities for my Solar System course in the spring. No spectroscopy, unless they pull back to in-person real classes sooner than I think will occur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Disney will close all of its parks on Saturday. No cruise departures will occur after Saturday. Live Action Mulan release has been suspended, as with other releases. Currently there is discussion that the end of April they may reopen, but it depends. With Disney still heavily in debt from its acquisition of 20th Century Fox, the lack of income from the parks may force a lot of changes in their business. On the plus side, no panic buys here as I did my normal weekly shopping. Also got some useful health advisories from the city and the HOA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 35 minutes ago, Old Man said: Things Target was out of tonight: Toilet paper Paper towels Kleenex Hand sanitizer Bottled Water Bleach Spam Eggs Soup Pasta sauce Wouldn't it have been easier just to name what they had? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 As I understand trucks come in tomorrow for said local Food Lion. Might be interesting to have footage of what happens after. (probably the monkey video except with knives) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Old Man said: Spam That's a very Hawaiian thing to run out of. ScottishFox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Everyone likes spam. Spam is the same everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishFox Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 4 hours ago, Old Man said: Everyone likes spam. Spam is the same everywhere. Not like they like it in Hawaii. We used to eat spam musubi (imagine a bit of sushi, replace the fish with spam) and a bajillion other variants of replacing real food with spam and we LOVED it. People would walk around in SPAM t-shirts. Spam in Hawaii is like the Dallas Cowboys in Dallas. It's a big deal. In a Fantasy HERO setting SPAM would have become a minor deity due to the widespread and long term worship. TrickstaPriest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 9 hours ago, Badger said: Yes, with allergy season coming I expect. "I got a sore throat and runny nose like usual this time of year, I gots the Corona" East TN has, I believe, the highest pollen count in the country, or at least is up there in the top 5. So yeaaah... you are dead on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 4 hours ago, Old Man said: Everyone likes spam. Spam is the same everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Huh, Spam is said to be a big hit in South Korea too. Where as with most folks I know, if you're eating Spam, clearly times are not kind to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishFox Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 I got so distracted by spam I forgot what I wanted to post... They need to stop closing sh*t. All businesses can't just grind to a halt because people are afraid of getting sick. You ARE going to get sick. This stuff is super contagious and you can by asymptomatic for 5+ days before you realize you've been spreading it everywhere. The number of people we think are sick now is probably not even 10% of the real number. Like in Italy I saw they were leaving grocery stores and pharmacies open. Is the illness going to magically not spread in those locations? This invisible plague mist that can hang in the air 10+ minutes after someone coughs? So frustrating watching the largely useless actions being taken by so many companies at tremendous financial cost to themselves and their employees. The illness isn't even hitting working age adults that hard and children seem to relatively unaffected. One guy I saw talking about it mentioned that shutting down schools and day cares will sideline up to 40% of our nursing staff. That is NOT going to help. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Hermit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Well, that's good...if it's isolated then it can't affect anyone. It just has to wait 2-3 weeks to make sure it's no longer contagious. Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 20 minutes ago, Logan.1179 said: Props to Canada. Scott Ruggels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 The wife just said that the Brazilian President has tested positive. He's a bit Trump-like and previously referred to the outbreak as a 'fantasy'. He and his Press Secretary were shaking hands and in close contact with Trump just last Saturday. Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 The football season is now postponed until April in Britain. In France the Paris - Nice race will end on Saturday and not Sunday. Shutting down the football season is a big deal. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 44 minutes ago, Logan.1179 said: Get the police to surround it and get it to come out with its hands up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Masters Tournament has been postponed. The PGA cancelled the last 3 rounds of the Players Championship last night. 1 hour ago, Logan.1179 said: Give them Time's People of the Year award now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Well, they certainly get a share. When someone gets a vaccine that works (if only for a while) and can be mass-produced, that's another big share. Matt the Bruins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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