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It almost has to. Obviously, the food-selling capacity of grocery stores in the United States is plenty to feed everyone. People are buying way more than they need right now because they're being stupid, but most people have a fairly limited capacity to store excess food. They're going to hit that capacity, and then, unless they want to just buy stuff to throw away, they'll stop. That assumes there won't be any widespread disruption of food distribution to grocery stores, but there's no evidence that will happen at all, much less any time soon. | |||
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OK, good point. Terrified was a strong word then. I'm somewhat more than mildly concerned, then.  This is unprecedented in my lifetime. I have seen some supply chain interruptions from hurricanes and winter storms (no gas and no electricity for a week), and that was no fun. Add an invisible and sometimes deadly bug coming in and trying to kill me at the same time, and make it last for 8 weeks plus, and my antennae go up a bit.  | |||
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Coin Sniper |
Did my weekly shopping today. Kroger was busy. Normal # of people but filling carts. No paper products, canned goods, etc. Most of the meat was gone. Granted with all schools closed parents have an additional meal a day to fix but no need for this run on everything. Employees were stressed and irritated. I know the manager, said he hasn't seen anything like this in 45 years. People were starting to get stupid too. Arguing with employees over restrictions. On the flip side people were being helpful too, assisting short people reach things on high shelves, etc. Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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Funny Man |
I am not a boomer but please stow that boomer bullshit. So fucking sick of hearing that. A big chunk of the people here on this board are in fact boomers, is your intention to insult them as stupid? ______________________________ “I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.” ― John Wayne | |||
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| Banned |
The panicking about the panicking started about 100 pages back, as soon as Ballsy Hallsy started to be inconveniced. | |||
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Not an insult - it's simply a generational difference, no need to get your panties in a wad. | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
Cute. Feel better now? ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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Ammoholic |
I learned how to bake bread over the weekend, it came out amazing. I've always wanted to try but had a shit oven, new one is 1000x better. Wish I bought more flour, hopefully there is some left after work. For my garden this year I bought all seeds, usually buy my plants at local greenhouse, but I didn't want to count on them since I'm a month away from planting. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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| Freethinker |
The thing that’s becoming more interesting to me as this progresses is how many divisions it’s leading to, even among members of an Internet forum who will never so much as lay eyes on each other. A specific thing that fascinates me is seeing examples of the fact that although I am far more worried about the economic effects that the country will feel for a long time—and apropos of nothing, far longer than November—than I am of the disease itself, many people are demonstrating much less empathy over the possible loss of someone’s [human] loved one than we would see if someone’s elderly dog had died. The Internet allows me to learn things that I would have never known otherwise. “I can’t give you brains, but I can give you a diploma.” — The Wizard of Oz This life is a drill. It is only a drill. If it had been a real life, you would have been given instructions about where to go and what to do. | |||
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Void Where Prohibited |
I'm a boomer, and I'm not very concerned. I'm not buying cases of TP and sanitizer. I'm prepared. So, you can't make generalizations about boomers and this event any more than you can make them about other things. "If Gun Control worked, Chicago would look like Mayberry, not Thunderdome" - Cam Edwards | |||
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What is going to happen to all the restaurant food supply? Will most of the fresh vegetables be diverted to groceries or will it rot in the warehouses? Are the owners of restaurant & bar rental properties going to forgo rent? __________________________________________________ If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit! Sigs Owned - A Bunch | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
There ya go, man, keep as cool as you can Face piles of trials with smiles It riles them to believe that you perceive the web they weave And keep on thinking free -- The Moody Blues, On the Threshold of a Dream, In The Beginning
You're not alone. It's unprecedented in nearly all our lifetimes. Thing is: It's not really as bad as the Dominant Media is making it out to be, and many who are literally panicking believe it to be. Once people realize that, and the Dominant Media find Another New Thing To Hype, it will pass. Next time, and there will probably be a next time, just let your antenna go up a bit sooner. Then you won't be caught short like you were this time.
Hear! Hear! "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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I got to wondering if the powers that be have established the criteria for continuing or rolling back all the restrictions (at least here in Ohio). School is out for at least three weeks. So how do you decide then whether to go back? When can restaurants re-open? How many cases or deaths will determine whether they open or stay closed? What if the numbers are getting worse nation wide but not in Ohio? And if they have these measures determined do you think they will be made public? _____________________ Be careful what you tolerate. You are teaching people how to treat you. | |||
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I tend to agree with this. In my mind, there are two variables though. One is that grocery stores will be servicing a much greater amount of people now that restaurants are affected and closed. Many people on this board do not fall into this category, but there are many people 40 and younger that, for the most part, just do not grocery shop. They eat out nearly every meal. They have no idea how to cook anything other than microwave a frozen meal. That group, and it is a large group, will now have to grocery shop and learn how to prepare meals at home. The flip side of this is that many people are going to run out of money very soon. With the service based economy in Orlando, many of these people live paycheck to paycheck, or even shift to shift on daily tips, and since nearly everything is shut down, those people are not going to be able to shop even they wanted to. | |||
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My wife baked bread for the first time in 10 years this past week (we've been on low-carb diet for past 10 years--her whole-wheat bread made with freshly-ground wheat berries is so irresistible when it comes hot from the oven!. Ordered 50 lbs. of harder winter wheat berries from Amazon. She's also talking about planting tomatoes in the back yard, so we may have a Virus Victory Garden too. _________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!" | |||
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
Yes indeed.
Yeah, definitely an 'over-reaction' to be 'terrified'. | |||
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| Nullus Anxietas |
Notice just emailed out by my gym:
No surprise there. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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I am sure they have not. This is one of those things you have to play by ear, because there is no game plan for something that is unprecedented. Yes, our high schools are closed for only three weeks, but as I am sure you saw, many colleges just said, screw it, you're not coming back this semester. I am sure they will be announced when they happen. DeWine is very smartly deferring to medical experts (Dr. Acton in this case), and I bet it will take a serious flattening of the curve of new infections to let them even consider opening things again. | |||
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Still finding my way |
For fuck sake! What are there, less than 1700 confirmed cases throughout the whole damned country and we are going to destroy 100,000's of small businesses with this silly shit? Italy will fare better than we will on the long term.  | |||
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| Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
My gym sent out their notice yesterday that they were closing its doors. Before it was just classes, now it's total. Can't ski, so it looks like I'll be breaking out the bike a little early even though there's still a good bit of snow on the ground. The weather is otherwise beautiful though so I'm actually looking forward to a nice bike ride, even if it is a bit brisk outside. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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