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| Ammoholic |
Yes, we’ve been permanent absentee for several years. Used to have it done a week or so ahead, but the last few times it’s been day of. Don’t trust the mail, but on Election Day they have folks curbside at the County Clerk-Recorder’s office. Drive up, stop at curb, roll down window, hand in ballot sealed in envelope, get “I voted” sticker and be on my way. Often less than a minute, and get to fill out ballot in comfort at home. Definitely the way to go. | |||
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| Doin' what I can with what I got  |
If it's over within a few weeks or a month, the impact would probably be minimal. Hotels, event venues, et cetera do have cancellation policies where they keep some or all of the money if a large block (like for a conference) is cancelled within a certain period of time. I know of at least one major company preparing to eat an eight figure sum if they have to call off an international executive's conference. ---------------------------------------- Death smiles at us all. Be sure you smile back. | |||
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Ammoholic |
10,000,000+ non refundable money For a conference? Damn. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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| Run Silent Run Deep  |
It's the shrimp cocktail...and cashews on every table... _____________________________ Pledge allegiance or pack your bag! The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher Spread my work ethic, not my wealth | |||
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Drug Dealer |
A solution to the mask shortage problem:  Link to original video: https://youtu.be/BiC56E9t0r8 When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw | |||
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Res ipsa loquitur |
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Told cops where to go for over 29 years… |
As with every crisis, the internet delivers....     On a more serious note - for anyone wanting to see the stats on cases, deaths, spread, etc. Here is a good dashboard that seems to get updated every 30-60 minutes or so... https://www.arcgis.com/apps/op...40299423467b48e9ecf6 Interactive, can drill down on info, etc. Looks like this:  What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???  | |||
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| Son of a son of a Sailor |
A large marine industry conference in London was rescheduled this morning from middle of March to beginning of December. Considering there were to be Chinese companies exhibiting and attendees from all over the globe, I can understand why they did it. Nevertheless, I anticipate more conferences to be disrupted this year, as well as business in general. -------------------------------------------- Floridian by birth, Seminole by the grace of God | |||
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I guess I get to join the panic  The local Fire Dept just sent a Facebook message that Tennessee had it's first confirmed case, and (paraphrasing) I should wash my hands... Location, Davidson County (Nashville) Collecting dust. | |||
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| Leatherneck |
I work in the conference industry for a production company and we’ve had several very large shows cancel already, and others are reformatting to a smaller production and just webcasting the show instead of having attendees. It’s already having an effect on us. “Everybody wants a Sig in the sheets but a Glock on the streets.” -bionic218 04-02-2014 | |||
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Funny Man |
I was scheduled to attend a very large international medical conference next week. Just got the word that it has been cancelled. Roughly 50,000 healthcare executives and doctors typically attend. The lost revenue for those numbers of hotel rooms and uber rides and nice dinners is not insignificant. ______________________________ “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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| In search of baseball, strippers, and guns |
They pushed back the release of the new James Bond movie from the middle of March to before thanksgiving because of covfefe —————————————————— If the meek will inherit the earth, what will happen to us tigers? | |||
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| Something wild is loose  |
Good site for tracking what's going on in Tennessee from UTCHS, and a good comprehensive resource list: https://www.uthsc.edu/medicine/coronavirus/index.php "And gentlemen in England now abed, shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's Day" | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
I guess now is No Time To Die... ~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 |
Well played. Got to get a chance to laugh in between running around flailing our arms and screaming. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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Seeker of Clarity |
I was also scheduled to go to it. From my perspective, the way that unfolded, non-healthcare specific companies bailed first (like Cisco Systems). IMO these companies were there as table-stakes, but there's no way they really reap back (quantifiably) the cost of attending. They just go because their competitors go. As that continued and the dominoes started falling, it started to look a little shaky. Then a lot of hospitals started pulling back. Then Trump announced he was coming on Monday to open the show, and people started melting the hell down. Watching one of the HIT blogs, I was shocked to see well educated people spouting typical TDS nonsense. It was all over at that point. All last week the cancelations continued to roll in. Finally, the conference folks rolled up the carpet and called it a day. Orlando will be a ghost town next week if anyone is interested. Bet you can get a room for a song.  | |||
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| Never miss an opportunity to be Batman!  |
Another great mind heard from: Chelsea Clinton tweeted the Trump has left the US dangerously under prepared to face a public health crisis like the corona virus outbreak. Someone tweeted back to her: “More people have died testifying against your Mom”. | |||
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Colorado reported its first presumptive case. 2 total. Arrived by plane to Denver to ski in summit county after a trip in Italy. Rental car used. Fiance drove symptomatic 30 year old to denver hospital. Hard to believe no one else on the flight was infected. Interestingly, the flu you were exposed to first as a child (and survived obviously) is the virus you will have the most immunity to throughout life. I'm pretty well set for H2N2 and H3N2. I take my chances with H1N1. | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
HIMSS20? I saw just now it’s officially cancelled. My FIL was supposed to attend, he works with Microsoft and once all the big players like that started bailing, it was only a matter of time before the thing was called off. I can’t even begin to imagine what all the people who run all the hotels and restaurants and other facilities there are going through right now, probably just reeling in shock and realizing they may be screwed in the short term at the very least. | |||
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^^^^^^^^^^^^ It is just a bump in the road. It is not like Disney or the city of Orlando is going into bankruptcy. Things always bounce back. It would be nice if the media would be quarantined as they have spread panic and made things much worse. | |||
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