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Once the virus is out, its out functionally forever. People thought that diseases like polio and small pox had been eradicated through vaccines, but the no-vax movement has illustrated that they're still around. The vast majority of people have immunity to it, but that doesnt mean the virus is gone. C19 will be no different.

My wife and boys got our garden planted over the last few days. Just the usual beans, cukes, squash, maters, etc. I spent last night installing chicken wire to (hopefully) keep the rabbits from eating everything. She had a few extra seedlings that we'll try in pots this year. And get this.... my boys think running the little 2-stroke tiller is fun. I'll milk that as long as I can.

No, they just don't care whether it's easy or not.

It can be a pain to get at stuff on the backside of any transverse V6. One thing that's universal among auto makers is a total disregard for ease of service. They only care how fast they can put it together the first time.

I wonder why the POTUS has to say that at all. Why don't the theater commanders have the authority?

What they said. Replacing them is easy, it's getting to them that can be hard.

I think you mean the hydrostatic shock. That's fairly unlikely as the chances of a bullet hitting a flat surface on a critter squarely while spinning at 250k rpm aren't great.

I think I overheard a buyer who sits near me order 8000 gallons of Jet-A for $0.89/gal the other day. It was $1.11/gal a couple weeks ago.

I can't recall a single instance of "He seems like a great guy, I'll vote for him." It's always been "well, this one's better than nothing."

We watched it last night too.

Your rug has a nose.

I'll bring this thread back to life... In the midst of this madness, we brought this guy home Easter weekend. A friend of my wife's dogs unexpectedly had 13 puppies and it was time for our boys to have another dog. He's a black lab, Black Russian terrier mix, we named him Shadow. He leads a hard life around here.... Potty training is still very much a work in process at this point, some apparent tummy issues aren't helping. Otherwise he's very good natured and is learning the basics reasonably well. Our cat (the turd) is unconvinced, which suits me fine.

Marketing. They need a way to distinguish their product in a saturated market.

Looks like we should be there in a couple hours.

There's bunches of great blues players now, they're just not on the radio.

Yep. Mom in Chattanooga already has several. We put feeders out last weekend and I saw our first hummer yesterday.

Have friends or neighbors get quotes from existing services. Compare them to what you'd charge for the same work.

Say hello to my little friend...

It was. The plane was struck by lightning shortly after takeoff. The strike fried some of the electrical systems that make flying easier, but the plane was flyable. The pilot tried to land in high winds, while too heavy*, with reduced flight control. It hit the runway so hard it broke the landing gear and punctured the fuel tanks, which caused the fire. * Yes, you can take off in an airplane that's too heavy to land. Fuel can be up to 50% of the total weight.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_1492 A very unfortunate case of get-there-itis.

My Dad had a built-in 8kW propane generator when he built his house. He did it right with a transfer switch and separate breaker box for isolating various circuits, the whole bit. Except he never used it and found it useless 10 years later when the power finally went out for 3-4 days. I agree completely that one of the chain-able 2kW units is the best option. The 3.5kW versions aren't overly large.

We just opened a bottle of Bushmill's single malt. Friendly price and it's pretty darn good. Smooth, mild taste.

Exactly. People freak out about job loses due to business failures, but it happens every day. If there's opportunity for a profitable business, smart people will make it happen. Dumb people need to learn hard lessons or find something else to do.

I mostly agree. Most lessons learned best are learned hard. Businesses that couldn't last a couple weeks of shutdown should be allowed to fail, as that's just bad management. Businesses strong enough to weather the storm should be rewarded for better planning. But thats not what all these leaders learned in business school. They're taught that it's good to run it like a government, always in some level of debt. Cash should be put to work, not held in reserve for hard times. You just "adjust your workforce" when bad times come, never mind the impact to your minions. But no one could have foreseen this length of shutdown. So how do you choose who gets a bailout and who doesn't? That's never going to end well, so the only solution is everyone gets a handout.

Another benefit of having talked my wife into learning how to cut our hair a few years ago. It was initially motivated purely by cost as those $50 trips to the barber add up fast. But now lots of my coworkers are looking pretty shaggy. So far the bosses haven't fussed about guys wearing ball caps. We'll see how long that lasts.