pepperbird Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 hour ago, serial muse said: ammo for BB guns??? it IS the end times after all maybe they are for pea shooters?😄 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sothereiwas Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, pepperbird said: maybe they are for pea shooters?😄 I sort of accidentally (?) ended up with the sort of firearms and ammo collection that would be called an enormous arms cache by the news if they knew about 10% of it, but I'd have a pea shooter added, sure why not Link to post Share on other sites
pepperbird Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Fletch Lives said: I scream you scream we all scream for ice cream! it's all part of my master plan. step one: create virus step two: make sure virus spreads step three- order ice cream maker step four- wait for stores to get depleted step five- corner the ice cream market! I'll take over the world! In all seriousness, I know this disease can be fatal, but I really believe people can tackle the problem if they are calm and act rationally. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
carhill Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 On a more feline and lighter note: https://i.imgur.com/dQrSF6F.jpg 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RecentChange Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 For those freaked out that they are going to get the coronavirus - keep in mind stress, and lack of sleep is about the worse thing you can possibly do to your immune system. Few things knock it down worse than stress or lack of sleep. So chill the F' out, read a book, get some rest and quit WORRYING about it. Worrying about it literally does no good, and is harmful to your health. As for all of these shut downs, it's just good business practice. No one wants the headlines that there was an outbreak at their company, or conference etc. So easy for people to work remotely now, it's just makes sense to mitigate the risk. It's also worth pointing out that populations are denser than ever before. There are a ton of freaking people on this planet, so we will hear about this stuff more often. In 1950, there were 2.5 billion people on this spinning marble. Today there are 7.7 billion. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Ruby Slippers Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 19 hours ago, RecentChange said: I almost forget that people buy bottled water to use on a daily basis - our office building for example is green certified, which means no plastic bottles water due to how wasteful they are. I have a good water filter installed at home, that is what we use for our drinking and cooking. I'm going to research good water filters and recommend that he get one for his place. I brought it up before but we both had a lot going on. I absolutely agree that all the plastic bottles are wasteful and problematic. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Redhead14 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 On 1/24/2020 at 11:25 PM, major_merrick said: I find it interesting that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation predicted this thing and funded it. And some company owns the intellectual property rights to the virus. And then there's the fact that Wuhan is home to a high-level virus research lab. I don't know what to think of all of this, but I suspect this is some kind of a test that has been either intentionally or unintentionally released on the public. This did NOT happen naturally. I'm watching it carefully, although I doubt this thing will be deadly to most people. The usual folks will bite it - the weak, disabled, elderly, and little kids. The rest of us are likely to be OK even if we get it. As for me and my house, the kids are staying home now PERIOD until this is over, and so am I. Taking some extra vitamin D and we've got the elderberry tincture etc... on hand. Hopefully my husband and Wife #4 don't bring it home to the rest of us. If things go sideways they've got some vacation time to burn, and can stay home from work until it cools off. For now, those two get tons of handwashing, tons of supplements, healthy diet, and get the joy of disinfecting shoes when entering the house and showering immediately. Yeah, I know I'm a bit extreme. But I'm pregnant, and that's an excuse for extra caution, right? Bill and Melinda didn't fund or predict "this thing". On February 5, 2020 they gave $100 million dollars to put toward finding ways to detect, find vaccines, treat and prevent further contamination. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
carhill Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Perhaps they're referring to event 201, a generalized response event.... http://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/ Link to post Share on other sites
Redhead14 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 minute ago, carhill said: Perhaps they're referring to event 201, a generalized response event.... http://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/ Yep. OK. That doesn't mean predicted it or funded it. That sounds like they had some involvement in creating the virus or has some responsibility for all this. They saw this kind of thing as a possibility and were trying to pre-empt/be ahead of the possibility. I've also thought that a pandemic caused by man's failure of some sort is an inevitability. Whether this is the "big one" or not, panicking is useless and counterproductive. Link to post Share on other sites
RecentChange Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 22 minutes ago, Ruby Slippers said: I'm going to research good water filters and recommend that he get one for his place. I brought it up before but we both had a lot going on. I absolutely agree that all the plastic bottles are wasteful and problematic. We have a 3-stage under the sink filter - has a separate little tap installed at the kitchen sink. Costs a couple hundred bucks and totally worth it. Plastic bottles are mind boggling wasteful (not just the plastic, but the carbon foot print of distributing it etc) and the water in them usually is just filtered city water anyway. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sothereiwas Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 10 minutes ago, RecentChange said: We have a 3-stage under the sink filter - has a separate little tap installed at the kitchen sink. Costs a couple hundred bucks and totally worth it. Plastic bottles are mind boggling wasteful (not just the plastic, but the carbon foot print of distributing it etc) and the water in them usually is just filtered city water anyway. I think most modern fridges have a decent filter - mine has a particulate and AC filter that it gripes about when it's time to change. Link to post Share on other sites
Ruby Slippers Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 I'm aware of that. Though he makes great money, he's working toward early retirement and can be very cheap about staple items (finance guy). It will take at least 5 years to be "in the money" on the water filter investment, given how cheap bottled water is. So it'll take a very persuasive case to get him to make the switch. I'll try! Myself, I'd never buy bottled water unless it was a last resort/emergency situation. Link to post Share on other sites
sothereiwas Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, Ruby Slippers said: I'm aware of that. Though he makes great money, he's working toward early retirement and can be very cheap about staple items (finance guy). It will take at least 5 years to be "in the money" on the water filter investment, given how cheap bottled water is. So it'll take a very persuasive case to get him to make the switch. I'll try! Myself, I'd never buy bottled water unless it was a last resort/emergency situation. I'm 12 miles from the farm I grew up on, where the folks still live. As long as the huge fuel tank lasts, we have water 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RecentChange Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, Ruby Slippers said: I'm aware of that. Though he makes great money, he's working toward early retirement and can be very cheap about staple items (finance guy). It will take at least 5 years to be "in the money" on the water filter investment, given how cheap bottled water is. So it'll take a very persuasive case to get him to make the switch. I'll try! Myself, I'd never buy bottled water unless it was a last resort/emergency situation. Water in the bottles is junk. The plastic it's in often contains BPA which is which leaches into the water. If he is such a "health nut" I really do not understand why he is drinking plastic bottles water from Costco. It's financing a really crappy industry. It's polluting the world and incredibly wasteful. And I am not sure that it would take 5 years to spend $200 on water. Looks like a "value pack" of 40 17oz bottles cost about $4.00 - so a $1 a bottle. If he drinks 2 a day, that's $2 a day - the water filter would be paid for in 100 days. Not to mention you can use the filtered water for coffee, tea, boiling pasta, cooking etc. Doing all of that with single use bottles would be Insanity. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ruby Slippers Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) I don't need a lecture. I don't police his behavior, can only make suggestions. Edited March 5, 2020 by Ruby Slippers 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RecentChange Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 11 minutes ago, Ruby Slippers said: I don't need a lecture. I don't police his behavior, can only make suggestions. Just giving you fodder for your case 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ruby Slippers Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 I was picking up a lecturing tone. I will make the case to him and keep the bug in his ear. He spends $2.50 on a case of water that lasts about a month. We recycle the bottles - which themselves are already recycled - and fill them up with filtered water from the gym when possible, usually multiple times. A $200 filter wouldn't pay for itself until after 80 months = 6.7 years. But I realize there are other reasons to make the switch beyond cost. I'm working on him in many of these "softer" earth- and humanity-friendly ways, making progress. Link to post Share on other sites
Ruby Slippers Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, RecentChange said: So chill the F' out, read a book, get some rest and quit WORRYING about it. Worrying about it literally does no good, and is harmful to your health. I lectured him saying exactly all this, and more Some people are prone to worry. You don't instantly solve that issue overnight. I told him I think he may have mild OCD and he agreed, which is fine and kind of cute because I certainly have my quirks he deals with as well. Edited March 5, 2020 by Ruby Slippers 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Piddy Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) When golfing it's good etiquette to shake hands after the round on the 18th hole. I however have been doing a fist bump after the round for several years. It started with me because we had a guy in our men's golf association that had stomach trouble and at times would get caught short on the course and couldn't make it to the bathroom. This happened to be around the time of the Ebola scare. So as not to single him out and embarrass him I started fist bumping everyone and joked it was the Ebola handshake. It just became habit and now it's the Coronavirus handshake. It's funny, but if I play with golfers who have never played with me, offer me their hand I give them the fist. They catch on pretty quick and that handshake becomes a fist bump. I figure less chance of any germs being transferred in any case.😉 Edited March 5, 2020 by Piddy Link to post Share on other sites
Timshel Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 The pallets of water seem sheeple, wth. Is there an informed source that should have people concerned about water contamination? I feel fairly informed and do not get this. Toilet paper, yes, all day. Who wants to run out of this, ever. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
CautiouslyOptimistic Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, Timshel said: The pallets of water seem sheeple, wth. Is there an informed source that should have people concerned about water contamination? I feel fairly informed and do not get this. Toilet paper, yes, all day. Who wants to run out of this, ever. Ditto. I don't get the water thing either. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
mark clemson Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 hour ago, CautiouslyOptimistic said: Ditto. I don't get the water thing either. Ditto as well. This is a bona fide public health crisis (in areas where it's struck) but it's doesn't appear to be the end of civilization or even close, so doubt the water will be shutting off anytime soon. If you're worried about infection via water, you can always boil, but isn't that what the water treatments are for? Seems like we'd all be getting diseases from all the animals that piss and so forth in it prior to treatment all the time if that was the case. This thing is a cold virus and easily as it apparently can slip under our radar it is also, fortunately, pretty easy to kill. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
carhill Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Welcome to California, coronavirus... https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Choppers-drop-off-coronavirus-test-kits-to-Grand-15108656.php https://www.foxnews.com/health/san-francisco-reports-2-cases-coronavirus 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ruby Slippers Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 It just came to my city. I'm betting my employer won't wait long to go 100% remote for all staff. My boyfriend is at a work event and texted me that everyone's talking about how they'll be 100% remote soon, too. The situation isn't good, but working from home will be a silver lining. Link to post Share on other sites
carhill Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 From EPA, list of disinfectants... https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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