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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:

Only 1,871 days remaining on the Impeachment Clock.

How exciting. 002780



Now that the Democraps blew their wad on the Fake Impeachment, maybe they will try for a real Impeachment.





Well, at least we know what the future holds for Corona Collusion Impeachapaooza 2020.

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Question, what do you guys think?

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Glad to hear that Kiki. It's dry in my neck of the woods for a spell.

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It looks like most of the rain tracked Washington and north. You really DID get our rain this year! No wonder it seemed extra soggy where you are.

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Originally posted by Brenda:

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I'd like a drought over here please. Could you send some of that West Coast weather my way when you get a chance?

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Dry weather just got here and I want it to stay for a while.

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Good luck.

I've had 5 years straight with heavy to record rainfall in my area.

I'd like my poor house to get a break from it until I know I've done all the work outside I need to do.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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”Utah is earthquake country,” he said, noting that fault lines crisscross throughout the Salt Lake Valley and along the Wasatch Front. Each year, the state sees hundreds of miniquakes.

https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/3/18/21181930/utah-earthquake-prepar
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
I was running errands today, and everybody seems to be doing their best to comply with best practices, but they're all doing something different!

At AAA where I went to re-up my car registration, they were asking people at the door if they were healthy before they let you in. And the stanchions were set WAY back from the counter, but there was no 'social distancing' for people in line. But then there were hardly any lines.

Then I went shopping at Whole Foods. It's kind of a long drive, so I go maybe every 6 to 8 weeks and stock up on things I can't get anywhere else. There was someone standing at the door asking if you were healthy but people were wandering in anyway. Despite that, it was relatively empty. And BOY! were there a lot of empty shelves! But I was going for boneless pork shoulder, and they had stacks of it, so they let me buy 10lbs. And they DID tell me they have special early senior hours in the AM when everything is freshly stocked, so I'll probably go back in a week or two once I get all the pork and bean stew cooked up and frozen, and get a bunch of brisket for beef and bean stew, and beef, potato, and green chili stew.

Then I went to Trader Joe's. They had someone spritzing everybody's hands with sanitizer, and another person wiping the cart handles with sanitizing wipes before you went in. And they made sure of it! No spritz, no cart-handle wipe, no entry!! OTOH the spritz was really volatile and the handle wipe one perfunctory swipe. So while I appreciate their intentions and diligence, I'm not sure it does much good. Anyway, the store was empty as well, along with a crap-ton of empty shelves. But no social distancing in lines, and none between the cashier and patron. (They also had someone spritzing hands on the way out.) Anyway it's less than a mile drive so I have no issue with going back later for the rest of what I need from there.

All told, interesting times.

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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
I hate mine too. I know how that feels.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
lol... yeah. My buddy was telling me he was watching some MMA fights the other night and it was one of the strangest things he'd ever seen. With nobody cheering in the audience you heard every noise, every grunt, every punch and slam like you were right in the room with them.



How you doing up there, BTW Brenda? You got everything you need?


I know it's driving my little brother a bit nuts right now that his church shuttered their doors and ended all the social gatherings they did. After his sobriety, the church has become an important part of his life.

I told him that if he ever needs to talk to somebody just to give me a call.


I assume that your Mah Jong games and other social gatherings that you can't do right now are just as important to you. Just remember this isn't going to last forever and we'll all get back to normal soon.

It might not feel like it quite yet, but spring is here.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Originally posted by Brenda:
It was strange but they put on a fair show for the people watching at home. So, it wasn't too bad as I said. You could hear the grunting and stuff. And of course you had the "Heel" or "bad guy" wrestlers and the "baby faces" or "good guy" wrestlers in separate groups but they were still snipping at each other and of course when someone was thrown out of the ring and landed by them, there was the usual shouting and jeering. Antagonizing everyone all part of the show.

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I'm not a fan of real fighting (MMA/Boxing) or fake fighting (WWE and is WCW even still a thing anymore even???), but I really have to check on youtube to see if some of this footage is up. I have a pretty good imagination, but I don't know if it's doing the actual situation justice. This sounds bonkers.

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I think I'm in pretty good shape supply wise and if I do go out. I'm not out more than an hour and back. I keep my distance from people, mind I always do when I am out walking.

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That's good. I am, and I'm not at the same time. I've always had a reasonable supply of stuff on hand. But when it comes to food I'm not going to change up my eating habits and/or stock up on a bunch of canned goods that I'm never going to eat. Most of the stuff I buy is fresh or frozen and doesn't have a long shelf life, so I can't stock up on any of it if I don't want it to go bad. I've got enough food in here to last maybe a month, with another few months of rice if things ever really got bad (which I don't think is going to happen at all). 1 of the 2 gallons of milk I bought the other day is already gone, so I'll have to go back then.

I'm actually interested in seeing what the places look like when I do. I was actually really surprised how much stock of nearly everything the other store had when I got the milk, despite the lines being over an hour long to check out.

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I can sympathize with your brother. If I didn't have this thing or internet, don't know what I would do. Hoping to hear from friends in Alberta next week.

My games do and even my work. My work was cancelled first as my boss who is a doctor was in contact with someone the day after I worked that had the virus. She did the right thing and had a test done then called me and asked me how I was. I'm fine just dealing with my allergies.

Got one game of mah jong in on Monday then got a call in the evening that the senior centre I got to was closed through all of this. The lady who runs the mah jong group was thinking about cancelling it anyways as a precaution.

I know that just reminds me of some odd books I've read over the years like through high school.

Sundays my one day at least that I don't go anywhere. Couple of things to do tomorrow but after that we shall see.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
It was strange but they put on a fair show for the people watching at home. So, it wasn't too bad as I said. You could hear the grunting and stuff. And of course you had the "Heel" or "bad guy" wrestlers and the "baby faces" or "good guy" wrestlers in separate groups but they were still snipping at each other and of course when someone was thrown out of the ring and landed by them, there was the usual shouting and jeering. Antagonizing everyone all part of the show.

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I'm not a fan of real fighting (MMA/Boxing) or fake fighting (WWE and is WCW even still a thing anymore even???), but I really have to check on youtube to see if some of this footage is up. I have a pretty good imagination, but I don't know if it's doing the actual situation justice. This sounds bonkers. [/b quote]

WWE is still around but WCW was bought up by the WWE a good number of years ago and was folded in to them. What I was watching is a new company on the block started by Cody Rhodes son of the late Dusty Rhodes and it called AEW.I get what you are saying Jack. But the company has a contract with the cable network to fill a 2 hour block of time. If they don't then AEW will be in breach of its contract and so on and so on and so on.

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I think I'm in pretty good shape supply wise and if I do go out. I'm not out more than an hour and back. I keep my distance from people, mind I always do when I am out walking.

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That's good. I am, and I'm not at the same time. I've always had a reasonable supply of stuff on hand. But when it comes to food I'm not going to change up my eating habits and/or stock up on a bunch of canned goods that I'm never going to eat. Most of the stuff I buy is fresh or frozen and doesn't have a long shelf life, so I can't stock up on any of it if I don't want it to go bad. I've got enough food in here to last maybe a month, with another few months of rice if things ever really got bad (which I don't think is going to happen at all). 1 of the 2 gallons of milk I bought the other day is already gone, so I'll have to go back then.[/b quote]

I'm sort of the same way. Keep enough on hand for a few days. I eat very little canned goods just because of the salt and sugar levels that used to be in them. Don't know about now. My problem is that I have a blood sugar problem which means that I must always have something around to be able to nibble on. Low blood sugar is my problem which is the other end of the scale from a diabetic.

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I'm actually interested in seeing what the places look like when I do. I was actually really surprised how much stock of nearly everything the other store had when I got the milk, despite the lines being over an hour long to check out.[/b quote]

I'm guilty of that up here. Have to take a look around and see what is and isn't available. Local Walmart that I deal at had paper towels in for the first time in over a week. Lots of eggs there and at another grocery story that I deal with. Too bad I can't eat them. I am allergic to them. But I got the cous cous and pasta and frozen veg that I wanted. I dropped almost an entire container of cous cous last night on the kitchen floor. Vacuumed up what I could get at but the good thing was that I still had enough for my supper.

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I can sympathize with your brother. If I didn't have this thing or internet, don't know what I would do. Hoping to hear from friends in Alberta next week.

My games do and even my work. My work was cancelled first as my boss who is a doctor was in contact with someone the day after I worked that had the virus. She did the right thing and had a test done then called me and asked me how I was. I'm fine just dealing with my allergies.

Got one game of mah jong in on Monday then got a call in the evening that the senior centre I got to was closed through all of this. The lady who runs the mah jong group was thinking about cancelling it anyways as a precaution.

I know that just reminds me of some odd books I've read over the years like through high school.

Sundays my one day at least that I don't go anywhere. Couple of things to do tomorrow but after that we shall see.

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[/b quote]We really are quite lucky that something like this happened at the time it did, with all the cheap entertainment on the internet that makes it easier to stay inside.

To be honest, even though I chose to do it myself nearly all the time before this went on, I'm really starting to feel a bit clostrophobic, now that everybody else is being ordered to live like I already did.

So the timing as far as eras is excellent. As far as the time of year around here? Not so much...


It snowed a few inches yesterday here, and I woke up this morning to white covering everything. Gross.

I just want to get outside and start working out there again and keep my mind off of this stuff.



Sounds like you're okay up there. Good to hear.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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True enough.

I know what you mean about claustrophobic. That is why I go out at least once a day for an hour. Just to get some air and do something even if it is to pay a bill like today.

No snow here but it had been raining but not now.

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I'm in a bit of a different situation here: family keeps me alternately busy, irritated, and amused. The trick will be to get thru this without killing each other.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

BRENDA, you sound as if overall you fared this past winter a lot better than when you were living in that dank, dark room. Good for you! Do you have a hobby, or could you develop one? Work and mahjong played an important part of your life, and this lockdown may last for over a month.

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SIGNY: BRENDA, you sound as if overall you fared this past winter a lot better than when you were living in that dank, dark room. Good for you! Do you have a hobby, or could you develop one? Work and mahjong played an important part of your life, and this lockdown may last for over a month.

BRENDA: I have. I've got my writing and I am making a start on going through family photos. Got another frame that I want to do up and hang. I'll be alright. Friend here in BC checked in with on the phone for a bit. So that was good.

Might make me get on the phone to the one cousin I am in contact with in Alberta. She's in one of the high risk age groups being in her early 70s with underlying health issues. Nothing dramatic but arthritis runs in my family bad on my dad's side.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I'd say my experience shopping today was an eye-opener, but I'd be lying.

But it would be an eye-opener for people who have been panicking.


I was able to buy at least one of every single thing I normally would buy when I made my normal trips there. Every single one. Including milk, which had been out of stock even first thing in the morning a week ago. Also, coffee of every variety was stocked on the shelf when I lucked out on the last container of it last week when I went.

5:00PM and they even had some paper towels, toilet paper and soap left on the shelves. They weren't full, but they weren't empty either.

It seems the hoarders have gotten their fill, and hopefully the opportunists get a real good buggering over this and get stuck with a bunch of inventory they have to spend the next 20 years using themselves when nobody is willing to pay their black market prices because stores are quickly going back to their normal levels of goods.

The end of the world is not coming. Once the panic dies down, life will eventually return to what we used to know. Maybe some things are changed a bit, but it will more or less be like it used to be and at least half the dummies will forget it even happened a few months later.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
People's pantries and fridges are full, and except for the fact that more people are cooking at home so there will be an overall increase in demand, I'm assuming that we will reach steady-state soon. I'm assuming the shelves will once again be restocked, if not by this Wednesday then by next.

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SIGNY: BRENDA, you sound as if overall you fared this past winter a lot better than when you were living in that dank, dark room. Good for you! Do you have a hobby, or could you develop one? Work and mahjong played an important part of your life, and this lockdown may last for over a month.

BRENDA: I have. I've got my writing and I am making a start on going through family photos. Got another frame that I want to do up and hang. I'll be alright. Friend here in BC checked in with on the phone for a bit. So that was good.

Might make me get on the phone to the one cousin I am in contact with in Alberta. She's in one of the high risk age groups being in her early 70s with underlying health issues. Nothing dramatic but arthritis runs in my family bad on my dad's side.

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Oh that's right, silly me! I forgot about your writing! That's a GREAT hobby to have! And family photos ... wow, for me they bring up a lot of memories.

Glad you're checking up on your relatives. I was just in touch with one of my sisters ... she lives in a much lower-risk area than I do, and yet it seems that her grocery stores (for example) are taking this MUCH more seriously than where I live, enforcing the 6 ft distance, even in the checkout line, and her county health dept is going to set up drive-thru testing today, if I got that right. LA County is such a fustercluck, they don't know if they're housing the homeless or providing for illegal immigrants or protecting health or fostering political correctness. Competing goals, lack of clarity. Oy.

Well, anyway, I think we should just keep tabs on each other too.

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Well, the plumbers got the sink to drain but I can't use it as I tried to run a little water and it just wanted to fill up again. So the sink maybe empty but not usable.

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So it's now draining - very slowly?

If I understand it right, it wasn't draining, they got it to drain normally and emptied it, but now it's only barely draining, again?

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Well, the plumbers got the sink to drain but I can't use it as I tried to run a little water and it just wanted to fill up again. So the sink maybe empty but not usable.

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Do you know what they tried?

They probably just need to rod it out.

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BRENDA: Ran into my old landlady today, she said there is some mail for me at the house. Have to go and pick it up then make sure to get a change of address to the place.

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BRENDA: Have no idea. I found it draining after I got home today from my walk. All I thought at the time is finally with relief.

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BRENDA: Ran into my old landlady today, she said there is some mail for me at the house. Have to go and pick it up then make sure to get a change of address to the place.

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I would have been tempted to give her some of my opinions about her. I wouldn't, of course, but I sure would have been tempted!

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