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Sounds like some of of you are finding all the bad news irritating. You need to turn it off and do something else like work on your tractor. :thumbsup:

Chris
 
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I put the plows away for the summer and put the batteries in the garden tractors. Hauled brush to the pile on the trailer and mowed the wife's tall grass patch for the spring. Then I moved all the mowers to the other shed. It was nice.......it reminds me of better times when things were "normal".
 
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Thanks for the insight, still trying to work with DOS,,,

Still, 1507 + posts in 8 days is pretty strong!
 
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Agree. Sad that money means more than the message. I think that might have been mentioned in the New Testament...:D
To pull the topic away from theology - we had already paid in advance for a wedding reception for a family member to take place last Saturday. 5 hours sole use of a nice restaurant for 110 guests. DJ, cake to cut & serve, the floor cleared for dancing, the whole thing. A once in a lifetime expense.

Then our guests from overseas and across the country started cancelling. They didn't want to get on an airplane. Some of them elderly, vulnerable. Some from areas with social isolation already recommended. And our reception was almost within view of the Grand Princess cruise ship. :eek:

We inquired what would happen if we reduced the size, cancelled, or delayed the date. They replied with the part of the contract that says no refunds. So we decided to not tell them that guests were cancelling because we thought gatherings of over 100 people might soon be shut down in the SF Bay Area. Finally - a day before the site would have to do their grocery shopping etc - the Bay Area county governments issued the shelter-in-place order.

At that point the event site cancelled on us. The said a full refund will be mailed within a month. I hope they're still solvent by then and we don't end up as bankruptcy creditors. We promised (any) proceeds to the newlyweds for a more elaborate delayed honeymoon.
 
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I predict things will restock for the next few days, then get hit hard again after 1 April (when EBT cards get reloaded).

Aaron Z

Thank you... I hadn't thought of that....agn tnx.
 
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I predict things will restock for the next few days, then get hit hard again after 1 April (when EBT cards get reloaded).

Aaron Z
I wish I had saved a link: A post elsewhere from a trucker, with a photo out his windshield as he comes down a snow-covered logging road in the woods.

He says he's rushing those logs to the paper mill that makes TP, as fast as he can. "Help is on the way!"
 
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I wish I had saved a link: A post elsewhere from a trucker, with a photo out his windshield as he comes down a snow-covered logging road in the woods.

He says he's rushing those logs to the paper mill that makes TP, as fast as he can. "Help is on the way!"

How many pounds of wood does it take to make 1 pound of TP?
 
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National Coalition for the Homeless

"The vast majority is single, most come from poor, disadvantaged communities, 45 percent suffer from mental illness, and half have substance abuse problems."

That is higher than I expected as well.
It's been my experience that a number of people with mental illness try to self medicate. That leads to drug problems, which exasperate their mental issues. You'll see a large number show up in correction facilities. That environment, makes their mental issue worse.
 
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