Corona Virus # 3

[dragoneggs]

No more free samples at Costco any more.

mark

Yep, was there today. No toilet paper, no paper towels, and worst of all, no samples! I imagine they will all return once we get past this.

 

[Jstpssng]

I'm still trying to figure out the stocking up on toilet paper. Perhaps they plan to make masks out of it?

 

[ovrszd]

I don't care if someone smokes. It's their life. Just don't make me have to smell/breathe it. I smoked for the first few years of my adulthood. I was 27 when I quit. I quit because I got tired of the hassle. Zippo is out of fluid. Ashes in my eyes riding down the road with the windows down. Driving to town at night to get cigarettes because I had to have one first thing the next morning.

I was driving down the road smoking. Threw it out the window. Took the pack of cigs out of my shirt pocket and threw them on the dash of my truck. It was over. I've not smoked again. That was 42 years ago. Health never entered the debate.

It's a nasty habit that controls a person's life. I pity the people I see standing out on their porch or outside a business smoking in the rain, cold, snow, whatever. I pity them. They have a habit that is sooooooo nasty they won't do it in their homes or in their cars..... What the "H"?????

 

[Big Barn]

my dad died from lung cancer at 62 and 1 month and some days. I remember that because the social security, had just sent his 2nd check, well, we had to send back the 2nd check because he had passed away.

What little I saw of him, he smoked "Kool" brand cigarettes. Oh yeah, he was an alcoholic too.

No tears from me at his death.

I understand the way you feel Kyle. My condolences nonetheless.

My dad also died at the age of 62. Didn’t smoke or drink though. We worked together every day until his death.

 

[ovrszd]

my dad died from lung cancer at 62 and 1 month and some days. I remember that because the social security, had just sent his 2nd check, well, we had to send back the 2nd check because he had passed away.

What little I saw of him, he smoked "Kool" brand cigarettes. Oh yeah, he was an alcoholic too.

No tears from me at his death.

There's a difference in a Father and a Dad. Sounds like all you had was a Father. You never had a Dad. Bummer.

 

[ovrszd]

I understand the way you feel Kyle. My condolences nonetheless.

My dad also died at the age of 62. Didn’t smoke or drink though. We worked together every day until his death.

Kyle, this is the difference between a Father and a Dad.

 

[Molalla1]

Or you can buy a bottle of Vodka, some aloe, and essential oils.

Tito'''s vodka warns consumers that it can'''t be used as hand sanitizer - Business Insider


Then again, maybe not.

Rather drink the vodka . . .

 

[Citydude]

It's a crappy scenario......

I'm still trying to figure out the stocking up on toilet paper. Perhaps they plan to make masks out of it?

 

[Alan W.]

Quite a few of my family has died from lung and other cancers and everyone of them was a heavy smoker or lived with a heavy smoker. They blamed it on the area we live in but the family members that didnt live with cigarettes did way better.
And yes I know some people that smoked all their life and lived to an old age.
But the reality of it all is odds are ya wont.

 

[ovrszd]

If I'm standing around a campfire drinking Beer with the gang and the fire smoke blows my way I move. So why would I voluntarily suck smoke into my lungs?

 

[k0ua]

Quite a few of my family has died from lung and other cancers and everyone of them was a heavy smoker or lived with a heavy smoker. They blamed it on the area we live in but the family members that didnt live with cigarettes did way better.
And yes I know some people that smoked all their life and lived to an old age.
But the reality of it all is odds are ya wont.

That about sums it up. Sure we have all known some old man that died cancer free that smoked all of his life, and some people that have succumbed from cancer fairly young that nevers smoked a day in their life. But the odds are if you smoke for decades your chances of getting cancer, or succumbing to so many other diseases are so much greater.

 

[Citydude]

Quite a few of my family has died from lung and other cancers and everyone of them was a heavy smoker or lived with a heavy smoker. They blamed it on the area we live in but the family members that didnt live with cigarettes did way better.
And yes I know some people that smoked all their life and lived to an old age.
But the reality of it all is odds are ya wont.

My parents smoked like chimneys when I was a kid in an 850 square foot house. I remember the blue haze while watching the old zenith black and white TV. They both succumbed to cancer...

 

[Molalla1]

my dad died from lung cancer at 62 and 1 month and some days. I remember that because the social security, had just sent his 2nd check, well, we had to send back the 2nd check because he had passed away.

What little I saw of him, he smoked "Kool" brand cigarettes. Oh yeah, he was an alcoholic too.

No tears from me at his death.

Is not your fault Kyle . . . ya I remember when I was away for a while, a lot smoked Salem, Kools and the like. . .

 

[ovrszd]

My parents smoked like chimneys when I was a kid in an 850 square foot house. I remember the blue haze while watching the old zenith black and white TV. They both succumbed to cancer...

Once in awhile I'll watch old film clips from TV shows like Johnny Carson or Jackie Gleason or the Dean Martin show. They smoked on stage. It was expected.

 

[ruffdog]

shooterdan's math is correct. flu= .1% Covid = +/-3.4% It is hard on old farts. I hope none of you are old farts. We are fortunate to have good health care here.

Last night on 20/20, they also said it was 3.4% .

 

[MossRoad]

Right Moss but finger to finger . . . I know my wife told me.

I know. If the priests gets it, every body gets it. Typhoid Padre. :laughing:

 

[ovrszd]

Last night on 20/20, they also said it was 3.4% .

Then it's true.

 

[MossRoad]

The night after my father's funeral home viewing, I got dizzy, started throwing up, curled up in the fetal position, my hands cramped closed and my legs locked up. I had tunnel vision and asked my wife to call an ambulance. Spent the night and morning in the hospital getting fluids and couldn't attend my own father's burial. At the church service, they had to get a different priest, because the main priest got violently ill. At the church, my brother-in law keeled over. His wife (my sister) keeled over at the cemetery. Several of my relatives left the funeral home the night before and got violently ill back home in Wisconsin. Another of my sisters keeled over after the burial. One of my cousins was a tough guy from the Navy. He didn't go to the Dr. for 3 days after the funeral. He went into renal failure and lost his kidney function. Had to get a transplant from his sister.

The culprit? Norovirus. Everyone crying, hugging, kissing, shaking hands spread it around. 8-9 of us needed hospitalization. Crap like that spreads fast. So, I have a pretty good first-hand experience with how fast poop can hit the fan.

My in-laws were on a cruise from Washington to Alaska back in the 90's. 1/3 of the entire ship got norovirus. She knew someone at the cruise line that later told here they had to gut the ship of all carpet, curtains, bedding, etc... after that cruise. It was down for months.

 

[bunyip]

Went to get toilet rolls a couple of days ago and felt a bit silly, people had trolleys full, I had one 10 pack, the reason I was buying was because we had almost run out of the last 10 pack, get down to 3 and re stock.
It is a silly situation that I won't be a party to.
As for spreading diseases I remember that we were told in the Air Force that you couldn't catch STD's off the toilet seat........................... unless you were an Officer or a Padre.

 

[k0ua]

Once in awhile I'll watch old film clips from TV shows like Johnny Carson or Jackie Gleason or the Dean Martin show. They smoked on stage. It was expected.

Back in those day's almost everyone smoked. In China, all the males still do!:shocked: They must have missed the surgeons general warning...