Hey, preaching to the choir. I thought our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze was the real deal until the Divine Miss J walked right through that door and right into my ass—which is where my heart is…physiologically. I could show you an x-ray.

Lorne ,'Time Bomb'


Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


EpicTangent - Mar 12, 2020 10:33:29 am PDT #17487 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Currently closely watching to see whether St. Patrick's Day Parade & Irish Festival will be cancelled on Saturday, and House of Ireland Program on Sunday. I wouldn't miss the parade (I never get there that early anyway), but I'd be bummed if they cancel Irish Faire, and I'm supposed to be performing at the HoI Program (plus seeing friends I haven't seen in an annoyingly long time).


Steph L. - Mar 12, 2020 10:33:59 am PDT #17488 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Opening Day for Baseball has been cancelled and the first two weeks of the season.

Man, that hurts. I mean, we have to flatten the curve, whatever it takes. But that still hurts.


Laura - Mar 12, 2020 10:34:33 am PDT #17489 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

States and cities are having to make the decisions without a lot of guidance from the federal level. Ignoring the orange occupant and listening to the Epidemiologists would lead one to believe that seriously hunkering down and eliminating elective gatherings is a pretty good idea. So I won't cry about missing my parade, much.


msbelle - Mar 12, 2020 10:36:06 am PDT #17490 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

My parents new home, a retirement community is on lockdown. Meals being delivered door to door.

My work is becoming crazy. Dept of aging centers closing. Recs and parks closing. We have no official policy out to us about who is getting paid and when and how.

We are getting remote access requests in fast and furious for our department, I can only imagine e how slammed IT is.


Laura - Mar 12, 2020 10:36:14 am PDT #17491 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

My son's FIL has a BMX competition on Saturday that we were planning to attend. I'll have to check and see if it is still on.


EpicTangent - Mar 12, 2020 10:39:07 am PDT #17492 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

We are getting remote access requests in fast and furious for our department, I can only imagine e how slammed IT is.

At our dept meeting this morning, they checked to see who could do their job remotely, and whether we have the equipment. So, after 15 years here, I may finally get a laptop. Though I'm unclear where IT is supposed to producing all these laptops from.


msbelle - Mar 12, 2020 10:45:26 am PDT #17493 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I learned that we can remote in on our personal computers, so that is good. I am sure it is not as secure though. As of now, we are still open and I do not have access to any programs anyway.


DavidS - Mar 12, 2020 10:54:13 am PDT #17494 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

They have four new cases in San Francisco today and three are by "community spread." Meaning, they haven't located the source of the infection. So...untreated, undiagnosed people are already spreading it in SF.


flea - Mar 12, 2020 11:08:14 am PDT #17495 of 30019
information libertarian

Guess how happy my son is about three weeks of spring break!

Guess how worried I am about all the extra kids and teens who will be at the library...


-t - Mar 12, 2020 11:10:04 am PDT #17496 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

We are told they are doing more widespread testing Solano county, so presumably we'll have additional confirmed cases and hopefully we'll see stricter measures. It all seems pretty haphazard and casual to me so far.