Oh JZ, so much love to you and health~ma to your dad. I'm glad they have a good prognosis at this point.
Trudy, I hope everyone is OK and you all recover quickly.
Some people juggle geese!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Maria - Mar 24, 2020 11:06:48 am PDT #18601 of 30019
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Trudy Booth - Mar 24, 2020 11:18:42 am PDT #18602 of 30019
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Hang in there, JZ.
We're all hoping it's allergies/some other bug. A test would be nice...
DXMachina - Mar 24, 2020 11:24:08 am PDT #18603 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
This could end up like some kind of right wing religious darwinism or something
Except the folks getting sick will be the people who need a job, not the CEOs.
Emily - Mar 24, 2020 11:36:31 am PDT #18604 of 30019
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
They just learned about "flattening the curve" and figured they'd get sick early while the hospitals can still take them. You know, like in Matthew 10:30 (Abridged): "But many that are first shall [...] be first."
Laura - Mar 24, 2020 11:37:45 am PDT #18605 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Diabolical!
Dana - Mar 24, 2020 11:40:07 am PDT #18606 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Even better: Trump says he wants to reopen the country by Easter so all of the churches can be packed.
askye - Mar 24, 2020 11:44:07 am PDT #18607 of 30019
Thrive to spite them
I was talking to Matthew's mom about something she had seen in the news and then she said - "if you go back to work next week you'll be exposing yourself to this and we should treat you like you are infected" and I told her that's true. If I go back to work I should take a shower as soon as I get in, wash my clothes immediately, not sharea bed with matthew, not prepare food, and try to keep to myself as much as possible.
I don't think that's the answer she was looking for.
I really really don't want to go back to work on Tuesday but McMasters has no intention of issuing a shelter in place order so we may go back. Although other states the store is in are under shelter in place orders so I don't know how that will effect things.
-t - Mar 24, 2020 11:48:48 am PDT #18608 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
A lot of retailers are keeping their stores closed through May from what I'm hearing on the supplier side, askye. Hopefully Belk will be one of them. Unfortunately they aren't one of mine so I don't have any actual knowledge. But fingers crossed!
Toddson - Mar 24, 2020 11:55:18 am PDT #18609 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I'm tempted to suggest to askye that she offer to pitch a tent in the yard ... that way she couldn't possibly infect the mom. No contact ... no food preparation or anything else inside. But I'm kind of a bitch so ....
askye - Mar 24, 2020 12:19:18 pm PDT #18610 of 30019
Thrive to spite them
-t Thanks for that. I don't know what is going to happen. I hope that ifthey decide to be closed longer they will pay us even on reduced hours it's better than nothing.
Honestly if I could get a bed in the computer room I could deal with staying in here for most of the time.
I have a job for right now and some pay and I'm grateful. It's just this is soo.... I don't do well with not having any idea of what will happen or not being able to think too far in the future.
I did however cull through some books and clothes I am ready to get rid of so that made me feel a little better.