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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #925 on: March 15, 2020, 03:51:45 PM »
Had a few things I needed so I braved the grocery stores.

First one had everything I needed except eggs, busy but fast lines.

Second store same story except no line, walked right to an open register with no customers.


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« Reply #926 on: March 15, 2020, 03:53:55 PM »
Well OH Governor is ordering all restaurants and bars to close after 9:00 p.m. tonight.  They can remain open for carry out.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #927 on: March 15, 2020, 05:39:35 PM »
Just saw that.  My sister doesn't cook.  She and her husband make plenty of money and just eat out constantly, so I can't wait to hear the wailing.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #928 on: March 15, 2020, 05:43:05 PM »
NYC just closed public schools.

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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #929 on: March 15, 2020, 05:48:09 PM »
Feds just dropped the interest rate to zero. Seems like the majority of coronavirus response is free stuff and bailouts.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/fed-coronavirus-interest-rates-emergency-action
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #930 on: March 15, 2020, 05:48:23 PM »
Well OH Governor is ordering all restaurants and bars to close after 9:00 p.m. tonight.  They can remain open for carry out.

Bars do carry out?  Perfect.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #931 on: March 15, 2020, 05:52:42 PM »
Feds just dropped the interest rate to zero. Seems like the majority of coronavirus response is free stuff and bailouts.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/fed-coronavirus-interest-rates-emergency-action

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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #932 on: March 15, 2020, 06:39:16 PM »
They just closed my daughters school in the middle of nowhere for two days. What difference is two days going to make in the middle of nowhere?
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #933 on: March 15, 2020, 06:48:16 PM »
My sister doesn't cook.  She and her husband make plenty of money and just eat out constantly, so I can't wait to hear the wailing.
I have a friend like this, he won't even make mac & cheese from a box. Can't say I have much pity for these people.
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« Reply #934 on: March 15, 2020, 06:54:13 PM »
Early futures markets are not impressed with Fed moves...

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« Reply #935 on: March 15, 2020, 07:01:36 PM »
Early futures markets are not impressed with Fed moves...
And they're pretty much out of ammo?
Wonderful.
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« Reply #936 on: March 15, 2020, 07:27:10 PM »
As of now I am officially beyond tired of this *expletive deleted*it
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #937 on: March 15, 2020, 07:31:12 PM »
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #939 on: March 15, 2020, 07:48:22 PM »
Okay, that made my day
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #940 on: March 15, 2020, 07:50:19 PM »
For those without a facebook login

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx2rW78uuw4
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« Reply #941 on: March 15, 2020, 07:57:42 PM »
As of now I am officially beyond tired of this *expletive deleted*it

And I am officially beyond tired of the media hype and hysteria that has driven us to this point.  This damn virus is not now, and will not ever, surpass a normal flu season in its impact on the country with regard to total infected and deaths.
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« Reply #942 on: March 15, 2020, 07:59:37 PM »
I'm dead...https://www.facebook.com/daniel.klaver.39/videos/10221194525762696/   :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #943 on: March 15, 2020, 09:11:05 PM »
I'm going to swing into the grocery across from work tomorrow morning. Hopefully they'll have ground turkey. I have a 3 pound tube of chili grind turkey in the freezer, and a 1 pound regular grind, but I'd prefer not to dig those out unless I have to.
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« Reply #944 on: March 15, 2020, 09:28:08 PM »
I have a friend like this, he won't even make mac & cheese from a box. Can't say I have much pity for these people.

She's a Bernie bro,  and we can't stand each other.  I'm laughing my ass off.  For comparison of the family,  we were raised upper middle class, without any real wants.  She ended up the aggrieved social justice warrior that went Peace Corps and I went to the Marine Corps and family business. 

I hope she *expletive deleted*ing starves,  it will amuse me.  She was raised better than that.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #945 on: March 15, 2020, 09:35:13 PM »
Feds just dropped the interest rate to zero. Seems like the majority of coronavirus response is free stuff and bailouts.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/fed-coronavirus-interest-rates-emergency-action

Student loan interest has been dropped to 0% until further notice too.

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« Reply #946 on: March 15, 2020, 09:56:22 PM »
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Coronavirus 'emergency'? Oregon police ask people to stop calling 911 because they ran out of toilet paper
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #947 on: March 15, 2020, 10:07:56 PM »
Governor of Iowa has recommended that schools should close for 4 weeks.
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« Reply #948 on: March 15, 2020, 10:25:58 PM »
Well, that zero interest rate doesn't look to be doing what they want. Dow is already poised to drop like a rock tomorrow because of the announcement.

In other news, my nephew in law just texted me. His family owns a couple of Mexican grocery stores in LA, and they have closed both stores because they completely ran out of food today and they aren't getting restocked by their suppliers. That might just be a problem for mom and pop stores, and the Albertsons and the like will still have their supply chains, but it appears shortages without restock are starting.

Edit: I just texted him to watch his six, and he texted back that he already is because people are now being robbed for groceries when they leave the stores there.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #949 on: March 15, 2020, 10:32:35 PM »
The problem is the grocery stores and warehouses both depend on JIT practices.  Now that the grocery stores are hard hit and have used extra deliveries from the warehouses are the warehouses also running out??? And what will refill them? There is also only so much truck capacity also
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