Author Topic: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread  (Read 440180 times)

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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #675 on: March 12, 2020, 11:24:31 AM »
OK...

So looks like we have a nice Howler Monkey of Doom chorus here.

Sing us a song, boys.... Sing DOOM! I like that one.  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Gold is lower today than it was in the last week of february. Down 3.6% today, in fact.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #676 on: March 12, 2020, 11:25:31 AM »
OMG! YOU MEAN GOLD PRICES FLUCTUATES TOO!

WHO THE HELL KNEW?

 :rofl: :rofl:


Gold is still nicely up for the quarter, and my guess will remain up for the next quarter, as well.

The movements in the gold market are a bit unusual, but there not, by any stretch of the imagination, unprecedented, nor are they indicative of the end of civilization as the Howler Monkeys know it...
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #677 on: March 12, 2020, 11:26:00 AM »
OMG! YOU MEAN GOLD PRICES FLUCTUATES TOO!

WHO THE HELL KNEW?

 :rofl: :rofl:

yes, just like retirement portfolios...
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #678 on: March 12, 2020, 11:26:23 AM »
OK...

So looks like we have a nice Howler Monkey of Doom chorus here.

Sing us a song, boys.... Sing DOOM! I like that one.  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

We need someone to offset our doom and gloom, Mike.  Might as well be you.   :-*

I hope by this time next year I have enjoyed a big helping of crow for dinner, and we are all celebrating Trump's election to a second term, the House in firm Republican hands, and the Senate with a couple more conservatives in place.  But I am not going to run out right now to lay in some appropriate condiments for boneless breast of crow.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #679 on: March 12, 2020, 11:27:53 AM »
I don't think it's DOOM, I just don't think the timing is good to help Trump in the election.
Things will get back to normal and the markets will recover but not that quickly.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #680 on: March 12, 2020, 11:29:17 AM »
We need someone to offset our doom and gloom, Mike.  Might as well be you.   :-*

I hope by this time next year I have enjoyed a big helping of crow for dinner, and we are all celebrating Trump's election to a second term, the House in firm Republican hands, and the Senate with a couple more conservatives in place.

I don't think Trump is going to lose. Election day is still a long ways off, and there is plenty of time for the country to get through the pandemic and start recovery. Other than him trying to save the markets for a week instead of rallying around the idea of fighting COVID-19, none of the problems we have right now are his fault. I can't even imagine the disaster we would have on our hands if bernie or joe took the reigns right now.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #681 on: March 12, 2020, 11:30:35 AM »
I can't even imagine the disaster we would have on our hands if bernie or joe took the reigns right now.

My guess would be wait too long and then jackboot it up.

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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #682 on: March 12, 2020, 11:30:47 AM »
I don't think it's DOOM, I just don't think the timing is good to help Trump in the election.
Things will get back to normal and the markets will recover but not that quickly.
I am thinking along those lines as well.  I think whatever will happen with this virus is going to happen this Spring.  This election is still a ways away.  We haven't even seen the Bernie Army in action yet.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #683 on: March 12, 2020, 11:31:03 AM »
We're 8 months from the election.

In a presidential election cycle that might as well be 8,774 PZA*

If this were happening 4 months from now? Yeah, then I'd be nervous. But right now. No, I'm not nervous.


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Oh, and let's face it.

Trump isn't helping Trump in the election, for *expletive deleted*ck's sake. Someone needs to take his phone away and give him abacus, or a pocket calculator, or something other than a phone.

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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #684 on: March 12, 2020, 11:36:01 AM »
Trump isn't helping Trump in the election, for *expletive deleted*ck's sake. Someone needs to take his phone away and give him abacus, or a pocket calculator, or something other than a phone.
I don't know what you're talking about :P
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #685 on: March 12, 2020, 11:36:53 AM »
Besides, we hope The Boys season 2 will be out by then and everyone will forget all this stuff.   =D
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #686 on: March 12, 2020, 11:42:33 AM »
OK...

So looks like we have a nice Howler Monkey of Doom chorus here.

Sing us a song, boys.... Sing DOOM! I like that one.  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


Yeah in 10 years my TSP will be nice and fat since I'll be buying in low for the next few years

Hows that for good news?
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #687 on: March 12, 2020, 12:24:48 PM »

Yeah in 10 years my TSP will be nice and fat since I'll be buying in low for the next few years

Hows that for good news?

With Biden as President for the next 8 years? 
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #688 on: March 12, 2020, 12:25:47 PM »
Just got back from the local grocery store where I picked up my lunch at the Corona bar.

Traffic was a bit heavier than most days at this time, but nothing that I'd consider to be out of the ordinary. The shelves seemed to be stocked, but I didn't check out the toilet paper aisle.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #689 on: March 12, 2020, 01:02:57 PM »
https://www.theatlantic.com/…/who-gets-hospital-bed/607807/…

An interesting article showing how Italy is having to make decisions on who gets care when you have a finite supply of healthcare beds, technology and staff. I wonder if we will come to that here. This reminds me of the early days of kidney dialysis: there were limited numbers of machines and local hospital committees of medical and laypeople decided who received dialysis and who did not, and people lived or died by those decisions.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #690 on: March 12, 2020, 01:30:26 PM »
Traffic was a bit heavier than most days at this time, but nothing that I'd consider to be out of the ordinary. The shelves seemed to be stocked, but I didn't check out the toilet paper aisle.

Same at my store an hour ago, except that the TP, sanitizer, and rubbing alcohol were completely empty.  The cold/flu medicine and hydrogen peroxide were nearly empty.

I stopped in Staples for some office stuff.  They were fully stocked on TP.  I didn't check the sanitizer.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #691 on: March 12, 2020, 01:35:28 PM »
https://www.theatlantic.com/…/who-gets-hospital-bed/607807/…

An interesting article showing how Italy is having to make decisions on who gets care when you have a finite supply of healthcare beds, technology and staff. I wonder if we will come to that here. This reminds me of the early days of kidney dialysis: there were limited numbers of machines and local hospital committees of medical and laypeople decided who received dialysis and who did not, and people lived or died by those decisions.

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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #692 on: March 12, 2020, 01:38:54 PM »
NHL just announced that it's suspending the season.

And, stock markets are off their lows after a $1 trillion Fed package designed to ease strain on capital markets.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #693 on: March 12, 2020, 01:49:07 PM »


And, stock markets are off their lows after a $1 trillion Fed package designed to ease strain on capital markets.

That was a really quick pump, then it fell again.... I'm really interested in seeing the last hour of trading today and tomorrow, that could indicate where things are going to go. I cashed out and took my gains when the S&P popped by the first percent. Sitting on the sidelines now.
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« Reply #694 on: March 12, 2020, 01:57:56 PM »
Decided to stop by Sam's Club to buy cat food since they have it on sale ($3 off per bag). Holy Moly the place was packed.
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« Reply #695 on: March 12, 2020, 02:08:12 PM »
 :facepalm:

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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #696 on: March 12, 2020, 02:16:24 PM »
"That was a really quick pump, then it fell again...."

yep... that I did not expect... I expected a bit more moderated response, not a return to panicky rabbit running from a fox...
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #697 on: March 12, 2020, 02:20:46 PM »
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/03/great-coronavirus-war-stay-calm-rational-easily-defeat-enemy/
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I haven't read much of it yet.  Starts out as a clever view of things.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #698 on: March 12, 2020, 02:24:10 PM »
I'm way behind on following this thread.

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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #699 on: March 12, 2020, 02:30:35 PM »
My erstwhile employer has instituted a ban on non-essential travel. I'll have to re-read the policy, but it even covers personal travel.

Meanwhile, I dunno who to believe. I have bookmarked two maps, one from the CDC and one from ... some other source. CDC says NY state has 217 confirmed cases; the other map say 328. CDC says Montana has "1 to 5" cases. The other map says zero.

How the [bleep] can they fight it is they can't even agree on where it is?
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