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Sooooo... How's everyone's quarantine going?

cuttin edge

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if you poke around, you can see all the nutjob theories. The latest, a guy figures that the house of Winsor hired a lab to develope the virus and infect Prince Charles, so prince William would become king after the Queen
 

Nige

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G..G..G..Granville.........!! Fetch your cloth.
In a similar vein, deaths from chloroquine poisoning now on the rise after the common anti-malarial drug was touted as a cure .........
This just one example - https://www.bbc.com/news/52012242

My 2c - Darwin's just dropped not a bucketful but a whole road tanker-load of bleach in the gene pool. i can see when the 2020 Awards List is published in about 12 months from now it'll be full of cases like that.
 

John C.

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To those going off line, I'll miss the posts that you don't put up here. To those at risk, stay as safe as possible. To those that still have to work around people, follow the recommendations and don't temp fate. I'm here because I am still learning and enjoy all the points of view and love reading and sharing past experiences. Besides, so far as I know, you can't get the bug from the phone or the internet.
 

Tinkerer

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X2- John C !!
I have been doing maintenance on my old T/L/B. Kinda like picking your nose - when do you stop ?
I spent way more than I anticipated on the swing cylinders.
I have a thread going about them in Shop Talk.
I'm going to update that thread when I have everything back together. I got a lot of good advice there.
Anyway I finally reinstalled them only to find one of the boom lock hoses that i had to pry on started leaking like sieve. :mad: So, out comes the newly installed RH swing cylinder.
I had to hacksaw the old leaky sob into three pieces to get it out.
The hose is 14 inches long and has to be twisted in a very weird way install the new one it.
It will require separating the backhoe from the tractor. :(
 
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DMiller

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I have a great deal of who I will call friends here, any and all are welcome in my home as most of us have walked in same shoes similar miles, very similar troubles. HATE to hear backing away a while. As all know am retired so stick around the home place much of the time, old Fat Allis keeps my attention besides the Wife required duty projects, wife is still working works for a company called Laserlight LLC. They punch teeny tiny holes in such as blood filters, inkjet heads, pace maker cases so her job is pretty well Essential and she is away from me much of the time which keeps us from killing each other

CV19 is in four next door counties as of now, last cases found were less than 30 miles as crow flies away. MO has around 320 cases, lost 8 or 9 so far, fear for my niece and her brood in IL as well cousins all over IL but mostly rural. Do not know if have lost old contacts down in the city or in IL as yet, time will eventually let us find out.
 

Nige

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I'm finding time to do all those things around the apartment that I had promised myself I'd do when I get around to it.
Well I now have a round tuit (and time) therefore I have no reason not to get into that list. https://www.starlingsgifts.co.uk/product-page/round-tuit-coaster-plate-mat

One thing I do need though is a Dremel, and with all the DIY stores being closed the job that requires that particular tool will have to wait.
 

Mother Deuce

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I'm finding time to do all those things around the apartment that I had promised myself I'd do when I get around to it.
Well I now have a round tuit (and time) therefore I have no reason not to get into that list. https://www.starlingsgifts.co.uk/product-page/round-tuit-coaster-plate-mat

One thing I do need though is a Dremel, and with all the DIY stores being closed the job that requires that particular tool will have to wait.
Send me an address. I will loan you mine.
 

doublewide

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First case reported in our town. Turns out to be a 23 year old girl that my oldest son used to date. Now that's getting close!
 

Truck Shop

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Well--I'm around tuit every morning, up at 4 am and headed to work at 5:15. We have so many loads to move in the dispatchers office and the rigs need service and repairs. I start the day
sanitizing anything and everything anyone would touch in the shop except tools and the like. Challenger Black Nitrile gloves are to be worn when in cab or around the cab. I have masks
for everyone including office personnel. I put up with no BS in the shop from drivers or anyone else, {Keep your distance, shut up[ or better yet leave the shop until we are done}. Cleaning
commonly touched items in the shop goes on all day. It's my job to keep everyone safe in and around the shop, and if I have to be way more than stern about it I will at the drop of a hat.
 
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Ronsii

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Going to find some old raingear and build a raft and carve a head to lay on my pillow...so when I get ready to go over the the wall in mid April, I'll be ready ;)
Have you found an old fan to use as a drill yet??? if not I probably have one of those good old ones here somewhere ;) make sure you have plenty of TP to make the other stuff with... ;)
 

walkerv

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We a got a letter today to keep in our trucks and cars incase more strict things happen stating we are exempt.i dont think anyone is riding 2 in any dozers or loaders anyways only crews that work close to eachother are the pipe crews and some of the asphalt crew.
Im alone in the shop most of the day except when office staff comes to the snack machine or owner comes out to check on me .
 
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