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

partsandservice

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The state wide shut down in Georgia starts tomorrow. We just got our our Supplier Authorization that we must keep in our vehicles when traveling for work . It's getting serious now.
 

MarshallPowerGen

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IMO it got serious quite a while ago. It was simply that in certain quarters either the seriousness was underestimated/misunderstood, or just basically downplayed, as in "it can't happen to us".
Pretty well sums up what's going on in Idaho. Everyone's still acting like it's business as usual except without bars or restaurants. Bored folks shuffling around grocery stores not even needing anything. I'm sure all that will change as things worsen.
 

DMiller

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Orders came down from the Stores here, ONE Person ONLY behind a cart, No kids, No spouse unless necessity for lifting or maneuvering. The Miscreants cannot stop going all family tour to the Wal Mart or other grocers, NOT to repeat from now until the numbers decrease.

Did get the Poop Puddin off the UC this morning when got back from Audiology(Hearing Aid check, clean and review(stores a memory of noise levels). All was good but took longer than expected. Knocked the bigger wads off then took a pasture tour to roll the in link goo to the outside then scraped that away, did make a little hole in the crush to get to the creek but did not make the pass as want to have the art ready to load up when bring the rock out. Found a decent for time being shovel hanging spot.
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Nige

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Pretty well sums up what's going on in Idaho. Everyone's still acting like it's business as usual except without bars or restaurants. Bored folks shuffling around grocery stores not even needing anything. I'm sure all that will change as things worsen.
Maybe when the US death toll passes six figures (as forecast) they might sit up and take notice.....or then again maybe not.
 

Ronsii

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I hung a chain off the woven window on mine...then things got a bit bumpy and one of the books popped off... And then without realizing it I backed over the loose ends of the chain.... Ripped my screen a big hole :(

Looking good! DMiller. :D
 

DIYDAVE

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Damned windy, here, today, 30+ mph, 60ºF mowed 1 lawn, fer about an hour, had enough of bein outside, so set in the office, and watched TV, and shivered(electric heater went out, and I'm damned if I'm gonna buy anudder, afore fall!) Also fixed a truck toolbox, that I had got fer $10 at an auction, last fall. Its on the little mower trailer, was missing the watchamacallits, that keep the lid open, when ya opens it. Didn't have the snap in ones, but I made bolt in ones do, as I have had like 4 of 'em layin around, fer years!;)
 

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Maybe when the US death toll passes six figures (as forecast) they might sit up and take notice.....or then again maybe not.

More than likely not. Right now is a good time for people to improve their reading skills and collect some knowledge by reading a book, Oh damn I forgot no one buy's books anymore
or cares about history and the like. I guess that was just a silly idea.
 

cuttin edge

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Damned windy, here, today, 30+ mph, 60ºF mowed 1 lawn, fer about an hour, had enough of bein outside, so set in the office, and watched TV, and shivered(electric heater went out, and I'm damned if I'm gonna buy anudder, afore fall!) Also fixed a truck toolbox, that I had got fer $10 at an auction, last fall. Its on the little mower trailer, was missing the watchamacallits, that keep the lid open, when ya opens it. Didn't have the snap in ones, but I made bolt in ones do, as I have had like 4 of 'em layin around, fer years!;)
Rained here today, but there's about 3 feet of snow to go before I can even think about rakin the lawn before mowing it.
 

cuttin edge

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More than likely not. Right now is a good time for people to improve their reading skills and collect some knowledge by reading a book, Oh damn I forgot no one buy's books anymore
or cares about history and the like. I guess that was just a silly idea.
I was reading through an old physics text book. Not to many books here but that Physics book, the bible, and a couple old phone books. Oh I guess a couple Ferguson tractor manuals, and a bunch of preteen books of my daughters. Been reading on line about the spanish flu. Started looking for info on the spanish navy, but got side tracked, you know how it goes.
 

cuttin edge

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The Spanish Flu started in Wichita, IIRC.----And if you don't have any books, get in your cupboards and read the labels on the cereal boxes and canned goods. No different than reading the
newspaper or ingredients in your shave cream while setting taking a dump.
I used to read a lot of Tom Clancy stuff. Read about One ping only before I saw it in the theaters. A buddy of mine did a poli sci degree. He did a major paper on the Oliver North trials. I read a couple books he had on US foreign policy. I don't know about taking a dump, but it was great reading to put you to sleep. One of our truck drivers. Every time he was parked, I thought he was sleeping. Head down. One day I delivered a load of sand with his truck. Milk crate full of books, guess he was always reading. Was reading a lot of Pippy Long Stocking, and Judy Blume books to my daughter, but she's in the 3rd grade now and doesn't need daddy to read for her anymore.
 
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