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I just got laid off until this all blows over. Sucks, but I sorta saw it coming. I make helmet decals, and no one is playing sports; nor are any schools open, and they are the bulk of our customer base obviously.

Sorry to hear that, man. Good luck. 

Fairly quiet here in Lincoln.  I am retired, so no work problem for me.  Husband works at a truck stop and as of today, no plans to shut down the restaurant part, so he is still going in to work.  My son works as a security guard for a company here in Lincoln and probably 99% of employees I think are working from home, so he sits at his desk and plays games all day, lol.  I think he said it's pretty much him and the receptionist who are actually physically there.  

Went to both Wal-Mart and Hy-Vee today and had no problems stocking up my grocery list for the next couple of weeks.  Of course, the only thing I couldn't get was TP but Hy-Vee said hopefully would get more in tonight (fingers crossed).  

We went out yesterday and bought our new car and the salesman was very accommodating, offering wipes / hand sanitizers.  So far, most people I have interacted with have been very nonchalant and as friendly as ever, just eliminating handshakes and doing elbow bumps instead.  No one was obnoxious and while we maintained a fair distance from one another when possible, there were no overt acts of aggression.  Most people were pretty calm and it really felt like just any other day at the grocery store. 

My daughter in Kentucky said today was the first day of homeschooling.  I am glad I gave her our family heirloom table which, when all six leaves are in, can seat 22 people.  Plenty of room for the kids to spread out homework.  She says most of her kids have had sinus colds so she is staying close to home and her husband (who works at a brewery) is doing all the errand running and shopping.  

Family members in South Dakota and Wyoming all seem to be doing well. My uncle who lives in NJ was planning on coming down for the internment of Mom's ashes, but was hesitant to do so.  Probably couldn't fly anyway.  So, that has been postponed for another month or so.  Luckily, it is only family who will be there, so not too many schedules to juggle, since all four of us kids are retired / semi-retired.  

Hope all of you living in more infected areas stay safe and healthy.  This too shall pass.  

Yes my condolences to all who are already being affected financially, this is going to be tough.  I'm fortunate enough to be able to work from home 100%, I already did probably 95% of the time and my team is distributed nationally so no worries there.

My i s c & a aggie wife is a physical therapist and her clinic has closed its doors for the next 3 weeks, and I believe it'll likely be longer.  She will not be paid during the shutdown.  We could use her vacation time and personal business allowance, but we're  fine without it, for now.  We'll save it for later in the year if/when things get worse around here.

Like many other places, restaurants and bars are shut-down in Austin, Houston, and Dallas as of today, excluding take-out.  

Y'all hang in there!

Phoenix has shut down all restaurants and bars, etc.  I got sent home for 2 weeks, but I'd be surprised if that isn't extended later.  
The big plus is that our classified staff (non-teachers) are still getting paid - ordinarily, they're the ones who get screwed in times like this.

I just learned from a factory worker that one of our town's major employers, Henderson Products, Inc. (Makes dump bodies, road salt spreaders, and snow plows), is closing for two weeks. Its parent company had a confirmed COVID-19 dx, but at a plant in another state. I haven't heard how they made the decision to close the manufacturing plant here.

This is taking such a big bite out of GDP. It is worrisome financially. It will take a long time for our country to recover.

This is surreal to me on several levels.  

First, driving through my normally bustling downtown business district and seeing almost no parked cars with just a few parked at the new makeshift curbside pick-up points in front of what were busy restaurants a few days ago is just surreal.  

Second, the speed at which this went from seeming like a problem mostly abroad and probably not that big of a deal into massive shut-downs is just astounding:

• A week ago (Tuesday, 3/10) we were getting ready for BTT games and anticipating the NCAA Tournament.  
• A week ago tomorrow (Wednesday, 3/11) Most things still seemed pretty normal.  Minnesota beat Northwestern and Indiana beat Nebraska and the BTT was off to a start.  
• Thursday morning (3/12) things were sounding ominous but still proceeding.  The Michigan and Rutgers BB squads were actually on the court doing warmups for their noon game and I was looking forward to watching tOSU/PU when I got home from work.  
• Then the world blew up.  They cancelled the BTT just before tip-off of the M/RU game.  Within a rapid succession after that the NCAA Tournament was cancelled, then Bars and Restaurants were ordered to shut down and now we are living in this weird ghost-town.  

This is surreal to me on several levels. 

First, driving through my normally bustling downtown business district and seeing almost no parked cars with just a few parked at the new makeshift curbside pick-up points in front of what were busy restaurants a few days ago is just surreal. 

Well, all I can say is get your grocery shopping done, i.e. get enough shelf-stable foods (pasta, canned goods, frozen items) to cover yourself for ~2 weeks before everyone else does.

Here on the west coast it got surreal last week.