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Cincydawg

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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #532 on: March 23, 2020, 09:24:58 AM »
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/23/fed-announces-a-slew-of-new-programs-to-help-markets-including-open-ended-asset-purchases.html

“We are now in QE infinity, again,” Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at Bleakley Advisory Group, said in a note.
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #533 on: March 23, 2020, 09:39:42 AM »
Quote from: CWSooner on March 22, 2020, 11:24:41 PM

So why say all the crazy stuff that does nothing but undermine your own credibility?
cause he's crazy???
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #534 on: March 23, 2020, 09:45:44 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on March 23, 2020, 09:39:42 AM
cause he's crazy???
He is not crazy, just blinded by his bias and his elitism. He knows better than everyone else, we are all stupid animals who cannot think properly and make smart decision for ourselves. He must make them for us for our own good. 
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #535 on: March 23, 2020, 10:30:44 AM »
Hair clippers just showed up at the door.
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #536 on: March 23, 2020, 10:44:22 AM »
Quote from: Riffraft on March 23, 2020, 09:45:44 AM
He is not crazy, just blinded by his bias and his elitism. He knows better than everyone else, we are all stupid animals who cannot think properly and make smart decision for ourselves. He must make them for us for our own good.
in my book, that's crazy ;)
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #537 on: March 23, 2020, 11:37:28 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on March 22, 2020, 02:43:12 PM
When (not if) a food-handler is infected, everyone picking up their pasta primavera is infected.  That's the argument.
That's not true, though... I posted this a few days ago:

https://www.seriouseats.com/2020/03/food-safety-and-coronavirus-a-comprehensive-guide.html

Coronavirii (not just this one, but all known variants) are airborne, not foodborne. There are no known cases of transmission through food. 

There is a small risk of an infected food-handler touching a surface (plastic bag, cardboard box for pizza, etc) and then you touching that surface and picking your nose, which would be a potential vector. But as long as you get home and wash your hands without touching your face, the food should be safe to eat. 
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #538 on: March 23, 2020, 11:40:46 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on March 23, 2020, 10:30:44 AM
Hair clippers just showed up at the door.
I already had some, so going forward it's going to be self-cut hair for me until this blows over.

I'm trying to rope my wife into helping, but she's worried about screwing it up. Yet if I do myself it'll be the 1/2" guard over the whole head, so I don't think she can screw it up worse than my *best* case. 

Before this is all over, I'll probably have to cut both my sons' hair too. That I can probably do a better job, because I'll be able to see and use scissors. I might actually be able to make it not look horrible.

But either way, the advantage of short hair is that when this all ends, another 2-3 weeks is all it will take for it to grow long enough to be appropriately cut/styled. 
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #539 on: March 23, 2020, 12:00:59 PM »
I was watching a bit of TV last night, mostly Law and Order reruns, and pondered how long commercials will last.  I presume most we see now were preplanned under contract.  I see car commercials etc.  The travel commercials seem to have largely disappeared.  I have not seen a toilet paper commercial in a while.

This obviously would cut the money string for network TV in a large way.
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #540 on: March 23, 2020, 12:10:33 PM »
One thing I wonder is when people become forced to do things for themselves, how many of them will continue after this is over. 

I'm already there with food. Most of the meals my wife and I make at home are better and cheaper than any comparable restaurant food. When we eat at restaurants it's either a special occasion, or it's a day that we are deliberately paying for it because it's easy and we're taking a night off. I think maybe people are going to realize that cooking isn't all that hard, and maybe long-term eat out less frequently. 

Take the haircut thing, for example. For me to take my two sons for haircuts, after tax+tip, is $24/each. It's an hour+ event given drive time [although sometimes I fold it into school pickups or other errands], so it's not like I'm saving time by paying for it. 

If I get to start cutting their hair and can do it without making them look like circus clowns, why go back to the barber with them after this ends?
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #541 on: March 23, 2020, 12:13:37 PM »
Quote from: bwarbiany on March 23, 2020, 12:10:33 PM
One thing I wonder is when people become forced to do things for themselves, how many of them will continue after this is over.

I'm already there with food. Most of the meals my wife and I make at home are better and cheaper than any comparable restaurant food. When we eat at restaurants it's either a special occasion, or it's a day that we are deliberately paying for it because it's easy and we're taking a night off. I think maybe people are going to realize that cooking isn't all that hard, and maybe long-term eat out less frequently.

Take the haircut thing, for example. For me to take my two sons for haircuts, after tax+tip, is $24/each. It's an hour+ event given drive time [although sometimes I fold it into school pickups or other errands], so it's not like I'm saving time by paying for it.

If I get to start cutting their hair and can do it without making them look like circus clowns, why go back to the barber with them after this ends?

Dude, you need to go hit the hair salons in the barrios.  How's your Spanish?

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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #542 on: March 23, 2020, 12:14:45 PM »
We dine out rather than eat out for that reason.  It's more of an event for us when we go.  We don't eat at chains but rarely.  Our local French restaurant is closed, not even take out.
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #543 on: March 23, 2020, 12:24:09 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on March 23, 2020, 12:13:37 PM
Dude, you need to go hit the hair salons in the barrios.  How's your Spanish?
With gas prices, I might end up spending more ;-) 
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #544 on: March 23, 2020, 12:45:13 PM »
with gas prices this low you could drive to Tijuana

oh crap, the border is closed
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #545 on: March 23, 2020, 01:37:08 PM »
"Low" gas prices here are high nationally... Looking at GasBuddy the average in Orange County is $3.21.

I don't think I can find <$3.09 in my town.
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