Garufa

It just dawned on me the tremendous economic impact this situation is going to have on local and state governments that rely heavily on sales tax revenue. No business, no sales tax revenue. Less travel, less gas tax revenue, etc., etc.

Pardon the late quip, but is the surgeon general’s outfit any worse than police chiefs across the nation donning the 5 star insignia only worn by nine men who achieved the highest rank the US military offers?

It's been like that for the past several weeks.

“Join the discussion” You’ll see that there are few replies. This has been the norm for the past decade or more. You’re either prepared or not. If the latter, too bad. Fanning the flames of paranoia only serves to empty shelves, drive up prices, and keep the perpetual wheel running.

Listen to JP here all day long: http://backlandradio.com/listen-live/

Oh, I’ve never felt that way at all, was just being a bit dramatic. As a matter of fact my feeling Is quite the opposite...and always has been. But that’s for another thread, lol.

Think what you will of Memphis but this kind of thing is why I will never be ashamed to be from there: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/us/coronavirus-memphis-n95-mask-repair-trnd/index.html

Sounds like you’re preparing for an evening at the gentleman’s club.

A house cat in Belgium I think it was tested positive last week.

Soak them in brine for about 3 or 8 days and they’ll tender up.

Winner, winner. Chicken dinner.

Everyone wants the comfort of knowing someone will help when it’s needed.

We live in a nation where most people can’t even spell or understand how words work much less mentally process the concept of me and us. There are conflicting reports daily from the media about what one should do or not do. Our absurdly biased media is in full force telling us one thing one day, another the next, often conflicting themselves on the same day. I’d be surprised if the USA could find us the way out of a paper bag.

The AR community is full of hipsters...they just don’t realize it.

State parks are closing. Local parks are shutting down. TVA is restricting access. Are there ramps elsewhere?

I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a mask today.

All state parks are closed as well as of tomorrow.

All this talk about masks. Where exactly, is one supposed to get a mask?

As long as you don’t public when I do it’s all good.

One of 3M’s biggest factories is in China and China is claiming their mask production for themselves. Even Geraldo is pissed. We really, really need to figure out a way to get large-scale manufacturing of even the most mundane, taken for granted goods back into this country.

Me neither. I just walk down the hall instead of driving downtown. Saving a ton on gas.

Simply repairing what is already in place will burn through that money as soon as the bill is signed.

Should the government keep stockpiles of essential materials, especially medical equipment? Absolutely. The government also needs to keep people employed that can cut through the bull#### of manufacturers and their claims of expiration dates and “use by” warnings. Think N95 masks. The only thing wrong with old ones is the elastic has rotted. Half the women in this country that sew are sewing on new elastic bands for them. Bam! Problem solved. This entire country needs to rethink how things are done and how to get by. Now, back to the Infrastructure bill. That was one of Trump’s campaign platforms and now as he says with zero interest rates it’s time. I’m no tin-foil-hatter but some dominoes are falling into place.

I wonder what’s going to be tacked onto the new $2T infrastructure bill announced yesterday. No doubt National infrastructure is in serious need of repair but the government is going into a full blown spending frenzy.