cosjobs
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That's like not being allowed to talk about the Quarterback in the Shark Pool when he's throwing multiple interceptions in a playoff game.
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*** OFFICIAL *** COVID-19 CoronaVirus Thread. Fresh epidemic fears as child pneumonia cases surge in Europe after China outbreak. NOW in USA (11 Viewers)
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shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
DallasDMac
Footballguy
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
msommer
Footballguy
I used to work for a company that shipped eggs from Brazil to Angola. The transit time was about 45 days. It took 3-6 months to clear them through customs after which they went straight to the supermarkets and were sold. They were not refrigerated at any time during that span of time. Eggs can last longer than you think.
That said, the US may treat eggs differently than Brazil (that don't treat them at all AFAIK) so YMMV
shader
Footballguy
The Big Donkey
Footballguy
CurlyNight
Footballguy
81 yo dad just called. Bro is shopping and of course it's a nightmare out there. Told him should have stocked when I told them too. Now it's a national emergency so everyone is out now or again. He's in a long line. Dad's stuck in bed and has to go to the bathroom now. He can't go on his own so he's either going to pee on himself or bro's going to have to abandon his cart. Bro never listens to me. He hates the media. But now he sees that while he himself is low risk, it's a nightmare for him finding parking, going into jammed markets, finding what you need isn't there with an eta of we don't know, looooong lines....and having dad at home who he needs to help to go to the bathroom and he's the weekend shift. Ugh.
DallasDMac
Footballguy
None of these posts answer the question... why? Why are people hoarding eggs? Is COVID expected to ravage the US chicken population?
Capella
Footballguy
I would like to make an apology.
Baseball — for years I’ve called you “boring”, “horrendous”, “a sport for people who crave something to do crossword puzzles to”, “a total waste of time for people with no friends” and I’ve even said I would rather watch nothing than watch a April baseball game.
I was wrong. I would lose an arm for a baseball game right now, or any competitive sport. It’s only day 3. If the corona doesn’t take me the boredom will.
Baseball — for years I’ve called you “boring”, “horrendous”, “a sport for people who crave something to do crossword puzzles to”, “a total waste of time for people with no friends” and I’ve even said I would rather watch nothing than watch a April baseball game.
I was wrong. I would lose an arm for a baseball game right now, or any competitive sport. It’s only day 3. If the corona doesn’t take me the boredom will.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
That's right. 17 days after the first death in Kirkland (2/26) we're just now getting tests for the workers at the assisted living home.
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DallasDMac
Footballguy
I'm trying to figure out why our local news station still has the sports ticker going showing "PPD" for every game.
cosjobs
Footballguy
Just spitballing without real industry knowledge, but:
Stop bringing all 50 together. Have them text in issues and have someone coordinate. Do conference calls in smaller groups. Let everyone know it will be clunky, but you are trying to mitigate their risk. Bring back radios and dispatcher.
One man loads truck from each bay. Driver stays in the truck. Loaders sanitize before loading the boxes.
Drivers leave on doorstep. Signatures or whatever are done by smartphones.
Branch into case only delivery to non-commercial customers (if legal) to help offset costs or make-up for declining restaurant orders.
CurlyNight
Footballguy
Probably the same reason people are stocking up on everything they want. Quarantine or not wanting to go through the ritual that is a nightmare right now called crowded markets. I don't know anyone who wants to go out anymore than they have to for this reason alone.
If you have a family of four and normally eat two dozen eggs per week, might it make sense to buy eight dozen so that you don’t have to go to the grocery store for the next 3-4 weeks?
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AAABatteries
Footballguy
What was striking to me is that the vast majority of the pictures seemed to be elderly. I know that Italy is an aging nation but damn, if I was 60-70+ I’d be ####ting bricks.
jamny
Footballguy
gianmarco
Footballguy
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I feel for most of you - but for me this couldn’t have hit at a better time. We bought a new house yesterday, been packing and will finish packing in the next week and then move 21st-28th. I have a million things to do and this is helping me get focused and finish with plenty of time left.
NotSmart
Footballguy
ProstheticRGK
Footballguy
I went back and watched the old Philly/Houston "House of Pain" game from MNF in 1991. It was awesome!
gianmarco
Footballguy
NotSmart
Footballguy
I had to google Negative Interest rates.
Now I'll have to read about how that's supposed to help things...
to force people to withdraw and presumably spend their money?
bagger
Footballguy
Our family who is low risk for this: staying indoors, no social contact, minimizing gatherings.
my wife’s parents: picking up a friend at the airport, going to a hotel, and then going out to dinner.
my parents: going to the gym.
boomers are doing their best to self select themselves out of the population.
my wife’s parents: picking up a friend at the airport, going to a hotel, and then going out to dinner.
my parents: going to the gym.
boomers are doing their best to self select themselves out of the population.
Gawain
Footballguy
Three biggest crunches are the night shift operations, morning driver dispatch and the State Liquor Authority.
We move 10K-20K cases a night. Those numbers will come down as we stop delivering to restaurants as their business craters. There's some social distancing that can be done there...one person per pick line, one person per truck, staggering break times and lunch times.
For drivers, they need invoices and manifests. I'm going back to my boss with two options.
1) Bulk of our guys start at 7. I want to stagger between 6 and 8. Managing 5 groups of ten is easier than 1 group of 50.
2) Don't allow them into the building. Hand out paperwork and keys at the door.
We (of course) use fingerprint scanning for on/off duty. I can't imagine the eye-rolling when I point out that we're creating a wonderful way for germs to spread and that we should go back to manual hour recording.
The SLA is the biggest hurdle. We need interaction with any COD customer. We'll be fined if we leave product without receiving payment.
And, of course, this is delivery of a product that isn't a necessity. Any large distributor is going to be facing these issues and throwing cases is physical. You need to be in decent health. There is no work from home.
Thanks for the feedback.
cosjobs
Footballguy
It would be fine in the freezer a couple of months. Otoh, cook it now and some will keep at least a week in the fridge, freeze the rest in 3-4 person servings for quick meal anytime. I know its sacrilege, but the cooked smoked picnic at Sam's is really good (in refrigerated section). Long shelf life, not having nearly as much waste almost makes up for costing twice as much as a raw shoulder.
NotSmart
Footballguy
Baseball is either a game people intrinsically love for its rich history, tradition, timelessness, and unhurried pace.
Or they find it boring.
I love it.
Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack. And they'll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... people will come Ray. People will most definitely come.
ConstruxBoy
Kate's Daddy
gianmarco
Footballguy
To make it as simple as possible:
Don't think of it as doing what you can to keep from catching it.
Think of it as you already have it and do whatever you can to keep from spreading it to others.
That simple perspective might help understand our roles in this situation.
Sheriff Bart
Footballguy
We go through 3 dozen eggs every 1-1.5 weeks in my house the way it is so had no problem buying 3 extra dozen.
Sheriff Bart
Footballguy
Going to smoke a nice sized boston butt the next day it isn't going to be raining all day. Maybe tomorrow if it stops early enough. Have already used the first 2 days of "social distancing" to really clean up the lawn for spring, but need to go out for some mulch soon.
msommer
Footballguy
Tom Servo
Nittany Beavers
Inside America's first Wuhan Flu deaths The breakdown is inside the spoiler tags.
Thirty-seven deaths (77% of total) are in Washington state.
Newly reported on March 13, 2020
Two women in their 90s at Life Care Center died on March 6.
A woman in her 80s at Life Care Center died on March 6.
A man in his 70s at Overlake Medical Center died on March 4.
A man in his 80s at Swedish Issaquah hospital, died on March 9.
Woman in her 70s with underlying health conditions died on March 11.
Four Washington state deaths are from Snohomish County
A woman in her 70s with underlying health conditions died March 11.
Woman in her 80s with underlying health conditions died March 10.
Man in his 80s with underlying health conditions, died March 9 at the Josephine Caring Community
A man in his 40s with underlying health conditions died but the date has not been specified.
One Washington State death is from Grant County, a patient in his or her 80s.
Four deaths are in California:
A woman, 90s, in assisted living.
A woman, 60s, hospitalized in Santa Clara.
An elderly man in assisted living.
A man, 71, with underlying health conditions who had been on a Grand Princess cruise ship.
Two deaths are in Florida:
A man and woman, both in their 70s, died after returning from foreign travel.
One death is in New Jersey:
A man, 69, who is diabetic and suffered two cardiac arrests, has died.
One death is in South Dakota:
A man in his 60s with underlying medical conditions has died.
One death is in Georgia:
A man, 67, with underlying medical conditions has died.
One death is in Kansas:
A man in his 70s with underlying health conditions died at the Life Care Center in Kansas City.
One death in is Colorado:
A woman in her 80s with underlying health conditions has died.
Newly reported on March 13, 2020
Two women in their 90s at Life Care Center died on March 6.
A woman in her 80s at Life Care Center died on March 6.
A man in his 70s at Overlake Medical Center died on March 4.
A man in his 80s at Swedish Issaquah hospital, died on March 9.
Woman in her 70s with underlying health conditions died on March 11.
Four Washington state deaths are from Snohomish County
A woman in her 70s with underlying health conditions died March 11.
Woman in her 80s with underlying health conditions died March 10.
Man in his 80s with underlying health conditions, died March 9 at the Josephine Caring Community
A man in his 40s with underlying health conditions died but the date has not been specified.
One Washington State death is from Grant County, a patient in his or her 80s.
Four deaths are in California:
A woman, 90s, in assisted living.
A woman, 60s, hospitalized in Santa Clara.
An elderly man in assisted living.
A man, 71, with underlying health conditions who had been on a Grand Princess cruise ship.
Two deaths are in Florida:
A man and woman, both in their 70s, died after returning from foreign travel.
One death is in New Jersey:
A man, 69, who is diabetic and suffered two cardiac arrests, has died.
One death is in South Dakota:
A man in his 60s with underlying medical conditions has died.
One death is in Georgia:
A man, 67, with underlying medical conditions has died.
One death is in Kansas:
A man in his 70s with underlying health conditions died at the Life Care Center in Kansas City.
One death in is Colorado:
A woman in her 80s with underlying health conditions has died.
Sheriff Bart
Footballguy
I keep thinking about that scene in Endgame when they are talking about missing the Mets.
msommer
Footballguy
moleculo
Footballguy
Lets take that analysis a step further: Germany is doing quite well, as is Russia. So, beer & vodka then?
CurlyNight
Footballguy
Exactly. By patting themselves on the back as much as they do helps fuel those thoughts.
adonis
Footballguy
I'm certainly going to find out.
But I'm going to test a variety of theories. Wine, Beer, scotch...
In a national emergency, drinking at home isn't a problem. It's preventative medicine.
cosjobs
Footballguy
Otoh, if we are all self-quarantining, it would be a good way to spend time, leisurely barbequing or any type of "involved" cooking. No one needing to rush and eat and go go go. Use this to revert to a simpler time and learning again to enjoy the simple pleasures. (talking mostly to myself here).
adonis
Footballguy
CurlyNight
Footballguy
-jb-
Footballguy
Courtjester
The Town Drunk
We have managed to get my 85 year old mom on board with the idea of staying home and my sisters delivering her groceries. That's good.
My wife's parents are both in their late 70's and have various ailments--diabetes and heart disease. . These people eat out two meals a day--every day, so they have zero food in their house. We told them to put together a list of the food they would like and we would have it delivered. Nope--no go. They told me last night, they would go stir crazy if they have to stay home for more than a day. Just insane.
My wife's parents are both in their late 70's and have various ailments--diabetes and heart disease. . These people eat out two meals a day--every day, so they have zero food in their house. We told them to put together a list of the food they would like and we would have it delivered. Nope--no go. They told me last night, they would go stir crazy if they have to stay home for more than a day. Just insane.
cosjobs
Footballguy
So what? It should should thaw in the fridge in 4-5 days. We have nothing but time now (assuming you're social distancing)..
But I agree, it like a platoon before a battle, "Smoke 'em if you got'em."
Capella
Footballguy
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