2019 Novel Coronavirus
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frazil
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In Maryland today they announced that all non-essential businesses have to close, effective at 5pm. I ordered some books for my daughter from Barnes & Noble to pick up at the store, but I didn't hear about the executive order until 4:57pm. I called the store and my order was ready but they wouldn't let me go get them. 
Minor problem to have really. But now I'm wondering, does delivery of non-essential things count? If they shut all these businesses online ordering is going to increase, but it seems like we would be putting the delivery people at greater risk.
Minor problem to have really. But now I'm wondering, does delivery of non-essential things count? If they shut all these businesses online ordering is going to increase, but it seems like we would be putting the delivery people at greater risk.
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it does seem very lose in terms of whats staying open - I think all companies can do online deliveries? Like its ok to drive to Wendy's but not Khols? Target can stay open because they sell food?
Now I know why Kroger started also selling some clothes and toys and jewelry, they saw this shit coming a mile away!
I think another long term consequence is people will realize maybe living in a gigantic city isn't as great as they think it is & no I have already called dibs on Rapid City!
You might be able to control other countries populations but I really don't think the US will take much more than a month of this and you will see some parts of society start to break down -
Denver is also closing liquor stores - just kind of dumb - let people at least be home and day drink, especially since you put them out of work to begin with..
Now I know why Kroger started also selling some clothes and toys and jewelry, they saw this shit coming a mile away!
I think another long term consequence is people will realize maybe living in a gigantic city isn't as great as they think it is & no I have already called dibs on Rapid City!
You might be able to control other countries populations but I really don't think the US will take much more than a month of this and you will see some parts of society start to break down -
Denver is also closing liquor stores - just kind of dumb - let people at least be home and day drink, especially since you put them out of work to begin with..
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Not sure if joking, but definitely a bad idea.
A friend of mine ordered one online. He used it to make a lot of shine, and it was getting pretty popular in the area. He would stop by grocery stores and get all the fruits and veggies that were getting thrown out and would make stuff out of those.
One day, when he was at work, the ATF showed up to his house. His wife was home, and luckily she read the search warrant closely and the address was for his rental house. Apparently, he shipped the still to his old house before he moved. His wife told them it wasn't for this address so they didn't have permission to search. She called my buddy, he drove home and quickly disposed of his equipment. The ATF showed back up again, but could not find anything. He got lucky.
Apparently the company he purchased the still from was required to hand over all the information of people who purchased stills. I believe distilling equipment is illegal in all states but Missouri? (Without a distillery license, which is a pain in the butt to get. I've tried.) Heck, in Florida you weren't even legally allowed to own anything that could be used to make mash. Like corn.
Nope. The equipment is legal, distilling is legal*
*Distilling alcohol is not legal unless you have a permit.
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My wife went to Target yesterday and picked up a Pyrex bowl and one of those framed prints. She said other than those stocking the shelves, there were only two other customers there, both wearing masks, and everyone gave her "the look". I guess "the look" is what you get when you're out running errands and not being paranoid.
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Apparently Ohio's shelter-in-place translates to business as usual. Had to run up to the bank to get $$$ for the plumber and there were enough people out and about that it looked like any other day. The plumber is here to fix our sewer lateral so it stops going into the front yard so I'd call that essential. The guys up the street who are replacing someone's concrete driveway, not so much, but there they are.
Road Guy
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lol seriously - anyone know of a program that will keep my skype looking like my mouse is moving?Working from home got me like
Road Guy
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But does it make sense to you to on one hand close down restaurants and then on the other allow them to sell mixed drinks to go?
We have been trying to hit up some of the local places that still offer takeout and at this taco shop last night we noticed people getting margaritas to go, obviously I had to see what this was about - But I was the only on from my family in the store since they limit the occupants to 5 customers, but I got our food and then 3 margaritas to go -
I mean I dont really know if that is the best idea in the world?
We have been trying to hit up some of the local places that still offer takeout and at this taco shop last night we noticed people getting margaritas to go, obviously I had to see what this was about - But I was the only on from my family in the store since they limit the occupants to 5 customers, but I got our food and then 3 margaritas to go -
I mean I dont really know if that is the best idea in the world?
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I mean, here restaurants and bars could always sell alcohol to go. We have drive-thru daiquiri shops in New Orleans. It sounds like the rest of the world is finally catching up.
nope. anywhere in New Orleans. also there is no open container law here.
edit: well, that's not true. you're not allowed to have an open glass container in public, but that isn't enforced. And you're not allowed to have an open alcohol container in a car, but that's minimally enforce. Also legally, the daiquiri isn't open until the straw passed through the lid.
edit2: huh? googling. apparently the go-cup thing is only legal in the french quarter. who knew. that's definitely isn't the way it's applied.
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A WA distillery just announced it would be diverting all of its operations to producing hand sanitizer indefinitely. Very cool!
leggo PE
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Hello! Yep, sure am. But now many more places around the country are too, so I don't feel so alone. I'm sure others feel the same, but it's hard for me to remember what day of the week it is now. But hey, I'm enjoying not having my commute and getting to eat much nicer lunches and more involved dinners (at an earlier time, too).
For what it's worth, we use TeamViewer to remote access our desktop. If we took one of our desktop monitors home, we wouldn't be able to access our two-screen desktop. So I had to leave both of my monitors at the office. I've been using my 13" macbook with a mouse, and just switching screens within TeamViewer. I'm in contact with IT to see if they will order me another monitor, but no confirmation of that yet.
Anyway, we're taking the social distancing thing pretty seriously! We haven't seen friends in two weeks, besides the couple of people we've talked through out the window of our apartment. Only leaving the house to go on runs, bike rides, and for groceries.
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