@Klaus said in The mystery bottle: I noticed that you sent me what must have been the cheapest plastic kazoo on the market It's seasoned for application applicant.

I know squat about virology. But I don’t think the small genetic mutations mean anything because a vaccine is usually targeted at vital proteins without which The virus can’t proliferate and so these small point mutations which don’t change the inherent viral biology are probably meaningless. However on the bright side, usually most mutations tend to be less virulent as the virus always trends darwinianly to one which keeps the host alive and thus better chances to propagate.

@jon-nyc said in The stats I would like to see: @George-K said in The stats I would like to see: @jon-nyc said in The stats I would like to see: wonder how people view him as 'strong' or masculine in any way. I know there are many genders these days, but assuming there are only 2. That guy is not feminine. He may have have his problems but his gender is established.

Which means the worst is yet to come.

@Klaus said in What will happen to world GDP?: @Doctor-Phibes said in What will happen to world GDP?: I've been to a couple of Siemens facilities, and they're like small cities. I've worked in this Siemens "city" for two years: [image: 0285-munich-perlach-1987-eb-iv-3710-web.jpg] The whole area is connected by a huge network of underground tunnels. You could do a Marathon run underground and not probably visit any tunnel twice. Legoland.

@jon-nyc said in Hey Cats! Your AOC post of the day!: I'm not sure I see the outrageous bit here. I mean, her GND is stupid and all but there's something else you guys seem to be keying off of that I'm not seeing. The cough? First of all, the thought that the economy, if based on the Green Nude Eel, would have been more resilient is laughable. And, yeah, the cough.

Forget Skype, FaceTime, Hangouts. They are dead. Zoom is pretty decent. I'm using it for meetings with 30 people on a regular basis and use it for lectures with 100+ students. Bluejeans is also pretty reliable.

@Axtremus said in ZomDef and Covid-19 Safety Measures: Hey @Aqua-Letifer , you researched ZomDef quite extensively in the past, right? Just curious how much of it do you find transferable to protecting yourself against Covid-19. Probably about half.

How bad has it gotten, Improv?

OTOH... Maybe Dr. Phil is available.

@Horace said in 1800: Seems that all the info coming in lately points to most carriers being asymptomatic. @Horace said in 1800: Seems that all the info coming in lately points to most carriers being asymptomatic. Kind of a mixed bag. Potentially very good news in terms of the death rate, potentially devastating news in terms of the R0 and total death count.

Why don't people realize when they become their own worst enemy? Idiots.

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Back when it was just a shack in Madison Park we would eat there for lunch sometimes. It was so busy they had a webcam installed so you could see the line. We'd check it at random times and go when it was short. It was literally a shack, like a concession stand. Then they grew. Still a damn good burger IMO.

@Jolly said in Heckuva Paperweight: @Aqua-Letifer said in Heckuva Paperweight: One I saw was not. Sure it was a dud? What I was told and didn't go off, so, I guess?

[Quote]Interesting characterization on China. There was a President in between Clinton and Obama. A $24K MSRP on a fridge is pretty normal on a $1M house. And a $1M house is pretty average in many major metro areas in the U.S.. Trump literally has gold toilets. Trump also tries to inject comedy and humor into everything he does - an order of magnitude more than any other President. And finally, if you can't make fun of the President - who the fuck can you make of.[/quote] I'm talking about Hillary. Where in the hell did you get the idea only a president can sell us out? My house is more than that, and my freezer cost me about a thousand. For 24 thousand I can install a 7-11 full of freezers. I've been in lots of million dollar houses and never once seen a 24k freezer in one. What the hell does that have to do with anything? Trump paid for his gold toilets with his own money. Pelosi paid for her million dollar house and her 24k freezer with money she made screwing over taxpayers. There's making fun, and there's a constant barrage of whiny assed bull shit that never lets up from ideological morons. Like I said - lead, follow, or shut the fuck up and get out of the way.

BTW, I went into a smaller, local grocery store for most of what I bought today. I've known their butcher for 45 years...P.J. told me that things were getting back to normal as far as his job went. I noticed I could buy just about what I wanted, with the exception of some really nice ribeyes or such, but that store doesn't tend to stock that type of product. Real blue-collar type of store.

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It’s one of my favorite adventures. There are so many cool places to stop along the way too.