MattPie

For the love of god, pull your head out of the microwave man! The magnetron hates foil.

The filter needs whitespace around words to replace them I suspect. Most people don't have that, to be honest. It's a fairly "adult" thing to do. Think about all the jokes around people with nothing but beer and condiments in the fridge. There was nothing but lamb chops at Wegs last night. I'm not much of a meat eater so whatever.

That's cool. Maybe worried is the wrong wording. I'm not "worried" per se, but I'm taking precautions like having some basic food in the house for an extended stay. Not taking basic precautions is cavalier at best.

Their website, however, feels fairly dated. Not geocities dated, but mid-2000s dated.

I find reflective mylar (like in those emergency blankets) works nearly as well and reduces neck strain. Respectfully, the only people who weren't worried last week were wrong or trying to calm people down.

Yep, hyperinflation in 1921-1923 in Germany caused all kinds of instability through Europe.

Free market health care and "It can't happen here". I can't think of a better reason. There were issues with the CDC kits, but even so no one seems to have taken it seriously until the last couple days. My partner had a wheezy cough a few weeks ago; we're wondering. Neither I nor my daughter caught anything though.

Is this one of the first of these in the country? MontCo is where I work (until recently) https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/coronavirus/montgomery-county-coronavirus-containment-plan/2324091/

*Probably* won't; don't want to eat raw pasta and rice if for some reason it does. It's something I'll use up over the summer anyway, just getting a head start on buying it. ?

I never felt like I'd make good decisions picking individual stocks. So we use the plan to: Enough into 401k to get the maximum match my company offers Keep an emergency fund in CD ladder Max out IRAs Spend the rest, lol.

Open an account at Vanguard for an IRA (Roth, most likely based on your age) and put money into VTSAX. Index funds are where it's at, everything else is gambling. It is a good time, market may go down further but you're getting the 2017 discount right now compared to a month ago. Put them in your 2019 IRA and I think it'll lower your taxes for this year. (I'm an amateur, but my partner read a ton of books over the last year and that's where we landed on the easiest and most likely to succeed plan)

The Sabres will not lose tonight, I just know it.

That's the point here. Every "I'm a 30-year-old so I'll be fine if I get sick" #($*#($ that takes up a bed/test kit/drugs is taking resources from someone who really needs it. Montgomery County PA a few miles from my house closed all their schools until the 30th. I'm sure Chester County (here in Phoenixville) will be soon. Two weeks ago we planned a bit and are glad we did it. Nothing drastic, but bought staples (pasta, rice, oatmeal) and *some* paper products in case we need to be in the house for 15-30 days. I need to run out tonight and get some propane; we're kinda hosed if we don't have power but the grill will still work. These are things I'd normally buy and won't go bad before we used them up.

I hear books are interesting. ? In February I became effectively a full-time telecommuter. Normally that'd be awesome, but it means I have no excuse to not work if they start putting people into quarantine or something. (First-world/privilege problems)

Every consider a side-hustle? ? https://www.amazon.com/Elderberries-Whole-European-Berries-Frontier/dp/B000UVW4JE/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=elderberries&qid=1584028466&sr=8-7

Realistically, this is the right thing to do. It's tough to put entertainment ahead of public health. There's going to have to be some solution about the economy though, and I don't have a good idea what it'll be. You almost have to postpone everyone's bills since there will be so many people with hourly jobs that are screwed unless they have a healthy emergency fund.

The avatar was put in place as something to make people really want to switch to another avatar. He was almost universally hated. The avatar stayed well past news surfaced about is struggles and it seemed really distasteful until it changed. I'm glad to hear he's doing well. And yes, healthy TC would have made a difference.

Saw that earlier. I was about to say that Western (or at least North America especially) countries aren't going to be able to lock down people. "No government scientist is going to tell me what to do."

Re Elderberry: it's pretty easy to make in a pressure cooker with dried berries. Somehow, I suspect it'll be kinda hard to find any right now though. Last year they got really expensive due to flu, so we stocked up in August. I should probably make some more up this weekend just to have it on-hand.

I do agree with that; we're "lucky" that it's happening now and not 4 months ago.

OK, so here's the deal. We're in what, like week 4 of this? I don't know how varied flu is by season, but let's pretend flu drops to near zero in August in the US and picks us through the winter. We're in "September" right now for COVID-19, and you're saying, "See, this thing isn't bad at all." when the entire winter flu season is to yet to come. EDIT: It's also worth noting that China seems to have plateaued after locking large parts of the country down. The US has no appetite for that, so it's just going to spread here.

Maybe, but really you don't want to cut it short and have it spring back up.

I didn't think of that; I'll have to get the new battery in my bike if the roads are empty. ?

Maybe let teams all get to the same # of games played. Damn, the Sabres were about to go on a run and catch the Leafs, too!

Yep, found it; Miller for Halak and Stewart, then Halak and a pick for Neuvirth and Kesla. True, didn't realize that was that long ago. The Sabres miserable seasons blend together.