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Will do. What's your brothers first name?

LOL

Sure it's a virus....I never said anything different. What I said is the reaction is so overblown that it makes no sense. An average flu season kills what....30 to 80,000 a year in the US alone,and we've never had nearly the same response. I'm spitballin' here, but I'm sure you'll check those numbers....I'm watching "A big hand for the little lady". Y'all go ahead and freak if makes you feel your'e on top of this, but I refuse to.

That's a GREAT bakery. Wife's made me drive the 2 1/2 hours to get cakes there before. I'm from the Y-town area originally, and still consider it home. ANYHOO. I've thought it through and I'm done with this media driven panic. I'll give the same consideration I do with any other flu season....stay away from old folks.....and give everyone a wide berth. No more hand sanitizing...just the normal washing when dirty. No more feeling like I should be following the rest of the sheeple, comfortable in the knowledge that this flu season is not much different than any other year, aside from the media driven sheeple panic. DONE.

Came across this just after my last post. A top scientist with four degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said he believes the "deep state" is using the coronavirus pandemic for its own agenda.Shiva Ayyadurai said that the chronic “fear-mongering” over the outbreak was being used to push an agenda.Ayyadurai said on Twitter:“As an MIT PhD in Biological Engineering who studies & does research nearly every day on the Immune System, the #coronavirus fear-mongering by the Deep State will go down in history as one of the biggest fraud to manipulate economies, suppress dissent, & push MANDATED Medicine!” READ MORE: https://neonnettle.com/news/10674-top-mit-scientist-deep-state-using-coronavirus-to-spread-fear © Neon Nettle

I've pretty much decided that this is a manufactured crisis, using the new flu strain as an excuse. Someone decided that the US economy had to be knocked down a few pegs...maybe have a reset....regardless of the cost. I can see NO common sense reason for the level of panic. Media driven, herd mentality panic. People need to get a grip.

​How 'bout the word "scheme"?

​It seems to me that ANY conspiracy would be based on logic, and supportive facts would be difficult to find. That's why it'd be called a conspiracy and not a news story.

No....I hadn't considered that, but now that you brought it up......

I may be the fool for my unwillingness to believe this is worthy of the hype / panic. I believe the suggestions we're getting to wash, sanitize and social distance are more than adequate for the vast majority of us, and I believe that anyone not living in a cave would give the aged or ill special consideration......and that goes for colds, flue covid19, or whatever. It's common sense that when you're sick, common courtesy dictates that you give others a wide berth. I still don't understand how the testing would change that. SO I'm not worried, although I do the hand wash sanitize thing more than normal. Wife is a bit concerned because she's a corporate level employee of a major grocery retailer, and she's being told that corporate people will be working in stores with the public to keep up with the demands of restocking, serving customers, and so on. All hands on deck, as they say. I told her to use common sense, but if we get it, no biggie, we're young enough and healthy enough that it shouldn't be an issue for us. I will say, that we do have a couple of elderly friends and we're staying away from them until this is over. The conspiracy theorist in me says that all this hype and panic doesn't pass the smell test, but I can't imagine what it could be about, other than some sort of attempt to damage political opponents.

LOL I do get the TP thing....it makes people feel that they're doing SOMETHING to prepare for a potentially bad event that may be coming their way. The part I don't get is why people think it's so important to get tested, when the treatment is the same as the good old fashioned flu. Plus, look at the history of the influenza mortality rate, and in the US it's been in the tens of thousands yearly as the status quo for the flu. So...back to the question....other then for tracking info, ....what's the point of getting tested....whatcha gonna do about it anyway?

Prayers up, but he'll be fine. Ya can't keep a good man down .

I understand the point you're making, but it doesn't answer the question.....

That's another of the many things I don't understand. What good are the test kits anyway? From what I've seen, this is akin to a mild case of the flu, so whatcha gonna do different anyway....

I don't know that this IS our first round. If it's Covid 19, ....doesn't that mean it's our 19th round???

I've been trying to avoid hearing anymore about the Coronavirus, with little luck. Now people are hoarding TP? Shutting down businesses, and schools....restricting travel when it's already everywhere...??? There's more going on here then we're being told. Why are folks freaking out over this when the flu as it's been has claimed tens of thousands of life every year, and yet no-one freaks out over that. This whole thing doesn't pass the smell test.

Planning on it. Will do the usual motor-home thing. Thanks for putting this together again.

Got a title for a KZ1000 about 22 years ago. It was a bike that was a failed insurance fraud attempt. Guy sold it without title then claimed it was stolen...then when the insurance investigator talked to a neighbor and found that the "Stolen" bike was seen to be loaded on a trailer by the "Victim", they denied the claim. The guy the bike was sold to wasn't interested in giving it back so the bike went through a couple of owners, then sat in limbo until I bought it about 6 years later. I loaded it up and took it to a State Patrol Barracks and told the trooper the story and asked if he could find the original owner was and all he could tell from the serial number was that the bike didn't show up as stolen. I believe it was Delaware where this title service was located. At least at that time, in Delaware, for bikes / cars more than 10 years old, a title was not needed to transfer ownership, so they made a business out of helping folks get titles in such awkward situations. I had to (on paper) "sell" them the bike for a dollar, then they'd "sell" it back to me with a notarized bill of sale for the same dollar. I then took the bill of sale to an Ohio BMV, and they issued me a title for the bike. The whole process took a couple of weeks for the mail to go back and forth, but I ended up getting the bike for $500 plus the $275 I paid for the title "service". It was a 79 KZ1000 MKII with 4,000 miles on it. A real tire frying beast....fast for it's time, but not the best handling bike I'd ever ridden. Hung onto it for a couple of years then sold it for $1800.

Happy Birthday !!! ....and many happy returns. Thanks for all you do...STUD...

This forum is not a democracy. Don created this site to inform, collate with and entertain one another. Politics tend to get ugly, whether in practice or just in conversation, and this site is one of the few I've ever come across that's able to remain civil. We all understand the rules, and when they're violated Don will step in to bring the thread back to within guidelines. I'm at least as passionate about political issues as the next guy / gal, but generally don't talk about it with my family at Thanksgiving, because I know it can get ugly, and I'd rather not ruin the holiday. In that spirit, I understand why such talk is forbidden at VR, as we are a family here as well. I should further say that CWTART responded appropriately when cautioned. That says a lot about his maturity.....must be a good guy. Now, let's get back to the fun stuff.

I don't get why the LEO climbed aboard for the ride. I don't get why the driver would argue a command given with a pistol pointed at him. When passions are high, folks on either side of the law are prone to poor decisions. To answer your question, I'd say that, once again, both sides were at fault. If the driver would have obeyed, he'd still be alive. (Assuming he was killed) If the LEO would have let him drive off and pursue, the driver may still be alive and the LEO wouldn't have sustained whatever harm came to him. (Although you could make the case that others could have been harmed as the result of a pursuit) I'd certainly side with the cop, but if you Monday Morning Quarterback it, ....he could have played it better.

The cop and the speeder were both wrong. The speeder shouldn't have been speeding, ...as we all sometimes do.... and then he shouldn't have ran when the lights went on...as some of us have.... Having said that, once the chase begins, I can't imagine it ending well for a biker on a big heavy bike. Further,...once the chase begins, the bikers blood was up and he'd be much more prone to taking chances, especially with 4000 lbs of cop car with a pushbar trying to ram him. The biker was stupid / reckless, but he didn't deserve to die. The cop saw the speeder and flipped the lights on. Once he did, especially if he'd gotten the license plate, he shouldn't have gotten into a high speed chase over a simple speeding violation. How did the cop think this was going to end? He CERTAINLY shouldn't have been trying to bump the bike. Seems like he wanted to kill the biker. I understand that the LEO would have had his blood up as well, but part of his job would be to control that. If he's unable to control his temper, he shouldn't be in that position. By continuing this chase, the cop, endangered not only the bikers life, but the lives of other drivers as well. I've run across good cops and bad cops in my life, and I can't imagine a good cop running this biker down.

My wife went through that a couple of weeks ago. She had a couple days of bad discomfort, then a week of minor discomfort, but now she's feeling much better, the acid reflux issues she's had have largely diminished, and hasn't found any issues with her diet yet. So far so good. Hang in there, and you may find you're better off without that pesky bugger.

I had my 'puter guy (nephew) upgrade one of my laptops to 10 and when we spoke about it, he said 10 has changed somewhat from what it started out as and really isn't that bad. I'm still favoring the laptop with 7 on it, but intend on starting to use the one with 10 on it one of these days.

I may be able to provide another option if needed. Wouldn't be a MD, but just a weekend up at the cabin in North Central PA. If the regular MD doesn't pan out, we'll give it a think.