Nerm

2 minutes ago, bearrock said:

 

I think enough changed in the last 48 hours to justify going from "Eat out and don't discriminate based on xenophobia" to "this is a critical time for social distancing, try not to eat out at all"

Maybe so, but I think a lot of people are seeing all of this through such a political lense.  Trump was blasted for xenophobia because he instituted a travel ban from China, while the WHO said it wasn't necessary... until 48 hours later.  Does he get a bunch of credit for being proactive? Don't get me wrong, Trump clearly uses xenophobia for political reasons.  But it is so strange to me how people are so strongly inclined to view everything through a political lense.  How many people complaining about Trump will give him the benefit of the doubt when his responses change over the course of 48 hours... based on new information.

7 minutes ago, bearrock said:

To be fair, that woman (Katie Williams) seems like a nutjob.  Running for school board in Nevada too....

The flip side of that.  Wasn't AOC on record around 48 hours ago that people were racist for not eating in Chinese restaurants during this pandemic?

My mother just canceled her plans to go to Holland, because of the Coronavirus stuff (or maybe the company running it canceled it).  She and my stepdad decided on a drive to Yellowstone instead.  I think it is my duty as a good son to start emailing them Yellowstone doomsday articles a couple times per week now.

Unfortunately for me, next week is scheduled to be my busiest week at work in the past few months.  I have more than double the appointments  than I have had in the past six weeks.  This is all occurring while my kids school will be shut down for at least the next week.  I would tell my boss that he is a moron, and that he is being unreasonable... however, I am self employed, and my wife already makes sure that I am aware of those things.

6 hours ago, visionary said:

Also working on my homebrew D&D campaign that I've been running with my family.  

 

I tried to do a party/campaign with my family a few months ago.   It was pretty cool, but it was kind of hard with only three players (and my youngest being a 12 year old with downs syndrome).  But, this is the perfect time to try it again, as we told our kids they can't have any sleepovers during the school shutdown.  Plus my 14 year old enjoyed it, and she usually doesn't want to do anything with the family.

17 minutes ago, DCSaints_fan said:

 

But if I try to push you off a cliff and fail, and then you stumble and fall of the cliff anyway.  Would you say it didn't matter I tried to push you off? 

 

I do think Trump is a horrible human and a horrible president.  But, I also think it matters if people are being misled about what is actually happening.  The way that Trump is constantly dishonest about things is one of the reasons he is a terrible person/president.  

25 minutes ago, bearrock said:

 

I think there are a few things that are getting somewhat mixed up.  CDC pandemic budget was ultimately saved by reauthorization from Congress.  Future CDC budget is still slated to be cut as of last week's testimony.  NSC's pandemic team was disbanded by Trump and never reformed.  

 

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team/

I may be confused, but the most recent factcheck article I linked seemed to say that the pandemic team that was fired,  was actually a temporary Ebola program that was designed by the Obama administration to end in 2019.  The people were not replaced, because the program was done.  But, I have no idea if I am understanding that correctly.

7 minutes ago, Skintime said:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-trump-united-states-public-health-emergency-response/

Unless I am misunderstanding the article, it seems that the factcheck is saying that the claims being made in that article are incorrect, and based information from 2018 news reports that are not accurate.

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/false-claim-about-cdcs-global-anti-pandemic-work/

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/democrats-misleading-coronavirus-claims/

I think Trump is a disaster, so don't take this as a defense of him.  But, I have not seen anything that confirms the repeated claims about cuts to the CDC contributing to the current situation.  Is there any possibility that this issue is actually "fake news"?

My wife read a bunch about the hoarding habits regarding TP and hand sanitizer tonight.  She has been blissfully unaware of the issues discussed in this thread.  We joked about the TP hoarding, and she went to Sam's club and Amazon online, then we laughed some more about them being sold out.

However, I have lived long enough to know that it is possible that things I think are funny at some point, are no longer funny at a later date.  For example, the jokes that parents make to their teens include the possibility that they may eventually have teenage kids of their own.  I can confirm that those jokes are not at all funny when you are in an argument with your own teenage daughter.  That **** actually happens at some point, and it is terrifying.  What the hell, that isn't a joke.

So, basically I am nervous about the possibility that a week from now, I will be having a discussion with my wife about what the plan is to get through a week without toilet paper, while regretting that we were joking about it last week rather than taking action.  I feel like we are the type of people that talk a big game about tHe zombie apocalypse, but then sit around talking about how it will blow over when it starts to happen.

2 hours ago, PCS said:

 

On a personal note.  A comment I made to many a patient of ours when I was a medic all those years ago,was a response to their concerns.  "The only time to really be concerned or worried,is when I am. 

That  sentiment of "don't be worried unless I am" reminds me of my first heart attack, about 5 years ago.  I wasn't sure I was having a serious problem, but after about 5 hours Of pain, I finally called 911.  When the paramedics get to my house, one asks me if I can walk to the ambulance, which I felt I could have.  But the other, apparently more experienced/senior  paramedic  says, "No, look at him.  Get the stretcher."  That freaked me out a bit, but I stayed pretty calm and called my wife from the ambulance after the paramedics confirmed that I was having an actual heart attack.  Wanted to tell her I love her, but I still felt fairly confident that I was going to live.  After all,I was in a  vehicle with people trained to restart my heart if it stopped.  So, when I get to the hospital, I answer all the doctors questions and the tell me they are going to put in some stents immediately. Overall, I was pretty calm about it, because the doctors seemed confident.  They tell one of the nurses to clear out the cath lab to get me in there.  The nurse comes back and says they will be out in 5 or 10 minutes.  Then one of the doctors said, "Did you tell them what we're looking at here?  Get them out now!".  It was a bit of an eye opening moment, thinking I may not exist in 10 minutes.  It was anxiety provoking, but I lived to tell the tale.

I was in Vegas when the Coronavirus started to get so much news coverage.  It really struck me how a casino seems to have the potential to be a "perfect storm" environment for spreading a virus like that.  With the slot machines being touched by hundreds of different people in a day.  People coming from, then returning to all parts of the country/world.  It seems like one infected blackjack dealer could spread the virus like wildfire.  

Also, it makes me think about voting booths.  Honestly, it has been a while since I voted, so I don't really know what the procedures are in various places.  Do most places still have pens or little stylists that are used by everyone that goes into the booth?  I think that Washington state has their primary Tuesday, along with several other states.  I'm curious if there are plans to alter any voting procedures to address Coronavirus concerns.  Voting by mail certainly looks more appealing in this situation.

On 2/24/2020 at 5:29 AM, bakedtater1 said:

.I usually go do something else as she will watch that ridiculous ass sabrina teenage witch bopper ****..or unbreakable Kimmy or the good place yuck...god i hate the off season lol

I never watched Sabrina the teenage witch, but I did watch the chilling adventures of Sabrina, based on a recommendation here on this board.  I have to say, the last season was particularly deep... addressing many of the questions that we all have, but are afraid to ask.  Such as "What would it be like if we dressed Sabrina in a cheerleader outfit for most of the season?";  "How strange would it be to start including musical numbers, randomly, in episodes after not having any in the first few seasons?"; "Can we get the Run DMC song It's Tricky stuck in Nerm's head for more than a week?"

Honestly, if I did not watch the final season, i would have gone to my grave thinking the lyrics for It's tricky were "It's tricky to rock around".  Now I know that I have been singing it wrong my whole life, all because I watched Sabrina sing "It's tricky to rock a rhyme" while I had the closed captions on.  So, I learned things about the world and myself due to that show.

5 hours ago, Larry said:

Admiring the number of people who will argue that gun owners are calm, peaceful, law abiding people, who will commit armed violence against the government and law enforcement if they try to enforce a law, with a straight face. 

I have talked with several veterans who described what they saw happen to calm, peaceful, and law abiding citizens after they were disarmed to promote safety and the rule of law.  When they tell their stories, they have a very straight face.  

I have Native American friends here in South Dakota whose ancestors, including women and children, were slaughtered on the Pine Ridge reservation right after the American government disarmed them.  The soldiers were given the Medal of Honor for it.  The descriptions of the event are passed down from generation to generation in their families, and told with a straight face.

On 1/31/2020 at 12:30 PM, tshile said:

 

Did you intentionally miss the point?

 

So 6 months from now, after they've banned it, it's OK for one person to have it simply because they bought it before the ban and now it's not ok for another person to have it?

 

your grand rebuttal to that is "go buy one before they ban it" ?

 

If it's OK for one person to own, then it needs to be OK for others. This idea that it's only OK if it was purchased before a certain date is stupid. It's a high powered weapon and we're going to draw the line on who can/can't have it simply by whether someone purchased it before a certain date? ridiculous.

I understand the logic behind not grandfathering previous purchases, but from a practical standpoint, if your goal is to reduce gun violence, then I think grandfathering previous purchases makes a lot of sense.  I know a lot of people in this thread dismiss rural/red state citizens as backwards, ignorant, "gun nuts".  These are people I have lived around my whole life.  They are not violent people.  However, I have met many people that would resist if the government came to disarm them when they have not done anything to threaten others.  Especially veterans.

I think attempts to confiscate guns would result in more violence, rather than less.  A ban on sales would not necessarily do that.

22 minutes ago, skinsmarydu said:

I'm currently enjoying Pineapple Jager. 

I live in South Dakota, so I am currently enjoying a few cheap, flavorless, light beers.

On 1/27/2020 at 10:58 AM, Chachie said:

 

 

I'm a 53 year old man who is TOTALLY INTO the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. 

As a 46 year old man, I started watching this show a few days ago based on your post.  I'm on episode 5 of the first season.  My wife asked me today "Are you really watching this now?"  I assured her that it is ok for me to watch, because it was recommended by other mature football fans.  So far, so good.  But if it gets really stupid, I am going to blame you for my wife telling me how dumb it is.  Of course, I will never admit it if the show isn't great.  That would go against everything that I believe regarding marital disagreements.

1 hour ago, SkinsFanMania said:

The Ravens offensive seem to be doing what the 1991 Redskins were able to accomplish.  They have a top offense and a top 10 defense and that doesn't happen often.  As a matter of fact, this is the Ravens last 24 drives.  Absolutely incredible.  They have a phenom at QB and almost everyone had a chance to take him.   Some teams had two chances.  Hell the Ravens didn't take him with their first pick.

 

 touchdown, touchdown, kneel down, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, kneel down, touchdown, touchdown, missed field goal, downs, touchdown, touchdown, kneel down, touchdown, field goal, field goal, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown.

 

Anyway, this type of production reminds me of the skins offensive production back in 1991.  Maybe one day we can get that back.  Well I can dream, can't I.  
 

I think I read earlier today that the Ravens have only punted twice in the past three games, and both of those punts occurred after Lamar was pulled because the game was well in hand.  So, their first team offense has not punted in three games now (If what I read was accurate).

I also found out this week that Joe Theismann led the Redskins in punt returns and punt return yards in 1974.  That blows my mind.

1 hour ago, Yohan said:

 He wants to watch them in the order that I had seen them...we started with New Hope.

That's just good parenting right there.

Wow, I can't believe all the disrespect for Boba Fett here.  The guy ran a scam on Vader to get a big bounty.  That takes guts.  Didn't he wait to grab Han and Leia, just so he could get paid?  I mean, he takes the job to find the Mellennium Falcon while standing on Vader's ship.  He had to know the Falcon was still attached to Vader's ship, since he waited to follow the Falcon by using the same trick Han did (floating away with the trash dumped by The star destroyers).  So, I think it is pretty funny he didn't mention to Vader that he knew the Falcon was right there.  He might have got stiffed on his pay if Vader knew it was that easy.  

1 hour ago, Riggo-toni said:

Banshee is fun, bit fair warning - the last season sucks donkey balls.

Thanks for the heads up.  I will lower my expectations for the final season.

I have been watching Banshee, a show from Cinemax a few years ago that is now on Amazon Prime.  I liked the first season, there are some brutal fight scenes.  There are some aspects of the show that make me roll my eyes, like how every beautiful woman on the show has sex with the main character within minutes of meeting him... With some women even showing up to kill him, then deciding to have sex with him instead.

Overall, the show has been good.  Several interesting characters, particularly the bad guys.

2 hours ago, bakedtater1 said:

Hi nerm..dont recall seeing ya round these parts..maybe so but dont recall lol..looks like ur a cowboys fan..I absolutely love that pic thing next to your name..wrong color/logo..lol but it's way awesome..love it..how ya feel about the game sunday?..I'll spot Zeke 126 and two scores...how do ya feel about ur secondary against our wr's..who's your fav lb from the cowboys?

Nothing would surprise me, as far as who comes out on top.  I do think that both teams passing games will be less prolific than they were last week.  I also feel like both teams should expect better defense than they showed in week 1. If I had to guess, I would say Dallas 20 - Washington 13.  I really see Allen being out as a big advantage for Dallas, as I think he is a real difference maker.

I wouldn't spot Zeke that kind of production.  I don't have a great feel for the secondary.  My favorite LB from Dallas is LVE, he has the tools to be great.

On September 10, 2019 at 1:18 PM, redskinss said:

The guy has the same name as one of the fastest sports cars in the world and his game is built on speed.

 

Doesn't seem like it'd be too tough to come up with an appropriate nickname. 

 

I'm sticking with f1 the true classic.

Makes a lot of sense, but I'm not sure most fans would get the reference.  I like it though.

17 hours ago, FrFan said:

How are they going to pay Prescott, Cooper and Jones ?

Well, if you ask Jerry, I think he would have some vague, but colorful quote that would not clearly address the question.  Something like, we are in a tight spot, but, that's when you gotta dig deep.  Like Mookie Wilson says, 

On August 20, 2019 at 6:10 PM, visionary said:

 

 

Off topic (my apologies) but I used to play D&D in the mid 80s.  This past week, I was asking my wife and 2 daughters if they wanted to play.  Apparently, D&D has had a resurgence since Stranger Things.  So, I downloaded the free "Basic Rules" from the website, to get a refresher on what I would need to do as a dungeon master to run the game.  After reading about 50 pages, I am thinking there is no way I could do it competently.  The basic rules were more complex than most of the textbooks that I read in graduate school.  So, I told my family that we shouldn't play.  

It is probably for the best though.  People said I was a dork for playing way back then.  I would hate to see my kids become social rejects for not just playing D&D, but playing it with their parents.  I suspect there is no defense for that among their pre teen peers.