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Hunkered down, here in Pensacola

Identify and monitor those panic-buying all that TP, for now we know who (and they have admitted it) are truly full of... (who hid the 'brown lump' smiley???).

I don't mind hunkering down - still late winter wx here. Didn't get above freezing today. I've got the sim, the model railroad, and a HoneyDo list longer than a roll of TP.
 
Universe has an impeccable sense of irony.

I live in a ski resort, Mammoth Lakes, California. The winter here has been totally dry since December...zero snowfall, well maybe a bit of dust but no coverage. The corporate owner of the ski area decided to close Mammoth Mountain (in light of the pathogen 19), and indeed all of their resorts for the remainder of the season. That same day, it began to dump snow in Mammoth. Now that's funny.

Today, the Mono County Health Officer pulled the plug on everything, restaurants, hotels, bars, my gym, libraries and all public gatherings. The schools shut down a couple of days ago. Mammoth Lakes is officially shut down for the foreseeable future. The chamber of commerce issued a statement discouraging travelers from coming to Mammoth...until further notice. Horizon Air is canceling it's scheduled flights. Most of my wife's clients have canceled their Spring and Summer bookings.

It's a done deal.

Here's the impeccable irony. My wife checked out three movies from the Mammoth Library two days ago. Now we will only have those movies until things open again. One of the movies is "The Big Short", a personal favorite and actually an invaluable primer for anyone who wants to understand the '08 crisis, and more importantly, evolving dynamics. I highly recommend the movie, or even better the book...which I have read multiple times. The funny part is that my wife and I look at the movie almost as light comedy, partly because it is brilliantly edited, but also because '08 seems almost innocent or myopic compared to 2020. In '08 a sub prime mortgage bubble nearly destroyed a global economy. This time...it's everything, but the exact same set of identifiers are in play and simple to comprehend when you know the primer.

BTW, movie number two was Groundhog Day...not that is ridiculously funny.

I found it wildly ironic that universe chose to leave the movies in my care for...I have now idea how long. I wonder if the library plans on charging me late fees??? :untroubled:
 
I live in rural NW Tennessee about an hour's drive north of Jackson. Not much up this way but a bunch of small towns. My wife had a freak accident some months ago and has required long term in patient care so she's been in a nursing home not too far from here and I've been spending my days and evenings there for a few months, just coming home to sleep and try to get a little done around here in the mornings. Monday morning, I was told that all visitation has been cut off from all nursing homes in the country. So, I'm hunkered down at the house now until the homes open back up. I've got enough stuff here that I've had to let slip these past few months to keep me busy along with getting back with the guys on our nightly flights, a backlog of tv to stream and trying my hand at making and playing a cigar box guitar.

If it wasn't for having to get out to get some chicken feed, I'd be all set up.
 
Stanp-ede

I like in California and am 79 yrs old. If I go to Smar&Final store (No Food Stamps allowed) I can find water, TP, and eggs. So go to a store that doesn't accept Food Stamps and you will probably find what you need. Time for Marshall Law and Ration Stamps (like during WWII). Only way.

And the flu has killed 75 Million since it first came around (1900's) and nobody says anything about that! When it warms up, in a month or two, the virus will disappear. It don't like heat, or warm moisture, so hang on. Things will be back to normal soon. And if the hand sanitizer is not 90% Alchohol then it's useless. Soap is 5 times more effective.

I bought 10 cans of dog food, just in case I can't get meat. Hey, it's better for you than spam, or other canned meat!
Chuck B
Napamule
 
Washing the hands for 20 seconds works. The soap breaks down the fatty outer coating of the virus, killing it. Takes a few seconds. Wash first thing when you get home or after getting the mail.
 
Sheltering in Place

It can be done, and with reasonably little discomfort.

California has just declared a voluntary lock down. As many here know, I recently survived a long period of stay at home following two full knee replacements. In pragmatic terms, I have been more or less house bound for the last six months...only going out for physical therapy twice a week and strolls in the meadows. I basically spent the last few months in my small home office...during the winter. It sounds boring, but in all truth the opposite proved to be true.

I applied my time to to improving my dev skills, working in 3D Studio, Photoshop, Quixel and the myriad other programs associated with building airplanes and scenery. When the mesh got me crazy, I caught up on reading and doing my usual digging and research.

What I can share here is this. While it is a bit tedious, locking down at home is not as horrific as it sounds. I'm a type A work horse, always need to do something personality. Even with the restrictions of mobility associated with integrating my "magic legs", I found that time passed very quickly...and...I got a whole lot smarter in the boot. I've learned a ton more about mesh, code, programming and the rest associated with the creation of simulation aircraft and scenery.

If I might offer a small solution to boredom...take some time to explore your FSX or P3D SDK. Start with a small project and Milton's primer on airplane building, download the free starter software available to everyone and you may discover that building airplanes or scenery is a fine way to occupy long hours if confined/restricted to your home. The satisfaction is enormous, and you will find that it is actually more fun to fly when you have built your home airport and favorite mount.

Another suggestion, converting existing aircraft to P3Dv4.5 PBR. Fantastic experience and extremely rewarding.

It's just a thought, but I will be here along with many others who are more than willing to share tips, tricks and advice. Perhaps a thread on the subject will be in order.

Thoughts??


A couple of conversions I did a while back...

PBR converted Boeing B-50...with modeling enhancements on the tarmac at my version of KRNO Reno Tahoe International.
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PBR converted C-97
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PBR converted Boeing B-50 California Central Valley Photoreal
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We are in a small RV co-op community in a small town in the middle of the desert. We are hunkered down and at this time are not allowing traveling rv’s to stay.
we are a senior community and we are mostly self isolating ourselves. Our neighbor bought 10 24 packs of toilet paper so if the **** hits the fan, we can wipe it off.
Hope everyone is safe and this madness comes to an end real quick.
 
napamule said:
I like in California and am 79 yrs old. If I go to Smar&Final store (No Food Stamps allowed) I can find water, TP, and eggs. So go to a store that doesn't accept Food Stamps and you will probably find what you need. Time for Marshall Law and Ration Stamps (like during WWII). Only way.

And the flu has killed 75 Million since it first came around (1900's) and nobody says anything about that! When it warms up, in a month or two, the virus will disappear. It don't like heat, or warm moisture, so hang on. Things will be back to normal soon. And if the hand sanitizer is not 90% Alchohol then it's useless. Soap is 5 times more effective.

I bought 10 cans of dog food, just in case I can't get meat. Hey,.or other canned meat!
Chuck B
Napamule
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It's probably better for you than TP
 
As of 22/03/2020 the COVID-19 deaths in Australia stand at 7 Nation wide.

At both State and National levels the number of confirmed infections remains quite low, NSW (our most populous state has just reached 537 infections, while I think (haven't been checking) the total infections for the Nation are around 2000+/-.

There is (surprisingly) solid co-operative action between the Federal Governments and the States, and I'm really happy I live in Nation that is surrounded by a vast expanse of ocean(s), relatively sparsely populated, with a population (mostly) prepared to co-operate with the recommendations from the CMO and well used to helping one another out in difficult times.

With COVID-19 following on the recent unprecedented fire season and the extended drought, in the main, the old tradition of looking out for one's 'mates' remains alive and strong.
South Australia has a closed border policy in place and I expect that to become the norm.
NSW have mandated a maximum of 500 people in open spaces and have already closed Bondi Beach, aided by the Surf Lifesaving Organisation, empowered with policing all beaches in the State.
Victoria are likely to shut down the Sate Schools in the next few days, while the 'Unessential Travel Mandate' is most important, although it will impact so many small business operations who were counting on the brief Easter holiday season bringing tourists into the hard hit resort towns which had no annual holiday season income due to the fires.
In comparison with Europe in general, America, Asia and now the African and Sub Saharan nations we are well behind the infection curve but not complacent.
One small blessing for me are the 12 fractured ribs my wife is dealing with, as she can't go off with her MSF crew to some hard hit 'Foreign' destination........not charitable of me but we've been there often enough!

One very important issue has been raised in Oz, a return to domestic manufacturing and far less reliance on cheaper imports is one of a few positives to come out of COVID-19.
 
wombat666 said:
One very important issue has been raised in Oz, a return to domestic manufacturing and far less reliance on cheaper imports is one of a few positives to come out of COVID-19.
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The same thing is happening here in Canada. Automotive parts manufacturers are to receive government funds to retool and produce things we need. They are starting with medical supplies, masks and respirators, first. This is a good thing for us as the manufacturers have been closing recently due to cheaper products coming from China and Mexico.

The hardest hit might come to China. Their plants have been shut down for a long time now and with their clients on lockdown, there is nobody to sell to.

Sometimes, out of the dark cloud, emerges something that will change our future.
 
aeronca1 said:
Sometimes, out of the dark cloud, emerges something that will change our future.
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It's what's probably emerging beyond this that leaves me more uncertain than the spread of the virus.

The past twenty years has seen a dramatic rise in cost of living (housing primarily) coupled with historically low interest rates, leaving lower and middle class populations & governments in North America & Western Europe with a debt load that can simply be described as grotesquely over-extended.

(The subprime mortgage crisis 2007-2010 in the 'States was a small scale dress rehearsal for what may be coming next....)

For a couple of decades here in BC, analysts have repeatedly cited that the average middle class family was existing one or two pay checks away from debt payment default. Their warnings described how things were so delicately balanced that it wouldn't take much to shove the greater working population off the edge, triggering a much larger economic domino effect.



Well.......here we go.



Regarding China, they're much better set-up than most in the West can imagine. At this stage, the Chinese industrial economy can operate strictly within the borders of the country and still service a population that's become affluent enough to create growth.

While the exploitation of the international economy was critical in the creation of China's staggering economic recipe, they're currently at a point where we may be little more than icing on the cake. (Mind you, that layer of icing might be almost as thick as the cake!)

With that in mind, you may next witness a very large buy-up of distressed international business interests by Chinese money once this C-19 business has all run it's course, by far eclipsing the vast Chinese based acquisitions of global corporate assets already up to present.

Everybody likes icing.

The medical media tells us that Covid-19 will have marginal effect on kids, and most adults up to middle age can expect survivable flu-like symptoms if they're in good health.

Seniors and people of any age with "challenged" immune systems can expect deadly consequences that can be overwhelming if encountering this virus.

Now, translate that little ditty into economic language:

China's economy is a young adult in a government control military-style athletic program, sucking back steroids all day long. It's simply loaded for bear at this stage.

Find me another economy, anywhere around the world, in that kind of shape?

All I can see are wheelchairs and walking aids, and maybe a few hopefuls still using training wheels to stay balanced.

:pop4:

And as a real-time update, here in Vancouver, BC, regular gasoline is hitting a buck-a-liter in the evenings (unseen in decades), city bus rides are free, but you come and go from the back door and leave the driver alone, and Costco is refusing to refund returns on mass-hoarded toilet paper.

:running:
 
magoo said:
And as a real-time update, here in Vancouver, BC, regular gasoline is hitting a buck-a-liter in the evenings (unseen in decades), city bus rides are free, but you come and go from the back door and leave the driver alone, and Costco is refusing to refund returns on mass-hoarded toilet paper.

:running:
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Good for Costco! I hope the hoarders enjoy eating the toilet paper! :redfire:
 
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