Coronavirus (NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL COMMENTARY PLEASE)

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by Moe Szyslak

I have long since abandoned giving a single shit what the White House "projects" with regards to this virus.

Or anybody really. No one seems to come close except for our very own LordoftheRings. I'll take his estimate over anybody's, even the CDC.

[MazeRunner]

Originally Posted by Waboman

The cats have finally returned to the airports. The earth is healing.

[Show spoiler]

[Batman1980]

Social Distancing

Strict adherence to CDC distancing guidelines, maintaining 6 feet of distance in all gym activities, and roping off or disabling equipment:
Gym capacity limited to a certain number of people, for example 5 people per 1,000 square feet if required by local mandates;
No contact training and no equipment sharing training sessions;
Social distancing signage and floor markers;
Enhanced Cleaning & Sanitation Protocols

Medical-grade cleaning products and hand sanitizers available throughout facility, and:
Require hand washing before and after workout;
Increase disinfectant stations with hand sanitizer available in lobby and throughout the facility whenever provisions are available; and
Pre-use and post-use wipe down protocol on all equipment, including office equipment and body comp scanners, as well as updating member processes to educate on cleaning and sanitation.
Detailed in-depth and frequent cleaning checklist:
Full facility will be cleaned thoroughly a minimum of every 2 hours with medical-grade product, including equipment and all surfaces during staffed hours; and
Bathrooms cleaned every hour during staffed hours.
Water fountains for refilling water bottles only.
No equipment sharing will be allowed.

Local Anytime Fitness Gym

Honestly? Sounds like most of the gym is still going to be closed when they re-open. Going to contact them and ask that I not be billed for May.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by GRD43L

While the numbers and codes exist, not many bother to read+sort.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling_codes

When I see garbage, left over food, unsorted plastics tossed into recycling containers in public places, I am not hopeful that diligent numbering on products/packaging will solve the problem. It still requires every individual to do their part.

We don't appear to have them here in the US sadly. Even that design isn't the easiest to read, and looks rather messy still. Better than nothing though.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by bruceames

Plastics are the real environmental problem.

Internal monologue...

“Maybe I should stop replacing my eco-pack Blu-ray cases with Viva Elite cases all of the time.”

“Maybe they should stop releasing stuff in eco-packs.”

“Yeah.”

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

unfortunately, even people who actually do recycle...those material are ending up in landfills regardless and no recycled. the whole process is ridiculous and until that changes, not much the everyday man can do to help.

https://www.livescience.com/how-much...recycling.html

Yup. I was just going to mention this, but you beat me to it. Sadly, much of what people recycle ends up in landfills anyways. Plenty of reading material online about this. Much of what gets sent in to recycle is not usable - wrong material, not cleaned properly, etc., and often the cost of processing it is so great it just gets dumped or shipped off to somewhere else where it ends up getting dumped.

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

Local Anytime Fitness Gym

Honestly? Sounds like most of the gym is still going to be closed when they re-open. Going to contact them and ask that I not be billed for May.

Wow, that doesn't sound financially feasible at all. I guess the employees there will be spending all day cleaning and sanitizing.

I paused my membership in March (prepaid a year through September), but I stopped going in January because I invested in some equipment for a gym I have at work. The timing ended up to be perfect.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Internal monologue...

“Maybe I should stop replacing my eco-pack Blu-ray cases with Viva Elite cases all of the time.”

“Maybe they should stop releasing stuff in eco-packs.”

“Yeah.”

Eco-packs are terrible for the discs, though.

I'll see myself out.

[Chaotic]

Frontier trying to make money off social distancing

https://kdvr.com/news/frontier-airli...re-room-seats/

[bruceames]

I'd be good with cardboard packaging and just havings plastic hub stickies.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by MrHT

Yeah, why did Snapple switch to plastic bottles?

Plastic is lighter than glass, thus making shipping costs less for shipping crates of them out. That's why so many have switched to plastic. It's nice that they don't shatter if dropped, and eliminates worrying about glass being cracked, but very bad for the environment of course.

[bruceames]

There really needs to be a really strong anti-plastic movement, and not just token things like disposable shopping bags or straws, but packaging and products as well. But for that, people will need to accept that most things will cost more. I don't that happening until the problem is so bad that's it's too late (if it isn't too late now).

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by bruceames

I'd be good with cardboard packaging and just havings plastic hub stickies.

Pplastic makes sense for some things. Plastic blu-ray cases make sense as they protect your discs and act as storage, and are kept long-term - they aren't being thrown in the garbage (unless they're broken).

I buy board games and most companies seal them in a very thin plastic wrap. Some gamers want to see the companies stop that practice but it makes sense to seal them - almost all board games are manufactured in China and they ship via boat which takes about a month, and that means the cards and cardboard materials are exposed for up to 30+ days of moisture, which can and does result in warping of the materials inside (boards, cards, punchboards). The plastic wrap helps a lot in keeping the components safe from salt-water moisture.

But these awful hard plastic packages everything is sealed in offers no benefit. I have a few collectible action figures from Diamond select and they are packaged in those awful packages - there's no way to get the figures out without destroying the packaging, making it very difficult to store them back inside. I like to keep them in the package, but it's a nightmare trying to cut them open while not totally destroying them so I can put them back inside after checking them out.

[Scarface32]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

i actually cant see that is glass from the pic. the new bottles look very much like glass but are plastic.

obviously, you bought it and know its glass but they switched to plastic last summer i believe.

Says George, “The whole key of what we were trying to do is change the bottle in a way the consumer never noticed. We wanted them to see this bottle as the glass bottle, which took a lot of time and effort. But I think we were successful in that there are a lot of people who are still surprised it’s a plastic bottle.”

All I can tell you is I broke one last week when I threw it in the recycling can, it hit another bottle and the glass shattered.

[Lacit170]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

All I can tell you is I broke one last week when I threw it in the recycling can, it hit another bottle and the glass shattered.

i believe you, i still see the glass ones from time to time but majority are plastic now. and they look and kind of feel like glass except for the weight of the bottle.

[Lacit170]

Originally Posted by mar3o

Yup. I was just going to mention this, but you beat me to it. Sadly, much of what people recycle ends up in landfills anyways. Plenty of reading material online about this. Much of what gets sent in to recycle is not usable - wrong material, not cleaned properly, etc., and often the cost of processing it is so great it just gets dumped or shipped off to somewhere else where it ends up getting dumped.

the whole process is broken. to expect people to wash the containers to remove ALL food etc from it, not gonna happen. then i read that if there is any water in the bottles or whatever, those end up in the landfill.

no one is going to wash, dry etc. they need to figure out how they can wash, and dry and sort.

[The Great Owl]

The Stranglers keyboardist, Dave Greenfield, passed away after testing positive for COVID-19. He played a key role in the creation of "Golden Brown", which was my introduction to the band during the early 1980s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-GUjA67mdc&fbclid=IwAR3SZsSrUYz_wVj4RSlm5ydg3mYliVDyuvu9dfvA6swBdWEGHMVVgcoEFMo

Other great tracks from a great band...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw9mEFn38to&fbclid=IwAR2WAai4eZUc-Q0aKcOZ0Nq9uAhXfFXVhyiKGT18OMLoiic5UU0pWJMZncU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dEySTzQ6oc&fbclid=IwAR1XUIujeV82hECG7fmbo2fCmef4r9L8xZPjLQH_rrSzT2sPxSb7nbkyeos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umhdm1QoF8w&fbclid=IwAR3lXo4El0fbOe8KX4TQRF3nNQ8-_iLF9mkBx_H_FJFQBvqNphvp2B6qeLs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoG4ziny-QI&fbclid=IwAR1WRmGcdBhm0sI2R7l8J2gHqjpzoUwPyepTextaVJrHsUCQfrNBq9HaUKs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuT5KUA7iaY&fbclid=IwAR2ZURCIdSMqCDMYIBh72dSeDjwGu32H_aZrwvlbSsk0nMe8e8GaoF0KMqA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIX_6EVf7pI&fbclid=IwAR1fshjMdOOnY3f_FJm6fmyT39VgiW3_KoEztd7JEYOz2as7Rlc2774roI0

[Pondosinatra]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

The Stranglers keyboardist, Dave Greenfield, passed away after testing positive for COVID-19. He played a key role in the creation of "Golden Brown", which was my introduction to the band during the early 1980s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-GU...WEGHMVVgcoEFMo...

Damn. Love Golden Brown.

[TheBoss062]

Originally Posted by MazeRunner

I have a haircut appointment for Tuesday! I haven't cut it since December. Was going to do it just as Corona hit but things shut down fast.

My hair is thick so when I wake up it looks like a bird nest. It's not growing the way I wanted it to.

Let it grow

[mar3o]

Looks like that "leaked" new forecast has resulted in lots of sensationalist articles, like this one from arstechnica, without any actual fact-checking:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020...eaths-by-june/

Here's what Washington Post has to say about this document:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/healt...691_story.html

The White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention disavowed the report, although the slides carry the CDC’s logo. The creator of the model said the numbers are unfinished projections shown to the CDC as a work in progress.

He said he didn’t know how the update was turned into a slidedeck by government officials and shared with news organizations. The data was first reported by the New York Times.

“I had no role in the process by which that was presented and shown. This data was presented as an FYI to CDC … it was not in any way intended to be a forecast,” Lessler said.

This document appears to be based off older data before lockdowns and was not intended to be an actual forecast - it was only working data. A great example of how you have to be very careful what news you trust these days.