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04-20-20, 09:42 AM
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04-20-20, 09:44 AM
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I get anxious just thinking about it. My wife and I went to Aldis this morning and spilt up our list to get done faster and minimize our exposure time. Five minutes in, my wife found me and said she just wanted to leave. I can't say that I blamed her one bit.
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04-20-20, 09:44 AM
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I live in a suburb of L.A., about 25 miles north of downtown. The thing about California is the oil companies always gaff us mercilessly and many people believe the high prices are due to high tax or winter blend fuel or something.
04-20-20, 09:48 AM
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Why did she want to leave? Was it crazy busy? Last week we shopped and it wasn't bad.
04-20-20, 09:51 AM
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04-20-20, 09:52 AM
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04-20-20, 09:57 AM
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I think Philly taxes are the highest in the nation, higher than California yet your gas is always at least $1 less than ours. Plus, we use a lot of domestic crude so the rip-off is even more ridiculous.
04-20-20, 09:58 AM
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04-20-20, 09:59 AM
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I wouldn't say it was crowded but it is a smaller Aldis than most. I think it was the customers picking stuff up and then putting it back down, that sort of thing. I saw some pretty egregious examples of behavior that go against all of the CV guidelines and she must have, too.
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04-20-20, 09:59 AM
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Off for some outside garbage miles. Might even stop for a pic or two. 
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04-20-20, 10:06 AM
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Lovely word selection 
I quite enjoyed MoAlpha 's "antipodean" a few pages back as well. That was a new one for me.
In more creative usage of language, I was reading an article about this weeks weather trends this morning in which the author described an effect of a low pressure system moving across the country in a way that made me chuckle: "Some sloshing of the Great Lakes is also possible."
I quite enjoyed MoAlpha 's "antipodean" a few pages back as well. That was a new one for me.
In more creative usage of language, I was reading an article about this weeks weather trends this morning in which the author described an effect of a low pressure system moving across the country in a way that made me chuckle: "Some sloshing of the Great Lakes is also possible."
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04-20-20, 10:12 AM
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04-20-20, 10:15 AM
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04-20-20, 10:30 AM
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Yeah...People... I'm back @ work. People just dont get it. Guys that have been in home reserve for a month came in, saw the masks and gloves, and the entry procedures and were mocking it.
Then there's the "freedom crowd" I'm really torn on this one. I'm all about my rights and freedom. However I dont want this virus to get out and ravage out country. Not to mention, I would rather avoid coming down with it if possible.
How people can just throw others under the bus for profits is just repulsive to me.
Then there's the "freedom crowd" I'm really torn on this one. I'm all about my rights and freedom. However I dont want this virus to get out and ravage out country. Not to mention, I would rather avoid coming down with it if possible.
How people can just throw others under the bus for profits is just repulsive to me.
04-20-20, 10:33 AM
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04-20-20, 10:35 AM
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I dont believe the city has a separate gas tax. State gas tax is higher than NJ, which is why I try to buy there when I go to my NJ office. Its roughly $0.50 cheaper in NJ than in many Philadelphia neighborhoods. The price difference used to be greater, but NJ raised its state gas tax a couple of years ago. Much bellyaching over that. The oil lobby in NJ is strong.
04-20-20, 10:35 AM
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04-20-20, 10:38 AM
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I think that the anxiety reduction was in reference to the physical work/exertion, not necessarily the competitive aspect. I go through the same thing. If I don't exercise, my anxiety levels go up. I suspect that most humans are the same but a) some people work in jobs that are physically demanding and get in their necessary work that way and b) those with more sedentary jobs/lifestyles (you know, a big chunk of America) have simply gotten used to feeling ****ty and snippy and full of anxiety.
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04-20-20, 10:45 AM
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Lovely word selection
I quite enjoyed MoAlpha 's "antipodean" a few pages back as well. That was a new one for me.
In more creative usage of language, I was reading an article about this weeks weather trends this morning in which the author described an effect of a low pressure system moving across the country in a way that made me chuckle: "Some sloshing of the Great Lakes is also possible."
I quite enjoyed MoAlpha 's "antipodean" a few pages back as well. That was a new one for me.
In more creative usage of language, I was reading an article about this weeks weather trends this morning in which the author described an effect of a low pressure system moving across the country in a way that made me chuckle: "Some sloshing of the Great Lakes is also possible."
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04-20-20, 10:48 AM
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What was farmed?
04-20-20, 10:48 AM
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I think that the anxiety reduction was in reference to the physical work/exertion, not necessarily the competitive aspect. I go through the same thing. If I don't exercise, my anxiety levels go up. I suspect that most humans are the same but a) some people work in jobs that are physically demanding and get in their necessary work that way and b) those with more sedentary jobs/lifestyles (you know, a big chunk of America) have simply gotten used to feeling ****ty and snippy and full of anxiety.
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04-20-20, 10:51 AM
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We do NOT know how long acquired immunity to the COVID19 lasts. Maybe months. Maybe more, maybe less. We don't know.
04-20-20, 10:52 AM
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My dad was a non-physician and pronounced it that way for unknown reasons, but he was also foreigner who learned English in England. As I think we've discussed, only surgeons and internists who wear bow ties can get away with talking like that and they shouldn't.
04-20-20, 10:52 AM
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