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Addiction LXXVIII

Old 06-05-20, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
You’ve never watched the film “Contagion”? Good film, and topical.
Hmm, no. I did see Outbreak, but that's older.
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Sunshine coming through the window!
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Old 06-05-20, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
A couple weeks from now when we're all dialing up our car heaters to stay warm, remember that Velo Vol called it.
Today we had our first day of the so-called "June gloom", when the marine layer hangs around all day. I love it because it's cooler and I hate the summer. I don't hate it as much now that I'm not working and if we had a decent a/c at the house that would be even better.
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They are closed spaces full of people without masks. Dirty surfaces don't really concern me.
On my aircraft everyone has a mask on. I can’t speak for other airlines.
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Old 06-05-20, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
They all say they are, but compliance is poor and there is no enforcement.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/t...?smid=em-share

Again I can’t speak for delta or southwest, but we require a mask, and must be worn unless they have a health issue where a mask cannot be worn. I personally have not had a single passenger not comply with this. Nor have I seen a passenger without a mask on when I commute.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
Hmm, no. I did see Outbreak, but that's older.

Good film, seemed like we had a better plan in 1995 then we do today.
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Originally Posted by big john
I remember that from high school, around 1969-70. I was at a school which was 45% Latino.
#outoftheloop
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Originally Posted by big john
I hate the summer
wut
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Old 06-05-20, 05:40 PM
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Loved him as the T-1000 in Terminator 2.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
wut
Working on cars when it's over 100, cycling over 100, sweating while trying to sleep. Getting all sweaty any time I leave the house, even just going to the store.
Yeah, hot weather sucks. It changes everything.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Good film, seemed like we had a better plan in 1995 then we do today.
The ultimate plan in Outbreak was to incinerate an entire town. Cuba and Dustin saved the day. Donald played a great as*****.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Good film, seemed like we had a better plan in 1995 then we do today.
Oh the comments I could make...
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
The ultimate plan in Outbreak was to incinerate an entire town. Cuba and Dustin saved the day. Donald played a great as*****.

minor details. I was more referring to the beginning. They quarantined the town relatively quickly.
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Originally Posted by big john
Working on cars when it's over 100, cycling over 100, sweating while trying to sleep. Getting all sweaty any time I leave the house, even just going to the store.
Yeah, hot weather sucks. It changes everything.
Now do winter.
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Originally Posted by big john
Working on cars when it's over 100, cycling over 100, sweating while trying to sleep. Getting all sweaty any time I leave the house, even just going to the store.
Yeah, hot weather sucks. It changes everything.
Better than scraping ice off your car in pitch black at 6am in 12" of snow and -2* to get to work. Eff. That. Noise.
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People have not yet come to the realization that there are cameras. Everywhere. The Minneapolis police did not, the riot police do not, and this unfortunate soul did not.
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Old 06-05-20, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Now do winter.
What's that? We don't have that here.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
Better than scraping ice off your car in pitch black at 6am in 12" of snow and -2* to get to work. Eff. That. Noise.
I lived in the mountains for 4 years and did that. It did get to zero a few times and I used studded tires and 4x4, the whole bit. I loved living there and want to move back, especially now that I don't work and wouldn't need to commute.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Again I can’t speak for delta or southwest, but we require a mask, and must be worn unless they have a health issue where a mask cannot be worn. I personally have not had a single passenger not comply with this. Nor have I seen a passenger without a mask on when I commute.
That's very good to hear.
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Winter is part of living in paradise.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
An aberration.
It was like 90 here today.
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So, Bah Humbug, though I thought that I was settled on getting a TF Maboroshi, I now find myself sorely tempted to pick up one of the new Konosuke Fujiyama FMs -


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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
People have not yet come to the realization that there are cameras. Everywhere. The Minneapolis police did not, the riot police do not, and this unfortunate soul did not.
I am continually amazed at this, but this fool saw the camera and was in such a blinding fury that the inevitable consequences meant nothing to him. It's a level of dumbass beyond even the insufferable woman in the Central Park Ramble!
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