And pretty much strokin' the dog? Being an essential biz is fine. Dont mind coming to my shop at all BUT it sure is boring most of the day. How else could I post this at this time of the day. Carlots not selling cars, majority of the service garages slow, and out side of dealer work the majority of body shops are empty... having fun yet?? How much youtube can I watch? The only excitement I know of is they tell me they are raising the super structure for the new bill board tomorrow.
:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:
Print Shops are essential, so yes, I'm still working. Got caught up on orders that were already in process, but now it has all come to a halt and so have the checks.
Our son & his wife are having a baby next week and if I want to be able to visit after they are home, I need to self isolate for 14 days.
I'm just going to remained closed. I can still keep in touch with my commercial accounts if they need anything, just can't have anyone coming to the shop.
I guess it's Spring cleaning next..... :(
judy
Quote from: 1ownr on April 15, 2020, 01:25:07 PM
Print Shops are essential, so yes, I'm still working. Got caught up on orders that were already in process, but now it has all come to a halt and so have the checks.
Our son & his wife are having a baby next week and if I want to be able to visit after they are home, I need to self isolate for 14 days.
I'm just going to remained closed. I can still keep in touch with my commercial accounts if they need anything, just can't have anyone coming to the shop.
I guess it's Spring cleaning next..... :(
judy
My Sister has a new Grand Daughter that is 5 weeks old...They've seen her on video chat, but haven't been able to visit or hold the new baby...The world certainly sucks right now.
Congratulations on your upcoming little one Judy....I hope everything is well with you and your family :andyangel:
Cheers...Alan
I work at a wastewater treatment plant so I am still going to work. That stuff keeps coming no matter what's going on .
I'm "essential" as I work for a Government contractor. I have a letter from my employer to prove it if I get pulled over.
This is a really weird time. Not much traffic on the roads now is the only positive.
I am working over 40hrs a week. One of the products we produce is the raw material for making toilet paper.....So we're working overtime..lol
Though I'm still confused how North Americans are poopin' more just cuz lots of people are at home? :huh:
Quote from: MEK-Dangerous on April 15, 2020, 01:30:14 PM
I'm "essential" as I work for a Government contractor. I have a letter from my employer to prove it if I get pulled over.
This is a really weird time. Not much traffic on the roads now is the only positive.
Mike , I know what you mean. I'm leaving the house 15 mins later and still get here in plenty of time
Judy, congrats on the new baby !
My company is considered essential also we make cans for baby formula, cans for military applications and 10# and 50# welding rod cans for the big 3 for infrastructure construction among other things.
QuoteThough I'm still confused how North Americans are poopin' more just cuz lots of people are at home?
It's simple. Instead of pooping at work, you're pooping at home. That means you go through more toilet paper. Then there's the fact that by stocking up, the need to go out into the petri dish is minimized.
Still working here. Our governor refuses to issue a lock-down. Still lots of non essential people going to work here. The wife works in a nursing home. She is still going in but her hours have been cut significantly.(physical therapy) Not that much has changed in my household. We never went anywhere when everything was open. The only difference is that we are getting groceries by curbside pickup instead of going into the store. My daughter does miss her grandparents a lot though. Haven't seen them in over a month.
My business is considered essential, Body shop and towing & recovery. But with no traffic there is nothing to tow or repair! :dunno:
As old retired people we don't get out of ANYTHING. :console:
I am working at the hospital every day as a nurse. Our Operating Room is shut down to emergent, urgent, and medically necessary cases only. So we are at about a quarter capacity to preserve PPE, ventilators, and employees. I spend my time studying to do other nursing jobs in the hospital so if/when the crisis hits, we all can cover for our workers who become ill. That will be stressful if I have to turn into an ICU nurse overnight.
So far, we are not being crushed by Covid. Yes, we do have patients, but our area has been excellent in decreasing the spread of the virus related to our diligence of social distancing and quite frankly, not being stupid about it. I wish I could say that for a lot of areas.
Today I was informed that I will now be working weekends as necessary to help with decreasing the workload that we have put on hold. I will find out on Thursdays if I will be working the weekends. That sorta sucks. Motorcycle racing starts in two weeks. It will be hard to earn points if I can't make the race.
We were just informed that when we do go back to normal, we will have to make up over 6000 surgeries between all of our facilities as we do our normal amount of workload. We will be running a new schedule that will have us doing surgeries all day and all night long. It looks like the rest of the year is going to suck at work.
I'm still working, some of my customers have Generac generators that power medical equipment if the power goes out. As well as lawn equipment and snowblowers. Everyone has to stay in the house while I do my thing. At first this might seem like a good thing but I really enjoy talking to my customers. I feel rude asking them to distance and stay inside but they understand. So far getting parts /supplies has not been an issue but I can see it possibly being an issue in the future.
I'm glad I have the Javelin to work on otherwise it would get quite boring really quick. Never did spend much time on the TV .
My office is now my bedroom so I get up, go to the kitchen and get breakfast, then shower, then go to work, back in the bedroom where I got out of bed 45 minutes earlier.
My side work, flight instructing, is down for who knows how long, and my "day job" just announced Monday they are cutting our pay 15%, my taxes just got done and I owe the IRS and state a couple grand, and I didn't qualify for the stimulus check. So I'm not a happy camper.
I'm actually buried in work and falling behind.
Could be worse, I'm glad I still have the day job, even at only 85% pay.
Our business is essential and I'm one of the essential employees with the letter. Most other office people are non-essential and working from home. It is nice as it is like being in on a Saturday. But way too many Skype calls since people are at home.
I'm a contractor that works part-time in the steel /food industry, specializing in breakdowns , shutdowns and special projects .I also have my essential services letter but only managed to get only 12 days of work so far this year, because of this pandemic. hopefully the up coming shutdown is not shutdown . Here's hoping everyone stays safe and healthy
I'm a fleet mechanic for UPS and we are busier ever since no one is leaving the house to buy anything.
I'm a retired old fart who doesn't have to be anywhere. i'd have to admit that my eye balls are starting to get a bit rectangular watching a screen as much as I have, but when it all gets to be too much, I drag my sorry arse out to my garage and keep on sanding on the old Challenger. The interesting part is exploring parts of the wine collection that ordinarily wouldn't get ravished quite so badly. :cheers:
I've been retired for 5 years from the Federal Government after 42 years. Sheltering in place for the Mrs. and I is no big deal, I have my retirement pension and social security, and the Mrs. is bringing in her social security. The only thing we have to be careful of is staying safe should we go out to essential shop (Costco, Sams Club, Target).We are considered seniors my Mrs. is in her 60's and me in my 70's we get a lot delivered but I'm old school and like to go out and physically shop. I am concerned about my Sons and their working schedules they both fortunately have essential jobs, so they are maintaining fine for now. Who knows what tomorrow will bring. Stay safe in whatever you do, Please fellow forum members We'll ride this one out. Thanks, Al
I'm as busy as ever....I don't have to drive far, but my family being home is driving me nuts :looney:
Quote from: anlauto on April 15, 2020, 07:25:19 PM
I'm as busy as ever....I don't have to drive far, but my family being home is driving me nuts :looney:
Heehee! Alan, that's not a drive, that's a short putt! Gotcha. :cheers:
I work for a parts supplier in the automotive field for new vehicles and have been down for 4 weeks this Friday. I got 2 weeks pay from my employer and now signed up for unemployment benefits. I have put up all my trophies and plaques in my garage and put a shelf up in my basement to put all my Mopar Nats coffee mugs on for something to do. I will start working on my challenger's next week as they all need some TLC so I'm ready to drive them when this home quarantine is over.
I drive a concrete (mixer) truck. Idaho has been going thru a major building/growth rate the last couple years with no let up this summer either. Who knew hauling concrete is an essential job. Getting well over 50 hours a week. I guess I should be thankful I am working with so many being forced out of work---but it goes against my lazy nature. :-[ I'm in the high risk group, over 60, diabetic, major heart condition, so if I do get it --it could be fatal. Have mixed emotions about being out in public daily or loose the income and stay home. Practicing all the safety precautions and just hope for the best. Hope all this crap lightens up soon.
Still working "essential" here as well. About 80% at home. Work for a medical engineering firm that produces their own parts as well. In house moldmaking shop along with many tools produced in China. The offshore tools is currently what I am managing. It has been very tough keeping things progressing. First their shutdown Shenzhen province which is somewhat near Wuhan. Then obviously ours.
The product line we produce is exactly what is currently needed.
We are now to the point that they can accurately examine most every detail of your blood without drawing any...
Looooong hours with many multi cavity molds being produced to cover the increasing demands.
A nice part of this is we are now having local companies produce some as well. Hoping this "made in America " trend continues.
Yes & no , I am the only locksmith around for miles so while there may not be a lot of work at times when you are needed you are needed !! , I also fix a lot of different things for people so there always is something needing to be fixed :twothumbsup:
Overall I am grateful :twothumbsup:
I'm a truck driver for Fedex so yep I'm still out there. Wifey has been layed off for a month now. I go to work, get my papers and get in truck as fast as possible without much interaction. My son is home from college doing his best to eat everything in the house. Stay safe everyone!
used car sales - working from home, making appts and still selling (albeit at 15% what it was last year :bricks:). sold to several essential personnel over the last few weeks (few nurses whos cars were totaled or crapped out. nice being next to a hospital). had a meeting yesterday, owner stepping up to the plate to cover salaries "close to what you should be making so you can keep paying your bills and I have the same solid crew when this shit passes" ... very thankful to be where I am. I make my calls in the AM and start working on the Barracuda afterwards, this downtime has been a blessing to really dig into the bodywork to try and finish up where my metal guy left off. wife was laid off a few weeks back :(
Wife and I are still working, I work in a precision sheet metal/ welding/ machine shop in Massachusetts and Cori is at the paint shop the company bought last year in Maine. We are considered essentail due to customers in defense, medical and tech industries. We just got an order from a customer that does personal optic and guidance systems for military applications that has adapted to design housing parts for ventilators, in less than a couple weeks we ramped up and shipped 1000 and have orders for 5000 right away and 100,000 long term. I was told by management they are for the natioanal stockpile so at least going forward we hopefully won`t have a ventilator shortage again.
I've been retired for about 2 years and am currently recovering from some recent foot surgery, so the quarantine's main impact to me came through the stock market downward tumble. My wife works at our church which is now closed so she's home all day which has been nice. To the extent I've been able to move around, we've been able to complete a couple of lingering house from the list she made when I retired. I have mostly "in the garage" work left on the Challenger so progress there has only come when we've had some warmer days.
All in all, I consider us to be very fortunate.
Quote from: Dakota on April 16, 2020, 06:48:03 AM
so the quarantine's main impact to me came through the stock market downward tumble.
You haven't lost a cent unless you sell. :alan2cents:
Quite correct sir.
I'm working from home, which is a new thing. But we are not going anywhere else except the grocery store every two weeks, online pickup at that.
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Working from home mostly. I am a consulting mechanical engineer 35 years in. 95% of the projects are healthcare and R&D pharmaceutical related. Got letters early on that those projects are essential and they want them now. Have to work even longer hours than before. Still have to go to job sites to survey. Taking all necessary precautions since I am in the high risk group. But need to help keep the world moving. Just don't see how much longer we can continue staying home before the economy is back in the Stone Age.
" Just don't see how much longer we can continue staying home before the economy is back in the Stone Age." ain't THAT the truth?! I'm curious where the line is between the possibility of getting a fatal exposure, is compared to when you're bankrupt and/or lose your house or business and the attendant cost in human suffering. It'll be very interesting to check the suicide rates and increase in crime this may cost all of us.
In Canada, the other day I read a blurb in the paper that in some circumstances, the government is talking about the possibility of a $800,000 fine! I wouldn't want to be one of the people trying to enforce that BS, because at over three quarters of a million bucks, somebody's going to get offed rather than the person be willing-or able- to pay it.
I've said it before, but it bears repeating again- in Canada in 2018, there were 8,511 Canadians die of influenza; to date, in the midst of the panic, we just reached over a 1,000 and it's grudgingly being discussed that we seem to be at the peak. You do the math. Be safe nonetheless boys and girls! :console:
Back in to the stone age because people are not allow to be productive, loosing faith in the $ because Fed keep printing in trillions after trillions that no way can be substantiated. Printing one way can only go so far. People will eventually be exchanging goods and services instead of $ transactions. Not meant to be funny.
To elaborate the company I work for's bad ass capabilities. Here is an excerpt from an internal announcement.
Names and details redacted for obvious reasons...
Xxxxxx platform uses a tetherless, wearable single-ptient-use ... sensor to monitor a patient's blood oxygen saturation and pulse rate, as well as respiration rate, perfusion index, and PVI. Is designed to help manage the surge in Covid-19 patients while maintaining distance from other patients and providers, allowing hospitals to expand patient remote monitoring into alternative care spaces, including overflow locations, emergency recovery facilities, skilled nursing facilities and home care settings.
... solution combines clinically proven ... ... measure thru motion and low perfusion pulse oximeter with a cloud based remote data capture and surveillance platform directly accessible thru smart phones and accessories.
Right products at the absolute right time.
Quote from: jimynick on April 16, 2020, 12:48:40 PM
I've said it before, but it bears repeating again- in Canada in 2018, there were 8,511 Canadians die of influenza
Nope.
Give me a reference from a reputable source. A bad flu season in Canada sees 1500 deaths. Normally about a thousand. In the states it's normally in the 20000 range.
I have looked for research to support your assertions but have found none.
Quote from: dodj on April 16, 2020, 05:46:05 PM
Quote from: jimynick on April 16, 2020, 12:48:40 PM
I've said it before, but it bears repeating again- in Canada in 2018, there were 8,511 Canadians die of influenza
Nope.
Give me a reference from a reputable source. A bad flu season in Canada sees 1500 deaths. Normally about a thousand. In the states it's normally in the 20000 range.
I have looked for research to support your assertions but have found none.
US is actually only about 1500 also. Well thats what the CDC death statistics show for many many years until 2017/18. The stats show around 1000 deaths due to influenza and then 40000ish due to pneumonia. 2 separate line items.
Pharma always quoted "flu kills over 40000 a year*". The * would say "flu and pneumonia combined" in tiny print on the bottom. this was to promote flu shots of course.
Well in 2017/ 2018 the CDC now combines the stats in the report to say " flu and pneumonia deaths" . Wtf? Why? For at 15 years prior they seperated the numbers. Now that dont? Only 1 person benefits from this. Pharmaceutical companies. Because who is gonna buy flu shots if it only kills 1000 people a year? The stats would suggest you should get a pneumonia vaccine. But since it works so well and it is only needed once every 7 or 8 years....where the profit in promoting that ?
Cdc stats are very easy to find online
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Quote from: dodj on April 16, 2020, 05:46:05 PM
Quote from: jimynick on April 16, 2020, 12:48:40 PM
I've said it before, but it bears repeating again- in Canada in 2018, there were 8,511 Canadians die of influenza
Nope.
Give me a reference from a reputable source. A bad flu season in Canada sees 1500 deaths. Normally about a thousand. In the states it's normally in the 20000 range.
I have looked for research to support your assertions but have found none.
Give Global News a call and let them know they're all wrong and that I made it all up.
"The flu
Influenza and pneumonia killed 8,511 people in 2018, per Statistics Canada figures. When you narrow the scope to just the common flu, the death toll is around 1,000 per year, says Rosenthal. Once he crunches the numbers, he says this: the odds of a random Canadian dying from the common flu this year is about one in 300,000."
Quote from: jimynick on April 16, 2020, 07:15:48 PM
Quote from: dodj on April 16, 2020, 05:46:05 PM
Quote from: jimynick on April 16, 2020, 12:48:40 PM
I've said it before, but it bears repeating again- in Canada in 2018, there were 8,511 Canadians die of influenza
Nope.
Give me a reference from a reputable source. A bad flu season in Canada sees 1500 deaths. Normally about a thousand. In the states it's normally in the 20000 range.
I have looked for research to support your assertions but have found none.
Give Global News a call and let them know they're all wrong and that I made it all up.
"The flu
Influenza and pneumonia killed 8,511 people in 2018, per Statistics Canada figures. When you narrow the scope to just the common flu, the death toll is around 1,000 per year, says Rosenthal. Once he crunches the numbers, he says this: the odds of a random Canadian dying from the common flu this year is about one in 300,000."
OK, so the flu about 1000. About what I found. Not over 8000.
I think if one person dies from Covid-19, it's one too many.
In 47 days 34,562 people have died from Covid-19 in the USA.....and in the last 38 days Canada has recorded 1195 Covid-19 deaths.... :andyangel:
If you guys are cool with those numbers, that's okay, just go about your daily life.....and just stay six feet away from me. :stop:
You can deny it all you want, but this is the worst thing, out of our control, to hit this world in our lifetime, and it's only going to get worse. :alan2cents:
The CDC sent a memo to all physicians instructing them to list the cause of death as covid 19 for ALL cases that could have any remote chance of having covid or being in previous contact with anyone who had it or being in a hospital etc etc.....despite the fact that they may not have actually had it all! Have a heart attack in a nursing home where someone else had covid but you didnt? Cause of death is supposed to be listed as covid 19. Why would the CDC direct them to do that? As a result, the data is flawed. No way you'll know exactly how many covid deaths there really are or were.
Sure even 1 death sucks but people have been dying of pneumonia alone at a much higher rate every single year. Are we shutting the world down for that? Why not? Serious question . or many other things like cancer cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Many questions that will never be answered.
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How did the "Quarantine or Not" thread responses migrate over to the "so who's still going to work" thread anyway? :notsure: :looney: :headbang:
Lets see if this can get the thread back on track..... I will let the picture of what I see everyday when I open my office door give you my answer. Even though we are on a modified schedule....we will always come to work.
Herc?
Quote from: JH27N0B on April 16, 2020, 07:55:14 PM
How did the "Quarantine or Not" thread responses migrate over to the "so who's still going to work" thread anyway? :notsure: :looney: :headbang:
guess it`s inevitable to talk about why we are going thru this. My :alan2cents: yes the data is flawed but there is too much info out there to say this is very serious and not "just another flu"
Quote from: dodj on April 17, 2020, 04:26:20 AM
Herc?
Yes sir...C-130's are not as prestigious as fighter's.... but still cool to work on or be around everyday.
Seems we have allot of "essentials" here. I will be the first to admit, I am avoiding retail business as much as possible. Catering more to my shop customers. We seem to have some issues in my area with certain ethnic groups disregarding our governors state at home policy. Which got extended to May 26th yesterday. I talked to one of my dealer customers yesterday. Of course we talked "corona" a bit. I told him around here things have been pretty quiet. He told me that on his end of town it was like any other day. Yet the local news is harping about the disproportionate numbers of said ethnic group getting infected. And this is resulting in more deaths. This is NOT rocket science. Even aldermen (women too) have been on TV warning their constituents the consequences of their actions.
Side note - Was I PC enough in this post? :notsure: :haha:
As a power grid protection tech (AKA Substation Relay Technician), I'm blessed to still be working. Today was supposed to be my final day before retirement, but the market spooked me and I pulled retirement. I'm currently waiting to see what 2.2 trillion dollars in Monopoly money does to the US economy, before leaping. I thank God for what I have in this career.
Kevin
More printing to come. Democrats want $2k a month for everyone until this thing is blow over. No work and gets $2k. What a deal.
2 grand for dirt bags that dont even work............. :Thud:
Anyway, I have a little 'lock down" update. I did a delivery to one of mt dealers on the NW side of town. Traffic there indicates that its just another day. I asked my customer whats going on. He told me, oh yeah its like any other day over here. This info just back up the post I did before this one.
Still working here. So are my two sons and wife who works from home anyway.
All of us are essential business's.
Traffic is lighter than it was before but still a lot of cars and trucks on the road.
I work for an Oil & Gas company. Oil and Gas Production has been deemed an essential service, so I am still employed. My wife is a school teacher, so she is still employed. Out family is one of the lucky ones.
Quote from: Swamp Donkey on April 18, 2020, 12:38:08 PM
I work for an Oil & Gas company. Oil and Gas Production has been deemed an essential service, so I am still employed. My wife is a school teacher, so she is still employed. Out family is one of the lucky ones.
Are kids in school where you are, or is your wife teaching from home ?
I have a friend who is a border patrol. He's busy as he can be. The illegal aliens are trying even harder to get into the country right now since they are properly cut off.
I've lost two homes due to my clients freaking out. Both californian clients. I"m still working but on a much smaller scale. Luckily I've been out in the middle of the mountains away from everyone.
I just got back from PHoenix and you wouldn't know there was a pandemic there. Cars everywhere. Nothings stopping.
Except no restraunts, zoo, botanical garden, aquarium. All the fun stuff to do is shut down.
Quote from: cuda hunter on April 18, 2020, 08:33:59 PM
I have a friend who is a border patrol. He's busy as he can be. The illegal aliens are trying even harder to get into the country right now since they are properly cut off.
I've lost two homes due to my clients freaking out. Both californian clients. I"m still working but on a much smaller scale. Luckily I've been out in the middle of the mountains away from everyone.
I just got back from PHoenix and you wouldn't know there was a pandemic there. Cars everywhere. Nothings stopping.
Except no restraunts, zoo, botanical garden, aquarium. All the fun stuff to do is shut down.
I was out in Phoenix for work 1st week of March , the Desert Botanical Garden was cool place to visit if you like cacti.
Oregano's was open and their Italian Hoagie was even better than the Italian Hoagie I always compare to Vincent's growing up in Greentree Pa.
Quote from: 73440 on April 18, 2020, 08:50:58 PM
Quote from: cuda hunter on April 18, 2020, 08:33:59 PM
I have a friend who is a border patrol. He's busy as he can be. The illegal aliens are trying even harder to get into the country right now since they are properly cut off.
I've lost two homes due to my clients freaking out. Both californian clients. I"m still working but on a much smaller scale. Luckily I've been out in the middle of the mountains away from everyone.
I just got back from PHoenix and you wouldn't know there was a pandemic there. Cars everywhere. Nothings stopping.
Except no restraunts, zoo, botanical garden, aquarium. All the fun stuff to do is shut down.
I really wanted to go to the botanical garden while I was there. Closed of course. Next time.
I was out in Phoenix for work 1st week of March , the Desert Botanical Garden was cool place to visit if you like cacti.
Oregano's was open and their Italian Hoagie was even better than the Italian Hoagie I always compare to Vincent's growing up in Greentree Pa.
Been working from home since 03/13, I miss going in to the office.
I've been working at work since 03/86. I miss staying home...
Hi fellow members. The lock down is here in Australia as well . No bars no sport 80 % of shops closed . Airport closed Government saying that Kidd's can go back to school this week . And by the end of the mouth things will be reviewed But all in all it's a very different way of life . Good. Luck to every one. Stay safe not much longer I hope :australia: