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Rockwall, TX
Should be a giant story and huge scandal. Instead we are getting fed a load of BS about turning a corner and vaccines ready next week. Disgusting.
It's strange...every time I post a funny meme, I seem to find an unpleasant article right afterwards.
Quoted from Daditude:It's strange...every time I post a funny meme, I seem to find an unpleasant article right afterwards.
Pretty sure it's not you man, keep 'em coming.
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Gardner-Johnsonshowed some amazing f’n restraint...
Quoted from Oaken:Trick is finding a flu shot. At least ‘round here you have to call around. Med clinic, local pharmacy, and cvs nothing till mid November.
But the Target, which is run by CVS, has a hoard.
As i understand it, it is due to poor ordering/planning and not due to significant shortages.
That's weird, flu shots are available everywhere here right now. I got one at the local Walgreens drugstore last week, covered by my insurance. I get one every year.
Quoted from MrBally:Good to see support of local businesses.
Perkins isn't a local business, it's a chain of 300+ restaurants that went through bankruptcy, fired tens of thousands of employees with no warning, and is now owned be Allied Capital, a private equity investment firm.
Support an actual local business if you are going to eat out in the pandemic, small local businesses are hurting far more than big corporate chains.
New term popping up here in some free to air media, around various non-corona related dubiousness and news....
"Under the cover of covid..."
I guess the President mentioned something about COVID reimbursement in a speech this weekend, prompting AP to fact check whether there is evidence that doctors are falsely diagnosing patients with COVID to gain higher reimbursements. As I said earlier in this thread in response to these same claims from posters here, this is nonsense and would expose the physician and the hospital to massive fines and possibly even jail time for fraud.
Quoted from razorsedge:New term popping up here in some free to air media, around various non-corona related dubiousness and news....
"Under the cover of covid..."
Your back , how was your timeout ....
Maybe this time , take a breath and think twice before posting and don't get personal .
How's this , Victorians can now go to Singapore but we can't go to any other state in Australia ?
( 3 days in a row of 0 cases 
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Quoted from nwpinball:Perkins isn't a local business, it's a chain of 300+ restaurants that went through bankruptcy, fired tens of thousands of employees with no warning, and is now owned be Allied Capital, a private equity investment firm.
Support an actual local business if you are going to eat out in the pandemic, small local businesses are hurting far more than big corporate chains.
Some of the MSP locations are franchised. In fact, 70% of all Perkins are franchised which to me is a localized business. I mistakenly thought that the Apple Valley location was franchised. I stand corrected.
I'm not sure if Allied Capital still owns Huddle House, which is the current parent company of Perkins....
Quoted from PantherCityPins:I guess the President mentioned something about COVID reimbursement in a speech this weekend, prompting AP to fact check whether there is evidence that doctors are falsely diagnosing patients with COVID to gain higher reimbursements. As I said earlier in this thread in response to these same claims from posters here, this is nonsense and would expose the physician and the hospital to massive fines and possibly even jail time for fraud.
https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-ap-fact-check-joe-biden-donald-trump-pandemics-8b8d58ebe1735405487a5de7bf88bf0c
Hard to describe in a way that doesn’t violate rules how angered and disgusted I am by those idiotic comments.
...meanwhile...
Quoted from MrBally:Some of the MSP locations are franchised. In fact, 70% of all Perkins are franchised which to me is a localized business. I mistakenly thought that the Apple Valley location was franchised. I stand corrected.
I'm not sure if Allied Capital still owns Huddle House, which is the current parent company of Perkins....
Re: franchises
It’s a pretty common misconception. My family ran into it all the time. Growing up, the first few years our shop was open, people would come in and turn up their noses to explain that they preferred to support local mom and pops.
My dad would look at them incredulously and say “I own this place, I’m Pops that lady over there is my wife, she’s Mom, the three people working behind the counter are my children, and that boy sweeping the floor is too.”
After the first few years, the incredulous look faded and his speech more or less boiled down to “well then piss off”
Quoted from nwpinball:Perkins isn't a local business, it's a chain of 300+ restaurants that went through bankruptcy, fired tens of thousands of employees with no warning, and is now owned be Allied Capital, a private equity investment firm.
Support an actual local business if you are going to eat out in the pandemic, small local businesses are hurting far more than big corporate chains.
I get what you're saying, but the local corporate owned restaurant still employs all local people.
In fact, if the local corporate owned goes under, more people may lose their jobs than if a family owned place goes under.
Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:I get what you're saying, but the local corporate owned restaurant still employs all local people.
In fact, if the local corporate owned goes under, more people may lose their jobs than if a family owned place goes under.
Yeah everybody needs jobs, and it doesn't really matter to people who work at Perkins who owns the place.
Unfortunately there's a pandemic on and cases are rising drastically, especially in states where superspreading rallies have been happening for weeks. Packing the entire family into a crowded Perkins or any other restaurant is not a good idea right now.
Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:I get what you're saying, but the local corporate owned restaurant still employs all local people.
In fact, if the local corporate owned goes under, more people may lose their jobs than if a family owned place goes under.
Sure, but I was commenting specifically on supporting local businesses, not on quantity of jobs. Big chains and corporations always have more employees, that's a given, they are also more likely to be standing after small businesses fail.
I live close to a bunch of bars and restaurants and Washington State has fairly strict mask regulations and limits to how many patrons can be inside a restaurant or bar (I think it's 25% capacity). Plus most people won't eat/drink inside anyway. So in Seattle the city has loosened business regulations to let businesses semi-permanently use sidewalk and parking space to build out decks, tents, heaters and all varieties of outdoor seating, shopping, etc. I just walked by this one a few minutes ago... personal bubbles! I actually think these are terrible for air circulation and I'd never going in one right after another group, but they look space age and cool and I like the attempt at innovation.
bubble (resized).jpgQuoted from screaminr:Your back , how was your timeout ....
Maybe this time , take a breath and think twice before posting and don't get personal .
It has actually been great!. A break from this clap trap. Out and about, watching grand finals at the pub with everyone else, everybody shaking hands etc. again, going to movies, tenpin bowling and pinball meets, barbie gatherings etc. ... just the usual.
Don't throw stones in glasshouses there dude. You are certainly posting as much rubbish as the next guy. Also the one making it personal. Calling people dickheads for what? , doesn't help. Once again your lectures say more about the self than anyone else.
Stop jumping to conclusions and making assumptions would be a good start there.
Quoted from razorsedge:It has actually been great!. A break from this clap trap. Out and about, watching grand finals at the pub with everyone else, everybody shaking hands etc. again, going to movies, tenpin bowling and pinball meets, barbie gatherings etc. ... just the usual.
Don't throw stones in glasshouses there dude. You are certainly posting as much rubbish as the next guy. Also the one making it personal. Calling people dickheads for what? , doesn't help. Once again your lectures say more about the self than anyone else.
Stop jumping to conclusions and making assumptions would be a good start there.
Glad you had a good time .
Going to the movies is one of the things I miss the most .
With the way things are going , we should be able to get back to the movies sooner rather than later .
4 days in a row of 0 cases
Quoted from Daditude:Anyone looking for a new board game??[quoted image]
Pandemic is a fun cooperative boardgame, I've owned it for years and it's great to play with a group of people. It's no 7 Wonders, but it's fun.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/6115311002
Coronavirus updates: Voters with COVID can cast in-person ballots; Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon in quarantine; 5 states set weekly death records
Quoted from mcluvin:Gardner-Johnsonshowed some amazing f’n restraint...
Not to get too far off topic, but did you see the play before when he intentionally poked him in the eye? He got off easy, I would’ve went after his knees and ended his season.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/11/03/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html
Americans head to polls amid harrowing Covid-19 surge that has nearly doubled the US 7-day case average in a month
Quoted from Daditude:https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/11/03/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html
Americans head to polls amid harrowing Covid-19 surge that has nearly doubled the US 7-day case average in a month
Cases are on the rise pretty much everywhere in the U.S.
People with Covid are being allowed to cast "in-person" ballots. Openly. What will our numbers look like in a week or two??
Quoted from Daditude:https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/6115311002
Coronavirus updates: Voters with COVID can cast in-person ballots; Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon in quarantine; 5 states set weekly death records
What I noticed when I voted this morning is how many people were coming out of the polling location with no mask on. There was a sign thanking people for wearing masks, but the word required was no where to be found! The county I live in has a mask mandate! I guess all those people had a "health problem" that exempted them from wearing a mask! 
Quoted from Daditude:Cases are on the rise pretty much everywhere in the U.S.
People with Covid are being allowed to cast "in-person" ballots. Openly. What will our numbers look like in a week or two??
Same as they would have if there would have been rules against it. Covid-positive people who wish to vote while infected aren't going to listen to the rules. They'll vote regardless. I've seen this first-hand.
Quoted from henrydwh:What I noticed when I voted this morning is how many people were coming out of the polling location with no mask on. There was a sign thanking people for wearing masks, but the word required was no where to be found! The county I live in has a mask mandate! I guess all those people had a "health problem" the exempted them from wearing a mask!
From what I've read it would be illegal to stop someone from voting because they aren't wearing a mask.
Quoted from smalltownguy2:Same as they would have if there would have been rules against it. Covid-positive people who wish to vote while infected aren't going to listen to the rules. They'll vote regardless. I've seen this first-hand.
It's too bad they can't just drive up and drop their ballots off. That would be so much safer for everyone.
Quoted from Wolfmarsh:From what I've read it would be illegal to stop someone from voting because they aren't wearing a mask.
Good point! I guess there would be no way to enforce a mask mandate while casting a vote! TBH I really hadn't thought about it that way, just more about the number of people not wearing masks. Oh well I had mine on!
Quoted from MrBally:Culver's wants customers to wear masks in their cars at the drive-thru window.
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I've worn my mask while picking up food.
What just a minute, I thought this whole Covid 19 thing was going to disappear before today?
Did all the hospitalizations just drop to 0 overnight and we missed it? Why is this thread not locked yet.
Quoted from mcluvin:It's too bad they can't just drive up and drop their ballots off. That would be so much safer for everyone.
Our place had drive up voting!! I've never seen that before. They were bringing the machine over to the car.
Quoted from Atari_Daze:What just a minute, I thought this whole Covid 19 thing was going to disappear before today?
Did all the hospitalizations just drop to 0 overnight and we missed it? Why is this thread not locked yet.
No no. You're a day off. It magically disappears tomorrow.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:Yeah everybody needs jobs, and it doesn't really matter to people who work at Perkins who owns the place.
Unfortunately there's a pandemic on and cases are rising drastically, especially in states where superspreading rallies have been happening for weeks. Packing the entire family into a crowded Perkins or any other restaurant is not a good idea right now.
LOL, rallies will be over, so by your calculations cases should be lower soon? 
Quoted from loneacer:No no. You're a day off. It magically disappears tomorrow.
Oops, my apologies. Let me hold my breath one more day.
Quoted from MrBally:Culver's wants customers to wear masks in their cars at the drive-thru window.
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Good.
It's not like drive thru cashiers are immune. Customers should wear a mask.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:Good.
It's not like drive thru cashiers are immune. Customers should wear a mask.
I like it!
Quoted from poppapin:LOL, rallies will be over, so by your calculations cases should be lower soon?
Lmao
The rallies will never be over.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:Good.
It's not like drive thru cashiers are immune. Customers should wear a mask.
I wear a mask every time in the drive-thru. It's so simple and takes literally a second to put it on when I grab the food, why would one not? Whether it makes things safer or not the there seems to be no reason not to.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:Lmao
The rallies will never be over.
Speaking of rallies...
A group of Stanford University economists who created a statistical model estimate that there have been at least 30,000 corona-virus infections and 700 deaths as a result of 18 campaign rallies from the President held from June to September.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/31/us/politics/stanford-study-infections-trump-rallies.html
Quoted from frisbez:I wear a mask every time in the drive-thru. It's so simple and takes literally a second to put it on when I grab the food, why would one not? Whether it makes things safer or not the there seems to be no reason not to.
We have to wear masks in drive- thru's , in fact we still have to wear masks everywhere , everyone's used to it now , no big deal .
Maybe that's part of the reason we have had 0 cases and 0 deaths for 5 days in a row now .
Villejuif
Wife was diagnosed positive yesterday evening - shortness of breath, light fever, cough, headaches, diarrhea but no loss of taste or smell.
Moderate symptoms so far (she can stay at home), and I am so far asymptomatic.
Next time I leave home will be to be tested...
Take care, it's not fun, even for those who can avoid going to hospital / emergency care.
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