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On 15/3/20, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: >Many people seem to have taken it seriously I didn't ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ UK Shoot / Edit || (O) | -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

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On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 11:59 AM Postmaster wrote: > Rick Womer wrote: > > >Still waiting for official word about work next week. Everyone is > >encouraged to work from home, but since I’m in my late 60’s I > >expect be told to stay away and let younger colleagues see my patients. > > Rick, are

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On 3/15/2020 1:46 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: I've had something similar for two weeks in late January. A nasty and very painful dry cough with an awfully sour throat, but no fever. I'm fine again. I had my regular 4-month-interval appointment with my primary care physician last Friday. I

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Am 15.03.20 um 16:49 schrieb Paul Stenquist: I have had some sort of nasty respiratory condition for six days. I've had something similar for two weeks in late January. A nasty and very painful dry cough with an awfully sour throat, but no fever. I'm fine again. Hopefully you'll be through it

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No. By ‘participate in the world of fear and panic’ I mean quite explicitly succumbing to fear and panic myself, and acting irrationally as a result. I will not do that. G > On Mar 15, 2020, at 10:06 AM, John wrote: > > You don't have to give in to fear and panic yourself, but you're going

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> On Mar 15, 2020, at 10:05 AM, John wrote: > > > > There's just no escaping the idiots. Particularly for those around me. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

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I do my "normal" shopping every other Tuesday because I can combine it with my regular Tuesday night folk music circle - Costco on the way out, play at the coffee house and then hit Aldi & Wegmans on the way back. My last trip was on March 3 - that was when Costco was out of toilet paper.

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How true. Paul > On Mar 15, 2020, at 1:06 PM, John wrote: > > You don't have to give in to fear and panic yourself, but you're going to > "participate" in that world whether you want to or not. > > There's just no escaping the idiots. > >> On 3/15/2020 08:39:02, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>

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You don't have to give in to fear and panic yourself, but you're going to "participate" in that world whether you want to or not. There's just no escaping the idiots. On 3/15/2020 08:39:02, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I don't participate in the world of fear and panic. -- Science - Questions

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And an interesting explanation here as to why one person can make a huge difference. https://graphics.reuters.com/CHINA-HEALTH-SOUTHKOREA-CLUSTERS/0100B5G33SB/index.html > On 15 March 2020 at 16:28 mike wilson wrote: > > > My original post was passing on a joke about the perceived

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My original post was passing on a joke about the perceived demographics of certain supermarkets. Many people seem to have taken it seriously - in which case, the link below seems to be a pretty well-written explanation of the outbreak and the statistics describing it.

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Very sorry to hear about you medical problems, Paul. We will keep you in our thoughts and prayers. Hang Tough! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * El dom., 15 mar. 2020 16:49, Paul Stenquist > escribió: > > > I have had some sort of

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Take care if yourself, Paul. I hope everything goes well. El dom., 15 mar. 2020 16:49, Paul Stenquist escribió: > I have had some sort of nasty respiratory condition for six days. I’m on > line to be tested now. It’s in the parking lot of a hospital. I’ve only > been out of the house 3 times in

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Rick Womer wrote: >Still waiting for official word about work next week. Everyone is >encouraged to work from home, but since I’m in my late 60’s I >expect be told to stay away and let younger colleagues see my patients. Rick, are your patients particularly susceptible because of immune system

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From another discussion site I copied the image linked below. It is originally from the Johns Hopkins site, I haven’t been able to find the graph there so am linking to a copy on my PESO gallery. The graph, for me, does the best job of any I have seen so far of explaining the growth/spread of

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I have had some sort of nasty respiratory condition for six days. I’m on line to be tested now. It’s in the parking lot of a hospital. I’ve only been out of the house 3 times in the last month, Paul > On Mar 15, 2020, at 11:38 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 15.03.20 um 16:04 schrieb

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Am 15.03.20 um 16:04 schrieb Godfrey DiGiorgi: I don't need to be lectured that I must fear and panic: I won't. Save your breath, that would be a better thing than wasting it on lecturing me. You are of course right. As always. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog :

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Just because there is a danger about doesn't mean one should succumb to fear and panic, Ralf. Just because extraordinary rules and regulations have been put in place to help reduce/control the emergency doesn't mean one should be panicked and fearful either. One should accept the rules and

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Am 15.03.20 um 13:39 schrieb Godfrey DiGiorgi: I don't participate in the world of fear and panic. You ain't seen nothing yet, over there... European countries are now focussing their efforts on keeping the curve of new cases as flat as possible in order to stretch the whole event over a

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Our small town had panic buying thur and fri, wiped out supplies of everything Line ups out the door. I stocked up on 2 weeks worth of food before panic set in Im out of potatoes though Dave On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 10:19 AM Rick Womer wrote: > I made my usual Saturday trip to Whole Foods

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I made my usual Saturday trip to Whole Foods yesterday morning. The place had been stripped. I bought the last two potatoes; there was one bunch of bright green bananas. There were no paper goods at all. The poultry section was completely bare, as were the chests for frozen meat and seafood;

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Attaboy! Exactly my thoughts too. SA has just repatriated 140 citizens from Wuhan. They are being quarantined in a rural Motel near Polokwane in Limpopo Province. None are actually sick. The locals have gone beserk, thinking the Gov't has dealt them a death sentence. TB & AIDS are OK, but not

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I don't participate in the world of fear and panic. I went to the grocery store last evening as I usually do. I saw a lot of frightened people doing silly things. As I went on my shopping round through the store, I observed that I must not shop the way the other folks do because most of the

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P.S. have to say this - most of the items I have lots  of (the almond milk, paper towels and Tp) are things I bought about three weeks ago.. on line from either Target or Amazon. In order to get free shipping you need to spend $35.  In order for me to afford paper towels and TP, I need to buy

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Yes, I'm in NYC - but most of the neghborhood streets are sparesly populated as NYU students and other nearby colleges are on Spring break which started early.  The main grocery stores , including T Joe's, Whole Foods and a couple of others were normally crowded before WEd. night when TRump

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Aldi 1 MIG welder, 1 pink sports bra, 2 trumpets and 1 wetsuit. >>> >>> Curse you! You've given away my Halloween costume for this year! >> >>Do I want to know where you wear the other trumpet? >> >>Or were you going to go as the cornetvirus? > >I was just trying to blow my own horn.

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MARK On 14/03/2020 19:13, Bob Pdml wrote: On 14 Mar 2020, at 17:54, William R wrote: For reasons unbeknownst to me, toilet paper is what has been bought out at all the stores around here. Because every time someone sneezes a hundred other people shit themselves.

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Bob Pdml wrote: >On 14 Mar 2020, at 20:39, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >> >>> Am 14.03.20 um 14:46 schrieb mike wilson: >>> Don't know what's happening in the rest of the world... >> >> The mayor of Belgian town Ans near Liège has today published a number of >> restrictions including an

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On 14 Mar 2020, at 20:39, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > >> Am 14.03.20 um 14:46 schrieb mike wilson: >> Don't know what's happening in the rest of the world... > > The mayor of Belgian town Ans near Liège has today published a number of > restrictions including an interdiction to hug or shake

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On 3/14/2020 09:46:01, mike wilson wrote: Don't know what's happening in the rest of the world but UK supermarkets have recently instigated buying quotas: ASDA 2 hand sanitisers and a 4 pack of toilet roll TESCO 1 hand sanitiser, 500g of rice and 4 pack of toilet roll Waitrose 1 lobster, 6

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Am 14.03.20 um 14:46 schrieb mike wilson: Don't know what's happening in the rest of the world... The mayor of Belgian town Ans near Liège has today published a number of restrictions including an interdiction to hug or shake hands in public places. Fines range from 25 to 250 euros.

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Larry Colen wrote: >> On Mar 14, 2020, at 12:46 PM, Mark Roberts >> wrote: >> >> mike wilson wrote: >> >>> Aldi >>> 1 MIG welder, 1 pink sports bra, 2 trumpets and 1 wetsuit. >> >> Curse you! You've given away my Halloween costume for this year! > >Do I want to know where you wear the other

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> On Mar 14, 2020, at 12:46 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > mike wilson wrote: > >> Aldi >> 1 MIG welder, 1 pink sports bra, 2 trumpets and 1 wetsuit. > > Curse you! You've given away my Halloween costume for this year! Do I want to know where you wear the other trumpet? Or were you going to

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mike wilson wrote: >Aldi >1 MIG welder, 1 pink sports bra, 2 trumpets and 1 wetsuit. Curse you! You've given away my Halloween costume for this year! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

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> On 14 Mar 2020, at 13:46, mike wilson wrote: > > Don't know what's happening in the rest of the world but UK supermarkets have > recently instigated buying quotas: > > ASDA > 2 hand sanitisers and a 4 pack of toilet roll > > TESCO > 1 hand sanitiser, 500g of rice and 4 pack of toilet roll

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> On Mar 14, 2020, at 12:13 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: > > >> On 14 Mar 2020, at 17:54, William R wrote: >> >> For reasons unbeknownst to me, toilet paper is what has been bought out at >> all the stores around here. >> > > Because every time someone sneezes a hundred other people shit

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> On 14 Mar 2020, at 17:54, William R wrote: > > For reasons unbeknownst to me, toilet paper is what has been bought out at > all the stores around here. > Because every time someone sneezes a hundred other people shit themselves.

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Am 14.03.20 um 18:54 schrieb William R: For reasons unbeknownst to me, toilet paper is what has been bought out at all the stores around here. Our press says it doesn't take much for toilet paper to be bought out. It's bulky and doesn't generate much profit for the storage and shelf area it

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On Sat, 14 Mar 2020, 7:46 am mike wilson, wrote: > Don't know what's happening in the rest of the world but UK supermarkets > have recently instigated buying quotas: > My neck of the woods has been lucky so far. I think we have a couple of unconfirmed cases of the virus in Saskatchewan, which

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Am 14.03.20 um 16:47 schrieb P. J. Alling: Went shopping today, not panic buying, I have plenty of TP,  and frozen meats. Belgians are raiding the cheap discount stores (Aldi, Lidl, Colruyt) but things are mostly normal at Carrefour, Delhaize et al. Aldi now close four one hour at midday so

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In the netherlands hand sanitisers are sold out weeks ago. Everyone is buying toilet paper like crazy. On Sat, 14 Mar 2020 at 16:49, P. J. Alling wrote: > Yea, hand sanitizer, the CDC published a home recipe for that, guess > what the ingredients for it are also said to be sold out. I just

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Yea, hand sanitizer, the CDC published a home recipe for that, guess what the ingredients for it are also said to be sold out.  I just wash my hands with soap. On 3/14/2020 9:49 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: All the supermarkets and drug stores in our area are limiting quantities of items in

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Went shopping today, not panic buying, I have plenty of TP,  and frozen meats. Frozen foods are sold out, meat department empty, toilet paper, paper toweling, gone, but plenty of paper napkins(?). All I needed was some milk, fresh veggies for a couple of days, and a prescription at the

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Don't know what's happening in the rest of the world but UK supermarkets have recently instigated buying quotas: ASDA 2 hand sanitisers and a 4 pack of toilet roll TESCO 1 hand sanitiser, 500g of rice and 4 pack of toilet roll Waitrose 1 lobster, 6 quail's eggs and 100g of Pate de Foie Gras

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All the supermarkets and drug stores in our area are limiting quantities of items in high demand. Yesterday, one of our local markets was out of meat, except ham, the other had no bread. Neither had hand sanitizer. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery

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