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Rusty wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if China's numbers are full of shit. They currently list only approx 800 people are infected. Yes. Eight hundred people out of 1 Billion+. That's horseshit. Chances are they aren't releasing the numbers, or just stopped testing in a lot of areas and are just letting it go. Neither is surprising.

WyldeMan wrote:

God damn it Joey! There is something fundamentally wrong with your people...

 

joey con carne wrote:When you say "my people" I'm assuming you mean NY'ers because that funeral home isn't Chinese-owned. LOL

Yea, NY'ers are retarded.

Did you hear about the Thunderbirds jets flying around NYC to say "thank you" to all the essential workers in NYC? On the advertisements for the flyover, it specifically asked people not to gather to watch it. Guess what happened.

WyldeMan wrote:

RIP Sam Lloyd.

Ted Buckland was awesome.

I only finished my Scrubs series rewatch last month and saw this scene on Cougar Town just a few days ago.

WyldeMan wrote:The other day about about the Broadway actor Nick Cordero who was being taken apart piece by piece at the hospital and since then, they found out hus lungs now have holes in them like a person who's smoked for 50 years and now they've given him a trach to get him off the ventilator because you know, a giant hole in your throat is a positive step in the right direction. That poor pickled bastard.....

UltimateMarvel wrote:Damn man! Is this all because of Corona or did he have other underlying issues and the virus just made it worse?

83 degrees outside today.......I've missed this weather.

A Texas company claims it has a solution for COVID-19 ... a robot that can kill the virus ... feds, hospitals and universities are already buying in, and pro sports could be next.

Here's the deal ... San Antonio-based Xenex Disinfection Services claims they have perfected a $100,000 robot that can zap the deadly virus to death, and it's already being used by the Department of Defense, Mayo Clinic and prestigious universities, with more deep-pocketed clients waiting in the wings.

The so-called savior is dubbed the Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robot ... and we're told it's already decontaminating workspaces at 10 U.S. military bases, LAPD's Skid Row station plus campuses at Stanford and USC.

Major sports leagues could soon jump on the futuristic bandwagon ... company honchos tell us franchises from the NBA and MLB are both looking to use the robot to kill germs at team facilities.

Here's how it works ... the robot uses a xenon lamp to generate bursts of high intensity, full germicidal spectrum UVC light -- more intense than sunlight -- to deactivate viruses, bacteria and spores. Different pathogens are susceptible to UVC light at different wavelengths.

The robot works alone ... we're told people and pets must be out of the room undergoing disinfection because too much UVC light is dangerous to the eyes -- it's kinda like staring at the sun.

Uncle Sam seems gung ho on the robot ... we're told the DoD is starting to “actively test the robot to decontaminate airplanes and research labs.”

Business is booming for Xenex ... we're told sales are up 600% over the same time last year, and they just sold a robot to someone who wants to disinfect a megayacht. Gyms and fitness centers are starting to make inquires too.

The robots are made in San Antonio, and we're told proud owners are even giving them names ... like Rosie, Ray, Sunny, Duncan, Tiger and Gronk.

UltimateMarvel wrote:Haven't played Assassins since AC 3. Looks a lot like the Vikings show. cool trailer though.

Rusty wrote:Never played the AC games before. Are they any good?

joey con carne wrote:I just found out about CW Seed (www.cwseed.com). Stupid name for a streaming service but it's all free and they have lots of older CW shows. Constantine, Birds of Prey, Ringer, Everybody Hates Chris just to name a few. Neat-o.

It's ad-supported, though. But hey, it's all free to stream. Woot woot. I can watch some Dina Meyer and Ashley Scott any day.

UltimateMarvel wrote:

joey con carne wrote:I just found out about CW Seed (www.cwseed.com). Stupid name for a streaming service but it's all free and they have lots of older CW shows. Constantine, Birds of Prey, Ringer, Everybody Hates Chris just to name a few. Neat-o.

It's ad-supported, though. But hey, it's all free to stream. Woot woot. I can watch some Dina Meyer and Ashley Scott any day.

Never heard of it but good to know. Thanks Joey!

More details are now out on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s New York reopening plan — with restaurants put into “phase 3,” behind construction and real estate services.

The plan, announced on Monday, put restaurants in the same group as hotels, though it did not delineate a timeline. Eater has reached out to the governor’s office for comment. Phase 1 includes construction and manufacturing jobs, and phase 2 allows professional services, real estate, and financial services to reopen. Arts and entertainment businesses fall into phase 4.

The timeline largely depends on how various regions in the state overcome the spread of the virus and meet criteria outlined by the governor that would allow the region to reopen. Factors include stats like a 14-day decline in hospitalization and deaths, tests conducted, and the number of available beds hospitals.

New York City is the hardest hit region in the state — of the more than 19,000 deaths in the state, more than 13,000 are in NYC — and has yet to meet all the criteria for reopening.

At present, New York State has shutdown orders in place until May 15, but only some parts of the state and some businesses will get to reopen after that. As previously reported, several construction sites have already reopened in New York, and restaurants and bars are open for takeout and delivery along with other essential services like grocery stores.

In California, restaurants have been slotted in phase 2 of the reopening plan and are likely to open for some type of dine-in service before July or August. California, though, has a little more than 2,000 deaths, compared to New York’s 19,000.

In NYC, the de Blasio administration is considering adding outdoor restaurant seats on closed city streets, but plans are still up in the air. Industry experts say restaurants may implement a variety of measures, including temperature checks, and the use of smartphones as they look to ease concerns of workers and customers looking to return to dining rooms.

Cuomo’s reopening advisory board includes restaurateur Danny Meyer, Tren’ness Woods-Black from Harlem soul food spot Sylvia’s, and Andrew Rigie of the NYC Hospitality Alliance, which represents thousands of restaurants in the city, all of whom will guide the reopening strategy for places in the city.

joey con carne wrote:The bags under Danny Trejo's eyes is where he keeps his heroin stash. They are impenetrable.

I feel like I'm losing my freakin' mind. Every day is Groundhog Day. I wake up and sit at the same spot at my dining room table. I get up for snacks, to hang out or nap on the couch for a bit, and then I sit at my dining table. It's the same shit every day. Last week Friday, I thought was Tuesday. That was fucked up.

And I am pretty sure I have said this like five times already.

Here's an article I read about the NY shutdown reopening plan. https://ny.eater.com/2020/5/4/21246820/nyc-restaurant-reopening-coronavirus-cuomo-phase-3

joey con carne wrote:I feel like I'm losing my freakin' mind. Every day is Groundhog Day. I wake up and sit at the same spot at my dining room table. I get up for snacks, to hang out or nap on the couch for a bit, and then I sit at my dining table. It's the same shit every day. Last week Friday, I thought was Tuesday. That was fucked up.

And I am pretty sure I have said this like five times already.

WyldeMan wrote:That really sucks for you Joey, being cooped up in the city. Are you unable to go get out for some nature or is it just concrete and walls you see? Fortunately for me, I'm surrounded by trees and nature on all sides and can get unlimited fresh air whenever I step outside. Being able to have all my windows wide open this week has been a real nice change of pace since last week was all 40's and now we're into the 60's again.

WyldeMan wrote:My state started reopening limited stuff on Tuesday the 4th. Hiking, fishing and golf are re-opened and they have the hilarious safety stipulation that everybody in either a boat or a golf party must live in the same house. As if every boat and golf cart are going to get pulled over and checked out.

joey con carne wrote:I live in the suburbs right outside of Queens. I'm in Long Island. I can go out and walk around, which I do often, but that only helps so much. The other day I cleaned out my gutters and then discovered there's gutters too high up on my house for me to reach. I can't climb up there because if I slip and fall I'll die. So I will have to hire someone to do that.

Also, most things around me are closed except for restaurants which offer take-out only and essentials like gas stations and supermarkets. Pretty darn boring.

One of my buddies comes to my house every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to work out. I have a few pieces of equipment to work out. I have PowerBlocks which go to 70lbs per hand and also an IronMaster Super Bench with the ability to incline and decline.

When this is all over I'm looking to join LA Fitness to get a proper workout. I need more than just two dumbells and a bench. What I have now is great but I definitely need more.

NY was hit really hard because of the various grievances I mentioned earlier in the thread so things are not re-opening yet. It's going to be a while. I'm sure the phases will be weeks between each so I am probably looking at working from home until at least the end of June. At the very least. Realistically, I'm thinking maybe through the summer.

WyldeMan wrote:I've gotta ask, are you guys still picking up food during all of this? Prior to COVID I cooked roughly 90% of my own meals all the time but since the pandemic it's been 100%. I haven't even thought about getting food some other asshole prepared. I gotta add that being able to cook is really paying off in getting lady friends to break quarantine.  

UltimateMarvel wrote:

WyldeMan wrote:I've gotta ask, are you guys still picking up food during all of this? Prior to COVID I cooked roughly 90% of my own meals all the time but since the pandemic it's been 100%. I haven't even thought about getting food some other asshole prepared. I gotta add that being able to cook is really paying off in getting lady friends to break quarantine.  

Yeah, I'm still eating out. I can't cook man. I can make breakfast stuff. I can make pasta, rice and beans, grill chicken and just easy stuff. What are you making?

Holy fuck man, Canadian cops are not chill! Poor girl, those pigs fucked up her Star Wars Day and her face!

A Star Wars fan dressed as a Stormtrooper was taken down by Canadian police for handling a toy blaster. A bar in Alberta, Canada was celebrating May the Fourth outdoors in their parking lot when the incident occurred. Apparently someone in the area assumed that the teenage girl in the Stormtrooper suit was carrying a real weapon and called it into local law enforcement. Police quickly arrived with their guns aimed directly at the young woman, who immediately followed orders and dropped the toy gun.

However, things took a turn for the worse when the 19-year old woman, who is also an employee of the bar, was not able to get on the ground quick enough. Apparently Stormtrooper suits aren't very flexible. Video footage of the incident proves that the woman was attempting to get on the ground while Canadian police started to lose their cool. Once she was able to get down to her knees, three officers helped her the rest of the way down, allegedly using force (not the Force). The unidentified woman suffered a bloody nose during the ordeal because she claims the officers slammed her face on the ground.

It's unclear why the police needed to go any further after discovering that the Stormtrooper was carrying a toy blaster, especially since it's well-known that even Stormtroopers with real blasters in the Star Wars franchise have terrible aim. "Upon police arrival, the subject dropped the weapon but did not initially comply with further police directions to get down on the ground," law enforcement said in a statement. "The weapon was ultimately confirmed to be a fake firearm and the female subject, who indicated she was an employee promoting a local business, was not charged." The report went on to say, "The female sustained a minor injury but did not require medical attention."

An investigation has been launched to look into the police actions during the incident. Chief Scott Woods has initiated an investigation after reviewing social media and video footage to determine whether or not the officers acted appropriately. It's clear from the video that the woman was having a hard time getting down on the ground and her boss can be heard trying to explain this to the officers, who seemingly ignore him.

According to the woman's boss, Bradley Whalen, "She kept yelling at them that she couldn't kneel down because, in that stormtrooper costume, you can't even sit down in it, like it's impossible to sit down." The woman is eventually seen laying face down on the pavement and crying, as two cops attempt to handcuff her. "You could tell by looking at it, even 10 feet away, that it was a plastic toy," Whalen said. It isn't clear if the woman or the restaurant will be placing charges, but they are all pretty angry about the incident. They were just trying to celebrate Star Wars Day in peace. TMZ was the first to report on the Stormtrooper incident.

It's clear from the video that the woman was having a hard time getting down on the ground and her boss can be heard trying to explain this to the officers, who seemingly ignore him.

WyldeMan wrote:Seems like a good way to die dude, trusting that a minimum wage employee in the food industry suddenly learned to wash their hands after 30 years of never trying it before because they used bolder print on the bathroom sign.

I've got a freezer loaded steak and chicken so I've been BBQ'ing a lot lately with variety of different dishes with those base. I'm usually a very simple meat and potatoes kind of guy but I can cook pretty much anything. My mom's motto in the kitchen has always been "if you can read, you can cook" and that's always proven true in my case because with a recipe or a cook book, I'm god damned Bobby Flay.

WyldeMan wrote:Holy fuck man, Canadian cops are not chill! Poor girl, those pigs fucked up her Star Wars Day and her face!

UltimateMarvel wrote:Yeah, I need to learn. Maybe I should get a cook book, I've never tried that way. But it has to be something quick too, I don't think I have the patience to make something that takes 45 mins or more.

UltimateMarvel wrote:Fucking idiots! After seeing that the weapon was fake, they should have let her go. Telling her to get on her knees when she's telling them she can't because of her costume, making her bleed.......I mean, where is the common sense?

Cobie Smulders is taking us back to the (figurative) mall, quarantine-style.

The actress on Thursday resurrected Robin Sparkles — the Canadian ’80s pop alter ego of her How I Met Your Mother character Robin Scherbatsky — to perform a special self isolation-themed remake of “Let’s Go to the Mall” titled “Let’s All Stay at Home.”

“I hope it takes your mind off some things — it certainly did for me,” Smulders said of the ditty, the lyrics of which were penned by HIMYM creators Craig Thomas and Carter Bays, with a new orchestration by Brian Kim. “Brian… helped compose this song originally. He wrote this new piano version and then rewrote it when it was too challenging for me…. It was a wonderful journey down memory lane.”

Smulders reprised the camp-tastic role to draw attention (and raise funds for) a number of coronavirus-related charities, such as Save the Children and Canada Helps.

In Season 2 of HIMYM, Robin’s secret pop star past was exposed when Barney procured a bootleg copy of the video for her first song, “Let’s Go to the Mall.” Her deep-seated Sparkles shame became a running gag on the show, with future seasons offering new, often embarrassing glimpses into her clandestine music career.

The Sparkles revival comes roughly six years after HIMYM wrapped its nine-season run on CBS. Smulders returned to the small screen last fall in the ABC’s Stumptown, which has yet to be renewed for a second season.

WyldeMan wrote:Cooking has always been easy for me. My mom taught me as a kid so I've always been able to feed myself and others. My father, can barely operate a microwave so she didn't want me to end up like him, lol.

For some reason, it's a point of pride with men and women today to brag about not being able to do the most basic of things for yourself or your family and I've never understood that lazy mentality but it's everywhere. Basic skills like cooking and cleaning don't require much brain power as even I can do them both.

I've noticed one constant plot point on tv shows are people who "accidentally" overcook whatever is in the oven and ruin the food before everybody laughs and gets some nice MSG loaded take out. I've never understood this as every oven I've ever used has had a timer which clearly lets you know when your food is done cooking, so because I can also use a clock as well as read, I'm a decent cook.

I'm telling you Abe, women love a guy that can cook. I'm not telling you to bake muffins or so candy ass shit but if you can fill her up with a good meal, she'll pretty much let you fill her up with anything else you want to.

WyldeMan wrote:Cops are nothing but criminals with badges who get off the abuse of their power. They're all the same and that is why I don't even recognize them as people.

UltimateMarvel wrote:I believe it! It's hard to find a woman who can cook let alone a man who knows his way around the kitchen. You've inspired me Wylde! I'm gonna go find me a cook book.

You actually make food that tastes good though? You're not just slapping things together and calling it a meal? lol How do people review your food?

UltimateMarvel wrote:I'd like to believe it's just a few bad apples.

WyldeMan wrote:These days you wouldn't even need a cookbook as long as you find a good youtube channel. If you're a more visual learner just watch some people cook and you'll pick it up quickly as long as you can figure out how to cut and heat food. But if you lack these most basic of skills, just blame your parents.

My mom taught me cooking, cleaning and chivalry while my father taught me football, cars, 70s rock and guns, my grandma taught me to read way above my grade level and grandpa taught me about classic country music, 50's rock and woodworking. I got a well rounded education as a child.  

WyldeMan wrote:Well I've never had anyone refuse to eat my cooking, I've been told it's fantastic many times and I've never made anyone sick with my cooking. Also one or two ladies have referred to my food as "orgasmic" so those metrics feel like a fair way to gauge my abilities.

WyldeMan wrote:Just last week I was talkin about how much I enjoy Pete's SNL work and now the trailer drops for his starring role in the next Apatow movie?!?! Oh damn!

UltimateMarvel wrote:I blame myself. My younger brother cooks better than I do. Growing up my dad worked a lot and my mom stayed home to raise us and she basically handled all the cooking along with my sister.

UltimateMarvel wrote:That's of the highest compliment!  

UltimateMarvel wrote:I've seen the trailer before. I might check the movie out, it looks funny.

joey con carne wrote:I go food shopping once every two weeks and cook most of my own meals. I'll eat out once or twice a week or so. No big deal.

I'm craving sushi big time. As soon as this shit is over my buddies and I are going to sushi buffet somewhere and go ape.

In fact, I just watched a youtube video earlier and a guy was talking about a cookbook he has from 1808 and the lady who wrote it had a recipe for baked onions. LOL yes, baked onions. The instructions just say to bake the onion with its skin on and can be eaten with butter and salt.

So I try it. Treated it like a baked potato of its size. 375 degrees for 45 minutes. Smells freakin' divine. Got my butter and salt ready. Just waiting for it to cooldown. omg my house is filled with the aroma of an onion. woo woooooo gonna open a window.

joey con carne wrote:I just ate the baked onion and I will say this: try it. I am pleasantly surprised. I added a little butter and some fancy salt and it serves as a nice side dish.

No kidding, man. Next time you grill a steak, toss in a whole onion. Don't even peel it. Just let that bastard cook in its skin. Then you can just squeeze it out and you got a soft and sweet onion. I used a yellow onion.

I had the same thought as you but wow, I can do this again. Maybe with a baked potato as well.

WyldeMan wrote:That trailer debuted yesterday, how have you seen it before?

joey con carne wrote:I go food shopping once every two weeks and cook most of my own meals. I'll eat out once or twice a week or so. No big deal.

joey con carne wrote:In fact, I just watched a youtube video earlier and a guy was talking about a cookbook he has from 1808 and the lady who wrote it had a recipe for baked onions. LOL yes, baked onions. The instructions just say to bake the onion with its skin on and can be eaten with butter and salt.

So I try it. Treated it like a baked potato of its size. 375 degrees for 45 minutes. Smells freakin' divine. Got my butter and salt ready. Just waiting for it to cooldown. omg my house is filled with the aroma of an onion. woo woooooo gonna open a window.