Cooper gonna shut it down

noway2 said:
.public has had enough of it and as tensions continue to rise in the coming weeks.
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I think the public is getting fed up with staying at home. I've seen more traffic on my road in the last two days than I've seen in the past 3 weeks. It's almost back to pre Covid levels.
 
cold1 said:
I think the public is getting fed up with staying at home. I've seen more traffic on my road in the last two days than I've seen in the past 3 weeks. It's almost back to pre Covid levels.
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I saw a Facebook post the other day from Lowes saying that people are just coming there to hang out and bring their dogs in to the stores.
 
They are limiting how many people they let in over at our Harris Teeter now. Makes sense you know, bunch them up real tight and make them wait, so they can be spread out........yeah, makes all the sense in the world.
 
cold1 said:
I think the public is getting fed up with staying at home. I've seen more traffic on my road in the last two days than I've seen in the past 3 weeks. It's almost back to pre Covid levels.
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I enjoyed going out for a drive yesterday, as I was getting tired of being home alone with just two cats. Today I took my wife’s car to the auto place in town (you know the one) and took her down to her shop a couple miles down the road. Still kept my distance from Joe at the auto shop - social distancing you know.
 
Vitamin C, D, zinc, blah, blah, blah...

Here's the real gist:

Eat a balanced diet with adequate portions which supplies all your required daily nutrients.

Take supplements if you wish...in general, they won't hurt you and they'll ensure you get your daily needs.

BUT...your body can only process so much in a given period of time. Know what happens to the excess?

It goes right down the sewers when you use the bathroom.

Take a lot of Vitamin C, for example, and look at what color your urine turns. Kind of a bright, almost flourescent-looking yellow. A sure sign you're taking too much. Of you take too much Vitamin C a day, it will affect your digestive system. (In general, this is caused by supplements, not from foods.)

Short term, this may cause nausea and diarrhea.

Too much, over a long period, can cause problems, too. Like excess iron absorption, which may lead to hemochromotosis and serious damage to your liver, heart, thyroid, pancreas, and central nervous system.

Yeah...these are extreme. But they are real potential problems.

So...eat properly and take supplements if you wish. But don't over do it with high doses for long terms.
 
J R Green said:
people are just coming there to hang out
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My new "meeting-new-guys" dating strategy is to meet at a food store parking lot to chat, while keeping social distance...if anyone asks, we're going food shopping!

It's pretty good, except now it's getting hot out. This would work well for me in the winter, though!
 
Millie said:
My new "meeting-new-guys" dating strategy is to meet at a food store parking lot to chat, while keeping social distance...if anyone asks, we're going food shopping!

It's pretty good, except now it's getting hot out. This would work well for me in the winter, though!
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this is the WORST time to try to date.
Ive connected with several, but taking a while to meet in person
 
RetiredUSNChief said:
Vitamin C, D, zinc, blah, blah, blah...

Here's the real gist:

Eat a balanced diet with adequate portions which supplies all your required daily nutrients.

Take supplements if you wish...in general, they won't hurt you and they'll ensure you get your daily needs.

BUT...your body can only process so much in a given period of time. Know what happens to the excess?

It goes right down the sewers when you use the bathroom.

Take a lot of Vitamin C, for example, and look at what color your urine turns. Kind of a bright, almost flourescent-looking yellow. A sure sign you're taking too much. Of you take too much Vitamin C a day, it will affect your digestive system. (In general, this is caused by supplements, not from foods.)

Short term, this may cause nausea and diarrhea.

Too much, over a long period, can cause problems, too. Like excess iron absorption, which may lead to hemochromotosis and serious damage to your liver, heart, thyroid, pancreas, and central nervous system.

Yeah...these are extreme. But they are real potential problems.

So...eat properly and take supplements if you wish. But don't over do it with high doses for long terms.
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That is one of those things that's kind of sort of true, mostly but not always. There are prescription strength vitamin C and vitamin d as well as zinc, and at the doses they're talking in these cases they're not of the dietary supplement variety.

Zinc plays havoc with viral cell walls, it's the same theory for taking it for a common cold.
 
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I am at the point that I just wish we had let it run it's course. I am tried of folks whining and bitching about staying home and how the economy is going to suck.

American are so spoiled that we can't take 6-8 weeks of stay at home-lite orders. We are so week we can't fight back from loss of $$.

So, yeah, we should just have said " it! Roll the dice. I will play the odds someone I love will not get it and die. Better I get to go out to eat, see a ball game, shoot hunt... whatever. And as long as I don't loss $$... I might be ok with a parent, wife, kid, brother/ sister kicking off"

Folks bitching about stay at home orders and next breath "Where are all the full hospital??"

The USA is so week, we need this to toughen us up...


Rant off?
 
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When is Zicam going to be a hot commodity? Pretty sure that it's mostly zinc and vitamin c.
 
Food Lion used to sell a generic version of Zicam for skinny money, but they don’t carry it anymore. Seems I looked in Walgreens and didn’t see anything last time I looked either.

By the way, Zicam works if you take it at the beginning of cold symptoms.
 
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mj1angier said:
Rant on/

I am at the point that I just wish we had let it run it's course. I am tried of folks whining and bitching about staying home and how the economy is going to suck.

American are so spoiled that we can't take 6-8 weeks of stay at home-lite orders. We are so week we can't fight back from loss of $$.

So, yeah, we should just have said " it! Roll the dice. I will play the odds someone I love will not get it and die. Better I get to go out to eat, see a ball game, shoot hunt... whatever. And as long as I don't loss $$... I might be ok with a parent, wife, kid, brother/ sister kicking off"

Folks bitching about stay at home orders and next breath "Where are all the full hospital??"

The USA is so week, we need this to toughen us up...


Rant off?
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But what if it isn’t as deadly as has been reported? And what if more people die due to everything that has been done? Not that anyone in power will ever give us the facts, but some truth will be out there at some point. Time will tell I guess.

Typed from my quarantined basement. :p
 
CZfool68 said:
But what if it isn’t as deadly as has been reported? And what if more people die due to everything that has been done? Not that anyone in power will ever give us the facts, but some truth will be out there at some point. Time will tell I guess.

Typed from my quarantined basement. :p
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The government will never admit to any wrong doings, there fore, they will have the numbers needed to show that all the actions taken where necessary.
 
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fieldgrade said:
Food Lion used to sell a generic version of Zicam for skinny money, but they don’t carry it anymore. Seems I looked in Walgreens and didn’t see anything last time I looked either.

By the way, Zicam works if you take it at the beginning of cold symptoms.
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There used to be some chalky, cherry-flavored chewables that were jacked full of zinc, vitamin C, and echinacea that were sold at every grocery and drug store. They were called Soothebys and they worked like a champ at knocking out a cold when you started feeling it...usually on the first try. And they were like $5 for a box of 30 or 45 tablets. They disappeared into thin air about 5-10 years ago, no idea what happened to them. My guess is they may have been affected by the Airborne lawsuits that claimed the blast of Vitamin C et al were killing people’s sense of taste. Perhaps it was coincidental timing.

EDIT: Here they are...Sootherbs: https://www.iherb.com/pr/sootherbs-zinc-echinacea-vitamin-c-wild-cherry-30-lozenges/21327
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I’ve tried making my own cocktail of the three ingredient. You can obviously buy vitamin C, zinc, and echinacea pills on their own. But I don’t think they work as well as those old tablets.
 
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Barring no available substitutes, I just spring for the Zicam now because that stuff will stop a cold in its tracks if you have the tablets available and start taking them the hour you feel symptoms.
 
RetiredUSNChief said:
Vitamin C, D, zinc, blah, blah, blah...

Here's the real gist:

Eat a balanced diet with adequate portions which supplies all your required daily nutrients.

Take supplements if you wish...in general, they won't hurt you and they'll ensure you get your daily needs.

BUT...your body can only process so much in a given period of time. Know what happens to the excess?

It goes right down the sewers when you use the bathroom.

Take a lot of Vitamin C, for example, and look at what color your urine turns. Kind of a bright, almost flourescent-looking yellow. A sure sign you're taking too much. Of you take too much Vitamin C a day, it will affect your digestive system. (In general, this is caused by supplements, not from foods.)

Short term, this may cause nausea and diarrhea.

Too much, over a long period, can cause problems, too. Like excess iron absorption, which may lead to hemochromotosis and serious damage to your liver, heart, thyroid, pancreas, and central nervous system.

Yeah...these are extreme. But they are real potential problems.

So...eat properly and take supplements if you wish. But don't over do it with high doses for long terms.
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Your body can’t get Vit D from diet in most cases unless you are eating specifically for it. It has to produce it via exposure to sun light or supplement it. I work nights and sleep at least half the day. The only way I get it close to normal is with supplements. The days I can get outside, days off, I can tell the difference in my energy levels.


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CZfool68 said:
But what if it isn’t as deadly as has been reported? And what if more people die due to everything that has been done? Not that anyone in power will ever give us the facts, but some truth will be out there at some point. Time will tell I guess.

Typed from my quarantined basement. :p
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Even IF it was as deadly as reported, but we decided NOT to voluntarily obliterate our economy, then outside the vulnerable population (manageable) we would have random distribution of severely ill among the rest.

would that still have overrun hospital? Of course, but we could have spent 1 trillion instead of two opening up pneumonia centers in every state (which would also be useful during flu season). Most importantly, the random nature of severe illness would leave the economies in tact, and therefore the 50% off deal for .gov that actually solves a problem instead a of handouts would actually be generated (partially) via tax revenue from the functioning economy.
 
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HMP said:
this is the WORST time to try to date.
Ive connected with several, but taking a while to meet in person
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Well, at the end of the month I'm calling it a day on the dating sites anyway. LOL. I've put 18 months into it and I'm really tired of many things about it all.....
 
Stick Man said:
They are limiting how many people they let in over at our Harris Teeter now. Makes sense you know, bunch them up real tight and make them wait, so they can be spread out........yeah, makes all the sense in the world.
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The gubenor is going to announce more edicts today about forced social distancing at grocery stores and pharmacies. I wish someone would ask him at this next presser if he goes grocery shopping or if he has the Highway Patrol do it for him. It's so easy to sit on the throne in your ivory tower and issue edicts and proclamations on the lumpenproletariat when none of it affects you. Jackass!
 
fieldgrade said:
...I just spring for the Zicam now because that stuff will stop a cold in its tracks if you have the tablets available and start taking them the hour you feel symptoms.
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That is my experience also. And yes, it's gotta be "at the first sign of a cold", like it says. ...So I keep them on hand.
 
We keep the quick melt tabs, nasal spray and nasal swabs at the ready. Zicam makes a cold last all of a day or two if you get it at the first sniffle.
 
Millie said:
Well, at the end of the month I'm calling it a day on the dating sites anyway. LOL. I've put 18 months into it and I'm really tired of many things about it all.....
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Which are you on?
 
TV is pretty much confirming what I posted above about mandating stores limit the number of people in side. Yeah, go put some dweeb with a counter telling an angry crowd they have to wait to get in the store. This is going to go sideways.
 
Why is the crowd angry?
Maybe people will just realize the situation and wait patiently.
This stuff been going for a couple weeks (two or three weeks ago for HD, not sure when it started), any violence yet?
 
HMP said:
Why is the crowd angry?
Maybe people will just realize the situation and wait patiently.
This stuff been going for a couple weeks (two or three weeks ago for HD, not sure when it started), any violence yet?
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As the Meme says ... you can’t fix stupid or quarantine it!
 
concepthomes1 said:
I think you give too much credit to humanity. Sure, these first couple of weeks have been quiet. This is new for everyone so most folks are simply complying and hoping it ends soon.

But now that the media and politicians are starting to move the goalposts (daily it seems like), society won't exercise their patience too much longer.
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In my opinion, humanity has been held in check by the government teat remaining flowing. As long as EBT and the like still working, things will probably stay calm. Ive noticed the few times I have been in stores lately there is this thin veneer of civility...Ive described it as the feeling I used to get before a major race or something where you wish the other competitors well, but inside you know they are the competition. Let the financial assistance falter, and things will heat up fast.
 
Who didn't expect them to move the goalposts? I expected this to result in a shutdown through mid-June as soon as I heard there was a air traffic from the infected areas in China and Europe that weren't being quarantined at wheels down on the aircraft.
 
B00ger said:
In my opinion, humanity has been held in check by the government teat remaining flowing. As long as EBT and the like still working, things will probably stay calm.
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Astute observation. If things continue, with the numbers were told being put out of work, I could see stress fractures forming among a different crowd of people too. Those that are normally honest, hard working, good people who get pushed to the brink.

I’m normally a quiet polite person in public, but I agree with @concepthomes1 about a Gerald at WM telling me what to do and the idea makes me bristle.
 
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fieldgrade said:
Barring no available substitutes, I just spring for the Zicam now because that stuff will stop a cold in its tracks if you have the tablets available and start taking them the hour you feel symptoms.
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Side rant...Zicam is a no-go for my wife. All the formulations I looked at contain sucralose. All the artificial sweeteners are a migraine trigger for her, big time. Even stevia does not do her well. Seems like every d*mned thing these days has artificial sweeteners in it - toothpaste (except for the expensive "natural" ones), mouthwash (except for the brown-colored original Listerine), etc. You have to read all of every label of every single thing you buy that you will ingest, and it's maddening some of the ingredients...lots of stuff that does not need to be in there at all, except as sheer bulk or as "sweeten it so the spoiled brats will eat/use it." Many times my wife has gotten a migraine, and the scenario is, "What did I eat or use (non-food item, dammit) the past 4 hours?" Gather it all up, check labels again..."Oh hell, it's the OTC drug or some snack or some box mix or something else...who in their right mind would put artificial sweetener in product X???" It's especially aggravating when the previous box didn't have it, and the latest one does.

So, maybe there's a generic equivalent WITHOUT artificial sweetener...but I bet not. The generics seem to follow the name brands pretty closely in ingredients.
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RFMan said:
Side rant...Zicam is a no-go for my wife. All the formulations I looked at contain sucralose. All the artificial sweeteners are a migraine trigger for her, big time. Even stevia does not do her well. Seems like every d*mned thing these days has artificial sweeteners in it - toothpaste (except for the expensive "natural" ones), mouthwash (except for the brown-colored original Listerine), etc. You have to read all of every label of every single thing you buy that you will ingest, and it's maddening some of the ingredients...lots of stuff that does not need to be in there at all, except as sheer bulk or as "sweeten it so the spoiled brats will eat/use it." Many times my wife has gotten a migraine, and the scenario is, "What did I eat or use (non-food item, dammit) the past 4 hours?" Gather it all up, check labels again..."Oh hell, it's the OTC drug or some snack or some box mix or something else...who in their right mind would put artificial sweetener in product X???" It's especially aggravating when the previous box didn't have it, and the latest one does.

So, maybe there's a generic equivalent WITHOUT artificial sweetener...but I bet not. The generics seem to follow the name brands pretty closely in ingredients.
/End side rant
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https://www.coldeeze.com/en/products/cold-remedy-plus-defense-relief-lozenges

Sucrose...seems like that's not fake sugar...will this one work for her?
 
Sorry for thread hijack...here is a Zicam https://www.amazon.com/Zicam-Remedy...ld=1&keywords=cold-eeze&qid=1586355132&sr=8-9 which has, as the last two ingredients, sucralose AND sucrose. Bloody hell (apologies for the cultural appropriation @NCLivingBrit :D ), but why do you need both real AND fake sugar, especially since they are the last two ingredients on the list??? Put a little more real sugar in there and be done with it. Or a little more fruit juice, and leave both of those out. Dang.
 
I have it on good authority the cops are itching to ticket everybody, as soon as allowable, for any little violation that can possibly be prosecuted. The Law must catch up... (The courts n lowyers is goin' broke!)
 
concepthomes1 said:
I think you give too much credit to humanity. Sure, these first couple of weeks have been quiet. This is new for everyone so most folks are simply complying and hoping it ends soon.

But now that the media and politicians are starting to move the goalposts (daily it seems like), society won't exercise their patience too much longer.
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I saw a 55-ish year old woman absolutely lose her sh!+ yesterday at the bank drive through. We have two local Wells Fargo branches, but they've closed one of them due to the virus. The woman was in the drive up window of the open branch to ask them about getting access to her safety deposit box which is located in the closed branch. They told her it could be done by appointment only, and gave her a number to call. The lady told them she already tried, but hung up after being on hold for 45 minutes. The teller said yes, the wait is usually about an hour. That's when the woman went off the deep end, screaming about how she needed in her safety deposit box NOW!! She let out a string of profanity on that poor teller that would have made a sailor blush.
 
RFMan said:
Sorry for thread hijack...here is a Zicam https://www.amazon.com/Zicam-Remedy...ld=1&keywords=cold-eeze&qid=1586355132&sr=8-9 which has, as the last two ingredients, sucralose AND sucrose. Bloody hell (apologies for the cultural appropriation @NCLivingBrit :D ), but why do you need both real AND fake sugar, especially since they are the last two ingredients on the list??? Put a little more real sugar in there and be done with it. Or a little more fruit juice, and leave both of those out. Dang.
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I'll allow it
 
Relapse said:
I have it on good authority the cops are itching to ticket everybody, as soon as allowable, for any little violation that can possibly be prosecuted. The Law must catch up... (The courts n lowyers is goin' broke!)
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Maybe when they lift the Stay at Home order but right now you would be hard pressed to get a ticket for speeding.

And stay smart in Durham:
10:00 a.m.: Effective immediately, the Durham Fire Department will stop responding to medical calls unless they are urgent, like a vehicle crash or cardiac arrest. The move aims to help protect employees and the public during the pandemic, Durham County said. Firefighters will continue to respond to all fire calls.
 
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