Feds Say Shut Down To Continue Until at least 4/30 - What Are Going to Do For a Month
Mates,
Apparently the new fed guideline is to continue this partial shutdown until at least 4/30. They say that we are 2 weeks from the peak, although we all know it could be further out than that. It is difficult to imagine any state ending their actions any sooner. If that all holds true, that means whatever hopes there might have been for a shortened time frame and back-to-work are shot.
The looming problem is of course that although many have the ability to withstand a few weeks of a slow down, getting to a couple of months starts to be a problem for nearly everyone. I'm a small employer and had kept my staff on at regular pay even though they're not working. I really am not sure how I'm going to handle an extended layoff.
Tonight's questions:
1. How are you personally going to be handling this extended shut down - What are you going to do for a month?
2. Whether you are an employer or an employee, what plans to you anticipate for those relationships if we are supposed to 'stay home - stay healthy' for that long? I don't mean to be overly negative, but will your business even be able to come back?
Stay well everyone. If we overcame wars we can overcome a virus. It might not be fun, but we'll get'er done!
XM
Pray for a cure and the power not going out!
March 29th, 2020 at 10:24 PM ^
^this^
It has been awfully windy in SE MI today and I've been telling my wife a bad spring wind storm knocking out power to tens of thousands of people could be an absolute tipping point.
Fortunately DTE contractors have been trimming trees near the power lines in my neighborhood.
If ever we've needed an early summer it's this year.
March 30th, 2020 at 12:13 AM ^
my power in kzoo was out today
"Absolute tipping point" to what?
6.8.0Check to make sure your generator starts if you have one! I hadn’t run mine in over a year and had to clean out the carburetor to get it going.
Glad I was doing that with endless time on my hands rather than on the clock while food is spoiling in the fridge.
No questions about pizza toppings tonight?
well okay, then dish: what's on your pizza?
and while you're at it, maybe take a stab at the two questions.
I like onions.
I don’t remember the other questions. I think it was will I have employment. I don’t know. I think so though.
Was the other what am I doing? Same thing as the last two weeks. Eat, work, homeschool.
what curriculum are you using for homeschool, or are you just getting started on that?
(a little bit of sweet onion is okay, no thank you for much more than that)
No curriculum. I am winging it. School sends some assignments.
March 29th, 2020 at 10:29 PM ^
hey xtra, have you and your wife ever written out anything about your approach to homeschooling? our son is 4 and we're starting to bounce around ideas for what education might look like for him. i'm interested in getting as many opinions/experiences as we can as we think about it.
March 29th, 2020 at 11:07 PM ^
nothing in writing. posted some curriculum in the homeschool OP earlier today. my dear wife has done an exceptional job with our kids, they love school and are very good at - much better than i ever was.
What helps my family is creating a structure. Chores, school work, personal goals are incorporated, which helps us feel accomplished. Able to bike along the coast today, highly recommend getting out (if possible)...form a meditation
One positive is the reset it’s having in life. We aren’t over consumed with events, sports and work, enjoying being present
For us, we've been making music together. Here's a song entitled, appropriately enough for this site, "It's A Blue World". That's me with my three sons: eldest went to Michigan; second is wearing a Michigan sweatshirt; third is actually wearing an Interlochen sweatshirt, which is a Michigan as one can get while wearing red:
i will have to watch this one. very cool.
EDIT: watched it. A+ work. please post more of these.
Well done. It’s great to see positive stories !
March 29th, 2020 at 10:02 PM ^
Whoa. That's a very difficult tune. Way to hang in there!
Wow, I was fully expecting to see a rough around the edges karaoke thing. But that was full on polished men's glee club material. Great job!
I still go to work. I have a complete gym in my garage. I usually go to Vegas in March. If they start the nhl playoffs in the summer I’ll go for a playoff game.
we aren't going to be traveling anywhere dude
March 29th, 2020 at 10:13 PM ^
March 30th, 2020 at 12:47 AM ^
You can expect travel restrictions pretty soon.
They already are in some States. Travel restrictions. Read up on current events, my dude.
6.8.0Yep, FL has road blocks on I-10 and will not let any LA residents into the state. They have to turnaround and go back to LA.
1. I live with my 5-7 year old kids and 65+ year old in laws so its a struggle every day. They cant leave the house for safety, and the kids leaving woukd be just as dangerous.
I work for a large bank, with a IT infrastructure that can scale to handle this so long as end users' personal networks hold up. My past 2 weeks have been WFH, and the next 4 weeks probably will be the same.
2. Ive frequently been asked why I work for "the man", and its because I am risj averse. I have little fear of layoffs or furlows as my role is a critical IT role. As long as this situation persists, IT is being asked to work miracles... were doing it so far.
I miss my cubicle...
I'd yearn for a gig in the salt mines if I was stuck with my mother in law.
Hey Noser. I’d join you in the salt mines if I was stuck with your mother in law too. Or mine for that matter.
I'm also at a major financial institution, working from home, and situations like this are exactly why I've passed up more lucrative opportunities in the past. I'm still working, getting paid, and having health insurance. My 2019 bonus should hit my account on Friday, although I doubt we'll be getting them next year.
I need a shave and haircut though. Probably should have gotten one before lockdown.
March 29th, 2020 at 10:11 PM ^
That'll be two bits, sir.
March 29th, 2020 at 10:21 PM ^
If you look like your avatar Hatter you don’t need the shave but maybe the haircut.
March 30th, 2020 at 10:58 AM ^
Was just complaining to my wife about not getting a haircut before this went down. Driving me nuts!
I read that as she went down...
March 29th, 2020 at 10:24 PM ^
Amen brother. I’m in the same situation. But the kids are a year older and the in-laws in their 70s. Life sucks at the moment because of the fear of me getting them sick.
I too work in IT and miss the office. I’m hardly ever even at my cube working but sitting on a bar stool in the basement sucks for work. But being in IT working for a pharmaceutical company is (so far) very stable during these times.
So the big question for Trump supporters, is, is this still just people overreacting and being a bunch of chicken littles?
Or, now that the dear leader has put his stamp of approval on another month of distancing guidelines, are you allowed to believe that this thing is pretty damn serious?
Also, if he changes his mind tomorrow and says it’s all just an overblown hoax, do you then have to flip back to your previous position?
Of course I know the answer is always “Whatever he tells us we believe without any hesitation.”
Will you just shut the fuck up about Trump!? Nobody wants to hear it.
You took the time to respond.
And, nope, I won’t shut up because every single fucking day he says or does something to make an awful situation worse.
Today he accused nurses and medical personnel in NY of stealing and hoarding masks as the reason behind why they don’t have enough there.
The man’s depravity knows no limits.
this isn't a political thread. if you want to be miserable and spread that misery, there are plenty of other places to do that. suggest you look into those.
The fact that I have to wait till my daughters cough gets bad enough to warrant being tested is misery. The POTUS has made this possible. That ain’t politics, it’s life. Life in America. Think about that. It ain’t politics. It’s personal.
then virtually every other leader of every single nation and all of our states has screwed up just as badly, with the possible exception of who, south korea? seriously, embrace your hate and go somewhere else to let it out.
Embrace my hate? I’m fucking terrified waiting to see if she gets worse. Every cough for 8 straight days has gutted me. Every, single, one.
We're also sick in my house. Have most of the symptoms. No test for us either, because they don't have enough.
I hope your family gets better. Be well and stay safe.
The States have not screwed up the testing. In many cases they have rescued it. The federal government made it extremely difficult for states to do their own testing. When they relaxed testing requirements, many state labs geared up very quickly. There is almost no one who has looked at US testing objectively who has not concluded that there were significant failings at the federal level that made a bad situation worse.
Just to play devils advocate outside of adding to the growing number of cases, what difference would there be in getting testing?
if she has a viral pneumonia, and is getting admitted in this current climate, she’ll be in a covid unit or rule out unit. Otherwise there would be no difference in the way she was treated from any other viral pneumonia. Maybe a dart throw with plaquenil.
I’d argue that the insistence to get tested puts her/you/health care professionals at risk. Unless sx’s are to the point where you need to be evaluated for admission just stay the fuck home and don’t worry about what type of cold causing virus you have.
I would agree that at this point testing each individual case matters much less (early on, when there was some hope of doing contact tracing it could have made a big difference). There are however places where it can make a difference:
1. What if you are in a profession that you can work and your work is not something you are doing from home? Not being able to get a family member tested means you have to quarantine instead of going to work?
2. What if you have a high risk individual in your house? Do you find another place for them to go? Especially if you are in a small place, isolating can be difficult. Shortages of masks, a logical precaution do not make it any easier.
In the long term there are many reasons that more testing will be extremely helpful. Knowing who has and hasn’t had it will be extremely helpful to getting the economy going again.
Xtra, every thread is a political thread these days. Trump is America’s Dave Brandon...well no, Trump makes Dave Brandon look like Warren Buffet.
So what Dave Brandon did to UM, toys r us, Dominoes, genius compared to Republicans. Spot the lie
Take it somewhere else Utah.
“Special” is right.
Fuck Trump!
March 29th, 2020 at 10:11 PM ^
Lol cry baby bitch boy