Fear and Loathing, a Rat Flu Odyssey

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Originally Posted by old goat

If you flew from Europe it's very likely that the "Chinese" people (did you ask all the Asian appearing people) weren't in China for the epidemic. At least some of them were Americans. And the people with masks were protecting themselves from you.

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It was Moscow and very few Chinese were in the US citizen line with me in JFK. And the Japanese wear masks in consideration of others when they are sick, not the Chinese, and yes I can visually tell the difference between the two. Without looking, culturally you can tell the difference easily, one is very polite and one just doesn't give a shit really. They even sit down differently on planes: the Japanese would nod and politely ask you to move and the Chinese pushes his/her way through before you have a chance to get up. And when you are in economy and 6' 2", in the middle seat, your legs will get crushed as they do it, ask me how I know. But to your point, they could have been from Korea I guess?

Quite a few people, white and ethnic, were wearing masks at JFK and Sheremetyevo, I saw a few entire families wearing them.

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Originally Posted by Benny Profane

That's Vermont.

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They all look alike.

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Originally Posted by old goat

If you flew from Europe it's very likely that the "Chinese" people (did you ask all the Asian appearing people) weren't in China for the epidemic. At least some of them were Americans. And the people with masks were protecting themselves from you.

You already are.

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Not in the same way.

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Originally Posted by Benny Profane

That's Vermont.

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Cow Hampshire got cows too my man.

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Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

There’s apparently a cruise ship in Italy with a suspected ill passenger- 6,000 people are now quarantined.

That sounds like a good time.

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Floating mattress.

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Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

There’s apparently a cruise ship in Italy with a suspected ill passenger- 6,000 people are now quarantined.

That sounds like a good time.

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Sounds like a few Med cruises I was on.

My girlfriend flew from Toronto to London the other day. I asked about her flight and she told me the guy she was sitting beside was really nice but didn't want to talk much. He had a box of sanitizer wipes and he was wiping down his chair and everything around him. Offered her a pile and they cleaned their area.

A few hours after this conversation I realized maybe dude was paranoid about my gf - she's Korean and maybe dude thought she was Chinese and therefore (in his mind) a risk..

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Originally Posted by Thaleia

My girlfriend flew from Toronto to London the other day. I asked about her flight and she told me the guy she was sitting beside was really nice but didn't want to talk much. He had a box of sanitizer wipes and he was wiping down his chair and everything around him. Offered her a pile and they cleaned their area.

A few hours after this conversation I realized maybe dude was paranoid about my gf - she's Korean and maybe dude thought she was Chinese and therefore (in his mind) a risk..

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the story the virus can sit for 2 weeks before hitting is hitting some people's max freakout rate already.

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Originally Posted by muted

It was Moscow and very few Chinese were in the US citizen line with me in JFK. And the Japanese wear masks in consideration of others when they are sick, not the Chinese, and yes I can visually tell the difference between the two. Without looking, culturally you can tell the difference easily, one is very polite and one just doesn't give a shit really. They even sit down differently on planes: the Japanese would nod and politely ask you to move and the Chinese pushes his/her way through before you have a chance to get up. And when you are in economy and 6' 2", in the middle seat, your legs will get crushed as they do it, ask me how I know. But to your point, they could have been from Korea I guess?

Quite a few people, white and ethnic, were wearing masks at JFK and Sheremetyevo, I saw a few entire families wearing them.

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Do you suppose they can tell Americans from Candadians?

Well, of course, this sort of thing was inevitable. What a horrible little man.

"Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Thursday that China’s loss might be America’s gain, because the coronavirus outbreak could prompt employers to move jobs to the United States.

“I don’t want to talk about a victory lap over a very unfortunate, very malignant disease,” Mr. Ross said in an interview on Fox Business. “I think it will help to accelerate the return of jobs to North America. Some to the U.S., probably some to Mexico as well.”

Mr. Ross cited previous disease outbreaks in China, suggesting that a prevalence of diseases there would become a factor in businesses leaving the country and relocating to North America.

“You had SARS, you have the African swine virus there, now you have this,” Mr. Ross said.

His remarks may be seen as insensitive to a country in crisis, and he has faced such criticism in the past. During the government shutdown in early 2019, Mr. Ross suggested that furloughed workers should take out loans while they went without pay for more than a month."

I worked with a crew of aussies and kiwis and they said they could tell the difference a block away, but I found them to be homogenous.

If it stays over there...

Just don’t move those jobs to New Hampshire.

Or Vermont.

Apparently.

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Originally Posted by old goat

Do you suppose they can tell Americans from Candadians?

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You can't?

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Originally Posted by Rideski

I worked with a crew of aussies

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Not always very easy to get that right.

Apparently.

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Originally Posted by old goat

Do you suppose they can tell Americans from Candadians?

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The country of Candad is nowhere on the map

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Originally Posted by Kenny Satch

The country of Candad is nowhere on the map

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They ride the canbus.

It’s above Alberta, huh? So is it Russia?

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Originally Posted by Rideski

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Wait didn't you post fake news ?
My eyes are seeing things.

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Originally Posted by El Chupacabra

They ride the canbus.

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I should hope so

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Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

It’s above Alberta, huh? So is it Russia?

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I thought Candada was east of Finland? So... Russia?

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Originally Posted by Rideski

I worked with a crew of aussies and kiwis and they said they could tell the difference a block away, but I found them to be homogenous.

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Happy hour must have been intense.

Can you get infected with candida from Candadians?

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Originally Posted by old goat

Do you suppose they can tell Americans from Candadians?

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Ha, maybe, I would bet quite a few Japanese people would notice the difference though. The stereotypical obnoxious American tourist is probably found more in Euroland though than Japan so that may make guessing hard. The Chinese act more like us, they may not even notice quiet Canadians?

Oh, no, the Chinese tourist is on a whole other level of rudeness. They will not be missed all over the world for a few months. Their money, yes, but not them.

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Originally Posted by Benny Profane

Happy hour must have been intense.

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The Pub had Guinness on a sliding scale.
Something like 50 cents at 3pm, $1 @ 4pm, $2 @5pm, $5 @ 6pm.
Is that still a thing? Not sure if any Frasier locals in here.
Jamison was a bargain too. Paddy’s day was a junk show.

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Originally Posted by El Chupacabra

Can you get infected with candida from Candadians?

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Lettuce now how that werks out.

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quintessential dad from the land of the north

I had a meeting scheduled today (here in Europe) with a client and they called me up early in the morning to say that they would like to postpone. They knew I was in China ~2 weeks ago and "for their employees safety" they cancelled the face-to-face meeting and asked if we could do this via a TC or whatever.

I'm healthy and fine, and was in Shanghai, not Wuhan, really before everything started getting going, but all I could do was say 'I understand, of course' and go along.

Interesting time to work for a Chinese company, that works on long-term FTE-based projects, for a global client base.

I see the WHO just declared a public emergency of international concern.

speaking of the WHO, I just heard this song from an album from them from last year that I didn't even know they put out. It's not bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpKhGNaiS6c

Never sure if I'm talkiing to an Auzy or a Kiwi so I always ask, just say ... whats up khant ?

I pass for chinese, japanese, first nations

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Never sure if I'm talkiing to an Auzy or a Kiwi so I always ask, just say ... whats up khant ?

I pass for chinese, japanese, first nations

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I don't think your bindings are on the indemnified list anymore.

Ok but its pretty obvious those guys at DPS copied me on that early rise thing eh

Checking in. I just walked off my Air China flight, Beijing to San Fran, with out a single person/system checking any of the sweaty, fever, running nose looking passengers.
Yesterday in China I had my temperature checked on 4 different occasions, including the restaurant lobby at my dinner buffet. No bat soup last night, but some other good stuff:
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Fawk I would have at least checked this guy departing the flight!
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Just heard a CDC guy on the radio say the masks are useless for protection.

They have comedic value though.

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Originally Posted by From_the_NEK

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quintessential dad from the land of the north

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In 1988, Alan Thicke was the Grand Marshall of the Bacchus Parade in New Orleans at Mardi Gras. My friend Rums was upset that such a hack actor would get the honor one year after William Shatner filled the role, so he threw his half-finished Hurricane at Thicke’s float, hitting him square in the head. We ducked into the crowd as the security guys tried to figure out what had happened.

True story.

All hail the statute of limitations.

Hubbs those photos are gold dish all you’ve got.
Ps, they revised the parameters to say incubation could be 3 months with no symptoms.

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Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs

Fawk I would have at least checked this guy departing the flight!
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That has nothing to do with coronavirus. He's trying to protect himself from the homeless people in SF.