Fear and Loathing, a Rat Flu Odyssey

[Deebased]

Have you met many truckers?

Sure have,

Its tough to stay in shape sitting on your ass 12 hours /day or whatever the maximum drive time is these days.

Again, imagine trying to get food, medical or any other supplies if those guys realized their elevated risk and decided to just stay home.

The deaths from lack of medical supplies, food, etc and the ensuing marauders would make the covid deaths look minuscule

[DBdude]

THIS! People are seeming to forget that somehow their "turnips" are magically appearing at the grocery stores thanks to the "Phils" out there still harvesting, hauling, distributing, etc.

Then they wanna chastise anybody who's not willing to tuck tail and hole up forever, sucking their thumbs in fear...

are you telling us you are a migrant laborer?

here in the people's republic of vermont the dairy co-ops are dumping milk and still cutting milk checks to the dairymen - we will see how long they can keep on doing it

[Boissal]

PS: Anyone taking my weak trolling attempts too seriously needs to lighten up. During these bizarre times, a little light-hearted ribbing does everyone's mental health some good.

Says he while attempting to backpedal so hard he's bending the crank arms...

[DBdude]

Sure have,

Its tough to stay in shape sitting on your ass 12 hours /day or whatever the maximum drive time is these days.

Again, imagine trying to get food, medical or any other supplies if those guys realized their elevated risk and decided to just stay home.

The deaths from lack of medical supplies, food, etc and the ensuing marauders would make the covid deaths look minuscule

i guess medical workers are putting their lives at risk for the money?

second, the military is really good at moving shit around and if we didn't have an ass hat for a president perhaps their risks would be less than the risks they face now

[riser4]

Parasite. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/16/tech/...rnd/index.html

[MultiVerse]

THIS! People are seeming to forget that somehow their "turnips" are magically appearing at the grocery stores thanks to the "Phils" out there still harvesting, hauling, distributing, etc.

Uhhh, the shutdowns are expressly put in place in large part to protect essential workers like truck drivers, health care workers, and so on. I mean, that's the point... preventing too many people from getting sick all at once.

Taking precautions is a gift we bestow on one another as part of our civic responsibility.

[Kinnikinnick]

Ends up that the great medical journal Outside has decided to weigh in against masks while exercising

https://www.outsideonline.com/241172...ng-coronavirus


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[iceman]

I read an article a few days ago, most long-haul guys are just living in their trucks, keeping their interactions to a bare minimum and many/most have been wearing masks for a while now. Tough way to live but hopefully for their sake and ours they stay healthy.

[DBdude]

^exactly

[skaredshtles]

Uhhh, the shutdowns are expressly put in place in large part to protect essential workers like truck drivers, health care workers, and so on. I mean, that's the point... preventing too many people from getting sick all at once.

Taking precautions is a gift we bestow on one another as part of our civic responsibility.

This is a pretty difficult concept to understand...

[DBdude]

^ don't tread on me...

[liv2ski]

PS: Anyone taking my weak trolling attempts too seriously needs to lighten up. During these bizarre times, a little light-hearted ribbing does everyone's mental health some good.

Maybe we need a sarc emoji or at least /s, so us boomers don't mail you our twisted panties.

[Dantheman]

i guess medical workers are putting their lives at risk for the money?

second, the military is really good at moving shit around and if we didn't have an ass hat for a president perhaps their risks would be less than the risks they face now

It's important to remember that Deebs is in this thread on work release from PoliAss.

[The AD]

Sure, a few mongorians sneak inside here and there perhaps but they are quickly defeated.

Or not. In fact they may multiply.

[DBdude]

It's important to remember that Deebs is in this thread on work release from PoliAss.

lol - wiping lap top screen of crappy cabernet

[KQ]

Fair enough. I got carried away there. My apologies to KQ. Anyone else who I offended, HTFU.

I'm cool. I did yoga this morning, had a gummie and now I'm baking chocolate chunk cookies. S'all gooooooooooooooddddddddd.

And now back to some irony:

[Dantheman]

Susanville area--- Lassen County. Definitely not a part of California. The only place I've ever been outside of TX where you get respect and admiration for being from Texas. more than one rancher has told me "We love Texas. There's no public land there!!"

Been through there many, many times. Definitely a step up from some of the other NE CA locales like Alturas or Burney.

[riser4]

i guess medical workers are putting their lives at risk for the money?

second, the military is really good at moving shit around and if we didn't have an ass hat for a president perhaps their risks would be less than the risks they face now

This.

[MontuckyFried]

Maybe we need a sarc emoji or at least /s, so us boomers don't mail you our twisted panties.

Haha. Seriously! Why hasn't a sarcasm or trolling font been invented yet?

[iceman]

An "appetizing opportunity". Holy shit. What's next, eat the babies if the meat plants shut down?

It's but a modest proposal.

Swift response there.

[dunfree]

I read an article a few days ago, most long-haul guys are just living in their trucks, keeping their interactions to a bare minimum and many/most have been wearing masks for a while now. Tough way to live but hopefully for their sake and ours they stay healthy.

Doesn’t sound that much different from normal aside from the masks.

[Deebased]

i guess medical workers are putting their lives at risk for the money?

second, the military is really good at moving shit around and if we didn't have an ass hat for a president perhaps their risks would be less than the risks they face now

As in everything its a combination. People don't donate 20% of their income because its for the money. The vast majority of HC workers would stop showing up if they weren't being paid, same with Truck drivers.


We're all beholden in some way. shape or form to the Almighty dollar.

And the military's rumor of being an efficient logistics company is just that a rumor.

[CarlMega]

THIS! People are seeming to forget that somehow their "turnips" are magically appearing at the grocery stores thanks to the "Phils" out there still harvesting, hauling, distributing, etc. ]

Failed janitor says wut?

[The AD]

So now Trump is telling the governors to call their own shots for when to open things back up. With this much waffling his new nickname should be The Belgian.

[Benny Profane]

Parasite. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/16/tech/...rnd/index.html

Furiously contributing to the Biden campaign.