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    Went into Jersey Mikes with mask and gloves on. Only other customer was a 45-50 or so guy paying and his 12 yo daughter. No masks. I walked past to a social distance and turned away to cough a few times for shits and giggles. Guy gives me the side eye, helps bag his own order and hustles his kid out the door.
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    Anyone have friends/ friends of friends getting stiffed by their tenants yet?
    So is that like your sarcasm color font or what?
    In any case, what do you mean stiffed, your renters aren’t offering to pay installments on a missed month? Stuffed would seem to mean move out in the middle of the night?
    I have a friend that filled out housing authority paperwork and offered six payments, property manager said two but must be certified funds dropped through drop box. Sounds like scamareno bs. Owner won’t return calls.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wooley12 View Post
    Went to the drive thru at the bank to deposit a check today. Teller at the window smiles and asks "Have any plans for today?" Yep, I'm gonna try to finish what I was doing yesterday. "What did you do yesterday" teller asks. I said "Nothing, and if I don't finish doing nothing today I'll work on it some more tomorrow."
    I used to grease conveyor belts in a steel mill. Foreman would tell me to grease A belt. I'd finish by 11, sleep until 3 and go home. Next day he'd tell me to finish A belt. I'd sleep all day. Covid 19 reminds me of that.

    I'm not allowed to bring my own bags to Safeway any more. Free plastic bags, the reusable type but can't reuse, just throw them in the ocean to kill fish. I can't figure out why I can't bring my own bags--they stay in the cart, I bag myself, the cart gets sanitized by a crew before the next customer. I told the checker they should make people take their clothes off before they came in the store, clothes could have the virus.

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    This is not about logic.

    It’s about Karen.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SkiCougar View Post
    they do not usually work with or see anyone else; do the work they have to and leave. I know this from decades of experience
    Is this the same "decades of experience" that lead you to buy a Pontiac Solstice and forecast that hurricane?



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    Just saw a clip on CNBC about how a lot of college students are going to be fucked if measures are not put in place for further aid.

    They said financial aid is based on 2018 (think they meant previous year, whatever) income. So tons of people are not going to be able to afford schools they were already admitted to. Talk about affecting the future generation. Fuck.

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    I have complaints. I haven't seen my kids in over a month.

    I still work and go into the office a couple times/week. I basically stick to my office; most staff are working from home so it's pretty dead around here. My ex considers herself high risk, which... whatever, and also consider the kids high risk due to asthma. So when this started she told me she wasn't comfortable with maintaining the custody order. I told her I disagreed, so she told the kids that if they went to my house it might be five+ months before they were able to see her again or risk the coronavirus killing her, and that if they were exposed to the coronavirus it might be really really bad for them because they have asthma, but that because she doesn't go to work or anywhere else her house was the safest; and then she told them it was their decision.

    For her part, she works in an essential industry too (call center, insurance) but refuses to go to work and is on short term disability and collecting unemployment for the foreseeable future (according to what the kids tell me). So when I do talk to my kids, they ask me why I have to keep going to work, why can't I just stay home so they can see me, etc. The things I want to say, such as "so your mom can have a nice house whether or not she goes to work" aren't really appropriate. I try to explain that working is still important, and we are fortunate that we don't have to worry about money through all of this, but the framing that I "choose" to go to work and therefore "choose" not to see them is hard to escape.

    So that's been fun, and was the status quo, with a small blip when my ex's employer offered to pay her time and a half to come back. She talked about that with the kids and that apparently was worth the risk. So she went in for a few hours but had a panic attack and came back home. I try to avoid value judgments with all that, such as that her time and a half is still a fraction of my normal salary or that my ability to socially distance at my work far exceeds her ability to do the same at her work.

    At least she has nothing going on, and is best positioned to run homeschool for them. Except she sleeps in until afternoon and tells them the stuff they're learning in math (quadratic equations, 7th grade algebra, etc.) is stupid and they'll never need it and she can't really help them. My oldest wants to be an engineer, for chrissake. They do fun activities, like bleach the whole house every day or two, whether or not they've gone anywhere recently.

    For the time being, the courts aren't really open for this kind of business, so I don't have a lot of great options.

    Yeah, this sucks... Catching up on lots of TV, though, so.... cool.
    focus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RootSkier View Post
    2. Just absolute despair that so many of the things that I love about my town are not going to survive this.
    This is from the first post in this thread over a month ago now and now it has started.

    Today, one of the breweries in town, the Kettlehouse, announced it is permanently closing its Northside taproom (it has two). I am dedicated partisan of the Southside taproom but this makes me sad as hell, and while there may be extenuating circumstances (this one's production facilities were rendered sort of obsolete by the construction of a bigger, dedicated brewing facility for canning), it is still the first huge loss here in Missoula, and it really was a beacon of light in an area of town that desperately needed it.

    I am extremely worried about what else will not survive.

    RIP Khole North:



    edit: Jeez, Mustonen, brutal. I feel bad about posting shit like this ^^^ when I know real people are struggling with MUCH bigger problems.

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    Coronavirus complaint/commiseration thread.

    Quote Originally Posted by RootSkier View Post
    edit: Jeez, Mustonen, brutal. I feel bad about posting shit like this ^^^ when I know real people are struggling with MUCH bigger problems.
    Well, sure, and by the same token I have plenty to eat and can afford barrel aged craft beer and don’t have any particular risk to ongoing employment with plenty of opportunity and everybody is healthy and generally happy and while I miss my kids terribly my girlfriend is fantastic and I don’t lack for companionship.

    So.... yeah. That’s why we have threads for whining.
    focus.

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    K3 is still serving? I bought 1/2 my bowl pass so I can look foreword to something. I just saw the 1st humming bird at the feeder. Vibes(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( Musty))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) )

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    I don't view it as whining (unless the person thinks they are whining). But this shit we're in creates some massive cognitive dissonance, where we are going through tough stuff while at the same time being grateful our stuff isn't tougher.

    But even while we are grateful for all that we have and all that we do not have to deal with, we still have to allow ourselves the room to grieve what we and our loved ones have lost, to stress about the unknowns to come, etc. It's ok to be worried, it's ok to be sad about our now-sheltered lives and what our kids are having to deal with, it's ok to have all the feels. Just because someone has it worse doesn't mean that our own not-as-bad experiences are to be ignored or worse, exalted as "lucky".

    It's easy for me to type that, much harder to live it. But I'm trying.
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    Hey Mustonen, I have asthma as does my father, so I was pretty concerned, but it would seem it probably isn't a risk factor:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/h...thma-risk.html

    Good luck staying sane and good on you for taking the high ground.

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    Hmmmm temperature 101.4, dry cough for 2 days, sore lung on left side 4 days, headache, some shortness of breath 2 days, loss of appetite.

    I hav almost no contact with others as I am non weight bearing due to a tibial plateau fracture. Wife is a nurse at a local hospital, but no symptoms. Stepson is a captain on a small ferry. Neither has had any known contact with positive cases although there were a number at wife’s hospital. Another captain had a presumptive case n March, but no contact during time.

    Thinking to let it ride another day and see if there is improvement.

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    I've been watching the Nathan Fletcher caught inside video a couple of times a day. Love the post session bliss.

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    Cat user name checks out ,get on the good foot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mustonen View Post
    I have complaints. I haven't seen my kids in over a month.

    I still work and go into the office a couple times/week. I basically stick to my office; most staff are working from home so it's pretty dead around here. My ex considers herself high risk, which... whatever, and also consider the kids high risk due to asthma. So when this started she told me she wasn't comfortable with maintaining the custody order. I told her I disagreed, so she told the kids that if they went to my house it might be five+ months before they were able to see her again or risk the coronavirus killing her, and that if they were exposed to the coronavirus it might be really really bad for them because they have asthma, but that because she doesn't go to work or anywhere else her house was the safest; and then she told them it was their decision.

    For her part, she works in an essential industry too (call center, insurance) but refuses to go to work and is on short term disability and collecting unemployment for the foreseeable future (according to what the kids tell me). So when I do talk to my kids, they ask me why I have to keep going to work, why can't I just stay home so they can see me, etc. The things I want to say, such as "so your mom can have a nice house whether or not she goes to work" aren't really appropriate. I try to explain that working is still important, and we are fortunate that we don't have to worry about money through all of this, but the framing that I "choose" to go to work and therefore "choose" not to see them is hard to escape.

    So that's been fun, and was the status quo, with a small blip when my ex's employer offered to pay her time and a half to come back. She talked about that with the kids and that apparently was worth the risk. So she went in for a few hours but had a panic attack and came back home. I try to avoid value judgments with all that, such as that her time and a half is still a fraction of my normal salary or that my ability to socially distance at my work far exceeds her ability to do the same at her work.

    At least she has nothing going on, and is best positioned to run homeschool for them. Except she sleeps in until afternoon and tells them the stuff they're learning in math (quadratic equations, 7th grade algebra, etc.) is stupid and they'll never need it and she can't really help them. My oldest wants to be an engineer, for chrissake. They do fun activities, like bleach the whole house every day or two, whether or not they've gone anywhere recently.

    For the time being, the courts aren't really open for this kind of business, so I don't have a lot of great options.

    Yeah, this sucks... Catching up on lots of TV, though, so.... cool.
    That sucks and not having any way to fix the situation is a mess as well. My ex (pretty chill once we weren't married/getting divorced) and I figured it out after a while and it seems to be working but it's a shitty situation and I went a month without seeing my daughter. My partner's kid has asthma and she's worried about what will happen going forward. I've shown her the article above about asthma and Covid but didn't push the issue. Hang in there and I hope you get to see your kids soon.

    RIP KH Northside. That place was great and an easy stop on the way down to Lost Horse. I'm glad it was doesn't seem like it was entirely Covid related and your local businesses can hang in there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RootSkier View Post
    This is from the first post in this thread over a month ago now and now it has started.

    Today, one of the breweries in town, the Kettlehouse, announced it is permanently closing its Northside taproom (it has two). I am dedicated partisan of the Southside taproom but this makes me sad as hell, and while there may be extenuating circumstances (this one's production facilities were rendered sort of obsolete by the construction of a bigger, dedicated brewing facility for canning), it is still the first huge loss here in Missoula, and it really was a beacon of light in an area of town that desperately needed it.

    I am extremely worried about what else will not survive.

    RIP Khole North:



    edit: Jeez, Mustonen, brutal. I feel bad about posting shit like this ^^^ when I know real people are struggling with MUCH bigger problems.
    But there's still Eddie's Club???

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mustonen View Post
    I have complaints. I haven't seen my kids in over a month.

    I still work and go into the office a couple times/week. I basically stick to my office; most staff are working from home so it's pretty dead around here. My ex considers herself high risk, which... whatever, and also consider the kids high risk due to asthma. So when this started she told me she wasn't comfortable with maintaining the custody order. I told her I disagreed, so she told the kids that if they went to my house it might be five+ months before they were able to see her again or risk the coronavirus killing her, and that if they were exposed to the coronavirus it might be really really bad for them because they have asthma, but that because she doesn't go to work or anywhere else her house was the safest; and then she told them it was their decision.

    For her part, she works in an essential industry too (call center, insurance) but refuses to go to work and is on short term disability and collecting unemployment for the foreseeable future (according to what the kids tell me). So when I do talk to my kids, they ask me why I have to keep going to work, why can't I just stay home so they can see me, etc. The things I want to say, such as "so your mom can have a nice house whether or not she goes to work" aren't really appropriate. I try to explain that working is still important, and we are fortunate that we don't have to worry about money through all of this, but the framing that I "choose" to go to work and therefore "choose" not to see them is hard to escape.

    So that's been fun, and was the status quo, with a small blip when my ex's employer offered to pay her time and a half to come back. She talked about that with the kids and that apparently was worth the risk. So she went in for a few hours but had a panic attack and came back home. I try to avoid value judgments with all that, such as that her time and a half is still a fraction of my normal salary or that my ability to socially distance at my work far exceeds her ability to do the same at her work.

    At least she has nothing going on, and is best positioned to run homeschool for them. Except she sleeps in until afternoon and tells them the stuff they're learning in math (quadratic equations, 7th grade algebra, etc.) is stupid and they'll never need it and she can't really help them. My oldest wants to be an engineer, for chrissake. They do fun activities, like bleach the whole house every day or two, whether or not they've gone anywhere recently.

    For the time being, the courts aren't really open for this kind of business, so I don't have a lot of great options.

    Yeah, this sucks... Catching up on lots of TV, though, so.... cool.
    Fuck bro. Stay strong that sounds horrible. Vibes for sure. Makes my 20% 3 month pay cut look like a fucking lottery win. I'm super sorry you have to deal with this.

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    Damn Mustonen, that's rough. I'm new to the whole co-parenting thing and can picture my soon-to-be-ex-wife pulling some shit like that. Seems like you are taking it in stride so kudos to you for staying calm and collected.

    On a related note, trying to mediate / negotiate a divorce with all of this shit going on is really hard. So much up in the air, like home values, etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TahoeJ View Post
    Damn Mustonen, that's rough. I'm new to the whole co-parenting thing and can picture my soon-to-be-ex-wife pulling some shit like that. Seems like you are taking it in stride so kudos to you for staying calm and collected.

    On a related note, trying to mediate / negotiate a divorce with all of this shit going on is really hard. So much up in the air, like home values, etc.
    Sell fast. I know I know easy to say but short term? Looks bad...maybe rent it until things settle?

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    I may be addicted to Doordash and livestreaming free concerts on Nugs. The local breweries now walk freshly canned craft beer out to my car and load it into the trunk for no extra charge and Chase gives me 3x points on my beers bought from breweries and 5x on doordash. If ever I can travel again Chase will pay for it. No reason at all to go inside even if I could and have people stare at me wondering what the fuck I am doing in Iowa. This wasn't possible before the covids.

    I am beginning to worry about the quarantine ending and being forced back out into the world pretending I want to hang out with people. Ordering food from a waitress that hates me. Wandering aimlessly around grocery stores trying to find something I could have ordered online and had place in my trunk for free.

    Is it scary or reassuring that the world will never go back to what it was?

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