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#1 ·
What better way than to go for a motorcycle ride. The weather is warming up here in New England, so we are riding.Pack a lunch and hit the road.
I want to ask if our fellow riders in California are able to get out and ride with the quarantine on.
I have an International Norton Owners 2020 Rally coming up in July, in the Catskills, The Americade in June, at Lake George NY, Laconia Bike Week, NH. Dirt Daze in August, in NH. I hope they all go on as planned.
Anyone else going to any of these?
 
#102 ·
Hmmmmm. :nod:
 
#103 ·
From what we've seen on the American news up to very recently this pandemic wasn't taken too seriously by the Administration with the Leader tweeting the populace random untruths, giving the impression that it's all going to be fine. America had plenty of warning this was going to be big and it is!! It will be fine, eventually.
 
#104 ·
I think you have to consider the position President Trump is in...and not forget what others were also saying.

An example is at the daily briefings. The president's job is to give the people hope, to rally the people. The doctor's job is to bring up the science. I think they both did just that. And while the MSM is 99% against President Trump, I notice the governors across the Union, following right along. Govenor Coumo had it right the other day when some reporters tried to get him to blame the administration for something. He said this isn't about red vs blue, it is about red, white and blue working together.

If you believe that America had plenty of warning...again, the MSM will lead you to believe that. But even the doctors...the scientific side of the briefings...will admit they were learning as they were going along. Communist China was deliberately trying to hold back info, and still is. I got a laugh out of Maxine Waters. Put a mike in front of her, and the only thing that comes out is hatred of Trump. Anyway, she was saying that President Trump should've canceled Mardis Gras. Okay, that sounds great as a sound bite. Why wasn't she saying anything herself back then? Oh...because she didn't know anything about how bad the virus was back then.

And another thought about the administration not taking this seriously...why is it that President Trump was being called racist for stopping flights from China back in January? Two weeks ago, in March...Biden was still calling for totally open borders. Duh...

And also why is it that every European country, and Canada and Mexico have closed their borders? After, President Trump set the example and closed ours?

And how many days did Pelosi hold back the approval of the Senate bill because she wanted to get 1400 pages of pork into it? Was it three days?

You can't be blamed for not taking a Civics course, Terry...you live in another country entirely. But the others on this forum and the MSM should know better. President Trump is being blamed for things like there not being enough protective gear. Hmmm...when did the president start controlling the budget? That's the House that controls the purse strings of our government. If they don't authorize the expenditure of money, it doesn't happen. The president doesn't tell hospitals to get bigger to handle a pandemic, if it should ever happen. The hospitals decide where their money is spent. They decide how much inventory of PPE to have. Why is no one asking them why they didn't stockpile more? For that matter, why is it that most of us here don't have our own supply of N95 masks? Oh...because we didn't think we needed them and didn't buy them...but bought farkles for our motorcycles instead. Don't blame President Trump for you not thinking it worthwhile to have your own N95 masks.

Chris
 
#107 ·
The latest social distancing order in the SF Bay Area is that all construction projects must be shut down immediately and the workers sent home. The only exemption is for contractors performing "essential" services or constructing "essential" facilities - like low-cost housing and building temporary hospitals. However, what is "essential" work and projects seems to vary from town to town and from county to county, depending upon what the local politicians decide is "essential" in their view. As usual, none of this makes any sense to me as I sit here in my internet bunker. :confused:
 
#117 ·
I continue to receive different instructions regarding how to live my life under the virus threat. As a recent example: Grocery stores (apparently not health officials, though) are now requiring that their customers in California no longer bring cloth reusable bags into their stores when shopping because they say that these bags might infect their employees with the virus. However they will sell you a new plastic shopping bag for between 10 or 25 cents, depending upon the store. This is in spite of a state law that requires everyone to use a reusable bag when shopping and it has no exemptions. My newspaper yesterday had an article about this which said that there was no scientific evidence or studies that showed that reusable bags could harbor corona virus, although they certainly tend to be covered with nasty bacteria - which apparently has never been a problem before. :confused:

And so it goes. Every day there is another new regulation to keep everyone safe. I wonder when these new announcements will finally end and everyone can finally come to grips with what works and what doesn't.

Then last night a TV report citing other health officials said that people should start using cloth bags when going shopping as that is less likely to transmit the virus than using plastic bags.
 
#118 ·
I think everyone is still feeling their way through this, Richard. I take the approach like I do to changing rules in the prison. Whatever they say goes. I can't do anything but become frustrated by trying to buck the system. I was a big nay-sayer about the coronavirus in the beginning. Not any more. People that say it is all a big media push for ratings are just looking at their own block and seeing that everyone looks well. Tell the people in Italy that it is no big deal. I was thinking of Guido this morning and I hope all is well with him, but I'm afraid that it probably isn't.

As for the reusable bags, I got a chuckle out of that when I heard about what was happening a week or so ago. The great idea of reusing cloth bags sounded great until someone realized the coronavirus can live on that bag for quite awhile. Per the New York Post, "Viruses and bacteria can survive in the tote bags up to nine days, according to one study of coronaviruses." Nine days.

I can understand the concern of the store workers too. I popped over to a forum I used to frequent and there was a story about a choir practice held in Mt. Vernon just north of me on March 10. Everyone there appeared to be healthy. Two weeks later, of the 60 people in the choir, 45 have the virus, three are critically ill and two have died. Everybody brought in their own music and avoided touching each other.

I would be starting my trip home today from Death Valley if all had worked out as originally planned. I remember that interview with a woman in a small town that was afraid someone from the cities would bring the virus with them when they stopped for gas and food. It looks like she was right. HIDDEN HOTSPOTS Shocking map reveals small rural towns have been hit with some of the most deadly coronavirus outbreaks

It is an interesting article..."interesting" in that you can also look at it as concerning.

Chris
 
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One thing people are not doing during the pandemic is flying. It was reported this morning that SFO (San Francisco's International Airport) says that its passenger volume for March was only 4% of what it was a year ago.
 
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#128 ·
I was out in my backyard today and my next door neighbor walked over. When I saw she planned to get close up, I put up my hand and said "6 Feet" She is 50 and her son that lives with her works at Wal-Mart and doesn't wear a mask to work. She looked put out and I told her that I was in the age group that died and she and her kid probably wouldn't. Has anybody else had to tell stupid people that they were indeed stupid?
 
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#129 ·
No, but I have seen plenty of people at the grocery store living in a dream world as they moved down the isles to shop. Today, while out for a walk around the neighborhood, I passed by a home and overheard some women talking about getting together for a party this weekend. Sounds like fun. :rolleyes: They mentioned one couple who would be driving over from a town about 50 miles away. :confused:
 
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