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Well, if we spread that rumor, and it becomes known as a thing...no more silk worms anywhere! Edited to say: Wait. Just had a thought. That would mean even MORE numskulls out blocking the trails. Never mind.

Do you think it's okay to use our new found coronavirus mask making skills to wear them as an anti-GNAT defense? The swarms have been most annoying!

Did it look like this?

You are the oddball. Ah say, Ah say, ain't you American boy?!

Or, like Tree Magnet is saying, discuss about ad infinitum. What else is there to do? Let the games begin! 😄 I'll eat any kind of pizza because I'm not that much of a snob about it. But I PREFER deep dish. I like something to chew on. Pizza flavored doughy goodness.

We got an email from the State Parks. They are extending our annual pass two months. So that's good I guess.

Intriguing photo indeed! Why was this never posted in the bike photo thread? It's a winner! lol

The key to this, that I haven't seen addressed in any video, is having the proper length elastic device. Hair ties did not work for me. When I looped them around my ear and pulled the mask on the hair ties popped off my ears. They were too small. But I found some big rubber bands that work great. Before you start to make your mask, you must size your elastic device. Drape one around your ear and pull it to the edge of your mouth. If that is comfortable you have found the proper length. My initial fold of my bandana is into thirds. This makes it big enough to adequately cover my nose and mouth. Then divide the long strip into thirds again with the rubber bands. Tuck one side into the other. Nine layers of cotton protection. Easy peasy.

Yes, no kidding. But anything helps. Mayor Adler is now encouraging everyone to now wear a "face covering." That is probably better terminology to convey the thought that if you don't have a "real" mask make one out of a bandana or vacuum bag.

No, keep ranting. If enough people are adamant about being smart than possibly everyone will act smarter. There is a county in California that just enacted a mandatory wear a mask when you are out law. Enforceable by police. It's a start. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-04/riverside-county-orders-all-residents-to-cover-their-faces-in-public

That's disheartening. I thought the lines and busy stores were diminishing. When I went to HEB a couple of days ago it was all semi normal.

I go to the bank to get a loan because I have to pay the utility bill or my power will be cut. I am not going to hold the cash obtained from that loan in reserve. I need cash now. I, as a businessman, am hoping and planning that future sales will allow me to repay that loan.

No, not a CPA. But I had six semesters of accounting in school and did all my own in my business. Some of my classmates took one more semester and did get a CPA. The question was rather or not buying gift cards from businesses is helpful. The answer is yes. Interest free loan, cash on hand, guaranty of future sales. All good things. AustinBike said earlier, "So, I am no accountant, but as I understand it, the company gets the cash, but they don't actually get to recognize the cash SALES until the gift card is actually redeemed. So, buying a gift card is basically an IOU for the most part." Fixed your statement to make it all true. In bookkeeping terms "sales" are credits and the balancing debit is "cash." A transaction of any kind needs an entry on both sides of the balance sheet. Debit the liability of the gift card account when you realize a Credit of eventual sales at redemption. Or (just to illustrate bookkeeping, because it rarely happens) a customer comes in with his gift card and wants to sell it back to the store. Debit the gift card account the same, but now the Credit is to your cash account. Just like any loan. Now the only benefit to the store was the free use of the cash for however long the gift card was out. Much better, and way more common, is to have the gift card redeemed as sales of course.

Gift cards result in an asset and a liability. The cash is now your asset and the promise to deliver goods in the future is a liability. It's like a loan from a customer. But it is an interest free loan. Can't do much better than that. Well you can actually. I saw an article a year or two ago that big companies that sell gift cards have some algorithm to predict the amount of cards that will be lost and never used. The result, free money!

My wife and mine's biggest decision each day now is what we will be drinking today. Is it a beer day? A wine day? Or let's just do cocktails. Decisions decisions.

I have never had a bad encounter with a hiker yet. But if I DO, I have my response ready. If I hear something like you did I will respond, "Actually mountain bikers built this trail. But we don't mind sharing the trails we built with hikers like you. Let's just get along." "

I'm thinking, from what I am seeing out on the trails, that bike shops will thrive from all of this. All the multitudes of hikers on the trails will see the bikes whizzing by and think, "That looks fun. I'm getting a bike." And all the people on those 20 year old bikes we're seeing will see our new style bikes and think, "Wow, who knew bikes have changed so much. I'm getting one." The only thing that will hurt bike shops is the same thing that will hurt every business sector. That is that people will hold on to their money due to the uncertainty of the times.

Exactly and exactly. I thought I knew it but looked it up to confirm. City of Austin LAW: *Children ages 17 and under are required to wear a helmet when riding a bicycle or micromobility device.

Ugh! I feel compelled to say something to parents blithely riding without a helmet as they ride with their kids. The kids have helmets, thank heavens. But I will tap my helmet (to infer look what I'm talking about) and say, "I can't wait to grow up and not wear a helmet to be like Daddy"

The CDC guy on the news just now finally came out and said the reasons behind the "don't wear masks" mantra from before. First, they didn't want to deny medical workers supply, and second, they don't want to give people a false sense of security. So in reality the solution is to wear masks AND social distance and wash hands etc. What the wearing the masks help most with is to contain the people that are contagious but asymptomatic. This condition can last over 48 hours before symptoms start to show.

I know when YOU say "corporation" in your mind you are thinking of a huge faceless trillion dollar revenue company. Let me educate you. A simple Google search revealed this: Today, there are 1.7 million traditional C corporations, compared to 7.4 million partnerships and S corporations, and 23 million sole proprietorships.Jan 13, 2014 I was set up as a corporation in my restaurant. Sure, I was the only stock holder and I was every officer, but I was a "corporation." So when folks like you are so vehement in trying to punish big bad corporations, in reality you are just punishing millions of little guys. And believe me, little guy corporations ARE punished when big bad corporations are penalized.

DYI study of different materials. daviesfacemask2013.pdf