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What's really going on media? As usual... Check out the comments below the video for some more insight.

I've been using these blue paper towels for years and know how well they hold up even when cleaning wet stuff. I figured this was because of how well made (tight fiber knit) they are, so I've been taping cut pieces onto the inside of a regular bandana mask that I wear when I go into crowded spaces. I just saw this today, so I guess I've been a little ahead of the curve. Sorry for not mentioning it before folks. https://www.yahoo.com/news/using-blue-shop-towels-homemade-221911287.html

Or trying to swipe your telephone number... Or get you into some deal where you send money... Who knows these days... Just can't see it being a legit ad.

Not sure this is so odd, but I thought it was as it's the first time I've seen a Road Runner in a tree. Sorry the photo is not so good.

Hmmm... 2018... Carbon... XTR... $800...

When the run on supermarket items began, my wife asked me about what we should do. I told her if America ran out of food we'd have much bigger problems. So we just went about our daily routine of buying supermarket items on a daily basis. We had some things at home — including a few rolls of toilet paper — that, although not much, certainly helped. I saw the shelves get emptied, and talking to my friends who work for Walmart (I shop there often and make it a point to get to know the workers I meet by their first name... It's what I saw my parents do) I knew it was going to be tight for a couple of weeks. But my faith in this country was proven valid... Today I stopped in the Randalls at Manchaca, and at the Walmart near 71 and Mopac... And the stocks of goods was pretty good. Having gone through what I did as a kid growing up in Jamaica during the mid-late '70s, empty grocery shelves is nothing new to me. The only difference is that in Jamaica the shelves were empty for years as foreign $$$s were hard to come by. It got to a point where my parents disposition of making friends with the store workers paid off and they would call my step-dad to let him know they were holding a case of some hard-to-find item for him. And you know what... Honestly, we never really thought we were short on anything... You simply learned to eat and appreciate what was available. No... No one was starving. It was just a case of the things you had been used to having were either no longer available, or were just way too expensive for our wallet. But back to this country... The good 'ol USA... As a kid I was a WW 1 & 2 buff... I had all the books, and I built models of planes and tanks (for some reason ships never really interested me). A big part of studying things about the wars was reading about what a difference the American economy could make once it got rolling. And although what I read was about an America 105 (WW1) and 75 (WW2) years ago... And although things have certainly changed in the country's culture... I was still confident of this country's ability and capacity to step up to the plate and recover. And to a certain extent, it has. At least for now... With the food supply. Politricks aside... I believe this country — meaning the people of this country — still has what it takes. The capacity to work hard to push through hard times. And walking through the supermarkets today kind of reminded me of what I believe. And I give thanks for that.

Parks to be closed over Easter... https://www.kxan.com/news/local/travis-county-closing-all-parks-over-easter-due-to-covid-19-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR3qGQ-B5qID87iKzN7r75EuDLJKQpeJiIxIdBZ4Onx4baKSemovCxGysG0

Snowden chimes in... https://www.businessinsider.com/edward-snowden-coronavirus-surveillance-new-powers-2020-3?fbclid=IwAR1vTfNFn16B6Pil9YmZ5g3hrjT1P2NlgzR7xEDU12i4v4saj8_zYfm3lug

One of the best memes I've ever seen...

Interesting blog on staying away from stress that harms the immune system... And turning to more creative thinking. https://medium.com/the-mission/why-coronavirus-should-be-the-least-of-your-worries-d6ed6abe75bc

Damn... I bought into it again. What the hell. My friend got me good.

Fo every 20mm of fork length increase you'll slacken the head angle by 1 degree. And you can check this out... https://www.bikecad.ca

Yesterday I saw a certainly overweight rider on a pristine 20+ year old red Pro Flex... Just looked totally happy riding along on the road by Target in SW Austin... No helmet.

There is always opportunity out of crisis... The thing is... People with not so good agendas want to take advantage of it also. How are they stopped?

Thanks... PMed address.

A neighbor was moving and had a lot of gun stuff literally lying around. I helped him get rid of a lot of it but came across this little box and thought someone on here might have use for it.

Just read a report that it's thought that 25% of infected folk are asymptomatic. This is another reason why any real understanding of the flattening won't be know until the test percentage goes way up.

Flatten out is hopeful thinking at this time... Until the percentage of testing comes up no one really knows what's going on. I was browsing some related articles this morning and came across this Youtube video. WARNING... Not for the faint hearted... And the presenter is kind of offbeat... But he makes what happens to a person who has contracted the virus very clear... And ends with the connection to the overall situation. As usual... Eat the hay and leave the sticks.

Was the author of this thread's headline foretelling...

And here it was thinking it was just me. Shoot...

Oh... The donut... Couldn't help but laugh.

Yeh... That's what he seems to be after (but not quite getting)... Achieving a low COG instead of weighting the rear wheel as in old days.

Yeh, I was thinking things weren't exactly as he was saying they were... He definitely more forward, but not to the point where his chest is over the handlebars.

I think he was told there would be more zombies and rioting.