The Coronavirus thread

[SojournerSteel]

Like Yinz I'm not in a union either. MS is a right to work state. The teacher's union here are weak. Most teachers don't even bother with joining. The ones that do just use them in case they get sued.

Here in SC for many years the refrain was "Thank God for Mississippi" whenever "49th and 50th" employment, educational, or infant mortality national rankings were mentioned...MS and SC share a very intertwined history as conquered and "reconstructed" states in the Black Belt who once were the richest states in the Union prior to that wealth being confiscated.

 

[Vader]

Here in SC for many years the refrain was "Thank God for Mississippi" whenever "49th and 50th" employment, educational, or infant mortality national rankings were mentioned...MS and SC share a very intertwined history as conquered and "reconstructed" states in the Black Belt who once were the richest states in the Union prior to that wealth being confiscated.

MS, like most states, has several differentiated areas. I live in the north east of the state. The poorest part of the state is the delta by the river. Lots of wealthy people here and lots of jobs and opportunity. Money goes really far here as well. The worst part of the state is the delta and Jackson (Capitol). It's the largest city in the state and it's just like most large cities... over ran by crime and drugs. They can't get teachers in Jackson because the schools are so bad. They are mostly minority schools and are very dangerous.

 

[Steelr4evr]

It's a dangerous buisness leaving your house everyday. There's no such thing as safety when you have liberty and freedom. Everything you do is a calculated risk. Driving being a huge one. It's way more dangerous to drive 65mph than 35mph. Your odds of survival decrease if you have an accident at 65mph, but you take that risk. Cliff climbing, biking, hiking,surfing,sky diving, contact sports,high rise construction, law enforcement, the military and just about everything that you have to leave your bed at home for has risk.

I'll take dangerous liberty over false security anyday.

You can apply it to all sorts of life activities each day. There is never such a thing as security when you have liberty and freedom. It's all about the calculated risks YOU choose.

 

[SojournerSteel]

MS, like most states, has several differentiated areas. I live in the north east of the state. The poorest part of the state is the delta by the river. Lots of wealthy people here and lots of jobs and opportunity. Money goes really far here as well. The worst part of the state is the delta and Jackson (Capitol). It's the largest city in the state and it's just like most large cities... over ran by crime and drugs. They can't get teachers in Jackson because the schools are so bad. They are mostly minority schools and are very dangerous.

Similar to SC with Upstate with BMW Manufacturing and the I-85 Corridor between Charlotte and Atlanta. Much of the rest of the state left behind.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Similar to SC with Upstate with BMW Manufacturing and the I-85 Corridor between Charlotte and Atlanta. Much of the rest of the state left behind.

Most of the South was a Third World country until the advent of large-scale affordable air conditioning around 1970. Prior to that more people left the South and moved North.

 

[SojournerSteel]

Most of the South was a Third World country until the advent of large-scale affordable air conditioning around 1970. Prior to that more people left the South and moved North.

But the homes with large porches were at least nice compared to the boxed units with the advent of AC.

I worked a couple of months for the Census Bureau this fall. Can't tell you how many "in-movers" since 4/1/20 from everywhere and Michiganers with dual residences I encountered.

People around here frequently muse "what do these people do?" when looking at the sprawling McMansions everywhere.

 

[Vader]

Most of the South was a Third World country until the advent of large-scale affordable air conditioning around 1970. Prior to that more people left the South and moved North.

LOL.. My mother was born in 1952 and she has had AC her entire life. They weren't even mass produced until 1947. So nobody had them before then. I grew up with them (Born 1970). They were ancient when I was a kid. My great grand mother had one that was made in 1954. Again MS like most states have different parts to them. Parts of MS have always had money. I'm sure there are places in the delta where they still don't have AC. But you could drive around here during the 50s and 60s and see AC units in almost every home. I know because carrier had a sub station here that worked on them and they've been here since 1950.

 

[Steelin]

When i was a kid in AZ we had a swamp cooler. That was in the 70's.

 

[Steelworth]

When i was a kid in AZ we had a swamp cooler. That was in the 70's.

Swamp coolers are perfect for the southern AZ climate. My uncle lives in Bullhead City/Parker and they've been running one for years. That freakin' place gets hot. Like "feels like you've walked into an oven when you step outside for too long" kinda hot. Thank God for the Colorado river right there.

 

[Confluence]

When i was a kid in AZ we had a swamp cooler. That was in the 70's.

I'll bite.

What is a swamp cooler?

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[Ron Burgundy]

LOL.. My mother was born in 1952 and she has had AC her entire life. They weren't even mass produced until 1947. So nobody had them before then. I grew up with them (Born 1970). They were ancient when I was a kid. My great grand mother had one that was made in 1954. Again MS like most states have different parts to them. Parts of MS have always had money. I'm sure there are places in the delta where they still don't have AC. But you could drive around here during the 50s and 60s and see AC units in almost every home. I know because carrier had a sub station here that worked on them and they've been here since 1950.

I know, I meant as in whole house and whole buildings, as in almost everywhere you go. I started going to FL in the summers as a kid in 1972 and most years we drove, and I remember A/C was not yet common everywhere you went like it is today. Also this was before the Inerstate hgihway system was complete and that could sometimes make the drive interesting ("I hear banjos. Do you hear banjos?"). The Interstate would simply end and you drove a few hours on two-lane country roads through towns that looked like Mayberry and at some point got back on the Interstate where it was completed. Again, until the 70's more people moved from the South to the North. Beginning in the 70's more people moved from the North to the South than vice versa. My cousin in Sarasota jokes that anything built there before 1970 is considered to be a historic artifact.

If Biden takes office and we get the Green New Deal, I'm moving. I can live in FL without A/C a lot easier than I can live in PA without heat.

 

[SteelerInLebanon]

I know, I meant as in whole house and whole buildings, as in almost everywhere you go. I started going to FL in the summers as a kid in 1972 and most years we drove, and I remember A/C was not yet common everywhere you went like it is today. Also this was before the Inerstate hgihway system was complete and that could sometimes make the drive interesting ("I hear banjos. Do you hear banjos?"). The Interstate would simply end and you drove a few hours on two-lane country roads through towns that looked like Mayberry and at some point got back on the Interstate where it was completed. Again, until the 70's more people moved from the South to the North. Beginning in the 70's more people moved from the North to the South than vice versa. My cousin in Sarasota jokes that anything built there before 1970 is considered to be a historic artifact.

If Biden takes office and we get the Green New Deal, I'm moving. I can live in FL without A/C a lot easier than I can live in PA without heat.

The hell you say. Florida without AC? Hell no.

 

[MT~Forged]

When i was a kid in AZ we had a swamp cooler. That was in the 70's.

We STILL use ours every summer.

 

[Steelin]

I'll bite.

What is a swamp cooler?

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Its basically an air system where the air passes over water to cool it before distributing it throughout the house. We didn't have a furnace.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

The hell you say. Florida without AC? Hell no.

Years ago during the William Kennedy Smith rape trial it came out that the Kennedy family's Florida "compound" did not have A/C. They were only there in the winter so they never added it.

Swamp cooler. There is a flea market in FL my parents go to that has some wall-sized swamp coolers similar to this:

 

[IndySteel]

 

[SojournerSteel]

I know, I meant as in whole house and whole buildings, as in almost everywhere you go. I started going to FL in the summers as a kid in 1972 and most years we drove, and I remember A/C was not yet common everywhere you went like it is today. Also this was before the Inerstate hgihway system was complete and that could sometimes make the drive interesting ("I hear banjos. Do you hear banjos?"). The Interstate would simply end and you drove a few hours on two-lane country roads through towns that looked like Mayberry and at some point got back on the Interstate where it was completed. Again, until the 70's more people moved from the South to the North. Beginning in the 70's more people moved from the North to the South than vice versa. My cousin in Sarasota jokes that anything built there before 1970 is considered to be a historic artifact.

If Biden takes office and we get the Green New Deal, I'm moving. I can live in FL without A/C a lot easier than I can live in PA without heat.

We'd take you in SC since you vote "R." Only 6-10 weeks of winter here defined as a few nights in low-mid-20s and most days reaching 50-55 with lows in high 20s-low 30s.

 

[Sarge]

Better go get you some TP. Shelves are clearing out again for some reason. I still don't understand the rush to stock up on toilet paper for a respiratory disease. It's stupid, but whatever.

 

[SojournerSteel]

Better go get you some TP. Shelves are clearing out again for some reason. I still don't understand the rush to stock up on toilet paper for a respiratory disease. It's stupid, but whatever.

Any greater proof of the irrational psychological operation against females?

 

[Yinzerlyn]

Any greater proof of the irrational psychological operation against females?

Hey now....I resent that! I have an unwritten rule that I have one backup of everything I have toiletry wise. I only buy extra TP when I am down to half the package...and I only buy one package at a time. Makes no sense to stockpile everything. I have a small condo, so there’s not a lot of space. I also feel like if I’m gonna die, I’m gonna die. No amount of TP or milk is gonna keep that from happening.

 

[SojournerSteel]

Hey now....I resent that! I have an unwritten rule that I have one backup of everything I have toiletry wise. I only buy extra TP when I am down to half the package...and I only buy one package at a time. Makes no sense to stockpile everything. I have a small condo, so there’s not a lot of space. I also feel like if I’m gonna die, I’m gonna die. No amount of TP or milk is gonna keep that from happening.

Understood! Not all females hoard toilet paper and panic buy, but based upon anecdotal and personal observations the majority of the shortage of 2020 was induced by panic buying from those Charmin Ultra Strong buying habits of the ones who do. The last I saw of it in the spring I was at a register and 4-5 females in in other lines had multiple packs after I had found the shelves empty.

 

[Yinzerlyn]

Understood! Not all females hoard toilet paper and panic buy, but based upon anecdotal and personal observations the majority of the shortage of 2020 was induced by panic buying from those Charmin Ultra Strong buying habits of the ones who do. The last I saw of it in the spring I was at a register and 4-5 females in in other lines had multiple packs after I had found the shelves empty.

Funny you say that- when I went to the grocery store the day we got out for Spring Break, I got behind a guy in the check out line who bought almost the entire meat department. I’m not kidding. Before his plus card discount, he had well over 1,000 dollars of meat! He had ribs, brisket, steak- you make it, he had it. He said to the cashier that this purchase would last him about 2 weeks!!! IDK what his deal was...but after that day, the stores started limiting how much meat of each type you could buy at one time.

 

[tapeANaspirin2it]

Some shocking new regulations

 

[Superman]

hmm... where's ConspiracyWig?

seems like this is shaping up to show the Merican Peeples how a "competent" POTUS would have battled a debilitating and deadly virus.

 

[Steelr4evr]

Oregon governor says turn your neighbor in. Yeah that's going to go over well. These people are completely ****** in the head. This whole lockdown game wrapped up in tyranny is just grooming.