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We=E2=80=99re getting by here in Roscoe, IL, still playing with Spridgets an=
d TRs and Spec Racers. Exponential growth is a dizzying thing, and I love ou=
r guy Dr. Fauci. He doesn=E2=80=99t care about politics.=20
Fortunately, our small business has a department of defense component, and m=
ore importantly right now we are 35% medical actuation, so we are hoping to=
avoid a shutdown. We=E2=80=99ve been asked to ramp up production of an actu=
ator we make (YouTube search Zoll Autopulse; that=E2=80=99s our actuator in t=
he guts of the machine), and we are rapidly working to help with ventilator d=
emand. Conservative models show we will need 100,000 more than currently exi=
st. I now know a person who has it, a healthy 40-something Colorado ski bum w=
ho air bnb=E2=80=99d her place to an Austrian who had it. She is just coming=
off 5 days of 102F to 104F fevers.=20
Stay safe, all.=20
Ron Soave
> On Mar 19, 2020, at 9:07 PM, WFO Herb via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.=
net> wrote:
>=20
> =EF=BB=BF
> Ditto what Mike said; much the same here.
>=20
> As a single guy, I eat out (not much of a cook). With all restaurants clo=
sed, I may be shedding a few pounds. Crazy!
>=20
> Here's the rub...Why is it we can't eat out or be in a group of more than 1=
0 people yet the grocery stores are packed with hundreds of people? If the m=
ean old virus is anywhere that's where it would be, right.
>=20
> Look at the numbers, things don't add up. The liberal and the left has br=
ought America to a standstill.=20
>=20
> Herb
>=20
>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:43 AM Weslake1330 via Spridgets <spridgets@aut=
ox.team.net> wrote:
>> Hi List,
>>=20
>> Some (no LBC) news from England.
>>=20
>> As I told my kids (22 and 17) earlier I am 56 years old and I have never s=
een supermarket shelves empty like I did earlier this evening. Thursday is o=
ne of my normal shopping days, the other is Monday. Call me a snob but I sh=
op in Sainsburys and the other shoppers looked like Asda shoppers!
>>=20
>> Ever since 9/11 I have kept a diverse supply of canned and dried food alo=
ng with some water and a few cartons of UHT milk - it would keep the family g=
oing for about 3 weeks. I have a note of the use by dates and routinely an o=
ld tin comes out of the cupboard to be used and a new tin goes in the cupboa=
rd to replace it. Of course we do always have other food in the 'regular' cu=
pboard and we have a small freezer. So, I'm constantly able to remind the r=
est of my family about this in case they need reassurance. We have few elde=
rly neighbours and we can share or shop for them if they need us to
>>=20
>> We call it toilet paper and I think you might mostly call it toilet tissu=
e and not to put too fine a point on it it's what you wipe your arse with. I=
n normal times we have occasionally had a martial row when the person who wa=
s supposed to buy some let stocks expire. Kitchen roll makes a poor substit=
ute and can block your household plumbing/outside drain and sewer. We have a=
reasonable stock at present but I'm old enough to know that know is a good t=
ime to hang onto a few more old newspapers than we do normally. Of course I=
'm not sure we have any 'bulldog clips' but I think we could manage without i=
f necessary. I guess other folk must have softer backsides than I do or wor=
ry about seeing a reflection that includes newspaper print when they look in=
the mirror.
>>=20
>> The train I take to and from work each day is now almost empty. Most of m=
y office is working from home but I want to stay at work for as long as poss=
ible. IT hasn't been great for everyone and here at home while I have broad=
band it runs on copper wire to the telephone pole outside my house and most l=
ikely to the green 'GPO' box at the end of my straight and maybe still coppe=
r to the exchange in the town centre.
>>=20
>> I don't have money worries but things can change fast and there are many w=
orkers over hear in the wrong kind of job which now amounts to no job.
>>=20
>> The virus doesn't actually seem to kill that many people and I expect to l=
ive but if I don't I'm insured. I'm also 'saved' (from my sins) so don't ha=
ve to worry about where I'm going to end up - Heaven, or no-where if I'm mis=
taken in my beliefs.
>>=20
>> So apart from what you can read at the BBC news site (which I think has s=
ome bias) things are unusual here. I almost forgot - motor racing has been c=
ancelled and the churches have closed.
>>=20
>> So maybe by a little extra now and again before panic buying takes off in=
your part of the world and if 'Bird Flu Pandemic' (practically the same boo=
k as 'Corona Virus' isn't your sort of thing maybe give a helpful vote to th=
e positive reviews or read 'Rich Girl' - more of a gear head story. 'Course=
even if I sell vast amounts of books and can actually afford to cross the p=
ond for a meet or an o-shit - there might not be many planes flying. And th=
e winner in all this is - The Environment and the toilet paper manufacturers=
- mostly likely short term for both.
>>=20
>> Regards
>>=20
>> Daniel1312
>>=20
>>=20
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">We=E2=80=99re getting by here in Roscoe, IL=
, still playing with Spridgets and TRs and Spec Racers. Exponential growth i=
s a dizzying thing, and I love our guy Dr. Fauci. He doesn=E2=80=99t care ab=
out politics. <div><br></div><div>Fortunately, our small business has a=
department of defense component, and more importantly right now we are 35% m=
edical actuation, so we are hoping to avoid a shutdown. We=E2=80=99ve b=
een asked to ramp up production of an actuator we make (YouTube search Zoll A=
utopulse; that=E2=80=99s our actuator in the guts of the machine), and we ar=
e rapidly working to help with ventilator demand. Conservative models show w=
e will need 100,000 more than currently exist. I now know a person who has i=
t, a healthy 40-something Colorado ski bum who air bnb=E2=80=99d her place t=
o an Austrian who had it. She is just coming off 5 days of 102F to 104F feve=
rs. </div><div><br></div><div>Stay safe, all. <br><br><div dir=3D"=
ltr">Ron Soave</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Mar 19=
, 2020, at 9:07 PM, WFO Herb via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> w=
rote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=
=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr">Ditto what Mike said; much the same here.<div><br></d=
iv><div>As a single guy, I eat out (not much of a cook). With all rest=
aurants closed, I may be shedding a few pounds. Crazy!</div><div><br><=
/div><div>Here's the rub...Why is it we can't eat out or be in a group of mo=
re than 10 people yet the grocery stores are packed with hundreds of people?=
If the mean old virus is anywhere that's where it would be, right.</d=
iv><div><br></div><div>Look at the numbers, things don't add up. The l=
iberal and the left has brought America to a standstill. </div><div><br=
></div><div>Herb</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" c=
lass=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:43 AM Weslake1330 via Spridge=
ts <<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>spridgets@autox.team.net<=
/a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0p=
x 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">Hi List,<div><br></div><div>Some (no LBC) news from England.</=
div><div><br></div><div>As I told my kids (22 and 17) earlier I am 56 years o=
ld and I have never seen supermarket shelves empty like I did earlier this e=
vening. Thursday is one of my normal shopping days, the other is Monda=
y. Call me a snob but I shop in Sainsburys and the other shoppers look=
ed like Asda shoppers!</div><div><br></div><div>Ever since 9/11 I have kept a=
diverse supply of canned and dried food along with some water and a few car=
tons of UHT milk - it would keep the family going for about 3 weeks. I=
have a note of the use by dates and routinely an old tin comes out of the c=
upboard to be used and a new tin goes in the cupboard to replace it. Of cour=
se we do always have other food in the 'regular' cupboard and we have a smal=
l freezer. So, I'm constantly able to remind the rest of my family abo=
ut this in case they need reassurance. We have few elderly neighbours a=
nd we can share or shop for them if they need us to</div><div><br></div><div=
>We call it toilet paper and I think you might mostly call it toilet ti=
ssue and not to put too fine a point on it it's what you wipe your arse with=
. In normal times we have occasionally had a martial row when the pers=
on who was supposed to buy some let stocks expire. Kitchen roll makes a=
poor substitute and can block your household plumbing/outside drain and sew=
er. We have a reasonable stock at present but I'm old enough to know t=
hat know is a good time to hang onto a few more old newspapers than we do no=
rmally. Of course I'm not sure we have any 'bulldog clips' but I think=
we could manage without if necessary. I guess other folk must have so=
fter backsides than I do or worry about seeing a reflection that includes ne=
wspaper print when they look in the mirror.</div><div><br></div><div>The tra=
in I take to and from work each day is now almost empty. Most of my of=
fice is working from home but I want to stay at work for as long as possible=
. IT hasn't been great for everyone and here at home while I have broa=
dband it runs on copper wire to the telephone pole outside my house and most=
likely to the green 'GPO' box at the end of my straight and maybe still cop=
per to the exchange in the town centre.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't hav=
e money worries but things can change fast and there are many workers over h=
ear in the wrong kind of job which now amounts to no job.</div><div><br></di=
v><div>The virus doesn't actually seem to kill that many people and I expect=
to live but if I don't I'm insured. I'm also 'saved' (from my sins) s=
o don't have to worry about where I'm going to end up - Heaven, or no-where i=
f I'm mistaken in my beliefs.</div><div><br></div><div>So apart from what yo=
u can read at the BBC news site (which I think has some bias) things are unu=
sual here. I almost forgot - motor racing has been cancelled and the churche=
s have closed.</div><div><br></div><div>So maybe by a little extra now and a=
gain before panic buying takes off in your part of the world and if 'Bird Fl=
u Pandemic' (practically the same book as 'Corona Virus' isn't your sort of t=
hing maybe give a helpful vote to the positive reviews or read 'Rich Girl' -=
more of a gear head story. 'Course even if I sell vast amounts of boo=
ks and can actually afford to cross the pond for a meet or an o-shit - there=
might not be many planes flying. And the winner in all this is - The E=
nvironment and the toilet paper manufacturers - mostly likely short term for=
both.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Daniel1312<=
/div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>=
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