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rfenst Offline
#101 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 7:34 AM EST
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Good morning.
Nothing planned today. Staying home to avoid exposure.
My bro, a physician, overnighted surgical masks to us.
Now, we are just waiting for the gloves from Amazon...
Speyside Offline
#102 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 7:35 AM EST
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Costco seems to have a steady supply of gloves.
corey sellers Offline
#103 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 8:24 AM EST
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Morning gents
Ram27 Offline
#104 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 8:43 AM EST
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Hello......ram27bat
deadeyedick Offline
#105 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 8:44 AM EST
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Morning. Wife and I are headed out to do semi-annual riparian photo point work for the Tonto National Forest. Basically taking photos in the exact same place along stream beds over many years. This info is used to decide forest management direction regarding range allotments for grazing permits, etc.

For us it's just another reason to be out on a hike and doing some volunteering at the same time. Started out about 20 years ago doing micro invertibrit sampling in streams. Water bug collecting.
frankj1 Offline
#106 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 8:44 AM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
I hope so Frank. I grew up not close to my family. Trying to do things differently.

it shows in your posts over time...
8trackdisco Offline
#107 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 8:55 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Olives have a due date? Think

What were you doing to them? Nevermind... I don't wanna know. Speak to the hand


I didn’t think so. They were purchased probably 18 months ago. Saw the Use By Jan 9, 2020 last night.
Still have both bottles of Temecula olives. Don’t see an expire date on those.
Better start chomping on them.
Gene363 Offline
#108 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 9:00 AM EST
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'Morning! Going to get out of the house for a drive today, no stops, just to get out of the house.
DrafterX Offline
#109 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 9:22 AM EST
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Cool Dudes...
danmdevries Offline
#110 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 9:22 AM EST
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Camper sleep was insufficient. Boy and I both up around 0400 cause of the rain n thunder.

Went inside at 630, ate breakfast. Boy finished his LEGO Yoda.

Now on to watching the Lord of the Rings Two Towers. Watched the first one yesterday. Gonna work our way through all 6, then we're going to watch the Star Wars movies.
USNGunner Offline
#111 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 10:04 AM EST
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Speyside wrote:
Costco seems to have a steady supply of gloves.


I have a friend that sends them to me, it's odd though, the fingers come pre-lubricated. Strange that. Think
danmdevries Offline
#112 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 10:06 AM EST
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USNGunner wrote:
I have a friend that sends them to me, it's odd though, the fingers come pre-lubricated. Strange that. Think


Do they smell funny?
USNGunner Offline
#113 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 10:09 AM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
I didn’t think so. They were purchased probably 18 months ago. Saw the Use By Jan 9, 2020 last night.
Still have both bottles of Temecula olives. Don’t see an expire date on those.
Better start chomping on them.


That's a best if used by date probably. And those are always conservative. They're good for a long time.
danmdevries Offline
#114 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 10:12 AM EST
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Looking online at Lego store and Amazon, the set I want to order is out of stock everywhere. I want the Creator Expert Assembly Square. 4k pieces should keep the boy busy another 2 weeks but it's out of stock everywhere I've looked
Sunoverbeach Offline
#115 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 10:44 AM EST
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Used to beg for the Lego Mellinium Falcon but was never in the family budget
danmdevries Offline
#116 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 11:36 AM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
Used to beg for the Lego Mellinium Falcon but was never in the family budget


I considered buying it for investment purposes.

I've done that in the past with some Lego sets. Buy, store, sell. Usually nets a 50% return at two-three years.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#117 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 11:46 AM EST
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Sounds like some solid payback to me. Now to let my dad know how much money he's lost by not buying me the toys I wanted
danmdevries Offline
#118 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 11:48 AM EST
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I bought all the Simpson's sets with the intent to keep and resell, but I et the boy build them, and I really like em.

I'm not enough of a star wars nut to buy the falcon. It's nearly 3ft across, I got nowhere to display it.

Seeing listings over 1k on ebay, even though it's still available from Lego
danmdevries Offline
#119 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 11:49 AM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
Sounds like some solid payback to me. Now to let my dad know how much money he's lost by not buying me the toys I wanted


Gotta keep em in the box unopened if you want a payday.

Sunoverbeach Offline
#120 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 12:09 PM EST
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I won't tell him that part. It's all about the guilt trip
danmdevries Offline
#121 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 12:18 PM EST
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There's still money to be had from already built sets if you save the box (I save all of them) but it's less than sealed.

Pretty safe guarantee you can resell for new price if everything's there and you saved the box.
Ram27 Offline
#122 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 1:21 PM EST
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Ozark season 3,up to episode 6.
As LD would say, "Pretty pretty pretty good ."

👍
delta1 Offline
#123 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 1:25 PM EST
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bs_kwaj wrote:
No lock down out here in tomorrowland.

Worked 10 days. Had the last 2 off. Now working through six more days with only next Friday off.

But I stop at the Vets Hall and drink beer and smoke cigars and feed the cats after midnight!

Beer




jelly...hope it stays sane in your corner of the world...stay safe Bro!
victor809 Offline
#124 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 2:26 PM EST
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Went out for brunch... Of course had to eat outside since all indoor dining is locked down.

Sigh.

Ah well gonna try to hit the garden center today so the wife has some stuff to plant
Sunoverbeach Offline
#125 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 3:06 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
There's still money to be had from already built sets if you save the box (I save all of them) but it's less than sealed.

Pretty safe guarantee you can resell for new price if everything's there and you saved the box.

Yeah, same with my comics on the value. Not supposed to read them, but I do, carefully. It's the reason they were created after all.

Resale's pretty fickle in comic book world though depending on crowd interest at the time. For example, New Mutants #98 (1st appearance of Deadpool) could be found in $0.50 bins everywhere for 20yrs running. Once the movie release date got closer in 2016, I started seeing the same issue for sale for $350ea.

teedubbya Offline
#126 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 3:41 PM EST
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Watching Joe Kidd. Forgot how good it is.
Dg west deptford Offline
#127 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 3:47 PM EST
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Back door of the lounge will open if you know the secret knock code. Just signed 2 new members who bought 2 boxes each then bought lunch for the rest of us. That's how you join a club! Both doctors so I didn't mind the mooch, I know I'll get them back having learned their preferred tastes in bourbon and smokes
USNGunner Offline
#128 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 3:51 PM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
Yeah, same with my comics on the value. Not supposed to read them, but I do, carefully. It's the reason they were created after all.

Resale's pretty fickle in comic book world though depending on crowd interest at the time. For example, New Mutants #98 (1st appearance of Deadpool) could be found in $0.50 bins everywhere for 20yrs running. Once the movie release date got closer in 2016, I started seeing the same issue for sale for $350ea.



Yeah, my nephews went every delivery day and bought comic, put them in plastic, and filed them during the 80's and 90's. I tried telling them the reason the old ones "are" valuable is because we read them into dust. Few survived. Like baseball cards. We traded them then used them to make our bikes sound like motorcycles. LOL.

With all the people saving that stuff now, they're not worth squat anymore. Unless, like the deadpool thing there is a spike in interest. And if there is, sell the damned things. LOL
Sunoverbeach Offline
#129 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 4:12 PM EST
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The 90s were when collectible value went to hell. Companies were printing repeat issues with multiple covers and everyone was saving all of them. The nephews might find some OK value in some of the 80s ones depending on the issue, and how early in the decade they were published. But like you say, they'll rarely get to the level of the majority of Golden Age (late '30s-early '50s) and Silver Age (Late '50s-early '70s) books
teedubbya Offline
#130 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 4:17 PM EST
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If only you could have predicted it. There are things like that now. You just need to figure them out before it’s too late.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#131 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 4:26 PM EST
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That's the trick. Guessing what people will pay for 20yrs down the road. Or devote money and space to buying everything and storing it, and as Danm menntioned, don't open anything.

I actually saw recently that there's a Yoda action figure from back in early 80s that had an orange snake. Figure with all the parts listed for around $50 on Ebay. Figure still in the box listed for $250. My figure when I was a kid, that I distinctly remember having an orange snake but no longer have, maybe about $0.01
teedubbya Offline
#132 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 4:33 PM EST
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My brother died when he was 8. Years later we were finding his star wars figures in plants and other hidden places around the house.

We had the giant Death Star, M falcon etc. still have most of it at my folks place.
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#133 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 5:02 PM EST
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Last line in Joe Kidd

Next time I’ll knock your damn head off


Lol. Forgot that.
MACS Offline
#134 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 5:09 PM EST
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Day 4 of the 4 day work week.

12 hour night shifts suck. Well... night shift sucks.

Okay, fine... work sucks.
MACS Offline
#135 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 5:14 PM EST
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We're up to 3 employees and 1 inmate for the corona. Like I said, unless I already had it and got over it without even knowing it (totally possible since I picked up my BIL at LAX January 21 and was surrounded by Chinese people in masks) I'll probably get it.

And work says... you gotta use your own sick time, that's not a worker's comp issue... Yeah. Okay.
teedubbya Offline
#136 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 5:28 PM EST
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Be safe Macs. I bet the jail is odd about now.
delta1 Offline
#137 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 5:37 PM EST
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you shouldn't chance it, MACS, so close to retirement...use up more vacation time...
MACS Offline
#138 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 6:01 PM EST
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teedubbya wrote:
Be safe Macs. I bet the jail is odd about now.


Misdemeanor warrants, unless they are domestic violence related, are not being booked. Only felonies. If it's cite-able, they're getting cite released in the field. Bookings have slowed, but we're still busy enough.

All the extra BS admin wants is what is irritating. Lots of redundancy and stupidity.

Al... I'm greedy. I want that payout. If I get sick and they quarantine me for 14 days, so be it. If not... gimme my money. I think I have, or will have when I go, 178 vacation hours and about the same in sick hours since they will only pay me half.

That's a chunk-o-change.
frankj1 Offline
#139 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 6:43 PM EST
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greed is good


or so I've heard.
victor809 Offline
#140 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 7:17 PM EST
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Well, we're trying our best to ensure the small local restaurants are able to stay in business...
delta1 Offline
#141 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 7:45 PM EST
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teedubbya wrote:
Watching Joe Kidd. Forgot how good it is.


watched "The Mule" last night...Clint Eastwood is an actor for the ages...
danmdevries Offline
#142 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 8:12 PM EST
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Shawn, if you have the option to check out now, take it.

You're in an environment not unlike mine. If you can get away, get away.

Once this is over with, you can find other work.
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#143 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 8:24 PM EST
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Snokes a turkey breast and a pork loin today.. will be eating good for a few days... Mellow
DrafterX Offline
#144 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 8:25 PM EST
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Lots of chores today.. feeling beat up... Mellow
delta1 Offline
#145 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 8:55 PM EST
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take two beers and call it a day...you'll feel better, especially if you have a real good cigar with the beer...
MACS Offline
#146 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 9:15 PM EST
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Dan, I just burned 2 months of sick time. I have about 400 hours left but I'd have to go out on "sick leave" again while I'm healthy. Now up to 4 employees and 2 inmates positive, a handful of negatives and waiting on results for a few more.

I'm pretty healthy right now. Somebody has to man this place while the actually sick people recover. It is what it is.
teedubbya Offline
#147 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 9:20 PM EST
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Wouldn’t be worth the coin to me. But I’m risk averse when it comes to lungs. Saw my mom with 75% of hers destroyed. No one deserves that.
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#148 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 9:36 PM EST
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victor809 wrote:
Well, we're trying our best to ensure the small local restaurants are able to stay in business...

yup.
been ordering take out here and there from our beloved locals...open the door, throw the money on the bar or even on the floor (averaging $20 over the tab), take a deep breath and grab the bag of food off the bar.
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#149 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 9:48 PM EST
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My wife ant I were talking about the money grab... eh I mean stimulus $$. If we get any we plan to use it solely as mega tips to the hourly folks at restaurants and particularly the dog bar.
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#150 Posted: Sat, Mar 28 2020, 10:22 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
I'm pretty healthy right now. Somebody has to man this place while the actually sick people recover. It is what it is.


Shawn, I get the sense of duty, but like I told my guys repeatedly, there is nothing we do in peace time worth dying over.

Cover your six brother, you have family, that's what counts and who cares. The state of California could care less my man.
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