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I got both of my Pfizer shots now. First shot made my arm hurt like hell. Enough to wake me up twice the first night after I got it. I would suggest that if you're side sleeper, take which side you normally sleep on into consideration when they ask you which arm you want the shot in.

Second shot didn't hurt my arm nearly as bad. I was lucky to not feel any other symptoms on my second shot, but most people told me it was rough, so I didn't have any alcohol for about 48 hours, kept well hydrated, and took 2 advil every 4-5 hours.

I'm 43

I wear a mask cause I care about my community. If I go walk around the neighborhood I don't wear a mask but come to think of it I probably should. Even without a mask people think I'm going to assault them so they make a bee line around me so it won't be any different. At the end of the day, better to be safe I guess.

Back in July, on one of my morning runs, I see a lady on the sidewalk and she goes to cross the street as I approached (myself unmasked) and the from the middle of the street, she yells at me for not wearing a mask. I tell her exercising outdoors is exempted, and to worry about herself.

30 minutes later as I return, she's coming down the sidewalk the other direction, holding a trekking pole like a spear and threatening me with it. So this time I actually go back after her to give her what-for. She said I was threatening her by not wearing a mask, but somehow that abstract threat was more real than her direct threat, and there was plenty of room to move away on the sidewalk if you were nervous. Never in my life have I wanted more to lay out an old bag with a solid punch.

And there it is, the unbridled truth.

 

When I work from home, I can stay very focused all day long, often I get more done from home because I don't have coworker distractions, but many people can't. Then add remote learning, kids at home to the mix and it's a recipe for not getting much done. For these reasons, I just don't see working remotely as 'the future' of the workplace. It has a place but that's about it.

I should have kept reading before I replied.

I think working from home will become more popular as long as Remote Learning doesn't become the norm. Remote learning is HARD. I think having an "office" is going to become a very big selling point for homes in the future. I want to convert my girlfriend's very large, and somewhat awkward bedroom (about 10.5' x 25') into a more normal size bedroom with a small office/nursery next to it. I think having that separate space would be more appealing to buyers than such a large bedroom.

Only 12% of people want to work from home according to a new study, most people require more of a social aspect to their lives or they become depressed. Only the most introverted people can hack it.

I don't think that's true. I've been working from home for 2-1/2 years, and I'm anything but an introvert. However, until March, I structured my life that I was meeting up with different groups 3-4 days a week after work. Running groups on Monday, Tuesday and Saturday usually (or skiing on Saturdays in winter), with occasional happy hour groups on Wednesdays or Thursdays, including the odd running group some Thursdays.

It is hard not seeing faces, but it's not too hard to do things like go get coffee before work, go out for lunch (or meet a friend for lunch), take a walk in the neighborhood. If you have a routine that puts you in front of people, it becomes easy.

I think the bigger challenge for many people is managing distractions at home. Piece of cake when I was single and living alone. Now that I'm living with my girlfriend and her kids, it's TOUGH to stay focused with a crying baby, home schooling, kids harassing the cats, etc.

This.

 

Nobody likes Cam Newton (except Cam Newton) because he is a show-boating fool.

Yup. Seems like a good human being, but holy shit - NO ONE needs to peacock as hard as that jackass does. What the hell is he trying to prove? Can he really be so insecure that he needs to draw that much attention to himself? I just don't understand how he can be such a tasteless fool.

How made would yall be if the patriots won the superbowl with Cam this year?

I'd be more mad that Cam won than that the Patriots won.

Hey, some of are still going to work 5 day's a week and supporting the economy Seems our customers, NASA and the US Navy want they're hardware.

 

But I was skiing in Utah the week before, they closed all ski resorts the day we flew home.

 

May be over the weekend I'll have 51 minutes. LOL

Ha! Ditto! I support primarily: Trucking/Logistics companies, Energy Utilities, some Medical Services businesses and already worked from home, so no change there. Drove out to Utah on 3/11, skied 3/12 at Park City, took Friday off due to being dehydrated, skied about 5 runs at Snowbasin Saturday 3/14 but nearly all the lifts were wind-stopped, and started driving home after seeing that Colorado closed all resorts and Vail announced all North American resorts closed

Many of us have not had their work schedule impacted at all by the pandemic - in many cases, the work load (and stress) has gone up (healthcare being an extreme example, but if you do certain gov't work, that's clicked along per normal as well)

Also ditto!

And my original point wasn't about this one 51 minute video, it's that Nils posts 47 different 51 minute videos daily. Nils is a bot!

I have encountered PPE in at least 3 prior jobs:

During college when I worked in a Photo Lab (remember those?!) and was mixing large amounts of bleach and other chemicals.

Industrial Power Transmission and Conveyor sales - where I would end up in every kind of industry and PPE covered Fall Protection, Eye Protection, Hearing Protection, Respiratory Protection, Chemical Protection, Radiation Protection, Burn Protection - damn near any kind of workplace accident you can imagine was one I was exposed to

Industrial and Commercial HVAC sales - Much of the above scenarios, but not all of them

I think you'd have to be living under a rock or at least very limited life experience to have avoided the term entirely

Out of long habit, I normally pay for a lot of routine things (like groceries) with cash, but I haven't touched a coin or paper bill since early March. Credit cards are just safer with respect to disease transmission, especially if they never leave your hand.

Huh - it was around March 12th that I recall thinking "oh great, as a society we've moved away from using filthy paper money and instead we have to use filthy touch screens for every transaction"

I am surprised by how many places are still requiring inputs on a screen or actual signatures

On the speeding issues, I do support for an international GPS/Telematics provider. In a conference call today, they shared this:

Big data anomaly due to COVID-19 and stay-at-home orders: There has been an uptick in high energy crashes among the commercial sector (not percentage, actual total number).

The data analysts didn't believe the numbers at first but it made more sense when they dug into the data.

Because there is little to no traffic on the roads, the people who are on the roads are speeding more, and thus when the accidents are happening, they're happening at greater speeds and are causing more severe vehicle damage and/or injury.

As a Vikings fan, I'm split on the Diggs move. He was a fun player to watch, but more and more it was becoming clear that he's a diva. I think I've mostly settled on "have fun with Buffalo"

Whether there will even be a season right now is still the big interesting question.

I'm looking at this from all sides, the state of things right now, the history between the two teams and the Packers season in general, they are suspect and you are right to be hesitant, they haven't been tested by good teams, had a lax schedule and when they played at team with a winning record ( like the 49ers), they were blown out. They did beat the Chiefs but that was when Mahomes was out. They did beat the Vikings twice but other than that the rest of their wins were against teams that didn't have winning records.

And to put those wins over the Vikings in context - they also had a VERY weak schedule. At the end of the season, I think the Eagles were the only team they beat that had a winning record (and Dallas was 8-8 - but a very weak division this year).

Lifelong Vikings fan. I think the 2009 NFC Championship fuels a little extra fire when they play the Saints anymore. Otherwise I'm shocked they actually beat a good team - especially on the road.

Ha! My step dad asked me this week if I was surprised that Seattle signed him. I said I was more surprised that he came back.

It's a no-lose proposition all around. He makes something of it and everyone looks like a genius OR he does nothing and they're no worse off than they were and everyone can say he wasn't in regular form since he was retired.

The only possible negative outcome is if he gets badly injured.

Having the same issue right now. Love helpful threads like this!!!!!

Thank you everyone, especially Max Capacity, for helping above!

The head unit frequently needs to be reset because it has a weird audio glitches with the Bluetooth.

Just curious - is this an iPhone 11? or other phones?

 

 

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Why did you edit out the curb? That's the only thing that showed you could properly park in a space!