Fun times

[BonzoHansen]

So this is a ****ed up time, huh?

The NBA cancelling games is a huge to me. Dow is going to drop to at least 18,000. As a NJ resident that is going hammer the pension system. Not being political, its just simple math. This is going to have a long running ripple effect.

My son's college just extended spring break 1 week and the rest of the semester will be virtual. I already work at home.

What are you guys seeing or experiencing right now?

[JL8Jeff]

My "retirement" money has taken a good hit, even with most of it in conservative dividend funds. I have no plans of touching anything so it will go back up. I don't care about the NBA, but they should still play their games, just without people in the stands. Players are out there with the flu all the time. I just wish the media would stop overhyping things. This is not a disease that will wipe out half the population on the planet, so they need to chill out.

[BonzoHansen]

i think for the most part the goal is to spread this out and hope a lot of it burns out before it spreads and becomes a bigger deal and overwhelms the healthcare facilities. I think i get what they are trying to accomplish overall.

https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/sites/consumer/files/2020-03/Coronavirus_flattening_curve_1.jpg

Its certainly a major concern for the elderly and people height other illnesses. It already ran roughshod through nursing homes in Washington. The fatality rate umongst those groups is quite high as these things go.

[LS1ow]

I have bad asthma and am super sensitive to anything respiratory(anyone that has slept in the same room as me here can verify) so ive been a little more diligent washing hands and interacting with people.

i can tell you one thing for sure, people are not afraid to go and get their car serviced in this time. We have been slammed. I guess its all the people with the "day off"

[KirkEvil]

I get that this is just another version of the Flu, but the infection rate is overwhelming healthcare systems making it dicey for babies and elderly... I also think the US was a little slow to react, now back pedaling hard seeing the explosion of cases in the EU. Look at the CDC website and brace for the number of cases in the US to mirror that 5X increase the EU had over the past 2 weeks.

Theres a pretty clear correlation between confirmed cases in the US and major airport locations. West coast got hit heavy first with people traveling from China and now east coast is picking up from the EU. Maybe the EU travel ban acts as a speed bump but confirmed infections are likely a fifth of actual carriers so I think this is going to get worse in the next 2-3 weeks before it pans out.

Eventually this will all quickly disappear like Ebola, SARS, and Zika scares. Those caused widespread panic and now you dont hear about anyone getting them.

[JL8Jeff]

It looks like all the sports are shutting down now.

[sweetbmxrider]

Made it back from Hawaii connecting through LA so far.....still another week technically. Been unemployed too so I guess that was good timing?

[unstable bob gable]

Smoking crack makes all the Coronavirus scares go away.

[KirkEvil]

UFC events are still on as scheduled, but there will be no audiences. Just fighting for the camera

[LS1ow]

golf, nascar and WWE live on as well.

[Blackbirdws6]

I have Gina reasonably quarantined for the time being but we will still see friends/family but take reasonable precautions. I will go to work unless told otherwise and just be mindful. My work is prepping a contingency plan for the state at the moment with many events being cancelled. We haven't seen the peak of this crap yet and yes, the financial repercussions are simply massive.

[sweetbmxrider]

Went to the grocery store last night for a couple things, people are nuts. Never seen it so busy so late and as already known, shelves were looking scarce. Oh media fueled panic and misconception.....

[KirkEvil]

My office is prepping for a likely shutdown and work from home next week. Also looking like work travel is going to get cancelled in early April. Coronavirus or not EWR sucks.

Wegmans was nuts. All the shelves of toilet paper and flour were emptied. People are ready to spend hundreds on Purell and lysol while bleach is fully stocked untouched lol

Still Looking like this is going to get worse over the next couple weeks. Doomsday maps and graphs:

CDC Coronavirus tracking (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-in-us.html)

NYT Coronavirus tracking (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html)

NJ Coronavirus tracking (https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/03/coronavirus-update-nj-announces-6-new-cases-bringing-total-to-29-positive-tests-with-1-death.html)

[Blackbirdws6]

Have a vacation to Jamaica planned for late April. I don't think the Carribean is seeing much impact but the airport isn't a good place to be. Good thing I bought the insurance....

[BonzoHansen]

Have a vacation to Jamaica planned for late April. I don't think the Carribean is seeing much impact but the airport isn't a good place to be. Good thing I bought the insurance....

check the coverage, they were saying on the news a lot of insurance does not cover pandemics.

We are supposed to go to Disney in mid May

[Blackbirdws6]

check the coverage, they were saying on the news a lot of insurance does not cover pandemics.

We are supposed to go to Disney in mid May

Not overly concerned as with Gina's condition, she is always technically "sick" but I'll do my diligence and have my attorney review this as needed.

[PolarBear]

Oh man, they cancelled sports ball?

We've been told anyone that can work from home should work from home, all meetings are to be via conference call, no outside visitors to the company

My friend works for ADP, all employees are to work from home until further notice

I'm a critical employee so I am to report as normal and I am exempt from any state of emergency.

[LS1ow]

My friend works for ADP, all employees are to work from home until further

Tell your friend that his dealer operating system is terrible please, thanks.

[PolarBear]

Tell your friend that his dealer operating system is terrible please, thanks.

Dealer? I don't know what that means

[V]

My wife will be working from home now and my sons school is closed for 2 weeks, at least. My job as an electrician continues pretty much as normal. Service calls have dropped off noticeably but there's enough other work for us with renovations and new construction for us to not really be affected.

We'll see how long this whole thing lasts though. I'm hoping it's on the shorter side of the predictions , and not like 4+ months of this bs. I was wondering about the Island dragway swap meet though. Still on as of now.

Personally, the risk of getting sick doesn't bother me. Even if my wife or boys get sick. However, my mom and my wife's parents fall into the highest risk category so we have basically told them to stay home.

[KevinW]

my whole company is working from home, BUT, I have a new employee starting monday and have to be there for the HR session. I have to on board him and get him equipment before he can start working from home. crazy timing, but once I get him set up, I will work from home.

[LTb1ow]

I am still alive in st Thomas.

Will I get home? Who knows.

[ar0ck]

Working remotely this week myself, I feel like I saw this coming a few weeks ago and got ahead of the paranoia curve. I'm not worried about the virus as much as I am peoples uninformed reactions. Only time will tale.

[JL8Jeff]

We're about to jump into allergy season now so I wonder if this will make people mistake an allergy symptom for the virus.

[wrong generation]

We're about to jump into allergy season now so I wonder if this will make people mistake an allergy symptom for the virus.

Yes. Yes it will. My niece has allergies and sneezed during recess on thursday at school. And was immediately sent home.

Now her school is closed until the end of april. And the votc school that I've been doing to is closed until further notice.

As far as my job they have no plans on closing. But if everyone else isn't going to work. I'll be sitting in my office aimlessly lol.

[LTb1ow]

To update, I have left st Thomas and was not allowed to disembark at Puerto Rico.

The fun has begun folks

[3.4 grape of wrath]

We just returned this morning from a Bahama cruise. Funny when we boarded everyone was checked for fevers and we were questioned about any recent traveling but when we disembarked, nothing. We were one of the last cruises that left Bayonne until further notice.

[BonzoHansen]

its getting interesting (https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/03/gov-murphy-asks-for-statewide-curfew-in-new-jersey-amid-coronavirus-outbreak.html)

[LS1ow]

Saw that before.

Work is starting to be affected, we are doing a bunch more pick up & delivery for service cars to try to keep the numbers up. And we are shortening hours from 7-6 to 8-5

[BonzoHansen]

Saw that before.

Work is starting to be affected, we are doing a bunch more pick up & delivery for service cars to try to keep the numbers up. And we are shortening hours from 7-6 to 8-5

seems that is better than closing.

[sweetbmxrider]

Bailout the airlines!!!

[KirkEvil]

Cancelled my work trips in April. Work from home starts tomorrow afternoon.

Is Kohlervirus stuck in Puerto Rico?

[V]

Tedesco(bergen co) ordered blue laws in effect after 11pm tomorrow. Pretty much means no more work for me and not able to buy clothes or fun stuff for a while.

[ThoR294]

my company has me working from home for 2 weeks starting yesterday... this will be fun

[LTb1ow]

Cancelled my work trips in April. Work from home starts tomorrow afternoon.

Is Kohlervirus stuck in Puerto Rico?

Arrived in Miami this morning. Still waiting for clearance to leave boat

[BonzoHansen]

my company has me working from home for 2 weeks starting yesterday... this will be fun

i work at home every day. its another day to me. Except everyone else is home.

[PolarBear]

Oof, this has really hit the retirement wallet..... I shouldn't have looked :facepalm: :cry: :banghead: :hitfan:

[LS1ow]

Tedesco(bergen co) ordered blue laws in effect after 11pm tomorrow. Pretty much means no more work for me and not able to buy clothes or fun stuff for a while.

looks like its been switched to starting Saturday. Something with not being able to shut down such large businesses without more than 24 hours notice. This well effect me as 1 of our dealers in Bergen county.

Oof, this has really hit the retirement wallet..... I shouldn't have looked :facepalm: :cry: :banghead: :hitfan:


:nod::nod:

[Blackbirdws6]

GM and Ford offering 0% financing for 7 years

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Working outside helps so far, in addition to not having large crews above 10 or working on general contractor sites..but only a matter of time before all of us get stopped.

[townsend]

looks like its been switched to starting Saturday. Something with not being able to shut down such large businesses without more than 24 hours notice. This well effect me as 1 of our dealers in Bergen county.




:nod::nod:


I work and run 3 large office buildings in bergen county (corner of rt 4 and hackensack ave)

Has been a s*** show here. Especially with the tedesco blue law thing that now got rescinded until saturday. Social security just stopped seeing the public today, so we have all the derelicts walking the halls, hacking all over things.

2 of our construction division guys are stuck at their houses in teaneck, cant leave.

But, Alas, us facilities guys will still be in every day running the buildings, buildings will remain open for tenants just not public (fob access only). Lot of attorneys/doctors offices here.

[The_Bishop]

Working outside helps so far, in addition to not having large crews above 10 or working on general contractor sites..but only a matter of time before all of us get stopped.

Don't know if you have anything in Bergen County, but from what I heard last no construction there.

[LTb1ow]

Home sweet home, time to embrace the work from home lifestyle

[sweetbmxrider]

Home sweet home, time to embrace the work from home lifestyle

Shoulda stayed in Florida for spring break brah

[LTb1ow]

Shoulda stayed in Florida for spring break brah

F that, feel much safer at home.

[TaKid455]

Work continues as normal for me. With less people out & about, will roads / highways become test & tune locations? Discuss...

[wretched73]

Work continues as normal for me. With less people out & about, will roads / highways become test & tune locations? Discuss...

:nono:

That sounds like illegal activities. This is a forum of upstanding, law abiding citizens.

For example, you'd never see my clapped out Silvy doing 40-90 mph rolls on 295N.

[Blackbirdws6]

Anyone looking to "lock it in" before 8PM curfew on 287?

[LS1ow]

was kinda hoping they kept smash on the boat so i can rumble my way into single digits first without much of a fight.

[IROCZman15]

Work continues as normal for me. With less people out & about, will roads / highways become test & tune locations? Discuss...


I sure hope so !!!


I was out on Rt 15 in Sussex county on Monday. Hammering down on the car. First with a corvette c6, then a heavy 4 door impala with 4 young kids in it, and then with a Tesla

I need to scrub in my new MT ET streets soon too but I need a good area to do so. I’m definitely looking to put some seat time in on the car as much as possible in the upcoming weeks. Was hoping to do test and tune this Sunday at island dragway and also the car show/swap meet; depends on circumstances outside of my control

Still, if the roads are open and less busy, I will be out driving around

[grazi]

It’s a good time to refinance your mortgage. 20 year was down to 2.875 last week, shot up and is coming back down. I’m about to lock in when it hits 3% save a poop load of money.

[IROCZman15]

Anyone looking to "lock it in" before 8PM curfew on 287?

Just this past weekend I converted my timing control over to be handled by the Holley Sniper. I am working with a tuner online to get things fully optimized. I got my "base tune" sent via email an hour ago, so I am heading out (after curfew) to datalog what he requires (cold start, rpm cruise log, part throttle log, hot re-start). hope the roads will be generally empty. this might be a theme for me every few nights as we (he) makes adjustments to the tune and I road test everything. So,, perhaps in a few weeks.. some midnight "battles" can be had on the road. ! I'm game, soon

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Bergen county is shutting down businesses it appears far beyond original scopes, including construction.

www.co.bergen.nj.us%2Fpublic-information%2Fpress-releases%2F144-county-of-bergen-executive-order-no-2020-1b%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1zrThD3lNSuWfhdeSy0rCBK8kflNf1Qo HbQfkK50wFNN3HIdRlSeoo5HQ&h=AT2qG1RTYU5fJrMeot0GTcscFqh68Zdrwp4ibZg-LJp_BsVnLNsLv2wmYpfU2rLf7098bgc2TFp3G876V_97IxH30z DIgj0TDVSF2Ag0nidHuCGChbPkyrXedU6M2KB_cNA

[Blackbirdws6]

Just this past weekend I converted my timing control over to be handled by the Holley Sniper. I am working with a tuner online to get things fully optimized. I got my "base tune" sent via email an hour ago, so I am heading out (after curfew) to datalog what he requires (cold start, rpm cruise log, part throttle log, hot re-start). hope the roads will be generally empty. this might be a theme for me every few nights as we (he) makes adjustments to the tune and I road test everything. So,, perhaps in a few weeks.. some midnight "battles" can be had on the road. ! I'm game, soon

Bird needs an alignment something fierce but Benz should be OK to run :rofl:

[sweetbmxrider]

Bergen county is shutting down businesses it appears far beyond original scopes, including construction.

www.co.bergen.nj.us%2Fpublic-information%2Fpress-releases%2F144-county-of-bergen-executive-order-no-2020-1b%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1zrThD3lNSuWfhdeSy0rCBK8kflNf1Qo HbQfkK50wFNN3HIdRlSeoo5HQ&h=AT2qG1RTYU5fJrMeot0GTcscFqh68Zdrwp4ibZg-LJp_BsVnLNsLv2wmYpfU2rLf7098bgc2TFp3G876V_97IxH30z DIgj0TDVSF2Ag0nidHuCGChbPkyrXedU6M2KB_cNA

Insanity :shock::shock::shock:

[The_Bishop]

Bergen county is shutting down businesses it appears far beyond original scopes, including construction.

*Snip*



For whatever reason, I couldn't click that link. Here it is without the facebook addon tracking code:

https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/public-information/press-releases/144-county-of-bergen-executive-order-no-2020-1b

[LS1ow]

that order to close everything down was nixed by gov. Murphy it seems.

Looks like just stuff like indoor malls, salons, barbershops, etc will be forced to close.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/2020/03/19/coronavirus-nj-planned-bergen-county-business-shutdown-canceled/2874049001/

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

https://imacorp.com/business/families-first-coronavirus-response-act/

It'll be interesting how that works out. What happens if a company is under 500 and some people were laid off, do they still get this and the small business is on the hook?

[LTb1ow]

PA gov just shut down all non essential businesses according to their overlord version of murphey.

[wretched73]

PA, NY, and Cali shutting down. Think NJ will make it to Monday?

[sweetbmxrider]

Don’t look good.....so what’s the definition of business by law? Can I spend my time performing a skill for unsolicited donations? Does that come across as risqué as I think?? :lol:

[Blackbirdws6]

Don’t look good.....so what’s the definition of business by law? Can I spend my time performing a skill for unsolicited donations? Does that come across as risqué as I think?? :lol:

That's the good thing about cash and no paperwork..... Everyone is just friendly and handing out money as a donation and your able to donate your skillset.

[V]

NJ will be shutdown as of Sunday night too now.

[Tsar]

Been working from home, not too bad so far but boring.

[ThoR294]

That's the good thing about cash and no paperwork..... Everyone is just friendly and handing out money as a donation and your able to donate your skillset.

Speaking of that.... Gonna have to get you my headlights lol

[V]

So Murphy's order excludes me. Still gonna be working. Has its pros and cons, considering the wife is working from home and watching the kids at the same time. I did tell my boss that I don't want to be going into people's homes at this time so luckily we have a bunch of new construction and full renovation jobs.

[Blackbirdws6]

Speaking of that.... Gonna have to get you my headlights lol

Don't want any Covid-19 deliveries

[LTb1ow]

When are we getting our trump bucks anyway?

[BonzoHansen]

that bill scares me as much as the virus response.

[LTb1ow]

that bill scares me as much as the virus response.

Just keep printing money and it will all be super.

[sweetbmxrider]

I wonder how Denmark’s approach will fair

[PolarBear]

I think the worst part is all the people willingly giving up rights and begging for more government control.

That stimulus bill is insanity along with the Fed pumping a trilion dollars into the market and it still kept going down

[3.4 grape of wrath]

Getting ready for work this morning, I thought I would be home this week.

[ThoR294]

Don't want any Covid-19 deliveries

id be dead if i had it so i'm clean :bertstare: :lol:

[TaKid455]

Don't want any Covid-19 deliveries

This is a valid concern. Being this thing can sustain on plastic & cardboard for a number of days, receiving packages posses a concern. Yet, you need those items within. This doesn't account for the numerous hands that have touched said package & those surrounding. You could glove & lysol it and let it cool down for a little. Or just brave it.

[sweetbmxrider]

https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=34225D6F64DEA848!3117&ithint=file%2cdocx&authkey=!AGSm-oWkaownkzo

I’m sure most have heard about it’s success already but it’s worth posting to spread knowledge on a possible treatment.

[V]

Brings back memories of being given malaria drugs during overseas deployment. (Different type drug) One pill a week for the year. Senior sergeants said not to take it due to side effects. Not taking it could result in punishment. Then when we got home they gave us a whole new bottle of some drug to ween us off the first drug. Made me glad I didn't take it in the first place.

[ar0ck]

Brings back memories of being given malaria drugs during overseas deployment. (Different type drug) One pill a week for the year. Senior sergeants said not to take it due to side effects. Not taking it could result in punishment. Then when we got home they gave us a whole new bottle of some drug to ween us off the first drug. Made me glad I didn't take it in the first place.

I took the Malaria pills while I was in Vietnam where Malaria is real, and they ended up making me sick, by killing off the good bacteria.

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

be interesting to digest this actual bill. It seems like prevailing thought it is businesses get a loan for the revenue they typically would have recieved.

[The_Bishop]

It's a giant pile of money no matter how you slice it. Uncharted waters, as far as the economic impact will go, both from the shutdown and the stimulus package.

Really wish the pork could have been kept out of it, we need a law to prevent 'pork' from being added to an unrelated bill.

[IROCZman15]

damn, more bad news. Camaro Nationals 2020 canceled

Not that many members here go to this event, but they just canceled it.


from an email I just got:
"It is with great difficulty, that the Nationals' officers have collectively decided to cancel the 2020 Camaro Nationals.

Here in the Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York areas, the COVID-19 virus is just ramping up....so it will be a few more weeks before things peak. Having personally talked to a member who has just come out the other side of the virus, things are going to be rough for a while. To expect our fellow members and registrants to travel hundreds of miles from home (if they are allowed to) is expecting a lot. Waiting till 2021 to see you all again, is better than losing any of you."

Thanks, and See You Next Year,

Karl Scheffy
Co-Founder
American Camaro Associiation
Camaro Nationals

[BonzoHansen]

Damn. 30 year old NJ baseball coach (https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/30-year-old-baseball-coach-dies-covid-19-210537990.html).

[Teds89IROC]

Damn. 30 year old NJ baseball coach (https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/30-year-old-baseball-coach-dies-covid-19-210537990.html).

My brother went to HS with this guy, real sad. My cousin is a Bergen county health inspector and a little more insight to this incident is that around 6pm that night he was telling his wife he was having trouble breathing while alone in the bedroom and she didn't check on him again until 6am the next day where she found him dead. Not placing blame, but keep in tight contact with those infected...