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Good point. Here in Michigan, liquor stores/legal marijuana stores/the lottery all continue to operate...likely so that the state can continue to get the revenue from ongoing sales.

I agree. Jasper is really nice and so sexy. A real man's man.

Does Rentmen not even care that they have an advertiser changing names every other hour?

I find an opening date of May 4 very hard to believe. Sounds very premature to me. I guess time will tell.

I fully agree. There will be a huge glut of office space and real estate in general. The remaining weak shopping malls will not re-open once things noticeably improve. Perhaps as things open up again in the fall or in 2021, we'll likely have only half of the number of shopping malls compared to what we had before COVID. Some major retailers will go under completely. Candidates would be: Sears/KMart, JCPenney, Macy's. There are suggestions that 20% or more of restaurants may not re-open once we are on the other side of this. There will be many more empty store fronts. Challenging times ahead. The aftermath will be frightening.

State of Florida reaches deal with two of the ships (both from Holland America) to dock and disembark all the passengers at Port Everglades. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-reaches-deal-for-two-cruise-ships-to-dock-passengers-to-disembark/ar-BB124srh?ocid=spartanntp

Bless you Purple.

I agree entirely.

What a mess. 17 cruise ships currently off Florida and not being allowed to dock. Some have only crew on board others still have passengers. Some have sick people on board. US Coast Guard no longer wants to take responsibility for evacuations nor allow docking and de-boarding. Some(Many?) of the vessels are Bahamian-flagged (even though they belong to US cruise lines) and some ships are being directed to seek help from the Bahamas. Some ships being told they may need to remain sequestered offshore indefinitely. COVID-19 may destroy the cruise industry. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/coast-guard-tells-cruises-to-prepare-to-care-for-sick-people-for-indefinite-period/ar-BB11ZoEY?ocid=spartanntp

Travel getting back to normal is many months away.....perhaps a year or more. Covid-19 cases and deaths will taper off to some degree in May/June but it will still be around. We will have to be vigilant and keep our guard up through the summer. Social distancing will still be a thing. All the experts predict the virus will likely return somewhat as the weather gets cooler in the Northern Hemisphere fall. Countries should be better prepared at that point as far as earlier isolation of affected people and their contacts so the toll in lives lost should be lower. However the normal precautions for the general public will still be practiced. I won't be booking any plane/train/cruise ship travel until we see what is happening in November/December with COVID-19 round two.

In small-town Michigan, current gas price is around 1.56/gallon. At the closest Costco (about 50 minutes away), their current price is 1.10/gallon. I never thought I'd see those sorts of prices again.

Sadly, one of the people who attended Winter Party has passed away in Miami. Of course, there is no guarantee that he caught it at the festival. He was also an Uber driver. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241573866.html

I'm very surprised any salad or food bar is still open. The salad bar in our local grocery store was shut down about two weeks ago.

I'm in small-town/rural Michigan and I went shopping this morning. I arrived at the grocery store right when they opened at 8:00am. Unlike 1-2 weeks ago when the panic buying began and many things were unavailable, today the shelves were well-stocked. Lot's of milk, bread, soup, pasta & sauce. The only thing completely out still was toilet paper. My impression is that things are normalizing now. At least I hope so.

Careful not to get this thread moved to the politics forum;).

I find no problems with the OP's communications and I agree he probably avoided a lousy escort experience. What stuns me on this thread is that some poster has seen fit to throw bombs at several of the other replies thereby suggesting he was "insulted". Now that is a total overreaction as the posts he was supposedly insulted by were not in the least bit offensive. SMH.

Kenny Rogers was an American classic. Such a huge song collection. RIP.

https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/andy-cohen-coronavirus-1203541019/

Bank branches starting to close. JPMorgan-Chase. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-jpmorgan-coronavirus-branches/jpmorgan-chase-to-close-1000-chase-branches-on-coronavirus-concerns-idUSKBN2153OY?il=0

I think civil disorder starts when people can't get food anymore. I'm not predicting that will happen...in a big way anyway. But that would be the trigger for society starting to fall apart IMHO.

Best of luck with your choice. Please stay away from me.

Best of luck to you.

...and he was sexy as all get out. I remember watching the Carol Burnett show as a child and being oddly fascinated by Waggoner. I didn't understand why at the time.

Bars and restaurants in Michigan ordered closed today starting at 3:00pm. Not yet clear if take-out and delivery will continue (I expect they will).