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Questionable whether they can find enough workers who aren't sick to actually go to work. Meanwhile, Trump has ordered all meat processing plants to remain open. Can you force people that are infected/sick to go into work if they don't want to? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-to-order-us-meat-plants-to-stay-open-amid-pandemic/ar-BB13kmP0?ocid=spartanntp

That's the main problem with most of the fansonly/justforfans sites. There are not enough updates to justify the ongoing monthly membership cost. I find the best strategy is to sign-up for a one month non-recurring membership. Check-out all the archived content and then the new content for that month and then let the membership lapse at the end of the month. Join again in 12 months and repeat.

I don't strongly dislike any actor. For some reason, my mom hates Courtney Cox and Tina Fey. She won't watch anything that either of those two are in. I think Tina Fey, in particular, is very clever.

I thought Merman was very funny in It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

No doubt he is hot. However a little old (42) to be beginning a porn career. I predict he won't last long in porn.

I saw Ramin Karimloo perform in London two times in the production of Love Never Dies. Spectacular. It seemed that that score was written for he and Sierra. The storyline was somewhat fractured but the score and the performances were largely supurb. The second time was literally a 48 hour flight to/from London specifically to enjoy the show and to have my perfunctory caviar and champagne at Harrods in the Food Halls. I love the Phantom as well. I've seen it 2-3 times in London, once in NYC, and once in Vegas at the Venetian. I would love for Lloyd Webber to write at least one final original musical before he gets too old. Lately he seems content to do remakes of previous famous works. I think his latest endeavor is Cinderella to be presented on the West End.

Announced yesterday that the US/Canada border will remain closed for at least another 30 days. Meaning freight with essential items or individuals that have a compelling reason to travel. I guess there will be no trips to Montreal in May. Meanwhile, 72 COVID-related deaths in all of Quebec on Saturday. Greater Montreal is considered the COVID hotspot for all of Canada. That being the case, I don't see most things re-opening there anytime soon. Maybe June/July will see some bars/restaurants re-opening.

Bummer. In the world of political correctness, the company has decided to remove the "Butter Maiden" that has donned their packaging for nearly 100 years. Growing up in the Midwest, Land O' Lakes butter was always a fixture in our house. The change has happened quickly. I bought a four-stick pack of Land O' Lakes butter yesterday and she was already gone. I'll miss the old gal but I guess everything must come to an end. https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/land-olakes-removes-the-more-than-100-year-old-american-indian-butter-maiden-logo-from-packaging/ar-BB12KCmA?ocid=spartandhp

Not anymore apparently. That was a quick quarantine!!

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;).