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I live within a city, and I noticed soon after the stay-at-home order took effect that vehicles were traveling the empty streets at highway speeds.

The number of speeding tickets has more than doubled since the stay-at-home orders took effect.

Supermarkets in my area allow you to bring your own bags but you must bag yourself.

I went to the grocery store yesterday and they wouldn't allow me to bring in my bag. But they didn' t charge for the bag they gave me.

Who remembers this classic hilltop commercial?

 

I had a coke once - 50 years ago.

I have utilized this downtime to cook and bake just not shirtless or in my birthday suit. I just wish I could share the food with folks because there’s always so much leftovers.

I'm baking less because I have no one to share with now. Thanks to Marianne for bringing over leftover peach cobbler and chocolate cake.

I'm trying to keep my sense of humor during this pandemic but it is proving more and more difficult with each passing day. Please take what I'm about to write with a VERY large grain of salt.

Each of us living in different parts of country likely have local candy stores or bands that are damned near sacred cows. Here in Southern California it is Sees Candy which some time ago was bought out by Warren Buffet. Beautifully decorated Sees Candy Easter Eggs are a big deal here. My family has exchanged them since I was a kid -- I'll be 80 in October. Now what I want to know is why are liquor stores essential but Sees Candy stores are not.

Come visit me. I have half a pound of See's candy in the fridge.

I'm drinking the same.....none, but I need to make more iced tea.

STRESS DIET

 

Breakfast

1/2 grapefruit

1 slice whole wheat toast

8 oz. glass of milk

 

Lunch

4 oz. skinless broiled chicken breast

1 cup steamed zucchini

1 Oreo cookie

Herb tea

 

Mid-afternoon snack

Rest of the package of Oreos

1 quart Rocky Road ice cream

1 jar hot fudge

 

Dinner

2 loaves garlic bread

Large pepperoni and mushroom pizza

Large pitcher Pepsi

2 Milky Way candy bars

Entire frozen cheesecake eaten directly from the freezer

I'm eating the oreos with the dark chocolate filling.

Mmm.....triple tongue fodder!

Can I have the one in the middle?

Hi guys Buffdaddy. Now with the clubs all closed in NY I been mostly at home. Get up at 9. Brush teeth, take my meds, eat some breakfast, then I'm logged on to sexyjobs to recruit models for my friend in Philadelphia for his website slowteasinghandjobs. If it's nice I'm outside in the backyard, I already put my furniture out for the summer. I eat around 7pm watch the news and some TV, then my favorite show at 11:30 Perry Mason om MeTV. This staying home is going to get old very fast!

I'll have to get the schedule for METV and stay up later. Perry Mason was my favorite show 50 years ago, next to Maverick.

I am the older and both of us are gay

Me too. But then we're fraternal twins.

I went to my local Albertson's at noon today, and it was actually less crowded than usual on a Saturday. I found everything I was looking for--English muffins, bananas, low acid orange juice, Stouffer's frozen dinners, Dawn dishwashing detergent--and saw a lot of other regular items on my shopping list that I wasn't looking for today, like fruit, milk and eggs. No one at the checkout seemed to be buying large quantities of anything. Could the panic buying finally be subsiding?

I hope so. Maybe I can get eggs tomorrow. Thursday the man behind me had 5 gallons of milk, but the checker said they were limiting to two gallons.

Ironically had the roommate/ex pick up TP a week ago before everything went crazy. I was doing okay but worried about food and then they closed all the restaurants and bars and I started to get nervous because I don't usually cook. Living in the big entertainment district of Columbus I'm walking distance to anything but today it was empty and a lot of places were closed. So a little worried and freaked out when the roommate came home with a TON of stuff from the store. He normally doesn't panic so seeing him like this is scary. But hey I won't starve, lol.

I just canceled my flight to Columbus tomorrow. I was down to two rolls of TP a month ago so I bought a twelve pack. On Sunday the grocery had no eggs, bread, or bananas. But it still had lots of asparagus for $1.48 a lb.

I just threw in the towel and cancelled my flight on Alaska and my reservation at Inndulge. Did both on line. AA will not issue a refund since I purchased a discounted non-changeable, non-refundable ticket. However, they will issue me a travel credit for what I paid to be used before February 2021. I am good with that. Haven't heard back yet from Inndulge. Maybe they will see fit to do the same thing.

 

Wrote to Oliver to cancel. Killed me to have to do it. I live outside of Seattle, the epicenter of this outbreak. I do not generally consider myself old and decrepit, but several friends have been kind enough to point out that I am. Will be staying home from work starting today.

AA apparently did the same for me, or so I think. I paid with Wells Fargo credit card points and canceled through Wells Fargo last week. I got an email today that my travel plans had changed. I called Wells Fargo to find out what that meant. It didn't mean the reservation (for a flight tomorrow) was canceled, so hopefully they canceled today.

My phone beeps all the time, including when I get a text. I often miss the text. I don't want the aggravation of checking texts and phone calls, too. Please just call me.

One of mine is B&W game shows from the 50s and 60s like What's My Line, To Tell the Truth and the original The Price is Right.

I watched a lot of What's My Line a few weeks ago. Really enjoyed seeing all the mystery guests.

I wasn't screwed by the SALT limit of $10,000. My LA property tax is less than $3k per year. My state income tax ate up the rest of the $10K, but doubling my personal exemption to $12,000 (in 2018, $12,200 in 2019) covered what the SALT limitation took away.

 

My Federal Taxes paid has dropped from 22% in 2017, before the tax law, it's now 17%.

Thank goodness for Prop 13.

I always wonder where do those hundreds of fans on the football field come from. I don't think they came to see the game.

Back on the road to happiness my friend...!

My favorite poster is back, welcome!

My wallet disappeared in1975 while I was in the Atlanta airport to fly home. That was the first time I'd flown that the airlines required ID. They hadn't required ID on previous trips. It was quite a problem to get ID so I could fly home, but I did make it home to California the same day.

It's not very warm in March.

It's been exactly a year tomorrow since I retired. I don't see why I need so many naps now. I moved into my parent's house. Other than that, I haven't done much different yet than before I retired.

I think you're nuts to be upset about this. Miss Manners would disapprove of your calling him out.

When I was in High School everyone showered after PE. Somehow I can't remember any of the guys I saw naked.

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I'm waiting for his pants to fall off.

How can Christmas be any bigger than in the USA, where the celebration (at least in many stores) seems to start in September these days?