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BTW, the last time I was there, my handicapped cart was turbo charged. I’ve never had one go so fast. If I was pulling Sally Field behind me, she might have gotten airborne.

You're allowed to choose what you want in case a substitution is needed. At this point in NYC, it's hit-or-miss on finding availability. I'd had the Puff Pastry before and it's pretty good, and there's a lot of it, and I was trying to pick something that would replace the 4 pack of Turkey; I'll get more than 4 meals or snacks out of the pastry for an extra $3.50. Some of the items that were out of stock I'd chosen 'don't replace' and for others the replacement was also out of stock. The thing I'd chosen to replace the calzones with was out of stock and he tried to get something similar, but I didn't want it; he was in constant contact, which was very nice.

Dwindling supplies of carbon dioxide from ethanol plants are sparking concern about shortages of beer, soda and seltzer water – essentials for many quarantined Americans.

Dwindling supplies of carbon dioxide from ethanol plants are sparking concern about shortages of beer, soda and seltzer water – essentials for many quarantined Americans. Brewers and soft-drink makers use carbon dioxide, or CO2, for carbonation, which gives beer and soda fizz. Ethanol producers are a key provider of CO2 to the food industry, as they capture that gas as a byproduct of ethanol production and sell it in large quantities. But ethanol, which is blended into the nation’s gasoline supply, has seen production fall sharply due to the drop in gasoline demand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gasoline demand is down by more than 30 percent in the United States. The lack of ethanol output is disrupting this highly specialized corner of the food industry, as 34 of the 45 US ethanol plants that sell CO2 have idled or cut production said Renewable Fuels Association Chief Executive Geoff Cooper. CO2 suppliers to beer brewers have increased prices by about 25 percent due to reduced supply, said Bob Pease, chief executive officer of the Brewers Association. The trade group represents small and independent US craft brewers, who get about 45 percent of their CO2 from ethanol producers. “The problem is accelerating. Every day we’re hearing from more of our members about this,” said Pease, who expects some brewers to start cutting production in two to three weeks. In an April 7 letter to Vice President Mike Pence, the Compressed Gas Association (CGA) said production of CO2 had fallen about 20 percent and could be down by 50 percent by mid-April without relief, CGA CEO Rich Gottwald said in the letter. Meat producers are also feeling the pinch, as they use CO2 in processing, packaging, preservation and shipment. Orion Melehan, CEO of Santa Cruz, California-based LifeAID, a specialty beverage company, said two of his production partners are looking for alternative CO2 sources. “It does have us up at night figuring out what our options are,” Melehan said. “It highlights the laws of unintended consequences.” A spokeswoman for National Beverage Corp, whose products include LaCroix, said the company sources from a number of national CO2 suppliers and does not anticipate a supply issue. Coca-Cola Co, SodaStream owner PepsiCo Inc, wine and beer seller Constellation Brands Inc and several bottling companies did not respond to requests for comment BASTARDS! Walker Modic, environmental and social sustainability manager for Bell’s Brewery, said the Comstock, Michigan-based brewing company had “not experienced any curtailments or changes in the source of our CO2.” Denmark-based Carlsberg Group said that the company is “almost self-sufficient.” “We, in line with our sustainability program, create our own CO2 and capture it during the brewing process,” spokesman Kasper Elbjorn.

The parks are open, though the cops are trying to enforce social distancing. The playgrounds are all closed. Just ask any New Yorker where to go and they'll gladly tell you (where) to take a hike! :cool: My friend's hubby (in North Carolina) is irrationally happy that the local pickleball courts are opening.

I just got delivery of an order from BJ's Wholesale Club, delivered by InstaCart. I got 9 of the 18 items I'd requested: Replacements Wellsley Farms Puff Pastry $11.49 · 80 ct Replacement for 1x 4 pack of Lean Cuisine Comfort Roasted Turkey Breast Refunds Nabisco Ritz Crackers $8.99 · 61.65 oz 1x $0.00 Reason: Out of stock M&m's, Twix, 3 Musketeers, Milky Way & Snickers Chocolate Easter Candy Variety Mix Pieces $3.98 · 45.98 oz 1x $0.00 Reason: Out of stock Kraft Minute Instant Enriched Long Grain White Rice $6.49 · 72 oz 1x $0.00 Reason: Out of stock Stouffer's CLASSICS Stuffed Peppers $10.99 · 1x 4 pack 15.5 oz $0.00 Reason: Out of stock Uno's Chicago Grill Steak & Cheese Calzones $10.99 · 8 (30 oz) $0.00 Reason: Out of stock Perdue Fresh Chicken Wings $2.49 · per unit 4 lb $0.00 Reason: Out of stock 85% Lean15% Fat Ground Beef $2.99 · per unit 3 lb $0.00 Reason: Out of stock Wellsley Farms Fat Free Skim Milk $2.89 · 1 gal 2x $0.00 Reason: Out of stock Wellsley Farms Miami Onion Roll $3.49 · 8 ct 2x $0.00 Reason: Out of stock Found Wellsley Farms Old Fashioned Pretzel Sticks $5.99 · 3 lb Onion $1.59 · 3 lb Tyson White Meat Chicken Nuggets $10.49 · 5 lb Charmin Toilet Paper $25.99 · 32 ct Craisins Reduced Sugar Dried Cranberries $5.99 · 43 oz 2x $11.98 Entenmann's Original Recipe Chocolate Chip Cookies $2.49 · 12 oz 3 boxes $7.47 Kellogg's Raisin Bran Breakfast Cereal Original $6.99 · 76.5 oz The Fillo Factory Spinach & Cheese Fillo Pies $9.99 · 3 lb

Why don't you make sourdough pretzels?

The same way I always have... not at all.

She's been seen quarantining with Common, so what does that mean?

DANCE THIS WORLD AWAY... DANCE YOUR PAIN AWAY... The last couple of minutes of these 2 tunes make me feel peaceful:

Isn't this a socially irresponsible thread when we're all supposed to be avoiding touching our face? :cool::rolleyes:

Tiffany Haddish got, er, specific about what she is looking for in a man on Jada Pinkett Smith’s “Red Table Talk,” this week. “I prefer small penises because I feel like small ones respect you,” the comic said. “They’re kind. They buy you nice gifts. They take you nice places. They’ll come and clean your house; fix your cars for you. Small penises are penises of service.” Concluding, “Big penises just do whatever they want to do.”

I am enjoying TOMMY, which features Carmela Soprano (or is it Nurse Jackie? I get the two confused) as the first female police chief of LA. I enjoyed EVIL, and though the last 2 episodes were a bit disappointing, I look forward to season 2. BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA improved, but still has to get better. I'm hoping Chuck Lorre's track record will buy it another season. CAROL'S SECOND ACT had a few moments here and there but not nearly enough. Something kind off odd happened on the season finale. The hospital Carol works at got a new chief of staff– her ex-husband. Who played him? Kelsey Grammer, whom I assume will be joining the cast, if there’s a season 2. What’s a bit odd is that after his spectacular success as Frasier, and between her 9-year runs on RAYMOND & THE MIDDLE, they flopped as co-stars in BACK TO YOU, which lasted 17 episodes, and had them as former lovers: Chuck Darling (Grammer) and Kelly Carr (Heaton) were co-anchors of Pittsburgh news program WURG News 9 that had great on-screen chemistry, despite constant quarreling off-screen. However, Chuck left to take a job elsewhere. After an embarrassing comment he makes results in his dismissal from a large market LA newscast, Chuck returns to Pittsburgh after 10 years to become an anchor on the newscast he originally left. Chuck also learns that he is the father of Carr’s 10-year-old daughter. She must have enjoyed working with him, though, as she is an executive producer on CAROL & had to have signed off on his casting.

https://www.companyofmen.org/threads/the-golden-age-of-music.127572/

Last year I discovered Mike (Tubular Bells) Oldfield's version of an all-time classic:

“Waitress” actor Nick Cordero will have his right leg amputated as he fights for his life against the coronavirus, his wife said. The 41-year-old Cordero — who is on a ventilator — needs the surgery to fix a blood flow issue, spouse Amanda Kloots said Saturday via an Instagram Stories post. “We got some difficult news yesterday. Basically we’ve had issues in his right leg with clotting and getting blood down to his toes and it just isn’t happening with surgery and everything. So they had him on blood thinners for the clotting,” Kloots said. “Unfortunately, the blood thinners were causing some other issues — blood pressure and some internal bleeding in his intestines. So we took him off the blood thinners. But that again was going to cause some clotting in the right leg, so the right leg will be amputated today.” Cordero, a Tony Award nominee, has been sedated for 18 days and is currently in the ICU at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in California to battle against COVID-19. Kloots had announced Thursday that her husband may not walk again. Kloots, a former Broadway dancer and Radio City Rockette, has asked friends and fans to participate in daily “dance parties” while playing her husband’s song “Live Your Life” and using the hashtag #wakeupnick on social media, BroadwayWorld.com reported. Tony-winning producer Alex Boniello announced a GoFundMe drive for Cordero on Twitter. “Our friend Nick Cordero is currently in yet another emergency surgery related to his fight against COVID19. Let’s support him, his wife, and their lovely son,” Boniello wrote.

He always annoyed me with his facial tics and expressions. Never found him funny. Maybe it was his insistence on being called by his actual name, DENNIS.