So ... after the lockdown is over, what's the first thing

[Jack]

you plan to do?

I'm thinking "go to the Movies". I like to go to the 'Tuesday Discount Movies' at night.
Course, I may be forced to go to the Barber Shop first. (I hope Bob the Barber is still in good shape, he was getting up there in age the last time I saw him)

[Trumpet]

As for me also, getting a hair cut will be priority one, and than I look forward to seeing all my friends at the social places.

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If.

[Cypress]

Disneyland
Lunch at my favorite German restaurant
Donate all the toilet paper I hoarded to a homeless shelter (j/k)

[Jack]

Disneyland
Lunch at my favorite German restaurant
Donate all the toilet paper I hoarded to a homeless shelter (j/k)

Gees. Disneyland ... the most crowded spot on Earth.
I was so thankful when my kids grew older and I NEVER had to take them to Disneyland again.
Lines, lines, and MORE lines.
If you live in SoCal, it's like a Ritual you have to do. Thank God and Praise Jesus THAT is over with!
(we would get there early, hop on the train, and go to the Haunted House)

[PostmodernProphet]

sign that petition to recall Gov. Whitmir......

[Cypress]

Gees. Disneyland ... the most crowded spot on Earth.
I was so thankful when my kids grew older and I NEVER had to take them to Disneyland again.
Lines, lines, and MORE lines.
If you live in SoCal, it's like a Ritual you have to do. Thank God and Praise Jesus THAT is over with!
(we would get there early, hop on the train, and go to the Haunted House)

Through years of experience, I have acquired a top secret method which involves going at non-peak days and non-peak hours.

[Jack]

Through years of experience, I have acquired a top secret method which involves going at non-peak days and non-peak hours.

Uh ... summertime is NOT 'non-peak'.

[Doc Dutch]

you plan to do?

I'm thinking "go to the Movies". I like to go to the 'Tuesday Discount Movies' at night.
Course, I may be forced to go to the Barber Shop first. (I hope Bob the Barber is still in good shape, he was getting up there in age the last time I saw him)

It's still Ops Normal for me as for activities. I rarely go to the movies since I'm happy with a big screen tv, sound system and DVDs.

The fact the stores and roads are less crowded now is a plus. The best reason for me to hope this ends is my 401k. I haven't tapped it yet and won't until the stock market comes back up to early February levels.

[Jack]

It's still Ops Normal for me as for activities. I rarely go to the movies since I'm happy with a big screen tv, sound system and DVDs.

The fact the stores and roads are less crowded now is a plus. The best reason for me to hope this ends is my 401k. I haven't tapped it yet and won't until the stock market comes back up to early February levels.

Yeah. The roads are cool. Less crowded at Stores.
The pullback is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I can only wish for a retest of the March 23rd lows. Unfortunately, I think we're going to be range bound for the next few years.
I'm waiting for us all to be 'immune' to this thing. Maybe next Fall it won't be as bad?

[Doc Dutch]

Yeah. The roads are cool. Less crowded at Stores.
The pullback is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I can only wish for a retest of the March 23rd lows. Unfortunately, I think we're going to be range bound for the next few years.
I'm waiting for us all to be 'immune' to this thing. Maybe next Fall it won't be as bad?

Hopefully it won't be that long, but I can see another year. The news had the projection for another wave of COVID-19 in the fall.

Events like this cause lasting social change. There were quite a few after 9/11, more than just Homeland Security and TSA. What social changes will COVID-19 bring?

One thought was that news will make more use of Zoom-type interviews instead of having guests in the studio. Audiences will be used to the idea over the next 6-12 months and such interviews allow access to a much wider selection of guests since not everyone wants to travel to wherever the studio is located.

Another change, maybe not as long lasting, is for people to be a bit more prepared for an emergency. Instead of going shopping daily or even weekly, they'll stock up and have two to three weeks of supplies on hand.

[Jack]

Hopefully it won't be that long, but I can see another year. The news had the projection for another wave of COVID-19 in the fall.

Events like this cause lasting social change. There were quite a few after 9/11, more than just Homeland Security and TSA. What social changes will COVID-19 bring?

One thought was that news will make more use of Zoom-type interviews instead of having guests in the studio. Audiences will be used to the idea over the next 6-12 months and such interviews allow access to a much wider selection of guests since not everyone wants to travel to wherever the studio is located.

Another change, maybe not as long lasting, is for people to be a bit more prepared for an emergency. Instead of going shopping daily or even weekly, they'll stock up and have two to three weeks of supplies on hand.

I agree. I see a bigger push to replace Humans with Automation. Even with this obvious shift to a more dependable Labor source, the 'politically correct' will still clamor for MORE immigration.
We don't need anymore 'Basket Weavers', we already have enough here. Machines will be viewed as more efficient and worth the investment. Humans get sick ... then they want the Employer to pay for it.

[Doc Dutch]

Hopefully, another lasting social change post-COVID is for the states and the Feds to a plan together on how to handles such emergencies.

Despite some of the "usual suspects" whining that COVID is a Chinese bioweapon plot, they aren't supporting Federal support of the states to handle the problem. What if a nation did release a bioweapon in the US? We'd be no more prepared for that than we are for COVID-19. Obviously a more likely event is what this is: a random novel virus. Either way, despite being the richest and most powerful nation on the planet, Americans are dying for lack of basic medical supplies and equipment.

[Doc Dutch]

I agree. I see a bigger push to replace Humans with Automation. Even with this obvious shift to a more dependable Labor source, the 'politically correct' will still clamor for MORE immigration.
We don't need anymore 'Basket Weavers', we already have enough here. Machines will be viewed as more efficient and worth the investment. Humans get sick ... then they want the Employer to pay for it.

Machines will, indeed, replace the basket weavers which is why it's stupid for the pro-Trumpers to clamor about Trump bringing back textile and other menial labor jobs to the US. What we need is a better ability to educate people for modern jobs. With kids locked out of schools, maybe Khan Academy and other Internet teaching tools will become more available.

[Phantasmal]

Hopefully, another lasting social change post-COVID is for the states and the Feds to a plan together on how to handles such emergencies.

Despite some of the "usual suspects" whining that COVID is a Chinese bioweapon plot, they aren't supporting Federal support of the states to handle the problem. What if a nation did release a bioweapon in the US? We'd be no more prepared for that than we are for COVID-19. Obviously a more likely event is what this is: a random novel virus. Either way, despite being the richest and most powerful nation on the planet, Americans are dying for lack of basic medical supplies and equipment.

We had an agency to do that, well, several, the funding was cut or it was disbanded. FEMA is one that could now, but this administration is filled with people who are clueless.