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Mango margaritas to go! With 2 orders of chicken mole enchiladas... you need to order takeout food to order takeout alcoholic beverages. ;). The very first time I ordered cocktails in to-go cups.
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This isn't something that I've noticed come up in local news, but if the 2020 Olympics are delayed until 2021 would have a huge impact on Birmingham. First, I'm most concerned about reducing the impact of this pandemic on the planet. However, Birmingham is to play host to the World Games in 2021 during the same time frame as a postponed Olympics. The World Games will/would be the single largest event ever held in Alabama, and the preparation that is going into hosting the world games (albeit a fraction of hosting the Olympics) is still pretty tremendous, especially for a city the size of Birmingham.
For those of you who don't know, The World Games is an event held every 4 years, just like the Olympics, that hosts global competition in sports that are not held during the olympics such as acrobatic gymnastics, ultimate frisbee, orienteering, karate, powerlifting, finswimming, squash, korfball, billiards, water skiing, dance sport, etc... IMO, for the safety of those attending the Olympics and, more selfishly, to not throw the 2021 World Games in question, a decision really needs to be made soon by the IOC. |
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haha i was waiting to see this thanks. a sign of normalcy at least. i got cans of beer with corner bistro burgers. i believe they make actual dranks to go too, not sure, i didnt ask. |
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It felt weird today driving. Me and the girlfriend were driving to Target but I took us on a detour to check out some nice homes near Hyde Park. Well, every time I saw a cop I was like WERE GONNA SAY WERE GOING TO THE TACO BELL DOWN THE ROAD because we were just roaming around. Obviously I wasn't scared of the cops but it's a weird weird world we're living in now.
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This was about a person who supposedly (per the media) died because he couldn't get a test. That's BS. He died because he didn't sensibly seek medical care when he should have. As for the "broader implications for the public safety of West Virginia", West VA's got a big problem and it's not entirely about testing. It's about several things such as rural medical capability even pre-coronavirus and also about denial on the part of its citizens who even this morning were crowding together at churches all over the state. I agree more testing of the "worried well" would be nice from an epidemiologic standpoint but nobody who's so sick they are in danger of death should not be seeking medical care for lack of a test that tells THEM (as opposed to their doctor) what's wrong with them. Quote:
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I get the feeling that Houston's current urban construction boom will end. Not because of the virus per se, but because oil is now like $20 a barrel. The city's economy is in deep trouble and we don't know it yet. I'm hoping that because this was more like a natural disaster than a market one like in 2008, the recession this year will be a small one. But I'm afraid that for Houston it will be ugly.
All I hope for is that my company comes out unscathed and I have a job here for another 2 years or however long it takes for this area in general to recover. I also get the feeling this is the end of the great historic boom where Houston had managed to add millions in a couple of decades. I think our future growth will slow down a lot. Dallas will probably cement its population lead over us and Austin will take a bigger share of relocations from other states to Texas. In a way it might be good, less gentrification and it will be easier for people in my generation to buy houses, etc. But on the other hand I don't think the impressive growth in density can continue. Urbanistically, Houston is probably heading for stagnation. The two high rises going up downtown will probably be the last for a very long time. |
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Breaking news. |
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Oil being low -> bust -> few big construction projects -> bad for us? It's all interconnected. Houston's still hideously dependent on oil. I saw somewhere that perhaps "only" 9% of our jobs are in oil and gas, but then something like 23% are in manufacturing of which the vast majority is oil and gas related equipment and steel pipe or tank fabrication or maritime stuff for offshore, etc. And someone mentioned all those generous health plans support our healthcare industry quite a bit. We are so screwed... |
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Its a good time to take some online classes.
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Anyone working in architecture feeling impacts on job security? I've been working at home for the last month (2 weeks quarantine after a vacation, then our firm started working from home 2 weeks ago), and I'm on some massive government contract, so nothing so far, but who knows. I was originally thinking of quitting to do smaller project types, but now maybe that will wait lol.
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Hopefully this will blow over soon so we can get back to raping the planet for profit.
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It's safe to say that the working class and the abject poor are not taking social distancing seriously. All of the drug dealers are at their usual spots, as are the working girls. I work at a restaurant on the weekends and our carryout and delivery business is serving a lot of parties with sheet pizzas and 50+ wing orders.
Escaping to vacation homes or just "working remotely" from your primary residence is a privilege of the white collar world. |
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The only thing to compare it with, really, is the so-called "Greatest Generation" that went through the Depression and then WW II. But to become known as a new "greatest" they'd really have to grow up quickly and cut out the "party's not over 'till it's over" mentality currently displayed all over the media. I hope they are up to it. |
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i dont know what you are seeing in the media but those are early twenty-somethings and not millennials...they were children during the recession... im looking towards 40. |
today i have to go do entry level fieldwork (deemed “essential”) because we’ve laid off entry level staff. the only thing going for me is that my salary was so fucking low during the recession that my billing rate is STILL depressed.
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other people on here say the 70s/80s were tough but that doesn't jive with my parents experience as professionals then, even in the rustbelt. it WAS NOT like this for college educated boomers.
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I don't understand why people think that the O&G industry is seriously screwed. Screwed in the short-term? No doubt. But in the long-term? absolutely not.
Life as we know it will go back to normal, therefore gas usage will go back to normal. Not only that, I think there will be a huge surge in gas usage right after all this is over as people rebook trips etc. Also, people like me who never owned O&G stocks now do because I see some medium-term profit from them. |
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Can some answer why the recovery rates are so deplorable in the West? |
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Yep. The youngest millenials are approaching mid 20s, with the oldest almost 40. Many in my age range had to deal with graduating around the great recession and stumbling through a host of internships and other underpaid "professional" work (as you describe) before beginning to have anything approaching a stable career. I'm personally in a pretty good place but for a lot of people I know this has the potential to shatter all of that, and in some cases already has. |
Apparently, closing up shop and boarding up the windows isn't just fashionable in big cities. Photos have been circulating on local Twitter accounts of several businesses on Haywood Road in West Asheville closed and boarded up for the duration... However long that may be.
Meanwhile at Firestorm Books, also on Haywood Road: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETjzbTKX...jpg&name=small Source. |
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My research group is starting twice-daily zoom calls just to say hi and pretend like we're in a real collegial environment :haha:
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I'm a planner and we meet every morning via teams for morale. It's actually kind of nice, and I'm an introvert.
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It seems like Georgia has a "Stay at Home" order announcement coming at 5 today.
As a work-from-home independent consultant this will bring my ability to earn a living to a screeching halt. Every job I ever have requires traveling to a project site either by car or air. |
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Yeah. Construction has mostly ground to a halt due to shut downs in the supply chain, and most of our income comes once a project is completed; and so no construction means no income. There's still plenty of design work to do, but with limited cash flow, we're going to be temporarily laid off in the next 2-3 weeks unless job sites can get back to work. |
To maximize social distancing at my job, our office has given people the option to work four 10-hour days, with one day off during the week, with people having different days off during the week. Today is the first day of that.
Even though I have my own office and it's in a corner of the building away from others, my boss gave me that option---which I declined. I already consider 8 hours + 1 hour of lunch a really long day, let alone working 10 hours plus 1 hour of lunch (though people were given the half hour lunch option too of course)... ...Plus, 10 hours is a really long time to fake it on those days when you really don't feel like working and you just fake it!!! :P |
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what is that now, like 10 states that are officially "stay at home" statewide? dominoes....... _ _ _ / l l l l l |
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Isn't that what SSP is for? |
I’m a planner on the private side and it’s work from home but business as usual for now. Most municipalities have shut down but are still accepting applications (except toronto.. of course toronto is closed full out). Work has shifted to preparing applications and doing other work that largely doesn’t require communications with municipalities.. we’ll see how long that lasts.
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But still, you can only look at the same websites for so long... |
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and from the recent data, florida and texas absolutely should be on that list too. once they are, then yeah, well over half. |
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My favorite coffee shop is closing tomorrow at 12. When will they reopen? God knows. In other news, apparently my cat's dick has crystallized or something, so he's constantly trying to piss and apparently the only remedy is prescription cat food that costs $30 a bag. Meanwhile my husband still has to go to work, same as always, interacting with other healthcare professionals who have probably all been exposed after a suspected case of it at his facility was tested 2 weeks ago, but no one will tell anyone what the goddamned results were. Plus we have to worry if the increasing travel restrictions will prevent him from completing the clinicals he needs to graduate, when he's only got two weeks left of the fucking things.
On the other hand, I do enjoy it, if I'm going to have chest pains from the stress, for there to be enough stress to make it really worth it. Otherwise I just feel cheated. |
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