Guy F.

In South Africa the police are enforcing social distancing with rubber bullets. https://gulfnews.com/world/africa/coronavirus-south-african-police-fire-rubber-bullets-at-shoppers-during-lockdown-1.1585390329796

My avatar is a portrait from 1605. He looks like he would just as soon kill you as look at you, eh?

Good video but it doesn't explore the explosive question at the bottom of my tiny brain. Can Covid-19 be transmitted by way of farts? It says virus expelled from the human body in breath can survive in the air for 3 hours but farting is different. Farts seem likely to contain particulate matter which ordinary breath does not. Particles may or may not be stopped by a layer or 2 of cloth. Said particles may or may not be hospitable to the virus. Inquiring minds want to know.

Please, people... it's Martial Law, not Marshall, meaning it's military law. The Sheriff of Los Angeles County has declared gun stores to be nonessential so they must close. What a bunch of bullshit! People will need guns to defend their toilet paper hoards from rioting mobs in another month or 2.

Our ants will use linked ant bodies to form a bridge over water.

Look up "Pet Names For Genitalia" by Weird Al Yankovic.

Hoarding toilet paper is stupid. Prepare for boredom. Get games and books. Don't forget enough sauce for all that rice you bought. "The only real luxury is hot water on a cold day and cold water on a hot day." From an article by a guy from Vanuatu with much experience regarding shortages.

Fresh leaves work better. Don't know about the Philippines but in Jamaica there is a common plant with fuzzy just-the-right-size leaves which works very well.

It makes more sense to sanitize or clean your hands before peeing. Don't know about yours, but my Purple Helmet Warrior stays safely tucked away in my pants while my hands have been in some really questionable situations.

Advice from a country with regular shortages: stop hoarding toilet paper, get ready for boredom. https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/mar/12/advice-from-a-country-with-regular-shortages-stop-hoarding-toilet-paper-get-ready-for-boredom

Response to the alcohol in hand sanitizer posts: Reminder that hand washing is better than hand sanitizer. Washing is better at physically removing germs and viruses. The weak point of the vius is a fatty layer in its shell. Soap is the better way to break down that fatty layer and kill the virus.

The Washington State cases around a nursing home with a lot of really old people, don't you know. The one nursing home so far has had 13 deaths. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/07/coronavirus-washington-kirkland-life-care-center-deaths

And down 969 today. Wheeeee!

It'll probably recover in a few months. My retirement account is our house in the PI which is unlikely to lose value.The Little Woman's retirement account doesn't gain as much as most in a bull market, but it's hedged every which way and has an ironclad guaranteed return.

Nice! Rentals of the housing type are the best and safest business to be in in the Philippines, the exception being tourism-relalted rentals in the current climate.