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I haven't forgotten or overlooked anything AV8. We just have different views on how to live our lives. Good luck with yours. I would move to a safer place if I wanted to be safer. Guns make you slightly safer. Moving can make you very much safer. You can spend your time and money on a sniper tower modification to your home or you can spend it on finding a better place to raise your family. Your kids won't be helped by your guns when they're at school or while you're gone on a work trip, even after this COVID-19 thing gets over. You can't rationalize that away. You choose a gun. I choose location and avoiding danger. You can't convince me and I can't convince you. We're burning internet here...

This web site has some very interesting charts and data representations, even animations. Worth looking through. I think that a true date-nerd must work there. http://www.city-data.com/coronavirus/

If you want to start hoarding ECU's and AFM's and ignition modules are getting harder to find. Always nice to have some known-good parts on the shelf for torubleshooting. Keep an ECU and ignition module behind the seat, ready for the sudden-failure that those parts can experience. Edit - not sure which ignition module you're going with. but, others might need one. The bulky 280Z modules by the fusebox.

Masks might be recommended for everyone soon. Dr Anthony Fauci said the White House is examining whether to recommend more widespread usage of face masks to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said medical professionals should still have priority in receiving face masks, considering they are on the front lines against the virus. Officials previously warned Americans against hoarding masks as hospitals said they were running dangerously low on personal protective equipment. But Fauci said there could potentially be some benefit to more widespread usage of the masks if the country can get a sufficient supply of them. “Once we get in a situation where we have enough masks, I believe there will be some very serious consideration about more broadening this recommendation of using masks,” Fauci told CNN earlier today. “We’re not there yet, but I think we’re close to coming to some determination.”

Edited below - My point was that you only need one gun and a small amount of ammo to protect your home. Just like you only need a week or two's worth of TP. And what you do with it will be in the privacy of your own home. The rest of us won't see it. The details don't matter. Just like the empty TP shelves, the long lines at the gun store just seem pointless. But it makes people feel secure, so carry on with it. Any more words on this topic are pointless too. People have their beliefs. Edit - I do have to say though, that there is no way I will ever take a job in Emerald Isle, NC. Way too dangerous down there. Sounds like the place is over-run with crime. Is all of NC like that? I lived in Hattiesburg, MS for a few years and never felt threatened. Edit 3 - removed Edit 2. Bogus crime stats. Anyway, fear can be debilitating. I'd be more afraid owning a gun than I am now, without one. It would be an unnecessary danger, no matter how well-trained I was. I'll take my chances. I can still run pretty fast. Edit 4 - here is a better view on crime. Emerald Isle is 1.5 times more crimey than the average. That would be enough to make me think twice about living there. Good luck AV8. Consider moving. You're in the red zone. http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Emerald-Isle-North-Carolina.html

People in Kentucky are being asked to stay in Kentucky. If they leave and come back they're supposed to self-isolate for 14 days. Pretty good incentive.

Yes, Kushner. Were you talking about Alabama or Auburn? My mistake.

You can see his wins though. We're not winning. Kushner is not part of a winning team. So far, he'll just be a curiosity in a failing effort, something to study after the fact. Interesting though, that Saban is probably better known for lying to LSU. No offense. He is what he is.

This fear of home invasion seems significant. Can't really understand it though. It implies that the guns are never actually in a gun safe, that they are always at hand. Under the pillow. Sleeping with a shoulder holster. Ready for the invader. As far as buying guns for value, like gold, that implies that a person would then trade them for food or other supplies, in a crisis. Why not just buy canned food, meant to be stored for months or years? Seems like we're mixing the ability to shoot somebody with buying them for investment purposes. Just being real. People are free to do it though and it's their money and time. It's really a very personal thing though. It won't matter to anyone except the person whose home is invaded and the person doing the invading. Inconsequential as far as the actual COVID-19 crisis though. People at home with their guns? Doesn't matter. Buying extra guns and ammo is the same as buying extra toilet paper. No offense, I just don't see any difference.

For a real "leader" you sure don't see much of him. Cuomo is talking now about how the 50 states are bidding against FEMA for ventilators. FEMA is the Feds. Kushner is behind the scenes at the Feds. What is going on? The ventilator prices are getting blown up because of the Feds. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/13/jared-kushner-combat-coronavirus-facebook-127941

Cuomo's speaking right now. Again, just for those who want to watch a rational plan in action. He just coughed in to his hand, and put it on his mouth. A hard habit to break.. Somehow, Jared Kushner is part of the ventilator discussion.

My mistake. I was assuming that the backgrounds stayed "clean". Of course, you can start clean then get dirty. Weird that they know how many were completed but don't say how many passed. Anyway, kind of off-topic. I don't really see the connection with a pandemic. People should be setting their guns aside.

Background checks mean new people getting guns. "In recent weeks, firearm sales have skyrocketed. Background checks the key barometer of gun sales already were at record numbers in January and February, likely fueled by a presidential election year. Since the coronavirus outbreak, gun shops have reported long lines and runs on firearms and ammunition.Background checks were up 300% on March 16, compared with the same date a year ago, according to federal data shared with the NSSF, which represents gunmakers. Since Feb. 23, each day has seen roughly double the volume over 2019, according to Mark Oliva, spokesman for the group."

Feels like this should be in the humor thread. But this guy was just on stage next to the President, talking at the COVID-19 briefing. Nobody can deny how weird this is. He's the MyPillow guy! Next will be the OxiClean guy. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/30/trump-nudging-mypillow-lindell-run-office-156195

People need to listen to the video. It's very enlightening. I actually have faith the governors will step up and make things happen. Katrina was one governor of a very poor state. This is at least three, four or more governors of pretty important states, economy-wise. NY, CA, WA, NJ, MI, OH, etc. The threat of a coalition would be enough I think. The people behind Trump will know that. I was just reading about the governor of Montana saying he was having trouble getting testing supplies. Trump said that he had not heard of any problems. So, there are more governors who will be speaking up soon. The President should be aware of every state and territories' needs.

Hunkering down is only good for the short term. You can't protect your family if the means of production shut down. Unless you're a good hunter and live surrounded by wildlife, and have the means to hold off the people who want to steal it after you get it. Birx touched on the loaded issue - this is a national emergency and needs national leadership and organization. She touched it then backed away and tried to make it sound like the individual states could organize nationally. She's implying that a coalition of states organize. It's happened before and didn't end well. What's going to happen when a load of ventilators go to Italy, and one or more of our states runs out?

Some reporters are still trying to get him to admit his exaggerations. "More tests than any country". It's just a waste of time. But, I think that he really might not even understand what "per capita" means. He had an easy clear answer, along your lines, about testing in the hotspots at a high rate. It would have been a good reasonable answer. But he fumbled on even saying the term "per capita". I don't think that he understands. Anyway. They're trying to change the man. He's in his 70's. Not going to happen.

What I've learned recently is that the aerosol transmission path might be more important than thought. "They" are talking about everybody wearing masks. So, if you want to be extra careful, don't breath heavily in the presence of other people. The people in that story above were just singing, so they were exhaling and inhaling deeply. Doesn't have to be a cough or sneeze. Also, the loss of the ability to smell and taste is a sign that you've been infected.

There was a story about week ago of a "group" of 60 people in my area that had been infected with COVID-19, but there was no detail. This must have been them. A choir group decided to go ahead with a a practice. https://www.yahoo.com/news/choir-decided-ahead-rehearsal-now-023414705.html

Never mind. Too touchy. It's only Monday... Trump just got trolled by a reporter's question and he fell for it. Could not resist. Took the bait, hook, line and sinker. Now he's off on a rant about stolen masks. Trump is showing that he doesn't know what "per capita" means.

He looked at the masks and realized - "These are cloth. They could be sterilized. Make it so".

Today's briefing has turned in to a long line of corporate executives talking about doing things. I've always been of the do first, talk later motto. It's turning in to a TV show. Very strange to watch. https://www.mypillow.com/

Trump is talking now and it seems like the new focus is talking about the private companies that are making products. One is the unproven therapeutics. Sandoz and others. Ford, General Electric Healthcare, General Motors, Honeywell, Jockey, the MyPillow guy, Proctor & Gamble, Bringing the company presidents up to speak. The MyPillow guy is the first speaker. He sounds just like his commercials. CRAZY! Lots of praising of each other. President thanks the FDA, FDA thanks the President. The FDA is now making approvals based on the President's requests. Not their own expertise. All of the companies making ventilators will be sending them to foreign companies. It's a business venture. Not much mention of the States. Lots of focus on sending medical equipment to Italy. I've realized that Trump is just a really weird dude. Forget about his motives, he's just a strange strange person.

Human nature. Run!