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Nueces River Rat

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    2 hours ago, tokamak said:

    I don't have allergy problems thank God but I do get colds a lot because I have two young kids in daycare and I guess my immune system is trash. I think a lot of people don't realize the bolded part. If you're buying Sudafed or really any decongestant from off the store shelf, you're wasting your time and money. Get the good shit from behind the counter. You do have to swipe your drivers license but if you're just buying one box at a time or whatever, they'll never bother you about it.

    Correct.   By the  24 or 30 dose pack and don't buy anymore until you get close to exhausting that pack and you won't pop up on a watch list.  Likewise try buying it at the he same pharmacy you regularly use so it doesn't look like you are shopping around like someone does with Docs looking for pain meds scripts.   

    It regards to colds, Mucinex D is much better than the stuff not behind the counter.   

  2. 3 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    If you aren’t doing health/life- I wonder if you come out better from this virus or worse from a claims perspective. I’d guess better but I could see it either way

    Some life and health agents have seen an uptick in business. More so those who sell supplemental policies for hospitalizations and ICU and final expense guarantee life .  For my segment, the upside this is traditional renewal period for homeowners and autos since most people buy homes and auto during this time span through September.  But many are kind of in a holding pattern since this hit and just wanting to see how things work out the next few weeks.  I’ve had a few inquires to shop their homeowners during the last week, but it was down in general.  I was really looking forward to helping some of my Mortgage officer friends with their refinance and new loan business, but that’s kind of slowed down this last week.  Perhaps this next week it will pick up as more people who still have their jobs settle in and look at their budgets to see they are potentially missing out on some significant savings on their existing mortgages and with that, their insurance.   

  3. 12 minutes ago, torre said:

    Yes !     As exemplified by the above replies,  everyone is different.    But cedar is the "heavyweight" for me.

    We don't have much Cedar down here in the Coastal Bend although some of the pollen makes it way down here from the Hill Country when we have fronts come through.  That's one reason I wanted to spend a few extended weekends up there this spring to get a feel if it would bother me.  My oldest who lives in San Antonio has similar allergy issues as I do seems to think it doesn't bother him as much, but like you say everyone is different.   

  4. 1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Plus one on saline nasal spray.  When your nasal cavities are itching and you want to stick something up your nose to scratch, that stuff really calms things down.  Usually a blow or two after and I'm good for a couple of hours.

     

    When I had the scrip for the steroid nasal spray like Flonase way back when, I also had polyps (probably still do) and the steroid was supposed to reduce/heal those.  But man that shit hurt.

    I use the Arm and Hammer brand and it's essentially the same thing you get from making your own saline nasal wash with on those things advertised on TV. I'm using it even more now with the virus thing hoping it keeps my nasal passages clear of crud.   I don't have any scientific evidence this works, but it can't hurt if it's helping to flush out the sinus cavities.  This cold and flu season ( I got a flu shot), I didn't catch a cold and the allergy season although bad has not been as bad as previous seasons using this in conjunction with the D versions of the noted allergy meds.  

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    I just started working from home this week.  My agency is just myself and another agent and a large majority of our business is done via phone and electronic signature,  so I decided to close down the office and save on utilities which begins to go up this time of year with the temps.    It's not like we got a lot of foot traffic to begin with and the last week it was zero other than the mailman to drop off the junk mail.   I put a sign on the door saying we are open but working from home and my office phone rings directly to my cell  phone during normal business hours, so no one will even know we are working from our homes.  

     So far I think I've been a tad more productive at home vs the office for some reason.   I can't figure out why, but it might be what I need to kind of pull back and strategize on how to handle things going forward with the fallout and recovery from this virus thing.

     My oldest is home from UTSA and my youngest (8th grader) are both doing on line work and my wife (no pics) offices from home during '"normal" times.    So the house is fairly quiet during the day with little distractions.    It's been a money saver to forcing us to eat in vs out and of course saving on fuel costs.  

    I do miss my gym big time and haven't been able to really workout for two weeks.   I was able to borrow some weights and the gym owners are posting workouts which I will begin on Monday.   Still not the same thing, but will make lemonade out of lemons.   We also had a few three day weekend things to do up in the Hill Country that we had to cancel.....  that sucks.   

  6. I was a big Zyrtec user until it stopped being as effective as it once was.  On the advice of my Doc,  I started to rotate between Zyrtec, Claritin, and Allegra.   So I will go six months with one and then move on to the other...    I do this along with a simple saline spray.  This has worked for a daily routine  for 10 to 11 months during the year.

    This time of the year with the Live Oak pollen flying everywhere I have to the get the stuff with the  (D) which is kept behind the counter and you have to swear your life to a Fed Pen for a few years  you are not buying it to cook up meth.

    I don't know how my allergies will react when we move up to the Hill Country in a few years with the Cedar.   Do you all who have issues with Live Oak pollen have it with  Cedar?  If so I might have to find a good allergy  doc and get injections.   I dread March because of the pollen and this year was worse because we had no real winter to help get rid of other allergens and molds in the air.  And we haven't really had a good hard rain this month to help wash it away from outdoor surfaces so it's still lingering  all over the place.  

  7. I ran in to Wal Mart on Monday and the big freezer section was full of turkeys .   I was like WTH are we having an early Thanksgiving or something?   Or are the Turkey farms getting rid of inventory because of this Corona thing?    

  8. 16 hours ago, BrazilHorn said:

    I am not sure an employment lawyer will bother with this due to overall size. Do not sign form, he can always go to press/glassdoor etc and try some good old fashioned public shaming.

    Correct.....  But  he won't get the severance unless he signs the document.   The promise not to hold the company liable via a severance offer is standard operating procedure.    And considering the circumstances we now face, he would be probably be wise just to take it and run before the said company runs out of funds if that is the reason they are dismissing employees or they say the heck with it and withdraw it because he took to long.    The sooner he gets on line and files for unemployment the better instead of dragging it out to where his own bank account starts drying up.   Most Lawyers have the funds to survive and will place him in the back of the line if at all.  

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    One would think there should be some bargains to be had both domestically and international if the  worst case scenario threats begin to subside (or never materializes)  in July or August.   I still think I'd stay away from some of  the current  hot spots and stay close to home.   Mexico (Cabo or Puerto Vallarta)  or name your Caribbean Island via Air and not a cruise look like an option.    And not an all inclusive, but maybe a boutique type hotel or an Airbnb???     Although some of those all inclusive resorts ,  if they are hurting might be putting together some  packages which are too good not to pass on.  

  10. Just now, Buzzrock said:

     


    I wonder if we will be able to distinguish the Chinese government from the Chinese people. The Chinese (and Iranian) people are getting the shaft because of their stupid governments /noCR.

     

    I agree.   One thing from the Vox video that I posted that surprised me is these "wet markets" are primary in business for the Chinese "rich"  to get their exotic meats and not necessarily for the average person from the peasant class. Of course the rich in Chinese are the ALL part of the ruling party.   And many of them have gained their bank thanks to the export/manufacturing system they have in place with the rest of the world, primarily the USA.  

     It's not like in this country where if we want what we call exotic game, we hunt it on a special ranch,  process it immediately and don't let it get exposed to possible cross contamination issues.  

  11. 7 hours ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

    I think they are prioritizing certain things in their shipments.  Toilet paper and bottle water take up a ton of space in a trailer compared to something like coffee filters.  

    Unless idiots are using coffee filters as ghetto rigged facemasks.  

    Seriously.   I guess I didn't notice because I use a Keurig.    HEB does have plenty of Texas Pecan available.

     

  12. 1 hour ago, Goredho said:

    If you have the means, buy a camper with a kitchen, bathroom and shower and park it in your driveway.  You will have to refill propane and dump the tanks occasionally.  If you can, go social distance in Big Bend, Moab or anywhere that has BLM land if the parks are closed.

    Edit: you can get a decent used camper that can do all the above for ten grand.  Look at craigslist of FB marketplace.

    If I could, I would do this in heartbeat.

    One common thing you will notice is the initial spread has been in areas of high concentrations of people such as the cruise ships,  nursing home and densely populated areas where people live close to one another in apartments or similar quarters.  One reason we get sicker in the winter time and even in Texas where we have milder  winters than most (but we get our share of winter yuck) is because we spend most of our time indoors where germs get trapped vs being outdoors where you have fresh air circulating around to disburse them and make them less lethal.   That doesn't mean with Corona or any other airborne virus or germ, you  can go outdoors  and live on the land if you will for short time and all sleep together in one tent or camper or what have you.   But being outdoors and in areas where there  is more separation between people should be a plus.

  13. 7 hours ago, LABEVO said:

    I am going to guess we find out the same about take-out/drive-thru.

     

    "When passengers were asked to go into a two-week quarantine in their cabins, crew members continued regular duties and delivered meals to guests. The workers remained in their cabins when they weren’t on duty"

     

    How does Carnival survive this?   Can they because this occurred out of the jurisdiction of US waters on ship registered in another country?  Are they immune from possible litigation in the USA because a very good group of Trial Lawyers can make some good coin with this little nugget right here.  

  14. 4 hours ago, Hate said:

    This is 100% correct and something I've been espousing since the early days of this pandemic. The Chinese probably knew this was an issue by mid November or so.  Fuck them.  They need to feel the pain the rest of the world will feel from this. We need to re-patriot as much of our manufacturing as we possibly can and what can't be brought back to the US should go to Mexico, Central and South America.  Fuck China!

    The Chinese should be accountable once and for all  for the petri dishes called the "wet markets" where most of theses viruses originate from.   

    This Vox clip pretty much nails the issue and why the Chinese refuse to fix it.     

    One of the comments on the thread on You Tube says even our deaths will have "Made in China" label on it.

     

     

  15. 4 hours ago, tjhooker said:

    Dear Lord. I have a grandmom at a nursing home.  My dad went to see her but they would not let him in.  I would hope this was before that happened. This virus was in the US I'd guess since Jan. 

    My father in law is in an assisted living facility which is a tad different than a traditional nursing home as they don't have 24/7 medical attention, etc.    It's now off limits to non residents as my wife found that out over the weekend when she went to see him. 

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    23 hours ago, Quagmire said:

    If fucking idiots would buy stuff like they normally do there would be plenty for everyone . Just shows how fucking stupid so many people are on social media .

     

    Exactly like the false hysteria during the hurricane where the idiots caused a gas shortage .

     

    Had a hard time biting my tongue yesterday at the store making snarky remarks to all the people loaded up with shit on their carts.

     

     

    I can guarantee if something more serious then this comes along it won’t be the war, disease , etc that causes society to implode it will be dumbfucks fighting and shooting each other over fucking toilet paper

    This is exactly why once this current non sense dies off I will be purchasing one of those emergency survival kits with MRE's and other stuff.   This along with other essentials which I usually stock up on before hurricane season for which now I will have a year around supply.

    Humanity is stuck on stupid and I refuse to be part of it.

  17. On 3/8/2020 at 1:28 PM, hookem48 said:

    Used to work with a guy that played with Dickerson in high school, he said when Dickerson changed his mind the dealer came to the school and picked up the car, then SMU got it back for him.

    aggy boosters were so pissed they were on the verge of filing a complaint against SMU with the NCAA,  but then pulled back because of initial the paper trail  would have been produced by Dickerson and SMU linking the TA to aggy.     aggy has always been stupid think they got the goods or the best end of something and then door slams right in their face.  

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