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ChefLinda
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| jodeke wrote: | | ChefLinda wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | ChefLinda wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | CNN discussing checks. If you have direct deposit you should be getting a check in 3 weeks. If you don't have direct there will be a site that will allow you to upload your information to get direct deposit. Mnuchin commits to sending out stimulus funds in 2 weeks. |
Mnuchin is as big a liar as Trump.
| Quote: | Kasie Hunt @kasie NEW with @AlexNBCNews
Week of April 13 is earliest Americans will see direct deposit relief payments from the government;paper checks could take as long as 20 weeks -- nearly 5 months -- for some Americans |
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That commitment was on the CNN scroll. That's 2 weeks. |
Literally nothing this administration has done has exhibited the least bit of competence. If they say, oh yeah you can just upload your info, no biggie -- then you should assume: 1) they are lying or 2) it won't work or 3) no such system exists. |
I have direct deposit and I'm going to take a optimistic view. Pessimism garners nothing. |
I'm not arguing that direct deposit won't come in a few weeks, I'm saying for people who didn't file taxes online and who are expecting a paper check will be waiting several months.
Not reading my actual posts also garners nothing in the way of having a fruitful conversation. |
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| ChefLinda wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | ChefLinda wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | ChefLinda wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | CNN discussing checks. If you have direct deposit you should be getting a check in 3 weeks. If you don't have direct there will be a site that will allow you to upload your information to get direct deposit. Mnuchin commits to sending out stimulus funds in 2 weeks. |
Mnuchin is as big a liar as Trump.
| Quote: | Kasie Hunt @kasie NEW with @AlexNBCNews
Week of April 13 is earliest Americans will see direct deposit relief payments from the government;paper checks could take as long as 20 weeks -- nearly 5 months -- for some Americans |
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That commitment was on the CNN scroll. That's 2 weeks. |
Literally nothing this administration has done has exhibited the least bit of competence. If they say, oh yeah you can just upload your info, no biggie -- then you should assume: 1) they are lying or 2) it won't work or 3) no such system exists. |
I have direct deposit and I'm going to take a optimistic view. Pessimism garners nothing. |
I'm not arguing that direct deposit won't come in a few weeks, I'm saying for people who didn't file taxes online and who are expecting a paper check will be waiting several months.
Not reading my actual posts also garners nothing in the way of having a fruitful conversation. |
I don't read all of them. I respond to the ones I do.
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ChefLinda
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| jodeke wrote: | | ChefLinda wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | ChefLinda wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | ChefLinda wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | CNN discussing checks. If you have direct deposit you should be getting a check in 3 weeks. If you don't have direct there will be a site that will allow you to upload your information to get direct deposit. Mnuchin commits to sending out stimulus funds in 2 weeks. |
Mnuchin is as big a liar as Trump.
| Quote: | Kasie Hunt @kasie NEW with @AlexNBCNews
Week of April 13 is earliest Americans will see direct deposit relief payments from the government;paper checks could take as long as 20 weeks -- nearly 5 months -- for some Americans |
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That commitment was on the CNN scroll. That's 2 weeks. |
Literally nothing this administration has done has exhibited the least bit of competence. If they say, oh yeah you can just upload your info, no biggie -- then you should assume: 1) they are lying or 2) it won't work or 3) no such system exists. |
I have direct deposit and I'm going to take a optimistic view. Pessimism garners nothing. |
I'm not arguing that direct deposit won't come in a few weeks, I'm saying for people who didn't file taxes online and who are expecting a paper check will be waiting several months.
Not reading my actual posts also garners nothing in the way of having a fruitful conversation. |
I don't read all of them. I respond to the ones I do. |
It's right there above. I had even bolded it for you.  |
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jodeke
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| Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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| ChefLinda wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | ChefLinda wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | ChefLinda wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | ChefLinda wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | CNN discussing checks. If you have direct deposit you should be getting a check in 3 weeks. If you don't have direct there will be a site that will allow you to upload your information to get direct deposit. Mnuchin commits to sending out stimulus funds in 2 weeks. |
Mnuchin is as big a liar as Trump.
| Quote: | Kasie Hunt @kasie NEW with @AlexNBCNews
Week of April 13 is earliest Americans will see direct deposit relief payments from the government;paper checks could take as long as 20 weeks -- nearly 5 months -- for some Americans |
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That commitment was on the CNN scroll. That's 2 weeks. |
Literally nothing this administration has done has exhibited the least bit of competence. If they say, oh yeah you can just upload your info, no biggie -- then you should assume: 1) they are lying or 2) it won't work or 3) no such system exists. |
I have direct deposit and I'm going to take a optimistic view. Pessimism garners nothing. |
I'm not arguing that direct deposit won't come in a few weeks, I'm saying for people who didn't file taxes online and who are expecting a paper check will be waiting several months.
Not reading my actual posts also garners nothing in the way of having a fruitful conversation. |
I don't read all of them. I respond to the ones I do. |
It's right there above. I had even bolded it for you. |
OK. I'm going to go with what was just announced on CNN. I'm not on the paper list, I have direct deposit. Munchin said it won't take months. I'm going to hope THIS TIME he's not lying.
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OK. I'm going to go with what was just announced on CNN. |
Which is not any different than a Trumpster saying the same thing about Fox News.
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| DaMuleRules wrote: | | jodeke wrote: |
OK. I'm going to go with what was just announced on CNN. |
Which is not any different than a Trumpster saying the same thing about Fox News. |
OK. As I said I'm not on the paper list, I have direct deposit. I'm hoping for those who are.
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We just reopened for delivery yesterday. I have a bottle of sanitizer at the front for the gig drivers to use and I swear, every mouth breather that comes in slathers there hand in it. Utterly wasteful. Please don't let this be any of you. FFS...
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| jodeke wrote: | | Got my grocery order from Smart&Final today. I wiped everything with Lysol. I ordered more Lysol, there was none in stock. I got everything else. |
That's a dilemma. When the Lysol arrives, what are you going to wipe it down with? |
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| jonnybravo wrote: | | We just reopened for delivery yesterday. I have a bottle of sanitizer at the front for the gig drivers to use and I swear, every mouth breather that comes in slathers there hand in it. Utterly wasteful. Please don't let this be any of you. FFS... |
Great! Hope business is good! Good luck! Be well!
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| jodeke wrote: | | DaMuleRules wrote: | | jodeke wrote: |
OK. I'm going to go with what was just announced on CNN. |
Which is not any different than a Trumpster saying the same thing about Fox News. |
OK. As I said I'm not on the paper list, I have direct deposit. I'm hoping for those who are. |
I'm not sure why this is an issue. The pertinent question is how many people are likely to be in the 20-week group. If these people do not have a direct deposit link, the IRS will need to identify a correct mailing address for them. A surprising number of people do not have bank accounts at all, and many of them are either itinerant or move from apartment to apartment frequently. Speaking as an attorney who represents a lot of people in the mid- to lower-income brackets, I can tell you that it is surprising how many people meet this description who you would never suspect. I'm not just talking about homeless people and trailer park residents.
If we have 200 million taxpayers, and if 1% meet the description I just gave, that's 2 million people. Yes, it may take a long time to get the checks to some of those people.
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| Aeneas Hunter wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | DaMuleRules wrote: | | jodeke wrote: |
OK. I'm going to go with what was just announced on CNN. |
Which is not any different than a Trumpster saying the same thing about Fox News. |
OK. As I said I'm not on the paper list, I have direct deposit. I'm hoping for those who are. |
I'm not sure why this is an issue. The pertinent question is how many people are likely to be in the 20-week group. If these people do not have a direct deposit link, the IRS will need to identify a correct mailing address for them. A surprising number of people do not have bank accounts at all, and many of them are either itinerant or move from apartment to apartment frequently. Speaking as an attorney who represents a lot of people in the mid- to lower-income brackets, I can tell you that it is surprising how many people meet this description who you would never suspect. I'm not just talking about homeless people and trailer park residents.
If we have 200 million taxpayers, and if 1% meet the description I just gave, that's 2 million people. Yes, it may take a long time to get the checks to some of those people. |
I understand where you're coming from. Mnuchin mentioned opening a portal to allow those who don't have accounts to open one. I think it's going to be a long wait if you don't have an account. A check is in the mail is going to be a long time coming.
SMH Trump just said in come cases a scarf is better, it's thicker. This person is stuuuuupid!!!
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| LarryCoon wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | Got my grocery order from Smart&Final today. I wiped everything with Lysol. I ordered more Lysol, there was none in stock. I got everything else. |
That's a dilemma. When the Lysol arrives, what are you going to wipe it down with? |
Conundrum
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| DaMuleRules wrote: | | jonnybravo wrote: | | We just reopened for delivery yesterday. I have a bottle of sanitizer at the front for the gig drivers to use and I swear, every mouth breather that comes in slathers there hand in it. Utterly wasteful. Please don't let this be any of you. FFS... |
Great! Hope business is good! Good luck! Be well! |
Thanks my man!
We're fortunate in that even before the madness, about 2/3 of our revenue was takeout and delivery. Everything is okay so far. We cut down hours a smidge but at least the staff is still able to take home a decent salary. As long as we can stay afloat for a the near future we'll be okay . If not, I'm already mentally prepped for the uncertainty.
Btw, you know a lot about scuba right?
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| LarryCoon wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | Got my grocery order from Smart&Final today. I wiped everything with Lysol. I ordered more Lysol, there was none in stock. I got everything else. |
That's a dilemma. When the Lysol arrives, what are you going to wipe it down with? |
I have a good supply of Lysol. When I run out I'll use Clorox. I'll use rubber gloves, Clorox, hot water and soap. After I'm done I wash the gloves as I would my hands with soap, Clorox and hot water.
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some anagrams for Coronavirus:
Carnivorous
Racoon Virus
Various Corn
Saviour Corn
A Croon Virus
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| jonnybravo wrote: | | DaMuleRules wrote: | | jonnybravo wrote: | | We just reopened for delivery yesterday. I have a bottle of sanitizer at the front for the gig drivers to use and I swear, every mouth breather that comes in slathers there hand in it. Utterly wasteful. Please don't let this be any of you. FFS... |
Great! Hope business is good! Good luck! Be well! |
Thanks my man!
We're fortunate in that even before the madness, about 2/3 of our revenue was takeout and delivery. Everything is okay so far. We cut down hours a smidge but at least the staff is still able to take home a decent salary. As long as we can stay afloat for a the near future. We'll be okay . |
Glad to hear it!
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Enough to have made it back to the surface over a thousand times.
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^^ Sent yah a PM.
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| LarryCoon wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | Got my grocery order from Smart&Final today. I wiped everything with Lysol. I ordered more Lysol, there was none in stock. I got everything else. |
That's a dilemma. When the Lysol arrives, what are you going to wipe it down with? |
diluted bleach will do the trick |
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| jonnybravo wrote: | | ^^ Sent yah a PM. |
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| Logging in for first time in several weeks and hope this finds everyone in the Lakersground family hanging in there. We got back from an international trip and have been back home in NYC for little over two weeks now. Obviously terrible situation here but we're all good and following the edicts and just hanging out and I'm watching a lot of old Lakers games. I already did that and now it's like multiplied. But good way to pass the time. Take care all and one day we'll again be able to complain about AD's turnarounds, Rondo's playing time, Danny Green's lumbering gait, Kwame's hands, whether Jordan was better than Kobe, Phil Jackson's inability to call timeouts at the right time, Deng's contract, Magic's love of the media and so much more. Stay safe! |
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| spflakers wrote: | | Logging in for first time in several weeks and hope this finds everyone in the Lakersground family hanging in there. We got back from an international trip and have been back home in NYC for little over two weeks now. Obviously terrible situation here but we're all good and following the edicts and just hanging out and I'm watching a lot of old Lakers games. I already did that and now it's like multiplied. But good way to pass the time. Take care all and one day we'll again be able to complain about AD's turnarounds, Rondo's playing time, Danny Green's lumbering gait, Kwame's hands, whether Jordan was better than Kobe, Phil Jackson's inability to call timeouts at the right time, Deng's contract, Magic's love of the media and so much more. Stay safe! |
You too and welcome back!
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| Quote: | Jennifer J. Carroll, PhD MPH (she/her) @veruka2
1/ I am a university professor. I teach undergraduates who have been isolated at home and taking classes "remotely" for 3 weeks. Here are some things that have happened during that time.
2/ A student texted me to talk in the middle of the night because they are on campus, not at home (still allowed at my uni for those who can't return), their dad is sick, no one is answering the phone, and they were panicking that their parent had died.
3/ A student joined my Webex office hours and, mid-conversation, told me that "by the time you become a sr. in college, you really start to recognize what's important in life," and shared with me that COVID concerns had resulted in him reconnecting with his estranged brother.
4/ A student wrote me to say that she was worried about the paper coming up (on a book we've read the past 3 weeks), because turns out she can't afford the text. And her mom just got laid off. And she's concerned about ordering anything even cheaply because she doesn't want to...
5/ ...put warehouse and delivery staff at risk. She had been doing all the homework. Her friend from class, in a different state, had been calling her daily to explain the readings to her over the phone. I bought and shipped her a new copy.
6/ Note, her friend, another student in this class (let's call them Grian), has been calling her EVERY DAY to explain the reading to her. We're reading a book-length ethnography--complex stuff, non-linear stuff. I think maybe Grian is the most kind and loving person in the world
7/ One of my students has been experiencing disruptive mental health issues for the past year. They are not responding to any form of communication. We used to talk every day. I haven't heard from them in three weeks.
8/ A student emailed me with profuse apologies for late classwork, explaining that both of their grandparents had just died.
9/ Another student emailed me with profuse apologies for late classwork, explaining that their *father* had just died.
10/ I reached out to a student who had been logging into our course site but hadn't turned in any work for 3 weeks, to ask how she's doing. She is an EMT-B and was a *champ* in our in-class naloxone training last month. Easily best student in the class so this behavior was weird.
11/ She wrote back to tell me that today was the first day in the last 16 that she hasn't worked a full shift at the ER, where things have gone off the rails since COVID-19 infection spiked in our region.
12/ She is a health care professional busting her ass during this time of crisis. She is 19 years old. She is a baby. She is doing enormous and hugely necessary things. She told me she misses our class and that seminar was always the highlight of her week.
13/ She opened and closed her email with profuse apologies for her late classwork.
14/ I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you teach and have been struggling with the decision of whether to let your students off the hook, or give them flexibility, or give them time, or give them anything, I hereby grant you full and enthusiastic permission to do so.
15/ I *do* know who needs to hear this: If you teach and you are being a hard ass right now because you think your students are being lazy and have a bunch of free time on their hands while at home, you are trash, and no one likes you.
16/ Our young students are weird, anxious, confounding, beautiful, resilient little creatures. They are a blessing. Don't take them for granted. |
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| JerryWest_44 wrote: | | LarryCoon wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | Got my grocery order from Smart&Final today. I wiped everything with Lysol. I ordered more Lysol, there was none in stock. I got everything else. |
That's a dilemma. When the Lysol arrives, what are you going to wipe it down with? |
diluted bleach will do the trick |
When I run out of Lysol I'll use Clorox disinfectant bleach straight spray.
| Quote: | | We recently stepped up production of our disinfecting products to meet the needs of our consumers. As you can understand, this is a fast-moving situation, and we have a Product Supply team in place that's working around the clock to ensure people have access to our disinfecting products. Please visit Clorox.com for a full list of our retail products approved under EPA Emerging Pathogens policy. We have a number of products including Clorox® Disinfecting Bleach and Clorox® Clean Up + Bleach that are considered effective against COVID-19. |
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| ChefLinda wrote: | | Quote: | Jennifer J. Carroll, PhD MPH (she/her) @veruka2
1/ I am a university professor. I teach undergraduates who have been isolated at home and taking classes "remotely" for 3 weeks. Here are some things that have happened during that time.
2/ A student texted me to talk in the middle of the night because they are on campus, not at home (still allowed at my uni for those who can't return), their dad is sick, no one is answering the phone, and they were panicking that their parent had died.
3/ A student joined my Webex office hours and, mid-conversation, told me that "by the time you become a sr. in college, you really start to recognize what's important in life," and shared with me that COVID concerns had resulted in him reconnecting with his estranged brother.
4/ A student wrote me to say that she was worried about the paper coming up (on a book we've read the past 3 weeks), because turns out she can't afford the text. And her mom just got laid off. And she's concerned about ordering anything even cheaply because she doesn't want to...
5/ ...put warehouse and delivery staff at risk. She had been doing all the homework. Her friend from class, in a different state, had been calling her daily to explain the readings to her over the phone. I bought and shipped her a new copy.
6/ Note, her friend, another student in this class (let's call them Grian), has been calling her EVERY DAY to explain the reading to her. We're reading a book-length ethnography--complex stuff, non-linear stuff. I think maybe Grian is the most kind and loving person in the world
7/ One of my students has been experiencing disruptive mental health issues for the past year. They are not responding to any form of communication. We used to talk every day. I haven't heard from them in three weeks.
8/ A student emailed me with profuse apologies for late classwork, explaining that both of their grandparents had just died.
9/ Another student emailed me with profuse apologies for late classwork, explaining that their *father* had just died.
10/ I reached out to a student who had been logging into our course site but hadn't turned in any work for 3 weeks, to ask how she's doing. She is an EMT-B and was a *champ* in our in-class naloxone training last month. Easily best student in the class so this behavior was weird.
11/ She wrote back to tell me that today was the first day in the last 16 that she hasn't worked a full shift at the ER, where things have gone off the rails since COVID-19 infection spiked in our region.
12/ She is a health care professional busting her ass during this time of crisis. She is 19 years old. She is a baby. She is doing enormous and hugely necessary things. She told me she misses our class and that seminar was always the highlight of her week.
13/ She opened and closed her email with profuse apologies for her late classwork.
14/ I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you teach and have been struggling with the decision of whether to let your students off the hook, or give them flexibility, or give them time, or give them anything, I hereby grant you full and enthusiastic permission to do so.
15/ I *do* know who needs to hear this: If you teach and you are being a hard ass right now because you think your students are being lazy and have a bunch of free time on their hands while at home, you are trash, and no one likes you.
16/ Our young students are weird, anxious, confounding, beautiful, resilient little creatures. They are a blessing. Don't take them for granted. |
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Thanks for sharing this.
We have daily Skype/Zoom conference calls for work. And the change in everyone's demeanor over the past few weeks has been interesting. We used to spend the majority of the 30 minutes talking about work and our objectives, etc. Today, we didn't say a single thing about work. We just talked, shared stories and told jokes. We agreed to all log in after hours to all have a drink "together" next Friday nite.
 
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