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Across the world it is few of the tourist places where you can even see a couple people...
https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/li...city-cams.html
Neat sight. Surreal how quiet it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by mosquito
Everyone in the GTA traveled to their cottages yesterday. :joker: With everything shut down,here,for Good Friday,it's like Sunday used to be before the age of politically correct "enlightenment". Actually,"quiet" is kind of nice.
I had to bring my daughter a care package this am. There was a little traffic heading north on Simcoe. No idea what yesterday was like. I was snug as a bug baking cookies.
Just had to stir the pot eg Trimmer ;)
If it wasn't for the neighbor going out this morning, our road would have been absolutely quiet.
No mail no traffic, other than the milk tank truck picking up milk at the two farms on our road, very quiet.
Only problem is somethings are not available. Now you may not think clothes would be a problem, but a pair of walmart pants don't last very long at work. I've had to order work clothes from the states.
Tried to order some truck parts and got told that the toyota 4runner is not sold or available in Canada or the US.:whacked:
If business want to cut their losses, they had better get websites that work and allow people to buy products. Even before this a company with hundreds of products would only have about 50 or 60 listed.
Highway 7 east of Peterborough looked like a normal summer Friday at times yesterday. Couple grocery stores had to close early so they’d still have food available for locals for the weekendQuote:
Originally Posted by trimmer21
Wait till the liquor store opens tomorrow lol.
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The video guys that want to sell footage for end of the world and humanity is eaten/taken/disappears should be getting their footage now.Quote:
Originally Posted by warpipe
... or you are the last person left on the planet and this is an automated entertainment system that encourages you to stay inside until it is time to let you out so master's pet can hunt ... buh ha ha.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rol-pPoh3A4
or it's dinner time...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIufLRpJYnI
/sigh
Good article and a good politician. Choosing his words carefully, stepping on eggshells. I was surprised to read his one “misstep”. Stop being selfish. He called a spade a spade but shouldn’t have said it. :)
I suspect this argument isn’t going to end, until restrictions are behind us.
What I now find dismaying, is that it’s still being debated. No matter where anyone falls on the topic, L side, R side, somewhere in the middle or too each their own.
The logic, the reasons not to are sound. Arguing against them is really just “justifying” it to “yourself”. Even the land tax or “patronage” arguments. Which are very debatable, though unanswerable.
“Here’s a fiddle”. Millions of people who pay land taxes, and payrolls taxes, and fees, are being told not open. A lot of them, be they mom/pop diners, in rural Ontario or small businesses in the GTA are going to go under......
“Welcome to the club”
Too each their own.
I will say, if, if JT pulls the trigger on the EMA. It might be, because too many, aren’t following. As the mayor said, he doesn’t want it to come to that.
JBen what's the EMA?
You know what he meant !!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodsman
Yep Rick. Just looking for a wee bone to pick. Make some kind of stupid point.
Some refer to it, as I do, as the EMA because it’s an extreme Measure, that gives them the power to use extreme Measures.
One step closer today.
RCMP now have the extreme power to use an extreme measure and enter people’s homes.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/corona...sort-1.4891548
I wonder if their visit will come with a free firearms search....while they are there...sort of thing!! Sorry, my bad !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by JBen
Assuming you mean that if the RCMP are enforcing The Quarantine Act against returned travelers who are failing to stay at home for the mandatory 14 days,you can bet your bottom dollar they'll know who's licensed and assume firearms will be present before they attend the residence and govern themselves accordingly.Quote:
Originally Posted by rick_iles
We have two people here that have been issued warnings. Next visit won’t be so cordial !!Quote:
Originally Posted by trimmer21
Hmmm, not willing to stop thousands of illegals crossing at Roxham Road, tolerate illegal rail blockades, vandalism of the entire rail system but we have the time to go door to door and make sure too explain compliance and the consequences of non compliance ! Don't get me wrong I'm not down playing the deadly impact of Covid 19 but some things just make you go wow.
I'm continually amazed at the mass hysteria.Quote:
Originally Posted by warpipe
With no camping on crown land, there will be less traffic now. No doubt the desired effect !!
Sorry I have got a "get out of jail card", arrest me if you like. I am already prohibited from going home, and will not see my wife or family till this is over. Three squares and a cot, why the hell not. :goodstuff:Quote:
Originally Posted by JBen
They need to get the people out of the truck stops and our fuel and parking areas. There are more campers, and RVs in the truck stops and parking areas then normal. They are taking up spaces and causing all kinds of problems.
Business as usual here in cottage country.
Have you talked to any of those folks? Are they actually taking road trip vacations taking advantage of the time off?Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowwalker
Where do you see that the RCMP have the right to enter your dwelling without a warrant?Quote:
Originally Posted by JBen
A knock on the door doesn't equal entering the house.
BTW in Ontario that wouldn't be a function of the RCMP but would fall under the local police force.
Yes. They are going camping, grandparents place or relatives. They are the " WORKING FROM HOME " people, doing digital commuting. Some are just touring around, working on the laptop and getting paid.Quote:
Originally Posted by trimmer21
Un-fckuing-believable!! Just makes you shake your head,doesn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowwalker
Lol, just like a dog that smells a wee bone under the dirt, pawing and pawing away, faster and faster, desperate to find a wee bone to chew on.
Keep digging Woodsman. I’m not biting.
That's why there's an "ignore" list,John. It works well,too.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBen
JBen when you post false information why not expect to get questioned on it?
Why not civilly debate my comments.
Lots of traffic in the air today. Air ambulance flying back and forth to Minden and one headed towards Bancroft about an hour ago real time on this site.
You have to wonder if we would have been better off following New Zealand. They reacted fairly fast, went into total lockdown, can’t do much more than leave your house for a walk, with a 4 week plan. Their numbers today are stellar.
We oth, reacted somewhat late, and poorly. We will get through the health crises, with ok numbers. But we will likely get hit hard by fallout.
More than one friend in Durham region has asked “if all the stores are closed, why all the traffic (on Friday).
Good question.
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Our supply chains are just one component. Think back just a short month ago. When rail blockades were crippling us.
We can only guess what things might look like in a month, 3-6 months. At this point, we can expect certain things to skyrocket in price, we know our deficit is going to explode. We know tax revenue is going to plummet. We know there are millions in PS we stair have to pay for. We know or can expect real estate to get whacked. This is the traditional spring market. Who the bleep in their right mind would think of buying anytime soon. So those that want or have to sell....
and on
and on
https://nationalpost.com/news/retail...box=1586615525
JB we all know these things are going to happen. Why do you keep repeating them ...Ad Nauseam? Or maybe ad infinitum.
Because unlike “cottages”, new things come to light, things change. Another facet, or angle, a different way or thing to think about.Quote:
Originally Posted by fishermccann
for example. Prior to say Thursday, the true job numbers weren’t out. Estimates were 500,000. Instead it’s 1.1million.
does that satisfy you?
Don't try to make out, that you are a modern day Nostradamus. No matter the numbers, which change daily, most everyone knew this crises would cause a day of reckoning. When you repeat it Ad nauseam, who are you trying to convince?
Ask the folks from High River.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodsman
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Fine Gord, you worry about your meaningless beaten to death dead cottage. As you to, try to paw at the ground sniffing for some wee bone you can chew on.
I’ll continue to think about the bigger picture, or change the channel per se. Add things for people to think about. How this or that might impact this or that.
Shall I report you for personal insults, off topic post that. Pardon the word play, have nothing to do with the price of tea in China as you try to find some wee bone like a puppy?
That to, “China” if using your “logic”?i Is not worth posting about. After all, we’ve all know for a long time now, a lot would get sick, a lot would die.
You really don’t think things through, do you?
Sorry, was there an insult in there somewhere? Report what? That I said I am tired of your repeating the same stuff over and over again. Give it a rest, anyone with any intelligence , knows of the economic calamity to come. Repeating it a couple of times a day is not going to change it.
Nice to see hardly no traffic up North either.
Who do I make a complaint about not getting a chocolate bunny? Really disappointed in that.
Well, you can’t blame Ford....he proclaimed the Easter Bunny as essential !!Quote:
Originally Posted by Deer Hunter
Think they'll start charging people at their cottages? Help lower the deficit by taking away from the haves. >:)
How many you want. The Walmart's, Family Dollar, and most of the grocery stores are full of them down here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deer Hunter
My fault, forgot to pick them up and now I'm staying out of grocery stores for 2 weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by rick_iles
Grocery store shelves will be full of them,tomorrow,dirt cheap,too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deer Hunter
I'm betting there will be a pretty good sale of sugar chocolate junk once this is over.
Yes, hopefully they still have some when I go grocery shopping in two weeks. These darn arrows in the store really got me confused, some isle I went in 3 times and somehow, I missed the chocolate isle completely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowwalker
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Originally Posted by JBen
ONE. That is what you asked for right, just one?.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBen
Personally I do not give a rat's butt about the doom and gloom view you hold. Does not effect me. I do remember that you have family that is not having an easy time. Sorry to hear that.
But maybe you and others should take the time to think about the fact, that the one thing that will kill you faster then anything is your own panic. The moment you panic, someone is filling out your Death Certificate.
Now as you hide at home my entire family is out on the front lines, and My wife and I have not seen each other for a few months now. Except for the possibility of getting sick, (which does not seem likely as I had many of the symptoms of Covid-19 months ago) this pandemic has been nothing but financial good for me. Kind of sucks in the romantic department, but we'll work on that later.
If you like prediction, here is one for you.
This Pandemic may be just the wake up call that finally starts to get people's heads in the right place.
Very well said.
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Originally Posted by Snowwalker
Charge with what?Quote:
Originally Posted by cramadog2
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Yes agreed Gunter. And I’ll add this, says it’s directed at teenagers but good advice for everyone...perhaps even for a few on here ....
Just stirring the pot. Who said yesterday, the time for education is over, the time for enforcement has begun.
Won't happen ... look who's at their cottage...Quote:
Originally Posted by cramadog2
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-5bgxkl...=1iopo08hz68xn
If it was the average guy... now he would get the ticket!
Staying home doesn't apply to the non-elites I guess... wonder where the RCMP etc. are.
Snow walker.
“Have to wonder if we’d have been better off following New Zealand, shutting down for 4 weeks” .is predicting where things will end up? “Wonder”.....does that not mean uncertainty in English?
Or are you referring to not knowing where or what things will look like in 1 month, or 6? On this last and have said times, no-one knows.. Does that to, not mean uncertainty in English? ..How does not knowing what things might look like translate to “doom and gloom”?.
Or are you referring to expecting prices for somethings to take off?
Like produce/milk if farmers continue to lag, have problems with supply? Thats not really a prediction, as much as known fact. Are there supply issues today? Yes there are.....But if we really want to split fine hairs. What’s the definition of an expectation....Its not a prediction I’ll say that much...
I might for example expect to have sex on Valentines...Is it a prediction? Or a reasonable conclusion, given...But alas that doesnt happen all the time...
I expect i’ll win a hand of poker, because I have pocket Aces, and a pair showing.........its a reasonable conclusion given facts, not a prediction and certainly not a certaintity....
Fact:
On the financial/economic side, things do not bode well.If you want to argue otherwise...Well I have a mountain of data, facts. That today, do not bode well. Banks for example dont offer to defer mortgage payments because they care about you......
”panic”
The only panic I think we’ve seen are people buying TP, 3 weeks supply of groceries and arguably running to their cottages.
Hopefully this is a wake up call.
Agee 100% and then some.
Jben, Panic is just that, buying more TP in one trip then you normally use in almost a year. The supply chain is not in danger of breaking down, well the may be a few hiccups as we adjust it's not going to collapse. There is going to be shortages of a couple things from overseas at the start, but that is just the delays created by the system. Shipping companies are now treating a ship and it's crew like a Deep space mission now. Ship is cleaned, ship is loaded by workers, ship is cleaned again and that has been in isolation crew is put on board and ship sails. Most ocean freighters are at sea to meet the 14 day isolation requirements, and if not they do a few circles or have a couple recreation days at seas.
i don't know if my post about the "work from home" RV survived the problems on the board. If not I'll fill anyone in just ask.
Now for the chuckle:
( The background info)
I was in a TA travel center, last weekend. The TA's have repair shops for trucks and trailers. Most the same parts ( engine, transmission, suspension, etc) used for trucks are also used on RVs.
I was in to scale and get a coffee. I parked beside a very expensive looking RV. GUESS he has been broke there ( Clovis, NM) for about a week. Seems he needs an alternator. Shop says they don't have one for his RV. 15 minutes later, get my coffee and remark to girl that I did not know they were having trouble parts for repairs. She never even paused, just looks at me and says" Oh they have four or five Alternator in the shop. They just are not going to fix the RV. THOSE PEOPLE don't need to driving all over the country like that!"
Agreed Snowwalker. There are some things though that can't reasonably be "predicted". Like human behaviour. It's predictable to a degree, but only so much. "fear and greed".
In the space of time that the forum has been down, there have been some significant changes. Some of North Americas largest meat processing plants are shutting down. Like milk, thats the bottle neck.
Re shipping.
I spent time with a company that got a lot of product/components from Thailand. 6 weeks....
I was in Panama early in the winter. Container ships pay hundreds of thousands months in advance to book their passage. From our hotel room on the Eastern side, we could see the line of cargo ships, waiting, and waiting, and waiting for their entry. The morning is spent taking West bound ships through, the afternoon, East bound ships go through. At night, it looked a city across the lake, that stretched forever...That was long before shtf.
Will it collapse? Nope, but there are going to be problems, and ripple effects.
http://https://www.facebook.com/OccupyDemocrats/videos/651523978995432/
Like many of you, I think that left-wing, Liberal, nanny-state politics is a significant threat to North American life. Lately, I think those from the FAR right are an equally dangerous threat.
Occupy Democrats..... kind of like saying Lead Now, North 99, Press Progressive etc.
More 1/7th true 6/7th fake B.S. that ignores little things like creating a committee etc.
https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/31...ng-the-danger/
Mosq: understand that my intent was not to legitimize these left-leaning groups or support their beliefs. I was just pointing out that the right-leaning media sometimes does a disservice to the public as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by mosquito
Definitely...but Occupy Democrats is about low IQ propaganda as you can go, like North 99, Lead Now etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by 73hunter
Heck lately I am not sure why I listen to CBC and some of the leftidiot media anymore, they tell you this is the news then tell you what to think. Fox, the Rebel etc. usually like to show you the news and the most of the clips (like the other day when CBC cut off the PM being asked about the COVID warning in January from the military, others showed it) then the right media asks you to think... but in the end they are still clips...
This kind of sums it up... top part is what was shown in the media, bottom half ... "the rest of the story"
http://israelstreet.org/wp-content/u.../mediabias.jpg
Trump may say some off the cuff comments but he seems to have good backup and is willing to think, unlike our useless PM.
Jben, there are problems with some of the food providers yes. Lots of time it is a problem caused by an unrelated event.
Lets use milk to talk about a theoretical problem.
The farmers are working, the feed supplies are working, the truck drivers are working, the processing plants are open.
So what is the problem?
Well the government has decided that printing and box making companies are not essential. They have to layoff or just send the employees home.
The box company makes the cartons the milk goes into and the printing company prints the label on the cartons.
No cartons, means no milk in the store.
I'm thinking people are starting to get cabin fever already. In our little town you'd hardly see any traffic when this first started. I was out yesterday and cars were coming and going every which way. I headed 8 miles out of town to sit by the river just to get out of the house and get some fresh air and again, there were cars and pickups parked at almost every little side road. I'm sure its only going to get worse especially when things start to ease up a bit.
That’s a pretty good illustration Smowwalker. :)
Might help explain why so many are still open.
That makes perfect sense. I was in our local Freshco the other day and their dairy coolers were empty along with half the shelves. The manager told me they hadn't had a truck in for 5 days. If it didn't improve,he was closing the store.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowwalker
Just a heads up on the produce supply.
Got a call from dispatch this evening.
Looks like food out of California is going to start moving again.
They planted a few weeks late( problems related to covid) but they are starting to harvest now. So in the next couple weeks you should all see better looking produce in stores. I don't know if prices will come down or by how much, but there will be fresher stuff on the shelf.
Good the last 3 zucchini we got looked horrible . Wouldn't have bought them but when you order 2 weeks in advance and let them load it into our trunk. You get what ya get I guess lol. Maybe in 6 or 7weeks I will have my own fresh ones lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowwalker
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If it doesn't keep snowing in South west Ontario. I don't think karen will putting in the garden this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by fishfood
Are you paying less for diesel? Regular gasoline seems to have gotten as low as it will go.
Filled up for 87.9 today on diesel. That's the lowest I've seen it since this whole fustercluck started. Last month or so it's been bouncing around from 0.90 to 0.99. Hardly remember what it was before all this but i feel like it was 1.10 to 1.15 before the world went to hell.Quote:
Originally Posted by sawbill
I filled up on diesel and it was $0.94 and gas was $0.74Quote:
Originally Posted by Species8472
First, I don't pay for diesel just burn it. Nice arrangement ;) when you consider they even pay me to do that.:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by sawbill
The price of fuel( Diesel/Petrol/Propane) has gone down, but everything else is pretty much the same.
As for problems with the food supply, the biggest problem is NOT the grocery store but the restaurants. As to why the restaurants are running out of supplies, I could not tell you. There is for example a Popeye's Chicken here at the Truck Stop in North Bend, WA that is running out of stuff on a daily basis. They are not getting over run by hundreds and hundreds of customers, in fact they are making less sales then normal.
The bottle neck seems to be that the labour's that sort, break down, and store in coming orders, and also pick bundle, and load out going suppliers have been declared NONESSENTIAL workers, and warehouses are working on skeleton crews.
It goes back to the milk carton problem. No one is allowed to make cartons, which means no milk on the shelf.
Of course not all states seem to be have the same problem. But I'll give you a hint which ones are.. The ones where the Governors have "D"'s behind their names.
It's a good thing our milk here comes from a bag and not a carton lol.
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