Coronavirus:

[HONDO74]

I have seen pictures of those three before. They all live in New York City , Right....

A Country Boy Can Survive.

I had a good friend in New York City
He never called me by my name, just Hillbilly
My grandpa taught me how to live off the land
And his taught him to be a businessman
He used to send me pictures of the Broadway nights
And I'd send him some homemade wine
But he was killed by a man with a switchblade knife
For forty-three dollars my friend lost his life

[up148]

City and health leaders in St. Louis and Kansas City have asked those from their cities to voluntarily self-isolate for 14 days if they were at the Lake, not following any social distancing guidelines.

Yeah, like that's going to happen. If you're stupid enough to stand around like that, you're not about to self-isolate.

Lake of the Ozarks used to be a pretty nice place to go up into the 70's, then became overrun by those who think good manners, laws, and decency exclude them. IIRC, the state closed down what was known as the "Party Cove" several years ago, due to raunchy behavior including nudity, open sex, drownings and more. The morality in this country is abysmal.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

A Country Boy Can Survive.

I had a good friend in New York City
He never called me by my name, just Hillbilly
My grandpa taught me how to live off the land
And his taught him to be a businessman
He used to send me pictures of the Broadway nights
And I'd send him some homemade wine
But he was killed by a man with a switchblade knife
For forty-three dollars my friend lost his life

Hank Williams, Jr?

[robert.]

Someone started a facebook page. re open bucks county. It started of nice. with business owners trying to figure out how. Some opening under cover. others coming right out and saying " we are open " then it turned to a agenda driven mess. With most members showing how they can't be trusted to do something respectfully. Now it is a fight to remove face masks and " I wont enter a business that requires me to wear one. " F**king people really know how to aid in keeping a county closed.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Lake of the Ozarks used to be a pretty nice place to go up into the 70's, then became overrun by those who think good manners, laws, and decency exclude them. IIRC, the state closed down what was known as the "Party Cove" several years ago, due to raunchy behavior including nudity, open sex, drownings and more. The morality in this country is abysmal.

Sounds like this belongs in that what's happening in big cities thread - maybe it's not just a big cities phenomenon,

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Someone started a facebook page. re open bucks county. It started of nice. with business owners trying to figure out how. Some opening under cover. others coming right out and saying " we are open " then it turned to a agenda driven mess. With most members showing how they can't be trusted to do something respectfully. Now it is a fight to remove face masks and " I wont enter a business that requires me to wear one. " F**king people really know how to aid in keeping a county closed.

Nothing has changed in Bucks for 40+ years.........still a self-centered, me, me, me, me! "community".

[robert.]

So true rufus.

[HONDO74]

Lake of the Ozarks used to be a pretty nice place to go up into the 70's, then became overrun by those who think good manners, laws, and decency exclude them. IIRC, the state closed down what was known as the "Party Cove" several years ago, due to raunchy behavior including nudity, open sex, drownings and more. The morality in this country is abysmal.

Sounds like this belongs in that what's happening in big cities thread - maybe it's not just a big cities phenomenon,

Go back to pg 95. Chuck brought Lake Of The Ozarks into the conversation. and your reply was
Quote.
You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.

These are the morons from the 2 big Mo cities controlled by LIBERALS. Saint Louis & Kansas City.

[HONDO74]

Should we follow Sweden's method since they have a MUCH better health care system than the US ?

Sweden touts the success of its controversial lockdown-free coronavirus strategy, but the country still has one of the highest mortality rates in the world
https://news.yahoo.com/sweden-touts-suc ... 58096.html

Swedish officials praised the success of the country's lockdown-free coronavirus strategy on Tuesday, saying the relaxed policies had helped slow the transmission of COVID-19.

"Transmission is slowing down, the treatment of COVID-19 patients in intensive care is decreasing significantly, and the rising death toll curve has been flattened," Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said at a press briefing.

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Lake of the Ozarks used to be a pretty nice place to go up into the 70's, then became overrun by those who think good manners, laws, and decency exclude them. IIRC, the state closed down what was known as the "Party Cove" several years ago, due to raunchy behavior including nudity, open sex, drownings and more. The morality in this country is abysmal.

Sounds like this belongs in that what's happening in big cities thread - maybe it's not just a big cities phenomenon,

Go back to pg 95. Chuck brought Lake Of The Ozarks into the conversation. and your reply was
Quote.
You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.

These are the morons from the 2 big Mo cities controlled by LIBERALS. Saint Louis & Kansas City.

I think this is more than just big cities.....it's really our new reality and has been for decades IMHO. When we moved to OKC in 2006, I thought the people were very nice, although seemingly simple minded and many had trouble connecting the dots, except for a few professional we dealt with (lawyers, bankers, accountants). I mentioned, when I could, that I missed the intelligence level and work ethic of the people in the KCMO area.

Well, that has either changed a lot or I was remembering how it was in pre-2000. We've had a lot of appliances installed and much work done to the new house since returning last year and we see the same "don't give a sh*t", lackadaisical attitude here too. Might have blue hair, tatoo's, face hardware and have an opinion about everything under the sun, but when it comes to professionalism and pride in the quality of the job you do, its gone.

So, it doesn't seem to matter where you are, its the same all over.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

So, it doesn't seem to matter where you are, its the same all over.

And that was my point - singling out big cities with the pretense that everywhere is innocent, pure, and perfect is delusional.

Up in the middle of nowhere near my place in Pa they can't fill the open jobs since it seems few applicants can pass a drug test.....

[rogruth]

Here in southeast Georgia my wife is always pointing out the "Help Wanted" signs in so many businesses.
Her next question is usually why don't the unemployed people get jobs. Then I ezplain to her about drug tests.

[chuck]

Swedish officials praised the success of the country's lockdown-free coronavirus strategy on Tuesday, saying the relaxed policies had helped slow the transmission of COVID-19.

That's nice. Probably even true (that the official actually said those words). BUT they have a 10% mortality rate. If we applied that to the US that would mean 30 million deaths. They haven't reached the level of saturation for true herd immunity. The officials in Sweden actually did "suggest" that people behave differently and made the horrific assumption that they would take this seriously like they have in the past. They didn't. They have become too much like everyone else, self centered trolls all about me, me, me, me, me. The government wound up in deep doo doo and now all they can do is claim victory and move on.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Swedish officials praised the success of the country's lockdown-free coronavirus strategy on Tuesday, saying the relaxed policies had helped slow the transmission of COVID-19.

That's nice. Probably even true (that the official actually said those words). BUT they have a 10% mortality rate. If we applied that to the US that would mean 30 million deaths. They haven't reached the level of saturation for true herd immunity. The officials in Sweden actually did "suggest" that people behave differently and made the horrific assumption that they would take this seriously like they have in the past. They didn't. They have become too much like everyone else, self centered trolls all about me, me, me, me, me. The government wound up in deep doo doo and now all they can do is claim victory and move on.

Does show the consequences of making the wrong decisions despite having an excellent medical health system - simply beyond it's capacity.

And, there's another great example of re-writing reality - claim victory and move on...... The other Scandinavian countries did far better.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Those are some really clever caricatures on the "...IQ Curve" piece..