Lostin76 Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 I haven't had my hair cut since probably January. I'd love a buzz cut, but my wife prefers it long. She's definitely getting her wish this year. I've even been wearing it up in a man bun - I tell myself I'm a samurai. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 5 minutes ago, Lostin76 said: I tell myself I'm a samurai. Made me think of the old Belushi SNL samurai skits... After being in the military for so long, I cannot stand having my hair long. Mine was longer than it had been since 1980 a couple of weeks back because of the virus...finally went and got it shaved to the nub about 3 weeks ago... As far as barbers go, when I first joined the USAF, I'd spend a couple of minutes telling the guys at the base barber shop how I wanted it...they'd say, "Oh yeah?" Then zip, zip, zip "That'll be 6 bucks." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leathernecks Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 I've been shaving my head for close to 10 years. One of the best decisions I ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 25 minutes ago, Leathernecks said: I've been shaving my head for close to 10 years. One of the best decisions I ever made. My head started shaving itself when I was in my mid-20s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 32 minutes ago, 5fouls said: My head started shaving itself when I was in my mid-20s. Oh yeah, well I started using "Just for Men" when I was in my mid-20's. Hell, I got more grey hair than my 80 year-old father. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 2 hours ago, IUFLA said: Made me think of the old Belushi SNL samurai skits... After being in the military for so long, I cannot stand having my hair long. Mine was longer than it had been since 1980 a couple of weeks back because of the virus...finally went and got it shaved to the nub about 3 weeks ago... As far as barbers go, when I first joined the USAF, I'd spend a couple of minutes telling the guys at the base barber shop how I wanted it...they'd say, "Oh yeah?" Then zip, zip, zip "That'll be 6 bucks." I remember my first hair cut at basic training in Fort Dix, New Jersey. Those barbers were brutal. Literally. Skin heads for every one. Zip, zip, zip. Done in a matter of seconds. And most left with bleeding heads. Really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 The old guys at crosstown barber shop in Bloomington took great care of me for years. The wife has been cutting it every 3 weeks for the past 15 plus years. She does a great job. I used to color her hair and did a decent job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted October 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 NY locking down 9 zip codes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 On 10/4/2020 at 9:31 AM, IUFLA said: Made me think of the old Belushi SNL samurai skits... After being in the military for so long, I cannot stand having my hair long. Mine was longer than it had been since 1980 a couple of weeks back because of the virus...finally went and got it shaved to the nub about 3 weeks ago... As far as barbers go, when I first joined the USAF, I'd spend a couple of minutes telling the guys at the base barber shop how I wanted it...they'd say, "Oh yeah?" Then zip, zip, zip "That'll be 6 bucks." Ha, even better a Belushi samurai! I really do prefer a buzz cut, but happy wife, happy life. She likes it long. Now it feels like it's short, but it's the longest I think it's ever been. 21 hours ago, milehiiu said: I remember my first hair cut at basic training in Fort Dix, New Jersey. Those barbers were brutal. Literally. Skin heads for every one. Zip, zip, zip. Done in a matter of seconds. And most left with bleeding heads. Really. Same story, different service branch. In boot camp at Great Lakes, the Navy barbers were brutal to recruits. I had pretty long hair then and they were laughing and making fun of me. Didn't really matter, b/c we all looked the same after that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Reacher said: NY locking down 9 zip codes And 11 others are in danger of being locked down. We are right in the midst of these zip codes, but ours isn't one of them yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Lostin76 said: And 11 others are in danger of being locked down. We are right in the midst of these zip codes, but ours isn't one of them yet. Are all of these within the 'city'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 Indiana hospital census on 10/4 was the highest number since 5/31. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotIThatLives Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 2 hours ago, 5fouls said: Indiana hospital census on 10/4 was the highest number since 5/31. With corona? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 12 minutes ago, NotIThatLives said: With corona? Sorry, yes, the corona census in the hospital is it's highest since May 31. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, Billingsley99 said: The old guys at crosstown barber shop in Bloomington took great care of me for years. The wife has been cutting it every 3 weeks for the past 15 plus years. She does a great job. I used to color her hair and did a decent job. So I'm not the only one! To be honest I enjoyed coloring her hair. I'm pretty meticulous so things like bring out my creativeness. And if a woman trusts you with here hair you know you're in good. Edited October 5, 2020 by mrflynn03 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 4 hours ago, 5fouls said: Sorry, yes, the corona census in the hospital is it's highest since May 31. 6 minutes ago, mrflynn03 said: So I'm not the only one! To be honest I enjoyed coloring her hair. I'm pretty meticulous so things like bring out my creativeness. And if a woman trusts you with here hair you know you're in good. You guys have bigger cajones than I've got...I'd be afraid I'd screw that up like Hogan's goat and have a permanent suite in the dog house... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 8 hours ago, 5fouls said: Are all of these within the 'city'? Within Brooklyn and Queens, so two of the five boroughs that make up the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotIThatLives Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, 5fouls said: Sorry, yes, the corona census in the hospital is it's highest since May 31. Interesting. In the city, I can't remember the last time we ran in on a patient we suspected covid. Wonder if the nursing homes are still getting hit hard. I moved houses right at the start of this. I knew of one nursing home that was ran over. 2 in the district. I moved closer into downtown and no nursing homes in my district and I haven't been doing overtime so I may be out of touch with what others are encountering. A medic buddy on the ambulance got covid and a few ff budies but overall not like you would think with our exposure. I heard somewhere, maybe here, an entire police force got covid. Impd in large doesn't even wear masks on scene anymore. Just my observations in a small square mile bubble near the inner city. Edited October 6, 2020 by NotIThatLives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 17 minutes ago, NotIThatLives said: Interesting. In the city, I can't remember the last time we ran in on a patient we suspected covid. Wonder if the nursing homes are still getting hit hard. I moved houses right at the start of this. I knew of one nursing home that was ran over. 2 in the district. I moved closer into downtown and no nursing homes in my district and I haven't been doing overtime so I may be out of touch with what others are encountering. A medic buddy on the ambulance got covid and a few ff budies but overall not like you would think with our exposure. I heard somewhere, maybe here, an entire police force got covid. Impd in large doesn't even wear masks on scene anymore. Just my observations on a smale square mile bubble near the inner city. I know this is all anecdotal but one of my wifes clients is an ER doctor at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. Less than a dozen covid patients in months. Hmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 35 minutes ago, mrflynn03 said: I know this is all anecdotal but one of my wifes clients is an ER doctor at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. Less than a dozen covid patients in months. Hmmm. The Indiana Department of Health site has the ability to filter data by county. I'm assuming there is only one hospital in Dubois County. Could be situation where a nursing home hit hard and the patients bypassed the ER, I guess. https://www.coronavirus.in.gov/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted October 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 Focused Prevention--the new method for handling Covid? https://gbdeclaration.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted October 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 Amazon announces their Covid cases. Remarkably, a lower percentage than the general population - despite not being locked down. https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2020/10/06/amazon_thoroughly_wrecks_narrative_about_lockdowns_being_necessary_579797.html And 70,000 tests of college kids resulting in 3 hospitalizations and 0 deaths- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdhoosier Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, Reacher said: Amazon announces their Covid cases. Remarkably, a lower percentage than the general population - despite not being locked down. https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2020/10/06/amazon_thoroughly_wrecks_narrative_about_lockdowns_being_necessary_579797.html And 70,000 tests of college kids resulting in 3 hospitalizations and 0 deaths- For Amazon, it's amazing what being tested constantly and wearing masks will do. If we could do this nationwide I think it'd help a ton and lessen the amount of restrictions imposed. As for college students, I don't think it's a surprise to many that the virus hasn't hospitalized many. I keep on seeing these tweets that seem to be stating the obvious like they are trying to prove something. The concerning thing about college students, is not them being infected, it's who they are spreading the infection to. In a perfect world if students get infected, know exactly when they are contagious, and take the necessary precautions to limit the spread then that would be fine. But if they are careless about receiving it, it's a pretty safe bet that they'll be careless about spreading it. This is a virus and it spreads exponentially. Part of that exponential spread will be to older people with an increased amount of comorbidities: Professors, janitors, employee's at local establishments, etc. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdhoosier Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, Reacher said: Focused Prevention--the new method for handling Covid? https://gbdeclaration.org/ An article article about the GDC that does a good job at portraying both perspectives on this: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/519727-trump-health-official-meets-with-doctors-pushing-herd-immunity One of the GDC's authors did clarify in the article above: Quote After this story was published, Bhattacharya, the Stanford professor, said it was “false” to say the group was pushing a herd immunity strategy. “A herd immunity strategy better describes the current lockdown policy,” he said in an email. “Herd immunity is a biological fact so of course we mention it, but it is not our strategy.” Regardless, when broaching the subject I always come back to the following: 1. We still don't know how long immunities last. 2. If we just wait 3-4 more months we *may* be able to start giving vaccines to the most vulnerable, which would avoid a lot of deaths and many more hospitalizations. 3. How do we keep the most vulnerable protected? This study and other proponents just generally or theoretically say we let young people get the virus and protect the vulnerable, but how? Up until last week, I'd say that the White House was 'protected', but the virus snuck it's way in and infected the most important people in our government. I have to think that the level of protection the WH receives is going to be way, way more than my Grandma will ever receive. Edited October 6, 2020 by tdhoosier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierhoopster Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 1 hour ago, tdhoosier said: For Amazon, it's amazing what being tested constantly and wearing masks will do. If we could do this nationwide I think it'd help a ton and lessen the amount of restrictions imposed. As for college students, I don't think it's a surprise to many that the virus hasn't hospitalized many. I keep on seeing these tweets that seem to be stating the obvious like they are trying to prove something. The concerning thing about college students, is not them being infected, it's who they are spreading the infection to. In a perfect world if students get infected, know exactly when they are contagious, and take the necessary precautions to limit the spread then that would be fine. But if they are careless about receiving it, it's a pretty safe bet that they'll be careless about spreading it. This is a virus and it spreads exponentially. Part of that exponential spread will be to older people with an increased amount of comorbidities: Professors, janitors, employee's at local establishments, etc. Heard a study this morning that roughly 2/3 of colleges polled are not testing students regularly. I can say my son who is back at school is not getting tested by the school, but then he is attending class online despite being on campus, which also seems to be happening on a number of campuses so not sure how accurate the study is, but worth noting anyway. Colleges that are opening and having students attend classes should be testing with some kind of regularity, otherwise they are part of the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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