Proposed Coronavirus home workout (no running or jumping due to knee issues.): - 4 x 25 sit ups - 4 x 25 ab roller reps - 4 x 25 push ups - 3 minute plank - 2 x 30 second two point planks - 100 squats - 2 x 90 second side plank - 30 reps leg raises - 30 reps boxer crunches - 2 x 30 bicycle crunches ...

@smithers: ok, but how much gym time are you going to miss if you’re horizontal with a temperature and the shivers or, God forbid, in a coma. 🤷‍♂️ Looks like my internal debate is over. The CEO of the gym I was thinking of has also closed its doors. As always, our number one priority remains to be ...

ppnewbie wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 4:28 pm I need to work on my overbalance rules. I did get my hands on a sweet valcambi CombiBar!

PICTURES. PICTURES. PICTURES.

You have no idea how jealous I am.

I've gotta be honest. Even if the author makes good points, the overuse of bold and all caps lessens his credibility. It reads just like any number of fringe doom porn newsletters I've seen over the years (all fear and blame with no real solutions), and frankly I don't think it's helpful right now....

But wait, there's more... THE 15 DAY LIE: DON'T BE STUPID Interesting and, of course, alarming... I am no epidemiologist, and have no idea whether this guy is right or wrong, but interesting nonetheless. All I can think about is how the PP would fair if the 18 month scenario really played out how t...

I'm with you guys on this one. A lot of people seem to think that the Fed has unilateral control over interest rates. They don't. They are a large influencing factor, but they don't have unilateral control. Alan Greenspan said as much about his tenure after the financial crisis. People lambasted him...

P.S. Rest easy Smithers. You can go out and get laid. Just wait until September, maybe. Same goes for the gym, restaurants and anything fun. Just because it's open, doesn't mean it's safe. 📣 ↳ https://www.bionews.org.uk/page_148559 I know I probably shouldn't, but I am extremely torn and on the fen...

That's not a publication, just a claim. The numbers also don't make sense...they list a large number of trials and then said something about "100 patients", which is way too few for the claimed number of studies. Having reviewed a lot of papers from China, I am naturally suspicious so I d...

WiseOne wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:44 pm Not heard anything like that, but I wouldn't be shocked. There is a systemic, multi-organ inflammation that's been reported...don't know much else about it, there's been nothing mentioned in the NY DOH or CDC reports I get several times a day.

F*CK.

Now I'm much more scared than I was before...

Just got a little more real here. One of our nurse practitioners is home sick with COVID. If she was contagious last week, my entire division (me included) has been exposed. She is doing ok last I heard. And I'm perfectly fine right now thanks. I won't let my mom come visit for the next week or so ...

If we impose a lock down on the country for 18 months and save 2.2 million lives... Are the lives lost due to economic hardship included in that calculation? The suicides from lack of income? What about the general human suffering that would cause? Is torpedoing 1000 peoples' livelihoods worth, say,...

This is a fuzzy request, but can people on the forum with a longer tail of experience than me share their thoughts on this: How does this period feel compared to 2008/2009? Yes, I can see the stock market numbers, I can see some old forum posts, but it's not the same as being there. In 2008/2009 I w...

Yes, based on numbers reported by the trustworthy Chinese government ::) Even if China's cases are indeed winding down, does China really think it can eradicate the virus when most other countries in the world are aiming for herd immunity instead of eradication? The virus won't go away; it seems to...

Tortoise wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 12:39 am
Bro, haven't you heard? Everyone is going on a "coronavirus cut" while the gyms are closed. Get a head start on those washboard abs for summer.

lol I have so much restless energy right now.

I'm trying to sit still and do this assignment for my English class and I keep fidgeting...

Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 12:09 am

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 10:35 pm

Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:45 pm
You're welcome. I may still need to hire you to work on my software project, so I can't let you do anything so dumb.

I am finishing my degree this year and you have no idea how excited I am!

About finishing your degree or working on my project?

Both.

Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:45 pm
You're welcome. I may still need to hire you to work on my software project, so I can't let you do anything so dumb.

I am finishing my degree this year and you have no idea how excited I am!

Interesting. I saw a story today that I meant to read, featuring Hong Kong. Seems they have been very successful in dealing with it. Right. I was just thinking... China's cases seem to be winding down. Europe and North America are where Asia was some weeks or months back. He may be theoretically sa...

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:39 pm It took a virus, but Trudeau just closed Canada’s borders to noncitizens.

My dad is still in Hong Kong. I am hoping he will be able to come home without delay.

He is still in a "it's not that bad" mode.

That was part of what Trump spoke about this afternoon. That the airlines would be getting financial support from the government. Many of the Sunday news talk show hosts went heavy against these Republican government representatives, asking them if these were not "bailouts". Vinny Interes...

Things are moving fast.

American Airlines stock is back up some 11% as the White House is readying an airline bailout package.

Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:12 pm
Krieg, someday I need to meet you in real life...

You don't want to meet the rest of us?

Rude.

Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:08 pm Extremely dumb.
Do pushups at home.

But muh gainz...

Seriously though. You are a voice of reason. Thank you.

But also...

https://youtu.be/O_4hp8x4Hko?t=21

I don’t even mind the groupthink, but there are some incredibly nasty people there who bring the whole forum down. Here we don’t have any of that heavy handed moderating*, and yet nasty people don’t stick around. Yes, we have a smaller membership but the vibe here is just better. I visited from 200...

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 6:53 pm Is Peter Thiel on board?

Pending review by the PP council.

You are only the second person I've ever had contact with who has done that. The first was my father who told me he did that as a kid when he was growing up in Southern Italy (within sight of Pompei / Mt Vesuvius). He and my mother once made some alcohol thing in our bathtub. Never knew whether the...