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• Re: A transaction has occurred on your account (fwd), robert

  Mar 24 10:18

  Don't know how this got into your Inbox. I tried something. Hopefully, won't happen again.

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  • Re: A transaction has occurred on your account (fwd), robert

    Mar 24 10:19

    Yes, it is. Hopefully, you won't get any more of these.

  • Re: A transaction has occurred on your account (fwd), robert

    Mar 25 19:26

    I may have fixed it.

• Re: About as Centrist as it gets... (fwd), robert

  Mar 24 10:28

  Interesting how there are no politicians in the upper left.

• Neil Peart tribute, Noelle

  Mar 24 19:46

  youtube.com and top 20 Bass intros youtube.com

• this is crazy, Robert

  Mar 25 08:20

  thehill.com How can this be?

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    • Re: this is crazy, Robert

      Mar 25 08:37

      Wow, this really is crazy. How could the mishandling of disease spread resulting in mass deaths not depose leaders? I guess I'll never understand humans.

      • Re: this is crazy, Robert

        Mar 25 08:48

        When 9/11 happened, my first thought and biggest worry was that G. W. Bush was going to declare martial law. Instead, what I found is that even the most liberal people I knew, suddenly rallied around the president and the flag. The USA PATRIOT was passed. ...

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      • Re: this is crazy, Robert

        Mar 25 11:15

        I might end up having to blame Nancy Pelosi, again. By bailing out the economy and keeping "stomachs full", she might just have handed Trump another 4 years.

      • Re: this is crazy, heather Howard

        Mar 25 12:17

        Can we convince all these people to retire?

• Stanford Daily update, heather Howard

  Mar 25 11:41

  stanforddaily.com

• Re: BSB Dinner @ Home — BLACK SHEEP BRASSER IE, heather Howard

  Mar 25 12:15

  Vegan or veggie - - this place is RIDICULOUSLY expensive!! When is Robert’s b-day? We’ll have to have an extra special toast. I have a bottle of Prosecco.

• Re: Van Halen on what makes this song great, robert

  Mar 25 13:21

  You are hereby shunned.

  • Re: Van Halen on what makes this song great, Noelle

    Mar 25 13:27

    hey, but when I realized that the Kinks originated it and listened to it more I appreciated the Kinks more.

• Re: [SV4Bernie] Tune in at 4 PM for live address from Bernie Sanders (fwd), robert

  Mar 25 15:42

  I'm lukewarm on it. Are they going to pepper him with questions about the assault?

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      • Re: [SV4Bernie] Tune in at 4 PM for live address from Bernie Sanders (fwd), robert

        Mar 25 19:37

        No doubt that they will. It's quite possible that it could be 4 more years of Trump, regardless of who the dems select to run against him. You may just wish you died of the virus.

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      • Re: [SV4Bernie] Tune in at 4 PM for live address from Bernie Sanders (fwd), Noelle

        Mar 25 20:42

• Reply from Gail re: [SV4Bernie] Tune in at 4 PM for live address from Bernie Sanders (fwd), Noelle

  Mar 25 16:38

• Re: May 15-17 retreat at Wilbur, robert

  Mar 25 19:31

  I'd have to cancel my TWC Circle meeting that Saturday, but, otherwise, yeah, I could make May 21-23, 2021.

• Re: May 15-17 retreat at Wilbur (fwd), robert

  Mar 25 19:33

  I sent you another email about this. Look at that one.

• Re: You've Got Voice Mail my-Oakland-voicemail-number, Robert

  Mar 25 19:41

  This is CVS wanting us to get 3 months worth of prescriptions.

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    • Re: You've Got Voice Mail my-Oakland-voicemail-number, Robert

      Mar 26 06:15

      Possibly.

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  • Re: You've Got Voice Mail my-Oakland-voicemail-number, Robert

    Sep 23 18:06

    The census people. Again.

• send Doug Henwood's 3/26/2020 show to/ Clan, robert

  Mar 26 00:16

• Re: Unumhum Brewing Virtual Happy Hour - With Real Beer, Robert

  Mar 27 08:06

  Are you doing this tonight?

  • Re: Unumhum Brewing Virtual Happy Hour - With Real Beer, Noelle

    Mar 27 08:17

    yes

• 19 volt AC/DC power adapter for your laptop, Robert

  Mar 27 08:22

  centralcomputer.com It appears that the store is open. I could order online and we could pick it up at the Santa Clara store on Stevens Creek. Thoughts?

  • Re: 19 volt AC/DC power adapter for your laptop, Robert

    Mar 27 08:27

    Looks like Fry's is open, too, but with limited hours. yelp.com

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      • Re: 19 volt AC/DC power adapter for your laptop, Robert

        Mar 27 08:59

        The charger at Central Computers is more compact.

      • Re: 19 volt AC/DC power adapter for your laptop, Robert

        Mar 27 09:58

        I ordered it for pick-up. I'll get further emails regarding the order. I'll likely pick it up tomorrow.

• Re: Local Dining Open for Take-out, Delivery and Pick-up (fwd), robert

  Mar 27 08:35

  Is this a single service? Or, does each restaurant do its own thing?

• Re: install, robert

  Mar 27 09:28

  I installed it. I also set it up so that if Spotify is running, the screen saver will be disabled. So, if you want the screen to turn off, be sure to close Spotify when you are done.

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    • Re: install, robert

      Mar 27 10:00

      Do that, yes. Technically, I think installing the desktop app was unnecessary, but it's fine.

• Re: Some journalists are nervous?, Noelle

  Mar 27 13:37

• Re: gig & freelance workers left out of paid sick leave bill, robert

  Mar 27 19:17

  I assume that the stimulus bill did not rectify this.

  • Re: gig & freelance workers left out of paid sick leave bill, heather Howard

    Mar 27 20:25

    No

• Re: census response rates, robert

  Mar 27 19:23

  That's definitely very nifty.

  • Re: census response rates, robert

    Mar 28 13:24

    datacenterresearch.org It appears that the paper questionnaire won't be mailed out 'til mid-April.

• Re: and Barr wants to suspend some constitutional rights, robert

  Mar 27 19:26

  Yeah, this is damn frightening. Not sure the people with large caches of guns will like this, either.

• Re: FW: by Gail from Tricia Baur re; Bend Calculation re: Coronavirus (fwd), robert

  Mar 27 19:45

  To be honest, I think it will be worse here than in Italy. Or any other country, actually. When I made my initial back-of-the-envelope calculations, I had assumed that the number of infections would peak some time between May and August and would kill bet...

  • Re: FW: by Gail from Tricia Baur re; Bend Calculation re: Coronavirus (fwd), robert

    Mar 29 08:40

    I see here: weforum.org that, with the flattened curve, the stay-in-place will end in early August. (This is for Great Britain, but I think the U.S. will be similar.) Michael Moore says that this will come in waves and that we'll have to go through this ag...

    • Re: FW: by Gail from Tricia Baur re; Bend Calculation re: Coronavirus (fwd), robert

      Mar 29 08:46

      Looks like my dad would almost definitely die if he gets this. He has many of the pre-existing conditions.

      • lack of an ICD-10 code for Covid-19, robert

        Mar 29 08:48

        washingtonpost.com

• Re: Newsom's order, Robert

  Mar 27 19:51

  The unsheltered population are going to be the hardest hit in this plague.

• Re: intolerable acts in electoral-vote, robert

  Mar 27 19:58

  Yeah, pretty interesting.

• Re: RT propaganda, robert

  Mar 27 20:06

  I just now added RT to our Roku channels.

• Re: Response from Rep. Zoe Lofgren (fwd), robert

  Mar 28 11:37

  Maybe one of Zoe's staffers tried to type it in.

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  • Re: Response from Rep. Zoe Lofgren (fwd), robert

    Apr 22 08:31

    Not sure she's going to help find Marnie's letter.

• Re: Staying In (fwd), robert

  Mar 28 11:46

  Where?

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    • Re: Staying In (fwd), robert

      Mar 28 13:34

      OK, I'll have to take your word for it, then.

• Re: libertarian rep objects to voice vote, robert

  Mar 28 11:49

  Did you already watch this?

  • Re: libertarian rep objects to voice vote, Noelle

    Mar 28 12:36

    only a few minutes long

• Re: MOBA interpretation, robert

  Mar 28 11:50

  What Facebook part?

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    • Re: MOBA interpretation, robert

      Mar 28 13:31

      No. Did you attach it to your email?

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      • Re: MOBA interpretation, robert

        Mar 28 14:00

        You mean, "JUICING: BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY"?

      • Re: MOBA interpretation, Noelle

        Mar 28 14:03

• Re: casting off household help (fwd), robert

  Mar 28 11:55

  I didn't see this reference in the article.

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    • Re: casting off household help (fwd), robert

      Mar 28 13:29

      Maybe they edited it out later.

• Re: East Bay Express changes hands, robert

  Mar 28 12:23

  Eventually, there will be no local news.

• Re: Fw: Earn Your Master¢s Degree in Yoga Studies from Naropa University (fwd), robert

  Mar 28 12:25

  Are you saying that the yoga teacher market is saturated?

• Re: Larry Summers asks obvious question, robert

  Mar 28 12:29

  For some reason, twitter never works for me.

• Re: A Time to Reflect (fwd), robert

  Mar 28 12:33

  Interesting. Let's see if there are any future stories about this.

• Re: origin of political parties + alien and sedition acts, robert

  Mar 28 12:41

  I had never heard of the XYZ Affair. Damn, John Adams sounds like an asshole. I'm embarrassed to be from New England.

  • Re: origin of political parties + alien and sedition acts, Noelle

    Mar 28 13:14

    DAvid McCullough rescued his reputation with his Adams book(also for Truman in his Truman book,come to think of it) then there was that really compelling dramatization of his life.

• Re: usps not protecting workers, robert

  Mar 28 12:45

  Not surprising that the people in the lowest castes are cared for the least. Maybe it's finally time to have a strike. Or a sick-in. Or something.

• Re: punk for president truck/beer heist, robert

  Mar 28 12:49

  World wide chaos. It's like Mogadishu.

• Re: checking in (fwd), robert

  Mar 28 12:56

  I'm finding the news repetitive and boring, frankly. President for life. For pro-life?

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  • Re: checking in (fwd), Noelle

    Mar 29 07:51

  • Re: checking in (fwd), robert

    Apr 02 07:39

    How did you get her email address?

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      • Re: checking in (fwd), robert

        Apr 02 19:52

        Interesting. Next time, send me the bounce. I'd like to see it. Thanks.

• Re: Conspiracy theories about Dr. Fauci, Robert

  Mar 28 13:05

  What conspiracy theories?

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  • Re: Conspiracy theories about Dr. Fauci, Noelle

    Mar 28 13:11

  • Re: Conspiracy theories about Dr. Fauci, Robert

    Apr 03 10:30

    The real question is whether these people will meet at their local churches and Elks Lodge to talk about it.

• Re: Sad, Robert

  Mar 28 13:37

  Looks like it's still out of service.

• Re: Fwd: Cash assistance to workers impacted by the coronavirus crisis, Robert

  Mar 28 13:40

  I don't support MoveOn any more since they managed to stop Bill Clinton from being impeached.

• Re: end of quarantine by Easter? (fwd), robert

  Mar 28 13:46

  By looking at the curves so far, it's pretty doubtful that Santa Clara will even peak by Easter. It hasn't even really hit the unsheltered here yet. After that happens, we'll know that the curve should start to flatten some time (who knows how long) after...

• Re: it's class war, robert

  Mar 28 13:50

  This analysis from electoral-vote is good. It shows that any stimulus will depend critically upon who exactly receives financial relief. Landlords and the wealthy just sticking the money in the bank does nobody any good.

• local relief fund runs out of money already, Noelle

  Mar 28 14:03

  mercurynews.com I did donate today for the Santa Clara County fund

• Rick Beato and Limelight, Robert

  Mar 28 14:15

  I looked at the drums music sheet for Limelight and Rick Beato is right. The time signatures keep changing every few measures. Basically, it looks like they (Alex and Geddy) just wrote whatever sounded good and just played that without paying attention to ...

• Re: kalimba, robert

  Mar 28 14:33

  Looks like a mounted Jew's harp.

• Re: Good Karma, robert

  Mar 28 17:03

  Bum-mer.

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    • Re: Good Karma, robert

      Apr 01 07:42

      Maybe Tony and Alba's would be better? Depends on whether we want leftovers or not.

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      • Re: Good Karma, robert

        Apr 01 07:59

        Another possibility would be to take a rain check and wait until late summer to celebrate.

• Re: "Senior Hour" from 9-10 am & Other New Procedures at Farmers Markets, robert

  Mar 29 08:10

  I'm trying to remember what time we went to the farmers market yesterday. It was pretty early. It might have been before 10am. So, I guess we weren't breaking any rules. There weren't many people there, anyway.

• Re: Freedom Limoncello, Robert

  Mar 29 08:14

  I expect that we'll be having limes in about 2 months. I would also expect that we'll still be in stay-in-place by then. So, we can try this with limes at that time.

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  • Re: Freedom Limoncello, Noelle

    Mar 29 08:17

    thanks also this morning, speaking of freedom in a way, electoral-vote.com has published my letter about Official Socialism Approval Poll electoral-vote.com in the COVID-19 Thoughts section

• Re: Sunday LIVE-STREAM Class (fwd), robert

  Mar 29 09:44

  Have a good class?

• Re: on the ending of 1st Reformed, robert

  Mar 29 10:12

  Well, did the Amanda Seyfried character really go to the church and did the Ethan Hawke character really take off his suicide vest? I mean, at what point should any part of a film be considered "real" or not? The writer/director must have loved wikipedia....

  • Re: on the ending of 1st Reformed, heather Howard

    Mar 29 15:50

    It was a weird film

• Re: park closure, robert

  Mar 29 19:04

  Timing is everything. wikipedia.org(sketch)

• Fwd: Thank so much, heather Howard

  Mar 29 21:59

• Re: Your Central Computers Order #000005967 Confirmation, Robert

  Mar 30 08:33

  The fact that I still haven't heard back from Central about your power supply bodes poorly, especially considering this: gizmodo.com So, it's more important than ever not to give me beverages or food while I'm on a computer. I also suggest that you do not ...

• Re: Addressing COVID-19 in the Homeless Community - Public Health Department - County of Santa Clara, robert

  Mar 30 08:39

  Can you imagine getting a serious sickness while living in a homeless camp? I just don't see this all ending well.

• Re: Out in the world, Robert

  Mar 30 09:21

  Although I already finished our taxes, I'm envious. My plan was to start filing away my paperwork, but never got around to it. Glad the shelter-in-place is going to last another 30 days. This is interesting to me. I always read about kids who enter scienc...

  • Re: Out in the world, Brian

    Mar 30 10:54

    Just to be clear, in neither of the situations I described did I feel /targeted./ I just learned from another reply to that message that "Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria" is a Thing you can have, and is associated with both autism-spectrum and ADHD.

• Re: Fw: MAGA hat discount code, Robert

  Mar 30 09:23

  Oh, yeah, I should have told you. It's virtually impossible to get off political mailing lists. I found this out at work a few years ago. You'll have to create a filter to automatically delete the messages.

• Re: Fwd: Instacart and Whole Foods (fwd), robert

  Mar 30 19:26

  Oh. Alternative pasta? Or, wait?

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    • Re: Fwd: Instacart and Whole Foods (fwd), robert

      Apr 02 07:46

      Maybe you could try Grocery Outlet first?

• have conference call at 8:30am, robert

  Mar 31 00:11

• Re: UCSF Center for BRCA Research - PHACT Study (fwd), robert

  Mar 31 08:03

  Sure.

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  • Re: UCSF Center for BRCA Research - PHACT Study (fwd), robert

    Apr 01 11:22

    OK.

• Fwd: Protect Incarcerated People from COVID-19! End Investments in Private Prisons!, heather Howard

  Mar 31 11:02

  • Re: Fwd: Protect Incarcerated People from COVID-19! End Investments in Private Prisons!, Robert

    Dec 24 13:11

    Decided to make a donation.

• Re: Happy Birthday!!!!!!Stay safe., Robert

  Apr 01 07:38

  Danke schoen

  • Re: Happy Birthday!!!!!!Stay safe., Alice Hinchcliffe

    Apr 01 09:24

    Is that how you spell it!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Re: Happy Birthday!, Robert

  Apr 01 07:39

  Thanks.

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  • Re: Happy birthday!, Robert

    Apr 01 07:45

    Our Dear Leader doesn't understand the concept of "per capital". I think percentages would be way beyond him.

    • Re: Happy birthday!, Robert

      Apr 01 07:46

      Per capita.

      • Re: Happy birthday!, Brian

        Apr 01 12:40

        Yeah, I figured that's what you meant.  :)

• Re: THIEF!!!! (fwd), robert

  Apr 01 07:40

  I never looked into this. When do you want me to?

  • Re: THIEF!!!! (fwd), robert

    Apr 02 07:50

    I never looked into this. When do you want me to?

    • Re: THIEF!!!! (fwd), robert

      Apr 02 18:03

      You'll have to download the video and watch it that way. Waterfox (Firefox) cannot play it directly.

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        Apr 02 18:11

• Re: ✨🎂HAPPY🎂✨ ✨🎂BIRTHDAY!!!🎂✨, Robert

  Apr 01 07:41

  Danke schoen

  • lost checks, Robert

    Apr 27 08:11

    Marnie - the USPS lost your letter with the checks in it. (See attached.) I filed a claim for them to find it, but, at this point, I don't think they're going to find the letter. Could you cancel the checks that were in that letter and send me replacements...

    • Re: lost checks, Robert

      Apr 27 08:42

      Noelle showed me your message. That's fine -- wait until the 1st before canceling the checks and sending replacements. I'll keep the USPS search claim open until then. Thanks.

      • Re: lost checks, Marnie

        Apr 27 08:45

        Excellent Thanks

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      • Re: lost checks, Robert

        Apr 27 08:48

        Yeah. Somehow, the carrier dropped the ball. Or, letter, in this case. That's fine. It can wait. 🤣 Yeah, know how that goes.

      • Re: lost checks, Noelle

        Apr 27 08:52

        it's called USPS Informed Delivery

      • Re: lost checks, Robert

        Apr 27 13:22

        Noelle just told me that you are charged a fee for canceling checks. On May 1st, tell me how much it costs to cancel the checks and I'll cover the costs. It would seem a bit silly that you would have to pay for a problem that the USPS caused. Do you think ...

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      • Re: lost checks, Robert

        Apr 27 19:04

        OK, if bank-to-bank transfers won't work, let's put that idea on the backburner for now. Please tell me how much Citizens Bank charges for the canceling of the checks and we'll figure out how to reimburse you for the cost. If you can do that before Friday,...

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      • Re: lost checks, Robert

        Apr 29 16:31

        I just looked it up and, no, the USPS will only reimburse the cost of insured items -- nothing else. Please tell me when you find what the total is for canceling all associated checks. I checked today and they said that they're still searching for the lett...

      • Re: lost checks, Robert

        May 01 13:09

        I'm realizing that it you don't need to cancel the checks since you wrote my name on the checks (I assume) and wrote out the amounts. Maybe you should just send me a new batch when you get a chance. P.S. I see that Citizens Bank charges $35 per stop paymen...

      • loan repayment checks, Robert

        Jun 04 07:24

        Since we got our federal refund, we want to apply it towards your loan. The refund was $577. So, it's your choice. Currently, your last payment will be 12/1/2034. Either I can move that date up to 1/1/2033, or you can suspend payments for the next 23 month...

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      • Re: loan repayment checks, Robert

        Jun 04 17:42

        We've had our Samsung for years. It's been pretty reliable. Which combination would you prefer? No, not taxes. It's just the check that the feds cut for each of us. Nothing. But, it's extra money that we could "donate" towards this cause.

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      • Re: loan repayment checks, Robert

        Jun 04 18:02

        OK, got it. I'll recalculate final dates and so on. Thanks.

      • Re: loan repayment checks, Robert

        Jun 06 18:48

        OK, the new loan termination date is 1/10/2034. Deposits towards paying back the loan will resume on 6/8/2021 but are now suspended.

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      • Re: loan repayment checks, Robert

        Jun 04 18:01

        Sure, but you still need to answer the question of which combination or selection you would prefer.

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      • Re: lost checks, Robert

        Apr 27 08:53

        I didn't see one on the letter. Unless it's somehow encoded in that barcode. Don't know.

• [no subject], Robert

  Apr 01 07:54

  Thanks.

• FW: Let's talk about it: Coronavirus Impact Week 2 Tomorrow, Robert

  Apr 01 08:06

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    • Re: FW: Let's talk about it: Coronavirus Impact Week 2 Tomorrow, Robert

      Apr 01 09:45

      I haven't heard anything from my comrades. I doubt that I'll "attend".

• Re: Fw: President Trump is telling the TRUTH, Robert

  Apr 01 10:57

  Noele, I love THE capITALs. Is there ANy PArtICULAR paTTeRN to iT?

• Zoom invite for virtual b-day gathering, heather Howard

  Apr 01 12:04

  I can get on at 5:00 p.m.: Hi there, heather howard is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: heather howard's Personal Meeting Room Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: zoom.us Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +18333021536,,7148490715# or +1650...

• [no subject], Robert

  Apr 01 17:10

  zoom.us

• facial masks, robert

  Apr 01 18:45

  Laurie Garrett says: "Masks are useless when worn outdoors and may not be very helpful even indoors. Most masks deteriorate after one or two wearings. Using the same mask day after day is worse than useless—it’s disgusting, as the contents of your mout...

• Re: facial masks (fwd), robert

  Apr 01 19:47

  Right. Unlike Trump's idiotic statement about the economy, face masks may end up being something that is worse than the disease itself.

  • Re: facial masks (fwd), robert

    Apr 03 08:35

    Well, at least I have a zillion t-shirts. Those should be easy to wear over my face, they make a fashion statement, and are easy to throw in the laundry after a single use.

• Re: what happened to photo, robert

  Apr 02 07:41

  Long gone. Would have to do it again.

  • Re: what happened to photo, robert

    Apr 02 07:42

    Oh, it might be in one of your outgoing emails, 'tho.

• Re: Happy birthday Robert!, robert

  Apr 02 07:42

  Thanks.

• Re: Zoom invite for virtual b-day gathering (fwd), robert

  Apr 02 10:38

  Funny. He has the same b-day as Cory.

  • Re: Zoom invite for virtual b-day gathering (fwd), Noelle

    Apr 02 10:45

    wow interesting

• Re: Fw: Shelter in Place Updates from SVBC, Robert

  Apr 02 11:24

  Good overall advice, but getting COVID-19 from viral shedding is probably much less likely outside, especially when it's windy.

• doug was right, Robert

  Apr 02 12:40

  github.com Signal does use Amazon Web Services (AWS) for its stuff. So, even it is not secure for organizing workers.

  • Re: doug was right, Robert

    Apr 02 12:48

    keybase.io Appears that even Keybase uses AWS. This completely sucks. We need to get rid of Amazon. Somehow.

• Re: Santana Row Curbside Pick-up & Take Out (fwd), robert

  Apr 02 13:19

  Ready to grill cuts? Sounds weird. The free toilet paper offer is also strange. I wonder if that says anything about their food.

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    • Re: Santana Row Curbside Pick-up & Take Out (fwd), robert

      Apr 02 15:43

      True. Alcohol always takes the edge off.

• Re: your birthday brother, robert

  Apr 02 15:44

  Never heard of him.

• Re: county banning at grocery stores reusable bags, robert

  Apr 02 16:30

  I didn't see it in there. Perhaps the guideline/requirement is elsewhere. I guess officials will turn to extreme measures just because there is no testing and the curve is still going up. Maybe things will calm down a little in a couple of weeks when we s...

  • Re: county banning at grocery stores reusable bags, Noelle

    Apr 02 16:42

    it's in the other link

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  • Re: county banning at grocery stores reusable bags, robert

    Apr 02 16:33

    Maybe they didn't yet get the memo. Well, I do think workers have a right to a safe work place, especially since their benefits suck and are paid so badly. Whatever we can do to make their life better, I'm all for -- even if this means polluting the envir...

• [no subject], Robert

  Apr 02 19:46

  Confirm

• Just came across this and thought I'd share...might be 1983, Jim

  Apr 02 20:27

  Jim , NahantJohn F. KennedyAmerican University, June 10, 1963

• Re: Reminder (fwd), robert

  Apr 03 07:58

  When the robots take over...

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  • Re: Reminder (fwd), robert

    Oct 19 19:58

    I put my email address on your phone. So, you'll need to bring your phone.

  • Re: Reminder (fwd), robert

    Oct 20 08:33

    I probably should've used your yahoo account for the email address. Oh, well.

• Re: the story behind Ca statehood, robert

  Apr 03 08:47

  Wow, history is a lot messier than had been my impression when I was in elementary school.

  • Re: the story behind Ca statehood, Noelle

    Apr 03 08:56

    yeah that's what the conservatives want you to think

• Re: Mother Nature's response to transgressions, robert

  Apr 03 08:57

  Maybe it's finally time to see netflix.com (despite starring Bruce Willis)

• Re: 2nd great depression?, robert

  Apr 03 09:02

  Things must be bad if the libertarian Robert Samuelson weighs in. At what point does it become necessary to admit that capitalism doesn't work?

• Re: Fw: Bike to Work Day Postponed, Robert

  Apr 03 09:05

  Thanks. Added it to my calendar.

• Re: more privacy complaints about Zoom, robert

  Apr 03 09:26

  Well, the number of users has boomed to 200 million, up from 10 million in February. So, it's doubtful that it will be going away any time soon.

• Re: Ted as victim of COVID-19 in a way, robert

  Apr 03 09:30

  No April Fools joke.

• Re: When the Invisible Hand Gives You the Finger (fwd), robert

  Apr 03 09:37

  It's too bad that this article doesn't mention Denmark that's paying people $2400 per month just to stay home and self-isolate and not try to go to work. In fact, it's too bad that there's been so little study about what other countries have done and are ...

• Re: world on fire show, robert

  Apr 03 09:39

  There's plenty to entertain us.

• Re: covid stats locally, robert

  Apr 03 09:41

  Next to COVID-19 testing, distributing statistics is the next best thing.

• Re: VTA schedule now, robert

  Apr 03 09:43

  Interesting. And, as Heather has said, sad.

• Re: goldman sachs analysis of how COVID will permanently change life, robert

  Apr 03 09:46

  Well, it certainly changes your thinking about things. Speaking of which, did your dad get his computer repaired? Did you call him back?

  • Re: goldman sachs analysis of how COVID will permanently change life, robert

    Apr 03 15:45

    Unfortunately, he lost all his installed programs. Let's hope that, after he installs Mozy/Carbonite, he'll be able to restore them.

    • Re: goldman sachs analysis of how COVID will permanently change life, robert

      Apr 03 15:57

      I just looked. It doesn't look like Mozy restores programs. Pretty crappy back-up.

• Re: data mining of Zoom, robert

  Apr 03 09:50

  It's funny that they suggest that you let Zoom generate the random ID for the meeting. I was thinking about that. How random is it? If it isn't truly random, then somebody could theoretically snoop on every meeting.

• Re: Ted Rall new book coming out, robert

  Apr 03 09:52

  I think everyone agrees that Bernie would do better under the new COVID-19 regime, but I suspect that Democrats will continue to cling to the almost-idiot instead.

• Re: truthdig workers on strike, robert

  Apr 03 09:56

  I thought Bob Scheer bullied and harassed everyone? Not sure that this is news, frankly, and certainly not a reason for shutting down the site.

• Re: oh yeah, robert

  Apr 03 09:57

  coherentbabble.com

• Re: Green Party Pres candidates, robert

  Apr 03 09:59

  We'll only get to vote for one in the fall, 'tho, right?

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    • Re: Green Party Pres candidates, robert

      Apr 18 12:02

      You mean, because they wouldn't be able to have it all online?

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      • Re: Green Party Pres candidates, robert

        Jul 03 08:59

        gp.org Seems to indicate that it's all online now. Are you still in the Democrat ecosystem?

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      • Re: Green Party Pres candidates, robert

        Aug 01 09:42

        Is it time to return to the fold?

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      • Re: Green Party Pres candidates, robert

        Aug 01 10:08

        Yes, highly recommended. Then, you'll know exactly what your signature looks like 'cause it's on your driver's license.

• Re: Fw: SBPA April Newsletter and COVID-19 update, Robert

  Apr 03 10:00

  Overwhelming, isn't it?

• Re: Le You Ethiopian Restaurant Still Open (fwd), robert

  Apr 03 10:05

  Is this like asking what the sound of one hand clapping is?

• Re: Fw: 'Shelter in Place Trivia' For You!, Robert

  Apr 03 10:07

  Like irony, is trivia dead?

  • Re: Fw: 'Shelter in Place Trivia' For You!, Noelle

    Apr 03 10:10

    April Fools prank news stories dead this year, I guess due to the rise of fake news they don't want it to be misinterpreted or else people would be offended

• Re: "I don't want to be a negative person", robert

  Apr 03 10:11

  A high-valued asshat. Not to mention a stable genius.

• Re: judo master turns 100 today;will have Zoom party, robert

  Apr 03 10:17

  Gunna Zoom, Zoom, Zoom-ah, Zoom!

• Re: Jimmy Fallon, stuck in the middle (fwd), robert

  Apr 03 10:21

  Cute.

• Re: $1,200 payments, Robert

  Apr 03 10:24

  Hopefully there will be a second stimulus.

  • Re: $1,200 payments, Flora

    Apr 03 10:54

    Bernie Sanders is trying for another.

• Re: data mining of Zoom (fwd), Robert

  Apr 03 10:25

  You only pay with your soul.

• Re: Fwd: Meetup spins off from WeWork, Robert

  Apr 03 10:27

  Probably not good timing for Meetup since most people aren't able to, ya know, meet.

• Re: American Idiot:List of Stupid things DJT said about COVID-19, robert

  Apr 03 10:39

  If it's a war, we're being led by a loser.

  • Re: American Idiot:List of Stupid things DJT said about COVID-19, Flora

    Apr 03 10:55

    Agree!

• Re: Fwd: [Issue #2: Calm] Leap Into a Painting, robert

  Apr 03 10:42

  Your dad keeps saying he's bored. Maybe he should do this, 'tho it's too late to enter any drawings.

• Re: A Journal of the Plague Year, robert

  Apr 03 10:49

  Let's hope that COVID-19 doesn't kill 30%-60% of humanity (wikipedia.org). moriareviews.com "He tells George to dream of a world that is less crowded – only for George to wake and find that six billion people, three-quarters of the population, have died...

• Re: NYTimes.com: How Much Should the Public Know About Who Has the Coronavirus?, robert

  Apr 03 10:55

  It's possible that we won't have a choice. bbc.com

• Re: Fwd: Shelter-in-place, Dish Closure, Robert

  Apr 03 11:13

  Did it run away with the spoon?

  • Re: Fwd: Shelter-in-place, Dish Closure, heather Howard

    Apr 03 11:14

    Lol

• Re: NYTimes.com: The Doctor Came to Save Lives. The Co-op Board Told Him to Get Lost., Robert

  Apr 03 11:18

  I thought gated communities were dumb. This is even dumber.

• Re: crosswalks, robert

  Apr 03 12:00

  Seems like a weird thing. Maybe making them all elbow-friendly would be a more useful exercise.