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REKIII

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    REKIII reacted to KaiserRolls in Coronavirus   
    https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/15/raleigh-police-department-declares-protesting-is-a/?fbclid=IwAR2HhKk6U61jXSxAKLR280lMSQDFaw8WGOq3IFKIw1WRUdAbPZHLZBBNDIk
     

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    REKIII got a reaction from KaiserRolls in Coronavirus   
    Anyone who doesn't think that kids are carriers are purposely being dense.  I've seen coaches try to have soccer and baseball practices.  They are stupid, but the parents are even more stupid for taking their kids.  In today's world of 'my kid wont play if they aren't there 100% of the time' is driving a lot of it, but sometimes you have to put on your big boy pants and do the right thing.
    I think shutting everything down to the 26th is asinine.  WI is not NYC.  most of the state is not Milwaukee.  Lets use our brains and consider population density.  Sadly the requirement of ;use our brains' basically negates anything I said. 
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    REKIII got a reaction from gilber33 in Coronavirus   
    Anyone who doesn't think that kids are carriers are purposely being dense.  I've seen coaches try to have soccer and baseball practices.  They are stupid, but the parents are even more stupid for taking their kids.  In today's world of 'my kid wont play if they aren't there 100% of the time' is driving a lot of it, but sometimes you have to put on your big boy pants and do the right thing.
    I think shutting everything down to the 26th is asinine.  WI is not NYC.  most of the state is not Milwaukee.  Lets use our brains and consider population density.  Sadly the requirement of ;use our brains' basically negates anything I said. 
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    REKIII got a reaction from patsbimmer1 in Coronavirus   
    Anyone who doesn't think that kids are carriers are purposely being dense.  I've seen coaches try to have soccer and baseball practices.  They are stupid, but the parents are even more stupid for taking their kids.  In today's world of 'my kid wont play if they aren't there 100% of the time' is driving a lot of it, but sometimes you have to put on your big boy pants and do the right thing.
    I think shutting everything down to the 26th is asinine.  WI is not NYC.  most of the state is not Milwaukee.  Lets use our brains and consider population density.  Sadly the requirement of ;use our brains' basically negates anything I said. 
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    REKIII reacted to patsbimmer1 in Coronavirus   
    I heard a good one recently that my wife's not fond of, Womb Gremlins
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    REKIII got a reaction from wally509 in Coronavirus   
    Yep.  This is mega suckage.  Lord Evers.  Bleh.
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    REKIII got a reaction from B C in Coronavirus   
    Yep.  This is mega suckage.  Lord Evers.  Bleh.
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    REKIII reacted to KaiserRolls in Coronavirus   
    You can do whatever you want 

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    REKIII reacted to KaiserRolls in Coronavirus   
    Fuck
    https://www.wbay.com/content/news/Governor-could-extend-safer-at-home-order-some-businesses-worried--569680861.html
    May 26th it is I guess. 
     
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    REKIII reacted to SteelBlue in Video Editing   
    Your problem with this is that Blender is a 3D animation program more so than a video editor. Kind of like using After Effects to cut and space a video.
    I agree with @suspenceful, Premier is a good program for advanced and basic editing, but it does cost money. If you are only looking to edit a couple videos, I think you can do a trial of the creative suite. Or, I think it's only like 10 bucks a month and you can get access to the creative suite and then just cancel when you are done.
    It will also allow you to export at the resolution you want. You won't need two hour video tutorials on how to use it, but you might want to search for videos specific to what you are having issues with.
    Edit: https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere.html?promoid=19SCDPSM&mv=other
    You can trial for 7 days for free and then it's $20 a month.
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    REKIII reacted to B C in chit chat thread   
    The curse can be reversed if enough unfinished project cars unfold their mirrors in unison.
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    REKIII got a reaction from B C in chit chat thread   
    I put the summers on the trackhawk.  Had to buy new ones too because the old summers were bald. 
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    REKIII reacted to jc43089 in chit chat thread   
    I like to find information from sources rather than news garbage, all news is biased.
    CDC guidelines right from the source about classifying deaths:  https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvss/coronavirus/Alert-2-New-ICD-code-introduced-for-COVID-19-deaths.pdf
      Excerpt: "Will COVID-19 be the underlying cause? The underlying cause depends upon what and where conditions are reported on the death certificate. However, the rules for coding and selection of the underlying cause of death are expected to result in COVID19 being the underlying cause more often than not."
     
    A personal example of how I see the numbers not being accurate.  My Father in Law was working in Chicago, he and my Mother in law did not leave their house after he returned just in case.  He became sick and was tested positive for COVID-19 at his employers request because they wanted him back if possible.  My mother in law also got it but was refused a test for whatever reason.  They are both fine now.  So there were 2 cases that were only recorded as one because she didn't actually get tested and have a positive result.  Also oddly he can go back to normal 72 hours after fever is gone.  But she has an order to stay quarantined for 14 more days because she was around him, even though they were sick at the same time and recovered now.
     
    Am I saying we should just ignore it all?  No, but killing small businesses while so many "essential" things are excluded is BS.  If they tried to shut down big business with money to fight back they know there would be push back.  But the little guy doesn't have resources to fight back.
     
    Do I wear a tinfoil hat and think the earth is flat?  No,  Do I trust the government to act in my best interest?  Also no.
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    REKIII reacted to GunMetalGrey in chit chat thread   
    This reminds me of why I enjoyed working with the group of engineers I did when I worked out of our office.
    We could sit and calmly discuss / debate things that we had completely opposing opinions on. No one stormed out, no one refused to talk to someone because of their opinion (well, shy of one guy) it was just good clean discussion. 
    It seems like that is becoming less common, and the polarizing of sides isn't helping us out at all. 
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    REKIII reacted to straight6pwr in Video Editing   
    Are you lucky enough that your version of Windows 10 came with the now defunct Movie Maker? A monkey could make a video with it. But it has basically no features and will look like a monkey made it.
    Windows replaced Movie Maker with another built-in video editor. I havent used it but it may be what you are looking for. Its sort of hidden, so this link will help you find it:
    https://www.howtogeek.com/355524/how-to-use-windows-10s-hidden-video-editor/
     
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    REKIII reacted to KaiserRolls in Video Editing   
    “Export” with no options leads me to believe it dumps it out in 1080p, lame 
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    REKIII reacted to straight6pwr in chit chat thread   
    is this a blood aunt, or in-law? if its blood, better get yerself checked. 
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    REKIII got a reaction from P_Roloff in chit chat thread   
    My Aunt is all in on all those conspiracy theories.  I usually just ignore it, but sometimes I have to point out the gross fallacy.  For awhile she was spouting about how the government and the mega rich had these super high tech healing machines and posted 'leaked' documents and images of them.  I realized immediately that they were set shots and artists renderings of the machine from the Prometheus movie.  I posted links and such.  She simply said that the images were only representative and that she was sure they existed.
    Now she's heavy on the 5G = Covid19 and Bill Gates being evil and selling Alien Technology.
    Crazy.
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    REKIII got a reaction from m42b32 in chit chat thread   
    My Aunt is all in on all those conspiracy theories.  I usually just ignore it, but sometimes I have to point out the gross fallacy.  For awhile she was spouting about how the government and the mega rich had these super high tech healing machines and posted 'leaked' documents and images of them.  I realized immediately that they were set shots and artists renderings of the machine from the Prometheus movie.  I posted links and such.  She simply said that the images were only representative and that she was sure they existed.
    Now she's heavy on the 5G = Covid19 and Bill Gates being evil and selling Alien Technology.
    Crazy.
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    REKIII got a reaction from B C in chit chat thread   
    My Aunt is all in on all those conspiracy theories.  I usually just ignore it, but sometimes I have to point out the gross fallacy.  For awhile she was spouting about how the government and the mega rich had these super high tech healing machines and posted 'leaked' documents and images of them.  I realized immediately that they were set shots and artists renderings of the machine from the Prometheus movie.  I posted links and such.  She simply said that the images were only representative and that she was sure they existed.
    Now she's heavy on the 5G = Covid19 and Bill Gates being evil and selling Alien Technology.
    Crazy.
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    REKIII reacted to patsbimmer1 in Coronavirus   
    I'm really sorry to hear that's happening to your family.  The same girl has been cutting my hair for 10 years or so and has been cutting my sons hair since he was 2 1/2 or so and she had to text me today to let me know that the salon she rents a spot in had to shut down because they couldn't comply with the criteria.  It sucks and I really feel for her because I know she busts her ass at what she does and this could potentially be devastating to her and her husband.  I don't think a lot of people really grasp the economic reach this is going to have and how many businesses may disappear because of this.  As a country we're going to need to return to some form of normal in spite of the spread of the virus otherwise we'll end up with a longer lasting economic downturn that's going to destroy a lot of small business and create a larger gap in market share and wealth.
    I am still out visiting customers right now and their are some dramatic differences in how this is impacting different shops.  The power equipment shops still seem to be very busy and medium truck seems to be a sector not too badly hit but the difference between two passenger/light truck shops can be dramatic.  From one shop still steady to another not seeing a car all day and I can't even say that reputation has had anything to do with it because I've seen shops with excellent reputations way down from normal.  A lot of shop owners are worried they won't be able to make payroll based on car count right now and it's scary.  I've stopped trying to "sell" customers during this time and really just try and bring some normalcy to their day.  This doesn't mean i'm not taking orders, sharing specials and setting up new accounts but i'm definitely not putting the "hard sell" on these people.  
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    REKIII got a reaction from KaiserRolls in Coronavirus   
    We had to close my wife's spa last night.  No curbside pick-up or work from home options for them.  55 people laid-off.  What a kick in the gut.  So many appts cancelled.  Hopefully it's for the best, hopefully the business will come back.  Hopefully we can pay the rent.
    Absolutely insane.
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    REKIII got a reaction from m42b32 in Coronavirus   
    We had to close my wife's spa last night.  No curbside pick-up or work from home options for them.  55 people laid-off.  What a kick in the gut.  So many appts cancelled.  Hopefully it's for the best, hopefully the business will come back.  Hopefully we can pay the rent.
    Absolutely insane.
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    REKIII got a reaction from B C in Coronavirus   
    We had to close my wife's spa last night.  No curbside pick-up or work from home options for them.  55 people laid-off.  What a kick in the gut.  So many appts cancelled.  Hopefully it's for the best, hopefully the business will come back.  Hopefully we can pay the rent.
    Absolutely insane.
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    REKIII reacted to B C in Coronavirus   
    I hope everyone has a good Wednesday. Stay positive, be that rock for somebody who may be dealing with some fear or anxiety, and know that this too shall pass.
    Every now and then we need a dose of contrast to help us appreciate the good in life.
    👍🏼
     
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