First Cancelation because of Corona Virus
- Thread starter Dj Jimmy D
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Man that sucks...One local guy here just posted he lost 11 it's going to be a rough year
Did I leave you speechless Bob LOL
Maybe he caught the virus mid-reply ...
Out of the 7 events planning to postpone, 3 have already provided new dates that I'm available for, so this isn't affecting me much yet. Hoping this doesnt go past May as I'll start running out of dates to postpone with.
Well, PA just shut down ALL bars and restaurants, schools, casinos and 'non essential businesses'.
I was out today on a 90 minute each way trip to get a car...needed to take a leak. NOTHING was open...found a gas station with a restroom - I was 5th in line there.
Stopped at walmart on the way home...
Eggs? none. Potatoes, lettuce? none. Flour, bread? none. Rice? none. Canned beans of ANY kind? none. Peanut butter? nope. Chicken? outta luck. Toothpaste? almost none. TP kleenex and such? very very little. Wipes and sprays for cleaning? None.
And it was busy like christmas eve in there.
I do 40% of my annual sales in april/may with sports photography...I'm hoping this is over by mid april,but I'm fearing it may not. And even if it is...will folks be spending like normal with all this bad economic juju right now?
I was out today on a 90 minute each way trip to get a car...needed to take a leak. NOTHING was open...found a gas station with a restroom - I was 5th in line there.
Stopped at walmart on the way home...
Eggs? none. Potatoes, lettuce? none. Flour, bread? none. Rice? none. Canned beans of ANY kind? none. Peanut butter? nope. Chicken? outta luck. Toothpaste? almost none. TP kleenex and such? very very little. Wipes and sprays for cleaning? None.
And it was busy like christmas eve in there.
I do 40% of my annual sales in april/may with sports photography...I'm hoping this is over by mid april,but I'm fearing it may not. And even if it is...will folks be spending like normal with all this bad economic juju right now?
All that posting for nothing. Guy called me up planning on having that event this coming Sunday and the club is closed down until further notice. My friend was surprised to be playing there tonight and a job on Friday in the basement of the club. That kills that including me possibly getting a chance to play there on Sunday. Friday's event was to help raise money for the church one of the managers belongs to. My concern is what about those who do this full time and don't have another source of income? What will they do going forward? This thing is going to cost a lot of people money and some businesses to go out of business because they aren't making any money. This thing is getting to be real scary.
It's a good thing you can dj AND collect disability from the rest of us. I guess that's why you aren't worried.
It's going to affect FT worse than PT but when you are self employed there you usually have a contingency fund in place in case of something like this happening hopefully that is the case
And I was a "panicking half glass empty " guy just last week!
The Wedding and event industry is in for a MAJOR disruption. Those that deny this don't rely on this industry, or work in the industry very little.
Ohio shut down bars restaurants yesterday. We are pretty well stocked up on essentials but went to grocery store giant eagle to get a few thing. they were out of lots of stuff, but then went to meijer’s and they had much mor. Gas station at meijer wasn’t crowded.
I haven't been panicking, even as a full time guy, becuase of a couple of reasons. One, I didn't have many events during this time period. May is a different story. Second... all of these events will postpone, and today 3 already chose a date I'm available for. The other part is I always take extended periods off each year, so have properly budgeted for time off. This year it seems that by force that my time off will be now... and the time off I had planned will be filled with postponed dates. Lastly... I'm still booking new parties, so income is coming in.
To anyone thinking we need to see people dying around us locally for these sort of precautionary measures to make sense....
That is pure ignorance...
It's these sort of measures that are "learned" by viewing other countries "wrongs" and "rights"
I live in the only state without any form of outbreak.... and we have been on the cutting edge of any and all precautions to keep it that way... We are considered ignorant hillbillies by many... but we are resilient and are born and raised to weather the worst of these type of desperate times.. (hunters...fishermen...farmers)
Southern courtesy has also been a mainstay at stores near me... It's refreshing to see...
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That is pure ignorance...
It's these sort of measures that are "learned" by viewing other countries "wrongs" and "rights"
I live in the only state without any form of outbreak.... and we have been on the cutting edge of any and all precautions to keep it that way... We are considered ignorant hillbillies by many... but we are resilient and are born and raised to weather the worst of these type of desperate times.. (hunters...fishermen...farmers)
Southern courtesy has also been a mainstay at stores near me... It's refreshing to see...
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I had to go to the Ford dealership to get my sticker renewed today... the dealership was handing out food to school children in need because of closures...
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We don't know that .. there are multiple test reports (at least 3) waiting to be received before those folks are cleared .. If Greenland has it, W VA probably does too.
BTW, your Gov. isn't really following protocols:
lol... our governor is a dope...much like the countries leadership...my comment is the response of the people... the local arenas and civic centers....the stores...churches ...etc...who have taken proper measures without needing to do so at gunpoint from govt... When you live in the mountains... you simply dont look to fat men in suits to decide your every move and thought...
And you are probably right about the possibility of us having it in some form... i cant deny that....another fault of the leadership having no clearcut way to test all who need tested
A rumor actually went around that we had it as early as november and it was treated as flu
who knows.... but any comment ive made is based on what im seeing in my day to day
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And you are probably right about the possibility of us having it in some form... i cant deny that....another fault of the leadership having no clearcut way to test all who need tested
A rumor actually went around that we had it as early as november and it was treated as flu
who knows.... but any comment ive made is based on what im seeing in my day to day
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It's not just the testing part .. a lot of folks may assume it's just a cold or the regular flu and just don't present themselves for testing.
I can see the truth in that... however they must be at the very least taking the measures to self quarantine... as spreading it seems quite easy.
If they are finding cases in montana and wyoming... surely they would find something here if they could...
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Not so sure .. I know when I had the flu earlier this year, I was at Dunkin Donuts a mere couple days after starting to feel better. And no one panicked ..
Not so sure .. I know when I had the flu earlier this year, I was at Dunkin Donuts a mere couple days after starting to feel better. And no one panicked ..
So apparently we are the only state to just get it... and get over it... an no one is the wiser...lol...there may be a lesson in that
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Let's give it until the end of the week, when you'll have a half dozen cases ...