Some Covid-19 thoughts
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So now youtube is getting picky about whether or not people post the original url or the 'share' url? What midget minds thought of that, I wonder?
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I thought this was interesting
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7 Ways the Pandemic Has Changed How We Shop for Food
When the coronavirus hit, even the most enthusiastic cooks had to adjust to a new, more complicated relationship with their kitchens.
For the first time in a generation, Americans began spending more money at the supermarket than at places where someone else made the food. Grocers saw eight years of projected sales growth packed into one month. Shopping trends that were in their infancy were turbocharged.
The six-month shift has been a behavioral scientist’s dream. Shoppers began by building bomb-shelter pantries. Then came a nostalgia phase, with bowls of Lucky Charms and boxes of Little Debbies offering throwback comfort. Soon, days were defined by elaborate culinary stunts, sourdough starter and kombucha clubs.
Although kitchen fatigue is setting in for many, a new set of kitchen habits have been set.
“People are moving on to more complex cooking, and we don’t see that going away,” said Rodney McMullen, the chairman and chief executive of Kroger, where sales rose 30 percent at the onset of the pandemic, including big jumps in the pasta aisles, the beer and wine department and baking supplies, including a 600 percent jump in sales of yeast.
He and others in the business say the Covid-driven return to the kitchen could change grocery shopping forever.
“This is a pivotal time in our history,” said Anna Nagurney, a professor in the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts who studies supply chains. “Not all of what we’ve seen will stick, but a lot of it will.”
Here are seven ways the pandemic has already changed the way Americans shop for food:
1. Trips Are Fewer, Lists Are Better
The need to avoid infection has taught people how to get by on fewer trips to the store, and to make good shopping lists.
“People now go to the store with purpose,” said John Owen, the associate director for food and retail with Mintel, the market analysis group. “The number of trips went way down, and the size of the basket went way up in April. We have eased back on that, but not by much.”
Before the coronavirus, 19 percent of Americans shopped for food more than three times a week, according to a study by the management firm McKinsey & Company. That number had dropped to 10 percent by June.
“My typical grocery shopping before the pandemic was very much ‘I am going to decide today what I feel like making for dinner tonight, and stop on the way home and get what I need,’” said Lizzie Bowman, 39, a marketing director at American Public Media who lives in Minneapolis.
She has streamlined her shopping to once a week. “It’s more of a stock-up, but not a crazy kind of hoarding stock-up.”
She won’t go to stores that don’t set good health protocols, and leans into those that offer more local and regional food. Her regular rotation includes a food co-op, Trader Joe’s and the regional chain Lunds & Byerlys.
“It has made me a better planner and more aware of what I like to buy where,” she said. “I am so much more purposeful about where I choose to shop.”
2. Online Aisles Are Bustling
A year ago, 81 percent of shoppers surveyed by Gallup said they never turned to the internet for groceries. Online shopping was lolling at around 3 percent of all grocery sales, or about $1.2 billion, according to a survey by Brick Meets Click/Mercatus.
But in June, online grocery sales in the United States hit $7.2 billion.
“Even my parents are getting increasingly used to using their iPad,” said Mr. McMullen, 60, the Kroger chairman. “There are millions of people who have gotten used to cooking. They’ve found out they enjoyed it, and they’ve gotten used to tech and are understanding the benefits.”
The race for their dollars is on. In a challenge to Amazon Prime, Walmart last week announced a new $98-a-year subscription service that offers same-day delivery on 160,000 items. Instacart is more than doubling its work force, and new services like Rosie are popping up.
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Originally posted by JO753:
Its getting complicated to create links to YooToob here. Now, even after deleting the s it duznt work.
Must be sumthing with the forum kuz this link works fine in the Skeptic's forum.
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DUZ XaT SEM RiT TQ YQ? - Jubal Early
http://www.7532020.com .
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Deaths___197,464___One in 7 deaths that occur each day are due to the virus. In about 3 days we'll reach 200,000. Very sad and very unnecessary.
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Yup. It's a shame that Democrats did that.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by captaincrunch:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Everything the Left in 2020 says is hypocritical.
Hey, brain dead, I'm not "the left" - how many times do I have to tell you?
Yes you are. So fuck the rest of your post if you're going to lie about that.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by JO753:
Its getting complicated to create links to YooToob here. Now, even after deleting the s it duznt work.
Must be sumthing with the forum kuz this link works fine in the Skeptic's forum.
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DUZ XaT SEM RiT TQ YQ? - Jubal Early
http://www.7532020.com .
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
#WEARAMASK
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Its getting complicated to create links to YooToob here. Now, even after deleting the s it duznt work.
Must be sumthing with the forum kuz this link works fine in the Skeptic's forum.
Hey JO! HIYA!
I "replied with quote" and copied the url into my address bar, then hit the "share" button and copied it here, minus the "s" in https.
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Jeez, JO! That's a nifty piece of work! I'm impressed!
I would make just a couple of suggestions: It's not enough for the visible light to look purple, they must actually be emitting in the ultraviolet spectrum to disinfect. There are UV-emitting diodes on the market, but I don't know which frequency you need for disinfection.
Also UV is dangerous, so you must make sure that UV doesn't shine into anyone's eyes.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Way ahed uv you there, man. The external purple indicator lite iz just a semi functional style preferens. It iz a hint that ultraviolet iz being employed in the devise.
In this case, its only a coinsidens. I suspect the power draw uv the stand-in current draw fan iz turning on the red LED on the buk converter. I hav the same buk converter in the helmet and only the blue LED turnz on.
But the ON indicator on the belt clip iz an actual violet LED.
The jerm killing beginz in the ultraviolet A ranje, but iz not very powerful there. Even the deeper B raje iznt considered jermisidal. Its the C ranje, 300 nanometerz and below, that pathojenz cant survive very long.
But below 240nm ozone iz created. Even tho ozone iz a very effectiv jermiside, it iz also detrimental to our respiratory system. It woud kill you faster than the virus! I picked 280nm for the Chamber uv Doom LEDz.
Thanks for the work-around for the vidz!
Herez part 2
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DUZ XaT SEM RiT TQ YQ? - Jubal Early
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