Thoughts on Stocks and Coronavirus and Comics 4 4

[Junkdrawer]

Bad guy nabbed in my bathroom trying to steal my last roll. True story.

[NoMan]

Who ever posted the bum gun and toilet needs to understand how that is used. I have traveled in Singapore Iraq Africa. All around. In Iraq I almost lost my marbles I’m a bathroom ad people spray their bum and fecal water puddles fly everywhere- floor, ceiling. And the next person comes and sticks it up their bum and sprays mud.  Seriously, man, no. 
 

You’re own house. Only you use it. Ok. My wife was so thrilled she took a bowel movement in a Singapore squatty potty she came runing out for joy. I was just never brave enough. Just spray mud everywhere?

Edited March 16, 2020 by NoMan

[WolverineX]

1 hour ago, Black_Adam said:

Smart. And this may have already been mentioned, but a bum gun is also a wise investment. Buy one now before they're all gone! 

Bum gun?  Just get a bidet or toto toilet

[VintageComics]

39 minutes ago, NoMan said:

You’re own house. Only you use it. Ok. My wife was so thrilled she took a bowel movement in a Singapore squatty potty she came runing out for joy. I was just never brave enough. Just spray mud everywhere?

The squatty potty is actually the healthiest way to go but If your every bowel movement is a mud spraying you're doing it wrong and might want it checked out.

 

[Black_Adam]

7 minutes ago, Wolverinex said:

Bum gun?  Just get a bidet or toto toilet

But the bum gun sounds like so much fun.

[silverseeker]

Six counties in the San Francisco Bay Area have been ordered to shelter in place starting at midnight (March 17th) until at least April 7th...

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Area-to-shelter-in-place-What-you-need-15135087.php

Edited March 16, 2020 by silverseeker
Added the end date.

[ADAMANTIUM]

.... Dallas implementing that dine in restaurants be banned for 7 days, still can order drive through etc carry out

Entertainment such as gym movies bars clubs etc banned

[sfcityduck]

42 minutes ago, silverseeker said:

Six counties in the San Francisco Bay Area have been ordered to shelter in place starting at midnight (March 17th) until at least April 7th...

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Area-to-shelter-in-place-What-you-need-15135087.php

Yep.  This is going to devastating to a lot of businesses.  

However, for lower paid workers who are losing jobs, Safeway in the SF Bay Area is seeking to employ 2,000.  Nationwide, Amazon is now seeking to employ another 100,000.  So all those low paid restaurant workers may have an option.

The announcement is for three weeks in SF Bay Area.  But, it could be longer based on the latest change of story from D.C.

Quote

 

President Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. may be able to get the new coronavirus outbreak under control by July or August at the earliest.

Trump, speaking to reporters in the White House briefing room, also said his administration may look at lockdowns for “certain areas” or “hot spots” in the nation. But the president said he wasn’t considering a full national lockdown. “At this moment, no, we’re not,” Trump said.  ....

 

Equities plunged as Trump spoke, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing down nearly 13%.

 

 

Edited March 16, 2020 by sfcityduck

[NoMan]

48 minutes ago, VintageComics said:

The squatty potty is actually the healthiest way to go but If your every bowel movement is a mud spraying you're doing it wrong and might want it checked out.

 

No. When you use that thing you spray mud. The water sprays the mud, oh forget it, it ain’t comic related. 

[jools&jim]

I obeyed the CDC and stocked up on my medications...

[Buzzetta]

Apparently I have to learn how to ZOOM - but because this place is so disjointed, we are supposedly using multiple platforms at the same time.   

[comixry]

So now the federal recommendation is to avoid groups of 10 or larger. Definitely in the realm of patronage size of any LCS. 

[Krismusic]

Ontario just declared a state of emergency so lets see what happens with that.. I know all restaurants, bars, theatres, stores, etc.. are closing restaurants will do take out and delivery only..

SO it begins..  

[Buzzetta]

Using Zoom - with Google... and now using a third and also posting things in redundancy elsewhere. 

Some of us are not as technologically adept as others.

[lighthouse]

19 hours ago, Buzzetta said:

Think of all the new comics sitting on the shelves.  That is a lot of inventory that usually sells itself every Wednesday. If no one is shopping then they have to get rid of it before it becomes nothing more than $1 bin material.  In that case they need to compensate somehow.  While no one is shopping that does not mean that building owners are going to stop collecting rent.

Five weeks ago I cut shelf copies in half at FOC. Two weeks ago I cut them by 75%. FOC yesterday I chopped 90% off what I would normally have. 

Instead of 500 or so shelf copies between 70 titles in a given week, I’ve cut from 250 to 125 and now to 50. I’ll miss some potential profits. But I won’t get stuck with a grand a week in tombstones. 

To be honest I wish I’d have cut a little deeper 5 weeks ago. But it’s the only part of the weekly Diamond invoice I can really finetune (other than choosing to wait on reorders of things like Watchmen, Saga, and My Hero Academia when I get low on stock). 

Rent is still due. I’m still paying my employees whether they work or not. Still paying utilities. The only expense I can adjust is inventory.

[wilbil]

14 minutes ago, lighthouse said:

I’m still paying my employees whether they work or not

very commendable.

[JJ-4]

35 minutes ago, wilbil said:

very commendable.

Agree but don't let paying your employees put you out of business.  That won't help them in the long run if they lose their jobs permanently.

[VintageComics]

If anyone cares to join, there's a thread in the Watercooler to discuss economic ramifications of the Coronavirus outbreak.

With each day, world leaders and other policy makers, business people and ordinary citizens are trying to find solutions to this unprecedented event.

Most of us are going to struggle to dig ourselves out of it.

Feel free to add if you have anything beneficial.

 

[Buzzetta]

1 hour ago, lighthouse said:

Five weeks ago I cut shelf copies in half at FOC. Two weeks ago I cut them by 75%. FOC yesterday I chopped 90% off what I would normally have. 

Instead of 500 or so shelf copies between 70 titles in a given week, I’ve cut from 250 to 125 and now to 50. I’ll miss some potential profits. But I won’t get stuck with a grand a week in tombstones. 

To be honest I wish I’d have cut a little deeper 5 weeks ago. But it’s the only part of the weekly Diamond invoice I can really finetune (other than choosing to wait on reorders of things like Watchmen, Saga, and My Hero Academia when I get low on stock). 

Rent is still due. I’m still paying my employees whether they work or not. Still paying utilities. The only expense I can adjust is inventory.

 

1 hour ago, wilbil said:

very commendable.

 

24 minutes ago, JJ-4 said:

Agree but don't let paying your employees put you out of business.  That won't help them in the long run if they lose their jobs permanently.

And the balance between the short term and the long term is the trick. 

My brother is basically 'done'.  He is a professional poker player.  He is not the "degenerate-take-your-paycheck-to-the-table-after-taking-your-watch-to-the-pawn-shop" player.  With casinos closed and tournaments slowing to a standstill combined with the decline of the stock market, he is looking for something at the age of 42.  He has made a pretty successful career for himself doing what he does since he was 23? 24?  

Edited March 17, 2020 by Buzzetta

[wilbil]

i can imagine the talent he has, to be that good.

he would make a great counselor with minimal training, and be able to help a lot of people.

he would be very good at risk calculation, and actuarial services. a lot of large companies employ such persons with pro poker talent on his scale, and actively look for persons with his skill. insurance companies definitely prefer that kind of skill, because he knows how to decipher personalities, crunch numbers in his head, cut thru the risk numbers to the real question of should we or shouldn't we.

there is also the opportunity to write, both immediately via blogs or paper media and in the  long term, books

 i envy his natural ability.