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03-15-2020, 09:21 PM
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#1801 | | what manner of phaggotry is this
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Trudeau has a press conference tomorrow to announce something. I'm expecting a shut down.
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03-15-2020, 09:22 PM
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#1802 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Besides UBC, SFU, and UVIC, other post secondary institutions are going to online instruction. Some of them made the announcement today. https://www.straight.com/news/137273...lternate-forms | |
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03-15-2020, 09:26 PM
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Most likely he's closing the borders. I don't expect a shutdown yet
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03-15-2020, 09:28 PM
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This thread is 2 fast 2 furious for me to keep up with so apologies if these have been posted before.
Found this tracking site: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Continuously updated despite the site being attacked more than once. Hopefully its accuracy is maintained.
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Also, journalists are trying to narrow down the first case of this virus https://www.businessinsider.com/coro...ovember-2020-3
SCMP Report: (I don't know how credible SCMP is) https://www.scmp.com/news/china/soci...se-traced-back
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03-15-2020, 09:39 PM
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Casinos are closing (sorry mg1 gonna have to play the slots from Ur phone)  https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/03...e-to-covid-19/ | |
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03-15-2020, 09:44 PM
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#1806 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Originally Posted by ilovebacon Welp, I guess I'm fucked. I just recently graduated, maintaining a part-time position and now coronavirus... Wheres, my money cheat code. | You and me both. Just came back to Canada after a year abroad and labour market could not be any worse. UBI looking real good right about now.
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03-15-2020, 09:45 PM
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Calgary declares state of emergency, here's what they're doing | |
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03-15-2020, 09:49 PM
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#1808 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp | Beside Calgary, which other cities in Canada declared a state of emergency? Or is Calgary the first one?
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03-15-2020, 10:08 PM
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#1809 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Why are ppl buy up breads?
Gonna freeze them?
Eggs too
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03-15-2020, 10:10 PM
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#1810 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by RRxtar Trudeau has a press conference tomorrow to announce something. I'm expecting a shut down. | Could be to let us know he started showing symptoms and tested positive.
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03-15-2020, 10:27 PM
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#1811 | | reads most threads with his pants around his ankles, especially in the Forced Induction forum.
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Originally Posted by Bouncing Bettys Could be to let us know he started showing symptoms and tested positive. | Or could be telling people to stay clam go.oit as usual but don't buy packs and packs of TP coz he can't buy any. Seriously though I don't expect him to shut down the country
He doesn't have the balls to do it.
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03-15-2020, 10:35 PM
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* i don't want to spread fear, so i'm going to remove my post.
did people start getting what's being talked about on press release tmw? I got it, and it's pretty detailed.
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03-15-2020, 10:41 PM
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shutting down PORN?  | |
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03-15-2020, 10:52 PM
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#1814 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Originally Posted by Mr.HappySilp Or could be telling people to stay clam go.oit as usual but don't buy packs and packs of TP coz he can't buy any. Seriously though I don't expect him to shut down the country
He doesn't have the balls to do it. | No, he is going to talk about how well Costco, Superstore Walmart and London Drugs are doing and how everything is going perfect.
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03-15-2020, 10:52 PM
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03-15-2020, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by danned shutting down PORN? | no it's pretty serious. it's an 8 point "shut down of everything" border, food, restaurnats etc... everything our PM will address at 11 AM PST address the nation speech.
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03-15-2020, 11:07 PM
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This past weekend, I noticed a huge upswing of activity in some of the buy and sell groups I'm part of on Facebook. Not even single items either but rather 3-4 from each seller.
Some people are definitely taking this seriously and planning far ahead.
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03-15-2020, 11:08 PM
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#1818 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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This is from Bergamo, Italy, a town of ~120,000. Comparing the obituary pages from Feb 9 to Mar 13th. https://i.imgur.com/SYVkJSv.mp4
I don't know how to embed a .mp4 here so the link is the best I can do.
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03-15-2020, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by underscore This is from Bergamo, Italy, a town of ~120,000. Comparing the obituary pages from Feb 9 to Mar 13th. https://i.imgur.com/SYVkJSv.mp4
I don't know how to embed a .mp4 here so the link is the best I can do. | "But they're all old"  | |
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03-15-2020, 11:51 PM
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03-15-2020, 11:58 PM
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#1821 | | I don't get it
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03-16-2020, 12:15 AM
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#1822 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Have any of you local guys taken time off work to quarantine yet?
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03-16-2020, 12:22 AM
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#1823 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Originally Posted by 6793026 * i don't want to spread fear, so i'm going to remove my post.
did people start getting what's being talked about on press release tmw? I got it, and it's pretty detailed. | According to the mayor to T.O. John Tory it's not true. https://twitter.com/JohnTory/status/...7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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03-16-2020, 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Manic! | Not true until its true? Don't know. Always taking politicians words with a grain of salt. Personally, I hope they have the balls to take the drastic measures to shut down all the things aside from essential services.
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03-16-2020, 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by tegra7 Have any of you local guys taken time off work to quarantine yet? | I'm 'essential' staff where I work (I'm 1 of only 2 essential). That said, my industry isn't even essential
I have the right to refuse work given these circumstances so I'm going to wake up early, see what new developments there are and decide for myself...
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