You should take a drive today.

"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction) 04/27/2020 at 09:29 • Filed to: None

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It will be good for your soul.

E90M3 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 09:36

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I can’t because I’m at work today. Did get the M3 out this past weekend though. 

InFierority Complex > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 09:36

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Don’t turn around. I think Cerberus is in your backseat, dude.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 09:43

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i cant... no car...

i really need to do something about that... especially as i think flying is never going to be as it was before again ...(im figuring its set to become a lot more expensive) and i’d like to visit england again at some point soon....aaaaand germany...and france....and italy.... fuck belgium...croatia would be fun to see too

pip bip - choose Corrour > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 09:45

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had a nice long drive on Sunday (280km approx)

t he roads here were empty. 

ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 09:50

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My son is working on getting his license, which means daily hour-long drives. The other day we got out of the city and into some farmland. It was really nice. Yesterday was a nighttime session, and we tooled around some fancy rich golf course neighborhood. Couldn’t see a whole lot, but we could almost smell the money.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 04/27/2020 at 09:54

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farscythe - makin da cawfee! > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 04/27/2020 at 10:00

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pretty much lol....

cept im european and therefore aware that even without a car i can still go places......just slower...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 10:00

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I like the intent expression on the woman’s face who is taking the picture.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 10:07

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Well I have to go to work so that will be my drive of the day. Thankfully my commute is a Canyon road to the PCH so it's pretty nice! It's funny though how I can drive my commute when not going to work and it feels entirely different than heading to work. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 04/27/2020 at 10:07

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We used to live in an area where traveling north took us through an area downwind of a paper processing plant. The chemical stench was awful. I mentioned this to one of my coworkers and he said, “that, my friend, is the smell of money.”

The sad thing was that there was a town just downwind and they had to smell that all of the time. Someone told me that there were other chemicals that could be used to process the paper, but it was a bit more expensive. It was just a matter of someone forcing th e paper company to switch. The town didn’t have the political will to pursue it.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/27/2020 at 10:13

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I was stationed on a Navy base that was near a paper mill, so I am familiar with the stench you are describing. Also, long term exposure leaves a nasty film on car windows that is very, very difficult to remove.  

TheRealBicycleBuck > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 10:16

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I took a drive yesterday. Louisiana has one of the highest rates of infection, yet you would never know it by the traffic. I had to retrieve a few items from storage and needed some assistance with the lock (I brought the wrong key and didn’t want to drive all the way back home just to search for the right key). The fellow behind the desk told me he was hospitalized last week with pneumonia , but tested negative for COVID. I was doing my best to maintain my distance, but this fellow kept trying to be polite - holding the door, reaching out to shake hands - and I had to keep reminding him to keep his distance. I was glad when he finally finished cutting off the old lock and went on his way. The few other customers I saw were much better about keeping their distance. It was a stressful experience. Maybe next time I’ll just go for a drive and not make any stops.

Just Jeepin' > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/27/2020 at 10:27

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Shaking hands? And I thought people were at least a little smarter than that.

A woman lit up a cigarette near me yesterday and the smoke blew directly at me. Hoping it wasn’t carrying any virus with it.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 04/27/2020 at 10:29

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Nice - takes some photos the next time you’re out in the country.

Ever gone out and done the Three Sisters drive? 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/27/2020 at 10:30

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Money is made of cotton. =)

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 04/27/2020 at 10:30

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Rent one? 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > InFierority Complex 04/27/2020 at 10:31

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This one is a very friendly three-headed monster.

ttyymmnn > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/27/2020 at 10:31

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Paper mills are the worst. Heading west out of the town where I grew up took you through Franklin, VA, where there is (was?) a huge paper mill. The smell was horrible. I went to college in a part of VA that was famous for growing turkeys, and they would use the beaks and feet and other bits to make dog food. If the wind was right, the whole campus smelled like wet kibble. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/27/2020 at 10:34

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It’s tough to break old habits... 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > E90M3 04/27/2020 at 10:35

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I missed out on a fun drive this Saturday, but had a great time on the one a week prior. Raining here the next couple days, unfortunately. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/27/2020 at 10:35

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My daughter. =)

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/27/2020 at 10:36

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One positive of a pandemic... 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 04/27/2020 at 10:36

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Haha - I bet! 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 10:37

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huh...i could do that

*sings* tokio... im on my way...and in my new toyota it not so far away

ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 10:38

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I have not. It’s a bit out of the way from Austin, but it is some beautiful country out there. I told my son that as we get towards the end of his 30-hour checklist we’ll need to head out of town and drive on some US and TX highways to get experience on those sorts of roads. That’ll be nice. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > Just Jeepin' 04/27/2020 at 10:41

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Oddly enough, t here’s some evidence that smoking provides some protection against COVID, but it’s not clear from the report whether or not smokers can be asymptomatic carriers of COVID.

“Conclusions and relevance: Our cross sectional study in both COVID-19 out- and inpatients strongly suggests that daily smokers have a very much lower probability of developing symptomatic or severe SARS-CoV-2 infection as compared to the general population.”  

https://www.qeios.com/read/WPP19W.3

I wonder if the lower rate of incidence is because smokers seek assistance at a lower rate, smokers die before seeking assistance, or if smoking really does provide some form of protection.

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 04/27/2020 at 10:42

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Yum.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 04/27/2020 at 10:42

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Looking forward to the write-up for OPPO. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 10:49

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And there’s some kind of circular reflection that frames her face perfectly. I’m a serious amateur photographer and as hard as I work at it, I can never fully excise the magic or the luck that makes a great photo.

Would you like to have one of the Folding@home stickers? You can represent  even if you’re not folding.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 10:52

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Three Sisters Drive in Oregon runs around these gals...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/27/2020 at 11:04

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That circle must be one of the air vents in the cabin, I think?

Keep working at it! Studying composition, of great photographers or painters, may be helpful.

Haha - thanks for the offer, but I’m good. =) 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 04/27/2020 at 11:05

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I want to be there. 

Just Jeepin' > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/27/2020 at 11:05

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Someone posted that a few day s ago. My half-joking, half-serious reply was that it isn’t necessarily that it protects you directly, but that no one wants to be near smokers so they’re more successful at social distancing.

smobgirl > ttyymmnn 04/27/2020 at 11:09

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There’s a Purina plant that’s basically touching the interstate here. It’s bad enough to drive past but if the wind is right there are huge chunks of the city that smell like kibble.

I had a friend who grew up near a cereal factory - like, fruit loops/fruity pebbles and that sort. Apparently it was more nauseating than the dog food smell.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Just Jeepin' 04/27/2020 at 11:21

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Oof. My grandmother stopped smoking after my grandfather, also a smoker, died from leukemia. She and my great-grandmother moved into a new house together shortly after he passed, so most of the smoker’s smell was left behind. A year or so later, her sense of smell was closer to normal and she noticed the stench of smoke on someone nearby and made a comment about it.

Yeah, grandma, that’s what you and your house smelled like my entire childhood.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 11:22

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It’s spectacular country in that triangle between Oregon City, Bend and Klamath Falls.  Amazing country.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 04/27/2020 at 11:29

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I love northern CA, but have never been to Oregon - need to resolve that. 

haveacarortwoorthree2 > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/27/2020 at 11:39

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It’s like Predator vs. Alien, but Cancer vs. Covid.

Agrajag > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 12:03

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Good advice. :)

Such a great photo. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Agrajag 04/27/2020 at 12:29

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A keeper!