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I think masks are here to stay in certain industries now. Especially places like food service, it'll be common place like gloves.

I also think they'll be a permanent fixture in hospitals.
 
Matthew70 said:
I saw the chatter about gloves in the virus thread. I could not comment but it appears some companies are planning to start production here in America. We are 3rd leading supplier for Gloveworks in America. I never thought I would see 8mil Nitrile gloves at $20-$30 a box. We have been getting gloves in but are limiting amounts sold per order. Larges are the hardest to get it seems. Gloves is a booming business right now. We finally got in KN95 masks. Plenty of them. Though going quickly. The overall PPE business is unreal at this time. Never thought I would be in this type of business support.
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Plenty of new millionaires in Malaysia now. Ive learned more about rubber and latex growth and manufacturing in the last 2 weeks than in my previous 36 years of living. It really sucks when products can't be grown domestically so that we can produce more within our borders and help ourselves out in times line this but here we are. Even if US based companies had the mfg processes and machinery to make gloves we would have to find an export source to bring the raw materials here for production. It does't help that governments have gotten involved in the market and are offering top dollar as well as some companies buying at a premium rate that weren't really in the game before that are trying to redistribute domestically. If you dig hard enough you can find containers on containers of gloves within in the US but the general asking price I've found these days is $90-150/cs. On the positive side it does look like the protection suit market is starting to show some signs of life again and 3/4ply masks are commonly available. A new issue we have hit is sanitizing wipes they are harder to find than gloves
 
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Plenty of new millionaires in Malaysia now. Ive learned more about rubber and latex growth and manufacturing in the last 2 weeks than in my previous 36 years of living. It really sucks when products can't be grown domestically so that we can produce more within our borders and help ourselves out in times line this but here we are. Even if US based companies had the mfg processes and machinery to make gloves we would have to find an export source to bring the raw materials here for production. It does't help that governments have gotten involved in the market and are offering top dollar as well as some companies buying at a premium rate that weren't really in the game before that are trying to redistribute domestically. If you dig hard enough you can find containers on containers of gloves within in the US but the general asking price I've found these days is $90-150/cs. On the positive side it does look like the protection suit market is starting to show some signs of life again and 3/4ply masks are commonly available. A new issue we have hit is sanitizing wipes they are harder to find than gloves
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Tyvex suits along with the touch less hand sanitizer stations are in high demand. Getting the dispensers are still hard but not as bad as it once was. Now batteries are going to be used heavily since it takes batteries to operate them. I expect a price increase in D batteries for certain. Of course the thermometer takes batteries also. We have several places buying the foggers now. Especially for buses.
 
Looks like there's a good shot that we're going to go to Gorges State Park if neither GA nor NC shut down again. I'm going to try to press it and see if I can make it happen near the end of the month or in early August.
 
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Been out here since noon. Surrounded by empties and going in and out of the water. Wife went to get her hair cut so I asked her to get me a couple of four packs of Hell or High Watermelon.
 
tramadoc said:
I wear XXL gloves and size 13-14 shoes. I’m 6’2” 175. I’ll let it go at that.
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I’m 6’7”, 280, xl gloves, giant f’ng hat, and size 16 shoe! My spawn is a little over 6’4”, 13 yo, size 16 shoe, hates fishing, projected to be 6’8”+:oops:
 
I bought a tractor, JD 1025R and sold the X570. Front end loader, 60" 7 gauge deck, 45 gallon sprayer and 48" JD 647 tiller. Added about 2K in options, ballast, load n go, prem LED blast (5 x Grote 1700 lumens), heavy hitch consumer at this point. We only have 2 acres, I won't live in Eastern NC forever, and a 59" +SN blower with rear chains would fit the bill. Trading up, close to a 2038R, but went 1 series for the time being.
 
How to use the ignore feature.

Click a users name on a post they have created.
Click the red ignore button in the pop up that appears
Move on

This will also allow you to ignore entire threads if you ignore the member who started the thread.

Figure some of you might need that reminder before you get ignored by the thread :)
 
SD said:
How to use the ignore feature.

Click a users name on a post they have created.
Click the red ignore button in the pop up that appears
Move on

This will also allow you to ignore entire threads if you ignore the member who started the thread.

Figure some of you might need that reminder before you get ignored by the thread :)
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I can't ignore SD, boooo :p
 
I'd like people's opinion here. I'm going on a 2 week road trip out west beginning August 1st. The point of it is to see states I've never been to, see the great natural attractions the west has to offer (Grand Canyon, Big Sur, Rockies, etc.), and to visit a good friend in CA. I'll be staying in a hotel each night, but really most my trip will be in a car or outdoors.

Good idea?
 
Well alrighty. Sensitivity runs rampant. I thought the threads were going just fine everyone seem to be just having conversation no one really throwing names out there.
 
CamWX said:
I'd like people's opinion here. I'm going on a 2 week road trip out west beginning August 1st. The point of it is to see states I've never been to, see the great natural attractions the west has to offer (Grand Canyon, Big Sur, Rockies, etc.), and to visit a good friend in CA. I'll be staying in a hotel each night, but really most my trip will be in a car or outdoors.

Good idea?
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I’d do it, personally. I would say it’s relatively low risk as far as vacations go. Sounds like fun! I might do something like that later in the year since I have some PTO I need to use and going out of the country seems to not be on the table this year.
 
Matthew70 said:
Well alrighty. Sensitivity runs rampant
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Lol yeah it's us.

Given the leash we have given those threads and the numerous warnings and rules laid out I would have expected a little bit of help back from the posters to say you know the staff is letting us have a tough discussion about life topics without censoring either side, I appreciate that and I will follow the loose rules laid out. Nope. Instead it's a bunch of grandstanding and posting everything under the sun to just irritate people who have an opposing view. I am personally tired of having to moderate it and I am tried of getting messages from posters who no longer want to visit this site because of those 2 threads.

I will gladly unlock the threads if someone can give me what value those threads bring to this board.

Thanks
 
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Lol yeah it's us.

Given the leash we have given those threads and the numerous warnings and rules laid out I would have expected a little bit of help back from the posters to say you know the staff is letting us have a tough discussion about life topics without censoring either side, I appreciate that and I will follow the loose rules laid out. Nope. Instead it's a bunch of grandstanding and posting everything under the sun to just irritate people who have an opposing view. I am personally tired of having to moderate it and I am tried of getting messages from posters who no longer want to visit this site because of those 2 threads.

I will gladly unlock the threads if someone can give me what value those threads bring to this board.

Thanks
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I like them gone. Just my opinion. Let’s get back to weather talk!
 
SD said:
Lol yeah it's us.

Given the leash we have given those threads and the numerous warnings and rules laid out I would have expected a little bit of help back from the posters to say you know the staff is letting us have a tough discussion about life topics without censoring either side, I appreciate that and I will follow the loose rules laid out. Nope. Instead it's a bunch of grandstanding and posting everything under the sun to just irritate people who have an opposing view. I am personally tired of having to moderate it and I am tried of getting messages from posters who no longer want to visit this site because of those 2 threads.

I will gladly unlock the threads if someone can give me what value those threads bring to this board.

Thanks
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I feel a lot of us are frustrated and that’s a way to have conversations and let some of the stress out. Especially when weather is boring I’m on another weather board and it’s nonexistent pretty Much. I understand and respect you at least giving it a shot.
 
Matthew70 said:
I feel a lot of us are frustrated and that’s a way to have conversations and let some of the stress out. Especially when weather is boring I’m on another weather board and it’s nonexistent pretty Much. I understand and respect you at least giving it a shot.
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Who isn't frustrated in some capacity? We are living through tough times right now but that doesn't mean run to SouthernWx and make it a toilet for your thoughts then close the browser and go on about your day. I personally think a lot of the discussion in both threads are conversations representative of what certain segments of the population believe and feel and have no issue with that being voiced whether I agree or not. The issue lies in the fact that those beliefs are apparently setting off emotional responses from others which sends the entire thread down the tubes. A little more respect for others whether or not you agree with their stance, a little more recognition of just because you believe it doesn't mean someone else does, a little more empathy to help people understand why you feel the way you do instead of immediately dismissing them would go a long way in these threads. All I am asking is that you guys be respectful whether or not you agree or think someone is disconnected from reality, you never know, how you interact with them and the conversations you have here could actually be beneficial to someone and the people around them.
 
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Who isn't frustrated in some capacity? We are living through tough times right now but that doesn't mean run to SouthernWx and make it a toilet for your thoughts then close the browser and go on about your day. I personally think a lot of the discussion in both threads are conversations representative of what certain segments of the population believe and feel and have no issue with that being voiced whether I agree or not. The issue lies in the fact that those beliefs are apparently setting off emotional responses from others which sends the entire thread down the tubes. A little more respect for others whether or not you agree with their stance, a little more recognition of just because you believe it doesn't mean someone else does, a little more empathy to help people understand why you feel the way you do instead of immediately dismissing them would go a long way in these threads. All I am asking is that you guys be respectful whether or not you agree or think someone is disconnected from reality, you never know, how you interact with them and the conversations you have here could actually be beneficial to someone and the people around them.
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IOW, don’t be a s**t stirrer.
 
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