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LebongJames

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  1. Bars should have to close again. They have proved they cannot operate safely. Gyms, amusement parks, bowling alleys need to close as well. I really don’t think much of this spread is in restaurants. Most of them are doing a great job. I think restaurants will allow people some normalcy but at much safer precautions.
  2. Press conference this afternoon from commissioner. Hope they don’t have to cancel this tourney.
  3. We do new construction SF HVAC, electrical and plumbing in all 4 major markets. We did 10k houses just in plumbing last year. If we annualized what we have done the last 3 weeks we would do 15k this year. With such little existing inventory on the market builders are absolutely selling a ton of houses. Builder that had been selling 50-60 a month in a market are selling 80-90.
  4. I love it. We do 2 weeks a month to get fresh ideas. I really haven’t had a bad meal with them.
  5. Or just fat fucks who would of died from a heart attack. Got absolutely no exercise for 3 months and ate at home. Then went out had a cheeseburger and the ol ticker went kaboom
  6. Hello Fresh? Because I made the exact meal last week.
  7. I’ve been rocking the mask in public since March. I’ll be interested how Austin restaurants and bars mandate this with the new Austin and SA rules.
  8. Texas is not becoming more impacted than other places. Our death rate and hospitalization is still low especially per capita. Yes we have seen a spike in cases and hospital admittance. Only one county is using more than 10% of hospital beds for Covid. I would say with a state as large and diverse as ours there are probably huge differences with how businesses are following orders. Most restaurants are taking every precaution they can right now that I’ve been in. I wouldn’t step in a chain restaurant or fast food restaurant in regular times but I definitely wouldn’t go now. You also would not catch me at a Golds or 24 Hour type gym. Places I’ve been have been over the top with precautionary measures. Jack Allen’s, Sway, The Grove, Salt Traders, VY’s, Matt’s all have distance between tables, no shared condiments, throw away menus or no menus just use your QR code. Orange Theory only 12 people in class 8 ft apart and no one uses same station. I think that is all we can ask for those type establishments. People should wear masks in stores and when not eating. Large gatherings and people having to work are probably leading to these higher numbers. That includes patio bars packed because no restrictions on those.
  9. Abbott doesn’t need to give power to the mayor’s. What he needs to do is just make masks mandatory at stores and places of worship. Bars are definitely an issue. Went down to get Garaj Mahal the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend and the bars just operating pretty close to normal. Main measures I saw were to protect staff. The bars have patios so no capacity limits. Most restaurants are doing everything very responsible.
  10. Is Byrd really going to end up at SMU?
  11. We live off of 360 and the last 2 weekends Lake Austin has been crazy. Lake Travis has been pretty busy on the weekends. We went out Thursday afternoon and it was nice to get a break from the crowds
  12. I thought the meat quality at Be More Pacific was some of the worst I have seen outside of fast food.
  13. We actually held very steady in May. It was the beginning of June that we saw the spike. Memorial Day and the protests are definitely creating the spike. There was a jump in May and opening with no masks probably contributed to that. We had stability though.
  14. That’s a really one sided view of what our police forces do. I feel that cop murdered Floyd and others have as well but that doesn’t completely devalue what the other men and women do on a daily basis. Have you ever needed the police? Have you had a friend or family member be the victim of a violent crime? Have you had personal property stolen from you? Get the fuck out of here with your completely one sided view of the world of police are bad and do no good.
  15. Agreed on the slogan. To say cops don’t help the community with the problems that are tasked with is a ridiculous statement. They go on thousands of calls a month were they absolutely de escalate the situation and solve the problem they were called their for. People don’t want cops until they need cops.
  16. I feel that it is ignorant to say we need to defund police departments and that they are militarized. On a day to day basis our police do work that is extremely risky. Cutting huge chunks from police budgets without any real reform will just cause more issues. Cops that are over worked and over stressed, that leads to worse decision making. State and local budgets don’t work like that. They aren’t going to take $150 million from LAPD and give it to public schools. The protesters also aren’t calling for reform they are calling for abolishing police departments. The guardian can say one thing but that is not the message the protesters are using.
  17. Ya Perlas and Clark’s are doing just fine. I’ve tried to get a reservation multiple times granted at the last minute and nothing was available
  18. I’ve read this 3 times. I have no idea what point you are trying to make.
  19. Let’s talk about football. We really need Eagles on the field. I’m here thinking he will actually play and if he does he has more of a chance of making an impact. Outside of die hard Longhorn fans I’m not sure if this is on anybody’s radar.
  20. Sell to SF builders. We are a mechanical contractor. We had a pretty good slow down in March. April started bouncing back, May was good. This week and last we are back to 2019 numbers. I had a top 5 builder signed and the president of our company pulled the plug because he didn’t want to take that many homes at that margin. I understand but it’s a lot of money out of my future pocket.
  21. What city? That seems like a pretty small area but overall I’ve gotten quotes much higher than that to install a walkway with the same materials.our walkway would be around 90 ft though
  22. Not saying they are the ones showing up to hospitals, but if you look at some data they could be spreading it at a higher rate than any other parts of our society. As my post points out, there is a divide. I have worked remotely for 3 months, our other guys have shifted schedules to limit exposure. Our subs have to come by the warehouse every morning. There is no way to shift the business model. .I strongly believe that most of the hysteria is overblown and testing positive doesn’t necessarily mean much. Also if Texas is lumping antibody rest in as well it’s completely useless. But our subs are probably spreading to more at risk population. Here is an excerpt from the Austin Business Journal: Targeted testing of about 127 people occurred at two different construction sites on May 7 and 8. The portion of tests that came back positive for Covid-19 was 7.8% and 7.9%, respectively. Escott said that may seem like a low number, but local drive-thru testing has a positive testing rate around 2.3%. "So this is more than triple the rest of the community's rate of positivity," Escott said. "So this is concerning. This does indicate that we need further testing in this community." Escott said they've found "some challenges associated with the testing at construction sites," citing ongoing concerns about the inability to work after a positive Covid-19 test. "Quite frankly, there's a disincentive right now for people to get tested," Escott said. "Because if they test positive, then they're out of work and, in some circumstances, they don't have assurances of a paycheck."
  23. That’s 100% what’s happening. I run sales and more of the office stuff for a mechanical contractor here in Austin. I used to go into the shop multiple times per week. I have not been in since early March. We have not slowed down. Our full time supervisors and production manager still go in but not in the morning rush. There is nothing we can do about the warehouse and subs picking up materials, they have to come to the shop every morning. We check temperatures daily and have provided masks. One thing. We have noticed as only one guy from a crew comes in because the don’t want to risk getting their temperatures taken and not be sent with work. We do SF so distancing on the job is fine. The real hot beds are the Mf and commercial jobs. The other thing is a lot of subs live with a lot of other essential workers and they are all still spreading out over the city and coming back home every night in crammed living situations.
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