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      03-27-2020, 09:43 AM   #133
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I went over to the M3/M4 General section once. It was weird.

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Bet I'm not the only one wishing they didn't take the antibiotics out of our damn chicken now lol.

Anthony........just how much crispier is it? Can we get more pics and an in-depth review? Any mods planned?
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Finally got ol' girl out today after a week or so. Drove with my daughter a few KMs down to the beach, was was pretty much deserted...as were the roads.
Seing your plate reminds me you are around here. Want to go for a drive on Sunday?

Also that grill painting choice is interesting
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Finally got ol' girl out today after a week or so. Drove with my daughter a few KMs down to the beach, was was pretty much deserted...as were the roads.
Holy heck that's the coolest HS shot I've seen
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Finally got ol' girl out today after a week or so. Drove with my daughter a few KMs down to the beach, was was pretty much deserted...as were the roads.
Holy heck that's the coolest HS shot I've seen
It's just the good timing of the sunset. Only time it doesn't look white in photos
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Finally got ol' girl out today after a week or so. Drove with my daughter a few KMs down to the beach, was was pretty much deserted...as were the roads.
Seing your plate reminds me you are around here. Want to go for a drive on Sunday?

Also that grill painting choice is interesting
Thanks .

Yeah, we can go somewhere, would be cool to get out
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Bet I'm not the only one wishing they didn't take the antibiotics out of our damn chicken now lol.
Antibiotics only kill bacteria, they do absolutely nothing to treat viruses. In fact the overuse of antibiotics has led to a whole other emerging problem of antimicrobial resistant bacteria, so using less antibiotics when they're not needed is a good thing. You'll see people being giving antibiotics when they have a viral infection, but that's only to treat/prevent a secondary bacterial infection. Not all antibiotics are the same, there are multiple types of antibiotics that treat many different types of bacteria, but have no effect on others.
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Antibiotics only kill bacteria, they do absolutely nothing to treat viruses. In fact the overuse of antibiotics has led to a whole other emerging problem of antimicrobial resistant bacteria, so using less antibiotics when they're not needed is a good thing. You'll see people being giving antibiotics when they have a viral infection, but that's only to treat/prevent a secondary bacterial infection. Not all antibiotics are the same, there are multiple types of antibiotics that treat many different types of bacteria, but have no effect on others.
I understand this. I also understand that the antibiotics the package refers to are used to treat infections in chickens being raised for consumption and have no bearing on the coronavirus. That humans probably don't get the same infections chickens do. And that eating chicken raised on antibiotics isn't not effective at treating infections in humans. That an actual antibiotic should be taken for bacterial infections. Not eating antibiotic raised chicken as a substitute for that.

I posted it as a joke. Probably should've been more clear on that.
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Has anyone counted the amount of blue (or orange) stitching on their seats yet.
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Anthony........just how much crispier is it? Can we get more pics and an in-depth review? Any mods planned?
I too, am interested in crispy chicken mods.
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I too, am interested in crispy chicken mods.
lol, I actually don't know how much crispier it is. I haven't ate chicken like this in years. Most of the stuff on my grocery list was out of stock and it was something quick I picked up cause I wanted to get out of Walmart ASAP.

I'm realizing now I might die from starvation. I try to buy healthier food and was blindsided that most of it was gone in the store. So I'm gonna have to rethink my grocery list and start eating junk food. It's either protect my immune system with healthy food or die from starvation not knowing what to eat when the healthy food is gone.
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      03-27-2020, 04:44 PM   #143
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Where are you in Ontario? Just closed the U.S. / Canada border to nonessential traffic. I'm Canadian and all my family live in Ottawa and Brockville. I guess it will be a while before I can visit again.

DAMN THIS COVID-19 PLAGUE!

Heard that VW and Chrysler-Fiat have closed some production. Hope your CS order does't get cancelled.
Burlington - It's an hour away from the Niagara border. Yeah, they're not opening the border anytime soon.

With things getting worse every day, I don't even know if I'll be able to keep my current cars! Let's hope for the best.

Stay safe and stay home everyone!!
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Has anyone counted the amount of blue (or orange) stitching on their seats yet.
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We down to $2.50 for Premium around here. Which is like $15 to fill up the M2C :-)
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$$ in Belgium?
We down to $2.50 for Premium around here. Which is like $15 to fill up the M2C :-)
That's just a random picture from the web.
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That's just a random picture from the web.
I figured . Petrol hasn't been this cheap in years. I think I filled up the M2 for like $27 on Sunday. Corona...
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I think maybe the Saudis and the Russians have more to do with lower gas prices...price war!
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Maybe, but pretty much global stay at home = less driving. Less driving = less fuel demand. Less fuel demand = high fuel supply build up. High fuel supply and low fuel demand = low fuel prices.
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I think maybe the Saudis and the Russians have more to do with lower gas prices...price war!
Sure, they've controlled the price forever, but eventually demand and supply economics catch up, like now. Even now, the price at the pump should be a lot lower given the price of crude, but its not. The price at the pump has only dropped 10% around here, but when the demand picks up again, I'm sure we'll see a 30% hike.
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Went for a quick drive down the coast. Was pretty shocked how many people were at the beach. In fact, there was an electronic traffic sign that said “Beach closed, practice social distancing” with about 50 people next to it.
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Went for a quick drive down the coast. Was pretty shocked how many people were at the beach. In fact, there was an electronic traffic sign that said “Beach closed, practice social distancing” with about 50 people next to it.
Yea, I drove by one of the bike trails the other day and it was more packed than I've ever seen it. What happened was it was our first warm day this year, which enticed everyone to get out to enjoy the day. More-so because they've been couped inside for a couple weeks and don't have work. Even the streets of our city had a bunch more people than usual on them, walking dogs and walking around. Our mayor did nothing about it. Only thing she talks about on her twitter is promoting different take-out restaurants. Which I think is stupid and pointless, which I won't get into now... Also, we had our St. Patrick's Day parade canceled, but all the bars stayed opened and all the college kids and others decided to continue the parade and spend the day out drinking anyway. Our mayor did nothing. As far as I can tell she's not even organizing medical supplies for us, but leaving that up to the hospitals to handle. She's ~27yrs old and birthed her first kid, as a single mother, the first month she took office. So she has a child to pay attention to, on top of being mayor.

Outside of complaining about my mayor... I think it's dumb stores run on limited hours. It ends up crowding the stores more during the hours they are open, exposing more people to infection risk.
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We've been under stay at home orders here in Colorado for 3 days now. Under the rules of the order it makes it pretty clear that you are only supposed to drive to work or to get necessities, like groceries, medication, etc. So thus far I haven't gone on any therapy rides on my favorite roads to comply and to try to set the right example. It seems like I'm in the minority though. Yesterday we watched nearly every neighbor next to us coming and going throughout the day. Often with their entire families, coming back with gas station soda cups or Starbucks, or from the dog park, and never with anything that looked like supplies.

My wife made a Costco run the other evening that should sustain us for nearly a month. While she was out she said the grocery stores were dead, yet the roads were packed and fast food restaurants were slammed. Haha. We're so screwed.

In truth I would really like our lockdown to end by summer for selfish reasons: so I can buy my next fun car and actually get to enjoy it this year
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Here in the Brooklyn, NYC, I was driving by the park on Friday and it was business as usual; people was running, jogging, picnicking, with the NYPD cruiser not to far away, with their lights on, while everyone ignore them.

I don't see the point of keeping people out of work, if they're still going to allow others to move freely. Some states are pulling this off more half-ass than others, making a "lockdown" moot.. But I digress..
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