How has the virus affected you directly?

[One Brow]

Welp, just dropped my facemask in the toilet.

Maybe you could really clean that thing out with some internal disinfectant?

 

[LogGrad98]

Maybe you could really clean that thing out with some internal disinfectant?

I snorted some Lysol earlier so I think I'm good

 

[Game6Conley]

Had a package held up in Japan for over 2 months, looks like it finally shipped from the office of outward exchange today!

 

[bigb]

I’m seeing a huge drop of availability of circuit breakers at Home Depot.


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[Keefe]

I’m seeing a huge drop of availability of circuit breakers at Home Depot.


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I remember you saying a lot of what you use comes from China and that a shortage would be happening soon.

Is that what’s happening with the breakers you think?

 

[bigb]

I remember you saying a lot of what you use comes from China and that a shortage would be happening soon.

Is that what’s happening with the breakers you think?

I would guess. It’s mainly hitting the HomeLine brand of SquareD. My main suppliers don’t stock that brand (one is a Siemens distributor and the other GE) so I buy that brand from Home Depot.
I’ve seen it in LED lights as well, but not nearly as bad.


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[Beer]

Have a broken part for my RAZR that needs replaced. The virus has shut down the Polaris factory causing a ridiculous delay in getting a replacement part. Going on 3 weeks now.

 

[Ron Mexico]

The virus has ****ed me super hard. Got done with a technical program and was going to search for jobs but then this happened. I'm still sending out some applications just in case, but now I'm mostly working on personal projects and hoping that this ends soon.

I hope you got a job.

 

[bigb]

I don’t know if this is still pandemic related, but **** is getting hard to find. My supplier is constantly out of everyday, heavy use items. They say things like “we ordered x amount, but only got y amount”. Also, prices are going up quickly. Single strand #12 wire (the most common used inside conduits in commercial/industrial work) has gone up 10%+ in less than 4 months.


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[Handlogten's Heros]

I don’t know if this is still pandemic related, but **** is getting hard to find. My supplier is constantly out of everyday, heavy use items. They say things like “we ordered x amount, but only got y amount”. Also, prices are going up quickly. Single strand #12 wire (the most common used inside conduits in commercial/industrial work) has gone up 10%+ in less than 4 months.


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It is... lots of trade has been bottlenecked. Scrap steel has gone way up... bunch of ag folks I work with said they had major disruptions to their supply chains and had to use new and different materials.

 

[fishonjazz]

I don’t know if this is still pandemic related, but **** is getting hard to find. My supplier is constantly out of everyday, heavy use items. They say things like “we ordered x amount, but only got y amount”. Also, prices are going up quickly. Single strand #12 wire (the most common used inside conduits in commercial/industrial work) has gone up 10%+ in less than 4 months.


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It is... lots of trade has been bottlenecked. Scrap steel has gone way up... bunch of ag folks I work with said they had major disruptions to their supply chains and had to use new and different materials.

I heard on the radio that computer chips are not being produced enough so automobile production had to stop at some factories.

Btw, I look forward to these issues being blamed on Biden and the radical left socialists.

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[Avery]

Having just finished my basement, I can tell you that the cost of building supplies has been all over the map. They spiked in September and lumber was 2x the cost of what it was when in the summer. Things got better in October/November, but December saw another massive 2x spike.

If you're looking at finishing your basement or other bigger construction (even buying a house), you may want to consider waiting until the spring when relief is expected. Builders are pricing new builds with these higher-priced raw materials in mind as they still have profit to maintain.

 

[LogGrad98]

I don’t know if this is still pandemic related, but **** is getting hard to find. My supplier is constantly out of everyday, heavy use items. They say things like “we ordered x amount, but only got y amount”. Also, prices are going up quickly. Single strand #12 wire (the most common used inside conduits in commercial/industrial work) has gone up 10%+ in less than 4 months.


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Definitely covid related. I'm seeing the same thing with inventory for our customers in the distribution center. They can't get their stuff. Big problems getting things from China especially. Also we have had to do some pharmacy hopping to get needed medication as they keep running out. It's bad right now.

 

[TheGoldStandard]

My wife received the second vaccination (Pfizer) last week. Early on in the pandemic, we were pretty stressed out as my wife was treating sometimes 5 and 6 Covid patients per day, but no other patients were being tested or treated as Covid patients, so no PPE in those rooms. Over the last few months every patient gets tested prior to being treated, so it has made the process better.

Having gone from playing pickup ball 3-5 days a week and league play a day or two down to zero basketball has been a major bummer for me. I've gained the Covid "19" over the last year. I still hike, mountain bike and snowboard, but not nearly the same level or extent to get the same amount of exercise I get from playing basketball, and I hate/refuse to just run. I have some friends that continued to play outside, but I've seen too many people get hurt on blacktop (torn knees, etc.) that it isn't worth it for me.

Worried that even after vaccines it may take years to get people out on the courts regularly again (sometimes getting 10 consistently was hard before the pandemic).

A positive is I changed jobs to work from home to allow my daughter to avoid day care. Less stress and more time with the family...

 

[Archie Moses]

I don’t know if this is still pandemic related, but **** is getting hard to find. My supplier is constantly out of everyday, heavy use items. They say things like “we ordered x amount, but only got y amount”. Also, prices are going up quickly. Single strand #12 wire (the most common used inside conduits in commercial/industrial work) has gone up 10%+ in less than 4 months.


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Who's your dealer?

I work for a building product manufacturer and yes, we can't keep up. It's a blessing and a curse.

 

[candrew]

My wife received the second vaccination (Pfizer) last week. Early on in the pandemic, we were pretty stressed out as my wife was treating sometimes 5 and 6 Covid patients per day, but no other patients were being tested or treated as Covid patients, so no PPE in those rooms. Over the last few months every patient gets tested prior to being treated, so it has made the process better.

Having gone from playing pickup ball 3-5 days a week and league play a day or two down to zero basketball has been a major bummer for me. I've gained the Covid "19" over the last year. I still hike, mountain bike and snowboard, but not nearly the same level or extent to get the same amount of exercise I get from playing basketball, and I hate/refuse to just run. I have some friends that continued to play outside, but I've seen too many people get hurt on blacktop (torn knees, etc.) that it isn't worth it for me.

Worried that even after vaccines it may take years to get people out on the courts regularly again (sometimes getting 10 consistently was hard before the pandemic).

A positive is I changed jobs to work from home to allow my daughter to avoid day care. Less stress and more time with the family...

I was in two bball leagues and both of them shut down - none of the guys want to get together until this is over.

I mostly just worked on my broke jumper since then, lol.

 

[TheGoldStandard]

I was in two bball leagues and both of them shut down - none of the guys want to get together until this is over.

I mostly just worked on my broke jumper since then, lol.

All of our gyms are closed for bball. I have a sport court with netted ball return, so I shoot a lot, but that's about it. My jumper isn't broken, I'm just getting old and slow (and fat over the last year, lol).

I just worry my pickup games will take forever to start again.

 

[idestroyedthetoilet]

Having just finished my basement, I can tell you that the cost of building supplies has been all over the map. They spiked in September and lumber was 2x the cost of what it was when in the summer. Things got better in October/November, but December saw another massive 2x spike.

If you're looking at finishing your basement or other bigger construction (even buying a house), you may want to consider waiting until the spring when relief is expected. Builders are pricing new builds with these higher-priced raw materials in mind as they still have profit to maintain.

Home Depot going to be empty if the $1400 stimulus goes through. I may use mine to finish my basement and am considering buying the drywall, lumber, and electrical before.

 

[Avery]

Home Depot going to be empty if the $1400 stimulus goes through. I may use mine to finish my basement and am considering buying the drywall, lumber, and electrical before.

That’s a lot of raw material to store aside from your wire which would be cake.

 

[candrew]

Received my first vaccine shot today - nice to at least feel like I'm back on the road to some semblance of normalcy.

Also, just in case - Bill Gates is our greatest national treasure and a god damned good looking man.