My only concern is air freight and overnight. These warehouses work the
pickers like hogs. I doubt theyre wearing PPE or can afford to stay home
sick. probably wiping their noses with their hands and coughing all over
everything. Risk is minimal, but spray is cheap
On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 9:41 AM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've heard from several reliable sources that you do not need to worry
> about the virus on shipping packages. The amount of time that it can
> survive on other surfaces can be variable.
>
>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
>
> On 3/11/2020 8:47 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>
> I picked up some AGM batteries at Zeus today, they are made in China. Am
> I going to die? I assumed they ship batteries by boat and by the time they
> get here any viruses are long dead.
>
>
>
> Chuck, how is your employee I think she was production supervisor or
> something, who was sick after opening the Chinese PCBs? My daughter in
> Maine just texted me she is over a nasty cold. Sometimes a cold is just a
> cold.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf
> Of *Steve Jones
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 11, 2020 10:42 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> <af@af.afmug.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Europe travel ban, or also "trade and cargo"?
>
>
>
> yeah, don lemon, i cant watch that guy for more than about 2 minutes, hes
> so high every night he doesnt even know whats going on,i see him gone the
> way of that dude that retired on air the other day very soon.
>
>
>
> On a serious note, we are planning to disinfect anything coming in from
> anywhere, within reason. I doubt its gonna be an issue, but the amazon
> warehouse guy probably got it from air freight, so why risk it. I figure a
> lysol of the box and contents, but i cant see going much beyond that
> without destroying electronics.
>
> I did lysol the shit out of some batteries i got from china off ebay for
> my dad today, hes 78 and has COPD, so i got that shit pretty wet with
> lysol. Hes soldering them so any residue will burn off and clear with flux.
> im not even sure how they got here so fast from china, my tool is still
> there since january, getting pretty pissed
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 10:31 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
>
> I was doing some cnMaestro stuff with the TV on in the background and some
> CNN guy was just going berserk at John Kasich, wouldn’t let him talk. Is
> that Don Lemon? It seems like he really lost it. Is that what you were
> referring to?
>
>
>
> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 11, 2020 9:44 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Europe travel ban, or also "trade and cargo"?
>
>
>
> it was on a teleprompter. that CNN guy is going ballistic about it like it
> impacted everyone for the misunderstanding. Glad its clarified though
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 9:41 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> He might have been attempting to say trade embargo, but had a brain fart.
>
>
>
> bp
>
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
>
>
> On 3/11/2020 7:39 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>
> OK, never mind. I see this clarification from I think an NYT contributor
> on Twitter:
>
>
>
> The White House clarifies the president's Europe travel ban "only applies
> to human beings, not goods and cargo. It tracks very similar to the
> proclamation issued for China. The people transporting goods will not be
> admitted into the country, but the goods will be."
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf
> Of *Ken Hohhof
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 11, 2020 9:30 PM
> *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com>
> <af@af.afmug.com>
> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Europe travel ban, or also "trade and cargo"?
>
>
>
> Did anyone listen to the POTUS address tonight? It is being reported as a
> 30 day European travel ban. But I heard him say “these prohibitions will
> not only apply to the tremendous amount of trade and cargo, but various
> other things as we get approval. Anything coming from Europe to the United
> States is what we are discussing.”
>
>
>
> He was clearly reading from a teleprompter, so I don’t think he misspoke
> or ad libbed.
>
>
>
> Does this not sound like all imports from Europe will be blocked, at least
> for 30 days? I don’t think we’ve blocked imports from China. We use
> equipment that comes from European countries like Ukraine, Hungary, Latvia,
> etc. Not sure how this would be implemented or if it makes any sense to
> block thing imported goods. Also not sure what the “various other things”
> would be. After people, trade and cargo, what else is there? Internet?
>
>
>
> News reports don’t seem to be interpreting it the way I heard it, so maybe
> I’m wrong?
>
>
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