At least in Florida, the "stay at home" order explicitly call out a whole bunch of reasonable exceptions: getting groceries, exercising, walking your pets, going to the vet, doctor... obviously mowing your lawn falls into that.  "Stay at Home" and "social distancing" doesn't mean "don't ever go outside of your house."  Of course, the value/risk proposition is different if you're in a crowded city instead of a spread-out suburb...  I think most people see a phrase like "stay at home" and make a whole bunch of assumptions without either thinking... or reading.

...for example: I haven't read Michigan's rules for this, but I assume it is not "never leave your house."

Michigan governor is being completely unreasonable and draconian. On the one hand you want people to stay home if possible, but on the other hand you have the governor laying down new restrictions at her whim, every day. It is going to be mowing season and general lawn care season real soon, it's practically on top of us now. You can't be telling businesses that are open anyway, not to sell in entire departments of their stores. Ok, you can technically go outside to mow your grass, but you're not allowed to purchase the parts and maintenance for your tractor, or hedge trimmers, or seeds to plant your garden with? It's a good thing people are protesting that shit.

Two: you bait the line

Three: you slowly spread the net

And four: you catch the man

more like "8-bit mad?"

@atari2600land they saved green for the baseplates and the trees.

Actually I had some LEGOs too, but I went nuts for TENTEs...Bought a whole bunch of the space themed ones as their stuff didn't seem so "happy"...Reminded me of Micronauts a little bit...

“For the want of a nail the shoe was lost,
For the want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For the want of a horse the rider was lost,
For the want of a rider the battle was lost,
For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe-nail.”

― Benjamin Franklin

This is why almost every part of our economy is essential. You can't just shut down what some bureaucrat deems non-essential without affecting everything else. 

My company was declared an essential service as well.

I've been working from home for two weeks and it's driving me bonkers.

My supervisor has his hands full working on-site doing physical work, so I've told him I am happy to come onsite to give a helping hand.

We're waiting for executive approval, but I've been told that that probably won't happen anytime soon.

We've been relegated to some weird grey area.. I was told we were going to reopen today, but on a 'voluntary basis'. This makes no sense to me. I thought if we were 'essential' we would all have to show up, and if we weren't, we would all be expected to stay home. Needless to say, I'm holed up at home.

Tried the rice trick, but ended up just buying a new phone. Arrived today. I cannot express how much I loathe setting up a new phone. And losing all kinds of data, including old text messages.

What kind of phone did you buy?  I use Google services, so all my data just follows me when I get a new phone.  Sometimes you can connect the 2 phones via BT and then move your contacts and messages over, but your phone was toast so that wasn't possible.

@jd_1138 I'm with Boost Mobile. Bought an LG Tribute Royal. All my apps were restored, contacts of course..  and some settings. All pics were on the unaffected microSD card. But I refuse to put my life 'on the cloud'.

UK did it last night. I work from home, so it's not too much of an issue. But try telling the wife we're not supposed to go around to see the grandkids. ?‍♂️

Missouri started on the 23rd.

I'm with you here in Michigan!  When places shut down, it has a very serious impact on people, I'm sorry to hear that yours had to shut down!

You're missing out. The sliders are only part of the appeal. The chicken rings are damn good for fast food, and I also enjoy their fish sandwiches..

They still fry their burgers alongside baby food, to give them that distinctive flavor?  lol

Should I mention how many times I've seen Harold & Kumar?

I’m sure it means something. But none of us knows what.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmy9CTn6xMs

Haha!... I've seen Tori Amos in concert, so I feel I got an extra big laugh out of this one haha...Ya know...They should really do a Home Movies/Bob's Burgers crossover!  That would be Awesome!  

Lucky bastard!

Working....

ADRIAN! , ADRIAN!!

Nice!

That sounds cozy 

Pictures or it didn't happen.

Go listen to the song from Caddyshack 2 real quick. Might change your mind.

I just did, and I respectfully disagree. Long live the 80s!

Dabney..Dabney... Often appeared as a smarmy, selfish, nervous person, often with money, who is mostly out for himself?    Did such a good job in this type of part that he's made a career of it in film?   Never heard of him.    (jk)...I couldn't remember the name so began cut + pasting IMDB,  haa...Was that Gary Coleman's father?  That's the world I wanna be in ?

WarGames, Cloak & Dagger, 9 to 5, Muppets Take Manhattan..

Hmmm...^ I even saw all of those except Cloak & Dagger in the theater!   Pretty sure I'm getting old...

Fluid Film.

Tuckers were Great!   It's one of my friend's Favorite car of all time.

That is a pretty good deal, I got mine boxed for about that much without the cool extras. 

Better yet: Take a 5 day vacation, 75 times a year.

Exactly!  ?

Better put money into a 401K....It's called Retirement.

Aren't they the braided type? Yeah, those are good!

I've never seen those before (though maybe I haven't looked).  They're kind of close by being from North Dakota, if I read that right.

AMAZING seasoning. Layers of flavor.. a little heat, a little butter, a hint of parmesan(?).. check them out.

I love songs that tell a story!  Thanks Gordon!

The song has such a haunting feel to it.. I used to think it was about ghosts when I was a little kid.  Gordon will be 81 in a week!

Oh yeah...Nov 10th...R.I.P.  ...And a Great Song!