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2020-03-20 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Apple shuts down all its 272 US stores 'until further notice' over fears of coronavirus

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Like Playboy, what a great time to unload unprofitable B&M properties. Wendy's, Whataburger, McDonalds, Schlotsky's...dining rooms closed, drive thrus open. Mall, dead.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-20 00:51|| 2020-03-20 00:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Imagine: people eating fresh food grown locally and prepared slowly. In their own homes, around a table with people they love.

Maybe the obesity epidemic will start to ease.
Maybe people will re-learn the arts of conversation, laughter, empathy.

Posted by Lex 2020-03-20 00:55|| 2020-03-20 00:55|| Front Page Top

#3 ^Who are you and that you did with our Lex?!

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-20 03:22|| 2020-03-20 03:22|| Front Page Top

#4 These are difficult times, for all of us.

Posted by European Conservative 2020-03-20 03:23|| 2020-03-20 03:23|| Front Page Top

#5 And the only one left will be Taco Bell.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-03-20 11:00|| 2020-03-20 11:00|| Front Page Top

#6 *dang, haven't had a Schlotsky's in too long

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-03-20 11:01|| 2020-03-20 11:01|| Front Page Top

#7 I remember a video of kids being confronted with a dial phone. Some just pressed as hard as they could stand to do into the holes and didn't understand why nothing was happening. I imagine crapple phone users in much the same boat most of the time.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-03-20 11:23|| 2020-03-20 11:23|| Front Page Top

#8 I laughed when my kid asked me about a show, "What's that thing attached to the wall?"

Then I got the VCR out and absolutely mesmerized them.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-03-20 11:25|| 2020-03-20 11:25|| Front Page Top

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