(05-30-2020 04:25 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(05-30-2020 04:04 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(05-30-2020 03:37 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  Ucgrad, where you at in nc?

I live in a border County along the NC/VA line with Greensboro and Winston-Salem being the closest major cities. That picture was from a race track about two counties over to the east from me - closer to Chapel Hill/Raleigh/Durham area.

Not to far from the Lexington bbq joints I hit on the way to the beach

(05-30-2020 04:45 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  My favorite is "NC eastern style" pulled pork tenderloin. I like it with/without a bun and I typically dab on a bit of slaw. Throw in some hush puppies and a fountain coke with ice and absolute HEAVEN...

(05-30-2020 05:38 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  I'm with you. Eastern nc style bbq is the best. Lexington is a good approximation on my way to sunset beach. Lexington #1 bbq is my favorite one I've had there.

(05-30-2020 06:26 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(05-30-2020 05:38 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  I'm with you. Eastern nc style bbq is the best. Lexington is a good approximation on my way to sunset beach. Lexington #1 bbq is my favorite one I've had there.

Dude! That is my family's favorite beach in NC. We've gone there almost every year since 2004. It's not built up with commericalism and it's laid back. That whole area from Calabash north to Ocean Isle is golden! Let me know if you ever do a return trip and I can give you some restaurants that are musts to check out.

(05-30-2020 06:31 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(05-30-2020 06:26 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(05-30-2020 05:38 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  I'm with you. Eastern nc style bbq is the best. Lexington is a good approximation on my way to sunset beach. Lexington #1 bbq is my favorite one I've had there.

Dude! That is my family's favorite beach in NC. We've gone there almost every year since 2004. It's not built up with commericalism and it's laid back. That whole area from Calabash north to Ocean Isle is golden! Let me know if you ever do a return trip and I can give you some restaurants that are musts to check out.

We went every year from 2002 through 2019. Always mid july. This year we're going to Carolina beach for family reasons but I'm going to miss sunset beach. We stay near the northeast end so the beach isn't crowded at all.

(05-30-2020 10:48 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  It's insane that people still make a bad flu season comparison. More than 100,000 deaths in 2 months while taking drastic distancing measures isn't remotely in the ball park of any flu season in modern history. We know this thing spreads like crazy. A .26 death rate could still be 600000+ dead and the death right climbs significantly if say it spreads too quickly and hospital capacity is stretched thin.

(05-30-2020 09:20 PM)Ragpicker Wrote:  

(05-30-2020 10:48 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  It's insane that people still make a bad flu season comparison. More than 100,000 deaths in 2 months while taking drastic distancing measures isn't remotely in the ball park of any flu season in modern history. We know this thing spreads like crazy. A .26 death rate could still be 600000+ dead and the death right climbs significantly if say it spreads too quickly and hospital capacity is stretched thin.

Just stay out of New York City, and their area nursing homes, and you will be safe and healthy my good friend Mark.

You love adjusted defense and adjusted offense percentages for basketball forecasts. Adjust your deaths by those outside NY - where the dirty subway, bad policies of sending infected to nursing homes, and the early March proclamation by NY leaders "Go out, see a show, we are New Yorkers and we are tough" caused much of the tragedy.

(05-31-2020 05:23 AM)Ring of Black Wrote:  Around a month and a half ago, now, I was experiencing a couple symptoms, namely the dry cough, and the strange phenomena of compressed lungs. At that point, neither really bothered me. I am kind of used to the former, having allergies. And, since I have very good lungs, due to a lot of cardio, I was able to deep-breathe away the latter symptom, every morning.

About five days later, I was beginning to feel really good. Nothing going on that day, until about 8 or 9 at night, the dry cough came in with a vengeance. Then, my upper stomach felt like it was engulfed in flames. Kept me up all night.

Next day, doctor set me up with antibiotics and immune reducers. And that was that. With the notable exception that the stomach kept giving me occasional fits. Turns out that I had significant inflammation and sludge in my gallbladder. It was removed this week.

What happened? Was it a coincidence, with these symptoms coinciding with a gallbladder attack? Or did this strange virus aggravate an already minor issue? I guess I'll never know for sure, but I tend to lean towards the latter.

I did test negative. However, I really could not even get a test, until I had already begun treatment (the day after my doctor telemed, to be exact). On one hand, was the virus not detected because the test was done so late in the game? Or was it legitimately something else? I never did have a fever.

One thing I do know. Prior to this episode, I was doing everything I possibly could to stay out of the way of this; washing hands until they got sores, "social distancing", wearing mask for face to face conversations. I admit I do habitually touch my face all too often, but other than that, I really feel I did my best, and still caught something nasty, whether COVID 19, or whatever that was.

I just thank God that it hit a not completely essential organ.

(05-31-2020 05:23 AM)Ring of Black Wrote:  Around a month and a half ago, now, I was experiencing a couple symptoms, namely the dry cough, and the strange phenomena of compressed lungs. At that point, neither really bothered me. I am kind of used to the former, having allergies. And, since I have very good lungs, due to a lot of cardio, I was able to deep-breathe away the latter symptom, every morning.

About five days later, I was beginning to feel really good. Nothing going on that day, until about 8 or 9 at night, the dry cough came in with a vengeance. Then, my upper stomach felt like it was engulfed in flames. Kept me up all night.

Next day, doctor set me up with antibiotics and immune reducers. And that was that. With the notable exception that the stomach kept giving me occasional fits. Turns out that I had significant inflammation and sludge in my gallbladder. It was removed this week.

What happened? Was it a coincidence, with these symptoms coinciding with a gallbladder attack? Or did this strange virus aggravate an already minor issue? I guess I'll never know for sure, but I tend to lean towards the latter.

I did test negative. However, I really could not even get a test, until I had already begun treatment (the day after my doctor telemed, to be exact). On one hand, was the virus not detected because the test was done so late in the game? Or was it legitimately something else? I never did have a fever.

One thing I do know. Prior to this episode, I was doing everything I possibly could to stay out of the way of this; washing hands until they got sores, "social distancing", wearing mask for face to face conversations. I admit I do habitually touch my face all too often, but other than that, I really feel I did my best, and still caught something nasty, whether COVID 19, or whatever that was.

I just thank God that it hit a not completely essential organ.

(05-31-2020 09:28 AM)Ring of Black Wrote:  Thanks for the well wishes Q

Doss, I agree. I will look into this at some point, sooner than later. Probably as soon as my surgical scars heal.

(05-31-2020 10:13 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(05-31-2020 09:28 AM)Ring of Black Wrote:  Thanks for the well wishes Q

Doss, I agree. I will look into this at some point, sooner than later. Probably as soon as my surgical scars heal.

Glad you are doing better now ROB.

(05-30-2020 05:38 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(05-30-2020 04:45 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  My favorite is "NC eastern style" pulled pork tenderloin. I like it with/without a bun and I typically dab on a bit of slaw. Throw in some hush puppies and a fountain coke with ice and absolute HEAVEN...

I'm with you. Eastern nc style bbq is the best. Lexington is a good approximation on my way to sunset beach. Lexington #1 bbq is my favorite one I've had there.

(05-31-2020 05:23 AM)Ring of Black Wrote:  Around a month and a half ago, now, I was experiencing a couple symptoms, namely the dry cough, and the strange phenomena of compressed lungs. At that point, neither really bothered me. I am kind of used to the former, having allergies. And, since I have very good lungs, due to a lot of cardio, I was able to deep-breathe away the latter symptom, every morning.

About five days later, I was beginning to feel really good. Nothing going on that day, until about 8 or 9 at night, the dry cough came in with a vengeance. Then, my upper stomach felt like it was engulfed in flames. Kept me up all night.

Next day, doctor set me up with antibiotics and immune reducers. And that was that. With the notable exception that the stomach kept giving me occasional fits. Turns out that I had significant inflammation and sludge in my gallbladder. It was removed this week.

What happened? Was it a coincidence, with these symptoms coinciding with a gallbladder attack? Or did this strange virus aggravate an already minor issue? I guess I'll never know for sure, but I tend to lean towards the latter.

I did test negative. However, I really could not even get a test, until I had already begun treatment (the day after my doctor telemed, to be exact). On one hand, was the virus not detected because the test was done so late in the game? Or was it legitimately something else? I never did have a fever.

One thing I do know. Prior to this episode, I was doing everything I possibly could to stay out of the way of this; washing hands until they got sores, "social distancing", wearing mask for face to face conversations. I admit I do habitually touch my face all too often, but other than that, I really feel I did my best, and still caught something nasty, whether COVID 19, or whatever that was.

I just thank God that it hit a not completely essential organ.

(06-01-2020 09:10 AM)DDaddy Wrote:  Are we at 100,000 deaths where COVID-19 was the cause, or are we at 100,000 deaths where the COVID-19 virus was present but not the cause of death? How and when can we really know this?