SXSW

[steff]

Austin cancelled SXSW (SouthbySouthWest) for this year because of the Corona virus.  Taking a $330-350 MILLION loss for the city.  400,000 people come into the city for the music, art & food. 

Tell us all again how it's a Democrat hoax. 

Austin Mayor Steve Adler announced Friday he's declared a declaration of disaster in the city and has canceled the upcoming SXSW music festival.

"Based on the recommendation of our public health officer and director of public health, and after consultation with the city manager, I've gone ahead and declared a local disaster in the city and associated with that, I've issued an order that effectively cancels SXSW for this year," Adler said Friday.

SXSW organizers said they are working with the "ramifications of this unprecedented situation" but "honor and respect the city of Austin's decision to cancel this year's event.

www.nbcdfw.com/news/coronavirus/austin-considers-spring-festivals-sxsw-in-light-of-covid-19-spread/2325885/

[buystoys]

It's a shame, but I expected them to cancel this year.  Too many major corporations had pulled out.

[busymom]

Smart choice.  Unfortunately, we've got a major car show in our community that brings people here from all over the country this weekend.  I'll be waiting to see, in a couple of weeks, if we begin to see coronavirus being confirmed in this part of the state. 

[djAdvocate]

i have attended this festival 8 out of the last 9 years, and was going this year.

i am bummed that it got canceled, but i get it. it would be literally impossible to stop the CV spread in this festival. you are bumping up against people constantly, there.

70000 attendees, 2000 performers. ANY CV there would have spread to other people.
tough decision, but probably the right one.

[NastyWoman]

Mar 6, 2020 22:50:27 GMT -5 steff said:

Austin cancelled SXSW (SouthbySouthWest) for this year because of the Corona virus.  Taking a $330-350 MILLION loss for the city.  400,000 people come into the city for the music, art & food. 

Tell us all again how it's a Democrat hoax. 

Austin Mayor Steve Adler announced Friday he's declared a declaration of disaster in the city and has canceled the upcoming SXSW music festival.

"Based on the recommendation of our public health officer and director of public health, and after consultation with the city manager, I've gone ahead and declared a local disaster in the city and associated with that, I've issued an order that effectively cancels SXSW for this year," Adler said Friday.

SXSW organizers said they are working with the "ramifications of this unprecedented situation" but "honor and respect the city of Austin's decision to cancel this year's event.

www.nbcdfw.com/news/coronavirus/austin-considers-spring-festivals-sxsw-in-light-of-covid-19-spread/2325885/

Austin is the "blueberry in the Texas romato soup"  So there is your conspiracy 

 All joking aside though it is a pity they cancelled the event but it is the prudent thing to do.

[steff]

Mar 8, 2020 13:54:42 GMT -5 NastyWoman said:

Mar 6, 2020 22:50:27 GMT -5 steff said:

Austin cancelled SXSW (SouthbySouthWest) for this year because of the Corona virus.  Taking a $330-350 MILLION loss for the city.  400,000 people come into the city for the music, art & food. 

Tell us all again how it's a Democrat hoax. 

Austin Mayor Steve Adler announced Friday he's declared a declaration of disaster in the city and has canceled the upcoming SXSW music festival.

"Based on the recommendation of our public health officer and director of public health, and after consultation with the city manager, I've gone ahead and declared a local disaster in the city and associated with that, I've issued an order that effectively cancels SXSW for this year," Adler said Friday.

SXSW organizers said they are working with the "ramifications of this unprecedented situation" but "honor and respect the city of Austin's decision to cancel this year's event.

www.nbcdfw.com/news/coronavirus/austin-considers-spring-festivals-sxsw-in-light-of-covid-19-spread/2325885/

Austin is the "blueberry in the Texas romato soup"  So there is your conspiracy 

 All joking aside though it is a pity they cancelled the event but it is the prudent thing to do.

Austin isn't the only blue city in Texas.  I grew up in Houston & it's one of the most diverse & liberal minded cities.  I feel like I grew up in a blue bubble there & didn't realize how fucked up the rest of Texas was until I moved to another state. 

[oped]

I'm supposed to take my cousin's kids for our annual ditch school, take the train to the city and go to the museum day. The exhibit we are going to is interactive... meaning playing with and on things that tons of other kids have touched this week... I'm starting to wonder if its a good idea? There are relatively few cases so far in the city. And i am not seeing many kids infected? Is that a thing? I'd hate to be the one to drag it back here though...

[happyhoix]

Mar 8, 2020 15:00:29 GMT -5 oped said:

I'm supposed to take my cousin's kids for our annual ditch school, take the train to the city and go to the museum day. The exhibit we are going to is interactive... meaning playing with and on things that tons of other kids have touched this week... I'm starting to wonder if its a good idea? There are relatively few cases so far in the city. And i am not seeing many kids infected? Is that a thing? I'd hate to be the one to drag it back here though...

The problem is, kids apparently show no symptoms, or only mild symptoms, yet can still be contagious.  Plus, you know the lax personal hygiene skills small kids have, when it comes to not putting non-food items in their mouth, sneezing without covering, wiping noses, washing hands, etc. 

I wouldn't worry about the kids so much as whether or not they might infect their grandparents when they get home, and the grandparents infect all their pals at church, and this thing keeps marching steadily onward. 

[djAdvocate]

Mar 8, 2020 19:34:17 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

Mar 8, 2020 15:00:29 GMT -5 oped said:

I'm supposed to take my cousin's kids for our annual ditch school, take the train to the city and go to the museum day. The exhibit we are going to is interactive... meaning playing with and on things that tons of other kids have touched this week... I'm starting to wonder if its a good idea? There are relatively few cases so far in the city. And i am not seeing many kids infected? Is that a thing? I'd hate to be the one to drag it back here though...

The problem is, kids apparently show no symptoms, or only mild symptoms, yet can still be contagious.  Plus, you know the lax personal hygiene skills small kids have, when it comes to not putting non-food items in their mouth, sneezing without covering, wiping noses, washing hands, etc. 

I wouldn't worry about the kids so much as whether or not they might infect their grandparents when they get home, and the grandparents infect all their pals at church, and this thing keeps marching steadily onward. 

yes.  this really IS the problem.

for those under 40 in good health, this will just seem like a "bad flu".  but if you give it to grandma, she will have a 15% of dying from it.  so, yeah- this is not just a bad flu.  and the longer we think of it that way, the more seniors will die.

[NastyWoman]

Mar 8, 2020 20:01:50 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Mar 8, 2020 19:34:17 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

The problem is, kids apparently show no symptoms, or only mild symptoms, yet can still be contagious.  Plus, you know the lax personal hygiene skills small kids have, when it comes to not putting non-food items in their mouth, sneezing without covering, wiping noses, washing hands, etc. 

I wouldn't worry about the kids so much as whether or not they might infect their grandparents when they get home, and the grandparents infect all their pals at church, and this thing keeps marching steadily onward. 

yes.  this really IS the problem.

for those under 40 in good health, this will just seem like a "bad flu".  but if you give it to grandma, she will have a 15% of dying from it.  so, yeah- this is not just a bad flu.  and the longer we think of it that way, the more seniors will die.

If I were a Strumpet (which I am not) I would probably think "yeah! Less people on SS and Medicare. MAGA!"  

[thyme4change]

Mar 8, 2020 20:01:50 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Mar 8, 2020 19:34:17 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

The problem is, kids apparently show no symptoms, or only mild symptoms, yet can still be contagious.  Plus, you know the lax personal hygiene skills small kids have, when it comes to not putting non-food items in their mouth, sneezing without covering, wiping noses, washing hands, etc. 

I wouldn't worry about the kids so much as whether or not they might infect their grandparents when they get home, and the grandparents infect all their pals at church, and this thing keeps marching steadily onward. 

yes.  this really IS the problem.

for those under 40 in good health, this will just seem like a "bad flu".  but if you give it to grandma, she will have a 15% of dying from it.  so, yeah- this is not just a bad flu.  and the longer we think of it that way, the more seniors will die.

I told my kid I wasn't worried about them getting sick, but we have a family wedding coming up, and they need to keep washing their hands or Nana and Papa are goners.

My mother, however, says she doesn't understand why the news people keep referring to her age group as elderly. She insists they are not elderly.

Man, I love denial. It keeps us all exactly where we want to be....until it doesn't.

[Tennesseer]

Mar 9, 2020 14:35:38 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Mar 8, 2020 20:01:50 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

yes.  this really IS the problem.

for those under 40 in good health, this will just seem like a "bad flu".  but if you give it to grandma, she will have a 15% of dying from it.  so, yeah- this is not just a bad flu.  and the longer we think of it that way, the more seniors will die.

I told my kid I wasn't worried about them getting sick, but we have a family wedding coming up, and they need to keep washing their hands or Nana and Papa are goners.

My mother, however, says she doesn't understand why the news people keep referring to her age group as elderly. She insists they are not elderly.

Man, I love denial. It keeps us all exactly where we want to be....until it doesn't.

I can understand your mom's issue with being termed 'elderly'. I turn 70 next year. I look in the mirror and I see seventy. But step away from the mirror and I''m 30 again.

I laugh at the thought of turning 70. How the hell did this happen? I just got here!

[steff]

Mar 9, 2020 15:25:54 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Mar 9, 2020 14:35:38 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

I told my kid I wasn't worried about them getting sick, but we have a family wedding coming up, and they need to keep washing their hands or Nana and Papa are goners.

My mother, however, says she doesn't understand why the news people keep referring to her age group as elderly. She insists they are not elderly.

Man, I love denial. It keeps us all exactly where we want to be....until it doesn't.

I can understand your mom's issue with being termed 'elderly'. I turn 70 next year. I look in the mirror and I see seventy. But step away from the mirror and I''m 30 again.

I laugh at the thought of turning 70. How the hell did this happen? I just got here!

My mom turned 70 in January.  Today we were talking about the steps she's taking to avoid getting sick.  I said something & then apologized for referring to her as "elderly".  lol  She goes "well I am elderly & you're old now".  I'm 52. 

[dondub]

Mar 9, 2020 15:25:54 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Mar 9, 2020 14:35:38 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

I told my kid I wasn't worried about them getting sick, but we have a family wedding coming up, and they need to keep washing their hands or Nana and Papa are goners.

My mother, however, says she doesn't understand why the news people keep referring to her age group as elderly. She insists they are not elderly.

Man, I love denial. It keeps us all exactly where we want to be....until it doesn't.

I can understand your mom's issue with being termed 'elderly'. I turn 70 next year. I look in the mirror and I see seventy. But step away from the mirror and I''m 30 again.

I laugh at the thought of turning 70. How the hell did this happen? I just got here!

Step away from the mirror and your 69 again!😎

[kadee79]

My body is 75, my mind is some where between 18 & 30!  My actions some days look like I'm 90 while other days I could pass for late 50's.

[NastyWoman]

Mar 9, 2020 15:25:54 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Mar 9, 2020 14:35:38 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

I told my kid I wasn't worried about them getting sick, but we have a family wedding coming up, and they need to keep washing their hands or Nana and Papa are goners.

My mother, however, says she doesn't understand why the news people keep referring to her age group as elderly. She insists they are not elderly.

Man, I love denial. It keeps us all exactly where we want to be....until it doesn't.

I can understand your mom's issue with being termed 'elderly'. I turn 70 next year. I look in the mirror and I see seventy. But step away from the mirror and I''m 30 again.

I laugh at the thought of turning 70. How the hell did this happen? I just got here!

[Miss Tequila]

Mar 9, 2020 14:34:08 GMT -5 NastyWoman said:

Mar 8, 2020 20:01:50 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

yes.  this really IS the problem.

for those under 40 in good health, this will just seem like a "bad flu".  but if you give it to grandma, she will have a 15% of dying from it.  so, yeah- this is not just a bad flu.  and the longer we think of it that way, the more seniors will die.

If I were a Strumpet (which I am not) I would probably think "yeah! Less people on SS and Medicare. MAGA!"  

I know plenty of people that voted for trump and not one of them think that way.

[Gardening Grandma]

Mar 9, 2020 16:31:18 GMT -5 kadee79 said:

My body is 75, my mind is some where between 18 & 30!  My actions some days look like I'm 90 while other days I could pass for late 50's.

Yeah that. After pulling weeds this afternoon, my body feels like 90

[thyme4change]

Mar 9, 2020 18:20:33 GMT -5 Miss Tequila said:

Mar 9, 2020 14:34:08 GMT -5 NastyWoman said:

If I were a Strumpet (which I am not) I would probably think "yeah! Less people on SS and Medicare. MAGA!"  

I know plenty of people that voted for trump and not one of them think that way.

I will say that statistically the people who will need the most care are probably already on Medicare. So the concern about uninsured people catching this and dying without care could be deflected a little. However, if you are a man over 50, a smoker and uninsured (or underinsured), you should be very, very careful.

[djAdvocate]

Mar 9, 2020 18:20:33 GMT -5 Miss Tequila said:

Mar 9, 2020 14:34:08 GMT -5 NastyWoman said:

If I were a Strumpet (which I am not) I would probably think "yeah! Less people on SS and Medicare. MAGA!"  

I know plenty of people that voted for trump and not one of them think that way.

that's because most of them are already on Medicare.

[Miss Tequila]

Mar 10, 2020 13:15:41 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Mar 9, 2020 18:20:33 GMT -5 Miss Tequila said:

I know plenty of people that voted for trump and not one of them think that way.

that's because most of them are already on Medicare.

I can't speak for everyone that voted for Trump but I know a lot that are all around my age.  We are nowhere near Medicare age and do not receive social security.  To claim that people who voted for Trump want old people to die is just ludicrous.  And to defend people that claim that people that voted for Trump want old people to die is just as bad.  

[tcu2003]

Mar 8, 2020 14:17:29 GMT -5 steff said:

Mar 8, 2020 13:54:42 GMT -5 NastyWoman said:

Austin is the "blueberry in the Texas romato soup"  So there is your conspiracy 

 All joking aside though it is a pity they cancelled the event but it is the prudent thing to do.

Austin isn't the only blue city in Texas.  I grew up in Houston & it's one of the most diverse & liberal minded cities.  I feel like I grew up in a blue bubble there & didn't realize how fucked up the rest of Texas was until I moved to another state. 

But Houston spawned Ted Cruz , so there’s that...

[steff]

Houston just cancelled the last 11 days of the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo.  This is not a minor thing, this is as big as or even bigger than cancelling SxSW. 

[lynnerself]

Also, no ticket refunds from SXSW

pagesix.com/2020/03/10/sxsw-refusing-to-issue-refunds-after-being-canceled-due-to-coronavirus/

It made me wonder if they are obligated to pay the scheduled performers.

[kadee79]

Coachella has been canceled/delayed...til fall & another thing that happens in the desert....stagecoach?....I don't know, I'm not into those type things any more....but a BIG music to-do.

NCAA has announced no audiences during tournament...only staff & families will be allowed....at least for first 4 games.

[djAdvocate]

Mar 9, 2020 16:31:18 GMT -5 kadee79 said:

My body is 75, my mind is some where between 18 & 30!  My actions some days look like I'm 90 while other days I could pass for late 50's.

very few investors that young have your skill set.

[djAdvocate]

Mar 10, 2020 14:29:49 GMT -5 Miss Tequila said:

Mar 10, 2020 13:15:41 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

that's because most of them are already on Medicare.

I can't speak for everyone that voted for Trump but I know a lot that are all around my age.  We are nowhere near Medicare age and do not receive social security.  To claim that people who voted for Trump want old people to die is just ludicrous.  And to defend people that claim that people that voted for Trump want old people to die is just as bad.  

60+% of Trump's voters were over 50.

and yes, I know. I was exaggerating a bit. that is what the devil dude was for.

PS- I never claimed that Trump supporters want old people to die.  I was actually claiming that made no sense.  most of his voters ARE old people was my claim.  but that would require one to admit that anyone over 50 is old, and I probably won't get much support for that claim on THIS board. 

[djAdvocate]

Mar 11, 2020 13:56:18 GMT -5 lynnerself said:

Also, no ticket refunds from SXSW

pagesix.com/2020/03/10/sxsw-refusing-to-issue-refunds-after-being-canceled-due-to-coronavirus/

It made me wonder if they are obligated to pay the scheduled performers.

the planning cycle for the festival starts in October.

bands are not generally paid, but the entire OPERATION is.

and the cost was probably in the 100's of millions to date.

[thyme4change]

D'oh- my son's weekend plans were just canceled. I think we will head out to a cabin the woods. Not because of a quarantine, but just because we never have free time.

[Miss Tequila]

Mar 11, 2020 13:56:18 GMT -5 lynnerself said:

Also, no ticket refunds from SXSW

pagesix.com/2020/03/10/sxsw-refusing-to-issue-refunds-after-being-canceled-due-to-coronavirus/

It made me wonder if they are obligated to pay the scheduled performers.

I just looked at the ticket prices. Yikes! I would be loaded and would definitely never attend again. If a venue cancels I do expect a refund. I’ve had events canceled before and I’ve always received a refund or a voucher for a future event.

If I paid by credit card I would try to fight the charges. They have pretty strict no refund policy so that probably wouldn’t work but I would try