The coronavirus is destroying everything

[Roadgeekteen]

It can destroy breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The only thing it can't destroy is sleep and the internet.

And Keith Richards.

What I don't get it

[Max Rockatansky]

It can destroy breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The only thing it can't destroy is sleep and the internet.

And Keith Richards.

What I don't get it

Considering how many drugs he used it might have rendered him indestructible. 

[Max Rockatansky]

To that end I'm really surprised that racing circuits aren't really making a bigger push to get restarted.  The race track is essentially a closed environment anyways.  The biggest concern would be probably the pit crews more than anything.  All this E Racing stuff seems to have a decent following but it isn't the real deal. 

Ideally, it could happen; but stand-by medical staff and emergency personnel is needed in so many other ways right now.

I suppose pit crews do work in close quarters and there's travel, posing a risk. Automotive repair has been considered an essential service in some places.

The garage area at a typical NASCAR race is a very packed place even if you removed the fans from the equation. Usually there are at least 3 or more people working on a car at any given time.  Race haulers essentially are the only place to take a break or having meetings.  Pit crews are usually packed into a small space that is designed to hold equipment.

By comparison a garage in the outside world usually has only one person on a car, wide bays to work in, and break areas that are similar to a normal work place. 

[dlsterner]

It can destroy breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The only thing it can't destroy is sleep and the internet.

And Keith Richards.

What I don't get it

Roadgeekteen, I'll give you a pass since you are only 16.  It's a meme.  Keith Richards has led, shall we say, a very hard life with drugs and alcohol, yet at age 76 not only is still with us but continues to perform on stage with the Rolling Stones.  Whereas many musicians much younger than him have died from much less substance abuse, Richards still carries on, to the point where the "Keith Richards will outlive us all" meme came to be.

My (just kidding) explanation is that somehow all those drugs he took has mutated his blood and turned it into formaldehyde, keeping him preserved forever.

[Alps]

Keith Richards is shielding Betty White.

[jakeroot]

Keith Richards is shielding Betty White.

last photo I saw of her, she looked like she was standing at death's door, in stark contrast to her numerous film and TV appearances over the last decade.

[Roadgeekteen]

Betty White could survive the bubonic plauge

[Max Rockatansky]

Betty White could survive the bubonic plauge

Most people could with how treatable it is nowadays.  Back in the olden days of the Black Plague and Great Plague of London the mortality rate was lapping on "total"  if got unlucky enough to contract the disease. 

[Roadgeekteen]

Betty White could survive the bubonic plauge

Most people could with how treatable it is nowadays.  Back in the olden days of the Black Plague and Great Plague of London the mortality rate was lapping on "total"  if got unlucky enough to contract the disease.

the plague killed 60% of Europe. Crazy.

[Max Rockatansky]

Betty White could survive the bubonic plauge

Most people could with how treatable it is nowadays.  Back in the olden days of the Black Plague and Great Plague of London the mortality rate was lapping on "total"  if got unlucky enough to contract the disease.

the plague killed 60% of Europe. Crazy.

Yes, and it dragged out for decades as it tore it's way from Asia westward.  That level of carnage has yet to be replicated.

[GaryV]

Betty White could survive the bubonic plauge

She's just about old enough to have done so.

[rickmastfan67]

MLB might have two new divisions possibly if they have a season.  GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE (Florida) & CACTUS LEAGUE (Arizona)
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/04/10/report-mlb-considering-eliminating-national-american-leagues-2020-grapefruit-cactus-leagues/

If this happens, the Pirates are F'ed.
NORTH: New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates.

[Roadgeekteen]

MLB might have two new divisions possibly if they have a season.  GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE (Florida) & CACTUS LEAGUE (Arizona)
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/04/10/report-mlb-considering-eliminating-national-american-leagues-2020-grapefruit-cactus-leagues/

If this happens, the Pirates are F'ed.
NORTH: New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates.

Pirates have been F'ed since 1979 (except 2013).

[NWI_Irish96]

MLB might have two new divisions possibly if they have a season.  GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE (Florida) & CACTUS LEAGUE (Arizona)
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/04/10/report-mlb-considering-eliminating-national-american-leagues-2020-grapefruit-cactus-leagues/

If this happens, the Pirates are F'ed.
NORTH: New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates.

Did the Yankees get to pick their own division?

[Flint1979]

MLB might have two new divisions possibly if they have a season.  GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE (Florida) & CACTUS LEAGUE (Arizona)
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/04/10/report-mlb-considering-eliminating-national-american-leagues-2020-grapefruit-cactus-leagues/

If this happens, the Pirates are F'ed.
NORTH: New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates.

Pirates have been F'ed since 1979 (except 2013).

They were good in the early 90's when Jimmy Leland was managing them.

[mgk920]

Betty White could survive the bubonic plauge

Most people could with how treatable it is nowadays.  Back in the olden days of the Black Plague and Great Plague of London the mortality rate was lapping on "total"  if got unlucky enough to contract the disease.

the plague killed 60% of Europe. Crazy.

Yes, and it dragged out for decades as it tore it's way from Asia westward.  That level of carnage has yet to be replicated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdf5EXo6I68

Mike

[Roadgeekteen]

MLB might have two new divisions possibly if they have a season.  GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE (Florida) & CACTUS LEAGUE (Arizona)
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/04/10/report-mlb-considering-eliminating-national-american-leagues-2020-grapefruit-cactus-leagues/

If this happens, the Pirates are F'ed.
NORTH: New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates.

Pirates have been F'ed since 1979 (except 2013).

They were good in the early 90's when Jimmy Leland was managing them.

Yeah I know, they had Barry Bonds. But unfortunately, playing before the WC era, they could never win a playoff series. The 1979 WS vs the Orioles was their last playoff series win besides the WC game vs the Reds in 2013.

[Flint1979]

MLB might have two new divisions possibly if they have a season.  GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE (Florida) & CACTUS LEAGUE (Arizona)
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/04/10/report-mlb-considering-eliminating-national-american-leagues-2020-grapefruit-cactus-leagues/

If this happens, the Pirates are F'ed.
NORTH: New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates.

Pirates have been F'ed since 1979 (except 2013).

They were good in the early 90's when Jimmy Leland was managing them.

Yeah I know, they had Barry Bonds. But unfortunately, playing before the WC era, they could never win a playoff series. The 1979 WS vs the Orioles was their last playoff series win besides the WC game vs the Reds in 2013.

They had more than just him but he was obviously the most popular player. They went to the NLCS three years in a row though, lost to the Reds, then lost to the Braves twice. They actually had a better record in 2015 than 2013 as well but just couldn't win the WC game other than 2013.

[Roadgeekteen]

MLB might have two new divisions possibly if they have a season.  GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE (Florida) & CACTUS LEAGUE (Arizona)
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/04/10/report-mlb-considering-eliminating-national-american-leagues-2020-grapefruit-cactus-leagues/

If this happens, the Pirates are F'ed.
NORTH: New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates.

Pirates have been F'ed since 1979 (except 2013).

They were good in the early 90's when Jimmy Leland was managing them.

Yeah I know, they had Barry Bonds. But unfortunately, playing before the WC era, they could never win a playoff series. The 1979 WS vs the Orioles was their last playoff series win besides the WC game vs the Reds in 2013.

They had more than just him but he was obviously the most popular player. They went to the NLCS three years in a row though, lost to the Reds, then lost to the Braves twice. They actually had a better record in 2015 than 2013 as well but just couldn't win the WC game other than 2013.

In 2015 the top 3 records in the MLB were all in the NL central, with the 98 win Pirates and 97 win Cubs facing in the WC game.

[kwellada]

It can destroy breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The only thing it can't destroy is sleep and the internet.

And Keith Richards.

What I don't get it

Considering how many drugs he used it might have rendered him indestructible.

They said that about Lemmy but cancer still got him anyhow

[ftballfan]

MLB might have two new divisions possibly if they have a season.  GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE (Florida) & CACTUS LEAGUE (Arizona)
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/04/10/report-mlb-considering-eliminating-national-american-leagues-2020-grapefruit-cactus-leagues/

If this happens, the Pirates are F'ed.
NORTH: New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Tigers might be worse than the Pirates

[ixnay]

They said that about Lemmy but cancer still got him anyhow

Lemmy? 

ixnay

[Roadgeekteen]

They said that about Lemmy but cancer still got him anyhow

Lemmy? 

ixnay

Looked it up, he was the lead singer of the Motorhead band.

[hbelkins]

Lemmy did a lot of speed (meth). He also smoked like a freight train.

The original power trio incarnation of Motorhead (Lemmy, Fast Eddie Clarke and Phil Taylor) was one of the greatest metal bands in history. They set the table for, among others, Metallica.

[Max Rockatansky]

Somehow the WWE ended up being deemed "essential"  in Florida.  That might be the gateway for the MLB to use the Spring Training facilities.