Also, luckily for me those that opinion's matter like what I do finding old Porsches, posted on my instagram this morning.

---Adam

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Thanks to all of you who are trying to be part of the solution. As a leader of a hospital based internal medicine practice, I, and my team of 26 other docs thank you. I completely agree with the comment made that the lack of adequate supplies for first responders and health care workers is a monumental failure of our society. Hopefully when the dust settles, the corporate decision makers responsible for this will come to light and be shamed and punished for the greed that has led to this shortage in PPE and hospital supplies. When the practice of corporate medicine became the norm in our country and MBAs were given more importance than MDs and DOs, we all knew what it would eventually lead to: the bottom line being more important than a flat line. I have been spending the last month trying to help my docs who have no masks or gowns when walking in to high risk patient rooms. I am doing the only thing I can to protect them: getting them out of those rooms to practice medicine via an iPad to potentially save them from exposure and possible severe illness or death. In the process we are saving tons of PPE that can now be repurposed for use by the people in the direct line of fire: nurses, ER docs, and Anesthesiologists who are voluntarily taking call to intubate crashing patients. I encourage all of you to practice strict social distancing, because that is the ONE thing that we do have control over to slow the spread of the virus and therefore lower the mortality rate. The down side of strict social distancing is that it will draw out this crisis for an even longer period of time, but the alternative is a much scarier and more devastating scenario. Thank you for everything you guys are doing to help. Every little bit makes a difference, and knowing that we are all on the same team regardless of our political differences is refreshing. I agree everyone should make more road trips and learn more about each other.......but we should wait a year or so before starting that practice. Stay safe.

unbelievable... ive got additional commentary, but don't want to be reprimanded further on this one way street for expressing it.

Thank you for your service plexiform.

How about he is using the platform no different than Jerry Lewis used television to help spur the competitive nature of humans. Maybe by showing us what he has done it will cause others to reflect on what they have not done and it will encourage others to do what they can. I apologize to the rest of the community if this was said already but it seems that you are still going on about it.

Watching Ozark finally and noticed the first episode is titled Sugarwood

*sugar britches*

Holy crap plexi, well done! I stand by you and your service, and second the militant attention to social distancing for the entire country's sake.

That's not social distancing, bro!!! :eek:

Says the guy with a dozen bikini models at his house.

Ha ha true!!!

Yeah, the dept store dummies aren’t busy right now...

Any time those plastic bisches are at my place, they ARE busy, bisch!!! :eek:

I got a song for every occasion.

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^^^

No nagging, no "I'm not in the mood . . . this year :eek:", no minivan purchases = winning!

Speaking of greed, report these flipper "entrepreneur" types if you know any.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx0sEoHTy_Q

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/15/coronavirus-price-gouging-men-hoarding-hand-sanitizer-urged-stop/5054155002/

... and these are the bit players when there's literally billions for the taking here.

No joke.

If you get a second honeymoon without the kids, you and your wife are always welcome like Nicky. Second thought, bring the kids if you can, as long as you can come on my long holiday seasons. If I were to meet the M2 in my lifetime personally, I thought it might be in CO on travel or at Toby's manor in CA. In Japan would also be a pleasure and not out of the question at all.

Thanks Bernie. Definitely not planning any travel without the kids the next 15 years or so. We feel strongly feel about what Nick was saying; travel is educational. We want our girls to see the world and see the difference among people.

Europe will most likely be where they see first. When my dad retired, before they moved back to the States, they bought an apt in Berlin. We’ve got a base of operations there with many great cities within a 1 day train ride away. And I’ve never seen the Alps. As a climber, Chamonix and Zermatt are must visits. I will likely pay a guide while they shop and eat. Though my elder is into it. She might want to climb too.

Been to Chamonix. It was October so no snow in the village. 3/4 of the way up the mountain these nutzoid para-gliders were laying out their equipment on a 20 degree slope and then running off the edge, 7000 feet up! 45 minutes to glide down.
Oh, and they die fairly regularly. Good times.

Place was beautiful though. I went all the way up, wifey wouldn't go. On the way we went through a 7 mile tunnel to get there. Toll was $40!

Traveling is cool. Won't be doing any of that anytime soon. I can't even see picking up a menu or sleeping in a hotel again until this thing is way, way over. And there's no reason to think it won't be back year after year. It's not like there's an expiration date.

Climbing and mountaineering has a lower accident and death rate then driving a car. It’s not paragliding ;) I’m a former AMGA certified mountain guide and climbing instructor. I’ve done big walls in Yosemite and Zion. I’ve conducted high elevation rescues. If I ever get my health back, I wil join Larimer County SAR.

I’ve always told people I climb because I can’t fly. I’ve always wanted to try paragli but never found the time to learn a new game. When wing suits came out I really wanted to do it, but am at a point in my life with too much to lose. And by that, I mean that I wouldn’t want my wife and children to prematurely lose me to stupid human tricks.

I used to free solo when I was younger. I triggered a rock slide on Cathedral Peak in Yosemite back in the late 90s. I fell 30-40’ and was knocked out cold. I also had an impact break to my tibia, so it was cracked, but not broken through. I self rescued and hiked out 5 mi to my car. Good times, young dumb, and full of cum.

^That’s how I spent my 20s instead of putting on a suit and tie after I got that Econ degree ;)

I'm gonna play the Bernie game this morning...

Sears Point 1989
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El Capitan
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Mt Shasta right before we rode of the summit
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I started young. Yosemite at age 4.
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Good deal Matt! Nick seems to be a travel maniac. I like it too but I think my travel bug is all but gone. Students sometimes ask how many countries have you been to? I say -- not sure exactly, but maybe about 43? Lived in 4?

Travel is perhaps the best educational experience, if one has an open mind -- not like the stereotypical UGLY American. Japanese or now Chinese. It can be lonely too at times traveling alone, but I always found and sought out the local people so wasn't lonely. However, long term on the road can finally wear one down. At some point the need to be settled in one place takes hold. I can honestly say that I don't want to go anywhere. I guess it's kinda like sowing wild oats.

I went on a HS ski trip to Chamonix. 'twas RAD! After getting my taste of Alps skiing, everything in N.A. was a let down for years afterwards. In retrospect I don't know how my parents thought it was a good idea to let 15 year old me go there with a bunch of other 15 year olds and like 2 chaperones. The 80s were so awesome.

That toll is now close to 50 EUR oneway. But you save several hours vs the old way, so it's worth it. I've driven in France on autoroutes where a 20 EUR toll would pop up every 40-50 miles on straightaways, let alone tunnels. So relatively speaking it's pretty cheap.
You will also be hard pressed to find a pothole on the autoroutes. The money is well spent. And the French know that left lane = passing lane, unlike in the US where 1/4 of the population thinks driving 5 MPH under the limit in the left lane is appropriate.

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Wife reminded me it was 40 Euro, not dollars, one way.
People in Europe know how to drive, at least outside the cities. Inside the cities, I thank God I'm from NY. Same ****, different country. SmileWavy