CV Is no Joke.

Today's Tids Issue 4.622

What's real:

The only fools this April are those who fail to understand the severity of this disease crisis. Whom don’t understand how each person is interconnected to every other person. That isolation is the best medicine. Let us not praise the fools.

I usually start off each new month with happy thoughts about what a month may bring (Except for August, which is typically kind of dull as a rule. Except for a few birthdays of good people.) So, anyhow, Happy April, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!! When I say April, I immediately see flowers bursting mainly in yellows and whites coloring up landscapes made brown by winters ice. Or brightening up drab city streets. I think of gaily colored Easter Eggs and the most devout of Christian and Jewish days of remembrances. I hear the crack of bats as baseball begins its annual trek towards October. April has always been the true rebirth month. The month that always revives hope. But, this year it is the buckle in, buckle down month, which ironically also is the best ingredient for Hope, for seeing health return to almost normal…someday…sometime. Oh yeah, and April is also about bunnies with long chocolate ears. Happy April, the yummy month!  

Did you hear about the scientist who developed a walking talking monster on April first? She called it Prankenstein?

The Question:

Which of the five products shown were more expensive in 1970 than today when adjusted for Inflation: Dozen Eggs, Bacon, Coffee, Tomatoes, Pork Chops.?

The Headlines:

--Wall Street Looks At Another Down Day Following Worst First Quarter In 124 Year History; Market Expected To Look Dismal Through First Half Of April.

--6.5 Earthquake Hits Idaho; Largest In 44 Years.

--Missouri Farmer Announces First Ever Crop Of Grown From Seed Prime Rib Roasts; Cattle On Range Nearby Seen Smiling.

--Trump Science Team Sees 100 To 240K deaths; Stress Mitigation As Best Means Of Controlling Case Growth And Tempering Epidemic; New Italy Numbers Show Crisis Is Past Peak.

--Tom Brady Injured; Throwing Hand Mangled After Being Bitten At Komodo Dragon Petting Zoo Near Tampa; May Miss Season.

--Trump Says Following Isolation Recommendations Is Matter Of Life And Death; Florida CV Cases Soar As Gov DeSantis Resists Broad Restrictions; Another CV Laden Cruise Ship Headed To Florida.

--Joe Biden Says It Is Difficult To Imagine Holding Dem Conventions As Scheduled.

--NY Governor Cuomo Makes Deal With Joe Biden; Hero Governor Offers Joe VP Position If He Signs Over Delegates; Cuomo: “Clearly I’m The New Favorite For Dem Nomination.”

--Shark Tank Investors Expecting The Worst For Many Of Their Start Up Companies As V+CV Crisis Slows Sales.

--Coast Guard Intercepts High Powered Boats Smuggling Eggs Into Country To Meet Easter Demands.

--Coronavirus Forces Xerox To Drop $34 Billion Takeover of H-P.

--Girl Scouts Expected To Sell Chocolate Mint Flavored Purell As Cookie Factories Send Employees On Furlough. “Cleanliness Is Next To Godliness,” Says 14 Year Old Scout Amanda Shortbread.

Diversion Excursion:

--A good substantial reader writes to pass along some diversion suggestions from an old college friend: Translate Euripides. Learn more about Electra, Andromache and Trojan women and much more. So, there you have it. There’s always something.

--Long time golfers generally have boxes of golf balls collected over many years from woods and streams. Take a box to a wooded area and bang them hard into the forest in the name of frustration over people who aren’t paying attention.

Malaysia Government Warns Women Not To Nag Husbands During Lockdown. This is true, not an April Fool’s joke. But a husband may be a fool if he thinks he is going to get away with anything.

The New Urban Landscape:

--Fast food wrappers and coffee cups are being replaced by masks and rubber gloves as major sources of litter in Rhode Island Towns.

--Groups of 3 to 4 people standing together on empty streets well within a six foot radius are generally being looked as a drug deal; Police thank new Social distance rules for additional drug enforcement tool..

A lot of celebs and TV hangers-on have been touting the Docuseries, “Tiger King”. I fell asleep during the first episode. Sound asleep.

Do you think people will begin letting viruses into their computer so they will have something to do? The big problem there is that grandchildren are generally not allowed to go near old people.

I try to resist binging. While with a good show and plenty time it is a real temptation, I would rather keep any decent show going longer -- because you will never know when you may find another good one, despite raves of celebs. See above.

I’m staying busy just like I have always stayed busy – doin’ nothin’

March was written either by Rod Serling or Stephen King.

The Answer:

All of those products were more expensive in 1970 than now when adjusted for inflation. In 1970 a dozen eggs was .61 cents/Doz, but when adjusted for inflation the price would have been $4,15/Doz versus today $1.53/Doz. Bacon: 1970 .94 cents /lb; Inflation $$639; Today $5.47. Coffee: 1970 .91 cents/lb; Inflation $8.19; Today $4.95. cents; Tomatoes: 1970 .42 cents/lb; Inflation $2.86; Today $1.96. Pork Chop: 1970 $1.16/lb; Inflation $7.89; Today $3.77. Aren’t you happy everything is so cheap today!

Covid-19 is no Joke, but it sure feels like God has played the big one on us this year. And I’m not laughing.