House arrest day 22 (Fri)

From the Flying Saucer:

We just got an order of these awesome Memphis Grizzlies growlers in and we are ready to fill them up for you! 32ounces for only $12, and if you bring the growler back in it’s only $8 for a refill of anything on our tap wall!

Thieves are taking advantage of the fact that there is very little foot traffic outside. If you have property that normally stays outside – patio decorations, furniture, that kind of thing – might want to bring it in until the quarantine is lifted.

Still spending a lot of time listening to the Memphis police scanner these days… I like to hear the addresses of the calls, then look them up on Google Maps and walk around the neighborhoods on Google StreetView. I didn’t realize how many “mental consumers” there are in Memphis… rarely do I spend 30 minutes listening to the scanner without hearing that term at least once.

From the police scanner, I learned that the cops were called to break up two large gatherings yesterday evening not far from Downtown, at Fourth and Crump and also at Lauderdale and Georgia. One of the gatherings even had a food truck.

WREG reports that nearly a third of Americans didn’t pay rent this month.

Two Broke Bartenders and a Truck, founded in Memphis after the Railgarten/Loflin Yard family of venues had to lay off employees, has expanded to other areas of the state. The broke bartenders and their truck can perform a number of odd jobs for you.

Memphis’ historic cemetery offers something outside you can still do during the coronavirus quarantine:

Remember, folks, you don’t have to socially distance from people if they’re dead.

Prediction on how high the number will get for my “House arrest day ___” post titles: 54. Dr. Anita Haushalter of the Shelby County Health Department recommends social distancing through the end of May, which would suggest the house arrest day number would reach the 70s. Unless the pandemic takes a turn for the worse, I don’t see that happening though. People will get sick of this quarantine (especially the not-earning-money part) and will rebel before then.

New arrival at Downtown Wines & Spirits on Madison just east of Main:

Live music alert:

Did Pandora make its free service commercial-free during the coronavirus pandemic? I had music playing for an hour and a half yesterday on my iPad and never once heard an ad.

Play virtual bingo tonight at 8 with Cerrito Bingo.

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For those of you who were laid off and are bored with absolutely nothing to do, I’ve read that you can make $5-7 and sometimes as much as $10 an hour doing tasks on Amazon Mechanical Turk. I’ll grant ya, that’s not great money, but if could help you make that May rent check, and it could help you pass the time. Not sure how money earned there affects unemployment benefits.

Normally, in this space, I would tell you that the Memphis Farmers Market is tomorrow. I’d likely tell you what musicians are booked to play live there this week, what food trucks you’d find there, what kids’ activity will be going on, and any special happenings at the Market this week. I might even mention that I planned on being there, followed by a stop at Max’s Sports Bar to watch some baseball.

But, coronavirus. So…

Wash your hands
Stay at home
Practice social distancing
Wear a mask
Flatten the curve
And all that other crap I’m supposed to say since I’m a “social influencer”