Open Forum Radio - Episode 498

OFR Season 11 (Episode 16) - OFR Super Tuesday

Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 9:45 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: AA, Derek, Vladz, Whiskey, Bubba

(Feedback at OFRfeedback@gmail.com)

* Happy Super Tuesday! aka OFR Podcast Night

* Coron-Cancelled* What do you do when you are stuck at home? Chinese consumers snap up yoga mats, video games, condoms * Nintendo’s Ring Fit Adventure game for the Switch console, sales more than quadrupling in the two weeks to Feb. 20 * Sales of yoga mats and rowing machines have also soared, up 250% * Book sales jumped 60% * Everyone wearing masks, sales of eyeshadow palettes increased 150%* Hair cutting kits and condoms were among its most ten most popular items* Health-related items such as red ginseng, probiotics and vitamins rose 143% * Sales of baking and roasting equipment had risen 7 times* Sales of small washing machines have also jumped up more than sixfold* Sales of passenger cars tumbled 92% in the first half of February. 

* Q for AA & Bubba: Those of us in the north have ‘snow days’ where we get to stay in play video games, watch movies, etc. Does the South or California have anything like that? 

* CDC - Game Developers Conference Cancelled Due to Coronavirus Fears after companies like Sony, Microsoft, and others decided to drop out.* Will E3 be next?* Could sideline the NFL Draft too? NFL Draft* Speaking of NFL and Vegas Nevada prostitutes are appealing to the NFL for Las Vegas to land the Super Bowl in 2025 by promising a massive party that the league has never seen before.* Other events cancelled or closed* ASEAN - Association of Southeast Asian Nations U.S. postpones summit in Las Vegas* Google News Initiative summit, Geneva International Auto Show, Concerts in Asia, Facebook F8 developer conference, Mobile World Congress, Disney in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo amount those with cancellations and closures 

Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played)

Remodeling bathroom 90% done, Jedi Fallen Order (finished), TRIED to play Kingdom Hearts III, Hunters (Amazon Prime halfway through),    Finished Blood Bowl 2 campaign, Jack Ryan, Hunters, Fancy,  youngest has flu, my wife gets a ticket. Riding with KC.  5 guns.  Bachelor (women are crazy), Son's oath into the military, SoTW: I'm So Humble - The Lonely Island inspired by Bubba and AA (hilarious twitter chat, best of the best, all around greatest, best all around greatest that's also best, most humbling)  Hunters, Far Cry 5, watching my DisnEy vidEos getting ready for our trip in 15 days, production for my show back up and running: been doing voiceovers and approving edits. Shooting for a new release date of June/July.Had to be the level headed one today.  Cod .fired up far cry  and turned it off , altered carbon ssn 2 .