Subj : Resend Re: New normals To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Mon Jun 15 2020 17:34:00 Subject: Resend Re: New normals was: disabil Hi Nancy! BM>> While I think of it back from the store - did buy some Ginger Tea. BM>> Oddly didn't see the house brand Green Tea; did see national brands. NB>> Never know what will be sold out of... especially now... ;) Have NB>> you tried the Ginger tea yet...? BM> Yes: did and didn't seem odd for them to be out of the Hy-Vee brand of BM> Green Tea. I'm thinking a combination of 'tight stock' ==> keep the BM> overhead down -- and maybe some news report reminding people of the BM> benefits of green tea spurring a spike in sales. Or happens the BM> Hy-Vee Green Tea Drinkers all ran out at the same time! NB> Or the shipping was disrupted in some way.... It seems like the shipping disruption seems to be the more logical of the options. BM> Did try the Ginger Tea -- slightly spicy but with an overall BM> smoothness; I'll probably get it again. Haven't had for a week or so BM> as has gotten hot here and I rarely drink anything hot other than my BM> morning coffee. Will have to look into it as an iced tea. NB> It should make a nice iced tea, too... :) Yes - I will have to try. For some reason the past few summers not 'into' homemade iced tea/sun tea. OTOH have occasionally plopped a tea bag into the bottom of a glass, put ice over, then added chilled water -- sort of iced tea on the fly! Was mostly to give the water I've been drinking a different flavour, sort of like Daryl's flavoured waters. BM>> Cleaning the cart handle may or may not be the thing saving me from BM>> getting ill: at this point seems to be a cheap and easy precaution. I BM>> don't know who touched that handle; OTOH I feel reasonably comfortable BM>> being semi-close to the employees I'm chatting with, as do they. NB>> Here it depends on the particular employee... some are more NB>> comfortable than others with being in closer quarters... BM> Right: I try to let them govern the distance through body language, BM> etc. NB> I tend to leave some space, but don't usually back away when NB> someone encroaches on my space, until they are right in my NB> face... that can be a little too close... ;) At any time! BM>>> Not wearing a mask: not going any place where I feel I need one; do BM>>> bring one with me as if the shop prefers I do I'll abide. NB>>> Now that it's more mandated for out in public, we are wearing masks, NB>>> but only in situations that we have to... Wegmans has a sign posted NB>>> requiring, the blood draw place requires it... at church, only when NB>>> going to be in closer quarters with the others there doing the NB>>> livestream service... we do take them in with us when picking up our NB>>> take out food, in case any other customers come in... :) BM>> At this point where I've been going masks have not been required of BM>> the public, though the employees have been wearing (company mandate). BM>> What was sort of funny was when I was chatting with the Head Cashier he BM>> did partially remove his mask -- so apparently I'm not viewed as too BM>> much of a threat! NB>> As long as you don't turn out to be one of those asymtomatic NB>> carriers... highly unlikely, but one just never knows... ;) BM> I'm thinking anything's possible: one week it's "children rarely get BM> it", the next week they're reporting a spike in childrens cases. LIS BM> some time back, I'd almost like to get super-light case just to gain BM> the antibodies and so future-protect myself. NB> I'm rather hoping that the light exposure to the germs might be NB> building up some antibodies in me, as well... might not even have NB> to have a proper case at all, I'm thinking... :) They seem to have all sorts of possibilities and therories -- at first dogs couldn't get COVID-19, then a case indicated they could, then that seemed to be a false positive; not too long ago a different dog had a definitely positive test. ...At this point I'm petting a dog being walked if allowed and the dog comes up to me. NB>> A Bakery Manager we often chat with has come out and partially NB>> removed her mask, the better to hear and be heard, when we've seen NB>> her... as long as distance is kept, the mask is less necessary... NB>> I'm surprised that you've not been required to wear them though... BM> I'm a little surprised I'm not required to wear a mask also. Certain BM> places like doctor's offices require but I haven't been yet. I'm also BM> half-suprised when entering larger places like Hy-Vee there isn't a BM> temperature-checker person. NB> There is a lot of variance between states, and even localities NB> and particular stores, as to what protective measures must or NB> should be kept, and how much is left to be voluntary.... Right -- I have been (hopefully) maintaining a healthy distance with strangers, more as abiding by the now-normal distancing rule. As I mentioned in an earlier message (which may have been in the lost packets), I'm more taking the attitude people in general are healthy, but as it was before, the closer one is the more likelihood of unintentional transmission. BM>>> Sort of along the large gatherings part, they just announced the Bix 7 BM>>> -- seven mile foot race up Brady St. Hill, up and down along the top, BM>>> then back down -- will be done virtually this year. Not quite sure how BM>>> and of the details: as long as done in July (race is usually held the BM>>> end of July). One comment said all seven miles could be done on a BM>>> treadmill, NB>>> That will be an interesting variation... not really the same as a NB>>> proper race, though.... ;) BM>> I haven't heard anything more -- quite sure information on the BM>> website. And somehow the individual virtual races were going to be BM>> combined into a race the viewers on the streets, etc., could watch: BM>> some 'merely' cheer on as the racers run by, other have water tables, BM>> other have viewing parties and grill out or bounce houses for the BM>> kids.... NB>> Can't see how water tables would be useful for a virtual race.... ;) BM> Could even be dangerous to the electronics creating the virtual-ness!! BM> New meaning to the golf term 'water hazard'! NB> I suppose... I still can't wrap my head around how that virtual NB> race would work out with the audience.... Nor I -- plus the virtual part isn't all being done at the same time so not a real-time competition. Wil have to see how it is done and turns out! BM>> True. ...Reminded me: the weatherman was doing his broadcast from BM>> home, his Family Room. The immediately preceeding segment was how BM>> people are taking virtual tours and one of the popular ones was to BM>> volcanoes; the weatherman mentioned his kids were also really into BM>> volcanoes and where he was sitting was in hot lava according to his BM>> kids. :) NB>> Cute. :) The kids were occupying themselves there as he was giving NB>> his broadcast...? Or that was just the spot it would show up in the NB>> tour...? BM> They were out of the room at the time; probably had set boundaries BM> early on Dad needed to be alone in the Family Room during certain BM> times. There have been a few of the morning broadcasts where we (the BM> viewing audience) could hear his kids fighting (bickering) in the BM> background over breakfast. The 'hot lava' was from a game "on pause". BM> Autumn has also done the hot lava thing, as well as make a throw BM> rug/area rug water or a swimming pool. NB> At least Autumn's is all in her imagination, not augmented by NB> virtual tours.... ;) So far! And she hasn't done the 'hot lava' game for a while, though it could simply be on pause and revived in a week or three, like some of other games. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Warning on a microscope: Objects smaller than they appear. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .