Subj : Re: Hugs, COVID-19, etc. To : Daryl Stout From : Nancy Backus Date : Thu Jul 02 2020 17:05:18 -=> Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 24-Jun-2020 14:51 <=- NB>> Today at church someone I regularly would exchange hugs with decided NB>> he was ready for hugging again... after a quick think, I decided I NB>> was too... it's been too long without hugs.... ;) DS> We feel that way with square dancing, when we give each other hugs, DS> known as "yellow rocks". The first night of lessons, all these women DS> I didn't know, were giving me these "yellow rocks", and I thought DS> "What have I gotten myself into??!!". But, after graduation, it was DS> like "Next, Please!!" . One of the married ladies I dance with, told DS> me that, she too, was apprehensive of these "strange men" hugging her. DS> But, she was like me afterwards, with "I could get used to this". Yup... Friendly hugs are a good (and necessary) thing... :) DS> With social distancing with COVID-19, I think only 1 club in DS> Arkansas has resumed dancing. I don't care if we have to dance with DS> masks and gloves...at least we can dance. Some might still see that as too risky... but as long as all are not sick, it should work out ok... And eventually the masks and gloves won't be needed either... NB>> Probably still a safer alternative... I'm getting a little more lax NB>> on that again... but the stores have been good about wiping them down NB>> regularly anyway now... DS> I still do that at the store, anyway. I do it sometimes still... DS> Or where in the monastery, where the monks gathered. They waited for DS> the E-Monk (the head one, as it were) to arrive in the eating hall. DS> They would say "Good Morning" to him, before they began eating DS> breakfast... and "Good Evening" to him, before they began eating DS> dinner. DS> Well, a nervous monk was in there, and they all chanted "Good DS> Morning", then after a short pause, you heard "Good Evening". DS> You could've heard a pin drop!! DS> The E-Monk looked around and intoned "Someone Chanted Evening". [chuckle] NB>> ... Eating an artichoke is like getting to know someone really well DS> I think I'll pass. It's why I buy the canned quartered artichoke hearts... much less work for the goodness... ;) ttyl neb .... 90% of the lawyers give the other 10% a bad name --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .