Subj : cell service To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Thu Aug 06 2020 08:38:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>> I don't think that percentage of capacity has been stated here, just NB>>> that social distancing has to be maintained between the tables... and NB>>> I heard that some places were limiting the size of parties to six... BM>> Both Iowa and Illinois are limiting by percentage of original BM>> capacity. I'm not paying close enough attention to know why the numbers BM>> were selected -- I'm not going to change them anyway. 50% seems to BM>> make sense with restaurant seating: the every-other table, but pretty BM>> sure some places like bars are at 25%. NB>> Bars make sense at 25%... eliminate bar seating and milling around, NB>> and then every-other table, that should reduce it to about 25%... that NB>> would be the only way to really enforce the distancing... BM> Right; and the main problems seem to be in the 'milling around' BM> category: people getting closer than 6'. Add a bit of liquor and the BM> memory for that tends to fog. NB> Yup, the alcohol does tend to be an uninhibitor, which isn't so NB> helpful in this case at all... Unfortunately yes. I haven't heard of any local issues -- bars being closed down, fined, or as potential sources -- but there probabyl have been a few. NB>>> No joke needed, though... :) We asked how/what they'd done during NB>>> the shutdown... She said that they'd closed entirely for a couple NB>>> of months, to protect their extended family from the threat of the NB>>> virus, but then opened up for takeout about a month before the NB>>> go-ahead for opening for eat-in was given... We thanked her for NB>>> being ok with opening for eat-in... :) BM>> Always nice to be nice. :) To me makes sense to protect ones self BM>> and family; fortunately financial resources to do so. NB>> That has been one of our A list restaurants all along, so they NB>> recognise us when we show up... we were glad that they were surviving NB>> both health wise and business wise... :) BM> So you're like extended family. :) NB> Somewhat.... tends to happen with a lot of places we go NB> regularly.... ;) Which makes sense: if visit regularly one gets to be known and eventually get to be treated more as a friend as opposed to a stranger wandering in, NB>> Update... the Korean place now has a large enough sign in the front NB>> window to be read from the road, Take-out Only... I'm still hoping NB>> they open for eat-in soon... :) BM> Good and yes. Signs are interesting: what looks fine at arms length BM> may be totally illegible ten feet away (thinking of a customer pulling BM> up to the curb to read a sign posted to the window - sidewalk BM> distance). Have noticed the same problem with "For Sale", "Garage BM> Sale", etc., type signage: writing might be big enough (say 2") but BM> used a felt tipped pen instead of a wide marker: can't be read from a BM> distance. NB> We have an artist friend at church that is slowly learning the NB> concept... he's made inserts for our front sign, and finally is NB> noticing that some are more readable than others... ;) Ha-ha! Seems to be a very simple concept but I suppose if one is used to doing art intended to be viewed closely then one doesn't need to or overlooks the distance viewing aspect. A pencil sketch has different rules from a mural. ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... Haydn wrote 104 symphonies; they never wrote back. --- 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) .