TheBanyanTree: Wherein Peter goes shopping (peter macinnis)

[Pam James]

A quarter of a million people, laughing, drinking, spitting on each
other.... and then they all get on their bikes and head off in a quarter
million different directions all over the US... stopping for food and gas
on their way.... interacting with so many more folks... Stephen King comes
alive....

On Sun, Aug 9, 2020 at 4:39 PM Kitty Park <mzzkitty at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am resigned to the fact that many Americans are under-educated and
> self-absorbed.
>
> Perhaps others saw the photo of a crowded high school hallway where few, if
> any, of the students were masked and social distancing was impossible.
> "Facing a fierce online backlash, (the Dallas, Georgia principal) Otott
> <https://www.paulding.k12.ga.us/domain/5300>told parents and guardians in
> a
> letter
> <
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/08/05/viral-photo-crowded-georgia-high-school-hallway-lacks-context-superintendent-says/?hpid=hp_no-name_hp-in-the-news%3Apage%2Fin-the-news&itid=lk_inline_manual_13
> >earlier
> in the week that the images 'didn’t look good.' But he argued that they
> lacked context about the 2,000-plus student school, where masks are a
> 'personal choice.'”
>
> Then there are the 250,000 motorcyclists who are expected in Sturgis, South
> Dakota, for their annual 4-day weekend.  Masks are optional.  Social
> distancing?  The woman interviewed shrugged her shoulders, smiled, and said
> they had to live their lives.
>
> Obviously our national situation won't improve soon.  My hope is that those
> of us who continue to be diligent about following safety guidelines will
> survive.
>
>
> Kitty
> kcp-parkplace.blogspot.com
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 10:20 PM peter macinnis <
> petermacinnis at ozemail.com.au>
> wrote:
>
> > There are whales frolicking in the waters, birds in the trees and clouds
> > in the sky.  Because we came down fairly hard at the start, in spite of
> > the idiots, we are holding the threat at bay, so Chris and I go walking
> > most days for an hour and a half. We count the spring flowers (for
> > plants, spring starts in late July) and stuff.
> >
> > We're walking barefoot on a razor edge...
> >
> > peter
> >
> > On 9/08/2020 06:33, tobie at shpilchas.net wrote:
> > > We’ve been sheltering extremely in place since very early March.
> > Somebody tell me, are there still oceans? clouds? Is physical law still
> > working? If I drop something outside of our shelter, will it be
> guaranteed
> > to fall as per gravity?
> >
> >
> >
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