[Leica] the new normal

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

Here in Spain we are effectively in house arrest. The situation is serious 
but I am glad that strong action is being taken. I am worried that US is too 
disorganised to take such action in time, and also the public health system 
has too many holes to be truly effective, and the lack of protection for 
workers means that many people will go to work even if they are not well, 
and?

I am working from home, as is everyone else who can. Supermarkets, 
pharmacies, post offices, SOME bank branches are open and there are no 
shortages. All basic services function normally. But no restaurants, caf?s, 
bars, museums, concerts etc. No going for a walk or a bike ride unless going 
to buy food, medicines and for a few other permitted reasons. I have ordered 
an exercise bike online, should be here next week.

My wife went to the supermarket and got us some Guinness yesterday, I made 
an Irish stew and my daughter baked a loaf of soda bread, and we had a nice 
St Patrick?s Day dinner. 

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

Alicante, Spain
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> On 18 Mar 2020, at 03:49, Mark Kronquist via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Happy St Patrick?s Day! There is no corned beef or cabbage to be found in 
> the bare markets and the one Guinness came from my fridge. 
> 
> How long before it makes economic sense to import beer from Ireland again? 
> Did it ever?
> 
> Portland and the suburbs, including Stayton, were built on Flavortainment. 
> What flavor is in people?s mouths now?
> 
> I spent many years working as a City Councilor, Planning Commissioner, 
> Parks Board Member, Vice Chair of the Parks Board and School Board Liaison 
> doing what I could to serve brilliant, determined business people who 
> wanted to pursue their now shuttered and perhaps shattered dreams. 
> Tonight, I look out my door. Mick and Mom's is having a last call party. 
> Snow Peak Brewery right next door is closed. The new high end pub that was 
> scheduled to open today probably never will. The food carts are gone. The 
> cafes and coffee shops shut, many for good. The curtain has come down on 
> the promising little theater that opened to rave reviews in December. 
> There are no stars on the silver screen of the Star theater. The Moose and 
> Elk lodges are empty perhaps to return to pasture. As Alice Cooper said, 
> School?s Out for the Summer?in mid March?the library, pool and city 
> offices are closed. 
> 
> The street lights light empty streets and highlight the possible death of 
> a downtown renascence.
> 
> How long will the lights stay on if there are, as the Imperial College 
> study predicts, two million deaths in the US before August?
> 
> How many downtowns across America and the world are experiencing the same 
> thing? Is this the new normal?
> 
>> On Mar 17, 2020, at 7:42 PM, Marty Deveney via LUG <lug at 
>> leica-users.org> wrote:
>> 
>> PS-I am very serious about you assembling these into a book
>>> 
>> 
>> Seconded!  Out-stan-ding!
>> 
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