Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In Louisiana, the churches and bars are closed as well, but you still can go to the drive thru daiquiri shop. On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 4:55 PM Ken Carney via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Here in Oklahoma City the bars and the churches alike are all closed, > something I would not have thought possible. > > On 3/18/2020 2:30 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > 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 > > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > > > YNWA > > > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> 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! > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/> Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA