[Leica] the new normal

[Sonny Carter]

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.
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> 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, cafés,
> 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/>
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> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
> >
> > YNWA
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> > "I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why I’m right"
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> >> On 18 Mar 2020, at 03:49, Mark Kronquist via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
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> >> 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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Regards,

Sonny
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Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA