[Leica] the new normal

Wed Mar 18 22:36:26 PDT 2020

Yes, support your local business. I am walking to the bakery to buy bread later this morning.

Also: support culture. Museums are closed, concerts and recitals are cancelled, etc., but the expenses do not disappear. I have just renewed my membership in the Louisiana Gallery of Modern Art in Copenhagen, even though I will probably only get to visit once this year, in the fall, and I have decided to sign up for one in ARoS, the museum in my hometown Aarhus, where I usually get in for free because I usually go together with my friend Lars who is a member and can bring a guest—but now they need my DKK more than ever, so I will get my own membership.

I know it is not the highest priority in the scheme of things, but I want those places to still be there when we emerge from the dark tunnel.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

Alicante, Spain
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YNWA

"I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why I’m right"

> On 19 Mar 2020, at 03:43, Douglas Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Those who are out of work due to business closures should go to the nearest grocery store.  The stores are desperate for people to re-stock the shelves.
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/>
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> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org <mailto:lug at leica-users.org>>
>> Sent: Mar 18, 2020 2:57 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org <mailto:lug at leica-users.org>>
>> Cc: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com <mailto:sonc.hegr at gmail.com>>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] the new normal
>> 
>> 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 <mailto: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, 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://www.frozenlight.eu/ <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>>
>>>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/ <http://www.greatpix.eu/>>www.greatpix.eu <http://www.greatpix.eu/>
>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws> <
>>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> <
>>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>>
>>>> 
>>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> <
>>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>>>> 
>>>> YNWA
>>>> 
>>>> "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:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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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