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Subject: [Leica] Monday Misc.
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 07:41:31 -0500
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Sonny
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On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 7:23 AM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> Nice set. This one for me:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/covid+on+the+bridge.jpg.html
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 4:06 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Greetings to all.  I took a stroll with Swmbo late in the week, the same
> > stroll that produced the sign images.  While Austinites are obeying the
> > letter of the social distance dictates I am not sure how much longer that
> > will last.  Central Texas has had few cases and I believe three deaths in
> > the surrounding three counties which represents something over 1.5
> million
> > people.
> >
> > What follows is pretty typical of what you will find Americans doing in
> > flyover country.  Respect for the seriousness but exercising perhaps less
> > caution than is appropriate.  We will see how the mortality curves work
> out
> > throughout the world.
> >
> > So we will start with a food truck where a customer is waiting on his
> > food.  I don't think he understands hard surfaces:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/little+Thai+Food.jpg.html
> >
> > If you are a government worker life goes on pretty much as usual.  This
> is
> > at the state school for the deaf which is a residential school.  All
> > the students have been sent home so the staff is doing routine
> maintenance:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/School+for+the+Deaf+yellow+line.jpg.html
> >
> > There is a park following the city lake that has open fields.  While
> > everyone kept their distance I am not sure about contact with potential
> > virus sites was a concern:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Covid+at+the+park.jpg.html
> >
> > Some displayed what we all worry about when isolated from friends and
> > family:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Covid+isolation.jpg.html
> >
> > I hope this was a family unit:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/covid+on+the+bridge.jpg.html
> >
> > There were many people using this path:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/jogging+in+the+park.jpg.html
> >
> > Taking advantage of a sunny day these residents were out sunbathing:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/sunbathing+seperation.jpg.html
> >
> > This view is a continuation of the path that the jogger was on and is a
> > better view of the density on the path:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/social+distance+on+the+bridge.jpg.html
> >
> > We will end todays tour with this young father taking his 11month old out
> > to a neighborhood park to both escape the house and to give his wife a
> > break.  It is never too early to play ball with your children; he told me
> > his son has only been walking for two weeks:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/11+month+basketballer.jpg.html
> >
> > All the best.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Don
> > don.dory at gmail.com
> > --
> > Don
> > don.dory at gmail.com
> >
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In reply to: Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Monday Misc.)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Monday Misc.)