Posted on 04/06/2020 6:42:11 PM PDT by MtnClimber
On day 43,000 of sheltering in place, I decided to make a face mask. For a while they were saying that we civilians didn’t need to wear face masks, but now they’re saying that we should. At least I think that’s what they’re now saying. The only way to know for sure would be to turn on the TV news, and I don’t want to do that because it sounds like this: NEWSPERSON: Coronavirus! Coronavirus! Coronavirus!
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And so on, 24 hours a day. Sometimes 30 hours a day. That’s how much coronavirus (Coronavirus!) news there is. Anyway, I think now we’re supposed to wear masks. When I walk my dog, Lucy, around my neighborhood I’m seeing more and more people in masks. We all keep our distance, of course. We eye each other warily, like gunslingers in a Western, ready to react instantly if the other person draws a gun, or — much scarier — coughs.
But I think I’m getting eyed more warily lately because I’m not wearing a mask, and neither is Lucy.
If I could, I would buy a mask, but that is of course ridiculous. It’s like saying “If I could, I would fly like a bird” or “If I could, I would buy toilet paper.”
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If, tomorrow, they tell us that everyone should duct-tape a spatula to his or her forehead, then by God I will duct-tape a spatula to my forehead. Because I really, really want this to be over.
I don’t like the feeling of helplessness, and of wondering if the people in charge really know what they’re doing. Maybe they should ask Oprah.
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Maybe I will staple a cloth over my face because I don’t want to sew a face mask.
I got two or three anti-UV balaclavas I bought from one of my sponsors for fishing, and my brother-in-law bought me one in digital camo for Christmas a couple years ago. I wonder if they’d work. (I intervened with my sister to enable him to buy a new AR on a budget, and got him a tactical Christmas stocking loaded with goodies for it, including a couple 30 round mags and a couple boxes of ammo. His was sort of a ‘thank you’ gift. He was in two different service branches and did all manner of secret spy stuff he can’t talk about. I was just a grunt who mainly peeled potatoes and was an acting PFCIC on night watch. *chuckle*)
So while DH watches I remove myself to the office to listen to my records.
Roger Miller's Golden Hits tonight.
Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug!
LOL...I was just sitting here wracking my brain to come up with that spatula spoof from years ago and you saved me the trouble (I was coming up dry anyway). Haven’t seen that in years. It’s still hilarious. Thanks!
En-goo-land Swings
Like a pendulum do.
You just made me go listen to “Dang Me” probably for the first time since 1964! LOL.
And it is only Monday!
I am going to have to pace myself.
“I have done something good.”
Hold on there! I’m not sure I’d go THAT far. Now I have to wait another 56 years before listening to “Dang Me” again and I may not make it. ;>(
Robin Hood and Little John walkin' through the forest
Laughin' back and forth at what the other'ne has to say...
Back in the mid-seventies I always hoped that someone would get Roger Miller, Ray Stevens, and Jim Stafford together to do a show.
Trailers for sale or rent...
Oh you beat me to it!!!!
"...ain't got no cigarettes."
I smoke old stogies I have found
Short, and not too big around...
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