All right, no one's killing folk today, on account of our very tight schedule.

Mal ,'Trash'


Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


meara - May 26, 2020 1:57:02 pm PDT #21654 of 30019

Required here too—I'd say maybe 50-75% while walking around (but that includes folks who aren't near anyone, I can just see them further down the block?) but 95% when in the supermarket? I've only gone there and one trip to target, where I think inside most everyone had a mask but outside there were some folks who didn't, hanging around in the parking garage


-t - May 26, 2020 2:07:48 pm PDT #21655 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, I went to Home Depot weekend before last and I think everyone was in masks. I remember being pleased to see that.


flea - May 26, 2020 2:53:44 pm PDT #21656 of 30019
information libertarian

mr. flea went to the hospital today to have a stress test and he was happy to report that everyone was very thoroughly masked. The grocery store is much more variable; I'd say less than 2/3, and we go really early in the morning when nerds shop.


Theodosia - May 26, 2020 2:59:05 pm PDT #21657 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Required in MA, I do see some street-type people without them, and some runners with a mask around their necks.

The other morning I walked out of my house in a bit of early morning brain haze, and felt suddenly naked when I realized I hadn't put it on.

Oh, the jerky guy from down the street has been sitting on his front stoop, which is literally 3 feet from the sidewalk without a mask. I'm thinking of getting some sidewalk chalk and writing PLAGUE HOUSE on his sidewalk when it's early and there's no one to see.


Steph L. - May 26, 2020 3:06:21 pm PDT #21658 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism

The grocery store is much more variable; I'd say less than 2/3, and we go really early in the morning when nerds shop.

flea, do you go to Clifton Market or the horrific Kenard Kroger? (I hate that Kroger so much; it's why we drive to Meijer in Oakley to grocery shop.)


flea - May 26, 2020 3:32:25 pm PDT #21659 of 30019
information libertarian

Mostly Kenard Kroger, which honestly at 8am in the rain is fine. I know people hate that store but I've never had any issues. And in fact I had a bad experience with a fellow shopper at Clifton Market the last time we went, and they really don't have everything we need consistently.


Jesse - May 26, 2020 3:46:09 pm PDT #21660 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I see a lot of people out and about not wearing their mask (mostly when they are the only person on the block, eg), but pretty much everyone at least has one they are more or less prepared to pull up.


Karl - May 26, 2020 4:09:22 pm PDT #21661 of 30019
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.

I'm very grateful to live in a neighbourhood where I can walk by myself (almost a million steps since the beginning of the year!) without a mask and not worry I'll infect someone -- there's lots of room to keep a good distance apart. I do wear a mask (and gloves) when going indoors in public, but I've done that about once a month since the shelter-in-place order; the last time I went on the grocery/pharmacy/post office run, all three had signs requiring a mask for entry.


Steph L. - May 26, 2020 4:23:19 pm PDT #21662 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Mostly Kenard Kroger, which honestly at 8am in the rain is fine. I know people hate that store but I've never had any issues.

I hate the way it's laid out, and it's just old and kind of gross.

And in fact I had a bad experience with a fellow shopper at Clifton Market the last time we went, and they really don't have everything we need consistently.

Yeah, that's my problem with Clifton Market -- they don't have everything we need.


Trudy Booth - May 26, 2020 11:57:11 pm PDT #21663 of 30019
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Always masks inside.

Outside a little leeway - most people pull it on when they pass within six feet of another person, some always keep them on. I saw mebbe half a dozen people with no mask at all, but most of them were black men so... if that's the call they feel like they gotta make I can't fault them.

On a fun note, I stood in the street sucking down a frosé like I was in New Orleans or something while I waited for my takeout. Restaurants delivering cocktails and giving you go-cups of booze is a change I can live with.