Topic: THE QUASI-STUPOR (Read 4645 times)

bk · « **Reply #90 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:44:46 PM »

I am surprised at page three.

bk · « **Reply #91 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:44:54 PM »

I am surprised at page four.

Jeanne · « **Reply #92 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:45:05 PM »

She told me that her home town is just two hours from Wuhan. Her brother and mother, who is in a senior care center, still live there. Both are doing fine. She said the senior center is closed to visitors and no one's been sick.

bk · « **Reply #93 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:45:37 PM »

I know everyone is self-isolating but you don't have to self-isolate from HERE, you know.

bk · « **Reply #94 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:46:20 PM »

Music by Peteris Barisons, who, I believe, is a Latvian composer. His music is wunderbar.

Jeanne · « **Reply #95 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:46:20 PM »

I bought some herbs and will try the preventative one that they're using a lot in China.

bk · « **Reply #96 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:46:37 PM »

I don't know from herbs.

bk · « **Reply #97 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:46:49 PM »

Wondering if anyone actually read today's notes.

bk · « **Reply #98 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:47:16 PM »

Wondering and pondering, which, according to their spellings, should rhyme - and yet, they do not.

bk · « **Reply #99 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:47:39 PM »

I am really glad I gave the last two pizza slices away.

bk · « **Reply #100 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:47:55 PM »

I am wondering and pondering what to watch this evening.

bk · « **Reply #101 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:51:21 PM »

I did finish One Man, Two Guv'nors and it had some very funny moments but kind of fizzled by the end. The audience in London surprised me - a LOT of kids whooping and hollering - I wonder if they padded the house with those types for the taping. And for all Nicholas Hytner's director credit, all the physical comedy was directed by his associate, and that's like, I don't know, two-thirds of the play - he should have been given a co-director credit. The physical stuff IS funny and the actors are all excellent. It's free on YouTube on the NT Live page. It's long, though - two hours and forty minutes and that's with only a thirty-second break. It would have been better with a half-hour gone.

Jeanne · « **Reply #102 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:54:37 PM »

I stopped on the way home for some enchiladas.

Jane · « **Reply #103 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:55:43 PM »

Quote from: KevinH on April 03, 2020, 04:28:05 PM

There's one line for checkout. It goes down one of the aisles and sometimes farther than that. When you get to the front of the line an employee tells you which register is ready.

We have heard of a market that has turned the isles into one way "streets".

Jeanne · « **Reply #104 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:57:07 PM »

I was chatting with a friend in the Bay Area (San Francisco) yesterday. He said their freeways are deserted, too -- except that there was a back-up near one of the off-ramps. It was the off-ramp to Costco.

Jane · « **Reply #105 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:57:56 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on April 03, 2020, 04:43:17 PM

My acupuncturist reopened her office today. She was masked and gloved while she treated me. She has to get used to the gloves while inserting the needles. The building maintenance staff installed dispensers of disinfectant wipes at several locations.

I am glad for you. Did you also have to wear a mask?

I hope you feel better for the treatment.

bk · « **Reply #106 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:58:41 PM »

But the freeways here are hardly deserted. They're not jammed but there are a LOT of cars on the 101.

Jane · « **Reply #107 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:58:46 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on April 03, 2020, 04:45:05 PM

She told me that her home town is just two hours from Wuhan. Her brother and mother, who is in a senior care center, still live there. Both are doing fine. She said the senior center is closed to visitors and no one's been sick.

Interesting & nice to hear.

bk · « **Reply #108 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:58:56 PM »

I gotta tell you.

Jeanne · « **Reply #109 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:59:18 PM »

Quote from: Jane on April 03, 2020, 04:55:43 PM

Quote from: KevinH on April 03, 2020, 04:28:05 PM
There's one line for checkout. It goes down one of the aisles and sometimes farther than that. When you get to the front of the line an employee tells you which register is ready.

We have heard of a market that has turned the isles into one way "streets".

I'm not sure what advantage that would have. People just need to distance. Most here are doing so, but not everyone.

Jane · « **Reply #110 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:59:24 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on April 03, 2020, 04:46:20 PM

I bought some herbs and will try the preventative one that they're using a lot in China.

I hope they work.

bk · « **Reply #111 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:59:29 PM »

I am wearing a mask at all times now. It is an amazing mask in that it looks exactly like my face. You'd never even know it was there.

Jane · « **Reply #112 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:59:56 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on April 03, 2020, 04:57:07 PM

I was chatting with a friend in the Bay Area (San Francisco) yesterday. He said their freeways are deserted, too -- except that there was a back-up near one of the off-ramps. It was the off-ramp to Costco.

bk · « **Reply #113 on:** April 03, 2020, 05:00:49 PM »

The pizza delivery guy did not quite heed the instructions to leave the pizza and ring the doorbell. He rang the doorbell, I waited twenty seconds, then opened the door to find him standing there holding the box. I took it with my oven mitts - he was wearing a mask, though.

bk · « **Reply #114 on:** April 03, 2020, 05:01:06 PM »

I like these little Lifesaves gummy things.

Jeanne · « **Reply #115 on:** April 03, 2020, 05:01:14 PM »

Quote from: Jane on April 03, 2020, 04:57:56 PM

Quote from: Jeanne on April 03, 2020, 04:43:17 PM
My acupuncturist reopened her office today. She was masked and gloved while she treated me. She has to get used to the gloves while inserting the needles. The building maintenance staff installed dispensers of disinfectant wipes at several locations.

I am glad for you. Did you also have to wear a mask?

I hope you feel better for the treatment.

I wore a mask coming into the office, but not during treatment. Thanks, the treatment will help.

bk · « **Reply #116 on:** April 03, 2020, 05:01:15 PM »

They amuse me.

Jeanne · « **Reply #117 on:** April 03, 2020, 05:02:18 PM »

Quote from: bk on April 03, 2020, 04:58:41 PM

But the freeways here are hardly deserted. They're not jammed but there are a LOT of cars on the 101.

I keep hearing stories of the 405 being deserted. Maybe these people don't use the 101.

John G. · « **Reply #118 on:** April 03, 2020, 05:04:16 PM »

The mushroom soup was excellent. Now I can play around with it. Maybe some chili flakes in it.

John G. · « **Reply #119 on:** April 03, 2020, 05:04:54 PM »

The original recipe called for 6 tablespoons of flour as a thickener. It didn't need it. And no, it isn't thick, but it is full of flavor.

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