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[John G.]

Seven!

[cillaliz]

Bruce, I think your glasses look good

[bk]

Of course I remember Samantha!  For all, if you don't know what Cillaliz is talking about, I recorded me at the piano singing the song that's in today's notes.  Karen Staitman asked me to and I've never done anything like that before so I did - and in glasses yet - those "new" glasses I haven't worn once since getting them six months ago.

[cillaliz]

And everyone should run to Facebook and take a listen!

[George]

And everyone should run to Facebook and take a listen!

I just did!  It's really good!

[George]

So yesterday, my sister gave me some face masks to use and to give to my parents, but some of them turned out to be the N95 type of masks.  I don't know when or where she got them, though.  Today, I just came across this article and forwarded it to her:  Thurston County Accepting Unused Protective Equipment for COVID-19 First Responders.

[George]

My mom (a retired nurse) said that she would donate the ones I brought over to my parents' house yesterday.

[George]

I have now finished watching act one of the show!  It's really good and quite enjoyable, so far.  I wonder how it's all going to turn out! 

[George]

But now since it's intermission, I need to get something to eat and feed my cat.

[John G.]

I just found my copy of BK's Rare Tracks CD. Just in time, plus a few weeks.

[John G.]

I also found my recording of Alfred Drake singing Weill's Down in the Valley, which I will listen to tomorrow.

[John G.]

I need to get to bed.

[John G.]

Good night, all.

[George]

But now since it's intermission, I need to get something to eat and feed my cat.

Well, that turned into an extra long intermission!

[George]

And now for act two!

[Jane]

DR George being somewhat disappointed we had stopped watching PICARD.  Now that CBS has it for free we returned and completed the series.  I am pleased to tell you we very much enjoyed the last 4 episodes.

Thanks for the update, Jane.  My sister is going to try with the free month.

Will she record it for you?

You can't record CBS All Access.  It's only streaming online.  I could use her login info.  We've done that before.

Oops.  I am very ignorant of these things.  Why don't you watch it for free before the offer expires?

[Jane]

They have now made masks mandatory in LA thanks to our panic-fueling idiot mayor.  For shopping or stores - NOT for outdoors.  Starting Friday. 

Do you have a mask?

[Jane]

A friend & neighbor gave us a couple of masks.  They are too small for Keith so I will wear them.  I wiped the outside of the mask with a wipe as we left the store, before I took it off.

[George]

DR George being somewhat disappointed we had stopped watching PICARD.  Now that CBS has it for free we returned and completed the series.  I am pleased to tell you we very much enjoyed the last 4 episodes.

Thanks for the update, Jane.  My sister is going to try with the free month.

Will she record it for you?

You can't record CBS All Access.  It's only streaming online.  I could use her login info.  We've done that before.

Oops.  I am very ignorant of these things.  Why don't you watch it for free before the offer expires?

I probably  will.

[bk]

I do not have a mask and I am not buying a mask.  They are NOT necessary in your motor car, they are not necessary when you're walking in your neighborhood.  This is for markets and stores.  If I must go to the mail place I'll have a t-shirt with me I can put over my mouth, but sorry, I'm claustrophobic and will not be wearing mask or any covering for more time than it takes me to pick up packages, i.e. about fifteen seconds.  What's next, a full-on hazmat suit?  The stories keep changing and it just feeds on itself because - wait for it - nobody knows anything and the make it up as they go.  I'm sure we'll have more new stories, memes, rules, etc.  I haven't done a damn thing to endanger anyone, nor has anyone done a damn thing to endanger ME.

[Jane]

Now I understand your biggest complaint about the mask.  You are lucky if you can avoid markets. 

Blame all the rude people who have not properly social distanced for the need to wear a mask.

[bk]

I watched a motion picture - a 70s TV movie - now listening to the last of the Walter Piston symphonies.  And then on to the William Schuman symphonies, which start with his third, as he withdrew the first two.

[Jane]

Bruce are you 6 feet away when you collect your mail?

[bk]

Yes.

[Jane]

😊

[Jane]

Walking around the market, even with people doing their best, a 6 foot distance is difficult to maintain.

[bk]

It's easy at Gelson's at six.  There were maybe fifteen people in the market.  In and out quickly with my stash of Diet Coke and a few other items like tuna, proper elbow macaroni so I can make tuna pasta salad that's edible, bagels, microwave bacon, some Mexican cheese blend for the tortillas, Lean Cuisine pizza bread and a few other things.

[bk]

Listening to William Schuman's symphonies - like Piston they're tonal but sans much melody and a bit clangy every now and then, but with some very beautiful sections, like the one that's playing now - the second movement of his 4th symphony, which is just haunting and lovely and could have been used to score any number of movies.

[TCB]

All day I thought this was Sunday.

[TCB]

But it couldn’t be, because today is not Easter.