Well, another “choke on my coffee post”! The cartoon of the virus hitting the walker but missing the diner is priceless!
This morning I had to drive into Charlottesville, VA. En route to the Amtrak station I had to drive through part of UVA – certainly an elite school. Here is some of what I saw: Bikers, joggers and walkers all wearing face masks. Drivers of cars, windows up and all alone – wearing face masks. People waiting for buses – wearing masks. The topper was, I think, two girls walking together holding large cups of coffee. Every few steps they would pause, slip the mask down a few inches and take a sip of their brew. Then – up went the masks! I had to wonder: are these people doing this because: A) They really believe the wearing mask outdoors nonsense; B) They are all trying to “Virtue Signal” how “caring” they are; C) They are complying with a draconian and illogical policy from UVA?
To see this in the midst of one of the best schools in the country is dismaying and bewildering. Thank Goodness we live on the “other side of the mountain”!
I suspect A,B, & C. When someone wears a mask out in public, inside our out (including driving their car) that how residents around here suspect “they must be visitors from Austin (UT).”
In New London, a liberal college town, people religiolsly wear masks. In Newport, where I live people mostly walk around breathing with their whole faces showing. It’s an old mill town, and proud of it.
Sad but true!
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Well, another “choke on my coffee post”! The cartoon of the virus hitting the walker but missing the diner is priceless!
This morning I had to drive into Charlottesville, VA. En route to the Amtrak station I had to drive through part of UVA – certainly an elite school. Here is some of what I saw: Bikers, joggers and walkers all wearing face masks. Drivers of cars, windows up and all alone – wearing face masks. People waiting for buses – wearing masks. The topper was, I think, two girls walking together holding large cups of coffee. Every few steps they would pause, slip the mask down a few inches and take a sip of their brew. Then – up went the masks! I had to wonder: are these people doing this because: A) They really believe the wearing mask outdoors nonsense; B) They are all trying to “Virtue Signal” how “caring” they are; C) They are complying with a draconian and illogical policy from UVA?
To see this in the midst of one of the best schools in the country is dismaying and bewildering. Thank Goodness we live on the “other side of the mountain”!
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I suspect A,B, & C. When someone wears a mask out in public, inside our out (including driving their car) that how residents around here suspect “they must be visitors from Austin (UT).”
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In New London, a liberal college town, people religiolsly wear masks. In Newport, where I live people mostly walk around breathing with their whole faces showing. It’s an old mill town, and proud of it.
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Seems like I ate lunch in an old courthouse in Newport some years ago. Can’t remember name of it.
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Oh, how funny! It’s still here. It’s called, “The Old Courthouse”, the most elegant eating place in town! They have great food.
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Funny I could remember the name. Duh!
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