I decided I better get with the program and start wearing a mask in public places. Went into 4 stores today. Probably 1 in 15 were wearing masks. There were tourists in the grocery store with their kids. I wondered what the kids thought about people wearing masks. I noticed people don't seem to talk to someone wearing a mask. Plus it's hot and steams up my glasses. No young people wearing masks. I guess it won't seem so odd when more people start wearing them.

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Tony H
W111 280SE 3.5 Coupe
Manual transmission

Past cars:
Porsche 914 2.0
'64 Jaguar XKE Roadster
'57 Oval Window VW
'71 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck-Dad bought new
'73 Toyota Celica GT

my luck,someone could cough in my face,or french kiss me,and I would not get it. I'm here to be tortured to my dying day.

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran, deutschland deutschland uber alles uber alles in der welt

I was thinking the other day I had not seen any posts from you for a while. It is good to see you are alive and kicking!

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

yes I self exiled myself to get my act together. My heart shrunk back to normal size now. Can mow at high speed,and can breathe.Less dripping sweat in 3 days one year since bypass. Wife on hold with shoulder repair. Can't cook no more, so I eat poop.

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran, deutschland deutschland uber alles uber alles in der welt

Just Read that viagra might be a corona killer. Seems nitric oxide,thats produced to swell open blood vessels, also cuts virus reproduction in half. Their thinking of having health workers breathe a mixture at end of shift.
Also those who have had mononucleosis, maybe imune,as virus almost the same, I had that in 81 its awful and hurts like hell,giant golfball size glands on neck.

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran, deutschland deutschland uber alles uber alles in der welt

Last time I was at the store (last month) I turned into the isle with noodles. Some big slob looking guy came in the other end coughing and sneezing into his elbow.

The shelves were kinda barren and I made the executive decision I didn't need noodles and turned around, then stayed well ahead of him isle wise and got out of the store as quickly as possible.

There is a great Japanese burger food truck where I walk my dog, was planning to get some food from them as I had done before, until I saw the owner coming out of the truck to talk to a customer without keeping 6ft distance...I slowly turned around.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

Made my own masks, was told that two layers of the blue lint free shop towels are a good filtration filter when put in a mask. It works so well, I'm hyperventilating while shopping...

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

My gf is makes wedding dresses and custom gowns for a living. She has two nieces who are ER doctors in the area.
They gave her a design for washable reusable pleated surgical masks that cover the whole front of your face and look pretty good.


Originally she donated 200 masks to the cops and FD. Now everyone in town wants her masks, she is getting about two orders per week of 150-200 at a time.


I have become her production control manager, buying and ordering all her materials in addition to my day job.


And she was worried about making ends meet!


I though this would be a good time for her to rest up from repetitive motion injuries that plague her when she makes a wedding dress from scratch.
Apparently it's different motions now, so no harm, no foul and people get masks, so it's all good.

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Invest in America: Buy a Congressman!

1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

Sitting here doing my taxes. The masks my neighbor made(very nice of her) are so thick I can't breathe through it. They are 3 layers thick-too much I think. I think I will lose a layer.

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Tony H
W111 280SE 3.5 Coupe
Manual transmission

Past cars:
Porsche 914 2.0
'64 Jaguar XKE Roadster
'57 Oval Window VW
'71 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck-Dad bought new
'73 Toyota Celica GT

Masks are best on people that have the infection. In combination with you also wearing one.


When there are enough available. All of a sudden we will be told by gung ho governments. To not leave home without one.


We are so old we do not even do our own grocery shopping. Risk is high there. For younger people most will survive. Yet in some cases it almost is not worth it. For most it is just a mild flu type thing to deal with.

I hang mask from mirror inside car with windows rolled up in the Georgia heat to kill the nasty germs.

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Jim

Yes,this is the first summer I can remember welcoming the heat.

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2001 SLK 320 six speed manual
2014 Porsche Cayenne six speed manual

Annoy a Liberal, Read the Constitution

We as a four province Canadian area started early and really fought to totally eliminate it. This is not even being mentioned in Canada other than we have basically no cases anymore. Our areas borders are sealed. We still have one case a day on average in a large nursing home in the four provinces. That is it and is being seriously dealt with. Until it totally is our provinces borders remain closed until we are as totally free of the virus and recovering people as the provinces connecting to ours are.

Right next to our group of provinces is another with over 40,000 cases. Plus a lot of deaths. Basically still having a major issue. They do not have a clue of what they are doing in our opinion.

Our area was very heavily damaged in the 1918 period. With a primary wave and a secondary virus wave. Plus the largest munitions explosion in history in that time period. The combined events taught the people here a lot as it almost decimated the area. It is a real shame they others did not copy what we were doing. Basically jump on the problem early.

We knew what was required and just did it. The central governments and national health specialists did not. Plus there was not enough known about this virus. We looked at their recommendation but thought they were based on too much guessing. We had no wish to risk that either.

If you are over sixty pay attention. The information on transmission of this virus is probably not totally accurate. If it is in your area take that into consideration. As beyond that age it is just too risky to get it. If the virus where in our area now. I would not go grocery shopping. I can only hope the virus dies out naturally as in reality there is no other area of north America to my knowledge that is really fighting it properly. You have to isolate and totally clear out an area. Then expand the area with others that have done the same. We only have a good ideal of how it transmits between people. No proof but it makes a lot more sense that what is being fed to the public. We do not believe masks and washing your hands are really enough. It may actually give people a false sense of security. In far too many areas it is the blind leading the blind. Of course heavily infected areas have to open up. As they really do not either understand what is needed or just do not know how to do it.

At least the people in the heavily infected province next to our block of provinces. Are not really going along with the opening up requested by the provincial government. There has been an almost total systemic failure in dealing with this virus. Yet the same people that did this are still at it. For example you do not ask people to self quaranteen. You raise the penalties to levels that make them do it. A substantial fine and or six months in jail. Plus auditing them seems to work.

I dug through my hazmat bins. have some blister packs of N95 and goggles. And full face gear ( level B with air lines is highest I ever had to work in), smaller cartridge mask, and boxes of cartridges for the 2 types. Moon suits all types of gloves. Bunch of decon supplies but can't imagine the need for this. I'll probably never wear any of this for c19 unless things start looking scary around here, except N95 at the store.