Hi Michael,

 ML> I read bionic thoughts, which might be appropriate, as I am now
 ML> seeing through an acrylic lens, and my heart is being maintained
 ML> by 10 separate pieces of metal and overseen by a burger-size
 ML> chunk of I think titanium with a computer in it.

Our generation is the one that's going to have a good number of bionic
parts in their bodies before finally wearing out. I've got metal in both
wrists and the left elbow plus artificial lenses in both eyes and the
bionic knee.


 ML> >  ML> To the Shipps
 ML> >  ML> kicker for you would be no grocery shopping and no
 ML> >  ML> restaurants, unless Maryland becomes included in the
 ML> >  ML> list of safe states. Your quarantine accommodation
 ML> >  ML> must have an isolatable bathroom and food delivery
 ML> >  ML> to be repaired to in case of symptoms.
 ML> > It would be hard to not be able to shop or eat out. At least we now
 ML> have > 2 Wegman's in NC so we wouldn't miss out on shopping there. (G)
 ML> We would

 ML> Part of the fun is to shop as a pack, and if there are
 ML> unfamiliar ingredients, have the chance to ask someone
 ML> in the group for advice.

That wouldn't be possible under the NYS quarantine rules but yes, it is
fun to shop as a pack.


 ML> > still have to go thru VA & MD besides PA and NC to get to NY. Our

 ML> All the guidances I've seen allow for under-24-hour stays
 ML> in unapproved states. This of course shows that it's
 ML> window dressing.

Makes you think you can get in/out but in reality, you can't even get
in.


 ML> > travel, we'd take the camper which Steve and I could isolate in.

 ML> You should be able to go anyplace with your setup. The
 ML> problem with the travel restrictions is that the 14 days
 ML> is supposed to have all contact with residents of the
 ML> pure state forbidden, to the degree that hotels are
 ML> supposed to leave room service outside the door. It's
 ML> completely insane.

We can go anywhere and completly stay self contained. It would be nice
to have water/sewage/power hook ups but even without them we can
survive.


 ML> >  ML> or that fast) but by the way the wind blows.
 ML> > There's so much of an unknown factor to this that everybody is
 ML> caught > second (and third) guessing.

 ML> Most of the advice is completely illogical, and a lot
 ML> of it is self-contradictory.

Partly because each state (and sometimes even areas within the state)
are all setting their own rules; there's no uniform rhyme or reason to
it all.

 ML> >  ML> had such and it was universally wanted to call it an echo
 ML> >  ML> picnic, I'd consider putting it on the historical list.
 ML> > It could be done but I'd only endorse it at a "if we absolutly had
 ML> to do > it and there were no other way to do so" idea.

 ML> We could just go on as if we hadn't planned a picnic
 ML> at all. Perhaps two next year, who knows.

That's probably the best thought at this point; let's see what others
think.

 ML> > Just about all of us have at least one (some more) point of
 ML> > vulnerability that would make us uneasy about gathering as a group.

 ML> Everyone on the planet has at least one point of
 ML> vulnerability.

Even newborns--article in yesterday's paper about a tv anchor person in
Charlotte whose whole family got it, including her days old baby. She
thinks it came in from her parents visiting--they drove down from the
mid west so had quite a bit of contact with other people en route.


 ML> > Sounds good; we also are going to celebrate our 45th anniversary on
 ML> that > Sunday so we'd probably have something a bit out of the usual
 ML> (for us) > to report on. Instead of dinner at TR, maybe go to the
 ML> Angus Barn sort > of thing. (G)

 ML> Hey, good on you. Given my urbanized set of friends, we have
 ML> a bunch of 70th, 75th, and 80th birthday dinners, parties, and
 ML> concerts cancelled, and 71, 76, and 81 don't seem like such
 ML> compelling milestones.

I know, my college class reunion was supposed to be this year but it was
put off until next year also. Even the Olympics are going to be held in
an odd year, if they don't outright cancel them.

 ML> >  ML> Just curious, do you have a handle on what
 ML> >  ML> modifications are in place this year?
 ML> > It was canceled on Monday. Even at a reduced number of participants
 ML> they > crunched covid numbers, where people would be travelling
 ML> to/from and
 ML> > other factors, then came up with the conclusion that it just
 ML> wouldn't be > a good idea for the rally this year.

 ML> Ah, well. I'd hoped that some clever workaround had been
 ML> devised that we could emulate.

No such luck. We're going to try to do an in state trip this fall, just
have to figure out where and when.

 ML>       Title: Peking Shrimp Ball Soup
 ML>  Categories: Chinese, Soups/stews, Fish/sea
 ML>       Yield: 4 servings

Hmmmmmmmm, this would be something different to do with some of the
shrimp we brought back from Swansboro.

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Ruth
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