Hi Michael,

 ML> >  ML> terrorists will resort to titanium or glass knives
 ML> >  ML> and such weaponry.
 ML> > Hopefully not. I have set off metal detectors with the metal in my
 ML> elbow > & wrists but they'd been set more sensitive right after 9/11.

 ML> The new ones aren't supposed to do that. All my equipment
 ML> is supposed to be NMR-safe and thus by association also
 ML> undetectable by the TSA scanners.

Did you get a card from the hospital identifying your metallic inserts?
I did for the elbow and wrists but not the knee. Also got cards when I
had the cataract surgeries listing what lenses and who made them were
put in. Probably that's on the off chance they're ever recalled.

 ML> >  ML> > That wouldn't be possible under the NYS quarantine rules but
 ML> yes, it >  ML> is > fun to shop as a pack.
 ML> >  ML> That being my point and why I am not wholly against
 ML> >  ML> your suggestion to postpone the picnic.
 ML> > Dale is in favor of cancelling it also, haven't heard from Nancy.

 ML> Nancy is going to hold on a bit I imagine, but how we can
 ML> achieve that critical mass I don't know. It'll likely be
 ML> rolling delays, such as the airlines do, until the crew times
 ML> out. As of now, I have a cardiologist appointment on 9/17,
 ML> which changes my plans even further.

As of now we're still free but going under the presumption that there
will be no picnic next month.

 ML> >  ML> You could probably get the hookups while adhering
 ML> >  ML> to local distancing rules.
 ML> > Depends on where we hook up but we can go out in the boonies and be
 ML> self > contained.

 ML> How often is a pump-out necessary when you're on the road?

Depends on various factors. If we don't use any other facilities for
bathing, cooking, etc and other conserving methods, we can go a while.
The water tank holds 30 gallons, plus, I think 3 (6?) in another tank.

 ML> >  ML> inconsistent. The phenomenon you describe further
 ML> >  ML> compounds the problem.
 ML> > True, like our governor cutting off alcohol sales in restaurants
 ML> after > 11 pm but still permitting them in grocery stores. Orange
 ML> County cuts > the sales after 10 pm.

 ML> The idea perhaps being that the grocery is closer to
 ML> home, plus one doesn't ingest grocery store booze
 ML> until after getting home, so less chance of mishap.

That's the idea but in university towns....................


 ML> > I'd advise you go with your alternate plans but see what Nancy says.
 ML> > Last I knew, she was debating moving the picnic back to the last
 ML> week > end in Sept. but that probably still wouldn't affect various
 ML> state
 ML> > quarantine and travel restrictions.

 ML> Problem of course is the later it gets pushed, the
 ML> less friendly travel will be.

Yes, we'd rather not travel up to NYS in winter. We've had to do it a
number of times but as we've gotten older, it's less of an option for
us.


 ML> >  ML> > Even newborns--article in yesterday's paper about a tv anchor
 ML> person >  ML> in > Charlotte whose whole family got it, including her
 ML> days old baby. >  ML> She > thinks it came in from her parents
 ML> visiting--they drove down >  ML> from the > mid west so had quite a
 ML> bit of contact with other people en >  ML> route.
 ML> >  ML> Especially newborns.
 ML> > They have some immunity initially from their mothers but not a lot
 ML> and > it doesn't last long.

 ML> I wouldn't count on residual immunity that doesn't
 ML> last long, especially from something that the mother
 ML> likely doesn't have antibodies against.

Agreed!

 ML> >  ML> natural features. Be thankful you don't live
 ML> >  ML> in Nebraska or someplace like that.
 ML> > I'm sure there are attractions in NE but they don't have both the
 ML> ocean > and mountains in the same state. (G)

 ML> Out of curiosity I went to Wikivoyage (the noncommercial site that
 ML> seceded when Wikitravel went for profit), and the best it can offer
 ML> is:  Nebraska has a reputation of being a flat, monotonous region of
 ML>  farm and ranch land, but this stereotype has come from the many
 ML>  people who drive across Nebraska on the Interstate 80 corridor
 ML>  (the Platte River valley). Those who venture off this heavily
 ML>  traveled road discover that Nebraska does have a subtle, wide-open
 ML>  beauty that is all its own.

 ML> Sort of like Rothko paintings, I guess?

It does, and the Wal-Mart off of I-80 in Olathe has a separate parking
lot for campers and big rigs. We found it on our way west in 2016 and
stayed there--a nice little out of the way spot away from the big rigs.


 ML> >  ML>       Title: Awesome New Orleans Style Pasta - Carless Gay
 ML> > Another interesting thought.

 ML> Carless actually knew what he was about. The folks
 ML> on The Dinner Table tended to, and I miss it.

That's another echo I never got into.

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