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Wait For It…

by Tom Levenson|  April 10, 20202:13 pm| 108 Comments

This post is in: Not Politics, Open Threads

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Respite, you want?

Respite we got:

I bellowed at the punch line.

This thread (and–stay safe–not our towns and byways) is open.

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  1. 1.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    April 10, 2020 at 2:16 pm

    I just posted this downstairs too. It made me laugh. From Saturday Night on Broadway, “The Zoom Where It Happens.”

  2. 2.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    April 10, 2020 at 2:18 pm

    Also this. Now I’m waiting for the lightening to strike me. (Apparently I’ve been in too many Zoom meetings)

     

    pic.twitter.com/f7lyabYA4P— Gracie in OH-IO (@GracieinOHIO) April 10, 2020

  3. 3.

    trollhattan

    April 10, 2020 at 2:19 pm

    Good one. :-)

  4. 4.

    Steeplejack

    April 10, 2020 at 2:23 pm

    Report from the coronasphere:

    The tactical gear (pants!) has been getting a workout lately, as I have been driving my friend B. to and from work at Trader Joe’s in Clarendon (Arlington, VA). She was off yesterday, but I dropped her a little before 1:00 today and then went by the substandard Safeway on the way home. Somewhat grudgingly, because, although I am due for a big shopping expedition, I didn’t feel like doing it today. But I needed cat food—priority #1 here at the Threadkill Arms—and once I was in the store I decided to get some other things. Ran up an $85 tab, which is pretty big for me, but now I’m set until sometime next week.

    Feature my surprise at finding that the store was pretty well stocked. It’s an old, small store in a not-trendy neighborhood, also apparently plagued with indifferent management, and there are (were) always inexplicable gaps in what’s available. (Gaps more explicable now.) I went up the paper-products aisle to find something else and was gobsmacked to see not only toilet paper but Great Northern toilet paper. Gold, Jerry—pure gold! Not a huge supply, maybe 20 six-packs or so. I joined another guy (six feet apart) and we just marveled at it in silence for a minute or two. I picked up one pack just to be sociable, and, based on the discussion in the morning thread, I figure I’m good for the rest of the year. Score!

    The produce and meat sections were pretty well stocked, and I didn’t see any glaring shortages anyplace else. Oh, yeah, no Schweppes tonic water, which affects me greatly, and no Fever Tree either, which is my backup. Couldn’t bring myself to buy Canada Dry. One has standards even in a crisis.

    Went by my local pub on the way home and took curbside delivery of a bacon cheeseburger and fries. I’ve been trying to support my local places. Had that with a Vienna Lager and will now subside into the afternoon routine. Picking up B. at 9:00 tonight.

    The weather is fantastic today: partly cloudy, 49°, with blustery winds about 25 mph. Totally wacky for the season but very energizing.

    Finally, I found the cheapo mask that I got in Las Vegas and thought I had lost. It was still in the pocket of my jacket. I didn’t wear it on the trip home but will start wearing it now. And the word on the street is that a friend is sending me a custom-made cloth mask. Looking forward to that. Should be here tomorrow.

  5. 5.

    chris

    April 10, 2020 at 2:24 pm

    “…the surgical solution was surprisingly unpopular…”

    UncomfortableLOL! Ya think?

  6. 6.

    Tom Levenson

    April 10, 2020 at 2:24 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: Awesome.

     

    Also, Judas!

  7. 7.

    Steeplejack

    April 10, 2020 at 2:27 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:

    Okay, that’s funny!

  8. 8.

    MoCA Ace

    April 10, 2020 at 2:27 pm

    Thanks for the warning… you saved my keyboard!

  9. 9.

    chris

    April 10, 2020 at 2:30 pm

    @Steeplejack:Serious tactical gear right here.

    via reddit. Captioned: Walmart never disappoints.

  10. 10.

    zhena gogolia

    April 10, 2020 at 2:32 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:

    I just sent that to my minister.

  11. 11.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    April 10, 2020 at 2:33 pm

    @chris: At least the person wasn’t wearing the flippers.

  12. 12.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    April 10, 2020 at 2:38 pm

    @zhena gogolia:  Then lightning will have to spread itself around to strike us all!

  13. 13.

    Steeplejack

    April 10, 2020 at 2:42 pm

    @chris:

    Oh, God, a friend sent me a whole thread of pictures like that. One of the funniest was a woman wearing one of those big, clear packages that quilts and comforters come in.

  14. 14.

    catclub

    April 10, 2020 at 2:44 pm

    @zhena gogolia: My understanding is that performance of that version of the Miserere – by Allegri –

    was only permitted – on pain of excommunication(?) at the Sistine Chapel. For some period of time back in the good old days when the Catholic Church was just the Church.

  15. 15.

    chris

    April 10, 2020 at 2:45 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: Maybe.

  16. 16.

    eclare

    April 10, 2020 at 2:49 pm

    @chris: Heh, that’s innovative!

  17. 17.

    chris

    April 10, 2020 at 2:49 pm

    @Steeplejack: Yep, all on r/peopleofwalmart. And, I assume, everywhere else. At least they’re trying.

  18. 18.

    Gin & Tonic

    April 10, 2020 at 2:50 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    Couldn’t bring myself to buy Canada Dry.

    I am delighted to see that the plague years have not destroyed all of humanity.

  19. 19.

    CaseyL

    April 10, 2020 at 2:52 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:   Those are great!  I’ve seen quite a bit of hilarious getting-through-the-lockdown stuff on YouTube.  Andrew Cottle, the British sportscaster whose color commentary of his dogs eating went viral, posted a second Dog Sports video:

    Game of Bones

  20. 20.

    Roger Moore

    April 10, 2020 at 2:53 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    Oh, yeah, no Schweppes tonic water, which affects me greatly, and no Fever Tree either, which is my backup.

    You need to try making homemade tonic water.  It’s not that hard if you can get the ingredients.

  21. 21.

    Steeplejack

    April 10, 2020 at 2:53 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    Inorite. Stiff upper lip and all that, what?

  22. 22.

    patroclus

    April 10, 2020 at 2:59 pm

    The other thread is dying, so I’ll re-post it:

    Biden 2020: Vote Joe if You Want to Live

    Trump 2020: Making American Graves Again

    Biden 2020: He Can Read

    Trump 2020: It’s Mourning in America

  23. 23.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    April 10, 2020 at 2:59 pm

    @CaseyL: The commentary is hilarious.

  24. 24.

    Steeplejack

    April 10, 2020 at 2:59 pm

    @CaseyL:

    They’re both hilarious. The eating one: “Focused, relentless. Tasting absolutely nothing.”

    Here’s a link to Nick Heath’s #LifeCommentary videos. Equally hilarious. (Note: On my computer the fast-forward hangs at video 16, so you have to manually select the one(s) after that.)

  25. 25.

    raven

    April 10, 2020 at 3:01 pm

    We just got our instantcart order from Aldi. The young lady was totally on top of it, chatted with me about substitutions while she shopped and got here in about 10 minutes. I hit a “review” site for it last night and it really had me nervous. Review after review screaming about the “shoppers” stealing their groceries and all kinds of nasty shit. Maybe being in a smaller town matters.

  26. 26.

    Ben Cisco

    April 10, 2020 at 3:07 pm

    @patroclus: They’re all good but this:

    Biden 2020: He Can Read

    That’s museum-quality right there.

    Thanks for the laughs!

  27. 27.

    Steeplejack

    April 10, 2020 at 3:08 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    You have to manually fast-forward past “Giro de Tooting.”

  28. 28.

    Steeplejack

    April 10, 2020 at 3:10 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    I’m having enough trouble sourcing Cheez Whiz and Vienna sausages. I can’t be looking for tree bark!

  29. 29.

    Steeplejack

    April 10, 2020 at 3:16 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    “Dogging” not in the list, for some reason.

  30. 30.

    chris

    April 10, 2020 at 3:16 pm

    @Steeplejack: just dissolve ‘some’ hydroxychloroquine in your gin. Gotta be close, right?

  31. 31.

    Steeplejack

    April 10, 2020 at 3:17 pm

    @chris:

    Excellent suggestion.

  32. 32.

    patroclus

    April 10, 2020 at 3:18 pm

    @Ben Cisco: Twitter has so much more…

    Biden 2020: He Won’t Grab Your Pussy

    Trump 2020: If You’re Not White, Say Goodnight

    Biden 2020: Blue Wave

    Trump 2020: Flu Wave

    Trump 2020: What do You Have (Left) to Lose?

  33. 33.

    scav

    April 10, 2020 at 3:26 pm

    @patroclus: Biden 2020: Don’t let the Virus win.

  34. 34.

    Booger

    April 10, 2020 at 3:26 pm

    That’s a noble effort on the Choir’s part.

  35. 35.

    evap

    April 10, 2020 at 3:28 pm

    @Steeplejack: really enjoyed reading this post because I lived in Arlington (Ballston) for 2 years while working at NSF and I used to shop at that Trader Joe’s and even at the Safeway occasionally.  I have very fond memories of Arlington.

    Carry on!

  36. 36.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    April 10, 2020 at 3:31 pm

    @Steeplejack: Couldn’t bring myself to buy Canada Dry. One has standards even in a crisis.

    It could be worse. I grew up on Vernor’s

  37. 37.

    opiejeanne

    April 10, 2020 at 3:31 pm

    @raven: I just got notification that our order is being shopped, and it looks like he/she is finished.

    All of our shoppers have been very nice. We’ve been using them for about three weeks now. I don’t know why the shopper would steal people’s stuff, unless it was toilet paper, and/or they were stupid.

    Our first one got some of our stuff confused with the other order he was shopping, and drove back after about ten minutes to give it to us and get the stuff for his other customer that he mistakenly left with us.

    Yes, we wanted the oranges, no we didn’t need any canned soup. It was our first time using the service and it all worked out.

  38. 38.

    catclub

    April 10, 2020 at 3:33 pm

    @patroclus: Trump 2020: It’s Mourning in America

     

    That one will sting.

  39. 39.

    Ben Cisco

    April 10, 2020 at 3:34 pm

    @patroclus: OMG ?

  40. 40.

    BellyCat

    April 10, 2020 at 3:35 pm

    Definitely advise against making your own tonic. I did so a few years ago and once it runs out one can never be satisfied by an over-the-counter G&T. ?

  41. 41.

    senyordave

    April 10, 2020 at 3:37 pm

    I think Grandpa Simpson would have taken any solution for young Homer.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmX18C3PBq0

  42. 42.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    April 10, 2020 at 3:37 pm

    @catclub:

    Assuming people register the spelling. Trump wouldn’t.

  43. 43.

    Brachiator

    April 10, 2020 at 3:42 pm

    @raven:

    We just got our instantcart order from Aldi.

    I’ve never used Instantcart and may give it a try if it is available where I am. How do you pay for the groceries?

    The young lady was totally on top of it, chatted with me about substitutions while she shopped and got here in about 10 minutes.

    Sounds like a positive experience. I just glanced at a sad news story about people putting in a large tip in advance for the shopper (in one case $55) and then cancelling the tip after the delivery has been made.

  44. 44.

    Catherine D.

    April 10, 2020 at 3:43 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:

    It could be worse. I grew up on Vernor’s

    Ptui, ptui, ptui! That stuff is nasty!

  45. 45.

    opiejeanne

    April 10, 2020 at 3:43 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: I never had Vernor’s until I was an adult. I liked the stuff but I always forgot not to inhale over the glass.

    It seems kind of like they have dumbed it down now, compared to what it used to be like. Yes, you can get a good coughing jag going with the current stuff, but not as readily.

    Also, why doesn’t root beer burn your nose like it did when I was a kid? Could it be that I’ve learned not to burp while drinking it?

  46. 46.

    opiejeanne

    April 10, 2020 at 3:47 pm

    @Brachiator: For Instacart we use our debit account.

    https://www.instacart.com/help/section/200761924

  47. 47.

    Steeplejack

    April 10, 2020 at 3:55 pm

    @evap:

    Thanks. To be clear, my substandard Safeway is the one on Wilson Boulevard just past George Mason Drive, across from Pupatella. (Excellent pizza, but it does not travel well; has a half-life of about 10 minutes. I wonder how they’re making out in the shutdown.)

  48. 48.

    raven

    April 10, 2020 at 4:01 pm

    @Brachiator: It’s pretty seamless with both the website and the app. You put in a CC # and it gives you a running tally with fees and tip. We signed up for a month of “express” for $9.99 and that get’s you “free” delivery. There is a place for tips and you  enter a % so it saves it. I did %15 and dropped another sawbuck on the young lady. The app allows you to communicate with them as they shop so, when something is out of stock, they give you alternatives and you can just say no as well. Our Instantcart does Kroger, Aldi, Publix and CVS. There also is a notice about whether or not the prices are the same (they aren’t but they aren’t horrible). I figure it’s worth it for me to spend some of the stimulus money to try to keep another people afloat .

  49. 49.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    April 10, 2020 at 4:02 pm

    @opiejeanne: I don’t remember that experience with root beer, but maybe all the root beer I’ve had has been artificially-flavored crap.

    Ever had ginger beer? I love it but it’s quite an intense experience.

  50. 50.

    raven

    April 10, 2020 at 4:05 pm

    @Brachiator:

    I just glanced at a sad news story about people putting in a large tip in advance for the shopper (in one case $55) and then cancelling the tip after the delivery has been made.

     

    I don’t know what to do with that. Maybe someone just put the wrong amount in. I didn’t get the sense that our “shopper” chose whether or not to to it based on the tip but I don’t really know. The reviews of users and employees that I found were not good but my local peeps on FB and our neighborhood listserv are positive. YMMV

  51. 51.

    Ben Cisco

    April 10, 2020 at 4:06 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: We’ve got one here called Red Rock – it’s no joke!

  52. 52.

    Booger

    April 10, 2020 at 4:06 pm

    @Steeplejack: Know it well! Bought the makings of a last-minute Thanksgiving dinner there and at the 7-11 nearby many decades ago. Loved that pizza joint as well.

    Interesting that you’d have to specify WHICH substandard Safeway in Arlington. I assumed the one on Lee Highway in Cherrydale.

  53. 53.

    Gin & Tonic

    April 10, 2020 at 4:07 pm

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: There were once ginger Altoids. I never had them, but a guy at work did. He left the tin on a cabinet where people occasionally put candy or baked goods to share, with a sign saying “I Dare You.” I don’t care for ginger, so I didn’t try. Not sure if anyone else did.

  54. 54.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    April 10, 2020 at 4:07 pm

    @opiejeanne:

    When I was a Camp Fire Girl, we dug up sassafras roots and boiled them to make sassafras tea, which tasted like root beer.

  55. 55.

    raven

    April 10, 2020 at 4:11 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: THE bubble gum song!

    Hot Smoke and Sassafras!

  56. 56.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    April 10, 2020 at 4:12 pm

    I was musing today about stuff that I’m apparently not going to see till things return to something like normal, and how being deprived is making me kind of think obsessively about those things. Steaks and hamburgers for instance. Our diners are closed, and so far when we’ve put it in a grocery order we’re told there’s none available.

    Also wine. Not a thing I normally keep in the house, but since finding out how hard it is to get (illegal to deliver or ship in PA, and the beer/wine stores seem to be closed), I’ve started craving a glass. Just one glass.

    And just one big chocolate chip cookie. My wife is an excellent but usually very healthy cook. She’s actually offered to make me cookies or brownies but I feel kind of silly taking her up on it just to satisfy my silly craving. And it might make it worse if I remember what it is to get a sugar rush.

    I remind myself that in WW2 people survived for years without coffee, eggs, sugar or meat.

  57. 57.

    sdhays

    April 10, 2020 at 4:12 pm

    @Steeplejack: I was at an H-Mart (big Korean grocery store chain for those not familiar) yesterday, and while it wasn’t empty, it was not at all busy, even though pre-COVID-19 it was pretty much always uncomfortably busy. The produce was rich and plentiful while the Wegmans was only slightly above the disaster zone it was last week. Safeway has been better. I can’t find yeast for the life of me, though.

    I have noticed that only H-Mart seemed to be providing masks to its employees. All of the employees at H-Mart had surgical-style masks and gloves. I’ve been to Wegmans and Safeway over the last few weeks and the standards are still pretty sloppy and clearly driven by personal choice rather than corporate directive.

  58. 58.

    Sister Golden Bear

    April 10, 2020 at 4:12 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    Feature my surprise at finding that the store was pretty well stocked. It’s an old, small store in a not-trendy neighborhood, also apparently plagued with indifferent management, and there are (were) always inexplicable gaps in what’s available.

    I’ve also found my smaller neighborhood markets — as well as the Hispanic and Asian markets — to be not too crowded and reasonably well stocked. Yesterday, I walked into m

    I do go to the fancy old-money/techno riche neighborhood grocery store occasionally, since they carry some items I can’t find elsewhere.

  59. 59.

    schrodingers_cat

    April 10, 2020 at 4:12 pm

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: There is a place in the Capitol Market that makes their own crab cakes and root beer. Both are excellent!

  60. 60.

    raven

    April 10, 2020 at 4:13 pm

    This shit will kill you

     

    Blenheim Ginger Ale 

  61. 61.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    April 10, 2020 at 4:15 pm

    Another weird little sign of the times: The cash I had on hand when we came home for good, I still have on hand. I think I made an ATM withdrawal on Mar 9 or 10, and all of it is still in my wallet, along with every penny of change I had in my pockets that day.

    I’ve also got a bunch of commuter train tickets that are going to expire before I’m ever on a train again.

  62. 62.

    Joy in FL

    April 10, 2020 at 4:16 pm

    I just joined Instacart over the weekend. I’ve had two perfect orders from Sprouts from 2 different shoppers. Some things were out of stock, but I got almost everything on my orders.
    I don’t have to leave my house for a month if I don’t want to and that makes me happy.
    I did grocery shopping for Shipt a few years ago when I retired. So glad I don’t have that job in this environment.

  63. 63.

    eclare

    April 10, 2020 at 4:18 pm

    @raven: Is that where the peach butt is?

  64. 64.

    dmsilev

    April 10, 2020 at 4:19 pm

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym:

    And just one big chocolate chip cookie. My wife is an excellent but usually very healthy cook. She’s actually offered to make me cookies or brownies but I feel kind of silly taking her up on it just to satisfy my silly craving. And it might make it worse if I remember what it is to get a sugar rush.

    Suggestion: take her up on the offer (or bake them yourself; both are easy even if you’re a baking klutz). Satisfying a silly craving now and again will help you stay sane through this.

  65. 65.

    Tinare

    April 10, 2020 at 4:20 pm

    1. @raven: I did some shopping for Instacart last summer. You see what the earnings estimate before you accept the batch including if they’ve preregistered a tip. I’m guessing some not so great folks figure they will be a attractive batch and get their order faster by indicating a large tip, but do really want to pay.
  66. 66.

    raven

    April 10, 2020 at 4:21 pm

    @eclare: No the Peach Butt is on 85 not far from Cowpens. Blenheim is near South of the Border on 95.

  67. 67.

    raven

    April 10, 2020 at 4:23 pm

    @Tinare: Great info! I don’t know if it’s best to leave the %15 in and then hit them with lagniappe when they come or just bump it up?

  68. 68.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    April 10, 2020 at 4:24 pm

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym:

    The free beer and wine cart will come through my building again today from 4-5. Not that I’m smug about it or anything. :-)

  69. 69.

    M31

    April 10, 2020 at 4:24 pm

    @catclub: hahaha yes, no one was allowed to see or have the music, but of course when Mozart was a little kid he went to hear it and then promptly went home and wrote the whole thing down

  70. 70.

    Brachiator

    April 10, 2020 at 4:28 pm

    @opiejeanne:

    For Instacart we use our debit account.

    @raven:

    Thanks for the tips on setting up and using the service. I just may give it a go!

    ETA: I tend to NOT use my debit card for much. It is easier to challenge and get a correction when using a credit card.

    I just pay balances quickly.

  71. 71.

    Tinare

    April 10, 2020 at 4:29 pm

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym:  Hey, I’m in PA, you can have wine from an online wine club delivered in PA.  UPS needs to see you when they deliver, they aren’t making anyone sign, but they are just making sure you’re not underage.

  72. 72.

    M31

    April 10, 2020 at 4:30 pm

    @BellyCat: second the recommendation to make your own tonic water — only one ingredient (cinchona bark “Jesuit’s bark”) is hard to source, the rest is nice fragrant whatever you like (lime peel, allspice, etc).

    I believe it is slightly poisonous but so bitter you would never drink enough to cause harm. Plenty of recipes online

  73. 73.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    April 10, 2020 at 4:33 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:

    Condolences. On the other hand, don’t Vernor’s and other Northeastern brands have exotic drinks like “ginger soda” and 20 flavors of seltzer? That whole genre is a mystery to me. As a Saltine-American I was exposed more to Nehi orange drink and RC Cola at the outer boundaries. Fresca!

  74. 74.

    eclare

    April 10, 2020 at 4:33 pm

    @raven: Thanks! For some reason I was thinking it was on 85.

  75. 75.

    Tinare

    April 10, 2020 at 4:34 pm

    @raven: cash is nice because you get it right away, but they do pay out to shoppers weekly so it’s not a long wait.

  76. 76.

    raven

    April 10, 2020 at 4:42 pm

    @Tinare: I was just thinking about my buddy who runs a restaurant and told me to tip in cash so the server really gets it.

  77. 77.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    April 10, 2020 at 4:42 pm

    @Steeplejack (phone):

    I grew up in Detroit which is where Vernor’s was made. Also Faygo. I went to grad school with the daughter of the two brothers running Faygo.

  78. 78.

    Ben Cisco

    April 10, 2020 at 4:45 pm

    @raven: “Is it strange that I want it even more now?”

  79. 79.

    JPL

    April 10, 2020 at 4:45 pm

    @patroclus:

    Trump 2020: It’s Mourning in America

    Love it but I’m not sure his voters would get it.

  80. 80.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    April 10, 2020 at 4:46 pm

    @Booger:

    I don’t like the Safeway in Cherrydale, and it’s not really on my hunter-gatherer circuit, so I haven’t been there in a long time. I contrast the Wilson Boulevard substandard Safeway with the “cool,” modern Safeway closer to me at Seven Corners.

    Around here Giant has the same dichotomy between really great stores and ones that are two steps above “food desert” quality. They just opened a brand new one at Seven Corners that is getting into the Wegmans zone. Nice!

  81. 81.

    debbie

    April 10, 2020 at 4:46 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    I’ll take Canada Dry over Schweppes any day!

  82. 82.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    April 10, 2020 at 4:48 pm

    @debbie:

    Infidel!

  83. 83.

    debbie

    April 10, 2020 at 4:49 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    I loved them. They had the same kind of bite real gingeroot has.

  84. 84.

    JPL

    April 10, 2020 at 4:52 pm

    @raven: fyi    Sunday sounds like a fun day.   I do hope they are wrong because I really don’t want anymore tree damage.

  85. 85.

    debbie

    April 10, 2020 at 4:52 pm

    @Steeplejack (phone):

    I’m even worse: Diet!

  86. 86.

    JPL

    April 10, 2020 at 4:53 pm

    @debbie: What about Pepsi or Coke..   kidding

  87. 87.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    April 10, 2020 at 4:53 pm

    @sdhays:

    Yeah, I’m noticing a general uptick in mask use among both customers and staff, but the use at Safeway is still about 50% among the workers.

    My friend says Trader Joe’s is going to supply them with masks, but it hasn’t happened yet. I don’t know if they’re allowed to wear their own. I’ll ask her tonight.

  88. 88.

    debbie

    April 10, 2020 at 4:59 pm

    @JPL:

    I’ll go thirsty before I take a sip of Pepsi!

  89. 89.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    April 10, 2020 at 4:59 pm

    @debbie:

    Now you’re dead to me!

  90. 90.

    JPL

    April 10, 2020 at 5:01 pm

    @Steeplejack (phone): My local one had pretty good distancing protocols though.    Gloves were voluntary, but I will say most of the workers are new.

  91. 91.

    debbie

    April 10, 2020 at 5:01 pm

    @Steeplejack (phone):

    Sigh. One must always stand on principle, no matter the pain of the consequence.

  92. 92.

    raven

    April 10, 2020 at 5:09 pm

    @JPL: You got a Safeway up there?

  93. 93.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    April 10, 2020 at 5:12 pm

    @JPL:

    Good point. The substandard Safeway is doing everything else pretty well. They have markers on the floor showing proper distancing, they’ve got signs at the door, and they are limiting the number of customers inside. (I have never seen a line.) And almost always there’s a yoot cart wrangler swabbing down the handles with sanitary wipes.

    Maybe individual employees are just choosing not to wear a mask.

  94. 94.

    A Ghost to Most

    April 10, 2020 at 5:13 pm

    A bar in Tybee Island, Georgia, is donating thousands of dollars from its own walls to employees who are out of work because of the coronavirus. It took Jennifer Knox and a team of volunteers three-and-a-half days to strip the walls of her restaurant, The Sand Bar, of $3,714 in dollar bills.

    I have little doubt several of you have been there.

  95. 95.

    A Ghost to Most

    April 10, 2020 at 5:21 pm

    @raven: Is that like Vernor’s? That stuff was strange.

  96. 96.

    jeffreyw

    April 10, 2020 at 5:23 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:

    We used to by it at the corner grocery – little bundles of split roots.  It went away over a cancer scare.

  97. 97.

    Ladyraxterinok

    April 10, 2020 at 5:28 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:

    Did that in summer of 58 while camp counselor at Camp Fire camp for CFG of Grand Rapids.

    How far did you go? I got Torchbearer in Indian Lore

  98. 98.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    April 10, 2020 at 5:34 pm

    @Ladyraxterinok: I don’t remember to be truthful.

  99. 99.

    prostratedragon

    April 10, 2020 at 6:04 pm

    @Ben Cisco:
    I concur. Unless mighty inspiration strikes, that’s going to be my campaign motivator this year.

  100. 100.

    prostratedragon

    April 10, 2020 at 6:14 pm

    @opiejeanne:  If you want that old sting, try Gosling’s ginger beer. I normally drink Vernor’s because it’s cheaper, but could see a preference for the older stuff. (Lousy mixers, though; probably don’t play well with others.)

  101. 101.

    NotMax

    April 10, 2020 at 6:15 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor

    Never been much of a soda drinker, however when the soda whim strikes there are a few I kind of miss having access to from the years of ascending in height on the northern half of the east coast: birch beer (the clear (“white”) type, not the red type, thank you very much), Frank’s wishniak and Dr. Brown’s celery tonic.

  102. 102.

    ixnay

    April 10, 2020 at 6:58 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Ginger altoids were the best. Mr. ixnay and I mourn their loss.

  103. 103.

    Kayla Rudbek

    April 10, 2020 at 9:27 pm

    @dmsilev: Mr. Rudbek has been baking banana bread since the start of lockdown.  So far we’ve had chocolate, nut, and vegan with blackberry versions.  Now we need to come up with a non-banana bread recipe to use two Granny Smith apples…

  104. 104.

    OzarkHillbilly

    April 10, 2020 at 9:27 pm

    Thank you. That is all I can say. Well, that and “much”.

  105. 105.

    WaterGirl

    April 10, 2020 at 9:27 pm

    @raven: I LOVE the pink cap Blenheim ginger ale!

    They stopped selling it around here, so if I want it now I have to order from Blenheim directly.

  106. 106.

    OzarkHillbilly

    April 10, 2020 at 9:30 pm

    @Kayla Rudbek: Google “Apple Praline Bread” Even if you don’t settle on the recipe i use, you should find something acceptable.

  107. 107.

    Kayla Rudbek

    April 10, 2020 at 10:57 pm

    @OzarkHillbilly: hmm, I guess we Rudbeks get to find out how well the non-dairy “sour cream” works for baking.  It should be interesting (most likely similar fat content but not similar protein content, and probably the pH is a bit different as well). Food science is fun and makes me wish that I was a better organic chemist.

  108. 108.

    Kayla Rudbek

    April 10, 2020 at 11:02 pm

    @OzarkHillbilly: and we also have frozen cranberries, so maybe it’s time for more apple cranberry crisp/casserole/bake.

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