HELP!
Yes, I’m posting more than usual, my art my only weapon, weathering this raging storm.
Trying to stay peaceful during this, along with flossing, are my two biggest challenges.
Every day my doormen add an accessory to their uniform. It began simply with gloves that changed colors, like the women’s counter at Bloomingdales. White, to green, green to blue, now basic black.
Then came masks preventing you to hear anything they have to say, and now notice they’re wearing plastic slickers. When I asked about this, my day man said, you could have the virus on your jacket as you pass me going out.
My Barbour and I just looked at each other, and no, I didn’t spray it with Lysol.
Don’t take my sarcasm for smugness, because I know what it’s like to be afraid.
Faith and fear have been battling it out in my mind as if I were ringside at the Garden.
There are more police patrolling than ever before, and not in a comforting way. It’s menacing rather than reassuring the way they look at you with their hand on their nightstick watching for that false move.
Hey, I’m buying toothpaste, not a nickel bag Officer you’re givin’ me the creeps, and I’m someone who loves the men in blue, gaining my ultimate respect since our last crisis on September 11, 2001.
DON’T THREATEN AMERICANS WHO ARE ALREADY THREATENED AND FRIGHTENED ENOUGH THAT THEY OR THEIR LOVED ONES MAY GET SICK!
Be gentle, be kind, be persuasive in a way that makes us go home where we’re safe.
I watched a cop dress down a couple wheeling a baby carriage in a such a way I stopped.
The weeping mother said, they needed air. The cop said, you’re not 6 feet apart.
The husband bellowed, WE’RE TOGETHER. WE LIVE TOGETHER, GET IT?
When the baby started to cry that’s when I said, please Officer, please just let them be.
I waited to be bitch slapped, but he just looked at all of us, making me see, he’s afraid too.
SB
Susannah, you caught the essence of fear and the longing to go back to normality. I would never have done it, but I applaud your response to the aggressive social policeman. How I wish I could share some of the peace and serenity of our mountain neighborhood!
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Me too. I miss our wordplay by the way.
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Whenever you are in the mood to play with words, let me know.
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I’m in the mood. Lowering the lights right now.
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You have sPUN the scene into place. You want me to throw the first verbal PUNch? I don’t want to fight, just oPUN the conversation.
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I can see you’re sPUNky as ever, while I’m a little PUNchy considering what’s going on, so if you don’t mind, to get my game back on, I’ll just PUNt a bit.
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You’re on the ball today. You sent a BATch of puns. It brought me up short — short stop.
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You started the ball rolling by hitting a home PUN.
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I was in the BASEment at the time.
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Be careful, you don’t want to meet with any METS or YANKEES who might HIT on you.
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You win. It’s morning, and my brain should be working
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It’s sleeping in. Must need it.
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It was so foggy outside that I could barely see beyond the deck railing. It’s a wishful thought that fog permeated my brain. I went on and walked to the creek, despite fear of crossing the highway. Folks down here don’t feel the necessity of turning on their car lights, so I listen carefully before venturing across the road in fog.
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It sounds like you’re on the moors in Jane Erye 🙂
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The fog was almost as thick as legendary London Fog. Might need a raincoat for that. Did Burr Bury hers?
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Ya got me. sigh…still the master.
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No. No. You won first today.
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No No…we can call it a tie…and tales. 🙂
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Going formal now, huh?
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Slipped into my BALL gown for morale.
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I’ll raise a glass, no! a PITCHER! to that.
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Who’s COACHing you on this?
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UM, PIREx? You can see right through him.
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You win this one. It goes in the wordplay hall of fame. PIREx. Wow
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No, it was too farfetched.
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It’s what happens when you let your brain sleep in. It’s then raring to go. I thought it was pretty brilliant myself.
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My brain appreciates that vote of confidence.
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I’m here, giving it the power salute.
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Looks like my fingers aren’t working, either. I hit send before I finished. I don’t know sports, which perhaps means I’m a poor sport. Your superior knowledge and wit won the day.
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I just know basics. Playing off your last BASE HIT.
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Common sense needs to be in place. A family sheltered together can’t be 6 ft apart. .
I wish our grandchildren (and their parents) were sheltered with us, but Pookie owns a construction company which is still allowed. We couldn’t live with ourselves if we spread anything to them. Actually Pookie is double allowed because he is currently doing two super large buildings on a sheep farm in Vermont, which is agricultural. He has one long time worker staying home until this is over, but everyone else is still here. The guys bring their own lunches so they don’t have to go out. They also clean up when they get home.
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That’s such a visual Skinny. Sheep, bag lunches and Pookie at the helm. I just came in from my run, a grace I’m grateful to still have. I’m posting too much, but it’s keeping me sane. Thanks as always.
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Not too much at all! Remember, we’re all at home now. You’re helping us get though the boredom.
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You’re always so kind. One of the many things I like about you.
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I read a great article about the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic. They closed schools, churches, businesses, and cancelled sports game too.
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Wow, and they didn’t have internet.
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It’s such a crazy world right now…Stay safe, Susannah. ~Elle
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You too. Have my armor on. Looks rather chic after adding a brooch. 🙂
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I think you hit the nail on the head. He is afraid too. I’m reminded of the phrase, “Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Stay safe.
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You too!
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No brainer. I have help.
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I liked the quote. Never heard it before.
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I couldn’t remember who said it so I looked it up. It was Sir John Dalberg-Acton in 1887 and the full quote is “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men even when they exercise influence and not authority.” This was in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton. Maybe too much information but as a history buff I couln’t help it.
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You forget who you’re talking to. I just spent an hour reading about Dr Samuel Mudd serving during a Yellow Fever epidemic.
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Hahaha. I always liked his story of going from outcast to hero. I do an Historical feature every Monday. It’s where we take a time trip to an historical event. I put out a Top Ten List of things not to do so there won’t be any interference with the time continuuim. Here’s a link to Monday’s. It is designed for laughs. Maybe you will like it since you like history. http://johnwhowell.com/2020/03/23/top-ten-things-not-to-do-on-the-first-international-airline-service-in-1919/
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🙂 B e right there.
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No hurry. 😁
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Read it. Liked it. Will tune in again. History floats my boat, as they say.
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This feature is every Monday. 😁
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Yeah, flossing. Somehow it just doesn’t seem as important, right?
I think it would be helpful if people understood that we are all going through something we’ve never gone through before. And just have a little more patience and love for each other. As you note at the end, the police officers don’t have any better handle on this than the rest of us. I heard a story about a young woman who lives in my city who was stopped by police twice on the same day when she was on her way to work — and questioned about why she was out on the streets. She was on her way to her job, which was deemed essential. Meanwhile, I went out for a couple of hours yesterday and hardly saw any officers anywhere.
Stay safe.
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I think it’s the bad luck of the draw if you will. Just now I was out and it’s like the Wild West the way everyone’s behaving. I had a lady I know jump in the street to avoid me. The woman at the post office kept speaking through her mask. I kept saying, madam, I can’t hear you. She kept speaking. I still don’t what she said. I get it, but I’m being reasonable, and polite and yes, patience is truly in order. Pause, breathe, pray, and don’t forget to eat King Midget.
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The NY Gov has been open and honest with the truth at his press briefing. New Yorkers are caring, resourceful, smart, and tough…take care.
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You as well. The sun is shining so I’m taking that as a sign of hope.
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Everyone is afraid and except the few who are not at all – which causes more fear in those already fearful.
The cop is so afraid, his common sense left him for a minute. Obviously a family walking in a unit – and in this case, the baby carriage kinda points out that this is what they are – is one that also shares the same living space.
The way I see it when I go out is I keep to myself and figure those who are in groups are living together and I avoid them. If they are not heeding the rules, then even more reason for me to stay away.
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I will admit, the carriage was the size of a humvee, unusual here. Strollers, which are less conspicuous, are more the norm…but…he did overreact. He was young and it’s really weird around here. You can cut the tension with a knife.
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I know what you mean. Yesterday was my first venture into the stores as my quarantine is over. I keep trying to get people in line to back the fuck up. Some got the picture quicker than others. By the time I had done all I had to do (stopping in three places), I felt like I’d done a marathon.
Hopefully, this young cop will start using some common sense…
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After he wakes up. The bags under his eyes could have stored sweaters.
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He is probably exhausted. Poor kid when you think of it…
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Yeah. He still has to be out there. In a way, it makes no sense. He could have it, and give it to me or you or the Leave To Beaver Family. OY
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And there’s the rub. One of my kids is totally nonchalant about the whole thing and calls it “the sniffles”… thinks I’m exaggerating…
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God bless him…means he’s not afraid.
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And… can infect his brother and mother.
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Yes, it makes quirky sense that he’s out and about.
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I hear you
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Loved WW today. 🙂
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So very glad you did!
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That’s the whole thing right there. Fear. We all possess the stuff right now, some more than others but we have some in our stores. It’s wrestling with common sense and knowledge for our attention, and with all the time to spare, we tend to let it get the best of us sometimes. Not ALL of us, mind you. But yeah, it explains a lot.
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Common sense. That shelf, next to the hand sanitizer and toilet paper I’m afraid, is empty too.
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No longer so common and currently out of stock. We’ll check again in the morning.
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Maybe there’s a guy on the corner hawking it like Springsteen tickets. Get your hot…
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This is what’s called setting the scene, and you do it well SB
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I have a lot of time on my hands Mr. Imma. sigh
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NYC is like one big red light right now. Sans the horns honking, of course.
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It keeps getting worse. Now they may close the parks.
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How long before the tigers at the Bronx Zoo are let out to graze during the day?
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An excellent question. I’ll sniff around to see what I can find out.
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I, now, have another reason to like you so very much. You are more like Joan D’ Arc than I knew.
Save another soul and stand up to tyranny or, at least, fear of the masses.
Scott
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Joan of Bark.
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Yes, I love it, yes…
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Just learned my granddaughter, who works for Jet Blue, is working out of NYC during this dreadful time. She lives in Puerto Rico and hasn’t been w/Jet Blue long so we thought she’d be furloughed but I suppose the older flight attendants are wanting to be in quarantine. She’s young and healthy so I pray she stays clear. The flights are no way packed so hopefully no virus aboard. Her hub is w/FAA in Puerto Rico. Been married a year…aah, young love. Stay safe.
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I’m sure she’ll be fine.
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