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Anyway, the idea of a ghetto with a synagogue in the center is maybe not so new. |
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It was only about a week ago that I was thinking a trip to Italy was a fantastic idea - fewer crowds and discounted prices just for the risk of a then seemingly overhyped virus. Glad I didn't do that now, given how quickly and dramatically things have changed there. In the meantime, if anyone wants to do any travelling, I think local road trips are the way the go. Less of a commitment, easier to adapt as needed, less exposure to potential carriers. It's a bit of a bummer (especially as I had skipped any "big" international trips last year so as to be able to do several this year), but perhaps this is an opportunity to spend a bit more time exploring our own regions and getting to know some of our overlooked neighbouring cities a bit better. Or just save that money and invest in stocks as the market bottoms out instead. That'll be bound to pay off in a couple years. |
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Besides, I'm finding Amazon is "out of stock" on the same stuff my local Walmart is so they may not be such a reliable source to depend on. Finally, bulky but cheap stuff like TP isn't always available on Amazon Prime. |
In Sitges this week. The flight over from Boston was not full, but I swear, Logan and Heathrow were the healthiest I've ever seen them (7 hours combined in each of them). Normally there is hacking and coughing all over the place....not this visit. Some masks.
Sitges is small town just outside of Barcelona and life is going along normally here. Tomorrow we will be in Barcelona and should be fine. Tons of hand sanitizer and no masks. We'll see. |
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Besides, Charmin? Really? I already said nothing but Quilted Northern touches my butt. |
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https://www.baltimoresun.com/marylan...813-story.html https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/26...ational-guard/ https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/A...emic-response/ |
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These articles reference, in the first, case an instance of not-very-realistic or relevant training conducted years ago (the key thing in bio-decontamination is how to don and remove the protective suits which they apparently finessed--and this is the way military training too often goes), and in the other two it's about specific units (medical and "first response"), not regular guardsmen. I continue to argue that regular guardsmen from regular units don't know much about this activity even if they've had any kind of training in the last 5 years. They are being used as unpaid cleaning labor which is probably OK but if they find themselves in a genuinely "hot zone", one or more of them is likley to catch "it". |
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I admit it--as someone with a lot of time in the military I get very annoyed at using the military as cheap labor which is what I think is happening here. |
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