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PANDEMIC NOTES

At the time of this writing, it seems that the pandemic has been going on forever.  These notes are the story of a day in mid-2020. I really needed a haircut since my shop, like all others, had been closed for a while, but a phone call resulted in an appointment.       I had heard that our 187 unit condo was at 18% occupancy, but the parking was unbelievable on the day of my haircut!  This shot shows four guest slots and reserved slot #65 by the pool across from my patio – normally only seen empty during the night!  The pool was closed.           Here is #65, walkway, and #66 - #70, all empty.       Here is a storage car and my car and no other on the near side and two storage cars on the far side as you go up the drive.  Pleasant views, but strangely vacant!                  When my youngest son Stuart was in his teens, I found him with these two scarves (left).  Fearing any perceived negative involvement, I relieved him of the bandannas.  Now, in the Pandemic, these were the closest thing I had to a mask and I wore one to the barber.  She had a plastic shield for the haircut, but gave me several real masks (right) which I have used since then.               The “Wear a Mask” sign industry was booming – did you buy that stock?          After my haircut I made a stop at Costco.  The line through the parking lot was long, socially-distanced, and orderly.          Shelves throughout the country were nearly bare.  This was San Diego.         On the way home from Costco, I saw thousands of rental cars resting in the fields by the airport.  Here are some of the cars that are normally parked by the condos!            I assembled an outdoor, portable, socially-distant, entertainment center at my entryway and used it a couple times.               AFTERWORD Don’t recall where I found this, but it is an interesting alternate to a mask designed to redirect the breath of food-handlers.     [Visitor number ]