Beneath the Wraps

                                purcaholic.tumblr.com              Cory mentions the facebook post of a friend who addressed concerns about “shaming people” into not agreeing with individual choices.   Some people are designed to be social even though others may feel comfortable with staying at home.   Some people feel the need to open non-essential employment in oeder to make a living.   At the same time there are many employed front-line workers who would gladly trade places with the unemployed in order to get a break.   There are valid reasons that others have for social distancing or choosing not to.   There are valid reasons for choosing to stay at home.   There are those who believe wearing a mask is connected with saving lives. Mask wearers may feel annoyed with ones who don’t.   And yet not all of these non-mask wearers are ...

My mom grew up in San Francisco. During World War II citizens were asked to contribute to the war efforts in various ways.   For small children it was saving foils or rather separating the foil from the wax part of the gum wrapper.   That’s what my mom remembered.   She said she got really good at it and was quite proud of her accomplishment.   Every time I see split wrappers, I think of her.   She has made her presence known to me through these small reminders.   Here is an interesting read that comes from Tennesse.

 I  can’t find a picture of the Brother Word Processor I had purchased back in the day.   I don’t even remember what year it was.   This photo is the closest to what I remember – though I could be way off base.   I just remember a huge monitor and connecting keyboard.   It came with a black screen but instead of green words (the illustration looks it has blue lettering) my screen was orange words on black background.   I preferred the orange to the green.   I don’t know why.   I think it may have been easier on the eyes.   https://www.quora.com/Why-did-early-computers-use-green-on-black-text   Computers were around at the time.   They also came with huge monitors.   I remember the salesman telling me why they were so much better.   For one thing, you could do so much more – play games for instance.   I wanted a word processor so that I could begin my autobiography (if you can believe that).   I loved wri...

          I woke up this morning as I was reminded of this commercial.   How odd to pull it out of my memory.   I wonder how many people felt (or still feel) it unfair to have this safety guidance put into place. As far as I can remember back, I had always worn a seat belt.   My parents made me!   Were they being controlling?  I didn't think of such things in a legal way.  I was too young to understand the litigation involved with creating and passing laws. I remember when I was a child growing up in the 60s and a time when my parents were looking at used cars.   Some had seat belts.   It wasn’t a required feature at the time, though the newer models did offer lap belts.   I don’t know when the strap part was finally introduced.   I remember seeing this commercial promoting the safety for wearing belts.   According to this site, by 2018 all but one state had made using a seat belt (now called safety belt...

I’ve been watching the Daily Social Distancing Show because Trevor Noah makes the news entertaining because the news by itself really isn’t.   After watching this segment, I am shaking my head.   Does the guy who filmed the Costco employee truly believe that the sun rises and sets just for him?   Does think he is immune to driving 100 mph on the wrong side of the road?  Does he think not taking  others into consideration is okay?   Because, heaven forbid, someone site him or jail him for reckless driving, does that mean he they have taken away his freedom?   No.   He is still free to make dumb choices.   But he can’t expect the consequences to work in his favor.     If I go somewhere in which a policy is enforced, I can choose to abide by what is expected of me or I can choose to avoid said place because I don’t wish to abide by their policy.   In this case Costco has required each of their customers to wear masks and dist...

G overnment leaders don’t agree Some have tried to keep us safe by asking us to stay at home.   Though boring at times, it’s not that hard Just Stay at Home!   Within six weeks law suits have been filed against various leaders for various reasons “You took away our freedoms by Not allowing us to meet in Church Taking away our business Releasing or not releasing prisoners Making us wear masks . . . “ Idiots!   We’re in a pandemic similar to the one in 1918. What did we learn?   What did you learn?   Nasty words floating around social media Two groups, one for staying home staying safe Another to open up.   Open all now.   Without social distancing and without masks and the government gives in to their demands? I've heard this compared to  having a peeing section in a public swimming pool.  Like those who choose   to play it safe won't be affected by  the stupid choices of others?...

            Who can keep up with modern technology?   You purchase any electronic item at the store and it is outdated before you even get it home – possibly before it even hits the showroom floor.   What’s up with that?                  Once upon a time things were built to last.   Television repariman took pride in their work.      Vintage Magazine Book Be Your Own TELEVISION REPAIRMAN 1953 Greenberg Publisher HD replaced anything from the 2oth century and Smart TV has outdated screens after that.   Less than 6 years ago Roland purchased a BlueRay DVD player with feature to add Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, etc.   What a relic!   It no longer supports Hulu so if we should want to order Hulu for the TV, we have to purchase newer items which will become relics in less than four years and have to be replaced again!         ...

When Jenna was a tot, all she had to do was flash her smile and a member of an older generation would whip out a quarter and hand it to her.   She hasn’t outgrown her charm and charisma, but I’m happy to say no one financially pays her for it anymore (I think with the age she is now that I’d be worried)   One time we had gone to Big Lots and some guy on his way in had asked if I wouldn’t mind hanging on to his enormous Great Danes while he went inside.   I was hoping to get Biff’s attention so that he could get a picture of me hanging onto the leashes of these gigantic animals.   The owner had called them “Scooby Doo” dogs.   So now everytime I hear the name "Scooby Doo" I think of that time with Jenna.                                         https://saveadane.org/2012/03/great-dane-ranking/ When he had finished his business, he came out of the store and pr...

             I was just thinking about the need for human touch and how many articles have been written on what a wonderful therapy the human touch is for mankind and how some are trying to distance themselves and wear masks while others refuse.   The stay-at-home/lockdown order is slowly being lifted. It’s supposed to take place in phases though I KNOW for a fact there are some people who are NOT following the guidelines.   There are those who have never followed the guidelines to begin with.   There are those that believe they are beneath it.   These people aren’t even looking for human touch.   They are inconvenienced – hey, we all are.   But some of us are wise enough to understand that the reason we wear masks and social distance aren’t because we are sheep being controlled by the government.   Some of us understand that good hygiene protects not only ourselves but those we come in contact with.     T...

Like the Holderness Family ( here ), I have lost track of days.   It did not help matters to see the mail truck come down our street twice yesterday.   Usually the time drags and doesn’t move quickly enough that it would have really been the next day, but I questioned the day when we saw the mail truck the second time.             I don’t know that I have ever seen the mail truck repeat the route on the same day.   I like to think because I received a package that was so incredible large that there was not enough room in the box for the other three items.   But I think it had more to do with the ambulance across the street.             That was also a unique situation – not that we hadn’t seen the ambulance at that house before during pandemic but it was the first time we had seen a fire truck pull up behind it with a group of about 5 volunteers gather...

            In 1 Nephi 8 ( here ) the prophet Lehi tells his family of a vision that he had received.  In his vision he see’s many people hanging onto an iron rod which leads to the tree of life. (video found here ) There is a river along the path that leads to the tree.  Across the river is large and spacious building where several people are engaged in worldly activities.  Lehi sees people from his day as well as others – perhaps even our day.  He does not tell us that those toward the end of the line are wearing face masks and are standing six feet apart for instance.  The people in the spacious building laugh and point fingers at those holding onto the iron rod.  They have tried to convince the rod-holders to let go – especially those who are wearing masks and distancing themselves.  The people in the spacious building think that the rod holders are giving up their freedoms and are doing their...

I was listening to pandemic parodys yesterday when Jenna and Roland were in Roseburg.  For the most part I laughed and related to everyone.  I relate to this one to, but from the side of the grateful one for those on the frontline.  The video makes me cry . . . everytime.  It's a beautiful song and message. and if the video is ever removed the words and music here without the pictures (which make the message more powerful)  Thank you, Chris Mann for this message and beautiful song.