Beneath the Wraps

There was a post from Joh pleading for his family with an attachment for gofundme.   Both Corey and Joh are aware that it is a hard time for everybody and raising money has been an issue for everyone towards one cause or another and probably struggling themselves.   I reposted his gofundme plea along with my own words that his mom and I share the same birthday.   I was able to enjoy eating cake and playing games.   She could not.   She has been in the hospital for two weeks.           The next post I saw was a mother and a son spending time in an amusement park enjoying themselves while social distancing.   They were on a ride in the air.   The ride itself offers a large space between each “lift”   -   my first thought was, “Yes, there’s an essential – to open the amusement parks” but I did not leave my snarky comment.   Outdoor activities seem like they are less risky than indoor. This pa...

          Tossing and turning because I was hot.   It isn’t right for the weather to be so warm on my birthday – especially when you consider the start of the month was always overcast – sometimes raining.               The wind has been blowing – even though it’s been warm.   The winds have been cool – but not cool enough to keep us from turning on the A/C.             I finally left the room at 3:45.   Jenna said “Happy Birthday, mommy!”   quite loudly.   I’d forgotten it was my birthday – even though I had been reminded of it last night when I called the RS pres.  My stomach was growling.   I had a glazed doughnut as Roland had brought them home and we have to eat them before they go stale – right? Jenna bopped into the living room about 15 minutes later bearing gifts wrapped in Christmas paper.  I ...

                                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!         ...