It's in the hole!

b1-66er: <April 10 21:15PT> How goes the battle?

DENT: <April 11 17:20 MT I am holed up pretty much like everyone else. Our elective surgery list has been cancelled/postponed. I am seeing 50% the number of patients in the clinic and half of those are telemedicine¹. Life is pretty slow right now. Easter without church. Very strange. 

b1: That's actually the best news I could get from you. 

Thanks for responding. 

D: We just got off the golf course, actually. It is free. First come first served. We have golfed 4 times in the past 5 days. 

b1: Gotta keep in the swing. 

D: Right. I am glad I don't have to make a living playing golf. I would starve. 

b1: Let's hope you don't find out.

I assume the Mayo didn't have a golf minor. They just assume you'll "pursue" it in your glorious wealth. 

D: Golf is not my thing. Too time consuming and not much to show for it afterward.

b1: Except that burnished inner glow of not having to throw a frisbee in front of Baker Hall instead. 

D: So, one of the proudest moments of my life was when my daughter, E-1, joined the Notre Dame Ultimate team. 😁

¹ Ooooh, I guess the fricken Mayo Clinic specialist has a slightly different opinion on telemedicine when it's done by someone lesser degreed and HE'S NOT DEPENDENT ON IT. 

The feckly grail

Special K: Found this in the garage today. 

Cover the square

Special K: "Czech nudists told to wear face masks by police"

Better get the Tavor

Special K: Grocery pickup is done. 

b1-66er: How crowded?

How many mask wearers. 

K: I did curbside, didn't go in. I saw 3 or 4 people, mostly masked. Seemed uncrowded inside from what I could tell.

b1: Good. 

K: Yes.

Similar percentage of masked on most of my recent curbside pickup visits.

b1: Good.

How much of your grocery order were you able to get filled?

K: 5/5 items (one was a brand substitution).

b1: Back line winner. 

What was the sub?

K: We only had 5 items because a slot came open unexpectedly between our usual orders, so it was a supplemental order. We have another one coming up on Tue.

Spread (aka fake butter). We eat a lot during Passover.

b1: What was subbed for what?

Do you only eat pareve at passover?

K: We ordered our usual brand (Smart Balance spread with canola oil), 

and we got a brand whose name I don't recall (One World or something?), I don't think it's the canola variant…

b1: Ah.

K: No, our Passover is essentially no bread, no risen grains, everything else is OK.

b1: I see. 

K: "any food product made from wheat, barley, rye, oats or spelt that has come into contact with water and been allowed to ferment and rise is not allowed to be consumed."

b1: It's not so much "passover" as it is "driveby."

K: HAHAHAHAHAHA. It is. Growing up, we did more.

Used different dishes and cupboards, put boards in the sinks to make them "different". Didn't use regular foods, bought special kosher  for Passover versions of everyday stuff.