Just before the virus...

D4rw1n: still life with plums. COVID version 

A-day!

Special K: <@00:01> A hopeful Aspiration Day to you.

b1-66er: Here's to wishing!

You're the A-day greeting champion!

K: Proud to be.

b1: How do you plan to commemorate the day?

K: Review last year's aspirations and consider this year's. Work on fixing bugs for work. Work on a jigsaw puzzle. Enjoy leftovers for lunch, and the "Best Ever Beef Stew" recipe for dinner. Stay up late watching The Shining + old TV on channel 68.

b1: Make enough stew tonight for leftovers tomorrow. I'm interested to hear how it is. 

Do you think the pandemic makes A-day better, worse or has no effect?

K: Better, because it makes us more thoughtful, and that's important today.

b1: I actually agree with that 100%.

"Mindfulness" is an A-Day transport mechanism. 

K: Yes.

Black mirror

Special K: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/23/us/100-year-old-covid-19-victim-twin-brother-flu-pandemic/index.html

100-year-old World War II veteran died of Covid-19. His twin brother died 100 years earlier in the flu pandemic - CNN

Alftastic

b1-66er: Alf: Sorry, but I began to panic when I missed 'Gumby.'

Alf: I assume you have no plans to fix the TV. 

Dad: no immediate plans. 

A: fine! I'll leave it tuned to Oral Roberts and see if it will heal itself!

Mom: Alf, I already said you can use the portable TV in the bedroom. 

Alf: it's too small! It makes everyone lon like Danny Devito.

 Bob Newhart's secretary is Alf's son's principal. 

Hair of the cat

Former Flyer: <dog pic>

b1-66er: The look of the world. 

FF : <cat pic>

This is how everyone looks right about now :)

b1: To be honest, in this situation, I think of you as being more cat than dog like. 

Better get the alsatians

b1-66er: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/20/politics/georgia-brian-kemp-reopen-businesses-coronavirus/index.html

Special K: Will this act like a control group?

b1: No. 

It will act as the out of control group.

BlackBerry Beret: Hillbillies are not science based

Tweaker

DENT: <pic attached>

Btw, the article you sent before help me develop our way of sanitizing the n95 masks in our office. I fashioned an insulated cooler with a sous vide device to heat the masks to 65C. I call it the Maskerbaker. 😆. 

The Actore: Nice!!! 

b1-67er: Most common elastic materials are ok up to at least 180F, so probably ok.  A lot better than than UV light which kills bacteria, viruses, and plastics with equal ease.  Pretty neat and practical.

TA: <stuff elided>...my oven goes only down to 17O F. I wonder if I keep it there for a half an hour if the plastic and rubber will be OK?

67: The valves look vacuum formed, which is usually done around 400 degrees.  If you can get 170 the mask has a decent chance of surviving I think.