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[notin]

I have to admit I have 'gone the wrong way' in a few grocery aisles with COVID-19 arrows on the floor.

 

If there's no one in the aisle, no harm done. Make a quick dash to what you need, then come back out in the right direction.

 

Do people normally obey those things in your neighborhood?

 

No one pays them any attention down near me...

[moonslav59]

I have to admit I have 'gone the wrong way' in a few grocery aisles with COVID-19 arrows on the floor.

 

If there's no one in the aisle, no harm done. Make a quick dash to what you need, then come back out in the right direction.

 

Wait! What? That's what those arrows are for?

[Bellhorn04]

Do people normally obey those things in your neighborhood?

 

No one pays them any attention down near me...

 

We're Canadians, man. Generally speaking, everybody does what they're told to do. Haven't seen a soul not wearing a mask in a store yet.

[notin]

We're Canadians, man. Generally speaking, everybody does what they're told to do. Haven't seen a soul not wearing a mask in a store yet.

 

I went to Indiana this summer. My daughter and I walked into a store and we were the only two people wearing masks...

[mvp 78]

I have to admit I have 'gone the wrong way' in a few grocery aisles with COVID-19 arrows on the floor.

 

If there's no one in the aisle, no harm done. Make a quick dash to what you need, then come back out in the right direction.

 

They had to take out the arrows in Publix down here because 1/2 the people weren't following them or were intentionally walking in reverse to get to the items they passed by.

 

I've only seen 3 people not wear masks there since the original mask mandate. In our dumb county, the mask requirement died earlier this fall.

[mvp 78]

We're Canadians, man. Generally speaking, everybody does what they're told to do. Haven't seen a soul not wearing a mask in a store yet.

 

I just like masks because I don't have to fake smile at people anymore.

[mvp 78]

I have to admit I have 'gone the wrong way' in a few grocery aisles with COVID-19 arrows on the floor.

 

If there's no one in the aisle, no harm done. Make a quick dash to what you need, then come back out in the right direction.

 

No, you must walk backwards instead. That's the rule. The quick dash is against the law, sir.

[notin]

I just like masks because I don't have to fake smile at people anymore.

 

I like them because I can talk to myself without drawing looks...

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

This is a baseball forum, guys. It's not like catchers had to be convinced of the safety of wearing masks the past century.

 

Hockey goalies were stubborn awhile back, but even they came around (a strict diet of mush and porridge was the alternative).

[Bellhorn04]

This is a baseball forum, guys. It's not like catchers had to be convinced of the safety of wearing masks the past century.

 

Hockey goalies were stubborn awhile back, but even they came around (a strict diet of mush and porridge was the alternative).

 

Jacques Plante, the first goalie to wear a mask, I think, drew stitches on his mask to signify all the wounds he'd have if he wasn't wearing it.

[moonslav59]

Jacques Plante, the first goalie to wear a mask, I think, drew stitches on his mask to signify all the wounds he'd have if he wasn't wearing it.

 

I thought Gerry Cheevers wore that scar mask (not the first to wear a mask).

[Bellhorn04]

I thought Gerry Cheevers wore that scar mask (not the first to wear a mask).

 

You are 100% correct. This is what happens when you post before looking things up.

[moonslav59]

You are 100% correct. This is what happens when you post before looking things up.

 

I remember listening to Bruins games on the radio back in the early 70's. Jacques Plante was amazing. So were Orr, Espisito, Hodges, and others.

[dgalehouse]

We're Canadians, man. Generally speaking, everybody does what they're told to do. Haven't seen a soul not wearing a mask in a store yet.

 

Apropos of nothing, I am a fan of lighthouses . One of the photos in my den is of Peggy's Cove ( Peggy's Point ) in N.S. Very nice .

Edited November 11, 2020 by dgalehouse

[jad]

I remember listening to Bruins games on the radio back in the early 70's. Jacques Plante was amazing. So were Orr, Espisito, Hodges, and others.

 

Your memory is either amazing or skewed! I didn't realize Plante was ever on the Bruins (I remember him mostly from the early 60s). But he only played 8 games for Boston (late late in his career, after one retirement, in 1973). Or so Wiki claims. I was lucky to move into a crappy apartment in 1971, whose only virtue was that the previous owner had left a functioning TV cable; so I got to watch all the Bruins games that season, right to the Stanley Cup. (Here is where memory fails; I distinctly remember the famous Bobby Orr series winning goal--the flying swan goal. But that, alas, history says took place a year or two earlier.)

[Bellhorn04]

My favorite hockey team as a kid was the Blackhawks, because of Bobby Hull.

 

When Hull jumped to the WHA, that put an early end to my passion for the game.

[Kimmi]

I have to admit I have 'gone the wrong way' in a few grocery aisles with COVID-19 arrows on the floor.

 

If there's no one in the aisle, no harm done. Make a quick dash to what you need, then come back out in the right direction.

 

I have done that also. Not on purpose, just not paying attention.

[Kimmi]

I have done that also. Not on purpose, just not paying attention.

 

I must add that if there is a second wave of panic buying, I am good for toilet paper. LOL

[moonslav59]

Apropos of nothing, I am a fan of lighthouses . One of the photos in my den is of Peggy's Cove ( Peggy's Point ) in N.S. Very nice .

 

I used to live 20 minutes from the Portland Headlight. I love lighthouses, too and often have a lighthouse calendar on my fridge.

[moonslav59]

Your memory is either amazing or skewed! I didn't realize Plante was ever on the Bruins (I remember him mostly from the early 60s). But he only played 8 games for Boston (late late in his career, after one retirement, in 1973). Or so Wiki claims. I was lucky to move into a crappy apartment in 1971, whose only virtue was that the previous owner had left a functioning TV cable; so I got to watch all the Bruins games that season, right to the Stanley Cup. (Here is where memory fails; I distinctly remember the famous Bobby Orr series winning goal--the flying swan goal. But that, alas, history says took place a year or two earlier.)

 

No, I remember listening to the Bruins play against Plante. I never remember him playing for the Bruins.

[dgalehouse]

I used to live 20 minutes from the Portland Headlight. I love lighthouses, too and often have a lighthouse calendar on my fridge.

 

Like so many things, they have become more of a relic to the past. GPS has kind of taken away their job. Now , they are mostly a tourist attraction, although I think a few are still in use. There are some great ones up and down the East Coast.

[harmony]

I used to live 20 minutes from the Portland Headlight. I love lighthouses, too and often have a lighthouse calendar on my fridge.

Nearly every April for two decades I've attended a Friday-Saturday meeting on the Oregon Coast. At sunrise on Saturday I jog from the hotel to the Yaquina Head Lighthouse and back (about one-third on the beach, including a soaked crossing of a creek that empties on to the sand):

 

 

One of my favorite places in the world. I never noticed whales there until perhaps a dozen whales appeared when I took my extended family to the lighthouse on a reunion in the summer of 2016.

[oldtimer]

I remember listening to Bruins games on the radio back in the early 70's. Jacques Plante was amazing. So were Orr, Espisito, Hodges, and others.

 

The Bruins had an awesome line in the 70's with Espo, Cashman and Hodge backed up by Bucyk , McKenzie and Westfall. Orr, Sanderson and Smith and of course Plante. Those were the days.

[jad]

Like so many things, they have become more of a relic to the past. GPS has kind of taken away their job. Now , they are mostly a tourist attraction, although I think a few are still in use. There are some great ones up and down the East Coast.

 

You must not be a coastal sailor!!! They are absolutely still useful for navigation.

[mvp 78]

@PeteAbe

For the first time, the #RedSox have given Jason Varitek a title in the major league coaching staff. He's the "game planning coordinator." That's a new position.

 

Kevin Walker, who was assistant pitching coach, is now bullpen coach.

 

Ramon Vazquez, who was listed as "coach" in the media guide last year, is now "quality control coach/interpreter."

 

 

@byJulianMack

The main focus of Varitek’s position, game planning coordinator, will focus in on primarily pitchers and catchers but he will also be involved in all aspects.

[moonslav59]

@PeteAbe

For the first time, the #RedSox have given Jason Varitek a title in the major league coaching staff. He's the "game planning coordinator." That's a new position.

 

... @byJulianMack

The main focus of Varitek’s position, game planning coordinator, will focus in on primarily pitchers and catchers but he will also be involved in all aspects.

 

The guy had a whole analytics team in his head before we even called it "analytics.".

[Bellhorn04]

@PeteAbe

For the first time, the #RedSox have given Jason Varitek a title in the major league coaching staff. He's the "game planning coordinator." That's a new position.

 

Kevin Walker, who was assistant pitching coach, is now bullpen coach.

 

Ramon Vazquez, who was listed as "coach" in the media guide last year, is now "quality control coach/interpreter."

 

 

@byJulianMack

The main focus of Varitek’s position, game planning coordinator, will focus in on primarily pitchers and catchers but he will also be involved in all aspects.

 

Sweet.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

The guy had a whole analytics team in his head before we even called it "analytics.".

 

After '04, I made future predictions for the curse-breakers. One was not that Dave Roberts would be a losing World Series manager to the historically best Red Sox team, or a winning World Series manager with the former best Red Sox player in half a century.

 

I didn't have Kapler as a future manager, either. But I thought for sure Varitek would be the first skipper from the group. I also saw Schilling as a politician (oops), ... and Millar as a talkshow host.

[Sox75]

I'm encouraged by Tek's increased presence in the dugout!

[Larry Cook]

Do Seattle fans still get sick thinking about that trade!