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Joseph D. McCarthy

The California legislature could use a mass influx of Editors, or people of commmon snse - instead of lawyers and lobbyists.  When the Covid-19 pandemic got going (noticed) in California they pass a bill closing businesses, EXCEPT essential ones.  One of the exceptions was to ensure that Law Enforcement could obtain weapons and ammunition as needed.  Lobbist ran a bulldozer through that exception that kept gun shops open for ALL.  Yet there were no exceptions for critical businesses like hair salons and barber shops.

Does anyone remember how to make a pony tail?

Timothy Lavelle

Joe,

Here in WA a few gun shops decided to just ignore the Gov's order to close non-essential businesses. Apparently, there is an overwhelming fear of herds of deer and elk rampaging through homes. This is coupled with Zombies roaming the landscape. Well, you can understand people needing more guns with big, really big magazines. And hell, that doesn't even address the very real threat of Zombie Deer!

On the bright side, the weight of public opinion has forced the removal of an Indian maid from the Land O Lakes butter packages. Celebrations have broken out on reservations across our land. It is time for the next step. Our efforts at perfecting 'Murican culture scream for the color red to be banned from public advertising! We all know how terrible red is, how it defines anger or menace or fear. We need to stand together and ban red....from...well, everything! We'll address the issue of the stripes in the 'Murican flag in another installment. 

Party on Eagles.

David Mitchell

Sounds almost eerie Jim, but somewhat inspirational in it's own way.

My first vist to the Acadamy was freshman year at University of Denver and I rented a car and drove down to see Tom McKeon for the day.

Only other time was years later - got asked to go with friends to a Falcons footbal game. Only thing I rememeber was that during the half time show with the trained Falcons, the bird took off and did not return.

Go  "Zoomies"   

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Hey Joe, and Tim,

How about this? 

Since we declared ammo clips to be as essential as cheeseburgers, we could save everybody time by letting McDonalds and Wendy's take orders for bullets as well as hamburgers. 

"That'll be two Big Macs, two fries, two large cokes - and did you want hollow points with that."

No, maybe not. There's the risk of  "drive-thru rage" and that could get messy.  You couldn't tell the blood from the catsup.

But we could make it availalble only to law enforcemnt officers and that way Dunkin' Donuts could handle it.      

Joseph D. McCarthy

Some good responses Tim and Dave, BUT what about the question.  Does anybody remember how to do  pony tails, or even braids????

Joe

Michael Boulware

Mark,

I am so sorry that such a great guy has to experience the pain of losing a loved one. Thinking about you man.

John Maxwell

Donna Kelley (Velazquez)

You know what they say about an image is worth.......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ihVOeK2TZY 

We want pictures of the results, Joe.

David Barbour

Good one, Donna.  Think of the time I would have saved over forty years!

Joe, how many young men did you know who grew out their hair after leaving

the military?  

DB

David Mitchell

No Dave,

The question should be, How many of us let our stomachs grow out after leaving the service?

Which leads to to another question that has puzzled me all my life. Why is it that all Harley riders have long white beards, and huge stomachs?  Is it a "Santa Complex" thing, or some sort of requirement for ownership?  If so, I will soon meet the requirement. 

David Mitchell

Donna,

What is the Catalan term for Yankee Ingenuity?

Joseph D. McCarthy

Hey Dave if you contact one of my  Aquinas classmates you can get the complete answer.  He OWNS A.D.Farrow, the oldest Harley dealership in the world.  

Joe

Donna Kelley (Velazquez)

Dave B, it could prove interesting to list some of the things we use now that would have saved us time 40 years ago.  Me first.   GPS.

Dave M, I've got to hand it to you...I would never have thought of using that expression in Catalan as an icebreaker when you walk in to meet the guys down at AD Farrow but hey, go for it....... "enginy ianqui"! 

PS we also want photos of that, please!

Jodelle Sims

Happy Birthday Janie!!

We will celebrate at a later date!!

David Mitchell

Janie,

Hope you get a Birthday seranade from beneath your balcony. 

Deborah Alexander (Rogers)

Happy Birthday, Janie!  Stay safe and healthy!

James Hamilton, M. D.

Janie,

 A very Happy Birthday to you on this 50th anniversary of Earth Day!

Jim

  CORRECTION:  Mea culpa! Earth day is 22 April, not 20 April. Our class celebrates your B-Day, Janie, but only some consider 4-20 a day worth celebrating for other reasons. 🤔

Mark Schweickart

I know I have been posting sad stuff lately, so in an effort to get out of that part of my brain, let me toss this song at you. It is meant to be funny, well maybe not guffaw funny, but perhaps wryly amusing. It is trying to capture that situation where you have a male-female friends-only couple, and both are quite tired of watching the female friend's life being a parade of poor man-choices. Unfortunately for the male friend, they both know he doesn't have the special chemistry she is looking for that would lift him out of the "friends-only" category. Nevertheless, he feels, enough is enough, and is compelled to pop the question, "Why not try me?"

This is meant to be a female-male duet, but unfortunatley for you, you will have to listen to me doing both parts. I added a visual device to help you keep straight who is singing which lines.

P.S. – H.B. J.B.  (that's Happy Birthday, Janie Blank)

Joseph D. McCarthy

Dave is this one of your Harley Guys practicing Social Distancing?????

David Mitchell

Joe!  

That's my cousin Bubba!  

I think he's on to something.

Janie Albright (Blank)

Thanks for all the birthday greetings! So many wishes and my family made my first and hopefully only quarantined birthday special. 

David Mitchell

Were they able to toss you up some cake?

Janie Albright (Blank)

Dave, ha! I remotely opened the building door. They set cake in the entry. My neighbor brought it up. We dont allow visitors in our building. I lit candles and they sang to me. I cut some pieces and through same method sent the remainder back down. Insane! 
 

David Mitchell

Wow Girl!  You really know how to throw a party.

David Mitchell

Couldn't get a funny screen shot to download.

Suffice it to say this would  have been a really clever post. 

Or not.

Ignore. Erase. Rinse. Repeat.

Michael McLeod

Jim:

Interviewed a virologist, a couple of nurses, and two covid19 patients over the past two days for a story I am putting together. Will take me about a month to write and finish up my research but I will post a link when it comes out. Very interesting how widely the symptoms and severity differ from one person to another. Also interesting to hear their personal stories - including the sense of being shunned once they have recovered, been through quarantine, and are no longer a danger to anyone. I got choked up as I interviewed the one man and he told me about the priest who got through to him in the dead of his darkest night in the hospital. He was in for two weeks and wouldn't let them put him on a ventilator, was determined to fight through it on his own. (I think this guy - he was a pilot in the air force and flew f15s and f16s, by the way -  was scared of losing control. I think he thought he'd die if he let them put him on the ventilator).  He talked about the bond with his doctor (the virologist I interviewed) who helped him through it by just sitting there and literally holding his hand. I think because of the fear factor and the unknowns of this thing the personal bond between doctors, nurses and patients is much, much more important than ordinarily with this disease. Interesting detail: he lost his sense of taste - which seems to be a common thing with this virus - and knew he was going to survive when he realized he could taste the strawberry ice cream the kitchen staff brought him one day. That has to be the best bowl of ice cream this guy ever had. I'll use the two patients as the anchor for a story that will be about the vagaries of the disease, the hardships on families, etc., the bond with caregivers, etc.  I don't know much yet about this part of the science yet, I guess nobody does, but both patients are donating blood and plasma in the hopes that the antibodies they generated to battle the disease in themselves can be helpful to other patients.