Implanting Bill Gates's Micro-chips In Brains For Over 20 Years!

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone

Here in extremely blue Portland, people followed mask mandates pretty consistently. But it's changed a lot since the statewide mandate was lifted. The day after the mandate ended, the grocery store was still 90% masked. Now it's more like 10%. Nobody is harassing the still-masked, but it's a minority.

Except maybe for punk rock. I went to a Bob Mould solo electric show last night. Bob decided to ask for masks, and everyone complied, including pulling the mask back up between sips.

Hey Icky, did you ever share a bill with Husker Du back in the day?

Ollie

I saw Los Lobos last weekend. They are old now.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

I saw Los Lobos last weekend. They are old now.

One of my favorite live bands ever. They seem to have gotten grittier/bluesier as they got, indeed, old.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone

One of my favorite live bands ever. They seem to have gotten grittier/bluesier as they got, indeed, old.

Yes, agreed. A band called Tropa Magica opened for them -- worth a listen, and fun live. A little more of a punk-psychedelic sound.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

I saw Los Lobos last weekend. They are old now.

You make the early bird set?

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone

Here in extremely blue Portland, people followed mask mandates pretty consistently. But it's changed a lot since the statewide mandate was lifted. The day after the mandate ended, the grocery store was still 90% masked. Now it's more like 10%. Nobody is harassing the still-masked, but it's a minority.

Except maybe for punk rock. I went to a Bob Mould solo electric show last night. Bob decided to ask for masks, and everyone complied, including pulling the mask back up between sips.

Hey Icky, did you ever share a bill with Husker Du back in the day?

Ollie

Never crossed paths with them but I replaced Greg in a post-Husker du venture for a while.

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

One hopes as now somewhat aged lawyers we generally have the ability to set our own way. We certainly do compared to 95% of the country.

When the announcement came around from the firm that our mask policy was rescinded, it included a statement that everyone should still be sensitive to people who continued to mask and that many would be doing so because they were immunocompromised. I sent around a "reply to all" email immediately noting that I would appreciate everyone coming into my office to be masked and noting my position, and I got a lot of thank yous from staff in the office who felt pressure to demask.

If we can't stand up and do our own thing at this point in our careers, what the fuck have we been doing?

We are working (in person, often) with people with terminal cancer that we are saying was caused because companies didn't do enough to warn these people to take precautions like wear masks. Yet no one will wear a mask. Am I missing something?

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Adder

One of the few places in the world that has done what is necessary and this is what people think. Unbelievable.

Criticize their crappy vaccine if you want to find fault, but it wouldn't be becoming endemic if the rest of the world had handled it as well as China.



That's not how science works.

Just don't need to eat or have a pet there. Still they have more per capita covid cases than NY despite this policy.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

Never crossed paths with them but I replaced Greg in a post-Husker du venture for a while.

Did they make you grow a handlebar mustache?

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone

Did they make you grow a handlebar mustache?

My mustache has always come in half red half brown so that ain't gonna happen.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

My mustache has always come in half red half brown so that ain't gonna happen.

Merkin?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone

Here in extremely blue Portland, people followed mask mandates pretty consistently. But it's changed a lot since the statewide mandate was lifted. The day after the mandate ended, the grocery store was still 90% masked. Now it's more like 10%. Nobody is harassing the still-masked, but it's a minority.

Same in my neck of the woods.

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Merkin?

Can't figure out why someone would think this is funny.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

We are working (in person, often) with people with terminal cancer that we are saying was caused because companies didn't do enough to warn these people to take precautions like wear masks. Yet no one will wear a mask. Am I missing something?

I'm shocked the patients don't say something.

I mean, I'd ask nicely but if my wife came in the room with me she'd get me out of the room and then stick around long enough to carefully shred the biggest egos in the room to pieces and leave them bleeding on the floor.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

Can't figure out why someone would think this is funny.

Wait, is Hank's schtick supposed to be funny? Have I been missing that all these years?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

We are working (in person, often) with people with terminal cancer that we are saying was caused because companies didn't do enough to warn these people to take precautions like wear masks. Yet no one will wear a mask. Am I missing something?

You guys go to your clients though right, they don't come to the office? You have lawyers who refuse to wear a mask when visiting/working with a client?