Kevin and Susan, happy birthday! We recently celebrated a birthday in our house at the end of September. Ya know what is a weird tradition? Exhaling your breath all over a cake, just before you serve it to all your guests. We did not use candles this time.
On Mon., Oct. 12, 2020, 11:40 a.m. Kevin M., <[email protected]> wrote: > > Semi-related, while the NBA did stay mostly in a bubble, upon hearing the > news the Lakers won, many in LA (predictably) took to the streets to > celebrate a victory they had nothing to do with (I’ll never understand this > aspect of sports). So although the wealthy players stayed safe, the people > whose health care is statistically not as good gathered en masse to > probably cause yet another Covid spike, and that pisses me off. Taking to > the streets to protest the wrongful murder of an unarmed black man is one > thing, but there was no need for last night’s exhibition. It potentially > cost lives, and it is the most egregious and gross type of public display. > > This week both my wife and I celebrate our respective birthdays, and the > total number of people who celebrated with us last night was 7, and > everybody stayed outside and socially distanced. We’d have preferred a > bigger party with more people (and cake), but we respect each other and > those around us too much to take stupid chances. > > So to sports fans who need their sports, f*ck you. To the people of LA who > partied in the streets, f*ck you. You’re thoughtless and stupid, and I’m > tired of you. Quit being a$$holes. Just f*cking quit it. > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 8:19 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 10:12 AM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> You know, it's almost like the mere idea of play farces of sporting >>> events in the middle of a pandemic involving likely aerosol transmission of >>> the bug is an insulting idea, outrageously high risk, and catastrophically >>> stupid! >>> >> >> But then the European football leagues, the NHL, NBA, and after an iffy >> start MLB, have all found ways of returning to playing without a >> catastrophic collapse. It's tough to demand one sport cancel its season >> while others successfully go on. >> >> That said, the powers that be in the NFL were overly optimistic by not >> building some kind of cushion in for delaying games. When one team has >> positive tests two teams are affected by the need to reschedule the game. >> Players don't get paid for games they don't play so there will be a lot of >> pressure from the NFLPA to keep the league from declaring forfeits. There >> has been some public grousing from Steelers players who were forced to take >> an early bye week and then have mostly road games in the second half of the >> season. They feel they have been put at disadvantage by Tennessee's >> reckless behavior. The more disruptions to the schedule that occur, the >> more grousing there will be. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGGJMdDkR%2BZu58DjDmHRtELV6Yi9a0ubkiDCN%3DOfp7Jmg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGGJMdDkR%2BZu58DjDmHRtELV6Yi9a0ubkiDCN%3DOfp7Jmg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Auh0kPVyYfasfF4oVoLuiozYi35T2XLdwYDUJkZ1Z5gA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Auh0kPVyYfasfF4oVoLuiozYi35T2XLdwYDUJkZ1Z5gA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1Br6j-RnXXLm%2BRk9nJcZLmdJuuUf8tatKBcmNNN2gzWkUA%40mail.gmail.com.
