Originally Posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone (Post 532583)

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

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop (Post 532584)

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

Originally Posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone (Post 532585)

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

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop (Post 532584)

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

Originally Posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone (Post 532583)

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

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 532581)

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When the announcement came around from the firm that our mask policy was rescinded, it included a statement that everyone should still be sensitive to people who continued to mask and that many would be doing so because they were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?

Originally Posted by Adder (Post 532582)

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.

Originally Posted by Icky Thump (Post 532588)

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

Originally Posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone (Post 532591)

Did they make you grow a handlebar mustache?

Originally Posted by Icky Thump (Post 532592)

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

Originally Posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone (Post 532583)

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.

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 532593)

Merkin?

Originally Posted by Icky Thump (Post 532589)

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?

Originally Posted by Icky Thump (Post 532595)

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

Originally Posted by Icky Thump (Post 532589)

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?