Today I was in line at cvs to ask if they stock amyl nitrite ampules... and an old lady with dyed hair asked me if I was waiting to pick up a prescription, like personal health questions are small talk... she was trading in a bottle of old pills for a bottle of new pills. Then she asked the pharmacist if they had covid vaccines because her husband was in the car and not feeling well, and they would like to get some... Then I wandered around in the wine section scoffing at all the ghetto wine (I bought a can), and when I left, they were getting in their car and backing out of a parking spot with much difficulty. it was like a page from a Hunter S Thompson book; cvs does not stock amyl nitrite.
AA, I really hope a day arrives where you and I get to hang out and cause a little trouble.
I had a somewhat similar (in terms of demoralizing C19 anecdotes) last Saturday. I have a fair amount of travel and executive meetings coming up in February so figured I'd better get a hair cut and look slightly more presentable (My wife always prefers my hair longer, so I'll grow it out as long as I can if I go a couple months in between customer or executive meetings).
Went down to the local/cheap chop shop and a young gay man guided me to the barber chair. Nice kid, probably 25 and did a good job with my hair. He was very chatty which was fine.
He was sharing a rather tragic anecdote about not being able to see a dying friend during the peak of the C19 insanity. They key bit was him saying: "And it was ridiculous, I got the vaccine. You CAN'T get covid if you've had the vaccine so what are they worried about?", without a trace of irony.
My normal reaction in these situations is to try to find a gentle way of trying to create a bit of logical doubt, but his statement was so certain, so devoid of any doubt, I didn't say a thing.
It's easy for me to forget sometimes just how many people are unknowingly isolated from reality.
Save some of that wine for me if you don't mind ; )
There's some Aldi wines from Oregon and Germany that don't contain sulfites and are about $10, mostly I use it in the crock pot to cook a roast with potatoes, but yesterday I indulged and ended up tired and hungry.
Today I was in line at cvs to ask if they stock amyl nitrite ampules... and an old lady with dyed hair asked me if I was waiting to pick up a prescription, like personal health questions are small talk... she was trading in a bottle of old pills for a bottle of new pills. Then she asked the pharmacist if they had covid vaccines because her husband was in the car and not feeling well, and they would like to get some... Then I wandered around in the wine section scoffing at all the ghetto wine (I bought a can), and when I left, they were getting in their car and backing out of a parking spot with much difficulty. it was like a page from a Hunter S Thompson book; cvs does not stock amyl nitrite.
AA, I really hope a day arrives where you and I get to hang out and cause a little trouble.
I had a somewhat similar (in terms of demoralizing C19 anecdotes) last Saturday. I have a fair amount of travel and executive meetings coming up in February so figured I'd better get a hair cut and look slightly more presentable (My wife always prefers my hair longer, so I'll grow it out as long as I can if I go a couple months in between customer or executive meetings).
Went down to the local/cheap chop shop and a young gay man guided me to the barber chair. Nice kid, probably 25 and did a good job with my hair. He was very chatty which was fine.
He was sharing a rather tragic anecdote about not being able to see a dying friend during the peak of the C19 insanity. They key bit was him saying: "And it was ridiculous, I got the vaccine. You CAN'T get covid if you've had the vaccine so what are they worried about?", without a trace of irony.
My normal reaction in these situations is to try to find a gentle way of trying to create a bit of logical doubt, but his statement was so certain, so devoid of any doubt, I didn't say a thing.
It's easy for me to forget sometimes just how many people are unknowingly isolated from reality.
Save some of that wine for me if you don't mind ; )
There's some Aldi wines from Oregon and Germany that don't contain sulfites and are about $10, mostly I use it in the crock pot to cook a roast with potatoes, but yesterday I indulged and ended up tired and hungry.
"and ended up tired and hungry."
Story of my damn life.