<html><head></head><body>I vote yes!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On March 16, 2020 11:01:20 AM EDT, "Stephen R. Blevins via Ale" <ale@ale.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">While I, for myself (I, too, am old enough to be Grandpa), am willing to<br>accept the risk, not everyone else is. Just let me know if it's<br>Melton's or a URL. I'll try to be there.<br><br>Stephen R. Blevins<br>stephen.r.blevins@gmail.com<br><br>On 3/16/20 10:03 AM, Sean Kilpatrick via Ale wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">But I AM Grandpa.<br>I believe there is a fundamental difference between Existence and Life. <br>Hiding in a cave, afraid of nearly every living thing, is Existing, NOT<br>Living.<br>For me, sharing a beer with a friend is far less risky than paddling an<br>open canoe down the roughest white water east of the Colorado River,<br>which I have done many times.<br>Sean<br><br>On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 11:22 PM Steve Litt via Ale <ale@ale.org<br><mailto:ale@ale.org>> wrote:<br><br> On Sat, 14 Mar 2020 16:01:41 -0400<br> Sean Kilpatrick via Ale <ale@ale.org <mailto:ale@ale.org>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;">suggest that we meet instead at 8 pm at Melton's. :)<br></blockquote> The CDC just banned meetings over 50 people, to slow the spread of this<br> virus so as to keep peak usage within the capabilities of our<br> healthcare system. At this point, physical public meetings of any size<br> are ill advised.<br><br> We're lucky we live in an era where, one way or another, we can meet<br> online. Out of respect to the old and frail within the society, I think<br> we should take advantage of online meeting capabilities.<br><br> Nobody wants to be responsible for killing Grampa.<br><br> SteveT<br><br> Steve Litt<br> March 2020 featured book: Troubleshooting: Why Bother?<br> <a href="http://www.troubleshooters.com/twb">http://www.troubleshooters.com/twb</a><hr> Ale mailing list<br> Ale@ale.org <mailto:Ale@ale.org><br> <a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br><br></blockquote><hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. All tyopes are thumb related and reflect authenticity.</body></html>