<html><head></head><body>Probably need to check if Melton's is switching to take out only. Brockett Pub just announced their transition beginning tomorrow.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On March 16, 2020 5:43:09 PM EDT, Steve Litt 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">On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:03:38 -0400<br>Sean Kilpatrick <kilpatms@gmail.com> wrote:<br><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<br>Life. Hiding in a cave, afraid of nearly every living thing, is<br>Existing, NOT Living.<br>For me, sharing a beer with a friend is far less risky than paddling<br>an open canoe down the roughest white water east of the Colorado<br>River, which I have done many times.<br></blockquote><br>I stand in awe of your adventuresome spirit, oh courageous one. You<br>might want to consider (but probably won't), that when you drown in a<br>river, nobody loses but you. When you go to a bar and contract the<br>virus, you spread the virus to up to half those you later come in<br>contact with. Those people, in turn, will likely give it to their<br>families and housemates. And if any of those housemates are as<br>adventurous as you, you'll have an awe-inspiring fanout. In Italy,<br>which is a couple weeks farther along the curve than the US, the virus'<br>death rate is 7.3% (<br><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/15/coronavirus-latest-trump-tests-negative-australia-orders-self-quarantine">https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/15/coronavirus-latest-trump-tests-negative-australia-orders-self-quarantine</a><br>). That's not 7.3% of old people, that's 7.3% of all people. You won't<br>get tried for murder, and likely won't know who died due to your<br>actions, but you sure enough killed them.<br><br>As you breath on people after your night of beer with your friends, you<br>might want to consider that some of those people have done things a<br>hell of a lot more brave than white water rafting, and in many cases<br>their brave acts benefited society much more than your white water<br>rafting.<br><br>To those not as courageous as Sean Kilpatrick, I'd simply say that this<br>afternoon our nation's *scientists* recommend face to face meetings not<br>exceed ten people, and to stay away from bars and restaurants. I'd<br>recommend online meetings until this thing runs its course, if not for<br>us, then for our loved ones and those we encounter.<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<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>