$.25... life or death?
I have been listening to the Connection tonight about SARS they have mentioned a lot about the face masks that people in Asia are wearing. I'm sure you in America are seeing a lot of this on the new too. What they didn't mention on The Connection, and I'm sure don't mention on other news programs, is that white masks are somewhat of a fashion statement in Japan at least. Every year people don them in hopes of gaining sympathy instead of retribution for their slaking at work and school. Not to make light of the SARS virus, because I really don't think my sister should be flying home now, but wearing those masks is accepted enough, that seeing a lot of people wearing them is not as extraordinary as it may seem to people in the US.
That being said... I didn't realize it was so scary... Especially since Michigan (and Bay City) is so close to Toronto. I guess the limit that I would set as being "far enough away" is "wherever they stop accepting a Canadian quarter as being worth 25 us cents". Last time I was in Michigan, Canadian quarters were worth just as much as US quarters.
If any readers out there happen to work in airport security... be carefull.
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Hey Kevin,
Thanks for your comments. I have been listening to NPR like you suggested, but I had missed the show you mentioned on my site about warblogs. I went back and listened to it. It was pretty interested, but I was also in the middle of trying to write a PHP script for accepting submissions to The Neighborhood Project so I couldn't pay full attention to it, but I did get most of the script finished just to lay your concerns to rest.
Thanks for reminding me of NPR, I just had a long day but very productive day (a new contract and substantial progress on a big contract currently in progress) today, and I think I'll kick back and have a listen right now.
UltraBob
Posted by: UltraBob | April 2, 2003 10:34 PM