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In the New Yorker...
serious crayons:
I love going through old issues and finding articles that are no longer relevant, so I can confidently toss the issue in recycling.
Nowadays that includes pretty much anything Trump ever did. Except whatever damage he does in the next two months that Biden will have to try to repair. Leave poop on the carpet in the Oval Room? At this point, nothing would surprise me.
Front-Ranger:
I was also going to say something similar. I'm tossing out pre-election issues. As far as I'm concerned, recycling is too good for them. I used to take past issues to retirement homes, but they stopped accepting them. Now, of course, they couldn't accept them for health/safety reasons. (There are no magazines in the doctors' offices or in-flight).
Apologies to the many excellent articles on other topics, but I can read those online.
Somebody should be keeping all this stuff for research reasons. I'm sure people will be writing about this strange period in our history for decades to come. I wish them luck in figuring it out. (If civilization continues, of course.)
Speaking of excellent writing, the Salman Rushdie fiction in the latest issue is a really good allegory. He still has the gift!
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on November 21, 2020, 11:19:43 am ---(There are no magazines in the doctors' offices or in-flight).
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The other day I accidentally arrived 20 minutes early for a doctor's appointment. Which wouldn't have been too ba, except I forgot my phone! In desperation, I asked at the counter if they had any, but as I expected they did not.
Just sitting there for 20 minutes sounded awful. They should at least have a TV set! (I can never understand people I see on planes just sitting there with no reading material, headphones or anything.)
Luckily, I got called in ahead of time.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on November 21, 2020, 02:35:44 pm ---The other day I accidentally arrived 20 minutes early for a doctor's appointment. Which wouldn't have been too ba, except I forgot my phone! In desperation, I asked at the counter if they had any, but as I expected they did not.
Just sitting there for 20 minutes sounded awful. They should at least have a TV set! (I can never understand people I see on planes just sitting there with no reading material, headphones or anything.)
Luckily, I got called in ahead of time.
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You mean you actually got to see a doctor? In person? :o
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on November 21, 2020, 10:22:26 pm ---You mean you actually got to see a doctor? In person? :o
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Sure. Twice during the pandemic, in fact. This was a dermatologist, though, so maybe that's the difference. I went in for my regular skin cancer check, don't have any, whew, but the last time she froze some little pre-cancerous spots so I had to go back to make sure they're healing OK and don't need another freeze.
You have to wear a mask, come alone, only show up if you have no symptoms, sit in designated spaced chairs in the waiting room and get your temperature taken before you go back to the room. The doctor herself was wearing some kind of gas mask -- clear face shield with a tube for breathing. And when I pulled down my mask so she could examine my face I was allowed to breathe but not talk.
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