Dancing in masks
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342172)
Rockingham, Australia
August 28, 2020 8:32pm CST
We had a busier-than-usual day yesterday. Now we’ve retired, life is very laid-back for us mostly. However, yesterday the solar panels were hooked up to the grid and are now working. We can log in on the phone or computer to see how much we’re using and how much power is being generated. Although the sun wasn’t too high in the sky, the power generated covered using the toaster and microwave this morning.
Also yesterday, two friends brought a caravan out to be stored. The wife of one sent some wool for me to crochet into something so I’ll need to think about what I want to do with it.
While they were still here, another friend arrived with her partner and, as it turned out, all six of us had mutual connections. It’s a small world sometimes. The lady friend has done ballroom dancing most of her life but is thinking of giving it up soon. She is worried about a second wave of COVID-19. When she said this, I thought how bizarre it would be to dance while wearing masks. If you had multiple dancing partners, that’s much too close for comfort without masks. Can you imagine dancing in masks?
Photo is of the wool I’ve been given. There might be enough for a cardigan.
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33 responses
@psanasangma (7280)
• India
29 Aug 20
If everyone dance while wearing mask, a person will soon suffocate and will be in exhaustion. forget about Corona virus
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@bluerubymoon53 (3286)
• United States
29 Aug 20
Pretty cool that it turned out you all had mutual connections. 
The colors of the yarn are pretty. If there isn't enough for a cardigan, a vest would be nice. 
The colors of the yarn are pretty. If there isn't enough for a cardigan, a vest would be nice. 2 people like this
@Tampa_girl7 (50524)
• United States
29 Aug 20
I’d love to have solar panels. I think that I’ve told you that my grandparents had a solar panel to heat their water. They installed it in the 50’s before I was born.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50524)
• United States
29 Aug 20
@JudyEv they were ahead of the times. They also had fluorescent lighting throughout their home.
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@JudyEv (342172)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Aug 20
@Tampa_girl7 Wow, I'm impressed.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
29 Aug 20
Wow...solar panels...they are really a good thing. But here they are very expensive
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@JudyEv (342172)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Aug 20
@amitkokiladitya We certainly hope so.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
29 Aug 20
@JudyEv that is good. Now you will be a saving a lot on electricity bills now.
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@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
29 Aug 20
Imagining a mask party like where we dance with strangers without knowing him/her face like... Ha ha... Surely, not on this Covid Era though.
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@ptrikha_2 (47077)
• India
29 Aug 20
For some professions especially Acting, Dancing, these times are quite tough.
For some whose work can be fully online, it is still manageable though 5 months plus working from Home is not that easy.
In some terms, being in office was helpful. Switching between home and office needs can be quite painful indeed.
By the way, greetings on your Nature friendly Solar Panel initiative!!
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@ptrikha_2 (47077)
• India
30 Aug 20
@JudyEv that is good! And do you have a sunny weather today?
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@Torunn (8607)
• Norway
30 Aug 20
No dancing in masks for me I think. I've only worn a mask for flying, and sitting still was OK but very warm. Sleeping worked well, and moving around in the airport in Helsinki was just annoying.
If you have two or three couples switching with eachother that'd keep it at the same size as the lab-groups in the unversity I work. Seems to work out quite OK, no reports about local clusters because of that yet.
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@RebeccasFarm (90474)
• Arvada, Colorado
7 Sep 20
Well yes that would be rather strange dancing in masks.
Nice wool there Judy.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
12 Sep 20
congrats'n yer solar panels! been tryin' to get the hubs to 'gree to 'em fer years 'n he's 'lways said no. e'en now that the cost's gone down, the storage much more 'fficient'n wee, he still says no. i'm thinkin' the sun shines here'n a'erage 342 days out'ta the year, so why the hades not??
wow, so glad y'all got together to visit fer a bit. the hubs knows purty much e'erybody within 500 miles, 'r so't seems. not me, most folks i knew're long gone.
ballroom dancin' whilst wearin' a mask...might be a tad tricky? not too bad though i'm thinkin'. one'd need to get used to 'em i reckon.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
12 Sep 20
@JudyEv 'twixt the sunshine'n the winds, i dunno why we're not doin' wind/solar power here. yup, makes loads 'f sense - better fer the 'nvironment 'n the pocketbook :)
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@JudyEv (342172)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Sep 20
@crazyhorseladycx I guess there is a lot of money tied up in making and selling electricity. There are always hidden agendas.
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@moffittjc (121729)
• Gainesville, Florida
31 Aug 20
I like the colors on that wool. I think whatever you make with it will look very nice when finished.
I agree that dancing in close proximity without masks would not be a good idea. But I also think it wouldn't be very easy at all to dance with a mask on. I have trouble enough working with one on, it makes breathing so much harder.
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@moffittjc (121729)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 Sep 20
@JudyEv I had to wear it while working 8 hours shifts in high heat and humidity. It wasn't very fun at all.
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@JudyEv (342172)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Sep 20
@moffittjc I can imagine that would be quite difficult indeed.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
29 Aug 20
you are amazing with wool creations! beanies for babies, sweaters for dogs!
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@JudyEv (342172)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Aug 20
@DocAndersen Maybe they'd prefer boxing gloves.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
30 Aug 20
@JudyEv roo jackets could be a new knitting project, getting the jackets on the roos might be dangerous
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