If it is for travel, I highly recommend the Pimsleur series. It’s gotten me through France, Italy, and now hopefully Germany.
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Always fun to be working on your last day off for the year. Someone* implanted an automatic renewal clause into a contract(approved under other leadership) that we caught yesterday. I got to call the boss and tell him he needed to log in because canceling the contract was above my pay grade.
*other than me
Sometimes you want to commit a victimless crime. Like punching someone in the dark.
off to further enrich my dermatologist
Man I hate people. People are the worst.
I'm doing it. Just bought my plane ticket for Nashville. I'm going to the US Figure Skating Championships next week. Caveats - if I start having symptoms, I won't go. My biggest worry is that I will start having symptoms in Nashville. I'm staying in an Airbnb. If I have symptoms there, I will isolate. The hubby thinks I should go. He thinks I need the trip for mental health reasons. He told me that if worse came to worst and I was sick in Nashville with no other way to get home, he will drive to Tennessee to get me. I plan to get a bunch of surgical masks and wear 2 when I am in the arena, not because I am worried so much about getting omicron, that is the concession I will make towards trying to prevent passing it on to any of the wankers who expect me to keep protecting them while they remain unvaccinated. I will check the local CVS or Walgreen's and if rapid tests are available, I will test myself daily before I go to the arena (there are none available around here). The arena is not requiring proof of vaccination but is requiring masks.
What I am giving up though, is going to Durham first to take in the Jan. 4 game in Cameron. Anybody here feel comfortable going to that game? I'll give you my tickets. I think it's against Georgia Tech.
By surgical are you talking about N-95 or KN-95 masks/respirators? Those both utilize a middle layer known as a meltblown layer. Also known as nanofibers. That is the layer that gives you the best mechanical filtration for very small particles. I would recommend one of those over two of the more common "surgical" masks. In the common literature, I see the terms used interchangeably sometimes. If you are concerned about availability of N-95s, they are readily available. If necessary, I can ship you a box of 20.
Always be skeptical of self-descriptions.
I meant surgical, but I will defer to your recommendation and get N-95s. I won't be able to get them properly fitted but they are probably the better choice. By readily available - do you mean Walgreen's? Or should I try somewhere else?
ETA: I just ordered a box of 25 from Amazon. I need the kind with straps that go around the ears. I have too much hair to wear the ones with straps that go over your head.
I do most of my shopping on Amazon,these from Kimberly-Clark should work:
https://www.amazon.com/Kimberly-Clar...s%2C120&sr=8-2
I actually would recommend KN-95s as I would see the loops of the N-95s to be an issue over long periods of time, but there are others in the Coronavirus thread that could comment better than I. I do think it would matter more if you were going to Cameron for the game. Not to mention they are a bit less expensive. For years KMB was the competition, they make incredibly good products but old habits die hard.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
To test fit either, see if any moisture from respiration fogs a pair of glasses(sunglasses work for that). Fitting them to yourself takes a little practice and they vary with each mask but can be done.