Good evening y'all. Was damp raw and sometimes rainy today. Wife & I ventured to the grocery at 0800, after the Senior Hours crush. We were able to pick up everything on our list, and then some, including tissues and paper towels. Although we didn't need it they even had toilet paper. Yes, we wore masks and gloves....latest count in our township is 161. There were not that many folks about. Highway 9, (aka Thunder Road), was nearly deserted.
This virus is for real.
Unless you really have to go out, don't! BTW, the wife made the masks from instructions offered by the CDC. Unless there is something we forgot, we are good for at least two more weeks, before we have to go out again.
Karl: The Covered Hopper turned out very well.
Alan: Like your pig flat and trailers. I have seen some photos of the original, and Irvie's Blue Box flat isn't that far off...the Trailers look good in daylight Colors.
Willie: The porch looks good, a short loading dock, may work out better than the ramp. Ramp might have been for Wagons, not trucks?
Johnny and Garry: Nice photos.
Guy: Good luck with the kits.
Chet,
Curt and others: Thanks for the comments on the GG1 Photo.
My latest pet peeve, is called "Telehealth". It seems every medical practice in Central Jersey is pushing it in lieu of office visits. From the description, Telehealth is a means of having a face to face encounter with your physician, without leaving your living room or kitchen...It's like ""Facetime" or Duo with a meter, to record the encounter for record and billing purposes. I get it, the folks in the Medical profession, are human, just like the rest of us, and want to keep their exposure to Covid 19 to a minimum, as we do...They are also business people, who need to keep cash flow coming. It's a compromise. OTOH, I am now supplying the receiver, my Smart Phone, or laptop, I get my own vitals, with my own scale, thermomiter, and BP devce. Also I supply a flashlight so the Doc can look into my throat.
What the Doc cannot do, is check my ears, or eyes, listen to my heart and lungs, examine my digestive system or any of the other requisites of a physical exam. The Orthopedic cannot drain fluid from my knee, or inject a steroid to keep me walking... But they all, want me to use this software to "tele-med". I still have to leave the house to have blood drawn, x-rays or other hands on procedures.
From a business standpoint, the doc gets to maintain cash flow, and cut costs, while I get to keep paying, while supplying equipment so the doc doesn't have to...Thus the supplier is selling a product, but adding all production costs to the customer...Meanwhile, the customer, receives less service than prior encounters, at a greater overall cost... Not bad, if you can sell it.
The best one, today, [which set me off again], was from the Physical Therapy practice, which proposes, I do physical therapy via "Telehealth"...
I would love to have a home gym with all the stuff they have, but if I did, I could rehab myself without them at all...
It has been said repeatedly, that this Corona Virus, will change the way we live and interact with people. They are not kidding...Our whole economy and our lives will change, wether we contract the virus or escape it. the aftermath will affect us for a long time.
Ivy City Pit Tracks, DC, back in the day. The Sunburst Geep looks great, eh?