It's all in the water what makes NYC and NJ pizza too notch. There is a pizza place in Tampa called Eddie 's and Sam's NY Pizza. The owners import NYC tap water to Tampa to make the crust of their pizza. Many NY/NJ folks relocate to FL. It's a smart move because they know what Real Pizza tastes like. It's embarrassing when Dominos was voted best pizza in Orlando several years ago.
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Songbird76
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A will wear one if he has to, but he'd prefer not to, and he'll take it off as soon as he's allowed. When we went to Germany in August, they had a mandate there in any building. So he wore it, but as soon as he set foot outside, or sat down at a table in a restaurant, it came off. I wouldn't say he made a big deal out of it, but he also definitely wasn't happy about it.
The school "urgently advises" everyone to wear masks, but it's not mandatory, so he doesn't, though he has one in his backpack just in case.
Figgy1
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Not even mac and cheese?
ImperfectPixie
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Same for C...wears it when he has to and it comes off immediately when he doesn't. Masks are mandated in schools here, but they give the kids a "mask break" once or twice a class. (Keep forgetting to ask him how those work.)
DryerLintFan
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Wow! We've been under a mask mandate pretty much the whole time.
We're being told our "super spreader" events are from people gathering in their homes. Like when people invite other people over.
ImperfectPixie
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That's certainly what it seems like here...the schools seem to be doing great. Hockey is also being eyed as contributing here - not the games, but the socializing that occurs after and in between games. I suspect another one is people not isolating while awaiting test results (had two close calls because of that recently - one was hubby's coworker, but a different department so not someone he interacts with; and the other was a client who the 2nd in command had JUST had a meeting with who called and said he tested positive
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Songbird76
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Well, nope....not with Thanksgiving. I think maybe because it's like carbo loading? You already have stuffing, potatoes, rolls...Not even mac and cheese?
DryerLintFan
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That's certainly what it seems like here...the schools seem to be doing great. Hockey is also being eyed as contributing here - not the games, but the socializing that occurs after and in between games. I suspect another one is people not isolating while awaiting test results (had two close calls because of that recently - one was hubby's coworker, but a different department so not someone he interacts with; and the other was a client who the 2nd in command had JUST had a meeting with who called and said he tested positive
Yes
if you're sick enough to get tested you're sick enough to isolate until the results come back. I've had a couple friends say they weren't sure if they had it out not, but they couldn't taste anything.
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DryerLintFan
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Visiting Santa in 2020 is weird just like everything else in 2020 
just like everything else in 2020
Songbird76
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Ah, well my son goes to a special education school for kids with Autism. Classes have a max of 9 kids, so distancing is pretty easy. They also only have just one set classroom and one teacher, even though it's high school. They don't move around from classroom to classroom for different subjects. It's set up just like elementary school, really. They have a different teacher for PE, for Handworking (like a combo of art and shop class), and one for social skills, but the other 9 or 10 subjects are with the one teacher in their set classroom.
My daughter goes to a standard high school and masks are only required in the hallways and at breaks. Not in classrooms, unless they are doing work close together like Chemistry labs. And they don't have to distance at all. They are pretty lax, which makes me a bit uncomfortable.
Songbird76
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Is there a limit on how many people you can invite? We can't have more than 3. And not more than 4 people together outside. Up until last week it was 2 people, inside or outside, unless you were from the same household. And all events have been canceled. No concerts, conventions, etc. E is really upset because you can't do theater until 3rd year at her school....she's finally in 3rd year, and now they can't do anything because of covid.
Used to whisper in Santa's ear while sitting in his lap when I was little. Not this time around.
DryerLintFan
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My coworkers whole family caught covid because they had one house guest over for dinner and beers. He had just returned from a trip to Vegas where he shared a room with three other guys, and they all got sick. He didn't have any symptoms when he came over for dinner.
That was just one guest. As far as I know we're all allowed to gather in groups smaller than ten people, but unless we're outside or we have the windows open it's not going to be at my house
DryerLintFan
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I couldn't find a porch sign I liked, so I painted my own on the back of the"hello fall" sign we had up for autumn..
We went ever going to use a "hey friends" porch sign anyway
We went ever going to use a "hey friends" porch sign anyway
ImperfectPixie
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My oldest is in an autism program in a public high school (he's in 9th grade)...small classes for two subjects, but the rest he's in integrated classrooms. They DO change classes every period, but we're on a hybrid schedule AND they modified the bell schedule so there aren't so many kids in the hallways at the same time between classes. They aren't going to homeroom first thing...they wait outside their first real classroom, so one less mingling of different kids per day. Masks and distancing are required at all times - the district just gave away a couple hundred 4' and 5' computer tables that were still fairly new because they can't use them while distancing and have no space to store them - they had a raffle and we won one! YAY ME! LOL.
My younger son is in a fully separate autism program at a public elementary school. 6 kids, plus the teacher and paras/aides. Specials teachers are coming to their classroom instead of the other way around, and lunch is served at the end of each wing (4 wings, but it's a small school...about 400 kids grades k-5) instead of the cafeteria....kids eat in their classrooms. Masks and distancing at all times (although our sons are friends with one of his classmates, and I know the kid has issues with masks only because mom and dad don't push him at all about anything...they used to come over to play often prior to COVID...we've had them over twice since COVID, and both times I pushed hard on mask-wearing even though they were outside because they were all seated at a table together...he seems to be slowly getting better). K gets full 5-day, in-person learning due to his needs, which is a God-send because I'm trying to earn a living from home so I'm available for both boys and doing so with him here is super tricky.
There have been some close contact exposures at schools in our district that required quarantining (~20 or so), but no infections caused at school, and with 15 schools in the mix (including 2 high schools with 1250 students each) I really think they're doing a great job. One problem is a local skate park - it's already been closed once because the kids refused to wear masks while congregating, and I suspect it's going to be closed again soon.
Our governor, and a TON of parents are pushing for a full return to in-person school...and with cases on the rise here, I really hope they don't. The kids have been doing great, but I think ditching the hybrid model now would be a huge mistake.
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StarWarsGirl
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- In the Parks
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Nope. Exclusively on HBO Max.
ImperfectPixie
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It airs on two basic cable channels here. We could watch 3-4 hours of it almost every day.
DryerLintFan
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ImperfectPixie
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We do that, too!I put it on at nighttime when I'm doing other things
Tony the Tigger
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Two separate things: One is the pre-COVID race to bank sales before the competition and make sales goals.
Two is the post-COVID race to bank sales before you get shut down/restricted/people are too scared to come out.
Last year, we moved one of our stores and had a grand reopening the weekend before Thanksgiving. We had big sales, and let them run through Black Friday in hopes of snagging as many holiday sales before the other record store put their stuff on sale on Black Friday. We also had a big event on Black Friday (Black Friday Record Store Day) and thought we'd keep the $1 CD buyers busy during the week rather than underfoot when the collectors come in on a mission on the actual Black Friday.
This year, we have the record show the weekend before Thanksgiving. I'm thinking we'll do Black Friday sales all week because I'm actually afraid of at least a drop-off in foot traffic, if not a total shutdown (which is less likely here in crazy Florida, I think.) Again, on Black Friday proper, a hundred (plus) collector titles come out, and we'll have about 80 people ready to pick those up. I don't want extra congestion of people buying gift cards and what not - so we'll do the promotional sales on "regular stuff" during the week.
Also can't announce specific sales too early, or this weekend will be dead.
But the main idea this year is spreading out the foot traffic (and banking sales, of course.)