This is like getting the news from Lake Wobegon but on the East Coast of America. "Don’t get your undies in a bunch over it.” is the local colloquialism for "just relax". Again, you are a riot.
Thank you for rounding up the good qualities of New York conversation. So difficult to speak with out of towners who pause when a NY sidebar is introduced. Editorial comments, related topics, and personal experiences provide the weft and warp of the conversational tapestry spoken from Brooklyn to Westchester. No need to pause. Just keep talking!
I'm a big fan of staying home. My doctor ordered me to STOP jogging almost twenty years ago because it was destroying the cartilage in my knees - I was ecstatically grateful for the figurative doctor's note (I hate jogging, anyway). :) I may not be able to run a marathon, but I'm healthy enough, and my knees remain intact and my mind relatively unjoggled. I find "...multiple centripetal contrapuntal talk..." too confusing for participation, but listening to the babel is very relaxing. Thank you again.
Jeannine, I was intrigued to see that you are a "big fan of staying home" and that you mentioned "life in the Slow Lane." You sound like my kind of person.
There have been few good things to come out of the covid pandemic -- but one good thing is that we have a good reason and good excuse to not go anywhere or not to have to see people that we don't want to see.
I also agree that vigorous exercise is bad for knees, feet, etc. Gentle walking is good. Many people my age that I know are having knee and other joint operations and they take several prescriptions. I have had no operations and take no prescription medicines.
Exercise is overrated. But then many things in life are overrated.
Other than the extra worry about loved ones and the obsession over the pandemic in general, Covid-19 restrictions did not really affect my lifestyle. My husband and I run a business out of our house (one huge advantage to living in rural NH), and I never really go anywhere except the grocery, hardware, and feed stores. I tend to be a bit of a hermit. The only real change was having to wear a mask when out and about, which isn't a big deal. It was pretty much business as usual around here.
I'm 60 years old, and fairly strong and sturdy, a blessing conveyed by farm life. My main interest in exercise is to keep myself healthy enough to be able to keep taking care of business into my 80's and maybe even 90's. Walking is great, along with yard work - I get antsy doing exercise for its own sake! My only prescription is my ADHD medicine - despite what many believe, it does not go away when one grows up.
Thank you for the reply! The world needs more librarians. :) Best wishes and a wonderful life to you, too.
OMG, Garrison, this was a great column. My husband and I are currently on the commuter train from Crystal Lake (you’ve been here a couple times and, yes, we were in the audience) for the first time since early 2020. Of course we’re looking at our phones. I opened your email and immediately began laughing out loud. I showed the husband and he laughed out loud, too. More laughing ensued as I scrolled down. It wasn’t just the humor. It was your perfect capture of how people are when they are where they are. I’ll take that education, especially because it comes with laughs. Bullseye.
'pig-snout mud-smeared English'? You mean Anglo-Saxon? The language of Beowulf and The Seafarer? It didn't need smartening up to be direct, powerful and evocative. It's still the foundation, the bedrock.
This is like getting the news from Lake Wobegon but on the East Coast of America. "Don’t get your undies in a bunch over it.” is the local colloquialism for "just relax". Again, you are a riot.
Again, a great way to wake up; a GK story! Looking forward to checking out the Backroom this weekend. Cheers!
Thank you for rounding up the good qualities of New York conversation. So difficult to speak with out of towners who pause when a NY sidebar is introduced. Editorial comments, related topics, and personal experiences provide the weft and warp of the conversational tapestry spoken from Brooklyn to Westchester. No need to pause. Just keep talking!
Patricia Hambrook
Smiling in the Mitten - and while grateful it isn't snow....... anyone have a boat they aren't using?
I'm a big fan of staying home. My doctor ordered me to STOP jogging almost twenty years ago because it was destroying the cartilage in my knees - I was ecstatically grateful for the figurative doctor's note (I hate jogging, anyway). :) I may not be able to run a marathon, but I'm healthy enough, and my knees remain intact and my mind relatively unjoggled. I find "...multiple centripetal contrapuntal talk..." too confusing for participation, but listening to the babel is very relaxing. Thank you again.
Jeannine, I was intrigued to see that you are a "big fan of staying home" and that you mentioned "life in the Slow Lane." You sound like my kind of person.
There have been few good things to come out of the covid pandemic -- but one good thing is that we have a good reason and good excuse to not go anywhere or not to have to see people that we don't want to see.
I also agree that vigorous exercise is bad for knees, feet, etc. Gentle walking is good. Many people my age that I know are having knee and other joint operations and they take several prescriptions. I have had no operations and take no prescription medicines.
Exercise is overrated. But then many things in life are overrated.
Best wishes and have a nice life.
Other than the extra worry about loved ones and the obsession over the pandemic in general, Covid-19 restrictions did not really affect my lifestyle. My husband and I run a business out of our house (one huge advantage to living in rural NH), and I never really go anywhere except the grocery, hardware, and feed stores. I tend to be a bit of a hermit. The only real change was having to wear a mask when out and about, which isn't a big deal. It was pretty much business as usual around here.
I'm 60 years old, and fairly strong and sturdy, a blessing conveyed by farm life. My main interest in exercise is to keep myself healthy enough to be able to keep taking care of business into my 80's and maybe even 90's. Walking is great, along with yard work - I get antsy doing exercise for its own sake! My only prescription is my ADHD medicine - despite what many believe, it does not go away when one grows up.
Thank you for the reply! The world needs more librarians. :) Best wishes and a wonderful life to you, too.
OMG, Garrison, this was a great column. My husband and I are currently on the commuter train from Crystal Lake (you’ve been here a couple times and, yes, we were in the audience) for the first time since early 2020. Of course we’re looking at our phones. I opened your email and immediately began laughing out loud. I showed the husband and he laughed out loud, too. More laughing ensued as I scrolled down. It wasn’t just the humor. It was your perfect capture of how people are when they are where they are. I’ll take that education, especially because it comes with laughs. Bullseye.
'pig-snout mud-smeared English'? You mean Anglo-Saxon? The language of Beowulf and The Seafarer? It didn't need smartening up to be direct, powerful and evocative. It's still the foundation, the bedrock.