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<div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div style="white-space:normal"><p dir="auto">Then there’s this<br>
<a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a31490476/coronavirus-giant-cardboard-donut-guy-social-distancing/" style="color:#3983C4">https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a31490476/coronavirus-giant-cardboard-donut-guy-social-distancing/</a></p>
<p dir="auto">—Barry</p>
<br><p dir="auto">On 24 Mar 2020, at 19:00, Tom Johnson wrote:</p>
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<blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #777; color:#777; margin:0 0 5px; padding-left:5px"><div id="E807658E-209E-4DB0-A1AD-79B7BEAC3337"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite">Date: March 23, 2020 at 1:31 PM<br>Subject: Social Distancer<br><br><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)">Welcome to the Social Distancer, my open-code <a href="http://solution.to/" target="_blank">solution.to</a> people standing too close to you.</span><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)">A lot of people are justifiably concerned people are coming within six feet of them and there is no way to get them to stand back. Many people seem to have no concept of how much distance six feet is, or they are just not conscious of the need to remain that far away. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)">The Social Distancer is a polite way to demonstrate the distance and remind them to stay that far away. Just say “please stand six feet away, which is exactly the length of my stick”.</span></div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)">Total cost less than $5, takes a few minutes to make with basic tools, and it is super light to carry. I am making a few for older friends who are having problems with this issue.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)"> Buy 6' of 3/4" PVC pipe, two tennis balls, some short (1/2 inch) screws and red spray paint. Put together as shown: </span><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)"><br></span></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)">cut a "+" into the tennis ball with a razor knife, </span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)">stick the PVC pipe in the resulting hole, </span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)">screwed the flaps of the tennis ball down and </span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)">spray paint the ends red</span></li></ul><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)">Feel free to share, I</span> <span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)"> hope this idea goes </span> <span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)">anti-viral if it works!</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)">JB</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)"><br></span><div><blockquote type="cite"><br><div><div><br><br><img src="cid:5E918092EA8B9642940A0EEADF8DA089@cornerlaw.com" id="gmail-m_-5411232546860444594ox-e7ef30c30c-B98A2224-17CB-4676-AFC6-1ECA93122EF0" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;"><br><br><br><img src="cid:6F596B4BDC82CE4BA5046A65F5EA82CC@cornerlaw.com" id="gmail-m_-5411232546860444594ox-e7ef30c30c-81D753B6-317E-481F-A123-8FB37DC255C8" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;"><br></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br>============================================<br>Tom Johnson - <a href="mailto:tom@jtjohnson.com" target="_blank">tom@jtjohnson.com</a><br>Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA<br>505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h)<br><a href="http://nmfog.org" target="_blank"><b><font color="#0b5394">NM Foundation for Open Government</font></b></a><br><b><font color="#0000ff">Check out <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Its-The-Peoples-Data/1599854626919671" target="_blank">It's The People's Data</a></font></b> </div><div>============================================</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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