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It’s been a long time since I’ve ridden BART. I finally had a reason to go into San Francisco and didn’t feel like driving so decided to take BART. Despite masks being required in the trains, (with plenty of signs pointing this out), of course I’m in the car where some think the rules don’t apply to themselves, like the guy across from me with the mask on his neck, as if to say, I don’t care about anyone but myself. Not to mention the guy eating chips right next to me, obviously not wearing a mask. Then, there is the guy playing loud music taking up two seats. It was frankly a disgusting trip in on a Saturday afternoon and I contemplated never taking BART again if I can help it.

However, on the way back, it was the complete opposite situation. Everyone was wearing masks and behaving themselves. And no more worn-out fabric seats. So I think I’ll ride BART again after all. Do you ride BART? Do you like it more or less than before Covid?

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Next month on September 14th, the California gubernatorial recall special election will take place to decide whether to recall Governor Gavin Newsom. More details can be found out on the Wikipedia page here. Do you plan on voting in this special election? Should Governor Newsom be recalled or is this all a bunch of hullabaloo over French Laundry?

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This week we learned that the salad restaurant sweetgreen would be coming to downtown Walnut Creek, and based on what I’m reading from the comments, it looks like not only do they not accept cash, they don’t even accept credit cards as all purchases must be made through their app.

I remember a couple of years ago buying food at Amazon Go where you just grab what you want, walk out and the Amazon app charges your account automatically. Pretty nifty. Not sure how I feel about having to download an app for every Tom, Dick and Harry store I want to shop at. What do you think about cashless shops?

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Now that we know that the new Delta Covid-19 variant is so infectious, so much so that masking is now required indoors in Contra Costa county, are you worried about getting breakthrough Covid if you’re vaccinated? Or is it just the same old, same old and believe it won’t be serious because your vaccinated?

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With summer vacations well under way, it’s time for many to catch up on reading material. I recently finished Hooked by Michael Moss an, “exposé of how the processed food industry exploits our evolutionary instincts, the emotions we associate with food, and legal loopholes in their pursuit of profit over public health” and look forward to learning how Los Angeles transformed movies, music, television, and politics in 1974 with Rock Me on the Water – 1974.

What is on your summer reading list?

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Now that masks are no longer required inside stores for fully* vaccinated people unless requested by the store itself, what do you make of people shopping masked or maskless? Depending on the store, it seems about evenly split between masked and maskless people, although every week that goes by that split is trending towards less masked people.

The impression I get is that masked poeple are already fully vaccinated and are just taking extra precautions just to be safe. And those who are maskless are split between those who are fully vaccinated and those who are not vaccinated and feel it’s not a big deal. What I don’t think is that unvaccinated people are making sure to mask up while shopping indoors.

* I doubt that most people even realize that being fully vaccinated means two weeks after the second mRNA shot (or the first shot for J&J).

What do you think?

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Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Amazon Prime… The list of online video services keeps growing, with shows increasingly being siloed within their own service, requiring one to subscribe to multiple services to get access to shows you want to watch. Does this remind anyone of cable TV where you need to subscribe to different packages? Or is it not as bad? I subscribe to Netflix and Amazon Prime but I think it might make more sense to cycle through different services every few months to get access to more shows while keeping fees reasonable. What online video services do you subscribe to?

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