Posted on 04/04/2020 8:19:27 AM PDT by a little elbow grease
An American story posted in an effort to show how far the coronavirus insanity has traveled and how the character of our country is being reshaped ....
Hoops Removed at Legendary NYC Basketball Courts as a Coronavirus Precaution
by Angi Gonzalez Brooklyn
(snip) -- "The basketball court at Rucker Park in Harlem is considered hallowed ground for some of the greatest players in the game.
On Thursday, it was empty, which seemed surreal for people who live in the neighborhood.
Earlier in the day, the hoops at the Rucker Park court and at 79 other basketball courts across the city were removed at the order of Mayor de Blasio.
Most of the people who spoke with NY1 on Thursday about the decision were not pleased.
This was true even with the knowledge that the move was made in an effort to promote social distancing amid the spread of the coronavirus.
“I know we have something serious going on. We have a virus and it’s getting a lot of people sick, especially in NYC, but the kids need stuff, they need activities,” said one woman. “I can see that they are doing it for people’s safety and health, but I just think it’s unfair,” said a 17-year-old girl. On Wednesday, the Mayor announced his plan to remove the hoops. He said the courts selected for removal were chosen based on information from the NYPD and NYC Parks Department."
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/03/27/hoops-removed-at-legendary-nyc-basketball-courts-as-a-coronavirus-precaution
Thanks for the smile.
What? They didn’t have constables on the course looking for illegal fist-bumps?
OK, and how many masks do you count?
Courts near us have either been locked up or the hoops removed. My routine for years has included a couple of solo shoot-around sessions any week I can’t play a few games. Am I pi$$ed? You bet!
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....... very appropriate.
"don't have the strength to get up and take another shot ...... And my best friend, my doctor, won't even say what it is I've got"
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magic lyrics .....
Putting the ball in the hole has nothing to do with my golf game. (Sobbing)
LOL...I hear ya!
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10096-017-3104-7
Dylan under the microscope: microbiology in Subterranean Homesick Blues
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“The most direct reference to microbiology and infectious diseases comes in the last two lines of the song: The pump don’t work ’Cause the vandals took the handles. This is a clear link to the police officers (who also may have been vandals, certainly in the view of Dylan in the mid-1960s in the USA) who removed, at the request of John Snow, the handle of the water pump in Broad Street, Soho, London and this caused an end to the cholera epidemic of 1854.”
“Apart from the clear-cut microbiology undertone, the song has a number of relevant lifestyle advices: do not steal, do not wear sandals, do not try “No-Doz”, and, most importantly, do not follow leaders. Dylan appears to deal with infection and immunity more often, especially on the “The Other Side of Bob Dylan” albums, which warrants a more in-depth infectious diseases investigation of his complete oeuvre.”
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Strange ........... I knew little of this tale.
Gonna be more shootin..."
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..... foul shootin'?
You can’t even play golf in PA.
/s
Never been a big Dylan fan except for “Tangled up in Blue.”
“Look out kid, they keep it all hid!”
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Look out kid ......... It's somethin' you did. (I think)
Well played!"
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MYOSBGONHT
Thanks for the smile.
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From Bob Dylan's 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'
So, you just take a whiz in the bushes?
“MYOSBGONHT”
Huh?
A man in a surgical cap, with a narcan pen
Wants eleven N95 masks and you only got ten
His made more sense than yours.
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