Tuesday, September 15, 2020

In these Covid times.

When I wear a mask in public or decline an invitation to a party or to come inside, I want you to know that :-

* I am educated enough to know that I could be asymptomatic and still give you the virus.

* No, I don't "live in fear" of the virus; I just want to be part of the solution, not the problem.

* I don't feel like the "government is controlling me"; I feel like I'm being a contributing adult to society.

* The world doesn't revolve around me. It's not all about me and my comfort.

* If we all could live with other people's consideration in mind, this whole world would be a much better place.

* Wearing a mask doesn't make me weak, scared, stupid or even "controlled". It makes me considerate.

* When you think about how you look, how uncomfortable it is or what others think of you - a child, a father, a mother, grandparent, aunt or uncle - choking on a respirator, alone without you or any family member allowed at the bedside.

* Ask yourself if it was worth the risk?

* Wearing a mask is not political.

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Military's Murphy Laws

* Never share a bunker with anyone braver than yourself.

* Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.

* Five second fuses always burn three seconds.

* The easy way is always mined.

* Teamwork is essential; it gives the enemy other people to shoot at.

* If you are short of everything but the enemy, you are in combat zone.

* Incoming fire has the right of way.

* No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection.

* No inspection ready unit has ever passed combat.

* If the enemy is within range, so are you.

* The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.

* Tracers work both ways. 

* Professional soldiers are predictable; the world is full of dangerous amateurs.

* Military Intelligence is a contradiction.

* Mines are equal opportunity weapons.

* When in doubt, empty your magazine.

* The side with the simplest uniform wins.

* Combat will occur on the ground between two adjoining maps.

* The most dangerous thing in the world is a Lieutenant with a map and a compass.

* The more a weapon costs, the farther you will have to send it away to be repaired.

* The complexity of a weapon is inversely proportional to the IQ of the weapon's operator.

* If any data is collected, a board of inquiry can prove anything.

* To steal information from a person is called plagiarism. To steal information from the enemy is called gathering intelligence.

* The weapon that usually jams when you need it the most is the one you are trained with.

* The bursting radius of a hand grenade is always one foot greater than your jumping range.

* The crucial round is a dud.

* There is no such place as a convenient foxhole.

* Density of fire increases proportionally to the curiousness of the target.

* Success occurs when no one is looking. Failure occurs when the General is watching.

* Things that must be together to work can never be shipped together.

* The Quartermaster has only two sizes, too large and too small.

* If you have a personality conflict with your superior, he has the personality, you have the conflict.

* If you enter the CO's office with an idea, most likely, you will leave the office with his idea.


Tailpiece.

Got up at 6, the chores and was ready by a quarter to 10. Helped Lekha and Suma in cleaning up the fridge. The afternoon siesta was skipped thanks to an interesting episode of Crime Patrol.  

 

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