Well, I broke my promise to myself to stay out of Lake County, Indiana and Chicago for a while. Today was like visiting a different world. Lake
couty has the 2nd highest virus death count in the state behind Indy.
Laurie had a tele-med call and the doc prescribed her 2 meds. They could not call the sctipt in because one of the items is a controlled substance.
So I had to drive over there to pick the paper script. The nurse refused to mail it to her.
You are going to like this procedure. I was to drive over to the closed Doctor's office and call 5 minutes prior to my arrival. The nurse then would
tape the scripts to the front door of the doctor's office where I would pick them up.
I drove over there about 16 miles. When I called I got a recording saying that they were closed and their Thursday hours were 3 PM to 7 PM. What is
this? So I called again and got the same recording. It was about 9:30 AM. So left and went back home, another 16 miles.
I told Laurie what happened and called the Doc's number again from home to check what time I had to go back in the afternoon. Someone answered and
said we are here. I'll tape the script on the door now if you will come back.
Another 16 or so miles back and there it was. During these trips there was not much going on and no one around. No business were open except 2 gas
stations, and another highway construction crew tieing up traffic. Unlike yesterday in my county, I was the only one waiting for the sign guy to
change the sign to "go" instead of "stop".
I picked up the script, put the script in a pre-addressed envelope to mail it at the drive by box at the local post office. The glue on the envelope
would not hold. The street out front is a major 6 lane wide buisness area street and nothing was open with very few vehicles around. I needed one
piece of scotch tape. I drove about 4 miles north on that street to my neighbor's music store for a small piece of tape. He was open. Somehow
selling guitars and drums is an "essential" business these days.
Along that route I saw 6 cars total going both directions. I mailed the envelope at the local post office drop box and headed home by a different
route. I filled up with $1.149 gas at Sams club and while there decided to go to Walmart next door. The lot was very busy and there were 40 to 50
people lined up to get in at one of the entrances. At least 1/2 were wearing masks. So I put on my mask and rubber gloves and went in the other
entrance where no one was waiting. The two entrances were only 100 to 120 feet apart. Inside there were two Walmart people and one uniformed cop
checking people in. The cop busy was raising hell with one young girl because she came in the exit door instead of the entrance one. I was in and
out in about 1 minute. They did not have what I wanted. I figured that since I was already in a mask and gloves that I would go to Sams next door.
Sams was also throttling people going in and the line of masked people each pushing an empty cart was all the way across the front of the building and
around the corner down the side to the rear edge of the building. I said these people are nuts, got in my truck, and drove home.
Two days, 15 miles apart, in two different counties, and two different worlds. Today was more like what I have been seeing on television.
I wonder what is on TV now? Probably wall to wall talking heads about virus coverage.
Oh, when I went to the doctors office, all of the medical buildings had empty parking lots except the Altzheimers Association. It was almost full.
I wonder if someone forgot to tell them there is a pandemic going on.
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Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
couty has the 2nd highest virus death count in the state behind Indy.
Laurie had a tele-med call and the doc prescribed her 2 meds. They could not call the sctipt in because one of the items is a controlled substance.
So I had to drive over there to pick the paper script. The nurse refused to mail it to her.
You are going to like this procedure. I was to drive over to the closed Doctor's office and call 5 minutes prior to my arrival. The nurse then would
tape the scripts to the front door of the doctor's office where I would pick them up.
I drove over there about 16 miles. When I called I got a recording saying that they were closed and their Thursday hours were 3 PM to 7 PM. What is
this? So I called again and got the same recording. It was about 9:30 AM. So left and went back home, another 16 miles.
I told Laurie what happened and called the Doc's number again from home to check what time I had to go back in the afternoon. Someone answered and
said we are here. I'll tape the script on the door now if you will come back.
Another 16 or so miles back and there it was. During these trips there was not much going on and no one around. No business were open except 2 gas
stations, and another highway construction crew tieing up traffic. Unlike yesterday in my county, I was the only one waiting for the sign guy to
change the sign to "go" instead of "stop".
I picked up the script, put the script in a pre-addressed envelope to mail it at the drive by box at the local post office. The glue on the envelope
would not hold. The street out front is a major 6 lane wide buisness area street and nothing was open with very few vehicles around. I needed one
piece of scotch tape. I drove about 4 miles north on that street to my neighbor's music store for a small piece of tape. He was open. Somehow
selling guitars and drums is an "essential" business these days.
Along that route I saw 6 cars total going both directions. I mailed the envelope at the local post office drop box and headed home by a different
route. I filled up with $1.149 gas at Sams club and while there decided to go to Walmart next door. The lot was very busy and there were 40 to 50
people lined up to get in at one of the entrances. At least 1/2 were wearing masks. So I put on my mask and rubber gloves and went in the other
entrance where no one was waiting. The two entrances were only 100 to 120 feet apart. Inside there were two Walmart people and one uniformed cop
checking people in. The cop busy was raising hell with one young girl because she came in the exit door instead of the entrance one. I was in and
out in about 1 minute. They did not have what I wanted. I figured that since I was already in a mask and gloves that I would go to Sams next door.
Sams was also throttling people going in and the line of masked people each pushing an empty cart was all the way across the front of the building and
around the corner down the side to the rear edge of the building. I said these people are nuts, got in my truck, and drove home.
Two days, 15 miles apart, in two different counties, and two different worlds. Today was more like what I have been seeing on television.
I wonder what is on TV now? Probably wall to wall talking heads about virus coverage.
Oh, when I went to the doctors office, all of the medical buildings had empty parking lots except the Altzheimers Association. It was almost full.
I wonder if someone forgot to tell them there is a pandemic going on.
--
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
