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Title: Who buys masks for your household?
Post by: truth_seeker on October 08, 2020, 11:44:17 pm
You?
Your spouse?

Other?
Title: Re: Who buys masks for your household?
Post by: Wingnut on October 08, 2020, 11:49:50 pm
We don't do masks.  Never will.
Title: Re: Who buys masks for your household?
Post by: mountaineer on October 09, 2020, 12:14:25 am
I sewed a couple. We wear them when we have to, but I made mine too loose on purpose so I  have a chance to breathe.
Title: Re: Who buys masks for your household?
Post by: Weird Tolkienish Figure on October 09, 2020, 12:15:13 am
My wife and mother in law make them.
Title: Re: Who buys masks for your household?
Post by: Wingnut on October 09, 2020, 12:16:53 am
I live in a state that is free of such things.
Title: Re: Who buys masks for your household?
Post by: 240B on October 09, 2020, 12:55:59 am
Got a mask from some dickhead Liberal a few 6 or so months ago.
Put it in my wallet. Pull it out when I have to. Just for the show, political theater.
It doesn't actually do anything. But the Liberal Nazis are crazy over it.
Title: Re: Who buys masks for your household?
Post by: mystery-ak on October 09, 2020, 01:46:51 am
My son's motherinlaw made several for us..She just made Trump ones that are in the mail.
Title: Re: Who buys masks for your household?
Post by: roamer_1 on October 09, 2020, 01:52:18 am
You?
Your spouse?

Other?

NOPE.
Title: Re: Who buys masks for your household?
Post by: Jazzhead on October 09, 2020, 02:41:46 am
I use a "mask" fashioned from a cut up t-shirt. 
Title: Re: Who buys masks for your household?
Post by: Sighlass on October 09, 2020, 07:20:43 am
Think I have wore a mask about 4 times (couple doctor visits and gas station)... I really don't go out much where I have to wear a mask. I work in the yard, shed, garage and don't bother folks much. Company comes I keep a respectful distance away and don't hug a lot. Lot of places seem to hand out free masks, wife collects a few, I put them in my truck in case I make a tobacco run.
Title: Re: Who buys masks for your household?
Post by: jafo2010 on October 09, 2020, 08:36:25 am
I almost never wear a mask.  In Georgia, we have had a fair amount of freedom in that regard.

There are only a couple establishments here that require a msk to enter their establishment, otherwise I never wear one.

Today I went to the grocery store.  For the very first time, I was the ONLY person that did not have a mask on.  It was a surprise to me.  So one good thing Trump did getting sick is motivating Americans to wear a mask.  If the president can get it, so too can I is the mindset of many here, I am sure.

So one of the best things to get folks wearing a mask was Trump contracting the disease.
Title: Re: Who buys masks for your household?
Post by: Gefn on October 09, 2020, 10:48:50 am
Me. I live in a state that mandates wearing them. However I bought some really pretty ones.
Title: Re: Who buys masks for your household?
Post by: mountaineer on October 09, 2020, 01:31:27 pm
I use a "mask" fashioned from a cut up t-shirt.
That's what's so funny. It doesn't actually matter whether the mask is the least bit effective at preventing transmission of the virus. It's all for show. Virtue signaling.

For a dental visit a few weeks back, they gave me one of those one-use papery masks to put on before entering the building. I ripped out the inner layers in order to be able to breathe. It clearly has a big hole on the inside, but it's still a mask!
Title: Re: Who buys masks for your household?
Post by: roamer_1 on October 09, 2020, 01:35:12 pm
Think I have wore a mask about 4 times (couple doctor visits and gas station)... I really don't go out much where I have to wear a mask. I work in the yard, shed, garage and don't bother folks much. Company comes I keep a respectful distance away and don't hug a lot. Lot of places seem to hand out free masks, wife collects a few, I put them in my truck in case I make a tobacco run.

Me about the same... out all I have to do is say I am asthmatic, and get a free pass. How crazy is that?
Title: Re: Who buys masks for your household?
Post by: Applewood on October 10, 2020, 02:22:27 pm
I (reluctantly) bought a few reusable, handmade masks from a seller in California -- this was when masks became required, but they were as scarce as hen's teeth. This seller was the only one I could find who had masks for sale at a reasonable price. I have since obtained some disposable masks (they came as a "free gift" with something I ordered), plus my health insurance company sent me a colorful, reusable mask for being a subscriber or something.

All of them are a PITA to wear because no matter what I do, they constantly move around.  When I bend down to tie my shoes for example, the mask ends up over my eyes.  Another thing:  they fog up my glasses or sunglasses. 

But I wear them because (a) they are required in most places; and (b) they make others feel safer.  Personally, I don't believe they do anything to keep the virus away.  I will be happy when this dang virus is over and we can go back to not having to wear masks, social distance and the rest.

Title: Re: Who buys masks for your household?
Post by: Cyber Liberty on October 10, 2020, 03:00:54 pm
We got all our cloth masks at the GOP HQ where we do a volunteer shift every week.  They all say "Trump 2020."  I wear them when I have to (like to go into a store), so it's my little act of defiance.