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^paint it dayglow green with hot pink straps. Keeping out of peoples personal space has a aholery problem for a long time. No idea why. On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 5:00 PM Tom Johnson <t...@jtjohnson.com> wrote: > Date: March 23, 2020 at 1:31 PM > Subject: Social Distancer > > Welcome to the Social Distancer, my open-code solution.to people standing > too close to you. > > A lot of people are justifiably concerned people are coming within six > feet of them and there is no way to get them to stand back. Many people > seem to have no concept of how much distance six feet is, or they are just > not conscious of the need to remain that far away. > > The Social Distancer is a polite way to demonstrate the distance and > remind them to stay that far away. Just say “please stand six feet away, > which is exactly the length of my stick”. > > Total cost less than $5, takes a few minutes to make with basic tools, and > it is super light to carry. I am making a few for older friends who are > having problems with this issue. > > Buy 6' of 3/4" PVC pipe, two tennis balls, some short (1/2 inch) screws > and red spray paint. Put together as shown: > > > - cut a "+" into the tennis ball with a razor knife, > - stick the PVC pipe in the resulting hole, > - screwed the flaps of the tennis ball down and > - spray paint the ends red > > > Feel free to share, I hope this idea goes anti-viral if it works! > > JB > > > > > > > > > > ============================================ > Tom Johnson - t...@jtjohnson.com > Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA > 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) > *NM Foundation for Open Government* <http://nmfog.org> > *Check out It's The People's Data > <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Its-The-Peoples-Data/1599854626919671>* > > ============================================ > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> > <#m_635107652816002700_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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