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Tom Johnson

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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

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Gillian Densmore

Re: Social Distance tool

https://youtu.be/Fcn6sah5vf8

^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 <[hidden email]> 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

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Tom Johnson - [hidden email]
Institute for Analytic Journalism   --     Santa Fe, NM USA
505.577.6482(c)               505.473.9646(h)
NM Foundation for Open Government
Check out It's The People's Data
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Gillian Densmore

Re: Social Distance tool

Is there a proximity alarm app for phones yet. have it make a LOUD obnoxious RED ALERT RED ALERT sound that'd help to.

On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 6:57 PM Gillian Densmore <[hidden email]> wrote:

https://youtu.be/Fcn6sah5vf8

^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 <[hidden email]> 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 - [hidden email]
Institute for Analytic Journalism   --     Santa Fe, NM USA
505.577.6482(c)               505.473.9646(h)
NM Foundation for Open Government
Check out It's The People's Data
============================================

Virus-free. www.avast.com

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Marcus G. Daniels

Re: Social Distance tool

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Put this puppy in a backpack.

https://www.circlecsupply.com/magnum-12-uo-fence-charger.html

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Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 4:01 PM
To: "Friam@redfish. com" <[hidden email]>
Subject: [FRIAM] Social Distance tool

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

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Barry MacKichan

Re: Social Distance tool

In reply to this post by Tom Johnson

Then there’s this
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a31490476/coronavirus-giant-cardboard-donut-guy-social-distancing/

—Barry

On 24 Mar 2020, at 19:00, Tom Johnson 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 - [hidden email]
Institute for Analytic Journalism   --     Santa Fe, NM USA
505.577.6482(c)               505.473.9646(h)
NM Foundation for Open Government
Check out It's The People's Data
============================================

Virus-free. www.avast.com

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