Mask Wearers

"Give a man a mask and he will tell the truth."   Sounds like an argument for anonymous comments  to blog posts.

Harrison Ford was a guest of Charlie Rose  to-night. The talk was about his  character role in the movie about Jackie Robertson , first black player in white U.S. baseball. 


Later I watched a program on  TVO  about the life and times  of  William Shakespeare . I am now not sure where the quote  above emanated but I think it was from Ford  the actor  on playing  a character role and assuming a different personality.

I've had to attend to other things in  the last several days although I have read  the comments  and incoming mail .One e-mail  respectfully sought a response .

It stated different positions of the Toronto  and York Region Boards of Health on cell  towers and
phones and asked me to explain.

The Toronto Board's position in the nineties was that evidence  of  harm from cell towers or phones
is not certain.  Therefore  the  Board  recommends  100% more of whatever for protection than the Federal recommendation.

I did write a response , Then I decided adding my two cents worth  to the different positions of various expert authorities,  would  add nothing to the discussion so I  deleted  it and decided to spend the rest of the evening  listening and hoping to hear something  illuminating.

In the late news, skin experts were talking about  the  risk of  skin cancer from exposure to sunshine.
The last  medical spokesperson  noted behavior does not change with knowledge. People still do what they  like.  Even when they've had a bout with skin cancer they will expose their skin without  applying sun block.

For some reason it made me think of a comment I wanted to make  for several weeks.

Andy Rooney was a popular curmudgeon who ended  Sixty Minutes  every Sunday night with a custy comment. He was in his mid eighties. Still doing a job he  excelled at.  Wood work  was his hobby.  He complained regularly about the indignities of growing old. 

"It sucks" he said,

All of a sudden, so to speak, he was dead.

He had minor surgery  for a simple  ailment and died from  complications of  the surgery.

I could imagine what he would have had to say about that,

How could there be complications from minor surgery for a simple ailment?

Either there is no such thing as minor surgery or  a major mistake was made in the process.

Thanks to all you masked commenters for keeping things going  during the last few days.