Parakeet Jones

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I posted the above a little earlier in the thread.

Race to be run at 50% capacity. I got an email from IMS stating I should be able to get seats close to my regular ones since I only get two. Everyone is limited to two tickets, so if you normally have a group of 20, you have to figure out which 18 folks you’re going to mess over. At least I will have some room to spread out for once.

School board for the district I work in approved a revised calendar tonight to be preemptive against a second wave. Our two week fall break is now eLearning as is the two days before and the week after Thanksgiving. We are off most of December.

I like Robin Miller, but he dropped the ball by not asking the follow up question, “All fans or a reduced number?”

I’m getting pretty nervous about the 8/23 date with the announcement that the state fair has been cancelled. The final day for the fair was to be 8/23. I got an email from IMS today about the announcement that no fans would be allowed to the GP or Brickyard on July 4 weekend. In it they said they still plan on the 500 going on with spectators, but like I said, today’s state fair announcement has me nervous.

If they can’t on 8/23 I hope they postpone to 10/3 to give it a bit more time. IMS already has that date set aside for a second road course race so the schedule would work out. The weather should be better in theory too.

NBC is showing last year’s at 2:00. ESPN2 is showing condensed versions of 2006, 2011, and 2014 starting at 3:00. It has been a strange day for sure.

Amarillo, I’ll be there.

It would be the 3rd if it was in October. No IU football that Saturday so that would be nice. My personal nightmare would be if the 500 ended up that day and IU tried to schedule Hoosier Hysteria that day. I love the Hoosiers, but the 500 would take priority over a glorified pep rally.

It’s been hitting me hard this weekend since qualifying should be happening. I’ve been watching a lot of old videos on YouTube like I normally due this time of year and it’s really got me missing heading to IMS for the race next Sunday. It’s going to be brutally hot in August. I almost hope it gets bumped to October for the sake of the weather.

This district I work for sent one of those out too. Did you have four options to choose from? I am starting to think about what adjustments I would have to make to start next year doing eLearning. I tried to find a list is restaurants affected today, but I guess no list was published. I will be crushed if the one in Clarksville is. I hope the one in Bedford survives too since that is a frequent stop headed to Bloomington for games for me.

Congratulations and sorry you couldn’t go out and see her. Feeling okay? How is the new grand baby?

Praying for you, friend.

Nursing homes are getting hammered. My wife works at one. Little Keet’s pediatrician had her take FMLA due to his history of hospitalizations for pneumonia. Hopefully her facility can get it under control quickly so that she can go back to work. We know she was exposed prior to FMLA, but thankfully she tested negative.

I agree. Whenever whatever happens happens it will be interesting. A mid year trade would be a good sign, but I expect them to let Jacoby play out the last year of his contract. I probably find myself trusting Ballard more than any other coach or GM of any of my teams than I have for quite a while.

What happens with him will definitely be interesting to watch.

Colts got a QB. I like the pick in round four. Let him sit for a year or two behind Rivers. then see what you have.

I like that pick. I agree with Scott, let’s double up with pick 44.

I’m really looking forward to the draft tomorrow night. I usually just watch it casually, but with no sports to watch in what feels like 20 years, I will be big time into it. Some buddies and I have set up a zoom conference to “get together “ and watch.

Could they have done something other than using different shades of green?

Praying for you, Scott. Take care.

Very impressive landing this commit during the caronapocalypse. Great job, Arch and staff.

I’m starting to get word of people I know personally who have tested positive for Covid. Just got a phone call that one of them is on a ventilator fighting for his life.

Yep. My wife is a therapist and she is the most stressed than I have seen her in the 10 years we have been married. She was in tears the other night.