Life in late pre Covid days. A reminder of when life was normal

[Out to Lunch]

Out to Lunch, on Flickr. Normal.

 

[David Hughes]

Laura Spinney's book was by far the best 1918/20 pandemic read.

Pepys and Defoe did a pretty good job too.

Regards, David

PS It was called the plague then (1665)...

 

[Damaso]

Don't know when the next gallery opening will be...

 

[dourbalistar]

EDIT: Right after I posted this, I saw that La Taqueria re-opened yesterday after a two-month closure. Probably wasn't a scene like this, though. To-go orders only.

Leica M5, Canon 35mm f/2 LTM, ORWO N74+, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 6.5 minutes.


2019.10.19 Roll #224-04180-positive.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

 

[peterm1]

February 2020.

Conversations and Red Wine by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[dourbalistar]

The days of carefree air travel...

Nikon FM2n, AI Nikkor 50mm f/1.8S, Ultrafine eXtreme 400, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes.


2020.02.14 Roll #237-04422-positive.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

 

[John Bragg]

Mayday in Padstow, Cornwall.

IMG_15-05-2013_08-52-00 by E.J. Bragg, on Flickr

 

[John Bragg]

IMG_15-05-2013_08-35-33 by E.J. Bragg, on Flickr

 

[markjwyatt]

These were taken about a week and a half before San Francisco locked down. California followed 3 days later.


Street Car by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr


Kearny and Market Just Before Shutdown by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr


Street Below by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr


Street Vendor San Francisco by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[Bill Clark]

Too many humans on the planet moving all over.

Humans can’t/won’t control population then nature will.

In China:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_China_by_population


In India:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_India_by_population

There are other plsces.