Paper face masks really work!

[vito]

I walk almost every morning with my wife and our little dog. Today was a bit blustery and cold, with the temp down to the high 20's and a moderate wind blowing. I dressed warmly, with a hat and gloves as well, but found that my face was freezing. Suddenly I remembered the paper surgical type face mask I keep in my jacket pocket for when I go into a store that requires customers to wear a mask, which lately seems like every store. I was amazed what a difference that paper mask made in terms of my comfort during the walk. Until my body fully warmed up I kept that mask on and was not bothered at all by the cold. So these masks really do work for some things, and are worth keeping in your pocket on a cold day. As to keeping me safe from a virus, well, who knows?

 

[GunnyGene]

I walk almost every morning with my wife and our little dog. Today was a bit blustery and cold, with the temp down to the high 20's and a moderate wind blowing. I dressed warmly, with a hat and gloves as well, but found that my face was freezing. Suddenly I remembered the paper surgical type face mask I keep in my jacket pocket for when I go into a store that requires customers to wear a mask, which lately seems like every store. I was amazed what a difference that paper mask made in terms of my comfort during the walk. Until my body fully warmed up I kept that mask on and was not bothered at all by the cold. So these masks really do work for some things, and are worth keeping in your pocket on a cold day. As to keeping me safe from a virus, well, who knows?

They work until they ice up from your breath. Then you've got to chip it off. Really bad if you've got a beard. DAMHIK. :lol:

 

[Bull Barrel]

Its just like putting your head under the covers.

 

[Mike J]

Have you ever worn a gaiter. They do make a difference though I don't think one would keep you safe from any virus.

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

I used to use a polyester mask when I was in the cold in Alaska. Vastly prefer it to paper. If it was extremely cold I used a Polypropylene mask. There was a part for the nose where you could breathe.

 

[Snake45]

I hear from young people that they are a great contraceptive, too.

 

[Pat-inCO]

I hear from young people that they are a great contraceptive, too.

HEY VITO . . . . . What woke you up?

 

[kramden]

Probably will keep your face warmer. A recent study out of Sweden show as far as the virus they are useless. It's more of a mental thing . We like to think they are working.

 

[blume357]

They have to work to a degree in that even though most of the mask we are wearing don't actually filter they do slow down the speed of your exhaust so if you are breathing out 'chinese cootie germs' they can't travel as far. Besides that, it is kind of like wearing or showing the flag after 911... just that we are all in this together..... As with the climate change it seems some folks have to make things political and divisive... Since I swing both ways.... nobody likes my view on things. Our mayor proclamated a while back that everyone had to wear a mask inside any business inside the city.... I've gotten so used to it that I often forget to pull it off until I'm back out and in my vehicle driving down the road. About one out of 10 houses I go to request I wear a mask.

 

[Ale-8(1)]

I hear from young people that they are a great contraceptive, too.

. . . similar to the GI-issue Rape Prevention Goggles. :wink:

 

[Snake45]

As with the climate change it seems some folks have to make things political and divisive...

Exactly so. Even though there's little if any actual science about it, you just pretend that it's a real thing, and very important, and if you don't agree with The Narrative, you are a bad person. And probably a racist. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Colonialgirl]

I just love seeing the idiots with the TOP of the mask just below the nostrils of the nose; YEAH RIGHT !! they are REALLY gonna work that way.

 

[blume357]

As with the climate change it seems some folks have to make things political and divisive...

Exactly so. Even though there's little if any actual science about it, you just pretend that it's a real thing, and very important, and if you don't agree with The Narrative, you are a bad person. And probably a racist. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I suppose just because around 18,000 years ago there was ice two miles thick over most of the north east and that has melted does not mean things are getting warmer.... Of course way before that the polar ice cap had melted so much that the ocean was something like 250 ft higher... I think that was our last heat wave.....

Our climate is changing.... the debate is if we are contributing to it with all the crap we are spewing out.... what I can't figure out is what is wrong with trying to reduce all that crap regardless of whether it is effecting the climate or not.... kind of like dumping sewage into a river and then debating as to whether it is making your children sick that swim in it.... maybe it really doesn't matter...

 

[Montelores]

As with the climate change it seems some folks have to make things political and divisive...

Exactly so. Even though there's little if any actual science about it, you just pretend that it's a real thing, and very important, and if you don't agree with The Narrative, you are a bad person. And probably a racist. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I suppose just because around 18,000 years ago there was ice two miles thick over most of the north east and that has melted does not mean things are getting warmer.... Of course way before that the polar ice cap had melted so much that the ocean was something like 250 ft higher... I think that was our last heat wave.....

Our climate is changing.... the debate is if we are contributing to it with all the crap we are spewing out.... what I can't figure out is what is wrong with trying to reduce all that crap regardless of whether it is effecting the climate or not.... kind of like dumping sewage into a river and then debating as to whether it is making your children sick that swim in it.... maybe it really doesn't matter...

What is it again that you do for a living?

:wink:

Monty

 

[Poco Oso]

^ ^ ^ ^ :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: ^ ^ ^ ^

 

[blume357]

What is it again that you do for a living?

:wink:

Monty

Monty,

Pretty much all I do is go to people's houses, look at their fireplace for a few minutes and then sit on their hearth and talk for 30 or 40 minutes and then take money from them......

and the interesting part is they are always grateful and amazed that it did not cost more.

 

[Montelores]

"what I can't figure out is what is wrong with trying to reduce all that crap regardless of whether it is effecting the climate or not...."


You remind me a bit of John Kerry and Al Gore.

Monty

P.S. I'm glad for you, sincerely, that you're a successful entrepreneur.

 

[vito]

HEY VITO . . . . . What woke you up?

I never left. I come here every day but don't start new threads every day. Most of my time at rugerforum.com is spent on the Gun Control and Political part of the forum.

 

[Poco Oso]

What is it again that you do for a living?

:wink:

Monty

Monty,

Pretty much all I do is go to people's houses, look at their fireplace for a few minutes and then sit on their hearth and talk for 30 or 40 minutes and then take money from them......

and the interesting part is they are always grateful and amazed that it did not cost more.

That sounds strikingly similar to a politician's job description.

1: Determine if you can blow smoke up the hole.
2: Talk, talk, talk.
3: Take the money.
4: Garner accolades from the recipients, because they think the probe they just experienced cost them so little. :wink:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lAD6Obi7Cag