@inquiline that didn’t occur to me - just to have them in hand, for the odd person I see, seems the most important.

@rail later I found the 2007 speed record video, which is at https://www.archives.sncf.com/5748-lexcellence-francaise-de-la-tres-grande-vitesse-ferroviaire/ if you’ve not seen :)

@inquiline prompted by this I found a convenient packaging of five masks, and ordered three units.

@adamgreenfield what did he tell?

@inquiline sometimes I think I should carry fresh N95s with me to hand to anyone I see masking with a surgical mask, but I see so few people masking.

@darkling @cstross “throbbing” is also a great word

@cstross paging David Cronenberg, white courtesy phone