Then there’s this
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a31490476/coronavirus-giant-cardboard-donut-guy-social-distancing/
—Barry
On 24 Mar 2020, at 19:00, Tom Johnson wrote:
Date: March 23, 2020 at 1:31 PM
Subject: Social Distancer
Welcome to the Social Distancer, my open-code solution.to people
standing
too close to you.
A lot of people are justifiably concerned people are coming within six
feet
of them and there is no way to get them to stand back. Many people
seem
to have no concept of how much distance six feet is, or they are just
not conscious of the need to remain that far away.
The Social Distancer is a polite way to demonstrate the distance and
remind
them to stay that far away. Just say “please stand six feet away,
which is
exactly the length of my stick”.
Total cost less than $5, takes a few minutes to make with basic tools,
and
it is super light to carry. I am making a few for older friends who
are
having problems with this issue.
Buy 6' of 3/4" PVC pipe, two tennis balls, some short (1/2 inch)
screws
and red spray paint. Put together as shown:
- cut a "+" into the tennis ball with a razor knife,
- stick the PVC pipe in the resulting hole,
- screwed the flaps of the tennis ball down and
- spray paint the ends red
Feel free to share, I hope this idea goes anti-viral if it works!
JB
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