April 25 Oaklawn Points Picks go here

[JolyB]

For the fourth consecutive week, we shall be playing Oaklawn Park. Maybe we will do better this time.

Our contest will only cover races 3 through 11. Please have your selections for the points contest posted on this thread not later than 1:37 PM Central time [2:37 PM Eastern], the scheduled post time for race 3.

Good luck to all and thank you to Plenilune for scoring.

[Roamin42]

R3...5-7-1

R4...2-9-6

R5...7-10-6

R6...9-8-5

R7...11-9-4

R8...1-5-9

R9...8-3-1

R10..2-6-8

R11..9-2-13

[Alli]

I'm going to have to skip this week. I'm making masks and selling for $5 each. I sew during the day and go to the local grocery store parking lot in the evening. Yesterday, I sold out within 10 minutes of arriving. People are desperate for them. I'm going to work this weekend to make as many as I can.

Stay safe, y'all.

[Real Quiet]

Crazy times. Thanks Alli for providing a much needed product.

[cal828]

^^^

I was thinking about that very thing last night. I have one of the N95 masks, but not sure whether I can continue to use it. As we all know, the internet is chock full of both information and misinformation. I've read that an N95 should only be used once and also read that it can be used up to 20 times, if you put it in a paper bag and leave it for 3 or 4 days.

So I think I'll attempt to make a mask or two. Don't have a sewing machine and don't know how to use one so probably would sew my fingers together or some such, if I attempted to make a mask that way.

I read that denim is one of the better fabrics to use. So I have found a pair of my granddaughter's old jeans from when she was about 8. Also found some velcro strips. So going to cut the legs off the jeans and slip the velcro through the cutoff legs. Probably be the dumbest looking mask anyone ever made.

[Alli]

That's a good idea! I've been wearing a mask when I go out and found out that they get very warm after a while. Better to be safe, though.

There's a store in town that is charging $14 for masks! It's nice to get a little $ for my efforts and materials, but I want to help people, too.

[cal828]

Originally Posted by Alli

That's a good idea! I've been wearing a mask when I go out and found out that they get very warm after a while. Better to be safe, though.

There's a store in town that is charging $14 for masks! It's nice to get a little $ for my efforts and materials, but I want to help people, too.

Yes, I don't like wearing them. I had to go up in my attic and clean-up a mess that a rat or squirrel left me when I forgot to close my trapdoor. Got so hot up there could hardly breathe with the mask on so had to come down every few minutes. Thought it best to have the mask on though since rodents often carry Hanta virus which is probably more deadly than Covid. Threw that mask away. Bought 2 masks before the pandemic and don't think they were all that cheap then. Probably more expensive now, if I could even find one.