Romance in a pandemic world-drone guy meets rooftop dancing girl

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April 04, 2020, 10:06 AM

Modern Day Savage

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Originally posted by ChuckFinley:
Wouldn't the CO2 be rising and O2 falling rather rapidly in that?

If you are referring to the large plastic ball, I've seen them in use before at one of our local events. ~~I get the impression that they are either not airtight or have some sort of valve for exchanging CO2 and O2. I think they use a zippered entrance.~~

Ok, so your question prompted me to re-think my reply and I thought about some of the airtight zippers that I'm aware of and I did some real quick checking...apparently you are right and I am wrong, and I stand corrected.

There are different manufacturers and designs of these balls, some for land and some for water, but there have been some safety concerns raised about them.

Some manufacturers claim that the balls have 30 minutes of O2 in them and are intended for 7 to 10 minutes of use at a time.

Reportedly, one 5 year old girl passed out in one.

https://www.theguardian.com/wo...-walking-water-balls

In the case of drone boy and rooftop dancing girl, if I understand the story correctly, he lives across the street from her, so I'm guessing that the time it took him to walk (roll?) to meet her and go down the street was probably within that 30 minute window...or he stopped to open the exit, exchange CO2 for O2, and re-pressurize...talk about "deflating" a moment.

April 05, 2020, 06:54 PM

46and2

Getting blown on a first date takes on a whole new meaning.

April 05, 2020, 11:21 PM

Rey HRH

okay, that really was a cute story. Thanks for posting. I expect to see this on a Hallmark channel movie one day.

"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.