Subj : Re: Covid-19 was: To : Daryl Stout From : Nancy Backus Date : Mon Jul 27 2020 17:45:12 -=> Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 07-Jul-2020 12:25 <=- NB>> And then, on the 4th... there were fireworks everywhere... all through NB>> the neighborhood.... all day and well into the night... :) From the NB>> sound, some were legal... from the sight over the trees, some not... DS> I talked to a fellow ham radio operator in Penfield, New York. He DS> said that "the small ones (fireworks) are OK, but 'the big boomers' are DS> not". Yet, folks go across the state line to Pennsylvania for "the good DS> stuff", and bring it back. Both fireworks and illegal drugs, are DS> impossible to keep out. Or they buy them at the reservations.... DS> A home in Tulsa caught fire from errant fireworks sparks, and burned DS> the ground. Yet, folks in the area, just kept shooting fireworks off. DS> Pure unadulerated selfishness. And or lack of thought... There are places where fireworks can be relatively safely fired off, and other places where it is totally foolhardy.... NB>> No, that was her words, when she called the morning of to cancel that NB>> last appointment.... DS> I try to give my doctors advance notice of a change or cancellation. DS> Some places charge you a hefty no-show fee. She WAS the provider, I the client... :) I likewise try to give sufficent notice.... I don't think any of my doctors charge a no-show fee, but then I've never tested that out by doing it... ttyl neb .... Flood: A river that's too big for its bridges. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .