Hi Nancy!
NB>> Next door, with their high-school graduate, had a string of parties
NB>> to celebrate... At one of them, they had the now-legal ground
NB>> fireworks which they set off from the front walk... I could see
NB>> them out the window, being only next-door... :)
BM> Here Iowa allows whatever the next classification of fireworks is
BM> above sparklers; Bettendorf allows July 3rd and 4th from 2 p.m. until
BM> 11 p.m.. plus for New Year's. The evening of July 3rd was noisy; July
BM> 4....!!! I'm quite certain because of no public displays anyone
BM> interested in having their own did so! We went outside for a while and
BM> surrounded! :) The only problem was with the trees surrounding the property
BM> most of the displays were 'window blinded' by the leaves and branches but
BM> still got a decent show. And some were in between the
BM> trees so a clear view.
NB> The same happened here, since large gathering wasn't allowed,
NB> there were fireworks everywhere instead.... :)
I wonder if that might become a new normal? Don't know who foots the
bill for the public fireworks but I'd assume the city. In Iowa 'medium'
sized fireworks are legal so here at the house pretty much a panorama.
Some did go higher -- 100'? (City's did go higher.) Wondering if maybe
the city fireworks will be eased out, so not spending money there.
Private fireworks would take over, so money to the fireworks retailers
and tax money to the city/county/state.
BM> This morning (7th) the morning show meteorologist did comment there
BM> were a few isolated fireworks still last night -- with the glance to
BM> the anchor at the news desk about 15' away of no wonder we're tired
BM> (they probably start their shift around 3 a.m.).
NB> We're still getting isolated fireworks again.... :)
I think by the 11th (week after July 4) the leftover fireworks were
done.
NB>> And then, on the 4th... there were fireworks everywhere... all
NB>> through the neighborhood.... all day and well into the night... :)
NB>> From the sound, some were legal... from the sight over the trees,
NB>> some not... <G>
BM> <he-he!> I don't think there were any illegal fireworks around here,
BM> or at least none that stood out. A couple years ago someone on the
BM> next street over shot off what seemed like an M80 in the early evening;
BM> that one brought people to the front doors trying to figure out what
BM> exploded! We were half-expecting to hear either hear a car racing off
BM> to the hospital or an ambulance coming.
NB> That happens once in a while here... and a little more often up
NB> at the Pond... :)
Could sort of see it occurring at a semi-isolated place like The Pond. ...More
thinking the visual effect of the fireworks reflecting in the
still water!
NB>>> Or just the therapist sees a lot of high-risk clients, vs not so
NB>>> high-risk.... She'd chickened out about a week before the shutdown,
NB>>> as the virus was arriving... Possibly she could have done a rub or two
NB>>> "under the radar", not at the office, but doing a home visit, but she
NB>>> wasn't ready to risk things either.... Anyway, now we are back on a
NB>>> weekly schedule, thankfully... :)
BM>> Yes, IMO not worth risking the license -- permanently or temporarily.
BM>> As for 'chickening out', maybe, maybe not. She may have foreseen the
BM>> issue and simply took action before others did.
NB>> No, that was her words, when she called the morning of to cancel that
NB>> last appointment....
BM> OK -- sometimes one gets a premonition or something or something just
BM> doesn't feel right. She seemed to be right to close, even though a
BM> week early by standards (being ahead of everyone else isn't necessarily
BM> a bad thing!).
NB> She was also one of the first in her office to re-open... :)
So she is ahead of everyone! :)
BM>> Yes. Frozen is looking more full but still holes. Did notice one
BM>> strange thing yesterday: frost! Several of the cases had a pretty
BM>> good amount of frost build-up. My guess is a combination of air leaks
BM>> in the doors (by the frost pattern), humidity, and the new cases being
BM>> set a little too cold.
NB>> Were they already stocked...? Or still mostly empty...? that could
NB>> have an effect, too...
BM> Both! Some cases were full, some empty, a couple/few partially
BM> stocked. Most cases didn't have the frost. During the past week's
BM> meandering did notice only a few of the cases had a frost build-up and that
BM> was way down from the previous week.
NB> Guess they are finding the sweet spot... ;)
Probably! Noticed during last Thursday's shopping a little frost
buildup in a few areas but nothing major like originally.
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