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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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beans-on-toast said:
I don’t think that you are wrong. It gives the appearance of measures taken. If there are requirements to wear a mask indoors, maybe this gets them around it.

My neighbour came up to me on the street on Sunday. No mask which isn’t unusual these days. He starts going on about how he made it though all this covid time without getting sick. Then he said that he is on his way home from a clinic where they gave him a prescription for antibiotics and ran some tests. Really? He had to stop me to tell me that he has something catching? He couldn’t wear a mask when he knows that he’s sick? Some people just don’t have any common sense.

They say that masks made a big difference this past year during the cold and fly season. I don’t think that I’ll ever stop carrying a mask and will use it wherever there are crowds. Why risk getting sick.

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They do make a difference. We haven't been sick with anything since the end of 2019.
 
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gtmalone said:
Yes, they do. Heard it with the trumpet and t-bone players at school. It mutes the brightness of the instruments. What was silly was putting a bell cover on a sax. Air is shooting out of every open hole!
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The sax bell covers take a little bit of 'edge' off of tone, but as a germ deterrent, nope.
 
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gtmalone said:
Yes, they do. Heard it with the trumpet and t-bone players at school. It mutes the brightness of the instruments. What was silly was putting a bell cover on a sax. Air is shooting out of every open hole!
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Yep, and one time at Band Camp as sound man I got thoroughly schooled by Paul McCandless on best miking practice with various reed instruments. IIRC he played nine horns in the course of two sets, good times.
 
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GwenOnBass said:
Hospital admission underway. Had a small heart attack, and am stable. Doctor says a couple days' stay.
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It’s difficult to “like” your post, but I am super glad to hear that you aren’t in imminent danger. Listen to the medical professionals and heed their advice. I’m looking forward to seeing you back here full time.
 
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beans-on-toast said:
You’re in the best place you can be. Trying not to worry is all you have to do at this point.
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