I also had my first peal (on Oct 21, so right after that mid-Oct boundary), and it miiiight be worth mentioning the Atlas Obscura folks who stopped by to film? 

I don't have any numbers to back this up, but anecdotally I've heard that surgical masks aren't great for preventing the spread of covid or flu. That biases me toward the duckbills, but I know some people don't like how the around-the-head straps interact with hair/headwear/glasses. 

Sam
On Jan 2, 2024 at 8:44 PM -0500, Laura Dickerson via Boston-change-ringers <boston-change-ringers@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu>, wrote:
This quarter (as far as the Clapper is concerned) started in mid-October. I think there will be a separate article about the Double Beryl story. I'll mention Kat's first peal, and any other special ringing that people want pointed out (including first time firing for a number of people on NYE). Some Boston ringers go to the Smith gatherings. When I think about the past couple of months, preparing the holiday cards looms large, but many of the Clapper readers should have seen those cards in person, I hope. Please let me know what I'm missing.

Wastewater numbers are way up, and it seemed to me on Sunday that almost everyone at service ringing knew someone currently with Covid. We are down to a few give-away masks in each tower now, so I will buy more. An online source that sells the duckbill style N95 (but blue) is offering them at a hugely reduced price because of damaged boxes (supposedly not damaged masks). Should I order some of those or stick with the CVS earloop style? (Speaking of wastewater, the Biobot people are taking the week off, so I don't think there will be an update on Thursday).

Laura Dickerson

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