One other thing: I'm trying to get stuff on the process of learning to ring into the Clapper.  So if any of our learners (or recent learners) wanted to write about their experiences of learning to ring, that would be great!
Possible topics include but are obviously not limited to: How you found out about change ringing, experiences learning handling, experiences learning Plain Bob, what's been good, what's been discouraging, do you ring handbells/tower bells/both, interesting anecdotes, hanging out with ringers when not ringing.
Possible length: A couple of sentences (which could go in the area report) to a page (you get your own article!)

On Tue, Jan 2, 2024 at 11:18 PM Laura Dickerson via Boston-change-ringers <boston-change-ringers@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu> wrote:

   People have reminded me of film crews and asked for the mask link.  Here it is
https://www.armbrustusa.com/products/n95-respirators-damaged-box-sale
    

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From: lauradi <lauradi@rcn.com>
To: boston-change-ringers <boston-change-ringers@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu>
Date: Tuesday, 2 January 2024 8:44 PM EST
Subject: any news for the Clapper? Opinions about buying duckbill masks?

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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