Another COVID Casualty

[Rusk County Avengers]

You know my motto: Buy high and sell low.

How the devil are you in business!

 

[redbob]

How the devil are you in business!

I'm not, I just keep others in business. When I walk through the door, dealers lick their chops and say Oh goody, look who is here.

 

[UCVRelics]

I'm trying to work with him and we almost had to have an intervention awhile back.

 

[redbob]

I'm trying to work with him and we almost had to have an intervention awhile back.

He plays dirty, he went over my head and straight to my boss.

 

[Rusk County Avengers]

I'm trying to work with him and we almost had to have an intervention awhile back.

Don't you dare intervene!

I think I might have to stock up on CW goodies and grab a table. No interventions till I can have my "Oh goody, look who is here." moment!

Five or six times at the least....

 

[UCVRelics]

Don't you dare intervene!

I think I might have to stock up on CW goodies and grab a table. No interventions till I can have my "Oh goody, look who is here." moment!

Five or six times at the least....

If it ain't a RARE CS arty shells that weight at least 100lb don't bother.

 

[Rusk County Avengers]

If it ain't a RARE CS arty shells that weight at least 100lb don't bother.

Artillery shells and artillery items with a slick sales pitch was my plan.

Make a banner with a Columbiad shell on it high above the other banners and nothing else and he'd zoom past every other table to get to to mine!

 

[Michael W.]

Well this is a bunch of B.S. I went to a local gun show here in town last weekend that didn't shut down. Indiana has a state wide mask mandate currently. I asked if I needed to wear a mask as NOBODY was wearing them (But it is the law). They told me I could do whatever I wanted. This **** is getting old.

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

Whoa - I don't know what bars are open and people congregating. At least up here, things are still pretty strictly enforced and I mean the liquor commission is actively on patrol and the whole works at restaurants and bars. It's on the news and in the papers. If anything, more masks are coming and they are enforced.

I had a zoom meeting yesterday with the state and we were all reminded that if we traveled outside of New England OR took a plane, we needed to quarantine for 14 days before returning to our state jobs and they mean it. That's why I can't come to the Muster because I have an election during the time period and I'd be in quarantine instead.

So there are no shows of anything or reenactments.

 

[major bill]

There are few masks worn in bars in this area. Some restaurants the servers and cooks wear masks, in some areas not a single person in the restaurant is wearing a mask. No masks on servers, cooks, nor cash register operators. Not a single person wearing masks coming in or going out. My wife and I stopped at one of these "no masks" restaurants and we were unforgettable and though about leaving.

 

[Rusk County Avengers]

I'm not gonna lie, I strongly suspect once the election happens the pandemic madness will start to go away. After all vaccines, politics and so on...

Down side to that, lots of reenactments and CW shows will regret calling everything off!

 

[major bill]

I am predicting that this is not the last Covid "casualty" announced this year. All my CRWTs are not going to have meetings this fall. My Company of Military Historians postponed their annual convention held in the spring, which was originally moved to October, will be moved to May of 2021. Who knows where the nation will be in May of 2021? We may be better off or we may be worse off. I am leery of large scale gatherings occuring in the spring of 2021.

 

[redbob]

I heard about this an another show being cancelled the other day. I've been expecting depression rates to go up.

Richmond

 

[Michael W.]

Whoa - I don't know what bars are open and people congregating. At least up here, things are still pretty strictly enforced and I mean the liquor commission is actively on patrol and the whole works at restaurants and bars. It's on the news and in the papers. If anything, more masks are coming and they are enforced.

I had a zoom meeting yesterday with the state and we were all reminded that if we traveled outside of New England OR took a plane, we needed to quarantine for 14 days before returning to our state jobs and they mean it. That's why I can't come to the Muster because I have an election during the time period and I'd be in quarantine instead.

So there are no shows of anything or reenactments.

How will your state know if you travel? This stuff is really getting out of hand.

 

[redbob]

If it ain't a RARE CS arty shells that weight at least 100lb don't bother.

If someone wants to steal them, I at least want them to have to work for them.

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

How will your state know if you travel? This stuff is really getting out of hand.

Because I'm supposed to tell the truth as a sworn official. And we are still having cases and a small amount of deaths.

 

[James N.]

Everyone can just look at the bright side, that there is lot of demand being pent up. First real big show I reckon sales will go up a good percentage. The time till then may see a decrease in sales, but they'll be better than before come show time.

Also I guess good time to build up inventory at COVID prices.

That was largely my excuse for my most recent purchase, a couple of French Napoleonic flint pistols, one of which is above, that set me back more than I'd normally want to pay for new toys - after all, I haven't been spending money on anything else this year!

 

[James N.]

Well this is a bunch of B.S. I went to a local gun show here in town last weekend that didn't shut down. Indiana has a state wide mask mandate currently. I asked if I needed to wear a mask as NOBODY was wearing them (But it is the law). They told me I could do whatever I wanted. This **** is getting old.

There are few masks worn in bars in this area. Some restaurants the servers and cooks wear masks, in some areas not a single person in the restaurant is wearing a mask. No masks on servers, cooks, nor cash register operators. Not a single person wearing masks coming in or going out. My wife and I stopped at one of these "no masks" restaurants and we were unforgettable and though about leaving.

I'm not gonna lie, I strongly suspect once the election happens the pandemic madness will start to go away. After all vaccines, politics and so on...

Fortunately, where I live it's largely up to the individual. Right now I'm wearing one because I'm using the computer in my local library; later when I go to the store to buy milk I'll don it again - otherwise, I certainly don't bother! In most restaurants out here in the country the servers wear them, but the patrons don't. Two weeks ago when I attended the big mostly outdoor flea market - where I found the neat rifle tools - there were very few wearing them, maybe 10 - 20%. I agree that in the best traditions of Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Media is mainly trying to keep up the skeer strictly for political reasons.

 

[GwilymT]

Around here (Pittsburgh) masks are common and if you aren't wearing one out in public you are decidedly in the minority. Drive an hour outside of town and it's the opposite. I think the sad thing is that masks have somehow become political. We can't simply listen to the vast majority of medical professionals but have to make everything political. We've managed to turn a public health issue into a political issue. Very sad state of affairs.

 

[Stone in the wall]

Because I'm supposed to tell the truth as a sworn official. And we are still having cases and a small amount of deaths.

Great to see we still have some honest officials out there.