On 2/22/2021 7:10 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Monday, February 22, 2021 at 9:41:40 AM UTC-5, wrote:
>> On Monday, February 22, 2021 at 9:09:35 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>> On 2/21/2021 1:58 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 21 Feb 2021 10:36:28 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
>>>>> <https://www.vbgov.com/government/departments/communications-office/fact-or-fiction/Pages/Beach-Rules.aspx>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, but you're being reasonable. I was trying to adapt to Gary
>>> Don't go by that "tourist friendly" VB govt site. They conveniently left
>>> off many of the beach restrictions.
>>>
>>> What a joke that list of prohibited things is. It's worse than that.
>> They should allow grilling. As long as the people doing so protect their grills from going off, meaning starting a fire outside grill area. Sand and fire extinguishers come to mind. They should allow fires, as long as the people involved have safety precautions in effect. People like to hang around fires and talk and hang out.
>
> There probably were lawyers involved.
>
> I'd like to believe that people don't just sit around making up regulations.
> It would be preferable to think that they are promulgated in response to
> a problem.
>
> For example, some fool fell into a fire on the beach and was
> badly burned. So a regulation against fires was needed.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

correction: some fool fell into a fire *** on some beach, some place,
any place, in the entire world *** so a prohibition here was needed.