Face. We want to introduce you to patricia joe boyers, president of a Company Called boy calm and that is located in Southeast Missouri and patty what is it that boy calm does. My goodness, peter, thank you. Thank you for having me. It is an honor to represent a state in Southeast Missouri is a predominantly rural area and we are at the foothills and in the map of the delta that runs on the Mississippi River and all those lush farms in the state of arkansas so what we do, my husband and i are first generation broadband cable tv and phone providers and we serve five counties right at the cost cusp of the blue ridge. Host you serve about five counti in what way . Guest we are broadband, video and the phone provider. Host so just like and how many customers do you have . Guest well, we had 4000 4298. Host can you make money with or thousand 298 customers in the broadbanhistory . Guest absolutely you can. Weve gotten everythingrom [inaudible] we have no middlemen and i have a very shallow
Dont bet against progress thats the lesson for todays stock market where the gross name came roaring back the nasdaq surged 3. 85 . I know what you are thinking. It feels like the whole republic fringes. Well, excuse me. We are having one of the greatest rallies i have ever seen despite all the worries, the woes about the market tanking if Election Night was in indecisive indecisive like it or not, the people spoke. Whether biden or trump ends up on top, it looks like buy den right now. The democrats will have the house and the republicans will have the senate. At least two years of boring do nothing government even with the pandemic and the high unemployment and of course just kind of anger, americans seemed satisfy with the status q quo. They certainly dont want higher taxes. Something that would have been on the agenda if the socalled blue wave has washed in. Thats a big deal. I know based on the polling, i was worried what may happen to stock with a blue wave just stocks. I am sure
And another retired plumber had brought up in the place last february, just one month before the pandemic. 46 days in we found that we had a close and we were devastated. They wouldnt give us a pp loan because we werent in business long enough. Starting friday, a return to tighter restrictions. We are seeing cases connected to social gatherings as well as those indoor businesses where large number of people gathered together like restaurants. Reporter the county Health Officer says thats why theyre returning to restrictions. Outdoor bars without food must close. Retailers just returned a 50 capacity. Shopping mall courts, 25 . Gyms and Fitness Centers 10 and bowling alleys, Entertainment Centers and pools must close. Concerned there is some amount of coded fatigue going on where people are getting tired of the restrictions, tired of staying home, tired of wearing masks. That may be contributing to things as well. I think its a very sad thing we are back to red tier. I think people cove
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