Reply To: Truisms and guidelines that only we know

yes, Friday afternoon. I’m not sure if areas outside of Bklyn have one, but we have an air-raid siren on top of one of the central bldgs, and when that siren goes off, people across the area go into overdrive.

Mind you, Erev Shabbos is one of the most predictable deadlines out there. Yet for some reason, many of us (myself included) are always racing the clock, and seem surprised when we discover that there is only 5 minutes left till Shabbos.

Go figure.