Subj : Re: ANSI art
To   : Ed Vance
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Sep 02 2025 17:30:43

Ed,

 EV> How can I become A Mister Know-It-All other than by associating
 EV> with the people Who Actually KNOW the ins and outs of operating
 EV> computers,sharing their successes and failures with others
 EV> Users.

  The same applies to amateur radio or any other hobby. You can NOT
know or do EVERYTHING in that hobby, but you can be an "Elmer" (to
use the highest compliment a ham radio operator can receive), to the
new folks to the hobby.

 EV> I never got to the Mr. KIA level BUT I have learned lots and
 EV> lots of things that makes computing life easier for me.
 EV> Also the BBS membership allows Me to share things I've learned
 EV> (good&bad) while using the gear here.

  There are a few bad apples with any hobby, but for the most part,
experiences have been good...and you make many new friends.

 EV> Thanks to You and all of the other Sysops that I used their
 EV> Systems, I enjoy using PC's and this cellphone You Folks have
 EV> made my life easier. So I come back, and back, and back
 EV> againand again. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!

  I'm back after a nearly 9 month BBS hiatus (although it was
longer regarding the message networks), as "life got in the way";
namely with my younger brother's suicide, panic attacks, and a
nervous breakdown, that landed me in the psychiatric ward for a
week.

  They were feeding us 2000 calories A MEAL (not a day), like WE
were the ones being fattened up for Thanksgiving...although some
of us feel that we're turkeys, anyway. <G> After my release, a
fellow ham radio operator told me "You have an excuse to be sane;
the rest of us aren't so lucky".

73,

Daryl, N5VLZ

.... H.A.M. - Have Another Meal, Haven't Any Money, Haven't Any Memory
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