Subj : Re: Intel's potential exi
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Sep 05 2025 14:34:17

 pF> My SPAM folder tells a story. First I got emails from
 pF> match.com, trying to find a partner to date. Then, it was
 pF> eHarmony, deciding I was ready to settle down with the love of
 pF> my life.

 pF> A few years later, I was bombarded with Ashley Madison ads,
 pF> apparently thinking my eHarmony soulmate and I were unhappy
 pF> together.

 pF> Then came MyTime, a dating site for 50+ singles "looking for a
 pF> little fun".

 pF> Now, they've collectively given up on my love life. I get SPAM
 pF> emails from GolfMates trying to find quality golf foursomes.

  I never remarried after my wife passed away 18 1/2 years ago. At
this stage of life, so many folks have "too much baggage"..whether
physically, mentally, emotionally, financially, etc. -- or they or
their kids are in trouble with the law, their kids treat their
parents like dirt, etc., and I don't want or need that drama in my 
life.

  I get a ton of those messages on Facebook, but I basically ignore
them...because I no longer drive or have a car, due to vision issues
(dry corneas causing blurred vision without warning), although I'm
in no danger of going blind.

  I'm good friends with a female about 10 years younger than me,
and while she has a bunch of issues (don't we all??!!), I've been
"her shoulder to cry on"...sharing jokes and memes with her (some
can be rather raunchy), but it gets her out of her depression and
funk, and makes her laugh.

  While she is "engaged" to him, there are "issues", and we'll
leave it at that. I did take the 3 of us to an area restaurant
just before Christmas last year, and I had a wardrobe malfunction
when my belt broke when I went to give her a hug...and my pants
fell. I was so embarrassed, but she was laughing so hard, that
she nearly peed on herself. I treated the 3 of us to lunch...
and afterwards, she gave me several kisses with the hugs, and
said "Thank you so much for giving me a wonderful day!!". That
made me happy, as I know it made her happy.

  I think of ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, with one of his "dummies"
(the technical term is "ventriloquial figure"), Walter...who
describes "oral sex" where his wife shouts "Screw You!!", and he
retorts "Bite Me!!". <G>

Daryl

.... Sex is a misdemeanor. Da more ya miss, da meaner ya get.
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