Subj : Re: Various Things To : Daryl Stout From : Brian Rogers Date : Wed Jun 09 2021 22:28:00 Hello Daryl; -=> Daryl Stout wrote to Brian Rogers <=- DS> I knew a Stephanie back in elementary school...and knew of Stephanie DS> Abrams at The Weather Channel. Those are the only 2 of these folks I DS> knew about. There was a girl character named Stephanie who worked at the Inn Newhart owned - cute little blonde thing that was a heart throb of sorts in the 80s. I can't recall the actress' name however. DS> That sounds like Microsoft Windows...they did another update DS> yesterday. More Zero-day patches - outsource I.T. folk like me call it "job security". Years ago I had windows 3.1 running on an 8086! Slow as you know what and mainly ran off of swap, but worked! When I took some training on 486 machines which were fairly new then I was told Windows 3 wouldn't work on anything less than a i386 - of course to me that was a challenge DS> I don't use soundcard packet, but the packet via telnet. I have an DS> MFJ 1270C TNC with a power supply...but no cable or rig to go with it. DS> When I had an Icom T7H dual band HT with a magmount antenna and the DS> cable, I hooked those up to the BBS, and was able to use the Packet DS> Door done by the late Dave Perry, W0KGU (SK) (I think that was his DS> call...he passed away 10 years ago). Ions ago I had a packet door on my MajorBBS which locals loved. I still have one on my SBBS now. Packet with an HT is horrible unless you have an outdoor antenna. Too much RFI from the PC. The best HT if you must use one were the RatShack HTX-202 (I still have 2 of them that work great!) DS> His QRZ Door only works with an old data CD of QRZ (which I still DS> have), but I tell folks to look on the internet for more current DS> callsigns. However, I use his BULLET door for bulletins in several DS> categories, the REGSCAN door for Part 97 (I need to update that), and DS> the Worked All States progress door. All of his doors require a DS> DORINFO1.DEF dropfile, but don't have a fossil driver. So, you have to DS> run them under Synchronet, with its DOSXTRN utility, or create a DS> generic DORINFO1.DEF dropfile and use DOORWAY to run it under another DS> BBS software for it to work under telnet. I used DOORWAY into my Kantronics software years ago. Now I use the gateway module in SBBS to telnet into my local URONode. In it I have an older copy of the QRZ DB CD mounted as it's own file system and linked to all my nodes. It's the international call version and only does up to October 2006. All of our local EastNet nodes default to it. DS> I had originally wanted to be a DJ...but never dreamed my radio would DS> be amateur radio. I did it backwards: professional for 25 years, then amateur. Computers and internet ruined that industry - it's still struggling. All my friends now are amazed how I saw the writing on the wall and found another career while I had the time to do so. DS> So, you want me to be a lid?? Quite a few think I'm that already DS> on my nets...especially in the way I run them. But, I've been doing DS> nets for 30 years, and I *SHOULD* know what I'm doing...the hard parts DS> are: DS> 1) Remembering what day of the week it is. Even after Tuesday, the DS> calendar says WTF LOL! DS> 2) Remembering what net I'm supposed to be running that day or evening. DS> I do nets on Sunday afternoon, Monday night, Tuesday night, Friday DS> morning and night, and on the 3rd Saturday afternoon. I have to pull some traffic off my BBS me thinks for the net that's on in a couple of minutes. It's almost 20:30 here. DS> 3) Sitting in the computer chair for long periods of time (folks want DS> early checkins an hour before the net...I just cut that in half). I DS> have to have the walker next to me, or I'm a fall risk in getting up. DS> Or, my butt goes to sleep, and it starts snoring. I'm sure those 'close' to you appreciate the um.. noise DS> Yet, when you ask them if they want to do the work involved, and they DS> backpedal. Those who pitch a fit about the way an organization, etc. is DS> run, should be the first in line to take over as an officer, net DS> control station, etc. I hear you. I have plenty of NCS openings, but it's always the same handful doing the nets. There's a bunch of new calls checking in and have been for a couple of months but they have no interest. I feel like I'm pulling teeth from one who wears dentures - and with the average age of most hams that about sums things up DS> I think that speed limit and other related signs and signals are DS> "just a guide". Only in America...we race to beat the: DS> A) Traffic lights at intersections DS> B) Trains at railroad crossings DS> C) Boats at drawbridges DS> But, we'll stand patiently for 3 hours on the golf course. You should read the tourist guide in the Dominican Republic. It states and I quote: "Rules of the road - there aren't any!" When you come up to an intersection you blow your horn. First blow first pass .... in a sense. Cops will set up "inspection" stations along side of the road here and there... they just want money. You slip 'em a few pesos to get a cervesa or three and off you go. DS> But, as Jeff Foxworthy noted, "they meet a lot of @$$h0les in their DS> line of work". Yet, "a butt is a butt is a butt...but..." .... so says the ram as he's about to greet you DS> The *ONLY* think I've liked about Biden was that he was pro-Amtrak. DS> Otherwise, I'm sure there's a move afoot behind the scenes to get him DS> out "gracefully", and put Kamala in as President...which puts Nancy DS> Pelosi as Vice President. I guess then AOC will become Speaker Of The DS> House. Just because AOClueless has the mouth of Mr. Ed.... doesn't mean she'd be a good 'speaker' :-) DS> I saw where they are livid with West Virginia Democrat Manchin (I DS> think) who REFUSES to lift the filibuster...saying "it will blow up DS> the Senate". I pray I'm dead and gone when the bottom falls out of this DS> once great country...which doesn't like it'll be too much longer in DS> coming. Will we make it to America's 245th birthday?? I'd be very DS> surprised if we do...and doubt we'll make it to 250. AOC says that DS> "to stop crime, we need to tear down all the jails". She needs to go DS> back to being a bartender...she's drunk with power, like most of the DS> rest of them are. Drunk for sure! Nasty Nancy, Aunt Esther (Mad Maxine), Chuckie baby Schumer [who belongs back on the Gong Show]... I can't see how they could pass any sort of common sense test. Omar who hates it here so much should be escorted back to Somolia while wearing her LGBTQXYZ pride shirt... that'll go far. [snip] DS> But, one year, I used amateur radio to call for help, saving the life DS> of our shuttle bus driver, who was assaulted by the hotel security DS> guard. I got on a repeater, gave my callsign, the "MayDay" call (it WAS DS> the safety of life), and said I had emergency traffic. A ham heard me, DS> and sent the police and paramedics there. The driver had to be taken to DS> the hospital, and have his face rebuilt from the incident. Sounds like an ol' fashioned western bar brawl sort of thing. Fortunately for your radio things were able to get a tad escalated in helping the driver. A clear case of "amateur radio saves lives!" Good for you although I'm sure you wish you didn't -have- to do such a thing. DS> The case went to jury trial, and the state of Florida flew me down DS> there on Easter Weekend (not my idea of a Florida Vacation) to testify DS> on the Monday after Easter. The guard was convicted of aggravated DS> assault, and there was also a civil suit filed against the hotel and DS> the security guard firm (I'm not sure how those came out). I'm sure if the guard was convicted, a civil suit(s) was a no brainer win for the driver. Can't say the evidence wasn't there. DS> But, after the incident, the fellow square dancers on the bus said DS> "You saved his life!!", and I said to them "THIS is what amateur radio DS> operators prepare for...Emergency Communications". But, I was shaking DS> so bad afterwards, I couldn't do any more dancing (it was the last DS> night of the convention). I'm sure the adrenalin rush was so strong you were probably vibrating the ground in china causing them to act like those old-time electronic football characters (if you recall those!) however I'm also sure that your unexpected demonstration of what the hobby is about went over extremely well - especially with the bus driver! DS> I think of 2 Bible verses, where The Lord Jesus Christ said "Woe to DS> you who devour the fortunes of widows. For you shall receive the DS> greater damnation"...and He also said "Vengeance is Mine...I will DS> repay". I can NOT wait to see both of those fulfilled...when all those DS> who screwed over the less fortunate, get what they deserve. Even the DS> late Howard Hughes lies in his grave without a wooden nickel in his DS> hand. One thing that's a tad confusing; it says to honor the laws of God AND those of man - but in today's world where we're clearly led by lucifer and the laws of man are in a sense his... do we still honor them? Place me in a round room and tell me to urinate in the corner! DS> There are some who say that Cain was the first black man (God put a DS> mark on him, after he killed his brother, Abel...but more so that Cain DS> wouldn't be killed in revenge). However, the King James Version of the DS> Bible does NOT explicitly say that...the truth is, "WE DON'T KNOW FOR DS> SURE". Yet, they then say "black is the color of darkness, the occult, DS> evil, etc.". As a side note, Moses' wife was a black woman. Many biblical characters were of a darkened skin tone. Often they'd reference losing one's crown - they mean hair - which is why you see so many darker skinned folks (especially women) wearing wigs, extensions, etc. to cover up for the loss of their "crowns". DS> However, many black folks have come to know The Lord, so that DS> argument doesn't hold water (my late wife looked like the late black DS> gospel singer Mahalia Jackson). Yet, I'm afraid many more of mankind DS> are going to reject The Lord than accept Him...as He said "wide is the DS> gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many there DS> are that find it. But, straight is the gate, and narrow the way that DS> leads to eternal life, and few there are that find it". There's many of all colors that have come to know the Lord however it's those who take the lord as their savior and fear him by living a clean and proper lifestyle vs those who go into church, clean their souls and come out cussing like a sub full of pissed off sailors is another. Today's generation don't believe because they're of a "what have you done for me tomorrow" attitude, and they want to see lightning strike in the form of pure lightning not caring or understanding that it may be a parable of sorts. DS> Now, my late mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law were black, my late DS> father-in-law is white (he might be dead and gone now), and my late DS> wife was "a mix". Yet, we pee the same yellow, poop the same brown, and DS> bleed the same red...so, what is the problem??!! Besides, over 40 years DS> ago when I was working at the local Burger King, many nights I was the DS> only white guy on the crew, and we were having a ball!! I tell people this when it comes to appearance: "How do you think blind people fall in love?" Those with half a brain will stop and scratch their lower cheeks to think about what I said. DS> I remember 2 black guys...one named George, and the other named DS> Gerald. George was a fellow cashier, and Burger King had just come out DS> with their original chicken sandwich (which is quite good, IMO...as are DS> their nuggets), and he called out the order "Chicken...make it all DS> white meat!!" (it was). Then he, and the rest of us busted out DS> laughing. Gerald said of one black woman who had come in to get an DS> order, then left...that "she's double breasted down". She looked DS> like a black Dolly Parton...with huge breasts...yet, I knew that was DS> killing her back muscles...and she likely was risking a hernia...if she DS> didn't already have one. Uh huh.. "milking" the story I see DS> One of the black girls named Denise always referred to me as "the DS> little virgin boy". I only had relations with one woman in my DS> life...my late wife. Now, if you count all our thoughts and fantasies, DS> all of us lost our virginity when we entered puberty. One of my late DS> wife's cousins, Tracy, was a gorgeous black female (I thought so, DS> anyway)...we're talking great pelvic structure, etc. ;) I didn't marry DS> until I was 43, but never dreamed I'd be a widower at 47. I married once and it lasted 2 months TO THE DAY. Never made that mistake again, and too old to try now. I almost remarried when I was introduced to a dominican girl while on the island doing business. It was meant as a joke as she was a waitress at a place we went to after work. Her mom wanted to see us marry and have lots of kids (we were already practicing that plenty!) but she was killed during Hurrican Georges. I just never got interested in anyone else since. She was a very lovely dark skinned girl with abs to die for! She spoke NO english but did take a few courses at the local university there. All she wanted to learn to surprise me with was "I love you". I never asked for her to take english courses. I was so flattered! Still am. DS> I'm definitely not volunteering for any new long term jobs. I will DS> print some business cards for personal friends locally...but otherwise, DS> I don't offer to do it. I discovered I'm low on color ink, but have DS> plenty of black ink. There ya go! All black cards - dial a random number and see if you get lucky DS> And, the parents want the teachers as babysitters. I am of the OLD DS> SCHOOL, where "children should be seen and not heard...and not speak DS> unless spoken to. When they are, it's 'Yes, Ma'am...No, Ma'am...Yes, DS> Sir...No, Sir". I still do that at 61, and even address the older hams DS> on my nets (I'm still a puppy by comparison, but I'm weaned and potty DS> trained ), "Mister John, Mister Roy, Miss Virginia, Miss Jennifer", DS> etc. When asked why, I reply "Respect...because if I give it, they will DS> return it". Kids nowadays have no clue to what that is...and they DS> wouldn't be caught dead doing it. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa men! DS> Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it helps mask the noise. :P There was DS> a deal years ago in theatre, a concept called "Sleep Your Way To The DS> Top", and that's likely the case in many areas today. That's a no brainer. After all that's what Slick Willy did DS> I created a bulletin on the BBS on the difference between porn and DS> nudity. Some feel that they're the same thing, but the only thing in DS> common is that folks are naked (never mind "Don't Look, Ethel!!"). DS> Ironically, when Ray Stevens ("The Streak") did his shows, the opening DS> act was "Ethel And Her Shameless Hussies" . Some probably think the DS> original Coppertone suntan logo (with naked Jodi Foster's untanned DS> buttocks showing) is porn. Everything is open to interpritation. I think the easist thing for me is to just declare everything offensive, then I can't be considered a racist Actually on one platform which I'll leave nameless I've been on a rant about this whole "pride month" about giving praise to what people do with their genitals in a public manner sexually offensive. I think I'm starting to open some eyes now. Just because lesbians and I eat the same thing that's no reason to be boasting about it especially infront of preteens! (I actually said that in a restaurant once... we were feeling a little on the good side and it almost got us kicked out as I had my friends laughing so hard!) DS> But, then I covered the issue of sodomy...to me, doing it that way is DS> one of the fastest ways to get and spread disease...and I know that the DS> late Farrah Fawcett died of anal cancer. Whether it was because of that DS> "strange sex" (some women do like that), I don't know. I saw a message DS> that showed a period, then a huge O -- the size of your anus before and DS> after prison. :P To me, that's EXIT ONLY, except for medical devices or DS> medical suppositories (I heard of one guy who had those words painted DS> on his butt cheeks). As I said to the nurses as I went into the exam room for my colonosctopy: "never fear the end is near!" DS> Indeed, a few years back, I was having bladder spasms and intense DS> urinary pain, crying and screaming in the Emergency Room, naked on the DS> cold, hard gurney. Two good looking female nurses walked in, and said DS> to me "You're not going to like us". I said "I'll kiss you if you make DS> the pain go away". They then said "We have something for the pain, but DS> it's an oversized suppository". They gave a whole new meaning to the DS> term "shove it!!"...but it took away the excruciating pain, and that DS> was all I cared about. Nature always has it's own unique ways of balancing things out doesn't it. I'd have inquired if one of them would come by the house to do follow up inspections, perhaps issue a sponge bath? DS> Men are wimps when it comes to pain...although I knew a woman who DS> said she'd rather have quintuplets in hard labor, with no epidural, DS> than one kidney stone. That pretty much sums it up. Of all the things I have, kidney stones is not one of them. My sister got some when she was in her 20's. That's something on my father's side of the family. I get all the goodies from my mother's side... which is just as bad if not worse in some cases. DS> The only "drama" one should have in life is if they were in theatre DS> arts (i.e. in a play)...I was involved in that in junior high, senior DS> high, and college. We had co-ed dressing rooms, but you didn't have DS> time to "take inventory of the opposite sex". You were changing from DS> one costume to another, preparing for the cue of your next entrance DS> on stage. Just my luck... I was involved in a drama group - I ran the lights LOL Actually I was only there as a supervisor for the school as they "loaned" it to our neighboring town's school folk who were going through a renovation and no one wanted to keep eye on the group so I was suckered into it. They lost their light guy and asked me to fill in. When they saw how good I was at it they asked if I'd continue. I'll admit I did have fun doing it. DS> To attorneys, the bar exam is how many drinks of tequila they can DS> swig before they hit the floor. And, they don't want you to raise the DS> bar, as it makes it too hard to get the drinks. :P True that, and if their tabs weren't so high, their fees wouldn't be either! DS> Well, on Judgment Day, not even Perry Mason will be able to help DS> these folks. They'll probably say they were "set up" (sounds like Nancy DS> Pelosi, on being caught at the San Francisco beauty shop without a DS> mask, etc.). But, there will be no question of guilt on that day. DS> Again, only each individual and The Lord know the extent of their guilt DS> or innocence in every circumstance...and, that applies to DS> everyone...whether we want to admit it or not. Quite true that. DS> I am grateful to all the veterans and first responders. +1 DS> I've often wonder how much of that monetary forfeiture money is ever DS> collected. When I mention it in conversation things like "how much of the budget accounted for monies collected in court funds?... when do you ever hear what the totals are?" you never do. Here in Ct, we had a 2 BILLION dollar SURPLUS magically VANISH under liberal rule. It was found (yet never reported by the media!) funneled through the Dept of Transportation as "supply" funds that ended up back in the governor's pockets. Charges were never filed. It was talked about on one of the local repeaters because the governor had a company that a ham worked for audited after additional work from a contract was performed and they charged the state additional for that work. The company was more than happy to return the favor. Unfortunately they accepted a bribe to keep quiet yet a prior conservative governor was jailed twice to keep him away from politics by the left. DS> I believe it's only The Divine Hand Of God keeping the financial DS> collapse from happening; but it will happen...and it'll make the DS> crashes of 1929 and 1987 look tame. The money is fiat...not worth the DS> paper it's printed on. You might as well print it on toilet paper. Bitcoin even worthless than that - because crackers have already been breaking in stealing it. .... Please wait... Thinking of tagline --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52 þ Synchronet þ SBBS - Carnage! *73 de N1URO* bbs.n1uro.com:2300 .