Subj : Re: Various Things To : Brian Rogers From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Jun 10 2021 03:00:00 Hi, Brian, BR> There was a girl character named Stephanie who worked at the Inn BR> Newhart owned - cute little blonde thing that was a heart throb of BR> sorts in the 80s. I can't recall the actress' name however. The one "cute woman" I remember is in the music video of "Sold!!", done by John Michael Montgomery. Man, she could clog!! :) BR> More Zero-day patches - outsource I.T. folk like me call it "job BR> security". Years ago I had windows 3.1 running on an 8086! Slow as you BR> know what and mainly ran off of swap, but worked! When I took some BR> training on 486 machines which were fairly new then I was told Windows BR> 3 wouldn't work on anything less than a i386 - of course to me that was BR> a challenge I remember running QEMM and DESQView with GT Power on a dial-up BBS under DOS 5.0 -- it was fun experimenting with those two. Quarterdeck Software, who pioneered those...and TeleGraphix, who pioneered RIP Graphics for BBS's, have both long since gone out of business. Another former Sysop ran a ham radio BBS in the area (I think he's still in the hobby) quipped that "RIP was what you did to a fart". BR> Ions ago I had a packet door on my MajorBBS which locals loved. I still BR> have one on my SBBS now. Packet with an HT is horrible unless you have BR> an outdoor antenna. Too much RFI from the PC. The best HT if you must BR> use one were the RatShack HTX-202 (I still have 2 of them that work BR> great!) I remember that HT...I doubt I have the connector cable from the HT to the TNC, but I have a serial cable to USB interface I could run it under that Packet Door that the late Dave Perry did, along with the MFJ 1270C TNC. The thing is, I don't know if there's a packet system locally anymore or not. This door allowed hams to connect on the frequency, and leave the Sysop a PMail Message...hams that logged onto the BBS were instead asked to use the regular Feedback To Sysop message. The nice thing about that door is that it changed the callsign from the Sysop to that of the user...so it made for accountability. Once the user exited the door, the TNC callsign reverted back to the Sysop's callsign. For whatever reason, when I tried to get it to work again, the program thought the TNC was busy with another connection, and no one could use it. BR> I used DOORWAY into my Kantronics software years ago. Now I use the BR> gateway module in SBBS to telnet into my local URONode. In it I have an BR> older copy of the QRZ DB CD mounted as it's own file system and linked BR> to all my nodes. It's the international call version and only does up BR> to October 2006. All of our local EastNet nodes default to it. I found a 2008 version of the QRZ DB CD, and decided to put that back online. They quit making that years ago...as there are more up to date callsign servers. Buckmaster has a HamCall CD, that is released twice a year, but you can get monthly updates to it. With a special batchfile, you can use it as a door under Doorway. BR> I did it backwards: professional for 25 years, then amateur. Computers BR> and internet ruined that industry - it's still struggling. All my BR> friends now are amazed how I saw the writing on the wall and found BR> another career while I had the time to do so. Most of the radio stations are now satellite based with their on air talent, unless they do "news talk". DS> 1) Remembering what day of the week it is. Even after Tuesday, the DS> calendar says WTF BR> LOL! When I first heard that phonetically, it didn't register. The same as with a joke the late Red Skelton told once. He dreamed he died and went to Heaven, and met God. The Lord sneezed, and he didn't know what to say to Him. This woman in the front row had the "deer in the headlights look"...as if she was in a fog. Then, it hit her (how do you say "God Bless You to God??), and she lost it. Red looked at her, and asked "Which joke you working on, honey??"...she was chortling like mad. Red admonished her "Don't get me laughing, dear heart...you'll never get out of here"!! DS> I do nets on Sunday afternoon, Monday night, Tuesday night, Friday DS> morning and night, and on the 3rd Saturday afternoon. BR> I have to pull some traffic off my BBS me thinks for the net that's on BR> in a couple of minutes. It's almost 20:30 here. I was gettting ready to check into the Illinois D-Star Net, and I took a close lightning hit from a distant storm. Another storm just southeast of Little Rock dropped two weak tornadoes, which were confirmed on video. The National Weather Service will likely do a Storm Damage Survey during the day on Thursday. DS> Or, my butt goes to sleep, and it starts snoring. BR> I'm sure those 'close' to you appreciate the um.. noise I'm the only one here, so I don't care. Besides, being home alone is when you can poop with the door open. BR> I hear you. I have plenty of NCS openings, but it's always the same BR> handful doing the nets. There's a bunch of new calls checking in and BR> have been for a couple of months but they have no interest. I feel like BR> I'm pulling teeth from one who wears dentures - and with the average BR> age of most hams that about sums things up I have my own set of "falsies" (dentures)...and have been wearing them for 21 years. This current set fits so well, that I haven't had to use a single drop of adhesive (Fixodent, PoliGrip, etc.)...and they've lasted at least 6 years. BR> You should read the tourist guide in the Dominican Republic. It states BR> and I quote: BR> "Rules of the road - there aren't any!" No holds barred, then. BR> When you come up to an intersection you blow your horn. First blow BR> first pass ... in a sense. Cops will set up "inspection" stations BR> along side of the road here and there... they just want money. You slip BR> 'em a few pesos to get a cervesa or three and off you go. Nothing like bribing the constabulary. 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..." BR> ... so says the ram as he's about to greet you Yeah, and he can be rather "horny". BR> Just because AOClueless has the mouth of Mr. Ed.... doesn't mean she'd BR> be a good 'speaker' :-) I still say she needs to go back to bartending. And, I liked Mr. Ed much better..."I was born a dumb animal, Wilbur. What's your excuse??" . BR> Drunk for sure! Nasty Nancy, Aunt Esther (Mad Maxine), Chuckie baby BR> Schumer [who belongs back on the Gong Show]... I can't see how they BR> could pass any sort of common sense test. Omar who hates it here so BR> much should be escorted back to Somolia while wearing her LGBTQXYZ BR> pride shirt... that'll go far. Exactly. Like the late Merle Haggard's song "The Fightin' Side Of Me" said about America..."If you don't love it, leave it!!"...and to add what others have said..."Don't let the door hit you where The Good Lord split you" (the crack in your butt, that stinks as much as you do). BR> Sounds like an ol' fashioned western bar brawl sort of thing. Well, there was a deal at the hotel drive marked "Security Check". Now, I can understand trying to keep the undesireables out of the lodging. But, the 3 previous days, we had no problem. He could've easily moved the sign (it was a temporary one), and moved his car, and let the shuttle bus get into the double wide drive. The guard came out of the car, and hit the driver in the face...and the ladies on the bus started screaming (can you blame them??). As the driver staggered back (another guard pulled off the "assaulting guard"), he was all bloodied. So, I'm standing out here in the pouring rain (a tropical thunderstorm was in progress)...using my HT, calling for help. I knew The Good Lord was protecting me for 2 reasons: 1) The guard could've shot me dead. 2) I could've been hit by lightning for the third time in my life. BR> Fortunately for your radio things were able to get a tad escalated in BR> helping the driver. A clear case of "amateur radio saves lives!" Good BR> for you although I'm sure you wish you didn't -have- to do such a BR> thing. The adrenaline was running, that's for sure. The previous September, I had flown down to Dallas from Little Rock for a square dance weekend (one of my other hobbies). The plane was late leaving Little Rock, due to tornadoes in the region. Well, when I finally got to the airport (I had worked a full day), all the flights were skewed. They got me on the last flight out, but my bags were still on the ground in Little Rock (I had flown Southwest, and they're who I prefer to fly with). Anyway, they delivered the bags to me first thing the next day. On the way back on Sunday, the flight got into an oversell situation, so I volunteered to get bumped, figuring I could get a later flight out (they had numerous flights between Dallas Love Field and Little Rock). Well, the next flight was much smaller, and I ended up getting put up for the night, and missed a day of work (my boss wasn't happy about that). But, with the voucher I got, the round trip airfare between Little Rock and Orlando back in June, 1997, was only $17. :) That was the event where that mess occurred. BR> I'm sure if the guard was convicted, a civil suit(s) was a no brainer BR> win for the driver. Can't say the evidence wasn't there. My last statement (I stressed I was an amateur radio operator, who had worked in emergency communications) was "We had no trouble the first 3 days of the convention. I see no reason why I should side with someone besides the shuttle bus driver". BR> I'm sure the adrenalin rush was so strong you were probably vibrating BR> the ground in china causing them to act like those old-time electronic BR> football characters (if you recall those!) however I'm also sure that BR> your unexpected demonstration of what the hobby is about went over BR> extremely well - especially with the bus driver! Oh, yes...the old Coleco football game deal...had one of them. :) BR> One thing that's a tad confusing; it says to honor the laws of God AND BR> those of man - but in today's world where we're clearly led by lucifer BR> and the laws of man are in a sense his... do we still honor them? Place BR> me in a round room and tell me to urinate in the corner! That's for rednecks. Or what do you call 32 redneck women?? A full set of teeth. I have a door on the BBS with a bunch of the "You Might Be A Redneck" saying (Jeff Foxworthy would be proud). In looking at some of them, all I can say is "really". BR> Many biblical characters were of a darkened skin tone. Often they'd BR> reference losing one's crown - they mean hair - which is why you see so BR> many darker skinned folks (especially women) wearing wigs, extensions, BR> etc. to cover up for the loss of their "crowns". The reason for the dark skin was that they were in areas where the concentration of sunlight was much higher than in other areas, so the melanin in their skin compensated for such by making them "dark". Having worked in silkscreen printing for 18 years, I'm always looking for bizarre shirts. Here are a few that I recall: 1) "One doesn't get older...one gets better. And, I'm approaching Magnificent". 2) A picture of an ocelot, with pursed lips, like he has been sucking tart, bitter persimmons. The caption says "I have PMS and a handgun. Any questions??". 3) A picture of a Mexican gaucho, with "burro poop" on his boot. The donkey is grinning, and the gaucho says "I SAID 'SIT'!!" 4) "I don't need Google. My wife knows everything." 5) "This isn't a bald head and a beer belly. It's a solar panel, and a gas tank for a sex machine". BR> There's many of all colors that have come to know the Lord however it's BR> those who take the lord as their savior and fear him by living a clean BR> and proper lifestyle vs those who go into church, clean their souls and BR> come out cussing like a sub full of pissed off sailors is another. They live like The Lord while in church, and like the Devil once they're outside. That's why so many are driven away, for all the "hypocrites". Hmmm, sounds like the politicians in Washington, DC. :P BR> I tell people this when it comes to appearance: BR> "How do you think blind people fall in love?" BR> Those with half a brain will stop and scratch their lower cheeks BR> to think about what I said. There was a QWK Mail Tagline that asked about that..."How does "love at first sight" work??. BR> Uh huh.. "milking" the story I see Cowabunga. BR> wanted to learn to surprise me with was "I love you". I never asked for BR> her to take english courses. I was so flattered! Still am. It's rare you can find a gem of a soulmate anymore. My late wife and I were friends for 17 1/2 years before we hit it off...and never thought about marriage...let alone to each other. BR> There ya go! All black cards - dial a random number and see if you get BR> lucky Instead of QSL cards now, I do business cards for eyeball QSO's. But, I doubt there'll be any local hamfest in central Arkansas anymore. The clubs still bitch at who can do severe weather the best, etc. In a disaster, folks need to put all of that aside. 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. BR> Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa men! Now, I can hear the late Aretha Franklin singing that. (R-E-S-P-E-C-T). BR> That's a no brainer. After all that's what Slick Willy did He really "blew it" with Monica. To me, the lowest point in his presidency was the zipper on his pants. :P Yet, that was the last time there was "a balanced budget". Also, whether one loves or loathes him, the Clinton Presidential Library just east of downtown Little Rock has been a big boom in the River Market District (the Arkansas River separates Little Rock and North Little Rock...at one time, the latter was known as "Argenta"). In fact, the former Rock Island Railroad Depot is home to "The Clinton School Of Public Service". It originally was a "Spaghetti Warehouse" restaurant...and I was there on opening night for it years ago. However, I've yet go to go to the Clinton Library, and have no reason to go visit. It has been closed because of COVID-19, but I think it's supposed to reopen on July 1, with social distancing, etc. still in place. I've had both COVID-19 shots. BR> Everything is open to interpretation. I think the easist thing for me BR> is to just declare everything offensive, then I can't be considered a BR> racist Actually on one platform which I'll leave nameless I've been BR> on a rant about this whole "pride month" about giving praise to what BR> people do with their genitals in a public manner sexually offensive. I BR> think I'm starting to open some eyes now. Just because lesbians and I BR> eat the same thing that's no reason to be boasting about it especially BR> infront of preteens! (I actually said that in a restaurant once... we BR> were feeling a little on the good side and it almost got us kicked out BR> as I had my friends laughing so hard!) There is a time and a place for everything...and they're probably hearing this in school anyway. I'll bet they're "playing doctor" in kindergarten. Several cartoons come to mind on that: A) The boy and girl are looking down their diapers. In one, the caption notes "So, that explains the difference in our salaries"...and in another, it's "I have an antenna, and you have a USB port". B) They're in the tub, and it's "You can't have mine!! You broke yours off!!" C) There was this young boy and girl...he was Protestant, and she was Catholic. This was nearly 70 years ago, when you didn't have to worry about perverts and pedophiles kidnapping kids, and you could leave your doors unlocked at night. They were great friends, and walked to church on Sunday, in their nice clothes. Well, during one Sunday morning time, there was a heck of a thunderstorm, where it poured rain. When they got out (their churches were right next to each other), as they were walking home, they came to this huge puddle/area of water. They realized if they got their clothes dirty, they'd get the spanking of their lives. Panicked and in tears, the girl asked her young friend what they should do. He thought a moment, and said "I'll do like Sir Walter Raleigh. Let's strip butt naked, and I will carry you across, then our clothes across. That way, the clothes won't get muddy, and our parents will never know. So, they strip butt naked, and like a true gentleman, he carries her across, then gets their clothes across. As they're now on the other side of the puddle, looking at each others nude body, the girl says "I didn't know there was such a difference between Protestants and Catholics". D) Momma was potty training her daughter, as they'd go on long trips during the summer, stopping off for lunch at highway rest stops. Again, this was nearly 70 years ago, when you didn't have to worry about perverts and pedophiles kidnapping kids, and you could leave your doors unlocked at night. Momma taught her daughter to look for the longer name...WOMEN versus MEN -- or is it Whoa, Men??!! ...and that was the difference. Well, they stop off for lunch, and Momma tells her daughter she better go potty before they get on the road. Remembering what her Momma had taught her, she heads off to the restroom...but the signs are now LADIES and GENTLEMEN -- guess which one is longer?? So, she walks in there, and here's a boy, naked as a jaybird, and she sees him there. She asks him "what are you doing??", and seeing his "member", asks "what have you got there??" (she's likely wondering why he has one, and she doesn't). When, he tells her, she says "Boy!! That's a handy thing to have along at picnics!!" BR> As I said to the nurses as I went into the exam room for my BR> colonosctopy: "never fear the end is near!" There have been several actual deals from patients getting the colonoscopies, such as: 1) One patient has arrows, with INSERT HERE, pointing to his anal orifice. Like they need a hint??!! 2) "Take it easy, Doc! You're boldly going where no man has gone before!" 3) "Find Amelia Earhart yet?" 4) "Can you hear me NOW?!!" 5) "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" 6) "You know, in Arkansas....we're now legally married." 7) "Any sign of the trapped miners, Chief?" 8) "You put your left hand in, you take your left hand out....you do the Hokey Pokey....and yeeow!" 9) "There, there! Now I know how a Muppet feels!" 10) "Remember, if your hand doesn't fit, you must acquit!" 11) "Hey, Doc, let me know if you find my dignity." 12) "Could you write me a note for my wife, saying that my head is not, in fact, up there?" BR> Nature always has it's own unique ways of balancing things out doesn't BR> it. I'd have inquired if one of them would come by the house to do BR> follow up inspections, perhaps issue a sponge bath? A friend of mine will NOT go to a doctor, clinic, etc., as he doesn't want folks to see him naked. I can NOT convince him that "they've seen it all before". BR> Of all the things I have, kidney stones is not one of them. My sister BR> got some when she was in her 20's. That's something on my father's side BR> of the family. I get all the goodies from my mother's side... which is BR> just as bad if not worse in some cases. Ever since I quit drinking soda pop, and started drinking a half gallon of diet green tea citrus each day, it's like taking Lasix...but it beats having kidney stones. And, the reason I'm answering this at this hour, is that I ran out of the prescription acid reflux tablets, and my pharmacy had to fax in a refill, which won't be available until after they open this morning. The reflux was giving me fits laying down, so I figured I'd work on the BBS; plus we're in a bit of a lull in Little Rock weather wise, right now. It is supposed to be storming toward sunrise, and during the day. Parts of southeast Arkansas have gotten nearly 2 feet of rain in nearly 2 days. BR> Just my luck... I was involved in a drama group - I ran the lights LOL I did lighting and sound for one play...and my local high school in south Florida had a chapter of "The International Thespian Society", named after the Greek actor Thespis. I'm a Life Member, but after the family moved to Arkansas 43 years ago (my late father's job transferred us here), I never did anything else with them. 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 BR> True that, and if their tabs weren't so high, their fees wouldn't be BR> either! When I was on jury duty, we were told to park at the parking meters, but NOT to put any coins in them (we were only getting $20 a day, but lawyers were getting $1000 an HOUR (must be nice)). They told us to "sign the ticket(s), but not the envelope"...and bring them in the next time we served (you had to serve 8 times in 6 months, but only once a week...I made sure I got my time in early). Anyway, the law noted that active jurors could NOT be arrested, fined, and jailed, for not paying parking tickets while on jury duty. But, if we were arrested, fined, and jailed, the court would spend the money, and effort, to clear our names, and expunge that from our records. 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. BR> Quite true that. I'm curious at how they'll try to "get out of it". :P DS> I am grateful to all the veterans and first responders. BR> +1 Folks think I'm a veteran with my patriotic cap and callsign, but my vision was so poor, and so were my feet, that I never would've passed the physical. BR> When I mention it in conversation things like "how much of the budget BR> accounted for monies collected in court funds?... when do you ever hear BR> what the totals are?" you never do. Here in Ct, we had a 2 BILLION BR> dollar SURPLUS magically VANISH under liberal rule. It was found (yet BR> never reported by the media!) funneled through the Dept of BR> Transportation as "supply" funds that ended up back in the governor's BR> pockets. Charges were never filed. It was talked about on one of the BR> local repeaters because the governor had a company that a ham worked BR> for audited after additional work from a contract was performed and BR> they charged the state additional for that work. The company was more BR> than happy to return the favor. Unfortunately they accepted a bribe to BR> keep quiet yet a prior conservative governor was jailed twice to keep BR> him away from politics by the left. Darn double standard. And, no matter who is in power, the other side will do all they can to get the power back. 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. BR> Bitcoin even worthless than that - because crackers have already been BR> breaking in stealing it. I saw a meme with a roll of toilet paper...advertising the new currency: BUTTCOIN. BR> ... Please wait... Thinking of tagline I may have to wait awhile, then. Daryl .... There'll be a rain dance Friday night, weather permitting. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 þ Synchronet þ The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas .