Subj : Re: Various Things To : Daryl Stout From : Brian Rogers Date : Wed Jun 30 2021 10:03:00 Hello Daryl; -=> Daryl Stout wrote to Brian Rogers <=- DS> I don't, anymore. :'( Did you notice that they did "Happy DS> Anniversary" to the overture from William Tell by Rossini (aka "The DS> Lone Ranger")?? If I had an anniversary, it'd be done to the grim reaper theme DS> It's so hard to sit at the computer for long periods of time...and DS> some days, it takes awhile to go through the QWK Mail...let alone play DS> what few doorgames I like to play...never mind running ham radio DS> traffic nets. I've been having that as well lately since my C5 has been acting up. Some days are better than others. I don't have room for a standard desk/table I use an old TV stand. The PC is a SFF casing that hides underneath where the VCR would go. It also runs the packet stuff. I surprised them on WestConn last night - I was told to take a piece of traffic, it was HXE (return receipt requested). After I took it, I called and left it on voicemail, generated the HXE and came back saying I had traffic DS> Well, they thought I was dehydrated this morning. When they did blood DS> draws out of my left hand and arm, it was "Real Thick" (what was that DS> commercial on being 'thickerer'??) -- that was at my PCP. But, the next DS> draw about an hour later out of the right arm at the urologist, was DS> fine. Yet, I didn't feel thirsty...but I was hungry...from fasting for DS> 24 hours. Be careful! We've had several days in a row near 100 with heat indexes well over 100. People don't think we get 100 degree days here in the northeast - bullocks! We typically get a few a year... with subzero days in the winter as well. Just like congress, extremes at both ends. DS> If I become type 2 diabetic, that'll be a major game changer for DS> sure. That you do NOT want! DS> On one episode with Mel Blanc and Jack Benny, he was doing that DS> "electric organ" deal. The audience was roaring in laughter, and Jack DS> Benny's lips were quivering, as he was fighting for all he was worth to DS> not lose his compusure. Another great one was with "Si', Sy, and DS> Sue"...and there was one with the "upset salesman" (Mel) who was DS> practically crying his eyes out, as Jack Benny was wanting this gift. DS> Needless to say, the whole audience was in stitches...you don't find DS> humor like that anymore. No you don't! I recall that episode too. He often would get Jack on the cusp of laughter too... similar to how Tim Conway would get Harvey Korman to crack up on the Carol Burnett show. Tim's son does a radio show on KFI in Los Angeles. DS> With the Gospel Poetry stuff I do now, if it wins someone into the DS> Kingdom Of Heaven, that's good enough for me. I used to do mini DS> concerts years ago, but declining health has ruined that. When the one DS> church tried to pay me, I said "Use that toward your ministry. If DS> someone comes to know The Lord through the poetry, that's good enough DS> for me. Besides, The Good Lord is just using me to write it down...He's DS> the Author. So, I give Him the credit and Glory...I'm lucky to write my DS> own name. That's awesome! I often do similar things to help others out. There's a 70 yr old I know who had PC issues - and he's unemployed! Old italian guy... and old fashioned! You can't find a 23 yr old to work! I fixed him up and didn't charge him a thing. He insisted on paying but I wouldn't take it. [snip] DS> I told her (as I tell a lot of new hams who DS> have mic fright (a very real threat to some folks)), that "with the DS> digital modes, your computer does all the work for you...and you can go DS> much further on digital than voice". Good point on the mic fright thing, I told our STM that's probably why we don't get more new members on the NTS nets. Lots of new licenses were issued during the pandemic, but I don't hear those calls on the nets. I think there's more non-hams sandbagging on scanners than we realize. DS> Golfers go for the hole...as they're constantly engaged in DS> "fore-play". Especially at the TPC this year! DS> Sadly, I lost her to a heart attack at 48 over 14 years ago. But, she DS> considered my culinary cuisine and tastes as "lame"...she liked her DS> stuff hot and spicy. I better quit now, before I get in trouble. I felt DS> like crap yesterday, so I need to make up for lost time. Remember, DS> "dirty old hams (and Sysops) need love, too". I told a black woman once when she asked how I like my coffee I said: "coffee should be like a good woman: hot, wet, black, and sassy". She was NOT expecting that at all! After she picked her jaw up off the ground, she laughed hysterically! When she got her composure she said "you got that right!" LOL DS> We've always had climate change...it's called weather. As Walter (aka DS> Jeff Dunham ) frequently notes "Bunch of dumb @$$e$". Don't you know... DC grants everyone free run at any career/field including meteorology. DS> Richard Lederer, who I met at the World Championship Pun Off in DS> Austin, Texas, years ago...wrote a book called "Anguished English". One DS> chapter was called "Disorder In The Court"...but you can find this on DS> similar websites...and it was also the title of an episode of "The DS> Three Stooges". Lots of those attorney quotes are posted in the humour bulletins on packet. Funny stuff! .... Old basketball players never die, they just go on dribbling. --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52 þ Synchronet þ SBBS - Carnage! *73 de N1URO* bbs.n1uro.com:2300 .