Subj : Re: who's here?
To   : George Pope
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sun Sep 19 2021 21:16:00

George,

 GP> FLW: I swear the chamber was empty!

  Is this thing unplugged?? <ZAP!>.

 GP> FLW: He's a cop's kid? That makes no difference in our society of equals! 

  Teacher: 2+2=5 for extremely large values of 2.
  Quickdraw McGraw: 2 and 2 is 22...and don't you forget it!!

 GP> FLW: You don't have the guts to pull that trigg.....^&*&NO CARRIER 

  Is the Sysop gone?? Good, now I can. !@#$%^&*() NO CARRIER

  One time, when my BBS was on dial-up, I was in chat with a fellow
Sysop. he had stepped away from the computer, and just for grins, I
typed NO CARRIER on a line by itself. A moment later, he hung up, and
I saw NO CARRIER. <G>

  Now, with the BBS computer in the other room, I'm not at the host console 
except at power up, power down, or reboot...such as for Windows Update, or
for thunderstorms.

 GP> FLW: It's ok, I had a teddy bear as a kid; they don't hurt you.

  Oh, my own little teddy bear. I will call him George, and I will pet him,
and squeeze him... :P

  Seriously, I saw a touching Valentine's Day video on YouTube. This woman's
husband, a veteran, dressed up in a teddy bear costume, and he was sitting
near the door of their home. He had also gotten a bouquet of flowers (most
likely roses, although those are expensive), and a card. He got his friend
(who he and his wife knew) to read the card, and whenever she saw this bear,
to think of him. Their anniversary was on Valentine's Day.

  She is near tears, thinking that her husband wasn't going to be there for
a long time...but is overcome with joy when she discovers it was him inside
the bear costume.

  I love those veterans homecoming videos...if that doesn't bring tears to
your eyes, nothing will.

Daryl

.... Deja Goo Goo: A feeling you're reliving your infancy.
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