Subj : Re: New BBS Disclaimer
To   : Daryl Stout
From : George Pope
Date : Mon Mar 10 2025 06:31:22

> George,
>> You forgot "even if it accesses your bank and moves your entire balance
>> off-shore 'somewhere'; this nly happens, t ops, TOPS, one a week, so
>> not to worry. . . you've paid your insurance rto tyhe sysop, right?
> It took me a minute to figure out your reply...then I looked at the
> subject line.
> I got very little sleep last night, and had to go to the Emergency
> Room at 5am this morning, with severe foot pain (I thought I had
> fractured it), and severe rectal spasms (I thought my butt was on
> fire).
> It turns out I had an attack of gout (I already have arthritis all
> through my body), and they gave me some medicine for the spasms. But,
> I didn't want a renegade storm to come in while I was gone, so I had
> shut the BBS down. When you tried to get in this morning, the system
> was trying to run a message base utility, and that's why it said "you
> have no time left".
> I'm trying to get the system to busy itself out to run the nightly
> doorgame maintenance, but it won't do it. So, I have to take the BBS
> down manually. I did see an email from digital man (Rob Swindell), the
> author of Synchronet, but I haven't gotten to it in the QWK packet yet.
> The thing is, during maintenance, accessing an item (message bases,
> file areas, or doors), can corrupt things big time.
Shame on you, you've been around long enough to know better!

You omitted a joke or funny/punny bit of content in your reply, unless the bit  about you going to the hospiotal with a throbbing abnus & broken foot was  intended to be for a laugh?  You oughta know that if you try to kick your own  arse, things can happen that might hurt, at your age. . .

BTW, I support you're coming gout of the closet about your condition.

"Didn't you say you had gout & couldn't even walk?"
  (I stand corrected, as I've been to the doc.)

I'm taking Allopurinol, too, to dissolve uric acid buildup in my kidneys  (leading to big honking painful stones); is that the drug they gave you?

I've old you that you need to wear your readers when reading the Bible; the  quote is to separate the goats from the sheep, not the GOUTS!

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