Subj : Re: Computer Failure Haik To : Daryl Stout From : George Pope Date : Thu Feb 04 2021 23:06:56 > GP> I'm pretty sure Thunderbolt BBS (in your orgin line) had a Forida area > GP> code when I called it. . . > If there was one, it wasn't mine...I didn't even know BBS's existed until > 7 years after family got transplanted to Arkansas from Florida. How many Daryls ran a Thunderbolt BBS & had a love for meteorology, do you figure? > GP> You used to rag me about Canada being so cold, while seeing more snow > GP> than I do/did! > The whole weather picture is topsy turvy. I was in Miami when it snowed > in 1977, and while it didn't "stick", it was observed. Much of the peninsula > (except the extreme south) went below freezing overnight, and much of the > state's citrus crop that year was wiped out. It ended up being "Florida > oranges from California". I wasn't paying attent8ion to news in those days, & even less to that from so far away. . . I think I'm seeing photos of frozen citrus (covered in ice coats & hanging icicles) every 2-3 years now, from Florida. .. > GP> I'm kind of pissed off that the creeping Ice Age has killed the > GP> grapefruit growing territory of Florida, & I can't get my jug of pure > GP> unsweetened white grapefruit juice each week any more. . . :'( > I never cared for grapefruit juice, and the orange juice gives me canker > sores in my mouth. I've been wearing dentures for 21 years now. Same for me, with orange juice :( But not grapefruit, for some reason. .. No dentures yet, bnuit my dentist lasdt wewek said that may soon be the option for me. .. > GP> I've h eard somethig similar. . . I don't have to have any love for > GP> "Sky- Feces" (what I call it), though. . . especially being in a > GP> wheelchair. . . > I may eventually end up in one...I've been disabled since 2004, and they > keep finding stuff wrong with me. As for the S.S., think of it as cosmic > dandruff. Dandruff is too generous an upgrade from what I think of Sky-feces! > GP> If it snows 2cm, I'm housebound for weeks until it's all gone, because > GP> nobody shovels! (Or they shovel an 8" trail down the centre suitable > GP> only for a supermodel or chihuahua, walking single file) > Or the moment you clear the sidewalk, the snowplow comes by, the dumps > it right back on your sidewalk. Here they dump it onto the curb cuts (every corner has a ramp built in for wheelchairs & others) > GP> Not a fan of this weither, because locals can't drive in this, & I got > GP> to worry, even on the sidewalk, about getting hit full-on, at speed! > It's so much worse the farther south you get, because this part of the > country doesn't see winter storms that often. Same where I am. 2cm is brutal, normally, bnut the year I movedhere, on Xmas Eve, there was 30 inches overnight! (I was housebound, even though I was to cook a turkey dinner for my old building's seniors & other shutins, & I had the turkey!) > GP> This is the worst, yup. . . > When north Arkansas had back to back ice storms in 2000, much of north > Arkansas had no power for 2 months. Those are bad anywhere, but worst for those not used to anywinter conditions. I don't see the problem; if you're driving & conditions are anything other than ideal, SLOW THE FLEEP DOWN! > GP> Lots of that here on the Wet Coast! > And, it's really bad in the fire/burn areas, with all the mudslides. It's dumped a lot of water on them? > GP> *G* Yup, you're the guy I recall. . . from my dialling days. . .you > GP> don't remember the guy who called kitty-corner across the continent > GP> nearly daily to hang out on your BBS? > I knew your name sounded familiar. So why denying it? ;) > GP> Yeah, that YouTube cinnamon challenge is dangerous! > I saw a deal on Facebook the other day for cinammon toast cake... > I started drooling. I used to make that years ago, with cinnamon > sugar, butter, and bread...put it in the toaster oven, then graze. Sounds good. I make the occasional batch of cinnamon toast for the kids (yeah, the "kids" yup) My fave cake-y bread is one my wifew makes in the breadmaker: African Samosa Bread (contains cooked hamburger & onions, with spices) > GP> Mine are still original & somewhat well-rooted in my mandible. > I had my 4 wisdom teeth out in 1978, then the rest of the teeth in 2000. > The worst part in both cases wasn't the pain...it was the bleeding. I had my wisdoms out in '91 &, yup, I'm a bleeder, too -- gross as anything, as it keeps gushing coppery mouthfuls > GP> Starkle, starkle, little twink Who the hell you are, I think > GP> I'm not as drunk as some thinkle peep I am > GP> Besides, I've only had tea martoonies > There you go. When I go to a restaurant, I ask for a pitcher of > sweet tea, because "I'm into heavy drinking". I've found myself > drinking 2 to 3 liters of flavored water in a day...so, I'll give you > 3 guesses what that ends up doing overnight, and the first 2 don't > count. I need to drink lots of water daily, as I get 5-30 kidney stones a year even doing so; If I don't, I get even more & bigger ones! (biggest to date is 25mm) One summer I was passing 10+ pea-sized stones every week! > GP> But, the drunker I sit here, the longer I get" > The drunkard's version of Viagra. Drunks aren't getting a lot of prospects to use it with. . . > GP> Cop sees a man carryinng a desk, computer, & lamp staggering up the > GP> sidewalk, & asks him wha he thinks he's doing. > GP> "Impersonating an office, sir!" > Nice pun. I love puns! I'm trying to collect & save them all! (& making up new ones here & there) Your friend, <+]:{)} Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM --- SBBSecho 3.12-Linux * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757.2) .