Subj : Re: A Crappy Sales Call
To   : Daryl Stout
From : George Pope
Date : Sun Jun 27 2021 14:01:57

 > George,

 >  >   I hope you meant "stay seated".

 >  GP> Kinda yeah. . .

 >   I hate fat finger syndrome...but without fat fingers, how do you
 > pick up the food and the silverware??

My fingers fit perfectly on the ends of my hands. . . It's not my fault that
manufacturers tend to think we all have Asian teen girl fingers for using
mobile apps!

 >   I'd be afraid of dropping the phone into the toilet. I admit I take
 > mine in the bathroom at home, but it sits on the chair next to me.

I only do so at home & I'm very very careful. . .

 >   I keep deleting Candy Crush and other stuff off the computer, but
 > Windows keeps putting it back on. Speaking of which, the Lenovo
 > laptop will be able to upgrade to Windows 11, but the BBS computer
 > apparently will not...as it's CPU is too slow. The thing is, even
 > if the CPU was faster, if they aren't going to make a 32-bit version
 > of Windows 11, the BBS will stay with Windows 10.

They've issued Win11?! Is it actually iuseful/better? Is it free?

 >  GP> I like both - but it hasd t be intelligent, not JUST relying on shock
 >  GP> value

 >   Just ask Howard Stern.

Never heard one of his shows -- no need, I've got the gist. . . 

 >  GP> I'm no afraid of words -- they indicate what's going on behind the
 >  GP> mouth sdaying them. . .

 >   To me, profanity is the attempt of a feeble mind to express itself
 > forcibly...especially if it's constant in their speech. Once in a
 > blue moon, I can deal with it.

Often it's not their fault; they were deprived of a decent education, so as 
to have a full vocabulary.

The peroblem with slang(vulgar & otherwise) is it's lazy. . .

I use fleep & fleeping, which I've defined as a "neutral gratuitious
intensive."



 >  GP> If God gave all of us free will, who are we to try to override it?

 >   You'd be surprised how many try to, anyway. Man wants to be "his own
 > god".

 >  GP> I have every one of Dunham's shows; not sure I recall anything
 >  GP> 'raunchy'

 >   I've heard him use the F word on occasion. The 2 I recall are:

 > 1) When Achmed meets his son.
 > 2) When Peanut calls the "Taste Of China" restaurant for food.

 >  > ... What you think of me is none of my business.

 >  GP> People have no clue on how to "mind your own business" any more. . .

 >   There was a song "Why Don't You Mind Your Own Business, So You Won't
 > Be Minding Mine??".

 >  GP> You hear the gossip about butter?
 >  GP> Actually I’m not gonna spread it

 >   Did you talk to Marge Erin about that??

 >  GP> Q: What do they call gossip you hear in bathrooms?
 >  GP> A: Restrumors.

 >   That's the scuttlebutt on the new toilets.

 >  GP> I heard some salacious gossip about the prime minister of Canada
 >  GP> I don't think it's Trudeau

 >   I guess it petered out, then??

 > Daryl

 > ... "I never forget a face. In your case, I'll make an exception". -
Groucho
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Your friend,

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