Subj : Health Update 1/2 To : ARDITH HINTON From : Daryl Stout Date : Sat Mar 03 2018 01:38:00 AH>Hi, Daryl! Recently you wrote in a message to ARDITH HINTON: Hi, Ardith... AH>Or as a musician would say, "He who pays the piper calls the tune." AH>AFAIC it's quite true that if someone offers the dance band a generous tip f AH>playing their favourite song the musicians will do their best to oblige. :- Or like the joke where the monkey is at the piano in the bar, and his tail goes into a customers cup of coffee. When the customer tells the monkey "Do you know your tail is in my coffee??", the monkey replies "No...but if you hum a few bars, maybe I can play it!!". AH>just doing a bit of healthy limit-setting. Some people will walk all over y AH>if you let them. We have a male friend who's in exactly that position becau AH>he can't bear to say "no" to a damsel in distress. We're not the only ones AH>have noticed that a certain damsel has been taking unfair advantage... (sigh You have to lay down the law sooner or later. AH>Yes, it does seem to be a popular topic. Dallas & I first made the AH>acquaintance of one of our neighbours when he saw us buying stuffed chicken AH>the local butcher shop & asked how I cooked it. We know very little about h AH>except that he is interested in cooking. But he's a nice guy, so when we me AH>by chance we all exchange pleasantries & share our ideas on the topic.... : It's amazing what other hobbies hams have. My late uncle, the only other ham radio operator in the family, was the youngest engineer ever hired on by the Penn Central Railroad...and he gave me my love of ham radio and trains. So, I do a "Trains And Railroads Net" each week on the mode of D-Star...where we talk anything and everything related to trains and railroading. AH>Hmm. When I was growing up, dessert was an optional extra which we AH>had only when my father (who worked afternoon shift) got a day off. And sin AH>I've heard that sugar can do bad things to folks with irritable bowel syndro AH>I'm concerned about what various "sweet stuff" may be doing to your body. : When my elderly Mom and I go to Sonic, we don't have to get out of the car. She has to have her hot fudge sundae, but lately, I've been skipping dessert. If I eat too much at mealtime, I go into a hacking fit...but it's more pronounced when I eat out, instead of at home. AH>I hear you. Dallas & I are the sort of folks who notice what needs AH>to be done & just do it, although nobody else seems to notice what we're doi AH>until they expect us to solve all the world's problems. Congratulations. Y AH>have earned your stripes, IMHO, as one of us annoying Old Pharts... [chuckle The thing is, it's like the new acronym for N.A.V.Y. -- N)ever A)gain V)olunteer Y)ourself. People want your club/organization, etc. to do all these things...but when you ask for workers, it's dead silence. It's as if they think these events magically happen by themselves...you figure it out. Daryl === þ OLX 1.53 þ Windows Vista7Up Virus: Renders 16-bit programs useless. --- SBBSecho 3.03-Win32 * Origin: FIDONet: The Thunderbolt BBS - wx1der.dyndns.org (1:19/33) .