Subj : Ultimate Back Scratcher? To : Ardith Hinton From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Oct 22 2020 18:16:00 Adith, DS> I didn't think bears molted, but they likely shed. AH> That's probably the word I should have used. IIRC, now that AH> you've reminded me, it is birds which moult (Canadian spelling of AH> same). Oops! :-) Chickens do likewise. It reminds me of the cartoon, where the guy went into the restaurant, and wanted chicken strips. Well, they put a hen on his table, which promptly removed all her feathers. DS> "Shed Happens". AH> Uh-huh. Years ago, when we had a large white hairy dog, one AH> of our friends dropped by unexpectedly & asked if the living room AH> carpet was new. I chuckled & told him I had just finished vacuuming. AH> Then I added "I guess you thought we had a tweed carpet." His AH> expression told me I was right.... :-)) Well, a blooper noted something called "carpet tunnel syndrome"...but, that does have shaggy overtones to it. AH> Unfortunately repairs & medical expenses aren't always AH> predictable, but they can eat up one's savings very quickly... (sigh). That's for sure. I decided to get another testapel (low-T) implant yesterday. They did it in the lower back instead of the butt cheek, so it wasn't uncomfortable to sit. But, the numbing shots of Lanacane burn like the dickens. While it was cheaper in the long run to just get the weekly shots of testosterone, if we get into a bad weather pattern, and I can't get out, my levels could crash. This way, I should be good until late February. AH> Good grief! I didn't know about the electric meter, but I AH> remember times when your BBS was down for quite awhile because of AH> thunderstorms. Mark invariably tells us when you are offline in such AH> cases. Thankyou, Mark. :-) We have a chance of storms Friday into Saturday, and Monday into Tuesday of next week. Sometimes, our fall severe weather season can be worse than the one in spring. I am working with one of my hubs to get my BBS in the cloud, so it can stay up all the time. AH> Yes. When we have such situations around here people with AH> asthma & other respiratory conditions are advised not to go out. AH> Because we live near the ocean the temperature rarely exceeds 90 AH> degrees... but because we're also surrounded by mountains we get AH> temperature inversions in which the smog hangs around for days. About AH> a year ago, I realized "This means means you!" when I needed to take a AH> break during what would otherwise be a ten-minute walk. :-Q At least I don't get short of breath when I square dancing. After an 8 month hiatus, my club is to resume dancing next month. However, they will take the forehead temperature of everyone arriving, and masks are required. Unfortunately, most dancers are in the vulnerable age group, and some have had COVID-19 (I heard of a dancer and her Mom getting it twice!). AH> He was a comedian who did his thing while I'm a retired AH> teacher who enjoys making people think and... like you... testing their AH> mettle by teasing them a bit. The first time our optometrist, who was AH> a lot younger then & was probably reciting from textbooks, instructed AH> me to "look at the big letter E" without my glasses on I played dumb & AH> asked "What letter E?" I find him very quick on the uptake, and one of AH> the best optometrists we've ever had.... :-) My late wife, Janice, had poor vision, but she could find errors in the bulletins on the BBS. At times, she said "the E is dead"...like the dead roach on its back on the floor. :P AH> Understood. In the past six months we haven't been more than AH> fifty miles away from home. Our world shrank a lot once we'd added a AH> wheelchair to the equation, but now I'm seeing a lot more activity in AH> my favourite echoes & I'm hearing a lot more often from my BFF during AH> our high school days.... :-) Well, I decided instead of wasting the points, to go ahead and book a multi-segment train trip from Little Rock to Jackson, MS (via San Antonio and New Orleans) next June for the National Square Dance Convention. I only had to pay for one segment ($301 total cost)...the Guest Rewards points paid the rest. I get the Handicapped Sleeping Car berth all the way, which includes an in-room toilet and sink...plus all meals. I can take the mask off inside the compartment if I wish, and the sleeping car attendant will bring the meals and complimentary soft drinks. AH> * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716) DS> The name sounds like where I've been at lately. :P AH> Glad to know you understand where I'm coming from... [wry AH> grin]. It reminds of the cartoon where this huge piece of silver is in the street...the proverbial "fork in the road". Daryl .... Please no deja vu...I've been through this before. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (1:19/33) .