Subj : Ultimate Back Scratcher?
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Tue Dec 08 2020 20:06:12

Hi, Daryl!  Awhile ago you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

AH>  Years ago, when we had a large white hairy dog, one of
AH>  of our friends dropped by unexpectedly & asked if the
AH>  living room carpet was new.  I chuckled & told him I
AH>  had just finished vacuuming.  Then I added "I guess you
AH>  thought we had a tweed carpet."  His expression told me
AH>  I was right....  :-))

DS>  Well, a blooper noted something called "carpet tunnel
DS>  syndrome"...but, that does have shaggy overtones to it. <G>


          A shaggy dog story?  Yeah, another blast from the past....  :-))



DS>  I am working with one of my hubs to get my BBS in the
DS>  cloud, so it can stay up all the time.


          Sounds like a plan.  With many folks being unable to visit others in person because of COVID-19, the computer is an important way to keep in touch.



DS>  After an 8 month hiatus, my club is to resume dancing
DS>  next month. However, they will take the forehead
DS>  temperature of everyone arriving, and masks are required.
DS>  Unfortunately most dancers are in the vulnerable age
DS>  group, and some have had COVID-19 (I heard of a dancer
DS>  and her Mom getting it twice!).


          Hmm.  There is still a lot we don't know about this disease, and I'd been wondering whether the same person could get it twice within a short time. I've heard one's immunity to at least some variations on the common cold lasts only for a couple of weeks afterwards.  And I myself have had the "90-day flu"
.... so nicknamed because it tended to come back after 90 days.  :-Q



DS>  My late wife, Janice, had poor vision, but she could find
DS>  errors in the bulletins on the BBS. At times, she said
DS>  "the E is dead"...like the dead roach on its back on the
DS>  floor. :P


         Was she near-sighted?  I can certainly relate to that.  The last time we went to the optometrist, I pointed out that there was dust on the lenses he uses for testing... which were, of course, within a few inches of my own eyes. He took my word for it because he's far-sighted & hadn't noticed... [chuckle].



DS>  I decided instead of wasting the points, to go ahead and
DS>  book a multi-segment train trip from Little Rock to Jackson,
DS>  MS (via San Antonio and New Orleans) next June for the
DS>  National Square Dance Convention. I only had to pay for one
DS>  segment ($301 total cost)...the Guest Rewards points paid
DS>  the rest. I get the Handicapped Sleeping Car berth all the
DS>  way, which includes an in-room toilet and sink...plus all
DS>  meals. I can take the mask off inside the compartment if I
DS>  wish, and the sleeping car attendant will bring the meals
DS>  and complimentary soft drinks.


         Sounds nice.  I hope for your sake that the risk will be less by that time than it is at present.  We experienced a slowdown of COVID-19 here during the summer... and the rules were relaxed a bit.  But now we're into the second phase & battening down the hatches again.  We're being strongly advised not to travel unless we absolutely have to & large gatherings are prohibited....  :-)



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...
AH>  [wry grin].

DS>  It reminds of the cartoon where this huge piece of silver
DS>  is in the street...the proverbial "fork in the road". <G>


         In English class we'd describe that as a live metaphor... which to me is particularly amusing because I once found a dinner fork when I took a short cut through the woods to the dumpster in a local campground.  It was on a path which, though unofficial, showed signs of having been been used often....  :-)




--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
 * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)

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