Subj : Re: Todays Blooper
To   : Barry Martin
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Sep 29 2020 08:02:00

Barry,

 DS>   You're just full of good news. :P

 BM> At least it's just news this time!

  I'm full of the other stuff...that's why my eyes are brown.

  I've got a problem on the BBS that can't seem to be fixed (the
posts show UTC time instead of CDT or CST). I even put a default
message header file in there, and it's still showing up that way.

  To make matters worse, several square dancers have chewed me out 
on a message that I posted, on folks "not following directions".

  Basically, I send a reminder card with instructions on what to do
to renew their expiring print subscription to the state square dance
publication. Well, these folks can't follow directions, in that they:

1) Make the check to me instead of the organization.
2) Make the check out for the improper amount.
3) Do not sign the check (the bank won't take it).
4) Mail it to me instead of the treasurer.
5) Fail to check their info and notify me if it's wrong.

  This basically is extra work for me, in that I have to:

A) Purchase an envelope and postage.
B) Put the one check in my bank, but have to wait for it to clear
(funds are low). Then, write a new check out of my account, and mail
it to the treasurer (where it should've gone in the first place).
C) Put the unsigned or improper amount check back in the mail to
the sender.

  It's basically a waste of time and money.

  So, I've hidden the directory of stuff on the computer (I have no
idea how to get it back now), and have also removed GMail from the
phone, and changed the lock codes on the computers and phones. I'm
seriously considering just chunking ALL my hobbies, and disappearing
for a good while. The auto posts will continue, along with the weather
updates, but I may not actually logon again for awhile.

  And, if this wasn't bad enough, that annuity deal hasn't arrived
yet (darn Ultra Slow (US) Snail), and I'm about of food (not even
$5 in the bank right now).

  So, I'm just going to stay home, and not eat anything until Friday
(I need to lose weight badly, anyway). All I'll do on the BBS is my 
QWK Mail processing, and the updating of the ham radio and weather 
bulletins.

 DS>   With the EFT, you don't have to worry about it getting stolen
 DS> in the mail.

 BM> I do like that!  Don't recall anything outgoing missing; have had some
 BM> incoming mail never show up over the decades.  OTOH have had no-show
 BM> commercial e-mail also.  Anyway, nice thing about EFT is can make the
 BM> payment as close as possible to the due date, which probably in r
 BM> eality gives me a whole cent or two of interest over the year, but the
 BM> idea I'm hanging on to my money as long as possible is appealing!

  There is so much political gridlock in Washington, that members of
Congress are getting antsy to go home to campaign "to get re-erected
to screw us" (misspelling and puns intended), but they'll have nothing
to show for their efforts. I'll bet the government will shut down, and
there won't be any COVID-19 stuff. I have no interest at all in watching
the debate tonight...whether or not Trump and Biden are (pun intended)
Master-D-Baitors. I'll do my ham radio traffic net, submit the logs, and
crash out.

 BM> I vaguely remember "Quisp", not recalling "Quake" at all.

  There was a time when they were going to apparently do away with
"Quake", but it was planned that they were going to revitalize it.

 BM> 'Cause two different people!  OTOH some in families the siblings are
 BM> almost duplicates while in others like yours almost like some babies
 BM> were thrown together randomly.  Which caused them to cry from being
 BM> startled, and get their breakfast all soggy!

  Don't startle me...I tend to poop easily. :P  

 BM> ... Why was Shakespeare denied a drink at the pub?  He was Bard.
 DS>   Don't raise the bar...it makes it too hard to get the drinks!!

 BM> Egh! I'll just have the staff serve me!

  As long as L.O. Caucus, isn't chief of staph of COVID-19. <G>

Daryl

.... Frigerobics: Leaning, bending, stretching while looking in the fridge.
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