Subj : Re: Todays Blooper To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Oct 08 2020 23:39:00 Barry, DS> I thought the color monitor was going out on the computer. :P BM> So back in the pre-CGA days.... Never mind screen burn. :P BM> Simple fix: change your name to Ulysses -- then it would be Ulysses BM> Time Clutz! Be spicy, and you'll have too much thyme on your hands. :P BM> Hopefully the cap came with two keys -- one for a spare! I remember BM> back in the early mid-70's there was a gasoline shortage going on. Dad BM> did buy locking gas caps for the three cars (his, my Mother, and mine) It did. BM> but didn't use them: I think it was more to have them on hand, to have BM> good ones (not leftover junk following a run on them), and allow one BM> incident as opposed to the inconvenience of their use. Also he got a BM> good gas siphon in case needed to swap gas from one car to another. I heard of one poor soul who tried to siphon the gas out of an RV. The problem was, he picked the sewage disposal line. :P The owner decided not to press charges, and the poor soul "had suffered enough". That's like the old "Wizard Of Id" cartoon...where the wizard complained to the king, that "we caught this Peeping Tom looking into Blanche's room!!". The king replied "Let him go. He's suffered enough". BM> I was thinking more those cartoon instructions like in the manuals the BM> past several years. They probably couldn't understand them, either. BM> That'll teach you to be a know-it-all! Easier to 'Daryl-it' vs. BM> Googling it! Remember...my initials stand for "Dumb [censored]". :P BM> Agree on things getting lost in the shuffle. ...Really too bad how BM> those misdirected payments got in the To Be Shredded Box! Yet, even if they're wrong, they won't accept responsibility for such. BM> Yup! IMO easier for the Post Office equipment to read a typed address BM> than a human-printed one, plus my writing/printing is only BM> semi-legible. Males handwriting normally looks like they're drunk as a coot. Females handwriting tends to be immaculate by comparison. If you looked at writing by my Mom and Dad (they're both dead and gone now), it bore that out. BM> Just remmeber: someone has to be at the bottom of the IQ list! The BM> more people under the smarter the rest of us look! I'll always remember the late Nancy Backus (who lost her battle with stomach cancer this week) in her response to my QWK Mail Tagline "I took an IQ test, and the results were negative"...she replied "That explains a lot ". She will be sorely missed. :'( BM> Or moved her desk so she could work under windows! Yeah, really. BM> You want some jeeze to go with that whine?! Or the maitre'd asking the customer "Wine, sir??" -- the customer starts sobbing uncontrollably "Well, if you insist!!" BM> You just became more valuable due to your experience! It would seem so...but I've had my hopes dashed too many times, so I quit raising my expectations. BM> Select the one that seems to be the most secure and you are comfortable BM> working with. Something super-secure but super-complicated is just BM> going to be frustrating. We're not talking government security issues. Well, they apparently offer it for little or no cost...but the phrase "you get what you pay for" keeps coming to mind. BM> You can come up here and help with the yard work?! Supposed to be nice BM> up here! I have to call my yard man this weekend...but will tell him to wait until after next Wednesday, as I'll be out of pocket Monday and Tuesday. BM> Yes. Those little factors like convenience, time usage, BM> comfort. And to my thinking eating out is a treat. It is. There is this 17 year old young lady at this restaurant...a bit heavy set, but she's cute as a bug's ear, and a hard worker. I wouldn't mind being her friend, but with her not being "a legal adult", I don't do pedophilia. That reminds me of the "bizarre joke", where the guy comes home, and finds his wife on the front porch, with a suitcase, and she's in tears. He asks her "what's the big idea??". She says "I'm leaving you, because I've heard you're a pedophile". He replies "that's an awfully big word for a 14 year old". :P BM> Just make sure to have fun at home! If I can do my hobbies at the computer, and get some needed rest, I can keep busy. BM> That would tend to put a damper on the fun from the trip. Especially with repeated violations. BM> Agree, though he odds of something like that happening are tiny. Not with the way my luck runs. BM> ...Hmm: I just remembered there is or at least was a Rest Room App. BM> Intended users were kids who tend to wait to the last second but I BM> don't see why an adult couldn't use also. :) One app basically had you record your "output"...that's TMI, IMO. BM> Any way to donate them to a charity? Or collect them and give away as BM> a Ham or square dance prize. Negative on both counts. I saw where there's an offer to "buy more points"...but I doubt I can bring myself to do such. Had I had enough points, I could've taken the trip...sleeping car and all...free. Of course, I would've had to pay for the food and lodging at the destination, and any local transportation (taxi) fees. BM> Euwwww.... Still will check. Eventually. The Generac generators run on either LP gas or propane. The gas meter and the electric meter are right next to each other on the north side of the house. BM> Here this side of the block is on one circuit and the other side of the BM> street another: utiltiies run through the strip of woods (like a BM> single-tree width!) in the back yards. It was wild when the entire block was dark, and the house still had power. When asked why, we'd reply "clean living". The truth was that we were on a different circuit. BM> I kind of like "Barry's Life Matters"! I'm sure your spouse feels the same way. :) DS> You only use the raised pinkie finger if drinking champagne. BM> And so poke yourself in the eye! BTW, the muscles to do that action is BM> the Digitus Quinti Proprious - loosely translates as "Fifth Finger BM> Proper"! Details, details. DS> There's now the Redneck COVID-19 home test: BM> I'm thinking constantly testing would be a good safety measure! BM> ...Well, there might be a small issue when driving for more test BM> material! Not if the store offers home delivery. DS> Sleep and I have a loving relationship. However, N. Somnia, and DS> L. Armclock, two jealous females, are trying to break us up!! :P BM> That's what you get for being square! I'm not sure if I'm squared up, screwed up, or both. BM> Put one on the left side of the medicine cabinet, the other on the BM> right.... That's like the guy who said he had a one night stand. The next night, he got another one as a companion to the first one, as it got lonely. BM> In one way yes, though it is kind of nice to know an on-line purchase I've been the victim of identity theft once before...it's a PITA to get it straightened out. BM> Some companies are give promotions where they pay off all or up to a BM> certain dollar amount cancellation fees. Right now, that's the least of my worries. DS> WARNING: Do not attempt any advice described in this message. :P BM> Now yuou tell me! Well, I saw where Arkansas prisons are going to implement devices to turn your cellphone into a brick once you enter the property. BM> I'd probably give Cookie Monster a run for his money. I usually go for BM> the cheaper cookies as sometimes wolf them down, though do the semi- BM> frequent splurge on better ones. Do avoid the chololate ones in BM> Summer: they melt! I had to get a Coca-Cola and a Kit-Kat at the pharmacy today. I ripped a hang-nail off the middle finger (imjured my bird again ), and bled like a stuck pig. So, I had to stop at the pharmacy to get some band-aids for use in the car...the soda and candy was a sugar rush to wake me up. I did not rest well last night, and I had to fight to stay awake. And, I'm having that problem now, so once I upload this packet, I'm off to bed. DS> ... Well, to be frank, I'd have to change my name. BM> Well hot dog!! Just don't roast your weiner. BM> ... He lit a match BM> To check his tank BM> And now they call him BM> Skinless Frank! Burma Shave. Daryl .... Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Naked. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (454:1/33) .