Subj : Todays Blooper To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Oct 09 2020 12:16:00 Hi Daryl! DS> I thought the color monitor was going out on the computer. :P BM> So back in the pre-CGA days.... DS> Never mind screen burn. :P To maintain privacy please turn off the monitor. Well, that didn't work! BM> Simple fix: change your name to Ulysses -- then it would be Ulysses BM> Time Clutz! DS> Be spicy, and you'll have too much thyme on your hands. :P Is in in power form? You said in the other message I had a green haze following me! 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) DS> It did. Good. Now remember when you put the extra one! BM> I was thinking more those cartoon instructions like in the manuals the BM> past several years. DS> They probably couldn't understand them, either. I'll admit to something being confused (or maybe outsmarted) by the cartoon instructions: OK, so the arrow is pointing to something, the edge? A dark mark on the dark line drawing? BM> Agree on things getting lost in the shuffle. ...Really too bad how BM> those misdirected payments got in the To Be Shredded Box! DS> Yet, even if they're wrong, they won't accept responsibility DS> for such. "Even if I was wrong you should have fixed it for me!" 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. DS> Males handwriting normally looks like they're drunk as a coot. DS> Females handwriting tends to be immaculate by comparison. If you DS> looked at writing by my Mom and Dad (they're both dead and gone DS> now), it bore that out. Dad always had a nice generally even handwriting. My Mother's is also pretty good, though hers has the 'quirk' of the old-fashioned German alphabet (born and raised in Vienna, Austria). Mine used to be decent: I blame the sloppiness on high-speed note-taking in college. Gregg shorthand would have been handy -- I typed my notes that afternoon/evening anyway. (On a typewriter, not a computer.) BM> You just became more valuable due to your experience! DS> It would seem so...but I've had my hopes dashed too many times, DS> so I quit raising my expectations. You need some dits! ...Dashes, dots -- Morse Code.... 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. DS> Well, they apparently offer it for little or no cost...but the DS> phrase "you get what you pay for" keeps coming to mind. I've sort of lessened my consideration on that specific: now a lot of computer stuff is offered at little if any cost. ...Decades ago bought some software for my XT -- was supposed to make it run three times as fast, blah-blah. Well, that was a piece of junk as it slowed down my computer but the free software they bundled with it was fantastic! Used it for years! BM> You can come up here and help with the yard work?! Supposed to be nice BM> up here! DS> I have to call my yard man this weekend...but will tell him to DS> wait until after next Wednesday, as I'll be out of pocket Monday DS> and Tuesday. Unless he would prefer to do it this weekend and trusts you enough to give you the credit until next week. He might be able to get your job done this weekend and another one later in the week. BM> Yes. Those little factors like convenience, time usage, BM> comfort. And to my thinking eating out is a treat. DS> It is. There is this 17 year old young lady at this DS> restaurant...a bit heavy set, but she's cute as a bug's ear, and DS> a hard worker. I wouldn't mind being her friend, but with her not DS> being "a legal adult", I don't do pedophilia. Can just be friends/acquaintances. She might need a person to lend an ear -- maybe she has a boyfriend she wants to talk about but for whatever reason is uncomfortable talking details to her parents but you as a grandparent type might be just the thing. Or even non-personal stuff like rotary telephones, typewriters. BM> Just make sure to have fun at home! DS> If I can do my hobbies at the computer, and get some needed DS> rest, I can keep busy. Sometimes it's just things like "this is 'me time'": phone rings, you don't have to answer it, especially if during dinner. BM> Agree, though he odds of something like that happening are tiny. DS> Not with the way my luck runs. Time to think worst case scenarios, figure out what to so should they happen, and be done with it. LIS above, figure that $200 false alarm fee into your trip budget. Happens, you've got the money. Doesn't happen, you got extra money (though I'd set aside for next trip). Two false alarms?! Well, at least you've got half the moeny set aside! 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. :) DS> One app basically had you record your "output"...that's TMI, DS> IMO. Yeah but you're not supposed to write it on the walls! BM> Any way to donate them to a charity? Or collect them and give away as BM> a Ham or square dance prize. DS> Negative on both counts. I saw where there's an offer to "buy DS> more points"...but I doubt I can bring myself to do such. Had I DS> had enough points, I could've taken the trip...sleeping car and DS> all...free. Of course, I would've had to pay for the food and DS> lodging at the destination, and any local transportation (taxi) DS> fees. Oh well. Maybe something will become available. BM> Euwwww.... Still will check. Eventually. DS> The Generac generators run on either LP gas or propane. The gas DS> meter and the electric meter are right next to each other on the DS> north side of the house. Hopefully the electric meter doesn't spark to the gas meter!! Need the water meter by them to squirt out the fire!! 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. DS> It was wild when the entire block was dark, and the house still DS> had power. When asked why, we'd reply "clean living". The DS> truth was that we were on a different circuit. I probably confuse some of my neighbours as there is some light here during a ppower failure -- or at least the beginning. Is a two story house and the others are one story so the upstairs can be visible. Through the south upstairs window they'd be able to see my desk lamp, which is one one of the UPSs. Through the north upstairs window could see light from the wall light at the top of the stairs which is powered by a different UPS. 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"! DS> Details, details. No, humans only have remnants and generally fuse. 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! DS> Not if the store offers home delivery. By a sexy delivery driver!! 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! DS> I'm not sure if I'm squared up, screwed up, or both. Yes! DS> I've been the victim of identity theft once before...it's a DS> 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. DS> Right now, that's the least of my worries. Hate to say it but something that should be considered now before it happens later, DS> WARNING: Do not attempt any advice described in this message. :P BM> Now you tell me! DS> Well, I saw where Arkansas prisons are going to implement DS> devices to turn your cellphone into a brick once you enter the DS> property. Hope they have shatter-proof window glass! DS> I had to get a Coca-Cola and a Kit-Kat at the pharmacy today. I DS> 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 b DS> and-aids for DS> use in the car...the soda and candy was a sugar rush to wake me DS> up. I did not rest well last night, and I had to fight to stay DS> awake. Might want to check with your doctor to see if maybe crackers would be a better option. Friend had 'low blood sugar' episodes and so would eat candy to counteract. Later blood work done and whatever he had as the trigger was temporarily counter-acted by the sugar but caused another spike later. Eating crackers was the proper solution for him. DS> And, I'm having that problem now, so once I upload this packet, DS> I'm off to bed. DS> ... Well, to be frank, I'd have to change my name. BM> Well hot dog!! DS> Just don't roast your weiner. Don't stand so close to the barbecue! ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... 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