Subj : Re: Todays Blooper To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Tue Oct 13 2020 18:44:00 Barry, DS> Never mind screen burn. :P BM> To maintain privacy please turn off the monitor. screen burn> Well, that didn't work! Well, I had to make sure I was dressed before stepping in front of the webcam...or to turn it away. :P It's impossible to get a beard trim nowadays, with COVID-19, so I bought a trimmer from Wal-Mart today. Using the webcam, and looking at myself on the screen, it was an effort to shave the beard and moustache. It wasn't perfect, but for now, it'll do. DS> Be spicy, and you'll have too much thyme on your hands. :P BM> Is in in power form? You said in the other message I had a green haze BM> following me! Either that, or a stinky weiner dog. BM> Good. Now remember when you put the extra one! I realized when I went to fill the car up yesterday, that I needed to get the key for the gas cap. :P BM> I'll admit to something being confused (or maybe outsmarted) by the BM> cartoon instructions: OK, so the arrow is pointing to something, the BM> edge? A dark mark on the dark line drawing? One guy, who was to have a colonoscopy, had a friend, write in magic marker on each butt cheek "Insert Here", with arrows pointed to his anal orifice. Like they need instructions?? :P BM> "Even if I was wrong you should have fixed it for me!" Again, sounds like a twit excuse to the Sysop. :P BM> Dad always had a nice generally even handwriting. My Mother's is also BM> pretty good, though hers has the 'quirk' of the old-fashioned German BM> alphabet (born and raised in Vienna, Austria). Mine used to be decent: BM> I blame the sloppiness on high-speed note-taking in college. Gregg BM> shorthand would have been handy -- I typed my notes that BM> afternoon/evening anyway. (On a typewriter, not a computer.) I've known very few men with good handwriting...and I'm not one of them. BM> You need some dits! ...Dashes, dots -- Morse Code.... One ham's secret to learning Morse Code, was that he learned all the dirty words first. BM> I've sort of lessened my consideration on that specific: now a lot of BM> computer stuff is offered at little if any cost. ...Decades ago bought BM> some software for my XT -- was supposed to make it run three times as BM> fast, blah-blah. Well, that was a piece of junk as it slowed down my BM> computer but the free software they bundled with it was fantastic! Used BM> it for years! That's like all the add-ons they have on the Android, and Windows. When I saw things like Candy Crush, and a bunch of other games, I broke out the Uninstaller. BM> Unless he would prefer to do it this weekend and trusts you enough to BM> give you the credit until next week. He might be able to get your job BM> done this weekend and another one later in the week. I have to call him tomorrow...was out with the car getting 5 new tires (4 fresh ones and a fresh spare), and a front end alignment. The old tires weren't worn, but they were 11 years old. BM> Can just be friends/acquaintances. She might need a person to lend an BM> ear -- maybe she has a boyfriend she wants to talk about but for BM> whatever reason is uncomfortable talking details to her parents but you BM> as a grandparent type might be just the thing. Or even non-personal BM> stuff like rotary telephones, typewriters. That's what I'm hoping to do. BM> Sometimes it's just things like "this is 'me time'": phone rings, you BM> don't have to answer it, especially if during dinner. I take the phone in the bathroom with me. It never fails...when nature calls, so do the telemarketers. :P BM> Time to think worst case scenarios, figure out what to so should they BM> happen, and be done with it. LIS above, figure that $200 false alarm BM> fee into your trip budget. Happens, you've got the money. Doesn't BM> happen, you got extra money (though I'd set aside for next trip). Two BM> false alarms?! Well, at least you've got half the moeny set aside! I still can't bring myself to travel outside the county anymore...it's just too hard on me. BM> Yeah but you're not supposed to write it on the walls! Never mind the Toilet Stall Graffitti Wall on the BBS, or in the restroom of The Lost Traders Tavern in Trade Wars 2002. :P BM> Oh well. Maybe something will become available. I'm not optimistic. BM> Hopefully the electric meter doesn't spark to the gas meter!! Need the BM> water meter by them to squirt out the fire!! The water meter is in the front yard. I haven't run the sprinklers in ages. BM> I probably confuse some of my neighbours as there is some light here BM> during a ppower failure -- or at least the beginning. Is a two story BM> house and the others are one story so the upstairs can be visible. As long as they're not looking in the windows. DS> Not if the store offers home delivery. BM> By a sexy delivery driver!! I saw a video where a woman's classmate from long ago surprised her with a package, as a FedEx driver. When she realized who it was, she screamed "OMG!!" and started sobbing, falling at his feet. DS> I'm not sure if I'm squared up, screwed up, or both. BM> Yes! You're so encouraging. BM> Hate to say it but something that should be considered now before it BM> happens later, I've got at least deals monitoring for identity theft. DS> WARNING: Do not attempt any advice described in this message. :P BM> Now you tell me! You're slipping. :P 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. BM> Hope they have shatter-proof window glass! Really. I think of the video where the store kept being broken into by thugs throwing concrete blocks, etc. into the front window. So, the owner replaced it with reinforced plexiglas. This thug slug the heavy object toward the window, and it bounced right back to him, severely injuring him. BM> Might want to check with your doctor to see if maybe crackers would be BM> a better option. Friend had 'low blood sugar' episodes and so would BM> eat candy to counteract. Later blood work done and whatever he had as BM> the trigger was temporarily counter-acted by the sugar but caused BM> another spike later. Eating crackers was the proper solution for him. At least I'm not diabetic, but I'm keeping an eye on the levels. DS> Just don't roast your weiner. BM> Don't stand so close to the barbecue! I'd make a comment, but discretion is the better part of valor. :P Daryl .... 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