Subj : Re: Todays Blooper To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Oct 15 2020 10:03:00 Barry, BM> That's the glitch!! Might be hard-coded. I remember in my early BBS BM> days there were some programmes which refused to run if configured on BM> any drive but C:. At the time I was trying to be organized and BM> separate utilities and functions by hard drive - so much for that idea! They said a revision was posted, but I've never found it. BM> Just a bit! ...If enough people were doing it wrong then something BM> being misinterpreted, overlooked, or easier to do the one way. And BM> yes, people do get tired of repeating things, correcting others' Or they hate to be proven wrong. Years ago, this one woman and her husband were in my square dance club (they're dead and gone now), and she got into an argument with me on this move during a workshop to teach the move. The caller called her down, and said "Ruth...Daryl is right!!". If her eyes could've produced fire, I would've been burned alive!! Whenever I heard the song "Oh, Lord...It's Hard To Be Humble", I surmised "That's her theme song". :P BM> Some times one has to prove the problem one is complaining about. "Oh BM> certainly thirty people can't be sending you their membership checks!" BM> "Oh yeah?! " Well, the organization president has offered to "deal with the guilty parties" who make the checks out wrong, or complain about the deadlines. BM> ...Sometimes ya jus' can't fix stupod! Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it helps mask the noise. :P BM> Mixed emotions on that one: if need to go to the web why bother with a BM> print edition. OTOH some people don't have web access (no computer) The problem is that no one is taking out subscriptions or ads, and we're losing money with each issue. So, we're removing more content to try and save a few shekels. But, if we get to the point where the treasury doesn't have enough funds to pay postage and printing, the Board will have to pick up the tab, then a letter will be sent out, noting "that's the final print issue...the organization is now broke". The Board voted to reimburse me some money for my website expenses (I had "donated" that over the years, "eating my costs"). The Treasurer and her husband apparently live in the country, and have a lot of cattle. It is apparently "calving time", so she hasn't had a chance to mail me that check yet. But, I told her "I'm not having a cow over the delay". Along that line, the word SERVICE used to mean something -- such as with Customer Service, Postal Service, Internal Revenue Service, etc. Well, I heard 2 farmers talking the other day, and one said he had to get a bull to SERVICE his cows. BINGO!! The light came on (no wonder my butt is so sore :P ) !! BM> nastygrams would be sent to the Treasurer instead of you!!!!) Well, if they're not going to support the organization or the publication (we can't print and mail it for free), why should we bust our butts to keep it going?? Robert Heinlein was right...TANSTAFFL (there ain't no such thing as a free lunch). BM> Yes, it is expensive, and people don't want to or can't afford to pay. BM> Others before you are sort of at fault: people are now expecting free. BM> Even very low cost can be an off-put. And so many want "something for nothing". BM> The good news is now someone else deals with the problem. Well, at BM> least the end portion. You still have to receive and send on the BM> errant mail but hopefully will lessen, and hopefully you are being paid BM> / re-imbursed for the forwarding costs. Well, I won't get all I paid back, but at this point, anything will help. What was funny was that at the Zoom Meeting, the Treasurer was announcing that the Board would reimburse me for some expenses...and said "Two Thousand Twenty" (which was the current year), instead of the amount (a little more than 10% of that, I think). The reaction was that some dancers were about to poop their pants -- I had to jump in, and offer a correction!! :P BM> Almost sounds like the President is receiving the payments instead of BM> the Treasurer. ...As long as you don't have to deal with the checks. I was receiving the stuff...but now, he said to send the errant stuff to him. I likely will take a picture of the errant items to prove that I'm not making it up. BM> I will leave a larger tip if warranted. Normally I tip on the generous BM> side of the normal but if really good I will reward. Won't deduct from BM> the server if the kitchen made the 'bad service' error: remember once BM> went out to dinner and the Texas Toast was only toasted on one side. I went to Great Clips in west Little Rock yesterday, as I needed someone new to do my hair. They're not doing beard trimming now, due to COVID-19, so I bought a deal at Wal-Mart, and trimmed my beard here at the computer, using the webcam and a monitor as a mirror...with a large bowl to catch the hair (I didn't find Waldo in there ). Yet, I got a "senior haircut" and a shampoo for $17 -- cheaper than what I had been paying at my now former stylist. Her husband had done my lawn, but I got someone else to do that...texting him yesterday, noting I needed to set up a time to get the lawn done again. BM> My 'rule' is they can drive around me. I still am driving properly: BM> speed limit, on the right so they can pass me (unless I am going to be BM> making a left-hand turn shortly). Should be 'share the road and be BM> considerate'. I'd love to get a bumper sticker that noted "Speed Limit Checked By GPS and Drones...Please Don't Tailgate". I'd also get a bumper sticker noting "Any Time Is Train Time -- Cross Tracks Safely". BM> If only you could get that ankle braclet off! A braclet?? Gone with the E?? BM> And I'll admit to being one o fthe 'too paranoid' though substituting BM> that term with something like not liking the situation. I can do the BM> social distancing, etc., but being in a flying tube or rolling box BM> (plane, train/bus) the build up of germs is more than I want to deal BM> with for the reasoning I have to travel. I bought more "points" earlier today...which if I break down and decide I have to do that trip (it's a big emotional struggle right now), the cost would be reduced. But, I do NOT want to drive, fly, or take the bus. And, if the Sleeping Car space is already sold out, I won't go. DS> Or for them being vegan, glueten free, etc. BM> Yes, those too. A vegan would probably not go to steakhouse, though BM> with a group might 'have' to. I'm thinking 'with friends' then the BM> friends should not go there unless a decent set of vegan options was BM> available. If with business associates they probably wouldn't know of BM> the preference. Like the tagline: "How can you eat one of God's Creatures?? In sandwiches". Maybe I should eat fish for lunch. BM> And my second dog loved going for car rides but never looked out: just BM> like curling up on the passenger seat or next to me. Thought at first BM> she didn't know or wasn't allowed to (she was adopted and little was BM> known about the original owner except probably abused) so propped her BM> up a few times to let her know there was an outside world and it was OK BM> to look -- got the reaction "that's nice" so after a few times just let BM> her be. The dachshund my late wife and I had, loved to ride on her "scooter". Daryl .... 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