Subj : Re: Todays Blooper To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Oct 15 2020 10:30:00 Barry, DS> Well, I had to make sure I was dressed before stepping in front DS> of the webcam...or to turn it away. :P BM> Too late Ethel!! About the only way to do self examination...and set the viewer for either closeup or wide screen (yeah, I know...TMI ). BM> Why didn't you use a mirror? I don't have a portable mirror, and can't stand for long periods of time, due to the arthritis. DS> I realized when I went to fill the car up yesterday, that I DS> needed to get the key for the gas cap. :P BM> You only keep one key at home as the spare, silly! I should put it on the other neck chain, where I have the spare car key. BM> If the doctor doesn't know by now I'd be more than a little worried! Or when I got my wings clipped (vasectomy), the doctor quipped about "if I came in with a hot dog with mustard in one hand, and a book that said 'Vasectomy 101' in the other, you might be worried". :P Or as Bowser and Blue noted in "My Vasectomy" (they also did the song about praise to the colorectal surgeon), "the balls are like Christmas tree ornaments...only there for decoration". :P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hxYiTiwmdk&ab_channel=NWSanta For the colorectal song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2gABYTmXos&ab_channel=BowserandBlue And for the enlarged prostate males: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2FtvMJTBdA&ab_channel=BowserandBlue At least BPH doesn't cause prostate cancer...but like other cancers, in its early stages, there are no symptoms. BM> My parents generation and before seemed to generally have good hand- BM> writing, OTOH they sort of had to as didn't use a typewriter. Kids nowadays would have no idea what a typewriter was. DS> One ham's secret to learning Morse Code, was that he learned DS> all the dirty words first. BM> Grime, smear, dust bunny..... You forgot mud. DS> That's like all the add-ons they have on the Android, and DS> Windows. When I saw things like Candy Crush, and a bunch of other DS> games, I broke out the Uninstaller. BM> I'm just not into games so ignore the 'offer'. I do games on the BBS, and that's it for me. BM> Sounds like my Dad before he died: he drove, but not that BM> far, so the tires didn't have all that much wear on them. Usually went BM> to the same mechanic so the car was known and known to be taken care BM> of. I don't recall details but all of a sudden it was realized the BM> tires wew old enough could fail because of age rather than wear. Well, the car now has fresh tires, and has been winterized. My next deal is to get Maaco to repaint it. I did buy some more "Amtrak Points" this morning (to get a bonus), as I am battling emotionally do get that trip. But, if the Sleeping Car space is sold out, I won't go. BM> Overall I think it a good idea for 'old folks' to occasionally hang BM> around with the 'young whipper-snappers' to see the other side of the BM> fence, or more to get away from the other oldersters for a bit. And BM> the young to experience the old and what happened before they were BM> born. I'm a baby boomer (will be 61 next year), but it's amazing how much has changed in my life. BM> The only time I take the cordless phone into the bathroom with me is if BM> I'm expecting a return call such as from a doctor or nurse. Otherwise BM> that's what the answering machine is for, I used to have a recording which sounded like I was giving the weather forecast...with sounds of tornado sirens and hurricane winds in the background. BM> Pain and suffering isn't good but I'm thinking the enjoyment of the BM> train ride might override to a point -- do make accommodations such as BM> frequent stretch breaks, even if just to walk around the car. No idea BM> how to keep the social distancing but a mask would help with that. With traveling Sleeping Car, you can keep your mask off in your private compartment. BM> Year ago I did go to a bar with friends and there was a chalkboard type BM> surface for those so inclined. Scrape the nail across the blackboard...that was a good wince you did in the last message. :P BM> Thinking should be. Make the best of things; why be miserable? Because others aren't happy if someone else isn't miserable. BM> The neighbours expect you to have your bathing suit on this time!! And, you don't send the naked baby down the "Slip N Slide" for a bath!! DS> As long as they're not looking in the windows. BM> Or me theirs! Maxine (Crabby Road, who loves her attitude problem), says instead of her pulling her shades down, you shouldn't be looking in her windows!! BM> Either he had big feet to stumble over or she was a klutz! I sent the link in another message. BM> Good. Unfortunately its a 'when it happens' rather than an 'if it BM> happens'. Be aware, be cautions, but also be havign someone else help. You can't be too careful nowadays. DS> You're slipping. :P BM> Durn freshly waxed floor! But, it shines the butt cheeks as you slide across it. :P BM> And the owner probably got sued by the thug's attorney! It wouldn't surprise me. Next thing you'll know, we'll get sued for belching, sneezing, and farting in public. If that's the case, the entire planet should disintegrate into a fireball now...which probably would happen if every man and beast alive would fart simultaneously. BM> Always a good thing to be active in one's health. I've heard too many horror stories of folks who basically got told "you'll be dead in 2 weeks...we could've saved your life, had you come in sooner". DS> I'd make a comment, but discretion is the better part of valor. :P BM> That's what is said when can't come up with anything!! No, I didn't want a feed cut. :P Daryl .... LaQuinta: Spanish for "Next To Denny's". === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (454:1/33) .