Subj : Todays Blooper To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Oct 16 2020 12:34:00 Hi Daryl! 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! DS> They said a revision was posted, but I've never found it. You have the revision! You should have seen how it worked before!! Maybe it was posted but the site wasn't kept up. I was reading something the other day about pictures taken inside the Chernoybl Nuclear Reactor shortly after the meltdown (year or so). Something happened to the website where the pictures were posted and the only thing left is the thumbnails. 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' DS> Or they hate to be proven wrong. Years ago, this one woman and DS> her husband were in my square dance club (they're dead and gone DS> now), and she got into an argument with me on this move during a DS> workshop to teach the move. The caller called her down, and said DS> "Ruth...Daryl is right!!". If her eyes could've produced fire, I DS> would've been burned alive!! Whenever I heard the song "Oh, DS> Lord...It's Hard To Be Humble", I surmised "That's her theme DS> song". :P Some people just can't believe their opinion or version isn't the right one. 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?! " DS> Well, the organization president has offered to "deal with the DS> guilty parties" who make the checks out wrong, or complain about DS> the deadlines. Good. 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) DS> The problem is that no one is taking out subscriptions or ads, DS> and we're losing money with each issue. So, we're removing more DS> content to try and save a few shekels. But, if we get to the DS> point where the treasury doesn't have enough funds to pay postage DS> and printing, the Board will have to pick up the tab, then a DS> letter will be sent out, noting "that's the final print DS> issue...the organization is now broke". Unfortunately yes. Printing costs are relatively astronomical. While its nice to physically have it to read it ultimately ends up in recycling. DS> The Board voted to reimburse me some money for my website DS> expenses (I had "donated" that over the years, "eating my DS> costs"). The Treasurer and her husband apparently live in the DS> country, and have a lot of cattle. It is apparently "calving DS> time", so she hasn't had a chance to mail me that check yet. But, DS> I told her "I'm not having a cow over the delay". You would! DS> Along that line, the word SERVICE used to mean something -- DS> such as with Customer Service, Postal Service, Internal Revenue DS> Service, etc. DS> Well, I heard 2 farmers talking the other day, and one said he DS> had to get a bull to SERVICE his cows. DS> BINGO!! The light came on (no wonder my butt is so sore :P ) !! Next time use an LED: puts out much less heat with just as good if not better illumination! BM> nastygrams would be sent to the Treasurer instead of you!!!!) DS> Well, if they're not going to support the organization or the DS> publication (we can't print and mail it for free), why should we DS> bust our butts to keep it going?? Robert Heinlein was DS> 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. DS> And so many want "something for nothing". They did it to themselves - both sides. Why should I pay for something if I can get it for free, but then I want a paycheck because I'm not going to work for free. It's one thing if someone wants to do for free but still has to have some income to be able to do for free. 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. DS> Well, I won't get all I paid back, but at this point, anything DS> will help. What was funny was that at the Zoom Meeting, the DS> Treasurer was announcing that the Board would reimburse me for DS> some expenses...and said "Two Thousand Twenty" (which was the DS> current year), instead of the amount (a little more than 10% of DS> that, I think). The reaction was that some dancers were about to DS> poop their pants -- I had to jump in, and offer a correction!! :P Well they do say to go in high with the initial amount! The other person generally wants to pay low so there is negotiation room. 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. DS> I was receiving the stuff...but now, he said to send the errant DS> stuff to him. I likely will take a picture of the errant items to DS> prove that I'm not making it up. Plus semi-proves you received it and mailed it on to him. As for the pictures, I'm thinking the items should be sent on but all depends how the President decided to handle things at the meeting. If he said 'if it's wrong it stops' then the picture verification is probably OK. (You got the check with the right amount, you get the check with the wrong amount, you got an unsigned check -- doesn't matter, you got a check and shouldn't have.) 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. DS> I went to Great Clips in west Little Rock yesterday, as I DS> needed someone new to do my hair. They're not doing beard DS> trimming now, due to COVID-19, so I bought a deal at Wal-Mart, DS> and trimmed my beard here at the computer, using the webcam and a DS> monitor as a mirror...with a large bowl to catch the hair (I DS> didn't find Waldo in there ). Yet, I got a "senior haircut" DS> and a shampoo for $17 -- cheaper than what I had been paying at DS> my now former stylist. Her husband had done my lawn, but I got DS> someone else to do that...texting him yesterday, noting I needed DS> to set up a time to get the lawn done again. My former barber-sylist retired about two years ago; she had been checking the competion all along in her career but really checked them out prior to retiring to give her clients a suggestion of where to go. Her suggestion for me was the person who did her hair, which was a really good recommendation and I had strongly considered but then as time came for getting a haircut neared I started I guess could be called back-pedaling: just a bunch of minor inconveniences piled up in the consideration: the new person also was mainly by appointment but started an hour later and I liked the first-thing-in-the-morning. Also distance from the house, seemed like parking wasn't all that easy.... Ended up deciding to try the local Great Clips which is about the same distance as my original barber-stylist. Not quite the same attention to detail but I'm not winning any beauty prizes anyway. At first didn't like the idea of no appointments -- 100% walk-in -- but their on-line app indicates the waiting time and I either postpone a day or two or able to get in essentially immediately -- don't think I've had more than a ten minute wait once I got there. 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'. DS> I'd love to get a bumper sticker that noted "Speed Limit DS> Checked By GPS and Drones...Please Don't Tailgate". I'd also get DS> a bumper sticker noting "Any Time Is Train Time -- Cross Tracks DS> Safely". The trouble with the bumper stickers is the people who should be reading them are too close and so can't see them! BM> If only you could get that ankle braclet off! DS> A braclet?? Gone with the E?? Suppose that's better than the typo the boss made at the store for a sign advertising flannel shirts and missed the 'r'!! 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. DS> I bought more "points" earlier today...which if I break down DS> and decide I have to do that trip (it's a big emotional struggle DS> right now), the cost would be reduced. But, I do NOT want to DS> drive, fly, or take the bus. And, if the Sleeping Car space is DS> already sold out, I won't go. Yes, right now a lot of "I should because but I shouldn't because" for you, me. and a lot of other travellers. Some carriers are extending their bonus point expirations to comensate. Others (also) offering no-fee trip chnages, etc. You having bought more points probably means subconsciously you have decided to take the trip, just not known when. The other thing is you have given AmTrack money --for services later but is helping them now get through a tough financial period. 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. DS> Like the tagline: "How can you eat one of God's Creatures?? In DS> sandwiches". Maybe I should eat fish for lunch. That's what the shark was thinking when nibbling on a human! 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. DS> The dachshund my late wife and I had, loved to ride on her DS> "scooter". No such 'fun rides' here. She did like to 'go surfing': put the newspaper down on the carpet and she'd run, jump on the paper, and slide! ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... Do not allow the dog to eat at the table,no matter how good his manners. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .