Subj : Todays Blooper To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Oct 16 2020 12:34:00 Hi Daryl! 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!! DS> About the only way to do self examination...and set the viewer DS> for either closeup or wide screen (yeah, I know...TMI ). BM> Why didn't you use a mirror? DS> I don't have a portable mirror, and can't stand for long DS> periods of time, due to the arthritis. Ah! Forgot about that last detail! 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! DS> I should put it on the other neck chain, where I have the spare DS> car key. Whatever works! BM> If the doctor doesn't know by now I'd be more than a little worried! DS> Or when I got my wings clipped (vasectomy), the doctor quipped DS> about "if I came in with a hot dog with mustard in one hand, and DS> a book that said 'Vasectomy 101' in the other, you might be DS> worried". :P Yeah, a bit old-fashioned: should at least be an on-line instructional video! DS> At least BPH doesn't cause prostate cancer...but like other DS> cancers, in its early stages, there are no symptoms. Best to have things checked every so often just to be sure. Hopefully is just a waste of time and money. 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. DS> Kids nowadays would have no idea what a typewriter was. And why should they? I do have one here but haven't used it in probably at least ten years: no real need to. Could use for typing an address but what I do is either cut the return address from the statement (if no window envelope provided) or make a bunch of labels and use them. DS> One ham's secret to learning Morse Code, was that he learned DS> all the dirty words first. BM> Grime, smear, dust bunny..... DS> You forgot mud. Hasn't rained for a while. 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. DS> Well, the car now has fresh tires, and has been winterized. My DS> next deal is to get Maaco to repaint it. I don't know if they're still around locally..... Chicago and Peoria. so about a three and two hour drive respectively. A couple of cars ago I did consider having some body work and repainted by a local private shop: they would have done an excellent job with the restoration as would have essentially disassembled the shell of the car, done the body repair, paint, reassembled, but would have cost much more than I was willing to pay. Knew it needed more than a simple 'Earl Schibe $19.95' job. DS> I did buy some more "Amtrak Points" this morning (to get a DS> bonus), as I am battling emotionally do get that trip. But, if DS> the Sleeping Car space is sold out, I won't go. So you will have to plan ahead to get the trip details you desire -- which makes sense: can't do 'standby' and expect first class window seat accomodations. 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. DS> I'm a baby boomer (will be 61 next year), but it's amazing how DS> much has changed in my life. I'm a little older and agree with your statement. I learned to type with Dad's Burrough's Upright. Seatbelts were optional (more accurately probably would be lapbelt as nothing across the chest). Vaguely rotary telephones -- think had them in the office when I was working College Admissions as I remember fiddling with a project to put an external TouchTone box on mine but chickened out at the actual attachment. At the apartment would have but there's a different between screwing up my stuff and someone else's. 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, DS> I used to have a recording which sounded like I was giving the DS> weather forecast...with sounds of tornado sirens and hurricane DS> winds in the background. That was some batherroom session!! 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. DS> With traveling Sleeping Car, you can keep your mask off in your DS> private compartment. Yes; I was thinking of a longer stroll through the other cars. BM> Thinking should be. Make the best of things; why be miserable? DS> Because others aren't happy if someone else isn't miserable. Sometimes that's yes.. BM> The neighbours expect you to have your bathing suit on this time!! DS> And, you don't send the naked baby down the "Slip N Slide" for DS> a bath!! Look at that streak! BM> Good. Unfortunately its a 'when it happens' rather than an 'if it BM> happens'. Be aware, be cautions, but also be having someone else help. DS> You can't be too careful nowadays. I sort of wander the path of cautious. Overly careful takes the fun out of things. Don't want to get injured, but don't want to bubble wrap my life. DS> You're slipping. :P BM> Durn freshly waxed floor! DS> But, it shines the butt cheeks as you slide across it. :P They just don't make pants and underwear like they used to! BM> And the owner probably got sued by the thug's attorney! DS> It wouldn't surprise me. Next thing you'll know, we'll get sued DS> for belching, sneezing, and farting in public. If that's the DS> case, the entire planet should disintegrate into a fireball DS> now...which probably would happen if every man and beast alive DS> would fart simultaneously. That'll make the CO detectors scream! BM> Always a good thing to be active in one's health. DS> I've heard too many horror stories of folks who basically got DS> told "you'll be dead in 2 weeks...we could've saved your life, DS> had you come in sooner". OTOH I was told as a teenager I might be dead by 40 or 50 depending on the progression of the muscle syndrome I have. Ha-ha! 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!! DS> No, I didn't want a feed cut. :P I have a panel cartoon about chickens preferring RSS feed. (And it wasn't from a site computer nerds hang out!) ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... 'Nerd' is so negative; I prefer 'digitally enabled.' --- 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) .