Subj : Re: Various Things To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Dec 29 2022 06:56:00 Barry, BM> Sneaky! That's what the musical instruments shop proprietor on an episode of The Flintstones said, when Fred was wanting to buy Wilma a piano for their anniversary. When Fred asked when he wanted it delivered, he was told "It's your piano...when do you want it??". Fred said "Tonight, at midnight, after my wife's asleep"...and the proprietor (Gildersleeve) said "Oooo....aren't we sneaky??". Fred had won $50 at the Water Buffalo Lodge, but it turns out he could only afford a piano stool at that price. So, he ended up buying a hot (stolen) piano from a thug named 88 Fingers Louie. Fred ended up running a red light on the piano that kept rolling, and as he stood before the sargeant before he was sentenced to jail, the sargeant asked if he had any last words...the exchange went like this: Fred: "All I wanted to do was surprise my wife on our wedding anniversary." Sarge: "A likely story". Suddenly, the sargeant shakes his head wildly, and is in a panic!! Sarge: "Wedding Anniversary??!! Jumping Dinosaurs!! Today's me own wedding anniversary!! Officer??" Officer: "Yes, Sarge??" Sarge: "Show this criminal that the department has a heart, and give him a hand with his anniversary, while I run out and buy something for me own little bride." Then, the sargeant laments "How could I forget??!! Especially when it comes on trash day!!". The look of astonishment on Fred's face was just priceless. BM> Well if we take a carpeter's screw and screw it clockwise we're turning BM> into the wood so holding things together. And clockwise is loosenging, BM> which sometimes is a bad thing and sometimes a good thing, depending on BM> the desired outcome. ...And now to continue to attept to achieve BM> Nirvana through comtemplations of my navel. Leftie loosey, righty tightey. Or like Foster Brooks said "I was part of the naval air force...tried to force air theough my navel". I thought that was a built in lint filter to get stuff to make a sweater with. Unfortunately, that only works if you're an "innie". BM> I was thinking the finish was "smell" because she was now a rotting BM> corpse. (Got out of that one!) Better than: Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus. Men like cars. Women like.... Well, what do you want?? Prose Or Poetry?? BM> This should be submitted to the National Institute of Health!! I don't care to have things shoved up my orifices, especially when it relates to Covid-19 checks. :P BM> You have to think ALTernately: SHIFT to a different mindset! Just key in on the right topic at the appropriate time...see the tagline below. BM> I'm sort of so-so on eating out this year: food hasn't been as good as BM> it should have been, and not because the kitchen was swamped. Example: BM> went to breakfast with friends: toast was presented properly: two BM> slices, diagonally cut, butter between the two slices. Mine was BM> correct, the other two's butter was excessive: too much to melt and BM> actually didn't look like butter nor margerine -- we weren't really BM> sure what it was. Otherwise the meal was good but nothing spectacular BM> albeit expensive. Oh well. It is rare that I eat out anymore. More often than not, I order delivery from Grubhub from an area restaurant, or I get 25 tenders from an area Slim Chickens...and use ketchup for dipping sauce. I can get 4 meals out of that. BM> I think my CU is offering 'points' with their debit card -- not sure as BM> I don't use it; credit card is better for me. I find writing down each BM> transaction -- use pen onto ledger -- keeps the "it's cash!" concept up BM> in front of my mind. The bigger the total becomes means the more money BM> I'll have to take from my bank accounts to pay it back. For some BM> people that method works. There is so much credit card debt right now, it's not funny. Thankfully, I don't have to worry about that anymore. But, I'm only one step away from being rich...all I need is money. BM> I also drive people 'nuts' by not having separate "Christmas Money". BM> Well, back when got an envelope with money in it at Christmas.... To BM> me it's all 'money' and I've rarely gone on a shopping spree just BM> because I was given money. Save it for later when I do want something. I have some cash on me, which is rare...I did get a little bit for the Christmas holiday, but I'll use it if I get a chance to eat out...which again, is rare. BM> And sometimes not taking the savings is the better option. Needed BM> full-coverage insurance on my car when I first bought it; after it was BM> paid to a certain point I could drop down to whatever the partial- BM> coverage level is called. The difference between the two rates was BM> only $5-6 dollars a month. Hmm: get fully paid for a replacement or BM> get paid ~$1000 'cause the car is so old and have saved $60-70 a BM> year....? You have to look at things in the short term, and in the long run. With not having a car (or driving) anymore, I don't have to worry about things like gasoline, repairs, insurance, property taxes, license tags, etc. It does suck being stuck at home for all but 2 days a month (for a run via Lyft to the Post Office Box), but I have no choice. The blurred vision without warning made it too dangerous to drive. BM> But that makes clean-up so much easier! That is true. Plus, if you have a bunch of boxes in the trash pile, thugs walking by may see that as a signal that you have wealth to be robbed. BM> I saw one where the man is carrying out the Christmas Tree and the dog BM> is carring out the toilet. That's the one..."two can play at that game!!". BM> Suck the last of the beverage through the straw!! BM> Yup! Actually it was kind of funny: after the call I was looking out BM> the window onto the street and a silent police car roars past towards BM> where I said the guy was running. ("Silent": lights flashing but no BM> siren.) I like it when the K-9 gets the criminal. BM> Was 2ø when I woke up this morning; forecast is for mid-40's on Friday BM> and Saturday. Meteorologist commented plus pointing to a graphic close BM> to a 100ø difference between the -40 and -50ø wind chills a few days BM> ago. (A hare flawed because one temperature is wind chill and the BM> other is not but still is a drastic difference in only a few days.) It'll be in the 60s to near 70 here through at least next Tuesday, with a threat of significant severe weather next Monday...unfortunately, it looks like an early start to the year's tornado season. BM> Definitely!! I have a small digital thermometer with a several foot BM> probe stuck under the bezel/cap thingie to monitor the temperature BM> under the floor where the hot water comes through (it's the colder of BM> the two as in different joist spaces). Temperature displays too close BM> to 32ø, start the dripping! (Both.) If you have quite a bit of nocturia overnight, you can keep the water going with the potty runs...even though being awakened isn't your pee-rogative. Daryl .... Of course I'm on topic!! What Conference is this??!! === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (454:1/33) .