Subj : Health Was: Nuts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Dec 17 2019 08:39:00 Hi Nancy! BM>>> And LIS a while back, sometimes the temporary bad delay is really a BM>>> good delay: learned something in the interim which helped to find the BM>>> solution, or made the fix better, or an upcoming change nullifying the BM>>> original fix. And other times just an excuse. NB>>> True on both counts... :) Have to be able to figure which is which... BM>> I tend not to spend too much time on that -- more learn from the past BM>> and apply towards the future. NB>> That works, too... sometimes one can easily tell if one is just NB>> making excuses, though... ;) BM> Probably more excuses than viable delays. NB> But I bet that some are more obviously excuses in hindsight... ;) Ummm.... NB>>>> ... Sorry, Officer, I didn't realize I was driving. BM>>> Reminds me of a segment on one of the cop shows we watch: probably 20- BM>>> something (does the face have to be blurred out?!) got pulled over, BM>>> was trying to get out of getting the ticket/going to jail by stating BM>>> wasn't "driving" but was "travelling". (Didn't work.) NB>>> I wouldn't think it would work... He was clearly travelling way NB>>> too fast.... :) BM>> And his mind not quite fast enough to get himself out of the ticket. NB>> Definitely his mind wasn't keeping up.... ;) BM> We had two semi-local incidents, one in Iowa and the other in BM> Illinois, of drivers speeding: one was 121 MPH, the other 123 MPH. BM> AFAIK the posted limits were 70 MPH. I remember hearing one excuse was BM> "I wanted to see how fast it would go". NB> They do have things like race tracks and test drive tracks for NB> that sort of testing out capabilities..... ;) Sometimes one can NB> get away with it... but not if there are police set up and NB> watching the area.... ;) For those with that "I wanted to see how fast I could go" mindset probably a spur of the moment lark than something satisfied by planning. There are at least two racetracks locally. NB> ... My support group for procrastinators hasn't met yet. Gee, I should modify that one to 'procrastinating helpers' to use with the beginning portion! I'll have to put that on my To Do List - eventually.... ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Why spoil a good meal with a big tip? -- Jewish proverb --- 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) .