Subj : moving or not 1/3 To : BARRY MARTIN From : Daryl Stout Date : Sat Feb 01 2020 02:59:00 Barry, BM> DS> I think they had a drawing or something to get selected to be BM> DS> at the tasting tables. BM>Oh that's right: there were some cooking shows/segments where audience BM>members were shown eating after being cooked on-camera. Of course, they also have the item in several phases (before and after), so you see it on the show (think Rachel Ray or Emeril Lagasse, or Paula Deen). :P BM>I don't know whose was more authentic -- my Mother's or the local BM>restaurant but to me didn't really matter as prefered the way my Mother BM>prepared it. Could have been totally wrong and I just assumed was BM>correct. Could also have been the regional differences between the BM>recipies. My late grandmother made excellent pancakes, and my late Mom made a delicious salad dressing. BM> DS> OK, 3 minute intermission. There was a Tex Avery Cartoon where BM> DS> these 2 buzzards are trying to catch this rabbit. One of the BM> DS> buzzards (with the voice of Jimmy Durante) says "What I wouldn't BM> DS> give for a big juicy steak, smothered in onions". A picture of BM> DS> such appears as he's talking...then seconds later, a picture that BM> DS> notes "3 minute intermission for drooling -- Management". BM>Clean up in Aisle 5! Slippery Slobber Slope. :P BM>I probably would have missed the Meatless Tuesday joke as too young -- BM>my parents met in WWII. I was a baby boomer, but I had studied enough history in high school to know what that meant. Most kids nowadays don't know, and don't care. Never mind the saying "History teaches us that man learns nothing from history". BM> DS> Seriously, the only kegeling (not kegging) I do now is on the BM> DS> BBS. I don't have to worry about dropping the ball on my feet. :P BM>Bet you're glad for optic mouses! A mouse with glasses...how cute. :P BM>For whatever reason there haven't been any Denny's on this side of the BM>River (the Iowa Quad Cities side) for years. I think a couple still on BM>the Illinois side. What was 'funny' was we had semi-frequently ate BM>there, generally after 8, and they were almost always out of baked BM>potatoes. ??? Baked potatoes hold in the warmer for hours. There's an area buffet restaurant, that if you order a buffet, they offer you a complimentary baked potato...and you can have it plain, or with butter, or sour cream, and chives. I'm not crazy about baked potatoes, but I like them with butter. The area Wendy's used to serve them, but stopped that (as well as things like breakfast, and a salad buffet) years ago. BM> DS> Never mind having a pair of knockers. BM>Ummm... double front door?! Thanks for the mammaries...it was the breast of times. :P BM> DS> Thinking he's wanting to repent of his sin, his Dad grants his BM> DS> request. But, the nipper quotes one of the many Scriptures that BM> DS> Jesus noted about His Return "And, wghat I say unto you, I say BM> DS> until all, Watch" (Mark 13:37). BM>Poor Dad foiled again! Kids are smarter than we give them credit for. If there's any doubt, if you have trouble with the VCR/DVD remote, your smartphone, etc., turn it over to "junior", and he'll have them working again in no time. BM> DS> I wish the rats and certain other critters had drowned in the BM> DS> flood. BM>They serve a purpose. Right now to annoy the heck out of you!! (Any BM>luck getting Terminex over to exterminate them?) So many folks are having problems with them right now, that it's not funny. Rats can spread things like rabies and typhoid fever. But, at least the contract I have means that through 2025, as many times as I need them to come by to set out traps, etc. (done once a week), there is no extra charge to me. BM> DS> Don't quit your day job. BM>I'm retired!! Is your alias Ray Dee El?? (Radial) . Seriously, those "alligator treads" are dangerous...I've seen numerous remnants of these on the roads. BM>Some of them do get rather persistant! On one hand that is their job I had to purchase special apps for my smartphone to weed out these telemarketers, scammers, etc. If you're on something like Verizon, AT&T, or Straight Talk, the app CALL DETECTOR does the job quite nicely. With T-Mobile, you have to use their NAME ID or SCAM ID app. The latter have a nominal monthly fee, but getting a respite from telemarketers, is worth it. I was doing a ham radio traffic net yesterday morning, and I got 2 calls...both with the same pitch voice (likely the same person), but one was from the local area code, and the other from somewhere in Arkansas. Both times, I told them "I have to call you back...I'm in the middle of a ham radio traffic net right now" (which was true)...and I never called them back. They never called me back...but, I forgot to record the numbers to block them. BM> DS> A lawyer is the only one who calls a thousand page document "a BM> DS> brief". BM>Pretty much! And I can understand the need for details but sometimes BM>(and as one can tell by the laws) those details can get in the way and BM>cause confusion rather than alleviate. There was a book done by Richard Lederer (I met him at a World Championship Pun-Off at the O. Henry Museum in Austin, Texas several yeras ago), called "Anguished English". One deal was "Disorder In The Court"...items from actual court trials, such as: *** Q: James stood back and shot Tommy Lee? A: Yes. Q: And then Tommy Lee pulled out his gun and shot James in the fracas? A: (After a hesitation) No sir, just above it. Q: Were you shot in the fracas? A: No, I was shot in the lumbar region. Q: What is your name? A: Ernestine Mc Dowell. Q: What is your marital status? A: Fair. Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people? A: All my autopsies have been on dead people. Q: What happened then? A: He told me, he says, "I have to kill you because you can identify me." Q: Did he kill you? A: No. Q: Mrs. Jones, is your appearance this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney? A: No. This is how I dress when I go to work. Q: You say you're innocent, yet five people swore they saw you steal the watch. A: Your Honor, I can produce 500 people who didn't see me steal it. Judge: Well, gentlemen of the jury, are you unanimous? Foreman: Yes, your Honor, we're all alike -- temporarily insane. Q: When he went, had you gone and had she, if she wanted to and were able, for the time being excluding all the restraints on her not to go also, would he have brought you, meaning you and she, with him to the station? A: Mr. BROOKS. Objection. That question should be taken out and shot. Q: Just what did you do to prevent the accident? A: I closed my eyes and screamed as loud as I could. Q: What can you tell us about the truthfulness and veracity of this defendant? A: Oh, she'll tell you the truth. She said she was going to kill the son of a gun -- and she did. Q: How long did it take for you to get from where you live to Mr. Hicks office in Mount Vernon? A: From where I live, it's 14 miles to Mount Pleasant, 14 miles to Pittsburgh, and 14 miles to Mount Vernon. I'm 14 miles from nowhere, any which way I go. Plus another 14 to come home; that's 28 miles throwed away. Q: How much education do you have?? A: About 3 semesters at Lon Morris Junior College. Q: Do you remember giving your deposition in my office several weeks ago? A: Yes. Q: Do you remember my asking about your education at that time? A: I think so. Q: You stated you had a master's degree in geophysics from the University Of Texas, didn't you? A: Yes, sir. Q: When you gave that answer, were you mistaken, or was it a barefaced lie? A: It was a barefaced lie. Q: Are you married?? A: Divorced. Q: What did your husband do before you divorced him?? A: A lot of things I didn't know about. 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