Subj : Re: dancing was: peeves To : Daryl Stout From : Nancy Backus Date : Sat Feb 15 2020 19:24:38 -=> Quoting Daryl Stout to NANCY BACKUS on 08-Feb-2020 23:03 <=- NB>> There's a lot of kids like that, true... but there are some that are NB>> interested in various hobbies... they just aren't quite as much in NB>> evidence.... ;) DS> There was an article in the ham radio magazine I read, noting that DS> "the old timers need to embrace the new technologies". The 7 last DS> words of a church, hobby club, etc. are "We never did it that way DS> before". And that is the other side of the decline... DS>> I may soon take over an FTN message network...but the "retiring DS>> Network Coordinator" has to get with me on the setup, and switching DS>> things over. NB>> More to keep you busy, I see... ;) DS> Well, I found out that the DixieNet message network is history, so I DS> have to zap that from the BBS. Was that the FTN network you were going to take over as coordinator...? DS>> I would hope they have stop signs. :P As I recall, you never saw a DS>> traffic light in "Green Acres" or "Petticoat Junction", with the town DS>> of Hooterville. NB>> True... and these places do have stop signs where necessary... and NB>> speed limits where appropriate... ;) DS> And, Mister Haney was the judge, jury, and ticket writer. Today's towns are generally patrolled by the county Sheriff office... NB>> Ok, then... it could be helpful to those who CAN check the website... NB>> hopefully there are alternative ways to get the information for those NB>> that can't or who don't even have a computer or smartphone... DS> And, they don't want either one. The thing is, you can't live in the DS> past forever...the way technology is going. While I do believe in "if DS> it ain't broke, don't fix it", with all the modern conveniences today, DS> we wonder how we ever did without them. For those that do go that way, maybe... In the meantime, there still is the older technology, still valid, for instance the landline telephone for communications... ;) DS>> For a few hours, you forget about all the crap in the world and in DS>> your life. NB>> Which is indeed a good thing.... :) DS> And some of the folks, singles and couples, have a wicked sense of DS> humor. The funny part is that when we run into each other in the DS> stores, outside of the dance hall, and they're not in square dance DS> attire, and we say "I didn't recognize you without your clothes DS> on"...while people in the next aisle are wondering "WTH??!!" . More of that wicked sense of humor, and different frame of context.... ttyl neb .... I try to take one day at a time, but often several days attack at once --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .