Subj : Re: Various Things
To   : Barry Martin
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Jun 30 2020 14:05:00

Barry,

 BM> Still using carbon paper, are we?!
 DS>   Well, the other paper was too flat, so I settled for
 DS> carbonated. <G>

 BM> Did you try shaking the box before reopening?

  The bottom fell out, and it went everywhere. :P

 DS>   That's the elephant in the room. :P

 BM> Is he wearing Grocho Marx's pajamas?

  Groucho Marx: "I never forget a face. But, in your case, I'll make
an exception". 

  Paul Lynde voice: "Who told you about my elephant??"

 BM> Not seeing any here but fog in the area.

  Yesterday, there were numerous severe thunderstorm and flash flood
warnings, as well as a tornado warning 40 miles to my southwest, heading
my way (that'll get your attention). The BBS ended up being down for 18
hours, due to overnight and daytime thunderstorms. Since lightning can
strike up to 200 miles from the parent storm, I wasn't going to take any
chances.

 BM> As for the July 4 holiday, fortunately never had any fires caused by
 BM> fireworks around here I know of.  Locally all of the cities have
 BM> cancelled their public fireworks except Davenport.  They usually team
 BM> up with Rock Island onthe other side of the Mississippi River for Red
 BM> White and Boom.  This year RWB is cancelled and Davenport is going at
 BM> it alone - on July 3rd.  Suppose makes sense as they are probably
 BM> figuring the private displays will be mostly on July 4 and not compete.

  I saw one area church had postponed their fireworks, and the city of 
Little Rock had cancelled their "Pops On The River"...with the Arkansas
Symphony Orchestra along the Arkansas River in Riverfront Park, playing
patriotic music...then the shooting of fireworks from the Main Street
bridge over the Arkansas River.

 BM> If one has the room on the hard drive, may as well keep it: someone is
 BM> bound to need it.  I remember years ago looking around for some
 BM> information and stumbled on an even older essentially unanswered post;
 BM> replied as I had or had had the same device and repaired.  Gave that
 BM> information -- figured probably never to be seen but a few days later
 BM> the guy replied and said that was excactly the information he needed
 BM> and was able to get his device running again. :)

  That's the neat thing about BBS's...if you come across a vintage
computer, and need files, the BBS is the likely place where you'll
find it.

Daryl

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