Subj : Support And Scams To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Jul 10 2020 09:21:00 Hi Daryl! BM> Though of course the folks at T-Mobile and Verizon (didn't they merge?) BM> have been trained in cell phone stuff. Bet they couldn't tell you a BM> glass container is better for a blender because glass won't absorb BM> stains like plastic can! DS> T-Mobile acquired Sprint. That's right - now I remember. My Mother's cell phone is on T-Mobile and I sent her an article and notes because I could see her getting confused and thinking T-Mobile was closing. BM> Hmm: don't recall getting any 876 calls in a while - today's a new BM> day!! DS> Those are from Jamaica. I'll have to download that "Fraud: You DS> Win To Lose" bulletin, and post the info. Several years ago I put a note inside the kitchen cabinet by the phone with a few area codes to ignore. The ignore wasn't so much when the call came in but more if the message gave a callback number. BM> So appears you connected correctly. DS> Murphy's Law...when the thing isn't right, you get calls. When DS> it's set up right, it's dead. Sort of like the commercial where DS> this guy is on the phone, inviting this woman over, and when he DS> says "I'm out of Miracle Whip".... So the last shot, you DS> see him by the phone, with a full jar of Miracle Whip, screaming DS> "RING!!". Yup: can only test when not ready to be tested! Speaking of Miracle Whip, just might have to boil a few eggs: toast, a bit of butter, sliced egg, slather of Miracle Whip or mayonnaise, a little salt and pepper..... BM> There are all sorts of ways to connects all sorts of stuff. Know BM> there's a device where one can park their cell phone in and it connects BM> to the land line phones so when a cell call comes in one can answer via BM> one of the land line phones. (The connection to the outside world via BM> the original landline has to be disconnected.) DS> Well, no other landline except those cells I noted. Some places are being built without telephone jacks but replaced by data ports. BM> Quite sure software to accept VoIP type FAXs to the computer. Know the BM> scanner/printer at the store could also send and receive FAXs. DS> The software, BVRP Classic Phone Tools, came with the US DS> Robotics External 56K v.92 fax modem, on a DVD. There used to be DS> a program that would put "modem lights for transmit and receive" DS> in ones taskbar...which was cool for dial-up BBS's. Wow! How'd they squish the modem to fit in the DVD?! DS> There is a complex of severe storms in Kansas right now...and DS> an instability axis from northwest to southeast Arkansas, right DS> through Little Rock. The remnants of that complex of storms, plus DS> daytime heating along that boundary, will trigger additional DS> storms by midday, through the afternoon. So, that's why I'm up so DS> early. We had "severe thunderstorms" last night starting around 6:45. Most of the system or at leats the severe part went around us. Did pour for a while but got just under an inch; Galesburg (IL - 45 miles south) got almost 4". We had half-watched the 5 p.m. weather, decided it would probably rain but not too much so I did water the flowers, but 'lightly' ==> instead of a count of five only to three. It had been hot and sunny (in the 90;s), so they were happy to have water; didn't want to give them too much water in case rained (which it did). BM> Too bad. Niabi Zoo on the Illinois side recently re-opened with BM> restrictions: think it's open by reservation only, and then 9-12 and BM> 1-3. Restriction on number of people per time, allows for cleaning, BM> etc. DS> They had the same thing at Little Rock, but employees still got DS> it. A local restaurant was shut down by the state for not DS> following the COVID-19 restrictions. This morning's news did state there was a spike in the area (both sides of the River). The Scott County (IA - my county) Board of Supervisors did have a meeting last night and decided on a resolution (?) to highly suggest the wearing of masks in public as opposed to the original consideration of required. The requirement option would have been against the State of Iowa's -- something: if the State phrases and designates a ruling/regulation one way it the local cities and towns can't alter but if phrased, etc., another they can. The State health directive (or whatever the proper term is) is currently masks are optional in general public so the cities/towns can't override. (Sorry about the sloppiness -- I sort of understand but no where enough to properly explain.) DS> Never mind dancing cheek to cheek. BM> Sometimes it's romantic, sometimes not! DS> Well, they refer to the buns of the butt cheeks as a heart DS> pattern, upside down though it may be. I saw a Far Side cartoon where the male lab technician is sitting next to the female lab tech. Over his head is the thought balloon with a reasonalably anatomically correct picture of a heart. (Instead of the usual icon.) BM> ... May your mug shot be featured in a proctology textbook! DS> Sounds like something from the curse exchange. :P There are some interesting medical ones! ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® ¯ (Humans know what ® ¯ to remove.) ® .... I went to San Francisco. I found someone's heart. --- 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) .