Subj : Support And Scams To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Thu Jul 23 2020 11:29:00 Hi Daryl! DS> You need to get some Viagra for your hard drive. Besides, DS> Windows does have LONG file names, as of Windows 95. BM> No problems here: it boots with a SOLID State Drive. DS> That's what the electronics are nowadays, instead of tubes. :P DS> I hope I don't have to go down that road. You don't wan't to because a 'tube' is a subway so unless you're the engineer you don't want to be driving! BM> Right. I'm thinking no way to prove a recording was made, much less BM> kept and so available. DS> They do make that for the 911 calls. True, but there's a difference between 911 calls and those to customer service. DS> Years ago, the term SERVICE meant something. But, nowadays, DS> things like CUSTOMER SERVICE, POSTAL SERVICE, INTERNAL REVENUE DS> SERVICE, etc. seem to have little meaning. BM> Oh, the IRS will serve you! We've had pretty good results with the BM> Postal Service. Customer Service -- that one can be dicey. DS> I'm still waiting on the tax refund for my late Mom's return. DS> It was filed electronically, but I think it was filed in early DS> June (they had extended the deadline to July 15). Hopefully you receive the refund soon. Might have to have a few extra checks because of the nature of the refund: going to a different person, death of the individual, etc. -- want to make resonably certain is legit and correct. DS> "We've been trying to reach you about your auto warranty DS> insurance". is my response. BM> Yup: various warranties for cars, computers. Noticed the last week or BM> so the e-mail Junk Mail Folders have exploded; this on top of the junk BM> mail being automatically shuttled to Junk Land. DS> Doesn't surprise me...especially in relation to "how to spend DS> your COVID-19 stimulus". Did have a few of those -- more or less the underlying "you've got 'extra' money, spend it wisely on me!". BM> They probably won't -- the height here is before citations start to be BM> issues is 10". DS> The refund came in, but I'll have some more breathing room with DS> the tax refund. Yet, with thunderstorms forecast much of the rest DS> of the week, I don't want him mowing with a threat of DS> lightning...and it's hard to mow wet grass. Hmm: sticky-up mass of semi-reasonably conductive protoplasm, pushing around a metal mass.... Good thing wearing sneakers and the lawn mover has rubber wheels!! BM> The problem wasn't stupidity but a shortage of coins. Plus passing BM> money (bills and coins) back and forth is just another was to BM> potentially pass on the coronavirus (or other illness). I'm thinking BM> except for the legal requirment of needing to accept currency it would BM> have been banned during the pandemic. DS> They've been talking about taking pennies out of circulation DS> for years. And, the ultimate goal is "a cashless society". Right on both, though not the reason behind the coin shortage. I find it easier to use a credit card for purchases over paying cash or writing a check; OTOH I don't just stop at the corner convenience store and buy a pop (soda). OTOH if I'm planning on going to a street fest or day-trip I'll take more cash and change with me (I do carry a little cash with me as a matter of course). DS> notice on the BBS that "Doors Are For Amusement Only -- You Can DS> NOT Win Money. Your only reward is if you make the top score DS> bulletins". BM> Yeah... people expect money for nothing, ...and the chimps are free. BM> (That mis-heard lyric just screamed 'type me!'!!) DS> Chimps or chips?? See the tagline below. Might be 'chips'. "Chips are free" make make more sense if interpreting as monay (thinking chips at a casino). Still the wrong hearing but does add interest! DS> I haven't used the sprinkler system here in ages, and the water DS> main for that was turned off long ago. BM> The only automated watering system here was an attempt at making a BM> soaker from an old hose: drill small holes every so often. Section BM> closest to the water entry would drizzle water if low enough pressure BM> but the middle and far end was essentially dry. If increase pressure BM> to get to the end then the near part was too much and digging out the BM> dirt. DS> We've had so much rain, the grass is growing like weeds. Tuesday morning we had two torrential downpours -- only amounted to about a half-inch (would have guessed a lot more). I was driving friend to an appointment on the Illinois side -- originally he was going to be driving and I the co-pilot as not familiar with the route, plus two sets of eyes for the detours due to the I-74 Bridge construction is easier and less confusion. Night before was "do you mind driving?" Afterwards he said during the downpours he couldn't have seen to drive -- I was in the right-most lane so used the side as a guide. BTW the car's nice and clean thanks to Mother Nature's Turbo Car Wash! DS> Governor Asa Hutchinson signed an Executive Order, effective DS> July 20, that MASKS ARE REQUIRED in public places. My guess is DS> the only place they won't enforce it, is inside your domicile, BM> Not a public place. DS> That may be next. I guess they'll tell us what toilet paper to DS> use, and how much we should excrete. :P The latter would be going too far; former a possibility as could restrict what is sold and how much. To me would be creating all sort of civil disobedience issues. DS> with other family members. Besides, it does no good to wear it if DS> taking a bath or a shower. If someone asks me if I took a bath or DS> shower, I ask them "Why?? Is There One Missing??". BM> I aked if they were going to return it before they took my temperature! 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