Subj : Support And Scams To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Jul 26 2020 09:02:00 Hi Daryl! DS> That's what the electronics are nowadays, instead of tubes. :P DS> I hope I don't have to go down that road. BM> You don't wan't to because a 'tube' is a subway so unless you're the BM> engineer you don't want to be driving! DS> Is more than one ba a tuba?? Possibly, and an extra large one is a tubby! BM> True, but there's a difference between 911 calls and those to customer BM> service. DS> With all the rioting now, there may soon be a day when calling DS> 911 will do no good. Ah: you've seen those commercials! In general I think the 'defund the police' is wrong -- who is going to protect from burgulars, etc.? I do agree some officers, probably some police departments, are overzealous, use excessive force, and that needs to be corrected. DS> I did 3 weeks as a 911 operator, and the DS> stress is extreme, off the charts. You deal with things like: DS> 1) Complaints about a barking dog. DS> 2) Attempted suicide. DS> 3) "I just shot my spouse, you [censored]. WTH are you going to DS> do about it??" 4) A guy with a .357 magnum, shooting at anything DS> that moves. DS> I wasn't even getting 2 hours of sleep a night, for all the DS> stress. The officer told me "only 1 out of 100 folks can handle DS> that". I admire them for that. I couldn't do emergency type calls: I don't like stress so tend to avoid it; I tend to take some things personally and get me off and there can be an explosion. BM> Hopefully you receive the refund soon. Might have to have a few extra BM> checks because of the nature of the refund: going to a different BM> person, death of the individual, etc. -- want to make resonably certain BM> is legit and correct. DS> It'll go in via EFT to my bank account, as the last COVID-19 DS> deal did. I'm hoping they'll approve another one soon. With the DS> August recess drawing nigh, you know Congress wants to get that DS> done before "they get out of Dodge for a month". Yes, I wouldn't mind a little more 'free' money, though I do tend to wonder where this money is coming from. Checkbooks only have so much black ink. DS> Doesn't surprise me...especially in relation to "how to spend DS> your COVID-19 stimulus". BM> Did have a few of those -- more or less the underlying "you've got BM> 'extra' money, spend it wisely on me!". DS> You'll win the lottery, and spend all the winnings on the DS> Sysop, and their BBS. Ah! BM> Hmm: sticky-up mass of semi-reasonably conductive protoplasm, pushing BM> around a metal mass.... Good thing wearing sneakers and the lawn mover BM> has rubber wheels!! DS> With the gasoline in it, any extra spark will cause an DS> explosive fire. Just adds to the event! BM> Right on both, though not the reason behind the coin shortage. I find BM> it easier to use a credit card for purchases over paying cash or BM> writing a check; OTOH I don't just stop at the corner convenience store BM> and buy a pop (soda). OTOH if I'm planning on going to a street fest BM> or day-trip I'll take more cash and change with me (I do carry a little BM> cash with me as a matter of course). DS> I had to pay a $2 charge for a prescription at the pharmacy the DS> other day. I didn't have any currency, but had $2.07 in the "coin DS> purse". I paid the bill, and put the 7 cents in a deal if folks DS> needed extra coinage (a few cents short). So, while there's a DS> LITTLE money in the bank, I'm basically broke otherwise right DS> now. That was considerate of you. There are people in worse situations. BM> Might be 'chips'. "Chips are free" make make more sense if BM> interpreting as monay (thinking chips at a casino). Still the wrong BM> hearing but does add interest! DS> Or, "show me a home where the buffalo roam...and I'll show you DS> a home full of buffalo [dung]". :P This carpet feels so soft and squishy! BM> Tuesday morning we had two torrential downpours -- only amounted to DS> I had to go for my weekly Low-T shot Wednesday morning, and DS> while I was there, it poured like the dickens. Numerous DS> thunderstorms are forecast here Tuesday through the rest of next DS> week, so I'll likely be offline for a few days. We've been under a "First Alert Day" this weekend: air temperature in the low 90's and heat indices just over 100ø. Today (Sunday) more of the same. Woke up to 76ø which I think is the warmest wake-up-to temperature this year. BM> BTW the car's nice and clean thanks to Mother Nature's Turbo Car Wash! DS> The birds always wait until you're done washing it, before they DS> bomb it!! That way they new shot doesn't get confused and mingled with the old! DS> That may be next. I guess they'll tell us what toilet paper to DS> use, and how much we should excrete. :P BM> The latter would be going too far; former a possibility as could BM> restrict what is sold and how much. To me would be creating all sort BM> of civil disobedience issues. DS> No [dung] -- or would that be plenty of it?? :P Well I tend to create sufficient! y ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® ¯ (Humans know what ® ¯ to remove.) ® .... Plumber's Motto: "Clogs Aren't Just for the Dutch" --- 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) .