Subj : Re: Support And Scams To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Jul 31 2020 10:48:00 Barry, DS> If gotten by phone, it's a tele-tubby. BM> Nah: they are or were on television! Never cared for them. BM> I was reading an article in the Concord (NH) Monitor's e-mail BM> suggesting in some places having an alternate police option would work BM> and some small towns and villages would be a good place to experiment BM> with and tweak the concept. I sort of agree: thinking of the TV show BM> _Mayberry_ and thigs just worked. Heck, even Otis the town drunk BM> jailed himself. Don't think it would work when get into the towns size: BM> people start acting differently. Even I do: here in the Quad Cities BM> open and friendly, pretty much same in Iowa City. Go to Chicago, BM> Boston: don't make eye contact, ignore that person walking towards you. That's another reason for me not wanting to travel outside the state anymore. Too many are offended too easily. I long for the days of long ago, when life was simpler, and you didn't have to worry about locking your doors at night. DS> we only pick on and razz the ones we care about. BM> Or the ones we can bully. Great Gargantuan Grin?? Or as Jose' Jalapeno said about his BMW -- but Peanut said it stood for "Big Mexican Woman". :P BM> Yes, as long as everyone agrees the paper or number in the budget has a BM> value I guess we're OK. No longer backed up by anything other than a BM> we say so. Nowadays, the money isn't worth the paper it's printed on. BM> I'd split. ...I never played the lottery other than when won or BM> otherwise given tickets but when I was working the prizes were BM> sometimes approaching a billion and that does spark an inkling of BM> consideration. For some reason did think if I won I would give my BM> fellow employees a thousand dollars each. (Not even a hundred, and BM> over the years dwindled down.) I'd still have plenty of money left, BM> and the thousand dollars could do quite a bit to yank some out of their BM> financial holes. I've lost more than I've won in the lottery, and usually just did the scratch off tickets. If I can't beat the games on the BBS, what makes me think I'll beat them in real life?? BM> I'll pretty much be staying home: nothing really to go out there for. BM> I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning (routine check); usually BM> go to the grocery store afterwards but half-thinking might skip this BM> week: don't really need anything; will see what's in the ad. Wednesday has been "shot" with medical stuff...pun intended. I've been getting a weekly testosterone shot (my levels would be crashing otherwise, as the testapel pellents are back ordered for at least another 2-4 weeks), and a monthly B-12 shots. With the shoulders hurting from the arthritis, the gleute (butt cheek/hip) is the target. BM> We've been getting some rain, which is somewhat unusual as summers tend BM> to be dry. (Still time for that!) Severe weather was in the state overnight, with rain and storms this morning...but storms have stayed to my south. BM> ... Useless Invention: Waterproof teabags. It goes with this item... Daryl .... Useless invention: Electric banana straightener. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (454:1/33) .