Subj : Re: Spammers And More To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Mon Nov 22 2021 19:07:00 Barry, DS> Please don't cut my feed. :P BM> Please stand by, we are experiencing technical difficulties. Is the NC looking?? Good, now I can... !@#$%^&*() ERROR: Feed Lost. BM> I hope there's another means of access for SysOps: I use a script to BM> access Lee's site and it doesn't take kindly to variables like that. BM> ...The CAPTCHA is good for one thing but not another. They can BYPASS the CAPTCHA by logging on via SSH. However, to discourage spammers and bots, the port numbers are not conventional. For verified users in good standing, I have a door that tells them the non-conventional port number. The bots will never see the data. And, unless they successfully complete the Telnet Email Verifier, they won't get upgraded. Now, if I have chatted with them via amateur radio or in the message areas, I can set up an account for them in advance, where they don't have to go through all the logon stuff. BM> You missed a lot of stuff of short-term consequence! ...Could use 'em BM> for monitors: "PiClock" is a clock display with weather radars on the BM> left and forecasts on the right. Probably something similar for BM> Windows. Not so sure I'd want it as a 60" display!! ...Divide the BM> screen into sections like they do for some closed-circuit monitoring. I use the Radarscope app on my Verizon phone. Speaking of phones, T-Mobile did me dirty...just like the last few "customer service representatives" at their west Little Rock location. I turned in the phone, plug, and USB charger cable, when I went in, and told them to terminate the service. Today, I get a bill for well over $250 -- I was furious!! So, I called the customer service number, and said "I am NOT obligated to pay that, as I turned it in the same day I told them to terminate the service". Hopefully, I will be able to get out of that mess. Originally, their reps were very helpful, but the last few acted like they didn't want me there. The main problem was the Samsung Galaxy phones...at least 4 straight models, after only 6 months of usage, they would no longer hold a charge...even if you charged them every night. I couldn't see keeping a plan or the phone if it dies less than 30 minutes after initial power up...or quits working entirely. Why they kept selling these defective phones is beyond me. BM> Don't let it go to the point of the needing a shop vac to do the BM> vacuuming but a bit of sock fuzz speckle doesn't trigger a cleaning BM> frenzy. It needs cleaning, but I don't have the strength or resources to have someone come in to do it. At least bugs and rodents aren't running all over the place. BM> Sometimes an outside person can help get to the underlying cause. A BM> appearance of entitlement could possibly be due to always having to BM> wear hand-me-down clothes. My Mom and Dad and their families grew up during the Depression. So, they watched every penny. Nowadays, folks think money grows on trees, because there's such a thing as "branch banks". :P BM> Maybe they have a feeling of entitlement?! Entitled to attention, belly rubs, and treats. BM> I'm going eat this entire package of Super-Sugar Cookies and get into BM> the best sugar-induced stupor ever! These thin mint cookies don't taste anything like Girl Scouts. DS> And, if you're not paying attention, they can pull it right out DS> of your hand...or it could possibly brea. BM> Darn: lost the 'k' -- now have to get a whole new one! Fell asleep at the keyboard again...guess I need to clean my glasses more often. :P BM> As far as pulling out of the hand, when I was maybe 8 a neighbor taught BM> me to put my hand through the leash loop and lightly hold on to the BM> leash rather than curling my fingers around the loop. If the dog tugs BM> and the fingers are holding the loop very easy to slip out; if the dog BM> tugs and the hand is through the loop generally the loops tightens BM> around the wrist. And cuts off the circulation. DS> I'm cringing at the thought. What's worse if you turn the DS> wrong way, and "the jewels roll over each other". One of the dogs DS> my family had several years ago, an Italian Greyhound, had only DS> one descended testicle, so we referred to him as "Lefty". BM> Right. You had the balls to go there. BM> Both have an on-line presence. Montgomery Ward is even still around: BM> check the Seventh Avenue signage at the Mall. (Or at least it was here BM> last time I there.) I've had such problems with shipping, that if I can't get it locally, I do without it. BM> They probably think our names are strange. Or they think the folks in the South talk funny (with their accent). They think I talk funny, but I'm from the DEEP SOUTH (Miami, Florida). BM> Sometimes the choices are overwhelming. We don't eat out all that much BM> so studying the menu can take a while, especially with the 'forgotten' BM> treats like onion rings instead of French Fries. I saw where a whole slew of illicit drugs was intercepted with a cargo shipment of onion rings. BM> I don't know who came up with that -- probably made sense for one area BM> of retail (as in alterations: hem too high/too low, so redo to the BM> customer's preference). Well, in some cases, to me, the customer doesn't know what they're talking about. BM> Much easier to do when the trust is there. Shouldn't be anything wrong BM> with receiving (or giving) a hug -- it's when it lasts over thirty BM> seconds we might consider there's something else going on! We joke about that at a square dance...or when we meet fellow dancers outside the dance hall, and say "I didn't recognize you without your clothes on" (square dance attire). Folks in the next aisle are surely going "WTH??!!". BM> Take turns reciting a bunch of words, poke a finger though a metal disk BM> held by other person, smooch on cue, get handfuls of rice thrown at you BM> while escaping building. Pretty much. BM> Four million words in the English language and we keep using the same BM> four dozen! That's it. BM> Some people are that desperate not to be alone on New Year's! With the risk of drunk drivers, etc., I stay home on New Years Eve. A local square dance is set for New Years Night, but weather will determine whether I go or not. Daryl .... 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