Subj : Spammers And More To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Nov 23 2021 09:31:00 Hi Daryl! DS> Please don't cut my feed. :P BM> Please stand by, we are experiencing technical difficulties. DS> Is the NC looking?? Good, now I can... !@#$%^&*() ERROR: Feed DS> Lost. And that's why the Seven Second Delay is in place! 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. DS> They can BYPASS the CAPTCHA by logging on via SSH. However, to DS> discourage spammers and bots, the port numbers are not DS> conventional. For verified users in good standing, I have a door DS> that tells them the non-conventional port number. The bots will DS> never see the data. And, unless they successfully complete the DS> Telnet Email Verifier, they won't get upgraded. Now, if I have DS> chatted with them via amateur radio or in the message areas, I DS> can set up an account for them in advance, where they don't have DS> to go through all the logon stuff. Makes sense. I'm thinking most spammers would not bother with varying the port. 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. DS> I use the Radarscope app on my Verizon phone. But there's nothing like a radar sweep display on a 40" screen! DS> Speaking of phones, T-Mobile did me dirty...just like the last DS> few "customer service representatives" at their west Little Rock DS> location. I turned in the phone, plug, and USB charger cable, DS> when I went in, and told them to terminate the service. Today, I DS> get a bill for well over $250 -- I was furious!! So, I called the DS> customer service number, and said "I am NOT obligated to pay DS> that, as I turned it in the same day I told them to terminate the DS> service". Hopefully, I will be able to get out of that mess. I'm thinking of a combination of Lemon Law and the 3-day Change Your Mind on Large Purchases (not the real title!) but then also there is that "All Sales Final" one. 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. DS> It needs cleaning, but I don't have the strength or resources DS> to have someone come in to do it. At least bugs and rodents DS> aren't running all over the place. Too dirty for even them??!!! (Whoooo!!) As for cleaning, I'm presuming you mean the heavy-duty "Spring Cleaning" but you are doing the keep-up weekly kind. As for whipping around a vacuum, canisters are nice because the only part have to hold is the cleaning head and wand. OTOH the canister itself can get stuck on furniture. As for uprights, Eureka puts out a lightweight model (one drawback is it's fan-first: pick up a pebble or other small item and can break off a fan fin). Stick-vacs are also a consideration. 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. DS> My Mom and Dad and their families grew up during the DS> Depression. So, they watched every penny. Nowadays, folks think DS> money grows on trees, because there's such a thing as "branch DS> banks". :P One routine that might help the current way of money-handling is to write it down. Not with computer programme but hand-write into a Journal -- things tend to become more real when written by hand as opposed to punching the number keys on the keyboard, BM> Maybe they have a feeling of entitlement?! DS> Entitled to attention, belly rubs, and treats. Yeahhhh! That's the spot! BM> I'm going eat this entire package of Super-Sugar Cookies and get into BM> the best sugar-induced stupor ever! DS> These thin mint cookies don't taste anything like Girl Scouts. I'm not sure I want to know how you know what a Girl Scout tastes like! 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! DS> Fell asleep at the keyboard again...guess I need to clean my DS> glasses more often. :P And here I thought it was your mind being foggy, was just your view through your glasses. 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. DS> And cuts off the circulation. Agree, but not for a significiant amount of time. If the dog is pulling that hard the handler is going to be doing something to regain control. 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. DS> You had the balls to go there. I'm trying to be firm and upright! 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.) DS> I've had such problems with shipping, that if I can't get it DS> locally, I do without it. We've had minor issues over the years. Anything that looks suspicious (as in potentially broken) I now take a picture of before opening the box, then of the opened box, etc. OTOH have also received unscathed boxes and on opening the air bags inside are completely flattened. BM> They probably think our names are strange. DS> Or they think the folks in the South talk funny (with their DS> accent). They think I talk funny, but I'm from the DEEP SOUTH DS> (Miami, Florida). I wonder how much 'neutralizing' of accents has occurred in the last 50 years compared to the previous 500 because of Skype, videos -- on-line and television -- etc. I'm thinking of a faster mixing of the accents. OTOH, compare the Walter Cronkheit delivery and pace with the current national newscasters. 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. DS> I saw where a whole slew of illicit drugs was intercepted with DS> a cargo shipment of onion rings. Uses that other definition of 'fried'! 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). DS> Well, in some cases, to me, the customer doesn't know what DS> they're talking about. BTDT! BM> Some people are that desperate not to be alone on New Year's! DS> With the risk of drunk drivers, etc., I stay home on New Years DS> Eve. A local square dance is set for New Years Night, but weather DS> will determine whether I go or not. I/we usually had to work opening shift on New Year's Day so wouldn't go anyplace in the evening. (That's one of the problems of having a repution of being responsible!) Might do a dinner and early celebration. Plus I was raised out East, where Midnight is Midnight; out here it's "5-4-3-2-1-Happy New Year!" -- but it's only eleven o'clock!!! ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... Odd warning label: do not place iPad in blender to make apple juice. --- 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) .