Subj : Re: Spammers And More To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Sun Nov 28 2021 18:30:00 Barry, DS> "Sarcastic Comment Coming in 3...2...1..." BM> Nice to give a countdown so the other person's mind will be ready! You get a group of punsters together, and it really gets crazy. BM> Yes he did! :) Mean/grumpy people might be that way for a reason, one BM> just has to sort of deal with it while figuring out why. I did a takeoff of that for the dachshund my late wife and I had when we got married (he had to be put down in August, 2005). The idea came from the situation where she wanted to give him a treat (they're going to beg for one anyway...and if you give into them once, you've corrupted them forever). Anyway, you do NOT give dogs chocolate...especially "bakers chocolate"...as it's poison to them, and it'll kill them. However, you CAN give them things like green beans and carrots, and it'll help them lose weight. Well, my wife put some green beans in a dish for him...and he walked up to them, sniffed, turned up his nose, and walked off, without taking a bite. My wife lamented "Oh, great!! I forgot to salt them!!". Stunned, I asked "What??!! Does he want a bottle of red wine to go with his beans??". She growled "He ain't gettin' none of my Jamaica White Rum"!! The ONLY time she drank alcohol, was to do a "Rum And Coke"...1% Rum, and 99% Coke, when she wasn't feeling well. It'd knock her out, and she was fine the next day. A few months before she died, we went to a nearby liquor store to get a bottle, and about flipped when we saw the price. I asked her Dad why it was so expensive, and he said one word: "Imported". But, back to the song (the dog's name was Fritz), it went: You're a mean one, Mister Fritz. You really are a dog. You like salt on your green beans. You're a dachshund, oh so mean, Mister Fritz. Normally, my wife would give me a dirty look when I called him "Mister Fritz", asking "Since when does he deserved an honorific?? (sp?). I replied "Since I gave it to him". She promptly gave me the same reaction when I'd forgot to put the toilet seat back down...spit like a mad cat. In that case, nothing more needed to be said...I knew I was guilty. :P BM> And the last usually is the one determining how things are thought of BM> the next time. Exactly. BM> The good news is no one is going to do a White Glove Test. It's better BM> to "oh, he missed that dustbunny" than "ewww! this place is covered in BM> dust!". Wife: What's on the TV tonight?? Husband: Dust. And, that's how the fight started. BM> A lot of instructions come in graphic form because it seems people BM> can't read and comprehend. And probably that way they don't have to BM> spend the money on translating to a different language (though the rest BM> of the manual is). Personally I prefer a combination, sometimes easier BM> to figure out by words, sometimes a picture, frequently both enhancing BM> each other. I would've preferred both. BM> As for your check printer, guess water under the bridge by now. ...For BM> 'fun' checked on eBay for selling consideration. Put in 'check BM> printer' but a lot of printers with 'check description' came up so that BM> wasn't helpful. ...Ah! MICR Check Printer! ...Couple of pre-owned at BM> $189.99 anf free shipping and returns (must be a small business' post). BM> Shipping is going to be the big money gulp. I had a bad experience with eBay awhile ago, so I don't use them anymore. BM> Don't want to give the poor pup a headache! It would do that. DS> To The Post Office: "DO NOT BEND" is NOT a challenge. :P BM> Delivering it is! (Oooooo!!!) That's for sure. BM> Higher because before all the guys had deeper voices? ...Oh, wrong BM> 'tone'! There's a female present, so the guys better behave themselves. BM> Nah: he should be the one licking your glasses! I think not. They're just the cheapie reading glasses anyway. Daryl .... It's dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (454:1/33) .