Subj : Spammers And More To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Mon Nov 29 2021 07:25:00 Hi Daryl! DS> "Sarcastic Comment Coming in 3...2...1..." BM> Nice to give a countdown so the other person's mind will be ready! DS> You get a group of punsters together, and it really gets crazy. A word of punseters? A wacket of punsters? 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. DS> I did a takeoff of that for the dachshund my late wife and I DS> had when we got married (he had to be put down in August, 2005). DS> The idea came from the situation where she wanted to give him a DS> treat (they're going to beg for one anyway...and if you give into DS> them once, you've corrupted them forever). Anyway, you do NOT DS> give dogs chocolate...especially "bakers chocolate"...as it's DS> poison to them, and it'll kill them. However, you CAN give them DS> things like green beans and carrots, and it'll help them lose DS> weight. Right: the good news is a small piece (as in accidentally dropped) won't kill them but why risk it and deliberately feed chocolate? DS> Well, my wife put some green beans in a dish for him...and he DS> walked up to them, sniffed, turned up his nose, and walked off, DS> without taking a bite. My wife lamented "Oh, great!! I forgot to DS> salt them!!". Stunned, I asked "What??!! Does he want a bottle of DS> red wine to go with his beans??". She growled "He ain't gettin' DS> none of my Jamaica White Rum"!! Dogs have preferences too! DS> The ONLY time she drank alcohol, was to do a "Rum And DS> Coke"...1% Rum, and 99% Coke, when she wasn't feeling well. It'd DS> knock her out, and she was fine the next day. A few months before DS> she died, we went to a nearby liquor store to get a bottle, and DS> about flipped when we saw the price. I asked her Dad why it was DS> so expensive, and he said one word: "Imported". That's the problem when one doesn't purchase an item frequently: all those interim little price increases have added up! 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!". DS> Wife: What's on the TV tonight?? DS> Husband: Dust. DS> And, that's how the fight started. Good news: it doesn't show as much on the skinny flat screen TVs! (Less surface area on top.) 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. DS> I had a bad experience with eBay awhile ago, so I don't use DS> them anymore. I heard there was a Square Dancing newsletter in your part of the world -- put an ad in there! DS> To The Post Office: "DO NOT BEND" is NOT a challenge. :P BM> Delivering it is! (Oooooo!!!) DS> That's for sure. I wonder how kids react to hearing the lyrics to "Return to Sender" where Elvis sings he mails a letter one day and gets it back the next? "Impossible!" BM> Higher because before all the guys had deeper voices? ...Oh, wrong BM> 'tone'! DS> There's a female present, so the guys better behave themselves. Some females are rowdyer than the guys! BM> Nah: he should be the one licking your glasses! DS> I think not. They're just the cheapie reading glasses anyway. Next time you take a shower bring them in with you! ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... Money can't buy happiness but poverty can't buy anything. --- 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) .