Subj : Health Scare To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Mon Apr 20 2020 10:35:00 Hi Daryl! BM> DS> This feels strange...typing via QWK Mail instead of email. BM>This must have been your first entry -- mine started with ChitChat and BM>ended here. Was surprised to see you as you indicated May 1. So BM>welcome back, the ballons and streamers are on back order! I think some BM>of the streamers have been used for masks. DS> I think it was. I think they repurposed the balloons for DS> whoopee cushions. :P Everything else is back ordered, so why DS> not?? I was going to order a few face masks advertised by an electronics surplus dealer (!) but they were out of stock of the style I preferred ==> face-hugging vs. bandana-ish style with a large gap at the chin. BM>One does not want to have to wait until the smoke clears because that BM>means something happened to let the smoke out in the first place! DS> I discovered some password errors, but others changed their DS> address, so I can't connect. "Quick! Change the site while he's gone!!" BM>"You'd think those humans would learn to quit parking under wires and BM>trees!" A few days ago we had a bird constantly trying to fly through BM>the Dining Room picture window -- you'd think he'd get the idea after BM>the first fifty tries! Ended up taping strips of aluminum foil to the BM>window and that eventually worked. At first no breeze so the strips BM>just hung there. Bird came back - looked around trying to figure out BM>what this shiny stuff was. Even sat on the window sill and looked in, BM>looking sad, but eventually flew off. DS> Hopefully, he's going to go bother someone else. We don't mind him being around, just not banging into the window constantly! Would have thought he'd learn after the first several times! Not like he was trying to fly in from a starting point several feet away: most were a foot or less from a perched start. Would have though he'd see the reflection and eventually all the slobber marks on the window. BM>...Um, weak attempt to be topical - wonder if those aluminum strips BM>blowing in the breeze gave the 'wow-wow-wow' effect like the rotating BM>speakers in organ speaker? DS> I don't know. I noted one of the snowflake knitted deals my DS> late Mom did years ago on the branch of a tree in the front yard. DS> I just haven't felt like moving it. Leave it: soon will be time for "Christmas in July"! BM>Could try one of those 'Squatty Potties' to elevate the feet. Designed BM>to wrk with the anatomical configuration of the intestines but would BM>keep pressure off the nerves and muscles of the hamstring area, DS> Never heard of that. I know there are "raised toilet seat" DS> deals to make it easier to sit and stand. I may have to look into DS> one. Two different items. The raised toilet seat makes it easier to get back up, or maybe sit without a bang! Squatty Potty elevates the feet so when sitting the body is in a more natural configuration: sling of the large intestine, etc. No personal experience with either device. BM>As for the New Madrid Fault shift, wasn't nearly that bad up here. I BM>thought someone slammed a door (living at the apartment at the time). BM>Someone was waiting in their pickup and thought a kid jumped on the BM>tailgate but didn't see anyone. DS> I think Little Rock will fare much better than Memphis or St. DS> Louis will. Why? ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... I tried to catch some fog. I mist. --- 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) .