Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 08-17-19 10:10 <=-

Very wise... :) It also keeps you in touch with your support
systems... a very good thing at this point... :)

I've gotten a lot of support from the folks in ham radio, square
dancing, and in the message areas on the BBS...mainly from other
networks. I don't have many local callers though, but the BBS is part
of my diversional therapy. Another BBS in the area is having a picnic
at an area park in early September...and I plan on going.

Good idea. :)

That is indeed a comfort... and a nice providence for you... :)

I know I'll be "recompensed at the resurrection of the just", but
that's the least of my worries right now. 2 1/2 years ago, I cancelled
a trip to Orlando for a ham radio event, as my Mom was having a
pacemaker put in, and I felt it better to stay home with her. I have to
go to Heart Clinic Arkansas on Monday, and get a "return kit" to send
the measuring device back to the manufacturer...at least it's prepaid
on shipping.

Good that they make it fairly easy to return it... one more detail to
deal with, though...

Hopefully that will be soon.... and better already... :)

While the cold weather makes my arthritis hurt more, it means no
insects, no heat illness, and no tornadoes.

Tradeoffs... ;)

... Humor is an acronym for "HUman Management Of Reality"

As Roger Rabbit noted "If you don't have a sense of humor, you're
better off dead!!".
Besides, without me in here as comedy relief, Joe Mackey would be
bored stiff. <g,d,r>

I suppose.... ;)

ttyl neb

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Nancy,

of my diversional therapy. Another BBS in the area is having a picnic at an area park in early September...and I plan on going.

Good idea. :)

Unfortunately, the Sysop of the BBS has to work...so the deal got CANCELLED...figures.

Good that they make it fairly easy to return it... one more detail to NB>deal with, though...

I dropped it off on the way to the funeral home.

While the cold weather makes my arthritis hurt more, it means no insects, no heat illness, and no tornadoes.

Tradeoffs... ;)

I've come close to heatstroke several times, been stung by insects on
the lip and elsewhere, and been under 2 funnel clouds, plus within a
mile of 2 rain wrapped tornadoes. I'm wanting some calmer weather,
especially with milder temperatures.

Besides, without me in here as comedy relief, Joe Mackey would be
bored stiff. <g,d,r>

I suppose.... ;)

Not sure if I can get him to grovel or not, but I'm sure he can hide
that real well. <G>

Daryl

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Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 08-26-19 17:55 <=-

of my diversional therapy. Another BBS in the area is having a picnic
at an area park in early September...and I plan on going.

Good idea. :)

Unfortunately, the Sysop of the BBS has to work...so the deal got CANCELLED...figures.

Oh, that's a shame... might it get rescheduled....?

Good that they make it fairly easy to return it... one more detail to
deal with, though...

I dropped it off on the way to the funeral home.

So that's done...

While the cold weather makes my arthritis hurt more, it means no
insects, no heat illness, and no tornadoes.

Tradeoffs... ;)

I've come close to heatstroke several times, been stung by insects
on the lip and elsewhere, and been under 2 funnel clouds, plus within a mile of 2 rain wrapped tornadoes. I'm wanting some calmer weather, especially with milder temperatures.

It's about time, all right....

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Too bad so many people don't see it that way... ;)

ttyl neb

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Nancy,

Unfortunately, the Sysop of the BBS has to work...so the deal got CANCELLED...figures.

Oh, that's a shame... might it get rescheduled....?

I haven't heard. I unfriended all my Facebook friends (over 500...some
have friends in the thousands), and unjoined most all the groups and
pages. I was getting all these messages to "share this", and "malware
links".

þ OLX 1.53 þ A heavy night snowstorm is God saying: Take today off.

Too bad so many people don't see it that way... ;)

It's rare I'm up before 9am...unless it's for medical reasons, or
another emergency. Of course, nature always calls at the most
inopportune time.

Daryl

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Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 08-31-19 11:36 <=-

Unfortunately, the Sysop of the BBS has to work...so the deal got
CANCELLED...figures.

Oh, that's a shame... might it get rescheduled....?

I haven't heard. I unfriended all my Facebook friends (over
500...some have friends in the thousands), and unjoined most all the groups and pages. I was getting all these messages to "share this", and "malware links".

And that was only contact you had with that Sysop...? You don't call
his BBS...? I've never been on Facebook, so haven't had to deal with
any of that.... thankfully...

þ OLX 1.53 þ A heavy night snowstorm is God saying: Take today off.

Too bad so many people don't see it that way... ;)

It's rare I'm up before 9am...unless it's for medical reasons, or
another emergency. Of course, nature always calls at the most
inopportune time.

Yeah... a couple times a night sometimes for me... Sundays I have to be
up before 9, if I'm playing for the morning service, even earlier (to be
out of the house by about 8) so that I can practice first... otherwise,
I don't make appointments for early, and neither of us gets up much
before 10 or so... often later, especially Richard when he hadn't gone
to bed until the wee hours... :) Emergencies and medical procedures,
though, do change things....

ttyl neb

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Nancy,

And that was only contact you had with that Sysop...? You don't call
his BBS...? I've never been on Facebook, so haven't had to deal with
any of that.... thankfully...

He is in the area...so we still email and text each other. He telnets
in every so often. I'm to meet him Sunday at Denny's in west Little
Rock for lunch at 11am...the only Denny's left in the area.

Yeah... a couple times a night sometimes for me... Sundays I have to be NB>up before 9, if I'm playing for the morning service, even earlier (to be NB>out of the house by about 8) so that I can practice first... otherwise,
I don't make appointments for early, and neither of us gets up much NB>before 10 or so... often later, especially Richard when he hadn't gone
to bed until the wee hours... :) Emergencies and medical procedures, NB>though, do change things....

My days in the choir, etc. are long gone. After a friend I had helped
had apparently spread lies about me (they found her dead in her kitchen
2 years ago, from a suicide or heart attack), the local churches "showed
me the door", and I haven't been back since. Christians are the only
army that "buries their wounded". :( I'm "old fashioned" for church
things, and so much else. So many now are more like entertainment shows,
rather than worship services.

Daryl
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Daryl wrote --

My days in the choir, etc. are long gone. After a friend I had helped
had apparently spread lies about me (they found her dead in her kitchen
2 years ago, from a suicide or heart attack)

Hmm, where is Lt Colombo when you need him???
I've been watching Mrs Colombo (YouTube) lately and not a bad show.
Colombo is merely mentioned and never seen. His wife works for a small weekly neighbourhood paper and solves crimes.

So many now are more like entertainment shows, rather than worship services.

Depends on the church.
But then we are drifting into forbidden territory...
Joe

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Joe,

Hmm, where is Lt Colombo when you need him???

Ah, yes...Peter Falk as Colombo, and Dennis Weaver as McCloud. I think
both were on NBC, and both are dead and gone now.

Depends on the church.
But then we are drifting into forbidden territory...

True. But, I've got so many health issues, and don't sleep well at
night...so I don't go. Besides, I don't want to be out driving or at
home working on the computer if I'm fatigued.

Daryl

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Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 09-04-19 18:02 <=-

Continuing from the Pond on 10 Sept, about 10:45pm.....

And that was only contact you had with that Sysop...? You don't call
his BBS...? I've never been on Facebook, so haven't had to deal with
any of that.... thankfully...

He is in the area...so we still email and text each other. He
telnets in every so often. I'm to meet him Sunday at Denny's in west Little Rock for lunch at 11am...the only Denny's left in the area.

Ah... hope that went well... did you ask him why the picnic was
cancelled...? :)

Yeah... a couple times a night sometimes for me... Sundays I have
to be up before 9; if I'm playing for the morning service, even
earlier (to be out of the house by about 8) so that I can practice
first... otherwise, I don't make appointments for early, and neither
of us gets up much before 10 or so... often later, especially
Richard when he hadn't gone to bed until the wee hours... :)
Emergencies and medical procedures, though, do change things....

My days in the choir, etc. are long gone. After a friend I had
helped had apparently spread lies about me (they found her dead in her kitchen 2 years ago, from a suicide or heart attack), the local
churches "showed me the door", and I haven't been back since.
Christians are the only army that "buries their wounded". :(

That's a shame.... I looked in our denomination's directory to see if we
had any churches in your area, but we don't... otherwise I'd suggest you
try that...

I'm "old fashioned" for church things, and so much else. So many now
are more like entertainment shows, rather than worship services.

Yeah, I know... Ours isn't like that, though....

ttyl neb

... If I made myself clear, let me know and I'll start over.

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Nancy,

Ah... hope that went well... did you ask him why the picnic was NB>cancelled...? :)

Well, he originally thought he'd have to work. At the last minute, the
day before, a co-worker called, saying "I need some hours". Well, he got
the day off after all, but it was too late to reschedule the picnic.

An old laptop computer I had bought nearly 10 years ago (it had
Windows Vista Basic on it) was able to get Windows 7 on it, but the
install of Windows 10 crashed 85% into it. So, I'm giving him the laptop
to wipe the drive, along with a power supply, a USB mouse, and a mouse
pad, for free. He said he may put Linux on it.

That's a shame.... I looked in our denomination's directory to see if we NB>had any churches in your area, but we don't... otherwise I'd suggest you NB>try that...

I truly miss it...but my health got so, that were I was "a back row
[insert denomination here]. That was because, many times, I had to bid a
hasty retreat to the bathroom, as "nature tends to call at the most
inopportune time"...especially as one gets older. Urgency and
incontinence are no fun.

... If I made myself clear, let me know and I'll start over.

If you had made yourself perfectly clear, we'd know you weren't a
crook (darn, got Nixon on the brain :P ).

Daryl


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Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 09-12-19 12:28 <=-

Ah... hope that went well... did you ask him why the picnic was
cancelled...? :)

Well, he originally thought he'd have to work. At the last minute,
the day before, a co-worker called, saying "I need some hours". Well,
he got the day off after all, but it was too late to reschedule the picnic.

That would explain it... At least you got a chance to spend some good
time with him afterwards... :)

An old laptop computer I had bought nearly 10 years ago (it had
Windows Vista Basic on it) was able to get Windows 7 on it, but the install of Windows 10 crashed 85% into it. So, I'm giving him the
laptop to wipe the drive, along with a power supply, a USB mouse, and a mouse pad, for free. He said he may put Linux on it.

Linux is becoming a truly viable option, I've known a lot of people
going to that.... :)

ttyl neb

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