Hello All,

If there's any mistakes in the 'Gazette, I apologize. I had a diabetic eye exam today and my eyes are still quite dilated four hours later.

I am happy to say that this is the biggest FidoGazette yet at 20 pages! Still need more content though...

Oh, if you are wondering why you see lowercase Xs in the left-hand column: since I use a DOS program to create the FG but my BBS is Linux-based, I run a local copy of the new FG issue through a program that converts the DOS CR/LF endings to Linux CR endings. The program doesn't understand the "form feed" character that the newsletter generator adds to the top of each page so it shows up with a "x".

If any of you have a problem printing the FG, let me know and I can post the DOS version via Multimail, my offline mail reader, which can handle the DOS line endings more graciously than GoldEd+/Linux.

I hope you all enjoy this issue of the FG!

-- Sean
FidoGazette Publisher/Editor

... Programming Department: mistakes made while you wait.
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
* Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (1:18/200)

Hello Sean Dennis!

** On Monday 07.03.22 - 18:32, Sean Dennis wrote to All:

I hope you all enjoy this issue of the FG!

Nicely done. Although, I believe that I've seen the first
article somewhere before. :/

WRT the Pioneer article, I was *wondering* if there would ever
be an application for optical drives and the ever increasing
need to store, transport, or mail copies of zoom sessions and
other files. I mean, a 64GB thumbdrive is pretty good, but I'd
rather mail a disc instead of a thumbdrive if I had to.


--
../|ug

--- OpenXP 5.0.51
* Origin: (2:221/1.58)

Sean,

If there's any mistakes in the 'Gazette, I apologize.

I received it grunged somewhere in my article ...

\%/@rd

--- DB4 - 20220222
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

Hello August,

07 Mar 22 21:24, you wrote to me:

Nicely done. Although, I believe that I've seen the first
article somewhere before. :/

You may have.

WRT the Pioneer article, I was *wondering* if there would ever
be an application for optical drives and the ever increasing
need to store, transport, or mail copies of zoom sessions and
other files. I mean, a 64GB thumbdrive is pretty good, but I'd
rather mail a disc instead of a thumbdrive if I had to.

I like to use optical discs as an additional backup method as I have a CD case hiding out in my closet. Not as my main backup method, mind you.

-- Sean

... "Hitch your wagon to a star." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
* Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (1:18/200)

Sean,

If there's any mistakes in the 'Gazette, I apologize. I had a diabetic eye exam today and my eyes are still quite dilated four hours later.

I have a glaucoma check set for next month. If it's starting, and it
becomes too dangerous to drive, I'll have to sell my car.

To make matters worse, the post office has apparently lost the new
cellphone that I ordered from Consumer Cellular. I'm switching to them
from Verizon, which will save me $75 a month. I have something from
Consumer Cellular in the Post Office Box this morning, but if it's a
bill, I can't see paying it, as I have no phone to activate. If I have
to order another one, I'll say "forget it", and once my Verizon line
dies (I've already set up paying the final bill, and cancelled the
service), I'll be unreachable via phone. And, I hate going out without
a cellphone, in case of an emergency. The Post Office has lost so much
mail to/from me that it's not funny. I tell medical clinics that "if
you won't take an over the phone payment, you won't get paid".

Well, without a car or phone, all I'll have is internet...and if that
and/or the computers fail (never mind losing the car), I'm going to be
cut off from the outside world, and stuck at home 24/7/365...with no way
to get out, order groceries and medications, let alone communicate with others. That will also kill my hobbies of the BBS, ham radio, and square dancing. Then, I'm going to have a difficult time finding the will to
live. It looks increasingly likely that my birthday for the second year
in a row will have me crying for a week, and not do any computer work
with the BBS, ham radio, square dancing, or email...basically to just
disappear for awhile.

I am happy to say that this is the biggest FidoGazette yet at 20 pages!
Still need more content though...

My, aren't we greedy?? <G> Seriously, I enjoyed the Feb. 28 issue...and
I just read the March 7 issue in the echo. You write rather well. :)

If any of you have a problem printing the FG, let me know and I can
post the DOS version via Multimail, my offline mail reader, which can handle the DOS line endings more graciously than GoldEd+/Linux.

I use MultiMail as well for my QWK processing, and love it.

I hope you all enjoy this issue of the FG!

Thank you for your efforts, sir. :)

Daryl

... "Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?" -Edgar Bergen
=== MultiMail/Win v0.52
--- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32
* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:2320/33)

Hello Daryl Stout!

** On Tuesday 08.03.22 - 06:47, Daryl Stout wrote to Sean Dennis:

I have a glaucoma check set for next month. If it's starting..

To make matters worse, the post office has apparently lost the new cellphone that I ordered from Consumer Cellular..

..I tell medical clinics that "if
you won't take an over the phone payment, you won't get paid".

Well, without a car or phone, all I'll have is internet...and if that and/or the computers fail (never mind losing the car), I'm going to be
cut off from the outside world, and stuck at home 24/7/365...

..Then, I'm going to have a difficult time finding the will to
live. It looks increasingly likely that my birthday for the second year
in a row will have me crying for a week, and not do any computer work
with the BBS, ham radio, square dancing, or email...basically to just disappear for awhile.

Well.. they *do* say that if you imagine the worst that could
happen, then whatever happens won't be as bad as you imgined
it. You're doing a good job.

Not making light of your situation. But you're not alone in
the predicaments that many other people are going through but
don't voice them.

However.. I digress.
--
../|ug

--- OpenXP 5.0.51
* Origin: (2:221/1.58)

August,

Well.. they *do* say that if you imagine the worst that could
happen, then whatever happens won't be as bad as you imgined
it. You're doing a good job.

The tagline: Cheer Up, It Could Be Worse. Well, I cheered up, and it
got worse. :P

Not making light of your situation. But you're not alone in
the predicaments that many other people are going through but
don't voice them.

The cellphone did arrive in tact, but the way the email was worded
yesterday, it appeared it had been stolen. I got it home, charged it
up, migrated all the apps (thanks to home Wi-Fi), and now am waiting
for a call to activate it. It's easier waiting for them to call me,
then to wait on hold forever and a day.

Daryl

... Heisenberg may have slept here.
=== MultiMail/Win v0.52
--- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32
* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:2320/33)