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   -=> Daryl Stout wrote to Dave Drum <=-   
      
    DS> Dave,   
      
    DD> It's probably like the bumper on my old Beemer - a plastic cover. So, I   
    DD> use the magnetic stickers on the trunk. Which makes them closer to   
    DD> "line of sight" level - And they remove cleanly without me needing to   
    DD> go down the AutoZone for a bottle of "Goo Gone" adhesive remover.   
      
    DS>   With my luck lately (if it weren't for bad, I'd have none), when I   
    DS> get a glaucoma check next month, if they determine it's too dangerous   
    DS> for me to drive, and I'll have to sell the car, and turn in my license.   
      
   That sounds like a song lyric. I'm not sure if you're having the Ray   
   Charles bad luck or the Roy Clark and Buck Owens bad luck.   
      
   https://tinyurl.com/CLARK-OWENS   
      
   https://tinyurl.com/RAYMOND-CHARLES   
      
    DS>   The Post Office apparently lost the cellphone I bought when switching   
    DS> from Verizon to Consumer Cellular, to save $75 a month. They have lost   
    DS> so much mail to/from me, that it's not even funny...and I tell medical   
    DS> facilities that "if you won't take an over the phone payment, you won't   
    DS> get your money". People were stealing stuff out of my home mailbox, and   
    DS> off my front porch, so I got a Post Office Box. But, if I can't get to   
    DS> it (no transportation), it does me no good.   
      
   Can you still see well enough to shoot? That'll put a stop to that.   
      
    DS> Well, if I have to pay another huge fee for a phone, I'm going to   
    DS> tell Consumer Cellular "forget it"...and once my Verizon service dies,   
    DS> I'll no longer be reachable via telephone. Next (the way my luck is   
    DS> going), the computers and internet will fail, which will kill the BBS   
    DS> (not to mention my involvement with ham radio and square   
    DS> dancing)...then if I have had to get rid of the car (as noted above),   
    DS> I'll be stuck at home, with no way to communicate with the outside   
    DS> world, no way to get groceries or medications, and basically will   
    DS> become an isolated hermit, and just sleep all day. The hobbies aren't   
    DS> even a diversion anymore.   
      
   Doncha have a phone line for the confuser? Or, if you're on cable (as I   
   am until I can shine $cumCa$t on by hooking into the fibre network) most   
   of them offer home phone service. Or, if youse have got Ma Bell - dig   
   out your old 9600 baud U.S. Robotics modem and your PC Board software   
   and soldier on.   
      
    DS>   It has gotten so bad that I'm on a self imposed bland diet of just   
    DS> wheat bread and butter, with lemonade koolaid, so I can take my meds.   
    DS> I may have a roof over my head, plus a place to sleep...and still be   
    DS> on this side of the grass. But, the only golden thing about "the   
    DS> golden years" is the color of your urine.   
      
   Not if you're on a "pee pill". (Voice of experience)   
      
    DS>   It looks like for the second year in a row, my birthday week will be   
    DS> an absolute disaster...where I'll just cry nonstop for a week, and not   
    DS> answer any phone calls, email, etc. -- telling folks "I'm burned out",   
    DS> and disappear for awhile. Folks are likely sick and tired of hearing   
    DS> me whine, complain, and bitch...but no one will put themselves in my   
    DS> shoes. I hold the greedy politicians in Washington (who lament they   
    DS> can't survive on $250,000+ a year) in utter contempt.   
      
   I don't have birthdays any more - Just anniversaries of my "Jack Benny"   
   The next one will be the 41st anniversary.  Bv)=  My work is planning   
   a surprise party - but, since I know about it I'm planning to call-off   
   that day.  Bv)=   
       
    DS>   Needless to say, I'm not a happy camper right now. I'm long overdue   
    DS> for something good to happen to me...but lately, I feel that I'm   
    DS> cursed.   
      
   They said "Cheer up, things could be worse!" So, I cheered up and sure   
   as hell - things got worse!   
      
   ... "A cheapskate won't tip a waitress. I'm just careful with my money." --    
   UDD   
   --- MultiMail/Win   
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