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   -=> Daryl Stout wrote to Dave Drum <=-   
      
    DD> That sounds like a song lyric. I'm not sure if you're having the Ray   
    DD> Charles bad luck or the Roy Clark and Buck Owens bad luck.   
      
    DD> https://tinyurl.com/CLARK-OWENS   
      
    DD> https://tinyurl.com/RAYMOND-CHARLES   
      
    DS>   Yeah, it's the one from Hee Haw.   
      
    DD> Can you still see well enough to shoot? That'll put a stop to that.   
      
    DS>   I don't have a firearm...the last time I handled a gun was 45 years   
    DS> ago, in taking a Hunters Safety Course.   
      
   My "Hunter's Safety Course" consisted of my Granddad telling me "Don't   
   point it at anything you don't intend to shoot. And don't shoot it at   
   anything you don't intend to kill."   
      
    DS>   The phone was supposed to be here Saturday...it didn't arrive in   
    DS> Little Rock until today. But, the way they do mail with the Post Office   
    DS> Box, I can't pick it up until tomorrow...which is just as well...it's   
      
   Supply chain issues. I tried to buy a new "big screen" monitor from Best   
   Buy ... and it got backordered for three weeks before they finally woke   
   up and cancelled the order. About the time that B.B. 86ed the back order   
   Dell sent me a flyer with the *perfect* monitor (I thought) for my    
   purpose. I finally called and talked to a CSR whose first language was   
   not English after three missed "estimated delivery dates". Apparently   
   my new monitor may still be floating on a boat outside San Pedro (CA)   
   harbour. So I arranged for a substitute at the same (really good) price.   
      
   It finally showed up yesterday - after missing only one estimated date.   
   Then it didn't have a VGA port. RATZ -  and small mice. Time to play   
   "musical monitors". After finding out I only have one confuser modern   
   enough to have an HDMI output.   
      
    DS> raining outside now, and the streets are wet...never mind folks think   
    DS> they can stop just as fast on a wet, snowy, or icy pavement, as they   
    DS> can on dry.   
      
   From riding motorcycles for 65 years I've developed the habit of drivihg   
   all of the cars around me and thinking "What's the dumbest thing this   
   Bozo could do?" Ten times out of nine I'll be proven right. But, fore   
   warned is fore armed.   Bv)=   
      
    DD> Doncha have a phone line for the confuser? Or, if you're on cable (as I   
    DD> am until I can shine $cumCa$t on by hooking into the fibre network)   
    DD> most of them offer home phone service. Or, if youse have got Ma Bell -   
    DD> dig out your old 9600 baud U.S. Robotics modem and your PC Board   
    DD> software and soldier on.   
      
    DS>   I've supposedly got a line with Xfinity, but I can't get a dial tone.   
      
   At the prices the $sumCa$t (Xfinity) charge they should be Johnny-on-the-   
   spot with service calls/technicians. I've got internet service only with   
   them and it's north of U$88/month. I shudder to think what it wouold be   
   ig I was addicted to the Glass Teat as some of my friends are.   
      
    DS> I don't have AT&T...they did my Mom dirty with DSL years ago...and   
    DS> apparently, it's not the first time this has happened.   
      
   I always had good luck with AT&T. I'd still have their DSL if I hadn't   
   sold my Redneck McMansion and moved from the trailer park into a real   
   house. Me and AT&T have gotten along since the days of me running a C=64   
   with a TotalTel 300 baud modem. I was having a line noise and "cross-   
   talk" problem - and I knew it was caused by bad joints in the wire and    
   wet lines. But AT&T said "You're not paying for a data line." So, I told    
   them I'd just hook 220v across their "pair" and blow every bad connection    
   between me and the central station.   
      
   Couple days later I got a call from Customer Service saying they had   
   checked the lines and could find no problem. But, y'know the problem   
   went away - and I've never had a problem with them since.   
      
    DD> Not if you're on a "pee pill". (Voice of experience)   
      
    DS>   Been there, done that. It's more like "mountain spring water clear"   
    DS> when you're on a diuretic. I have the potential to become type 2   
    DS> diabetic, but my next blood work isn't set for July. When I was   
    DS> hospitalized 3 years ago to remove some bladder stones, they gave me   
    DS> Lasix, and several pitchers of ice water. I thought I was going to pee   
    DS> my pecker off every 5 minutes. I told the nurses "better bring at least   
    DS> a half dozen portable urinals". I was filling them up in 30 minutes   
    DS> time.   
      
   I know the words to that song. I *am* a Type 2.   
      
    DD> I don't have birthdays any more - Just anniversaries of my "Jack Benny"   
    DD> The next one will be the 41st anniversary.  Bv)=  My work is planning   
    DD> a surprise party - but, since I know about it I'm planning to call-off   
    DD> that day.  Bv)=   
      
    DS>   Jack Benny?? As much of a frugal cheapskate as he was??  We use to   
      
   The cheapskate was as much an act as being only 39 years old. In reality   
   he was known for his generosity.  Bv)=   
      
    DS> have to worry about "birthday spankings"...now, if it was a good   
    DS> looking female, the way I'm going, I might be amenable to that.   
    DS> Remember, dirty old Sysops need love, too.    
      
   Never been into B&D. To me "no pain" means no pain.    
       
    DD> They said "Cheer up, things could be worse!" So, I cheered up and sure   
    DD> as hell - things got worse!   
      
    DS>   Exactly.   
      
    DD> "A cheapskate won't tip a waitress. I'm just careful with my money."   
      
    DS>   Here are 3 tips to give when they ask for one:   
      
    DS> 1) Plant your corn early.   
    DS> 2) Keep your powder dry.   
    DS> 3) Always have clean underwear on.   
      
    DS>   The latter is the most important.    
      
   That would be tough for me I've been going "commando" for at least the   
   past 30 years.   Bv)=   
      
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