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   Janis,   
      
    > I thought it had disappeared, as there hadn't been any updates to the   
    > IFDC website, and I hadn't seen anything in my inbound files on it in   
    > nearly 2 months.   
      
    JK> Nah, just a little busy lately, sorry about that.  Things are more   
    JK> settled now so I can continue with it. :)   
      
     I know about life outside the BBS.   
      
     I had a car wreck in early January, and with all the hassle and expense   
   (not to mention a mere pittance on the insurance), finances (or lack   
   thereof) made it look like my BBS days were over. However, things are   
   looking a bit better in that regard now. They paid the $9100 chiropractic   
   bill, but otherwise, I got screwed on cost. Yet, I had to take the money,   
   or I would've been overdrawn.   
      
     Besides the car issues, a device in one of the toilet tanks malfunctioned,   
   overflowing and flooding both bathrooms. Since I live here alone, I had the   
   water shut off for the offending toilet, but they tore out both bathroom   
   sinks and cabinets...plus tore up the walls and floors to mitigate the water   
   damage...and the doors were removed. So, it gives a new meaning to the saying   
   "Home alone is where you can poop with the door open". :P   
      
     I've got to pay $1000 deductible on the insurance, but I may end up getting    
   new floors, new sinks, new cabinets, and new toilets. The kitchen table has    
   become my medicine cabinet (I had to dig through boxes to find the stuff).    
      
     The battery on my keyless door lock failed, and I had to call an emergency   
   locksmith to get me in the house...that was $165.   
      
     Then, I went to move an uprooted dead tree, but one branch snapped back,   
   nearly gouging out my right eye. I started having blurred and double vision   
   in the right eye, but it's astigmatism. The eye pressures were lower this   
   past week (11 in both eyes, instead of 13 in the left and 14 in the right,   
   which is still "normal"), but they're still going to do a glaucoma check   
   in early June. It cost $125 to get the dead tree cut up and removed.   
      
     With a refund of an overpayment to Hospice for my late Mom, plus the    
   COVID-19 stimulus check, my bank account isn't so anemic. However, bills    
   are already lined out for it...as they say "It's not hard to meet expenses...   
   they're everywhere". :P I even found a dollar bill on the ground in front    
   of the Post Office this morning...I hope that's a good omen...I'm long    
   overdue for some good things to happen.    
      
     However, I'm not driving outside of central Arkansas anymore...the long    
   rides or drives are too hard on me. Never mind the speed demons on the   
   interstate highways, and the bumper crop of potholes. I saw a meme awhile   
   back where "the pothole repair truck got devoured by a pothole".    
      
     I got my first COVID-19 shot today...I'll get another one in 3 weeks.    
   They lifted the mask mandate in Arkansas, and opened up COVID-19 shots   
   to anyone 16 and older. With a 3 week time between the 2, I think by   
   May 14, I should be "in the clear".   
      
     However, with all the stuff outside the BBS, I've had precious little   
   time to do any work with it...except logging on every few days to read   
   QWK Mail...and to update the ham radio and weather related items. I was   
   hoping to do work on reviving 2 message networks, but I need to get the   
   plumbing issues at the house fixed first.   
      
   Daryl   
      
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