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   SD>Hello Daryl.   
      
   Hi, Sean...   
      
   SD>Dale Barnes, the Intermail author, is converting Ben's PowerBASIC elist bot    
   SD>a C++ program using SQLite currently.  He's doing it in his spare time so   
   SD>there's no rush on it right now.   
      
     I used InterMail when I was on dial-up only. I really liked   
   the setup...although I had registered copies of it and FrontDoor.   
      
     With the death of my Mom, August 9th, I haven't had a lot of time for   
   BBSing or social media lately. I'm physically, mentally, and emotionally   
   spent from the stress of the last 2+ years.   
      
   SD> DS> around the time of my Mom's death on August 9, I decided that I'd had   
   SD> DS> enough, so I UNFRIENDED EVERYONE, family, relatives, everyone.   
      
   SD>I noticed that.  You should install Social Fixer.  Takes care a lot of FB's   
   SD>annoyances.   
      
     I already use Fluff Busting Purity to get rid of all the ads, group   
   suggestions, and other garbage. I never heard of Social Fixer.   
      
   SD> DS> eyes. So, I sent it back overnight on Friday, and he got it on Monday   
   SD> DS> (his wife signed for it).   
      
   SD>What a lid. :(   
      
     Agreed. Another ham said "he needs to get a life regarding social   
   media".   
      
   SD>Like it says in "The Amateur's Code": [A ham is] balanced: radio is a hobby,   
   SD>never interfering with duties owed to family, job, school, or community.   
   SD>Written in 1928, that's still very true today.   
      
     THANK YOU!! You hit the nail on the head.   
      
   SD>I am off the air due to antenna problems.  I want to put up my Mosley RV-4C   
   SD>vertical but I need a new base.  It's $50 with shipping but I am having so m   
   SD>financial issues due to losing my IT job after my car accident that I will   
   SD>probably remain off the air indefinitely.   
      
     Bummer. I'm only on the air now when I have nets that I'm Net Control   
   for on D-Star, D-Rats, and Packet Via Telnet. There is one Echolink Net   
   that I'm not net control for, which is in a roundtable format, with no   
   mad rush to checkin. I've been part of that net (the atmosphere is laid   
   back) since 2006. The nights I don't have to be Net Controk, I enjoy the   
   time off for myself.   
      
   SD>I'm also wanting to sell my Yaesu FT-450D and get an ICOM IC-718.  The 450D    
   SD>a nice radio but it has too many menus and button-pushing for my tastes.   
      
     I think that IC-718 was the "get your feet wet in HF rig". I used to   
   have one, but sold it years ago. The last time I operated HF was on the   
   Arkansas and Missouri Railroad Memorial Day Troop Train in 2011, when we   
   were doing 20 meter HF railroad mobile, with a hamstick antenna. A link   
   of me in a QSO (from the moving train) is on my QRZ profile.   
      
   SD>My current project is resurrecting an old project if I can find my code: a   
   SD>text-based modern logging program for casual use that will export ADIF files   
   SD>for use with TQSL.  There's nothing for OS/2 these days and I have the   
   SD>capability to create it for OS/2, Win32, and DOS/DOS32 using Pascal.  Since    
   SD>Max/2 BBS is stabilized now (though it always can use work), I'm working on   
   SD>this side project.  My program will be freeware, of course.   
      
     Well, considering most hams are "frugal cheapskates" (hi hi), but we   
   do it for the reward of doing it. At times, at a test session, if I had   
   extra cash, I paid for an examinee to re-test, because they missed it by   
   1, and only had enough money for the 1 exam. When they passed it on the   
   re-test, they wanted to reimburse me, but I said "you're getting your   
   ticket is good enough".   
      
     Contesting never did appeal to me...but there's something in ham radio   
   for everybody.   
      
   Daryl, WX4QZ   
      
      
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