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   August,   
      
    AA> Is he older than you?  Too bad about in him not having other   
    AA> interests other than shopping and eating out.  But perhaps with   
    AA> "converse with his friends" he sounds like a conversationalist   
    AA> and perhaps likes intellectual stimulation. I was going to   
    AA> suggest that maybe he could find that in a good message board in   
    AA> times when he is "stuck at home". But, since computers are out,   
    AA> the typing to replace actual conversing probably wouldn't work   
    AA> very well.   
      
     He's 21 months younger than me. I saw him yesterday, and the   
   waittress showed a video they did for him on his birthday. They   
   had a mini basketball goal on his head, and folks were trying to   
   make the baskets. The fun was over, when one guy did a "slam dunk",   
   and the balls went everywhere. He said he got hit by so many of the   
   ping pong balls, it was pathetic.   
      
     I also heard a new term yesterday..."crop dusting". First, when folks   
   hear that term, it's a small plane flying low over fields and crops,   
   spraying insecticide, pesticide, etc., on them, to keep the bugs away.   
   Plus, that stuff has a horrible smell to it (you don't want to inhale   
   a bunch of this stuff).   
      
     In this case, if one is "crop dusting", they've emitted a rather   
   nasty fart, and are bringing it with them across the room. But, the    
   methane-sulphur stench is the indication that the bacteria in your gut   
   are doing their job to digest the food. I saw a sign that noted "If   
   you can smell the fart, you're too close".  Another one I liked was   
   on this BBQ restaurant..."I like my butt rubbed, and my pork pulled".    
      
     Another individual had mentioned the term "spider barkings". I had    
   never heard that either, but the guy added "Beano takes care of that!!".   
   The light came on.     
      
    AA> My mom wouldn't warm up to using a computer at first. Being an   
    AA> accountant/bookkeeper, she did however appreciate the benefits of   
    AA> organized data that a good computer program could produce. She   
    AA> also loved to write letters, so an intro to WordPerfect turned   
    AA> out to be perfect. She liked the instant ability to look up past   
    AA> letters and organize them.   
      
     I still have a lot of stuff on there she got from the late Clive   
   Cussler. He was a worldwide famous adventure writer, on the New York   
   Times Best Seller List. He passed away 6 months after my Mom died.   
      
    AA> Then, to improve her mouse-motor skills, I found a few games she   
    AA> really liked. She typically enjoyed playing the real Scrabble, a   
    AA> CDROM filled with a variety of word games worked well. Then the   
    AA> introduction to InterBBS Scrabble turned out to be a lot of fun   
    AA> for her too.   
      
     I use the BBS games to keep my mind sharp. The late Nancy Backus,   
   who passed away recently, could clean your clock in Scrabble. Sysop   
   Sean Dennis dedicated the Scrabble game on his BBS to her memory.    
   Unfortunately, I've only had time to logon to do QWK Mail, with no   
   time or energy to play the games.   
      
    AA> Does your brother play chess with his intellectual friends? Maybe   
    AA> an intro to computer chess could work.   
      
     He never really cared for games.   
      
    AA> Yes.. you are one busy body.   
      
     I'm not bored, that's for sure.   
      
    AA> It's funny and concerning that these people are actually allowed   
    AA> to drive on the roads.   
      
     They probably got their drivers license from a Cracker Jack Box.   
      
   Daryl   
      
   ... Life Member: International Guild Of Tagline Thieves Chapter 218.   
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