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George,
GP> I certainly remember Nancy Backus, & Daryl Stout (been conversing with
GP> him in my old echo: "FUNNY "), who updated me on her 'status'; may she
GP> RIP - she was a good lady. . .
The things I'll always remember about Nancy was she was an active member
of so many echoes, accessing the BBS's on a DOS based system, and replying
via QWK Mail. One of my taglines was "I took an IQ test, and the results
were negative". She replied "That explains a lot ".
A few days later, she said to me "I hope you realized that I was joking",
and I said "I got a big laugh out of it". Sadly, I never got to meet her,
but Joe sent me a picture of Nancy Backus and Jim White awhile back.
She never said an unkind word, and was always so helpful. The world needs
more people like her.
GP> The other names (White & Vance) are tickling neurons in here somewhere,
GP> but I've lost so much of my ability to pull up files from the old
GP> sub-basement of rusted old cabinets. Sucks because I CAN remember
GP> pullng up anything with abnsolute ease & no delay. . .
My long term memory is great...but the short term memory is .............
now, what were we talking about??
GP> I like to say, "Well, getting old, but it sure beats he alternative" ^
The late Bobby Bowden, former coach of the Florida State University (FSU)
Seminoles football team, quipped "After retirement, there's only one big
thing left". Pancreatic cancer took his life recently, and I've know so many
(including my Dad and his sister, plus a fellow ham radio operator, and a
great Christian pianist (Anthony Berger)), who fell victim to this scourge.
Bobby and his wife, Ann, were married well over 60 years (maybe over 70
years), and they were strong Christians. Well, when he'd go to give talks to
church groups, and organizations like the Fellowship Of Christian Athletes
(FCA), they'd usually break into the FSU Seminole war chant/fight song. At
one event, they asked him "is there anything you can do, if you get into a
disagreement with your wife??". He paused, grinned, and said "You know??
There's not much I can do". That was immediately followed by some tittering,
and then the entire congregation busted out in raucous laughter. He never
swore...the "strongest word" he'd ever say was "Dadgummit!!".
GP> I'm a bad person, I think, because I refuse to use euphemisms to talk
GP> about death.
GP> & I mock those who do. . .
GP> "he passed on. . ." (me: "I didn't know he played football!")
The football coach asked the prospective quarterback if he could pass
the football...and the kid replied "Only if I can swallow it".
GP> "He's in a better place." (me: "Tahiti? Why didn't the bastard take
GP> me?").
He probably was too cheap. :P
GP> I keep going until they finally say he DIED.
I remember with the Associated Press (AP) Style Book, that we used in
journalism in high school and college 40 years ago, they noted that the
term "funeral service is redundant".
GP> Most of my menmories are of times I'l never be able to relive,
GP> involving hitchhiking, travel, & buxom young lovelies(I was young, too,
GP> so all appropriate).
We thought we knew so much when we were young. Now, we find out we didn't
know much at all. The kids today are even worse, sadly. After my late Mom
retired from teaching school, at times, we'd run into her students while
grocery shopping, and they'd confess "Mrs. Stout, you were right".
GP> My doctor recently said I had to cut my sex life in half; I asked,
GP> "Which half? the talking about it or the thinking about it?"
I just cringed here in the chair...I've been reading your messages too
long. :P
GP> I had already stoped talking about it because appasrently that's no
GP> longer a thing these days. . . oh well. . .
Tagline: "Sex Is A Misdemeanor. The more ya miss, da meaner ya get". :P
GP> So you're a Yankee? & your radio stations begin with W, not K?
I think when they set that up, it was stations east of the Mississippi
River began with a W, and otherwise, they began with a K. I don't think
there has ever been a W station in K land, and vice versa.
GP> I've not traveled too much in the USA, as that would've been illegal,
GP> probably, & I liked to fly low. . .
When I was traveling to and from the National Square Dance Convention
from 1986 to 2002, that was my yearly vacation. I went to Huntsville,
Alabama several years ago (before COVID-19) for a big ham radio event.
However, it was cheaper to ride the bus, than to fly or drive. Yet, the
bus ride nearly killed me. I went from Little Rock to Memphis to Nashville,
then changed buses in Nashville to go to Huntsville. I had family in the
Nashville area, so I got to spend some time with them on the return trip;
not to mention grazing at an area White Castle restaurant. :)
But, the seats were so cramped up, that my legs turned to water, and
when I stood up (I was the last person off the bus), my pants fell down.
Had I not been wearing Depends, it would've been "full moon rising"
(never mind the song "Bad Moon Rising"...I think Credence Clearwater
Revival did that one). I haven't been outside of central Arkansas since.
GP> Daryl used to bug me about how cold winter must be for me, being in
GP> Canada, until I pointed out it'd breen 3 years in a row he had more
GP> snow than me while he was in Jacksonville! The other year Florida
GP> froze so badly it killed my favorite fruit & juice crop (plain white
GP> grapefruit)
I never was one for grapefruit, and I recently heard if you're on
certain heart or blood pressure medicines, you have to avoid it. I was
in Miami, Florida on January 19, 1977, when it snowed there for the first
time in history. It didn't stick in Miami, but just north of there, in
the community of Carol City, they got 3 inches. That year, nearly the
entire state's citrus crop was wiped out, and the price of orange,
grapefruit, and other juices, went through the roof.
This past February, Arkansas had 2 back to back snowstorms, and there
was 2 feet of snow on the ground at Little Rock. Nothing moved for several
days...thankfully, I never lost power, or had a problem with burst pipes.
My primary health clinic had a pipe burst for the extreme cold, and it
flooded the place; they were closed for a month to make repairs.
GP> No biggie now -- 98% who've had one burst were brought in DOA. I was
GP> brought in complaining & asking questions, thank God in Heaven.
GP> Got a ravenous 12yo son, & a slightly less ravenous self, wife, & adult
GP> daughter, to take care of!
You've got your hands full.
GP> Yeah, there were other echoes designed only for fighting; I was a member
GP> of one on occasion, usally because they kept changing their name & re-
GP> appearing in area lists, & looked interesting & stable, until I
GP> foolishly stated an opinion. .
I avoid the flame echoes like the plague. I like what Christian comedian
Mark Lowery noted..."I never knew much about politics, but that never
stopped me from offering an opinion".
GP> I'm not in MEMORIES looking to fight; just casual chat with friendly
GP> strangers old enough to "get it"
That's what we are here.
GP> Eventually it turned into strictly a cybersex meat/meet market, & I
GP> passed. . .
I would've done likewise.
GP> But good times while it lasted as a casual chitchat place. . . & that's
GP> all I seek in here. . . :)
That's what you'll find.
Daryl
... I avoid things that make me fat: scales, mirrors, photos.
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