Subj : Panhandlers (was: Re: Ret
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Feb 19 2020 00:49:00

Joe,

JM>  I have TracFone and pay only $19 and change quarterly (to keep it active)
JM>and don't even use those minutes.  I think I have close to 100 hours on my
JM>phone.
JM>  The only apps I use are the free ones.

  Well, that's my only mode of communication. With adding that Line Link
from T-Mobile (who apparently just bought Sprint), that works (I
think) with the Classic Phone Tools program and my US Robotics 56K
External Fax modem, as a fax line. But, if my computer/internet is down
for storms or otherwise, it's down as well.

JM>  I hate asking anyone for for anything.

  Brother, you can you spare a tagline?? <g,d,r>

JM>  Speaking of imposing, I hate to call people just to chat.  I always feel
JM>like they are doing something and interrupting them.

  I don't do that, unless it's family, or if they've asked me to call
them.

JM>  I much prefer text/email since they can read and reply when they
JM>want/have time.

  That's why I like the QWK Mail...I can download my packet, logoff,
reply at my leisure, then upload the REP packet, and logoff. I hadn't
planned to be up this late, but thunderstorms, internet, and router
issues, kept me offline Monday night into Tuesday evening, so I'm way
behind.

JM>  Like the old joke the panhandler asks for a handout.  The guy hands him a
JM>buck and says "Now don't spend that on food".

  Give him a penny for his thoughts :P -- but you never know if they may
have a gun or knife on them.

JM>   There a some people who actually need help and others who abuse the good
JM>guys and give everyone a bad name.

  Precisely.

JM>  Yesterday a youngish woman came up to me at a bus stop bumming money.  I
JM>told her I just had bus fare and she went on her way.  I felt rather badly
JM>about that.

  You don't know if they're telling the truth or are who are excellent
liars.

  Wait a minute!! That sounds like the folks in Washington, DC. <G>

Daryl


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