Subj : Re: Cyberpope' back again To : Daryl Stout From : George Pope Date : Fri Oct 15 2021 13:34:30 > I can't afford to travel outside of central Arkansas anymore...especially > with 3 Emergency Room trips since late July. I can afford to travel anywhere in the Metro Vancouver region, as I have a bus pass good for all zones. One of my disability benefits -- I'd rather walk it all, to tell you the truth, but what can you do? I'm staying close to hime as covid is a nasty thing & too many people don't get it. I'm doubly vaxxed, but that's only deemed 95% protection. I can ease that 5% risk by staying home as much as possible. > Or with my wife and I, when we both had flatulence (everyone does), it'd > be "That was a full grown adult yipe, and it wasn't on disability!!" . > Yet, our dachshund had us both beat with the methane bombs he'd drop...as > he did one time when we were "romantically occupied" on the Futon. All the > lovemaking went down the toilet, as I had to take the weiner widget out for > a walk. Same in my house, but never hgad special time interrupted. . .ours is a chihuahua so even more of a weinie/widget. . . hey, Widget's a good name for a small dog! Ours is named Goijira (original Japanese name of Godzilla); a Japanese lady while walking asked my wife the name & cracked right up on being told! > GP> Boirn in '67, I'm hardly as old as some of yas, but I feel older & per > GP> medical science I'm closer to 74 than 54, as those with a major > GP> disability age quicker than those without. Plus I did some advanced > GP> living & lawarming when I was young, & spent mosdt of my years > GP> listening to my elders (my friends were typically 20+ years older than > GP> me; the problem with that now is I 'lose' these friends too regularly > GP> from death &/or disease. Lost two really close friends this past year. > GP> . . > I'm 7 years older than you...but compared to many others, you and I are > still "puppies"...but at least we're weaned and potty trained. So you're 61 or 81? 7 years up on my actual or subjective age? > GP> So I feel more of a kinship here than in the typical Fido echo > GP> (although now all have mellowed as it's just us old veterans of '90s' > GP> BBSing left_on Fido) > The kids today have no clue what they're missing. They say the same about us, but we DO know, that's why we hide out in this old technology-based forum & reminisce about when we were that young, but we nderstood adults, esp'ly seniors, knew good stuff & had experience/wisdom for those wise enjmough to sit respectfully & listen. All my life, until recently, all my closest friends were 15-30 years older than me. Now expiration dates are doing a number on that stat. . . :'( I'm going to a graveside memorial for a good friend this Sunday. Your friend, <+]:{)} Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM --- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757.2) .