Subj : Todays Blooper To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Oct 18 2020 11:31:00 Hi Daryl! DS> They said a revision was posted, but I've never found it. BM> You have the revision! You should have seen how it worked before!! DS> A revision to the revision. :P That's called 'security updates' and 'fixes' by the computer folks! BM> Some people just can't believe their opinion or version isn't the right BM> one. DS> Like Fonzie on "Happy Days" who could NOT say the word "WRONG". :P I rmemeber that episode! DS> Well, the organization president has offered to "deal with the DS> guilty parties" who make the checks out wrong, or complain about DS> the deadlines. BM> Good. DS> I told him that if they didn't respond to a second renewal...or DS> screw it up more than once, we shouldn't mess with them anymore. Potentially too strong of a reaction: in some instances probably best to get rid of specific problem people. At this point I'm thinking more of another brain looking at the problem and maybe seeing why the errors and hopefully figuring out a way to correct. DS> letter will be sent out, noting "that's the final print DS> issue...the organization is now broke". BM> Unfortunately yes. Printing costs are relatively astronomical. While BM> its nice to physically have it to read it ultimately ends up in BM> recycling. DS> This is true...I've got enough trash here as it is. "Next, on _Hoarders_!" DS> Well, I heard 2 farmers talking the other day, and one said he DS> had to get a bull to SERVICE his cows. DS> BINGO!! The light came on (no wonder my butt is so sore :P ) !! BM> Next time use an LED: puts out much less heat with just as good if not BM> better illumination! DS> They had switched the traffic signals to LED's, but I've noted DS> that they have gone back to the "old bulbs". The LED's may last DS> longer, but they don't generate heat...so in the winter time, if DS> there's a heavy winter storm, you can't see the signal color. Worse up here! At one time years ago they were talking about putting heaters in the lights. Don't think they did but have noticed some traffic lights' bulbs are solid, so probably incandescent (as opposed to speckled and so LED). BM> The good news is now someone else deals with the problem. Well, at BM> least the end portion. You still have to receive and send on the BM> errant mail but hopefully will lessen, and hopefully you are being paid BM> / re-imbursed for the forwarding costs. DS> Well, I can submit that to the Board for reimbursement. I wonder if you can get reimbursed for submitting reimbursements?! DS> that, I think). The reaction was that some dancers were about to DS> poop their pants -- I had to jump in, and offer a correction!! :P BM> Well they do say to go in high with the initial amount! The other BM> person generally wants to pay low so there is negotiation room. DS> Back to "something for nothing". It reminds of the old "Popeye" DS> cartoon, where Popeye and Brutus (he was originally named Bluto) DS> were having dueling gas prices. They're trying to see which one DS> has the cheaper gas...so Brutus goes down to 1 cent...and the DS> only way Popeye can beat that is go to FREE (he growled "he DS> really gave me the business"). :P I suppose could go to a half-cent -- for some reason gas prices have that superscript '9'. BM> (You got the check with the right amount, you get the check with the BM> wrong amount, you got an unsigned check -- doesn't matter, you got a BM> check and shouldn't have.) DS> Well, on the new renewal form/Reminder Card, it will show DS> exactly where it should be mailed. So, if they don't follow it, DS> then they're careless or lazy. You forgot the third option!! BM> My former barber-sylist retired about two years ago; she had been BM> checking the competion all along in her career but really checked them BM> out prior to retiring to give her clients a suggestion of where to go. DS> That Great Clips one is great. At least I won't need it again DS> for a bit. Got the Shaved Head Special and now have to wait until it grows back?! I'm happy with the way they're cutting my hair, especially as I haven't been going all that regularly because of various excuses including COVID-19 closures, storms, and various crisis d'jours, so come in with more hair length than should. BM> The trouble with the bumper stickers is the people who should be BM> reading them are too close and so can't see them! DS> Or like the sign that noted "If you can smell the fart, you're DS> too close". :P That was my Mother watering her plants! BM> The other thing is you have given AmTrack money --for services later BM> but is helping them now get through a tough financial period. DS> Well, I lucked out. With the Guest Rewards Points I had, I was DS> able to get a multi-segment run -- 3 segments for each segment. DS> It'll be from: DS> 1) Little Rock, AR to San Antonio, TX DS> 2) San Antonio, TX to New Orleans, LA DS> 3) New Orleans, LA to Jackson, MS DS> (then the same in reverse on the return trip). (Whew! Thought for a sec the discount was because "we get you there, you find your own way back!".) DS> Each segment has the handicapped accessible bedroom, with the DS> in-room toilet and sink, and it's on the lower level, so I don't DS> have to go up the narrow steps. The car attendant will bring me DS> complementary soft drinks (ginger ale) through the trip, and the DS> meals...so, I don't have to leave the compartment until I get to DS> the end of each segment. The Guest Rewards points paid for 5 of DS> the 6 segments...and the last leg of the trip, my total cost was DS> $301. I couldn't have gotten that via bus or air. 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