Subj : Various Things (2) To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Tue Jan 24 2023 13:18:00 Barry, DS> I farted in my wallet...now, I have gas money. BM> That joke stunk! If I could create cash that way, I'd order a pallet of Bush's Baked Beans (which I hear are quite good), get the "secret formula" from Duke, and also tell OPEC what they could do with their gas prices! Or as my late wife would say "that was a full grown adult YIPE, and it wasn't on disability". BM> Right: pay first, or at least a sizeable down-payment! (As a customer BM> I'd want to somewhat protect myself in case of a printing error: BM> "Shirts for Councilman!" -- the name needs to have that 'r'! BM> (Supervisor at the store once created a sign for a Flannel Shirt BM> display and forgot the 'r'!) Sounds like the sign at the local fast food restaurant: "Now Hiring Smiling Faces For Afternoon Shifts" -- the problem was, they FORGOT the F in shifts. But, I guess you need coffee beforehand to "move things along" (boy, this thread is turning crappy, and is dung for). BM> Your wallet comment gives me an idea! So if we put you on roller BM> skates, wheels on your walker, fart and propel yourself!! There is a meme on that...the Friday night races at the old folks home. Two old men with their walkers are racing, and the others are cheering him on. One old man decides to engage some "poop-pulsion", and farts his way across the finish line to victory. BM> No suggestions: too many variables. You already do the short activity BM> spurts, medications, etc. Especially with being on Lasix, for at least 5 hours after I take it. Be right back...the doorbell is ringing, and it's not the one at the house. :P BM> I think I'd be finding an alternative. Adult tricycle with some sort BM> of cart for putting groceries and other stuff in. Around here would BM> need to motorized so maybe a scooter (don't recall one with a cart). BM> (Locally a lot of hills.) I don't think I'd have the strength to get on one, let alone to be able to balance myself on one. BM> The balance issue is why I was thinking three wheels. ...Was watching BM> _Pawn Stars_ the other day and someone brought in something you could BM> use: was a three-wheeled electric-powered vehicle, think I remember the BM> top speed being about 40 MPH. Looked like someone started with a golf BM> cart frame and added sheet metal to mostly enclose. They indicated it BM> was street-worthy -- Rick (the main guy) mentioned he'd hate being in BM> an accident as probably crush like a Coke can. I also noticed there BM> didn't seem any place for a licence plate. The thing is, being "in the open" like that makes you vulnerable to the criminal and weather elements. In many cities, they're relaxing the fight on crime, so criminals are having a field day. BM> If no need then no need. Some people 'go wild' with credit cards, BM> thinking it 'free money' -- until have to pay it back. ...I write down BM> all transactions in a ledger - yes, literally pen and paper. The money BM> becomes a visible, so physical, entity again to me. The debit card works just like a credit card, and the money is taken out of the account right then...no worry about interest fees. Yet, Congress has maxed out their debt limit card, and the Democrats are wanting any and all restrictions to be lifted on borrowing. The thing is, the money is now "fiat", meaning it's not worth the paper it's printed on. I had to change debit cards a year ago, because Uber kept slamming it (they never sent the driver), and my bank shut it off as "fraud". As a result, I almost couldn't get home from an ambulatory run to the local Emergency Room, when I was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. I now use Lyft, but just one roundtrip to the Post Office Box, with a $5 tip for the driver each way (they likely aren't rolling in money), can run $35. So, I just use Lyft twice a month, and otherwise stay home all the time. I did discover my HMO will offer transportation to and from medical appointments, which will help some...but at least I can get my groceries and medications delivered. I just got a note in the mail from Terminix, that the bank put a restricting hold on the card, but I took myself off of auto-pay, in case I needed to cancel the service for a month (I get a quarterly treatment for pest control, yearly for termite control, and twice a month from April through October for mosquito control). With it being winter, I saw no need to have the January servicing done. So, I have to call them, and explain to them what's going on. BM> It started snowing here last night (Saturday 01.21.23) -- so far maybe BM> a little over an inch. Looks like finishing up -- will shovel later BM> this morning. Power went out briefly here this morning...they are expecting widespread outages where the heavy snow falls, plus winds could gust near 50 mph over much of the state through early Wednesday. Had that surface area of low pressure tracked further southeast than what is forecast, we'd be getting snow instead of just a cold rain, with some thunderstorms. Along the Gulf Coast from Texas through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and into the Florida panhandle through tonight (Tuesday, Jan. 24), there's an enhanced risk for tornadoes. DS> Stamp out postage increases. :P BM> Pbbt!! It's TTTHHHHPPPPPBBBBBTTTT -- Bill The Cat for President, with his VP as Opus The Penguin (Bloom County -- I miss that comic strip). BM> I sort of figured could not get too much of a deal. It's the government...what do you expect?? BM> ... I had my patience tested. I'm negative. I took an IQ test, and the results were negative. As the late Nancy Backus quipped "That explains a lot". Daryl .... Critical Error: System Halted. Hit any user to continue. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (454:1/33) .