Subj : Re: Various Things (2) To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Wed Feb 22 2023 01:17:00 Barry, BM> I hate those huge windows -- a two or three hour window isn't too bad. BM> Even then usually your bladder or bowel wants a lot of attention! That's my luck...when I have to go to the little Sysop's room for an extended period (especially with being on Lasix, and just having eaten a bunch of fibrous food), that they'll come to the door. It wouldn't be so bad if someone else was here while I was indisposed. It's like the joke where the various body parts were arguing over who was the boss. So the anal orifice put in its claim, and the other body parts laughed racuously. So, the @-hole shut down...and the whole body went to pot (pun intended). It basically proves you don't have to very talented to be a boss (which spelled backwards, is double SOB ), just an @-hole. :P I wonder if that applied to the guy who was spotted by a friend in the local athletic club shower, with a cork up his butt. He asked him what that was about, and was told "I was walking along the beach, and I stumbled into a bottle. Out popped a genie, that said "I can grant you any wish"...and I said "No $***??". Timing and words are everything. BM> Punny! Gertrude and Heathcliff were casually flying through the air, and a huge jet zooms by them. Gertrude asked Heathcliff "Did you see how fast that bird was flying??". He replied "Shoot, honey. If your tail was on fire, you'd move that fast, too!!" . Another day, Gertrude was complaining about how much of a pain in the neck (and other places) that laying eggs was. Heathcliff said "You're coming with me today. We're going downtown...they say that the mayor is going to lay a cornerstone". BM> The problem up here might be the storm (possibly ice storm as I BM> mentioned in the first part) might not be taken seriously. Here in the BM> Quad Cities we got 2-3" in the metro area; they were predicting up to BM> 6". (West and north get their predicted amount of almost a foot.) The BM> storm here also was 'lazy': they were closing schools and businesses BM> and it was barely snowing. By the closing times I think there was 2 to BM> to 3". ...Suppose better dafe than sorry. ...Know a few school kids BM> were all excited about having a Snow Day but wasn't enough snow in the BM> morning to go sledding. It's better to be safe than sorry...especially in my part of the country, where folks don't know how to drive on it. If you cancel schools, and shut stuff down, it doesn't do much. But, if you go ahead and do it, at the worst possible moment, the storm decides to unleash its worst...and you have a real mess out there. BM> True. I'll admit to thinking you're overly-cautious and you probably BM> thinking I'm throwing caution to the wind. Should there be a Huge BM> Lightening Storm in the nearby area I would do some unplugging. Some BM> lights would be kept on (expendable) so wandering-around safety. Would BM> probably also keep one TV on to monitor weather reports. Would be one BM> I wouldn't mind replacing! I have a battery operated NOAA Weather Radio (Midland WR-120), with SAME (Specific Area Message Encoder) capabilities. This allows you to program the unit to sound the warning alarm for selected watches and/or warnings, for the desired counties. I take the one where I'm at, and the counties that surround it...to get a little advance warning. I also have an app on the smartphone, to alert me if lightning occurs within a certain radius (I have it set for 25 miles), and to alert me every 15 minutes. This is to alert me if something develops rapidly before radar picks it up. I use the Radarscope app for my radar. BM> Those are good that way!! Now, I'm hungry. But, if they didn't want us having a midnight snack, why did they put a light in the refrigerator and freezer?? BM> When I bought my laser printer I also decided to go with the OEM BM> cartridges. Probably more expensive than refilled but I had had enough BM> 'issues' with the refilled inkjet cartridges to solidify the decision. BM> (I don't think problems were 100% the fault of the refills.) I've greatly cut down on what I print. BM> I've read where some people have just purchased a new printer when they BM> run out of ink. They're still going have to get ink. There is a brand of Epson printer where you can fill your own cartridges, I think...but there's still cost and effort involved. I want it to be as effortless and easy as possible, as I'm not technically inclined. BM> I'd shout getting my clothes stained! Here noticed there was a dark BM> blob on the shelf under the printer. Maybe the printer is taking a leak. Daryl .... 1. Fast 2. Reliable 3. Inexpensive -- Pick 2 of these for your item. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.20-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (454:1/33) .