Subj : Re: Various Things To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Mon Jan 02 2023 06:24:00 Barry, BM> I super-vaguely remember that: I haven't watched The Flintstones -- uh BM> -- since the dinosaur ages. So, you're older than dirt?? BM> Oh-oh: you unscrewed my naval and my rump fell off! LOL!! I'll bet some parents wish that was a switch to adjust their child's energy level. BM> Just be thankful it was from there and not elsewhere! Belly Up To The Bar. BM> So far I haven't needed to be checked, though if not BM> feeling well and someone sticking an overgrown Q-Tip up my nose just BM> may trigger a sneezing bout. If I do that, I may also do it out of both sides of my midsection . BM> I'm not sure: I don't see the conference when I'm in Reply Mode. You have a cheap QWK Reader then. BM> (I misread that as Slime Chickens! -- "The chicken that comes with it's BM> own sauce!" ) I had a boss years ago who always ate out: he said BM> it was cheaper to eat out and leave a tip than cook at home. He didn't BM> enumerate but was based on utilities (mainly gas but also some BM> electricity for blenders, etc.), wages to cook, get the food BM> (shopping), etc., etc. I heard of a guy who printed up business cards, protesting about a certain restaurant's policy of adding on a 20% gratituity, whether you were with a large group of not...and that was before you got your food!! On the card, it noted "Your tips are on the back -- Have A Nice Day". The tips were: 1. Plant your corn early. 2. Keep your powder dry. 3. Always have clean underwear on. BM> Find a penny BM> Pick it up. BM> Now go home BM> And sew the rip in your butt! I keep hearing they are going to do away with pennies, and round everything up to either a 5 or 0 in the last digit of the cents column. BM> I was reading an artcile a while back where the 'poor' spend more money BM> on the same item that the 'rich'. (The terms are relative.) If BM> someone has to buy an item and pay cash they are spending less for that BM> item than someone who has to finance, IOW pay interest (money to borrow BM> money). That's how I treat the debit card. The purchase is made right then, and there are no interest fees. BM> Works for me! My thinking is those little, infrequent splurges are BM> good for the soul. I'd not go overboard in either direction: not going BM> to restrict myself to go to a super-cheap place with mediocre food just BM> to save money when eating out on Christmas Money. OTOH definately not BM> going to a Michelin restaurant and splurge all my fun money. OTOH if I BM> had _always_ wanted to go to that Michelin money and now could afford BM> it I'd go. Lots of variables. My brother will have a cow if he has to stay home. He hates cooking, he has no hobbies (or interest in any of mine), he apparently gets more money than I do on disability, but he can easily spend over $50 a day at a local restaurant on food and drink (usually beer). With what he spends in 4 days, that gets me groceries to last the entire month. BM> Right. Again, a lot of variables. On one hand a lot of inconvenience BM> not having a car but then it's better than laying around in a long BM> narrow box! And, the car repairs can be several thousand dollars. BM> Yes. Best to cut up and/or turn inside-out to hide the contents. I still like the one with the porch pirates...in a box, put a bunch of used kitty litter, toilet paper, and diapers. There is a series of videos on YouTube (search for Glitter Bomb) which proves "revenge is a dish best served cold". BM> Some of the 'cop shows' will show the police dog capturing the BM> criminal. Almost ROTFL-funny when the big tough I-can-outsmart-the-cops BM> guy starts whimpering when the dog has captured him. Or starts screaming for them to make the dog stop biting him. BM> Locally we broke the record high for the date: think it was 67ø. So BM> from the official wind chill of -40ø we had over a 100ø difference. BM> And then the next day dropped to almost freezing, so about a forty BM> degree difference in 24 hours. I saw portions of Iowa are under either Winter Storm Warnings or Ice Storm Warnings this Monday morning. Arkansas is at the other end of the spectrum, with Flood Watches in effect now, and Tornado Watches likely by midday. BM> Euwwww!! The good news is usually only once a night. Actually had BM> rigged up a little device which I was considering to use to keep the BM> toilet water trickling -- ended up not needing it. "Invention" was a BM> length of thin wire (#30) which one end would go under the flapper and BM> into the passage to the bowl. Just enough to keep the flapper ajar BM> slightly. Other end of the wire went through a small hole in a food BM> container (happened to be a 16 oz sour cream) and a knot of wire so BM> wouldn't get pulled through. LIS don't know if it would work as ended BM> up not needing it. At least we won't have to worry about bitter arctic air like we had here before Christmas for a bit...although some long range progs show it turning colder again by mid-January. Yet, with temperatures in the 70s in January for us, that's prime tornado weather. BM> Seems to be the Miscellania Conference! It looks that way. Daryl .... Is it OK to yell "theatre" in a crowded fire station?? === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (454:1/33) .